Abstract: A vehicle request management system having a server (10) arranged to communicate with a plurality of vehicle requesting devices (12) and a plurality of vehicles (14), each being equipped with a device (200) having route planning and navigation functionality. Upon receipt of a vehicle request, the server allocates the request to an existing cluster of vehicle requests if it is related to the requests. If it is not related to the requests, the request is used to generate a new cluster. The relationship between new vehicle requests and those of existing clusters is assessed based on a proximity of a pick-up location associated with the new request to a pick-up location of an existing request. The relationship is assessed using a parameter that is selected based on a geographical and temporal density of vehicle requests in a region associated with the cluster.

Abstract: A helical conveyor comprises a belt having a transport section for transporting products where the belt follows at least partly a helical path between a lower end and an upper end of the transport section and a return section where the belt follows a path. The conveyor comprises a lower end reverse guide for turning the belt upside down and reversing its direction of movement between the transport section and the return section at the lower end of the transport section and an upper end reverse guide for turning the belt upside down and reverting its direction of movement between the transport section and the return section at the upper end of the transport section. The return section leaves the upper end through a horizontally oriented upper return section portion and the return section leaves the lower end through a horizontally oriented lower return section portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated process to convert crude oil into petrochemical products comprising crude oil distillation, dearomatization, ring opening, and olefins synthesis, which process comprises subjecting a hydrocarbon feed to dearomatization to produce a first stream enriched in aromatic hydrocarbons and naphthenic hydrocarbons and a second stream enriched in alkanes; subjecting a stream enriched in aromatic hydrocarbons and naphthenic hydrocarbons to ring opening to produce alkanes; and subjecting refinery unit-derived alkanes produced in the process to olefins synthesis.

Abstract: A system comprises at least one magnetic field sensor having a magnetic sense element formed on a substrate. The sense element senses a magnetic field along a sense axis oriented in a first direction parallel to a surface of the substrate. A shield structure is formed on the substrate. The shield structure has first and second shield portions and the magnetic sense element is disposed between the shield portions. Each of the shield portions includes a body and first and second brim segments extending from opposing ends of the body. The body is aligned parallel to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to the surface of the substrate. The brim segments are aligned substantially parallel to the first direction. The shield portions are arranged in mirror symmetry with the brim segments of each of the shield portions extending toward one another.

Abstract: The invention describes a light conversion module (100) comprising a transparent substrate (120), a conversion layer (110) attached to a light exit side of the substrate (120), wherein the conversion layer (110) is arranged to convert a part of laser light (10) of a first wavelength range entering the substrate (120) via a light entrance side to converted laser light (20) of a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range, and to transmit another part of the laser light (10), such that a mixture of the transmitted laser light (15) and of a part of the converted laser light (20) leaves the conversion layer (110) in forward direction opposite to the side where the conversion layer (110) is attached to the light exit side of the substrate (120), and wherein the substrate (120) is arranged such that converted laser light (20) entering the substrate via the light exit side is inhibited to re-enter the conversion layer (110) via the light exit side by arranging a thickness of the substrate (120)

Abstract: Disclosed are a method, computer program and associated apparatuses for measuring a parameter of a lithographic process.

Abstract: A gas distribution system is disclosed in order to obtain better film uniformity on a substrate in a cross-flow reactor. The better film uniformity may be achieved by an asymmetric bias on individual injection ports of the gas distribution system. The gas distribution may allow for varied tunability of the film properties.

Abstract: Method of and a compiler for controlling a network based on a logical network model. The network has physical nodes and virtual nodes. The physical nodes are interconnected by physical links in accordance with a physical network layout. The logical network model has logical nodes indicated with a logical node name which refers to at least one physical or at least one virtual node in the network. The method uses a physical forwarding point-of-attachment relation defining physical paths of the physical network in dependence on a physical forwarding policy, a first mapping relation defining how the virtual nodes and the physical nodes are mapped to one another, and a second mapping relation defining how the logical nodes are mapped to the physical nodes and the virtual nodes. The method also includes transforming paths in the physical network to paths between the physical nodes and the virtual nodes.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a programmable controller for monitoring battery performance and usage at a remote pump jack location. The disclosure provides an energy efficient controller and display system which allows the operator to quickly and accurately test batteries in an installation. It uses programmable logic to switch between system modes and decide which battery supplies power to the output. Further it will sense any high voltages at and disable the input from the faulty source. Further, the programmable logic is designed such that the mode selection process is automatic when the system is in operation. The purpose is to elongate battery and connected equipment life by preventing battery failure. The present disclosure also provides an easy and economical method of communicating potential battery failure and status to an operator via cell phone communication.

