Abstract: A printing method for printing a digital image on a substantially flat substrate includes providing the digital image including a raster of a plurality of pixels; providing a height channel to the digital image defining a height for each pixel; discriminating in the digital image for each pixel a relief part, a white part and a skin part; providing an inking mask including a binary image of areas of the substrate to be finished and areas of the substrate not to be finished; image processing of the digital image by applying the inking mask to the image, wherein the height of a pixel within an area of the substrate to be finished is reduced by substantially reducing a height of the relief part of said pixel; and printing the processed image obtained in the image processing step on the substrate.

Abstract: Herein is disclosed an intermediate transfer member for liquid electrophotographic printing. The intermediate transfer member may include at least one layer including a thermoplastic polyurethane. A liquid electrophotographic printer and a method of forming an intermediate transfer member are also described.

Abstract: A loudspeaker system includes a loudspeaker enclosure having a front and a rear. Further, the loudspeaker system includes at least one first bass sound source, arranged in the loudspeaker enclosure, having a main direction of radiation at the front and at least one treble and/or midrange sound source. At least one first chamber of the loudspeaker enclosure is provided with a first sound exit opening that is at the side in regard to the main direction of radiation. The loudspeaker system further comprises at least one first directivity bass sound source that is arranged in the first chamber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an alkyd resin comprising the condensation product of at least the following components (A) a polybasic acid, (B) a polyhydric alcohol, and (C) a linear C12-C60 hydrocarbo monocarboxylic acid, and optionally (D) at least one component other than any of components A to C characterized in that at least a part of the polybasic acid (A) is a (optionally hydrogenated) Diels Alder adduct of citraconic acid with C4-C14 conjugated diene, a (optionally hydrogenated) Diels Alder adduct of citraconic anhydride with C4-C14 conjugated diene, a half ester of such a Diels Alder adduct and/or a diester of such a Diels Alder adduct.

Abstract: A control unit for a lighting system comprising a plurality of light sources, the control unit comprising: an interface for communication with a notification service; a control module configured to: control the plurality of light sources to emit light in accordance with light settings; receive notification light settings that are to be supplied to one or more of the light sources assigned as notification light sources by the notification light settings to provide a visual event notification that are transmitted from the notification service; compare the light settings with the notification light settings; and determine based on said comparison that the light settings and/or the notification light settings are to be modified; and control the one or more notification light sources in accordance with modified notification light settings, and/or control light sources of the plurality of light sources other than notification light sources in accordance with modified light settings.

Abstract: Cutting device for longitudinally cutting a film web, in particular a plastic film web, moved in a web plane in a transport direction into a plurality of film bands, wherein a first cutter bar provided with cutting blades is immersed with the cutting blades in a cutting position into the web plane. In order to replace the cutter bar, a second cutter bar provided with cutting blades may be immersed with its cutting blades into the web plane, wherein the first cutter bar may be moved from the cutting position into a transfer position outside of the web plane when the second cutter bar is immersed with its cutting blades into the web plane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process to prepare N,N?-di(2-hydroxybenzyl) ethylenediamine-N,N?-diacetic acid and salts thereof (HBED) comprising a reaction between formaldehyde, ethylenediamine diacetic acid or a salt thereof (EDDA) and phenol, wherein the reaction mixture contains 0.2 to 1.1 molar equivalents of alkali metal ions on the basis of the molar amount of EDDA and the reaction mixture is processed by a step in which at least part of the organic compounds other than the formed HBED are removed from the reaction mixture, and optionally recycled, during which step at least 50% and up to and including 100% of the alkali metal ions in the reaction mixture are potassium ions, to products obtainable by such process and their use.

Abstract: A lithographic apparatus (LA) prints product features and at least one focus metrology pattern (T) on a substrate. The focus metrology pattern is defined by a reflective reticle and printing is performed using EUV radiation (404) incident at an oblique angle (?). The focus metrology pattern comprises a periodic array of groups of first features (422). A spacing (S1) between adjacent groups of first features is much greater than a dimension (CD) of the first features within each group. Due to the oblique illumination, the printed first features become distorted and/or displaced as a function of focus error. Second features 424 may be provided as a reference against which displacement of the first features may be seen. Measurement of this distortion and/or displacement may be by measuring asymmetry as a property of the printed pattern. Measurement can be done at longer wavelengths, for example in the range 350-800 nm.

Abstract: A method for creating a plane panorama from point cloud data using Hough transformations is disclosed. The method involves converting the three-dimensional point cloud into a two-dimensional histogram with bins grouping neighboring points, and performing a Hough transformation on the histogram. The resulting transformed data is segmented and the method searches the segments iteratively for a major line, followed by lines that are orthogonal, diagonal, or parallel to the major line, and discards outlying data in each bin as lines are identified. The detected lines are connected to form planes, and the planes are assembled into a hole- and gap-filled panorama. The method may also use an algorithm such as a Random Sample Consensus (RANSAC) algorithm to detect a ground plane.

Abstract: Disclosed are processes for obtaining a microbial oil comprising one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) from one or more microbial cells by lysing the cells to form a lysed cell composition and then recovering the oil from the lysed cell composition. Further disclosed is microbial oil comprising one or more PUFAs that is recovered from microbial cells by at least one process described.

Abstract: Use of genistein for the treatment and prevention of dry eye syndrome or LKC and corresponding compositions containing it.

Abstract: In an example, a method of controlling voltage applied to a print blanket within a printing device includes printing a print job. During the printing, a null cycle trigger is received. In response to the trigger, a print blanket bias voltage is reduced from a print bias level to a null bias level.

Abstract: Methods, structures and computer program products for digital sample rate conversion are presented. An input digital sample with a first frequency is converted to an output sample with a second frequency. A sample rate conversion circuit is provided which provides an enhanced transposed farrow structure that enables an optimised trade-off between noise levels and computational complexity. Each output sample is derived by convolution of a continuous time interpolation kernel with a continuous time step function representing the input sample stream. In a sample rate conversion structure, there is a trade-off between the quality and the computational complexity. The quality is defined as a ratio between the (wanted) signal power and the (unwanted) noise power. The computational complexity may be defined as the average number of arithmetic operations that are required to generate one output sample. A higher computational complexity will generally lead to a higher power consumption and larger footprint.

Abstract: A system for simultaneously driving a plurality of antennas for transmission of an electromagnetic wave includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a first driver coupled to the first terminal, and a second driver coupled to the second terminal. The system includes a circuit configured to generate an indication of a phase difference between a first current through the first terminal and a second current through the second terminal. The system includes a control circuit configured to enable the first driver and the second driver to concurrently drive a first signal through the first terminal and a second signal through the second terminal, respectively, and configured to adjust a delay between the first signal and the second signal based on the indication of the phase difference and a predetermined target phase difference.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Gerbera plant named ‘Garsweetmemo’, characterized by its compact, broadly upright and uniformly mounding plant habit; dense and bushy appearance; numerous inflorescences with pink-colored ray florets; upright and strong scapes; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Portulaca plant named ‘Doporcuplav’, characterized by its upright to low spreading growth habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; and large red purple-colored flowers.