Abstract: A feed roll comprises a roll having a rotary axis, flutes fixed on the roll, mounts fixed on the roll between the flutes, each mount having a seat spaced apart from the outer surface of the roll and replaceable flute elements detachably and matingly engaged in the seats of respective mounts and extending outward beyond the mounts. The replaceable flute insert element comprises an elongated plate body having an inner longitudinal edge, an outer longitudinal edge, and a backing face extending between the inner longitudinal edge and the outer longitudinal edge and the inner longitudinal edge and the backing face configured to matingly engage the seat of the mount. The flute insert element further comprises the outer longitudinal edge being formed with a traction element and the plate body having a plurality of bolt holes therethrough for registering with the bolt holes of the mount element when the plate body and the seat are matingly engaged.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for inducible expression of an adapter in immune cells comprising a) an inducible gene expression system comprising I) a first nucleic acid comprising an inducible promoter operably linked to a second nucleic acid, II) said second nucleic acid encoding an adapter comprising i) a first (poly)peptide, wherein said first (poly)peptide comprises an antigen binding domain that binds specifically to an antigen, ii) a second (poly)peptide, wherein said second (poly)peptide binds to an antigen binding domain of a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), b) a third nucleic acid encoding said CAR specific for said second polypeptide of said adapter, wherein said CAR comprises i) said antigen binding domain specific for said second (poly)peptide of said adapter, ii) a transmembrane domain, iii) an intracellular signaling domain. The gene expression system may be antigen-activated or drug-induced. The system may be a one-cell or a two-cell approach.

Abstract: A system for creating a virtual environment is disclosed. The system has a barrier screen configured to stop an object including a ball that is moved toward the barrier, including a first barrier screen portion that is a cylinder section, and a second barrier screen portion that is disposed above the first barrier screen portion, wherein the second barrier screen portion is an elliptical section. The system also has at least one projector configured to project an image of the virtual environment on the barrier screen, at least one sensor configured to sense data associated with the object, and a computing device configured to control the at least one projector to change the image based on the sensed data.

Abstract: There is provided a feed roll assembly according to one aspect. The assembly includes a feed roll and an elongate mount coupled to and extending radially outwards from the feed roll. The assembly includes an elongate mount with a recessed region extending from a distal edge towards a proximal edge thereof, extending from a first face towards a second face thereof, and extending between a pair of spaced-apart ends thereof. The assembly includes an insert shaped to matingly engage with the elongate mount via the recessed region of the elongate mount. There is also provided a feed roll assembly according to another aspect. The feed roll assembly includes a feed roll, an insert and an elongate mount that couples the insert to the feed roll. The elongate mount is shaped to enclose a proximal edge, a backing face and spaced-apart ends of an inner portion of the insert.

Abstract: A system for creating a virtual environment is disclosed. The system has a barrier screen configured to stop an object including a ball that is moved toward the barrier, including a first barrier screen portion that is a cylinder section, and a second barrier screen portion that is disposed above the first barrier screen portion, wherein the second barrier screen portion is an elliptical section. The system also has at least one projector configured to project an image of the virtual environment on the barrier screen, at least one sensor configured to sense data associated with the object, and a computing device configured to control the at least one projector to change the image based on the sensed data.

Abstract: A feed roll comprises a roll having a rotary axis, flutes fixed on the roll, mounts fixed on the roll between the flutes, each mount having a seat spaced apart from the outer surface of the roll and replaceable flute elements detachably and matingly engaged in the seats of respective mounts and extending outward beyond the mounts. The replaceable flute insert element comprises an elongated plate body having an inner longitudinal edge, an outer longitudinal edge, and a backing face extending between the inner longitudinal edge and the outer longitudinal edge and the inner longitudinal edge and the backing face configured to matingly engage the seat of the mount. The flute insert element further comprises the outer longitudinal edge being formed with a traction element and the plate body having a plurality of bolt holes therethrough for registering with the bolt holes of the mount element when the plate body and the seat are matingly engaged.

Abstract: The flute insert element further comprises the outer longitudinal edge being formed with a traction element and the plate body having a plurality of bolt holes therethrough for registering with the bolt holes of the mount element when the plate body and the seat are matingly engaged.

