Abstract: A cable fixation device (100, 200, 300, 400) includes a base (102, 202) with fastener holes (104), an upright (110, 208) projecting from the base and including a fixation projection (126, 212, 316, 318) having a reduced dimensional portion (128, 214, 324) for receiving a cable tie (152, 222, 326). Protrusions (130, 218, 320) are provided for engaging the cable jacket. Variations on the cable fixation device include a fixation element (130, 218, 320) which can slide and/or rotate about a vertical rod; a plate element (304) which includes a plurality of fixation projections extending between two rods; and a plurality of uprights (208) integrally formed with the base and including forwardly and rearwardly projecting projections. The base (102, 202) and the fixation projections (126, 212, 316, 318) can be made from molded plastic.

Abstract: A method of generating batches of food items, includes transferring food items to a weight determination means where the weight of the food items are obtained for single food items and/or food items in groups, and generating a plurality of batches based on the obtained weight of the single food items and/or food items in groups. The step of generating batches is controlled such that the weight of batches is within a pre-defined weight range, and such that the distribution of the batches within the weight range is pre-defined.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the early prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in infants or children. For example, the present invention relates to the prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in infants or children through appropriate nutrition for women desiring to get pregnant and/or during pregnancy and/or lactation. Embodiments of the present invention relate to vitamin B12 for use in the prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in the offspring, wherein the vitamin B12 is administered to an overweight and/or obese women desiring to get pregnant and/or to the overweight and/or obese mother during pregnancy and/or lactation and to maternal food compositions that can be used for this purpose.

Abstract: The invention refers to a pack (10) for preparing food or beverage products comprising: at least one container (10?) having an inner volume where at least one base ingredient for the preparation of the food or beverage product is stored, said inner volume being defined by sheets of material joined to one another at their edges; a fitment assembly (20) through which the food or beverage product is delivered, and identification 10 means (30) comprising the information on the food or beverage product to be prepared; the identification means (30) being arranged in the fitment assembly (20), particularly in a free area of the fitment assembly (20) where they can be reliably read.

Abstract: An electronic device including an electronic switch M1, an electrical pre-charge circuit and a measurement, command and diagnosis module. The main electronic switch M1 has a first electrical terminal D1, a second electrical terminal S1, and a main driving terminal G1. The main electronic switch M1 is adapted to take, based on a driving signal DRV, depending on the command signal CMD and on an enabling signal ENB, a closed condition or an open condition, wherein the first electrical terminal D1 is respectively connected to or disconnected from the second electrical terminal S1. The pre-charge electrical circuit is adapted to carry out, based on the command signal CMD, a pre-charge operation, aimed at equalizing the electric potentials (V1, V2) of the first and second terminals of the device, before the main electronic switch M1 takes a closed condition, upon of a transition from the open condition.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system of switching a wireless connection between a plurality of input devices and a first host device to at least a second host device. Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for switching multiple, independently connected data input devices from a first host computing device to a second host computing device together based on a single command or operation.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 67371612 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 67371612, to the plants of soybean cultivar 67371612, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 67371612, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 67371612. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 67371612. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 67371612, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 67371612 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A safety valve for extraction wells, configured to be installed on a well head and to enclose a tubular material portion inserted inside the well. The tubular material is internally hollow to contain and transport substances extracted from the well. The safety valve includes: a central hole through which the tubular material passes; a blocking system configured to keep the tubular material to be cut fixed with respect to the safety valve; a cutting and closing group configured to cut and close the well under certain operative conditions; and a sealing mechanism configured to effect watertight closing of the well, after the cutting. The cutting and closing group includes a hole saw housed in a respective chamber of the cutting and closing group, rotated by a motorized actuator, and configured to move in a controlled mode along a substantially orthogonal direction with respect to a development direction of the well.

Abstract: A seat with a ventilation system that maintains seated person's coolness by blowing air to minimum segments of a seatback and a seat cushion so that seated person's comfort is maintained is provided. Air-blowing means is controlled in air-blowing quantity and air-blowing time periodically by air-blowing control means, and air blowing in each period is set to include a first term T1 in which a predetermined quantity of air is blown and a second term T2 in which the predetermined quantity of air to be blown is gradually reduced.

Abstract: There are disclosed therapeutic combinations of an antibacterial peptide and an antibiotic drug for use in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-negative pathogens, including bacterial strains resistant to common antibiotics. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical preparations and compositions containing the antibacterial peptide and antibiotics.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a number of markers selectively deregulated in tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells. The invention relates to molecules able to modulate the expression and/or function of at least one such marker for use in the prevention and/or treatment of the tumor. Preferably the molecule specifically binds to the marker and induces antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). The invention further relates to a molecule able to modulate the expression and/or function of at least one such marker for use in a method for in vivo depleting tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cell in a subject, or for use in a method to enhance tumor immunity in a subject. Corresponding pharmaceutical compositions are also contemplated.