Abstract: The invention relates to a user-operated device, a method and computer program for providing acknowledgement indicators performed by a user-operated device within a communication network. The user-operated device for receiving user input to trigger in a user-perceivable reaction of the user-operated device or a system controlled by it, the user-operated comprising means for detecting an actuation pattern of the user-operated device upon actuation of a user; means for comparing the detected actuation pattern with a predetermined pattern; and means for generating an acknowledgement indicator in dependence of a comparison result of the actuation pattern with the predetermined pattern.

Abstract: The present application relates to antigen-binding proteins that are capable of binding to mammalian IgG. The frame-work regions of the antigen-binding proteins of the application preferably correspond to those of antibodies naturally that are devoid of light chains as may e.g. be found in camelids. The application further relates to nucleic acids that encode such antigen-binding proteins, to immunoadsorbent materials that comprise such proteins, to the uses of such immunoadsorbent materials for the purification of mammalian IgG antibodies and for therapeutic apheresis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of spinach breeding, in particular to a new dominant resistance gene, designated RPF12, which confers resistance against all races of Peronospora farinosa and to spinach plants comprising said gene.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition having low sensory impression of smell comprising a polypropylene and a calcium salt of phosphoric acid, wherein in said polymer composition the amount of said calcium salt of phosphoric acid is preferably such to accomplish a sensory impression of smell measured according to VDA 270 of at most 4.0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of one or more fermentation product from a sugar composition, comprising the following steps: a) fermentation of the sugar composition in the presence of a yeast belonging to the genera Saccharomyces, Kluyveromyces, Candida, Pichia, Schizosaccharomyces, Hansenula, Kloeckera, Schwanniomyces or Yarrowia, and b) recovery of the fermentation product, wherein the yeast comprises the genes araA, araB and araD and the sugar composition comprises glucose, galactose and arabinose.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program for performing an at least partially automated commissioning of a lighting device at installation. The apparatus comprises: a wireless interface for communicating over a pre-existing public wireless network, pre-existing at said installation; a positioning module for determining a location of the lighting device; and a local control module. As part of said commissioning, the local control module determines the location of the lighting device using the positioning module, and transmits commissioning information to a register of a lighting management system by transmitting the commissioning information over the pre-existing public wireless network via the wireless interface. The commissioning information comprises an identifier of the apparatus along with the location of the lighting device as determined using the positioning system.

Abstract: Evisceration apparatus for eviscerating a poultry carcass suspended by the legs. The apparatus may include an evisceration tool that is movable up and down and into and out of a body cavity of the poultry. The evisceration tool can include two bracket halves that connect to each other with a hinge at a lower extremity of the tool, wherein the two bracket halves may be embodied with cooperating clamping faces adjacent to said hinge for clamping a part of the viscera of the poultry when the two bracket halves are moved towards each other from an open position into a closed position.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘BKPONRR’, characterized by its broadly upright and uniformly mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; large and full inflorescences with bright red-colored flower bracts; excellent post-production longevity; and relative tolerance to high temperatures.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘PHALFUBNE’, particularly characterized by having large, white flowers with a light yellow-green lip, 1 to 2 peduncles that are long and sturdy, leaves that are oblong, and is propagated by meristem tissue culture, is disclosed.

Abstract: ‘Bloody Mary’ is a new variety of calla lily plant having inflorescences with a red-colored spathe that produces 2-10 inflorescences per tuber. The height of the top of an inflorescence above the soil can reach up to 48 cm. The leaves are green with transparent maculations present and have a leathery texture.