Abstract: A feed roll comprises a roll having a rotary axis, flutes fixed on the roll, mounts fixed on the roll between the flutes, each mount having a seat spaced apart from the outer surface of the roll and replaceable flute elements detachably and matingly engaged in the seats of respective mounts and extending outward beyond the mounts. The replaceable flute insert element comprises an elongated plate body having an inner longitudinal edge, an outer longitudinal edge, and a backing face extending between the inner longitudinal edge and the outer longitudinal edge and the inner longitudinal edge and the backing face configured to matingly engage the seat of the mount. The flue insert element further comprises the outer longitudinal edge being formed with a traction element and the plate body having a plurality of bolt holes therethrough for registering with the bolt holes of the mount element when the plate body and the seat are matingly engaged.

Abstract: An inspection vehicle configured to inspect steam generators includes a front chassis having two independently driven magnetic wheels, a rear chassis having two independently driven magnetic wheels, and a connecting member flexibly connecting the front chassis to the rear chassis to permit relative motion between the front chassis and the rear chassis along at least one axis. The connecting member, front chassis, and rear chassis collectively define a receiving area.

Abstract: An inspection vehicle configured to inspect steam generators includes a front chassis having two independently driven magnetic wheels, a rear chassis having two independently driven magnetic wheels, and a connecting member flexibly connecting the front chassis to the rear chassis to permit relative motion between the front chassis and the rear chassis along at least one axis. The connecting member, front chassis, and rear chassis collectively define a receiving area.

Abstract: A barrier package for an aerosol container may have a body with a pleated plastic side wall which is strengthened as a result of formation of the side wall by re-heating, stretching and blow molding a pre-form. In fabricating a barrier package into an aerosol container, the package with attached valve cup may be positioned in the mouth of a canister so as to leave the mouth open and propellant injected into the mouth. An aerosol container may have a barrier package with a self-supporting pleated plastic body.

Abstract: A modular martial arts training device with at least two tubular components, each having at least one joining end, an interior surface and an exterior surface, and a connection means affixed within the interior surfaces of each of the at least one joining end to removably affix the at least two tubular components together to form a continuous shaft.

Abstract: A method for knowledge assessment and encouraging learning via the administration, scoring, remediation, and reiteration of a confidence-based assessment (CBA) test. The CBA test comprises a plurality of multiple choice questions directed to categorical topics, and two-dimensional answers by which a subject indicates both their answer and level of confidence category of their answer. The answers include a plurality of full-confidence choices consisting of single-choice answers (A), (B) or (C), a plurality of partial-confidence choices consisting of sets of multiple single-choice answers (A or B), (B or C), (A or C), and an unsure answer. Scoring entails giving maximum points for correct full-confidence answers, partial points for correct partial-confidence answers, no score for not knowing, and a maximum penalty for wrong answers in any category. The answers are compiled and displayed as a knowledge profile to the subject that separates answers into quadrants of doubt, misinformation, unknown and mastery.

Abstract: A modular martial arts training device with at least two tubular components, each having at least one joining end, an interior surface and an exterior surface, and a connection means affixed within the interior surfaces of each of the at least one joining end to removably affix the at least two tubular components together to form a continuous shaft.

Abstract: Palladium-103 radiochemical of high radionuclidic purity can be produced in commercial scale quantities by irradiating enriched Palladium targets comprising a mixture of Pd isotopes with protons or deuterons in the 10-50 MeV energy range. Commercially viable batch sizes with acceptable specific activity of the product Pd-103 are achieved by adjusting the irradiation energy, irradiation time, irradiation current, current density, plated target mass, plated target shape, plated target size, target isotope enrichment levels, and incident angle of the target to the beam. The method for the production of Pd-103 comprises providing a target material enriched with Pd isotopes comprising atomic masses equal to or greater than Pd-103, applying the target material onto a target support; irradiating the target material with protons or deuterons of sufficient incident energy and time to convert at least some of the Pd isotopes within the target material to Pd-103; and purifying Pd from the non-Pd components.

Abstract: An appointment booking and scheduling system is described, for booking appointments with operatives (e.g. service engineers) visiting customer sites within a defined geographic area. The system includes a table for storing a number of routes, each of which specifies a sequence of regions to be visited by a particular operative, and jobs to be performed by the operative in each of the regions. An appointment server is provided for offering appointments at specified times, using the table to check for availability of operatives in specified regions at specified times, and for inserting new jobs in the routes to reflect booked appointments. A scheduler periodically updates the routes e.g by means of a simulated annealing process, to generate a new set of routes.