Abstract: Object of the present invention is an improved process for the preparation of cyclopropyldiketopiperazines and thereof key intermediates.

Abstract: An electrical input connector unit for charging an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle comprises a connector body adapted to be mounted on a vehicle and having a central portion housing a plurality of electrical input contacts. The electrical input contacts are adapted to receive a plurality of corresponding contacts of a connector attached to a charging cable. The connector body has a socket opening out to a front side of the connector body and disposed adjacent to the central portion. The socket is configured to removably receive a human-machine interface module to control and/or provide information about a charging operation of the vehicle.

Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises an input unit; an output unit; an adaptive beamformer filtering unit configured to provide a spatially filtered signal based on a multitude of electric input signals from the input unit and an adaptively updated adaptation factor ?; a memory, wherein A) a reference value REF, equal to or dependent on a value, ?ov, of said adaptation factor ? determined when a voice of the user is present, or B) a set of parameters for classification based on logistic regression or a neural network, is stored; and an own voice detector configured to provide an estimate of whether or not, or with what probability, a given input sound originates from the voice of the user, and wherein said estimate is dependent on a) a current value of said adaptation factor ? and said reference value REF, or on b) said set of parameters for classification based on logistic regression or a neural network, respectively.

Abstract: A compact front adjustment system for leveling feet for furniture (M) with a bottom (12) and shoulders (11), comprising: at least two front feet, a right foot (13d) and a left foot (13s) and at least two rear feet, a right foot (14d) and a left foot (14s), wherein each of said rear feet (14d,14s) comprises an adjustment mechanism in height, which is accessible from outside the foot through respective holes (21d,21s) and which can be maneuvered by means of a maneuvering tool (18). According to the invention, a respective supporting and guiding unit (17d,17s; 22;25) for said maneuvering tool (18) is provided in combination with said rear feet (14d,14s), said unit being assembled on said bottom (12) of the furniture (M) in an intermediate position between said front feet (13d,13s) according to an axis X which is aligned with said holes (21d,21s) for access to the adjustment mechanism in height of the respective rear foot (14d,14s).

Abstract: A powder-cleaning device for dental use is provided. It has a proximal arm configured for attachment to a source of compressed air; a distal arm having a distal end configured for dispensing a mixture of air and powder to a patient a turbulence chamber, which has a loading side door configured for insertion of an abrasive powder into the chamber according to a loading direction substantially orthogonal to a plane defined by the prevailing extension s of the arms (DP, DD). The turbulence chamber is interposed between the proximal arm and the distal arm and in fluid communication with both in such a way that the compressed air can be adducted in the turbulence chamber through the proximal arm and a mixture of air and powder can escape therefrom within the distal arm. A controller for compressed air flow is also arranged on the proximal arm upstream of the turbulence chamber.

Abstract: A hearing device configured to be worn by a user, includes: a first input transducer for providing an input signal; a first processing unit configured for processing the input signal according to a first sound signal model; and an acoustic output transducer coupled to an output of the first processing unit for conversion of an output signal from the first processing unit into an audio output signal; wherein the hearing device is configured to obtain an input signal comprising a first signal part and a second signal part, the first signal part corresponding at least partly to a first object signal recorded by a recording unit; and wherein the hearing device is also configured to apply a first set of parameter values of a second sound signal model to the first sound signal model, and process the input signal according to the first sound signal model.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a one-piece timepiece dial assembly made of light alloy includes making, in a first assembled state, a dial including a flange whose material is a first light alloy, including opposite to the first side of a display area visible to a user, at least one foot for attachment to the dial. The flange includes at least one receiving area complementary to an end area of at least one foot which is a weldable foot that can be welded or brazed to the flange at the interface between the receiving area and the end area. The weldable foot is made of material that is the first light alloy or a second light alloy that can be welded or brazed to the first light alloy. The method further includes irreversibly assembling by welding or brazing at least one weldable foot to the flange.

Abstract: A system or a method for providing pacing guidance to an individual for a particular activity based on a physiological strain index (PSI) or an adaptive physiological strain index (aPSI). The system in at least one embodiment includes a heart rate monitor, a memory storing multiple pacing templates, a clock, an activity completion module, an output device, and a processor configured to perform multiple steps resulting in outputting pacing information to the individual. The pacing information selected in at least one embodiment is based on the individual's heart rate that provides in part a PSI or aPSI, the elapsed time for the activity, and the amount of progress through the activity.