Abstract: Provided is a method of preparing isosulfan blue.

Abstract: Many applications require the use of lasers with short optical ray lengths. However, at present, there is no module that makes it possible to refine a ray from a light source in a satisfactory manner, in particular one from a semiconductor laser. The invention relates to a spectral refinement method (500), a device with refined spectral line (200) comprising at least one light source (210) and a spectral refinement module (100). The latter includes at least one first coupler (111), a Brillouin resonator (120) and a modulator (130).

Abstract: A pistol grip assembly having customizable accessories are disclosed here. The pistol grip assembly can include a handle, a first accessory removably attached to the left side of the handle, and a second accessory removably attached to the right side of the handle. A frame can be disposed in a central cut-out of the handle and the first and second accessories can be removably attached to the frame. The pistol grip assembly can also include a thumb rest and a trigger finger rest.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for absorbing heat from a body. More particularly, the invention pertains to an improved device which utilizes a gel material comprising liquids and solids to absorb, over an extended period of time, heat from a body.

Abstract: A method that extracts features from frames of a video signal to perform an action includes receiving a query related to one or more frames of a video signal; extracting one or more features of the one or more frames; identifying one or more annotations associated with the one or more frames; identifying one or more images related to the one or more frames by comparing the extracted features with reference features from a first plurality of reference works, the first plurality of reference works organized using a clustering technique based on annotations; providing the identified one or more images along with action information associated with the identified one or more images, wherein the action information is related to an action to be performed; receiving a selection of one of the identified one or more images and providing machine readable instructions to perform the action.

Abstract: The present invention provides quantum dots-integrated inorganic-organic hybrid nanorods and the method to make such nanohybrids. It also provides a method to assemble light transmission controlling devices using the nanohybrids provided in this invention. In this invention, the developed nanohybrids for particular light controlling devices, more specifically SPDs have been disclosed.

Abstract: Provided herein is an improved organic-inorganic hybrid polymeric matrix for use in light valve devices and a process to make the same. The disclosed polymer contains organic-inorganic bulky groups in the polymer backbone or as endcap group and has a general formula: wherein: A is a bulk group, comprising at least one Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (POSS) compounds of Formula-1, where R1 to R8 are substitutes independently selected from hydroxyl, halide atom, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbons serving as a positional anchor for the polymer. B is a cross-linkable group includes at least one silicon-containing cross-linkable monomer. C represents any non-cross-linkable silicon monomer or oligomer and a combination of both monomer and oligomer and x, y, z are positive integers, where x, y, z is equal or greater than 1. These integers determine the configuration of such a hybrid organic-inorganic polymer system as expressed in the above formula.

Abstract: A child-resistant smoking article package 100 is provided which comprises a case 103 with an opening 104 that is adapted to receive a smoking article 102 and a cap 107 movable between a closed state wherein the cap 107 closes the case 103 and an open state wherein the opening 104 of the case 103 is accessible. The child-resistant smoking article package 100 further comprises a first releaseably engageable fixation member 108-1 and a second and third releaseably engageable fixation member 108-2, 108-3, wherein the second and third releaseably engageable fixation members 108-2, 108-3 are arranged on opposing sides of the child-resistant smoking article package 100. The first, second and third releaseably engageable fixation members 108-1, 108-2, 108-3 are adapted to immovably fix the cap 107 to the case 103 in the closed state and to release the cap 107 when they are simultaneously actuated.

Abstract: Antibodies that bind to programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), compositions comprising such antibodies, and methods of making and using such antibodies are disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and a device for surveilling an abnormal behavior using 3D image information. The surveilling device converts depth information, which is the 3D image information, into a real world coordinate and uses the real world coordinate to calculate a plane reference distance value. The surveilling device uses the plane reference distance value to generate a background model and compares the background model with the plane reference distance value of a current image to detect a region of interest. Further, the surveilling device extracts the 3D feature information of the region of interest to determine an abnormal behavior of an object.

Abstract: A computer system comprising one or more processors and computer-readable media operatively connected thereto, having stored thereon instructions for carrying out the steps of: maintaining one or more databases comprising first electronic data comprising digitally created reference compact electronic representations for each of a plurality of reference electronic works and second electronic data associated with the reference electronic works and related to action information corresponding thereto; obtaining a first digitally created compact electronic representation comprising one or more extracted feature vectors of a first electronic work; identifying a matching reference electronic work by comparing the first digitally created compact electronic representation of the first electronic work with the first electronic data using a sub-linear search of the first electronic data; determining the action information corresponding to the matching reference electronic work based on the second electronic data; and as

Abstract: An armrest, in particular for an office chair, achieves improved handling and adjustability in an individual and in a particularly variable manner by providing a preferably height-adjustable armrest column, an arm support carrier which is mounted on the armrest column and which is rotatable about a first rotational axis, and an arm support which is mounted on the arm support carrier. The arm support is rotatable about a second rotational axis and is displaceable in a linear manner relative to the arm support carrier. The two rotational axes are spaced apart from one another.

Abstract: A bactericidal or bacteriostatic composition comprising an isomer mixture of monosaccharide alkyl monoethers or monoacetals, its use in the treatment or prevention of Gram-positive bacterial infections, its use as a hygiene or dermatological product for external use and a method for disinfecting surfaces.

Abstract: Disclosed is an individually accessible LED light system in which color and luminosity of the LED lights are individually controlled. Each of the LED lights can comprise an LED light bank, which can contain any number of lights. The primary colors can be used in the LED bank to create any desired color. The LED light bank can also be incorporated on a single chip with an address and control circuit.

Abstract: In a picture coding method for generating a coded signal corresponding to each picture by coding a plurality of coded signals, a switching picture which is capable of switching a plurality of coded signals and subsequent pictures of the switching picture can refer to only a group of pictures of the same time in the coded signals. More specifically, the case where picture numbers of an adjacent picture of an S picture and the S picture are not continuous is not considered as an error.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the diagnosis of acquired sensory neuronopathies (SNN), and to the treatment of these disorders.

Abstract: The present invention provides a light valve containing ABX3 perovskite particles; more specifically is related to a light valve containing halide ABX3 perovskite particles that can control light transmittance. The preferable halide ABX3 perovskite particles in this invention consist of A being at least one of Cs+, CH3NH3+, and Rb+, B being at least one of Pb2+, Ge2+, and Sn2+, and X being at least one of Cl?, Br?, and I?. This kind of halide ABX3 perovskite particles were suspended in a liquid suspension to make a light valve with a light transmittance control, which discloses a completely new application for ABX3 perovskite materials.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a ferrite antenna comprising at least one main contour, comprising at least one first winding referred to as main winding, at least one first ferromagnetic rod referred to as main ferromagnetic rod and a tuning system, each main winding being wound around a main ferromagnetic rod and connected to the tuning system comprising a capacitor connected in parallel with the main winding. The ferrite antenna further comprises a non-resonant secondary contour, comprising a secondary winding separated electrically from each main winding and a secondary ferromagnetic rod around which the secondary winding is wound, and each main ferromagnetic rod and the secondary ferromagnetic rod are arranged parallel to one another so as to make it possible for a magnetic coupling of each main winding with the secondary winding.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a human CK8 antigen peptide, an antibody, or antibody fragment thereof, or a humanized antibody, specifically binding the peptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 29, a fragment of CK-8. Said molecules can be used use in the detection and/or treatment of tumors whose cells express CK8 protein, in particular the peptide of sequence according to SEQ ID No.29, on their surface.