Abstract: The present application describes a prosthetic or robot part (500), comprising at least one phalange member (532) pivotally coupled to a base (509) at a pivot axis; and a drive assembly to selectively move the phalange member about the pivot axis along a flexion/extension plane between an open position and a closed position, said drive assembly comprising a drive element (512) coupled to an actuator (506) and a driven element (514) coupled to the phalange member; wherein the driven element (514) is decouplable from the drive element (512) when the phalange member is caused to move in a first rotational direction about the pivot axis by an external force.

Abstract: A contact tip for a contact tonometer has a body including a contact surface, and a coating applied to the contact surface. The coating includes a light-activated material and a biocompatible water soluble adhesive for adhering the coating to the contact surface. The water soluble adhesive dissolves upon contact with the corneal tear film during a tonometric measurement, thereby releasing the light-activated material into the tear film. The present disclosure further provides a single-use tonometer contact tip product which includes a sterilized contact tip having the mentioned contact surface coating, and an opaque package containing the sterilized contact tip.

Abstract: A microfluidic probe includes a probe head with a processing surface that includes a first aperture and a second aperture. The probe further includes a liquid injection channel, which leads to the first aperture, and a liquid aspiration channel, which extends from the second aperture. The probe also includes a bypass channel, arranged so as to fluidly connect the liquid injection channel to the liquid aspiration channel, as well as a control channel. The latter fluidly connects to the bypass channel, hence forming a junction therewith, so as to define two portions of the bypass channel. These portions includes: a first portion that extends from the junction to the liquid injection channel; and a second portion that extends from that same junction to the liquid aspiration channel. The invention is further directed to methods of operation of a probe as described above, to process a surface.

Abstract: A wall panel may have a rigid layer, a first insulation layer made from a two-part rigid urethane pour foam, and a second insulation layer made from a phase change material. The first insulation layer maybe chemically bonded to the rigid layer and may also be bonded to the phase change layer. The first insulation layer may be positioned between the second insulation layer and the rigid layer. The rigid layer may be a finished surface or a veneer layer may be applied to the rigid layer.

Abstract: A series of 2-imino-6-methyltetrahydropyrimidin-4(1H)-one derivatives, substituted in the 6-position by a phenyl moiety which in turn is meta-substituted by an optionally substituted unsaturated fused bicyclic ring system containing at least one nitrogen atom, being selective inhibitors of plasmepsin V activity, are beneficial as pharmaceutical agents, especially in the treatment of malaria.

Abstract: An example system is configured to: (i) receive data indicating a command to play back, via a playback device of a media playback system, media content; (ii) based on the data indicating the command, detect a first playback condition comprising a first user identity; (iii) identify, from one or more user accounts associated with the playback device, a first user account corresponding to the first user identity; (iv) based at least on (1) the command and (2) one or more properties of the first user account, determine first media content for playback by the playback device; and (v) cause the playback device to play back the first media content.

Abstract: A media sharing and communication system, including a recording mechanism that records a desired portion of media upon activation by a first individual user, a first user transmitter/receiver that transmits the portion of media and a message generated by the first individual user regarding the portion of media to a second individual user and is capable of transmitting a message to a second individual user, a confirmation mechanism that confirms that the second individual user is authorized to view the portion of media, a notification mechanism that notifies the first individual user if the second individual user is not authorized to receive the portion of media, a second user transmitter/receiver that receives the portion of media and voice message upon authorization of the second individual user, a search mechanism, and a video recording mechanism, an online betting module, and an online food ordering module.

Abstract: System, method, and apparatus including receiving an identification of content played by a playback system and an identification of location of the playback system. A playlist of content is associated with the location. A request is received to retrieve the playlist of content and the requested playlist of content is sent to a playback system.

Abstract: A docking station for receiving a hand-held rebound tonometer and a probe container carrying disposable tonometer probes has a docking cavity for receiving a portion of the rebound tonometer and a container receptacle for receiving the probe container. The docking station has an actuation feature arranged to move a cover associated with the probe container from a closed position to an open position as the container is inserted into the container receptacle so that tonometer probes in the container are accessible. The actuation feature may include a projection extending into an entryway leading to the container receptacle for engaging the cover but not the container, such that further insertion of the container moves the cover from the closed to the open position. The docking station may also have a storage recess for receiving an empty probe tube and cap after the probe has been removed from the tube for use.

Abstract: A multi-touch input system may include a control device having a body, multiple legs connected to the body; and each of the multiple legs having a distal end and each of the distal ends having an electrically conductive contact surface where each of the electrically conductive contact surfaces are independently movable with respect to each other.

Abstract: A series of substituted spirocyclic 2-oxoindoline derivatives, and analogues thereof, being potent modulators of human IL-17 activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including inflammatory and autoimmune disorders.

Abstract: A propeller, impeller or mixer comprising at least one blade, the blade having a suction surface and a pressure surface which extend from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the blade and a radially-outer tip region, wherein five to one hundred duct openings are provided extending through the at least one blade from the pressure surface to the suction surface, the duct openings being grouped in the tip region of the blade.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for the removal of volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides from off-gas even at high NO2 to NOx ratios, wherein the amount of NO2 within NOx is higher than or equal to 50 mol-%, comprising a source of ammonia, means for introducing ammonia into a catalytic article having an SCR functionality; a catalytic article having both an oxidation and an SCR functionality, the catalytic article comprising a catalyst substrate and a catalyst composition comprising at least one platinum group metal and/or at least one platinum group metal oxide, at least one oxide of titanium and at least one oxide of vanadium, wherein the washcoat is located in and/or on the walls of the catalyst substrate: means for measuring the amount of NOx and/or the ammonia slip between the outlet end of the catalytic article and the stack or at the stack, at least one carbon monoxide source, and means for introducing carbon monoxide into the catalytic article.

Abstract: A playback device detects a first playback condition and a second playback condition related to an identified first user of a first media playback system. The playback device identifies an audio track associated with each of the first playback condition and the second playback condition. The playback device detects a third playback condition related to a geographical location, and based on the detected third playback condition, plays back audio content beginning with the identified audio track.

Abstract: A media sharing and communication system, including a recording mechanism that records a desired portion of media upon activation by a first individual user, a first user transmitter/receiver that transmits the portion of media and a message generated by the first individual user regarding the portion of media to a second individual user and is capable of transmitting a message to a second individual user, a confirmation mechanism that confirms that the second individual user is authorized to view the portion of media, a notification mechanism that notifies the first individual user if the second individual user is not authorized to receive the portion of media, a second user transmitter/receiver that receives the portion of media and voice message upon authorization of the second individual user, a search mechanism, and a video recording mechanism, an online betting module, and an online food ordering module.

Abstract: An example system is configured to: (i) receive data indicating a command to play back, via a playback device of a media playback system, media content; (ii) based on the data indicating the command, detect a first playback condition comprising a first user identity; (iii) identify, from one or more user accounts associated with the playback device, a first user account corresponding to the first user identity; (iv) based at least on (1) the command and (2) one or more properties of the first user account, determine first media content for playback by the playback device; and (v) cause the playback device to play back the first media content.

Abstract: A mobile device includes an originally downloaded mobile application. When a location of the mobile device is detected within a configured distance of a target enterprise store location, configuration data for the target enterprise's mobile application and services are obtained and automatically sent to the mobile device. The configuration data is applied to the original mobile application. When the user launches the original mobile application from the mobile device, the executing instance of the mobile application is transformed into the target enterprise's mobile application connected to the target enterprise's mobile application services server. The executing instance of the mobile application includes the branding, design, features, and workflow of the target enterprise's mobile application.

Abstract: An example system is configured to: (i) receive data indicating a command to play back, via a playback device of a media playback system, media content; (ii) based on the data indicating the command, detect a first playback condition comprising a first user identity; (iii) identify, from one or more user accounts associated with the playback device, a first user account corresponding to the first user identity; (iv) based at least on (1) the command and (2) one or more properties of the first user account, determine first media content for playback by the playback device; and (v) cause the playback device to play back the first media content.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flexible, impact-resistant pad (1), primarily for use in an item of protective wear, comprises the following steps. First, a sheet (16) of impact-absorbing material (3, 4, 4), for example a closed-cell foam is provided. The sheet (16) is cut to provide a piece (16) with a profile required for the pad (1) and this piece (16) is then cut into a plurality of spaced, separate elements (2), which are retained within the required profile of the pad (1). A first, flexible layer (17, 4) of material (3) is provided and one side of same is bonded to the spaced, separate elements (2). The edge (5) of the pad (1) is streamlined by the following additional steps which may be carried out either before cutting of the sheet (16) into the plurality of spaced, separate elements (2) or after bonding of the first, flexible layer (17, 4) of material (3) to the spaced, separate elements (2).

Abstract: The application relates to a series of 2-imino-6-methylhexahydropyrimidin-4-one derivatives and 3-imino-5-methyl-1,2,4-thiadiazinane 1,1-dioxide derivatives of formula (I), substituted by an arylaminophenyl or heteroarylaminophenyl moiety. The compounds are potent inhibitors of the growth and propagation of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite in human blood and thus useful as pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of malaria.