Abstract: There is provided a method and apparatus for preparing a print substrate. A surface resistivity of a print substrate comprising a conductive layer is determined. The determined surface resistivity is compared to a print range having a lower threshold value for the surface resistivity of the print substrate and an upper threshold value for the surface resistivity of the print substrate. If the determined resistivity of the print substrate is outside the print range, a surface modification is selected to adjust the determined surface resistivity of the print substrate to fall within the print range. The selected surface modification is applied to the top layer of the print substrate.

Abstract: A bond-wire transformer for an RF device is described. The primary and secondary circuits of the bond-wire transformer are formed using loops formed with a pair of normal profile and low profile bond-wires. This results in improved efficiency and higher power operation.

Abstract: A system for monitoring a lifestyle of a person in a living space includes sensors for detecting a presence of the person and/or an activity of the person, and a processor controlled system, coupled to the sensors for deriving events caused by the person and times when the events occur, for detecting event free periods of first lengths in which no events of a predetermined group occur, and for deriving, an estimate of in-bed time on the basis of the event free period of at least the first length detected in a first observation period beginning before a usual in-bed time, and for determining an estimate of the out-bed time on the basis of the events, and event free periods of at least a second length, detected in a second observation period ending after an usual out-bed time.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a procatalyst suitable for preparing a catalyst composition for olefin polymerization. The invention also relates to a procatalyst obtained or obtainable by the process. The invention further relates to the use of a benzamide as an activator in the preparation of a Ziegler-Natta procatalyst. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of polyolefins. The invention also relates to a polyolefin. The invention further relates to a shaped article.

Abstract: A brake assembly for use with a retractable lifeline assembly comprises a brake hub, a pressure plate, a first friction disk, a brake plate, a second friction disk, and a lock nut. The brake hub includes a flange extending outward from an at least partially threaded shaft. The pressure plate is positioned on the at least partially threaded shaft proximate the flange. The first friction disk is positioned on the at least partially threaded shaft proximate the pressure plate. The brake plate is positioned on the at least partially threaded shaft proximate the first friction disk. The second friction disk is positioned on the at least partially threaded shaft proximate the brake plate. The lock nut is threaded onto the at least partially threaded shaft, and the lock nut is set to a desired torque at which the brake plate slips prior to final assembly of the retractable lifeline assembly.

Abstract: A system includes a plurality of sensors at distinct and separate locations, each of the distinct and separate locations being equidistant from a region that is configured to pass light that propagates along a beam path, the sensors being configured to sense radiation from an optical element positioned to interact with light that propagates on the beam path; and a controller including one or more electronic processors and a computer-readable medium, the computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more electronic processors to receive an output from each of the sensors, the output of each sensor including an indication of an intensity of the radiation detected by the sensor, and analyze the received output to determine a position of the light that propagates along the beam path.

Abstract: A hoisting system, including: a hoisting crane including a hoisting cable, a craft, and a connector catch assembly for interconnecting the hoisting crane and the craft or a load/cargo on the craft. The connector catch assembly includes: a connector body, and a connector catch having a funnel-shaped trap-cage, whereby one of the connector body and the connector catch is attached to the hoisting cable and the other of the connector body and the connector catch is attached to the craft or the load on the craft. A wide side of the funnel shaped trap-cage is directed toward the connector body on approaching one another, whereas an opposite narrow side of the funnel shaped trap-cage has the connector catch mounted therein for releasably holding the connector body.

Abstract: An aircraft passenger seat having a seat bottom movable between a stationary position for taxi, take-off and landing and a movable position during flight in which at least one of a leading edge and a trailing edge of the seat bottom deflects downward in response to a downward load applied thereto.

Abstract: The heat exchanger comprises at least one gas flow channel, at least one water flow channel, and a metal wall delimiting the gas flow channel from the water flow channel. The at least one water flow channel comprises a number of consecutive parallel straight segments. Two consecutive parallel straight segments are separated by a wall and by a U-turn comprising an upstream section and a downstream section. The upstream and the downstream sections are defined as the sections of the U-turn delimited on the one hand by the plane of the wall separating the two consecutive parallel straight segments; and on the other hand by the plane through the end section of the wall separating the two consecutive parallel straight segments, the plane which is parallel with the width direction of the water flow channel and which is perpendicular to the plane of the wall separating the two consecutive parallel straight segments.

Abstract: An actuator to displace, for example a mirror, provides movement with at least two degrees of freedom by varying the currents in two electromagnets (370). A moving part includes a permanent magnet (362) with a magnetic face constrained to move over a working area lying substantially in a first plane perpendicular to a direction of magnetization of the magnet. The electromagnets have pole faces lying substantially in a second plane closely parallel to the first plane, each pole face substantially filling a quadrant of the area traversed by the face of the moving magnet. A ferromagnetic shield (820) is provided around the moving part and has at least one interruption (822) to reduce the influence of adjacent actuators or stray fields while also minimizing attraction between the permanent magnet (362) and the shield (820).

Abstract: A MEMS chip having at least two chip components bonded together by means of an adhesive layer that is applied to at least one of two mating bonding surfaces of the two components, wherein a pattern of finely distributed micro-cavities is formed in at least one of the two mating bonding surfaces, said micro-cavities being arranged to accommodate a major part of the adhesive.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods are used for detecting the alignment of a feature on a substrate using a polarization independent interferometer. The apparatus, system, and methods include optical elements that receive light that has diffracted or scattered from a mark on a substrate. The optical elements may split the diffracted light into multiple subbeams of light which are detected by one or more detectors. The diffracted light may be combined optically or during processing after detection. The system may determine alignment and/or overlay based on the received diffracted light having any polarization angle or state.

Abstract: Method and device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line. A carcass part may be supported on a carrier that is movable in the processing line and includes wing joints, coracoids, a wishbone being embodied with two legs that merge into each other at an acute angle, a keel bone, and naturally present meat including inner and outer fillets, and means are applied for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone from the carcass part.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining data embedded into a light output of a light source (121, 122) with an image acquisition device (140, 210) comprising at least a first color channel (212) and a second color channel (214). The method includes adjusting an initial gain of the first color channel (212) and/or an initial gain of the second color channel (214) so that the distribution of a histogram of pixel values for the first color channel (212) is substantially different from the distribution of a histogram of pixel values for the second color channel (214) according to one or more measures of distribution, obtaining one or more images of a scene acquired with the image acquisition device (140, 210) configured with the adjusted gains for the first and second color channels, the scene containing the light output of the light source, and processing at least some of the pixel values of the acquired images to determine the embedded data.

Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a system and a method for estimating gaze from a set of eye measurement points that are indicative of a gaze pattern of a user viewing a scene. Some other embodiments are directed to obtaining sets of eye measurement points from different users viewing the same scene. In another embodiment, the different sets of eye measurement points are mapped to a common coordinate system for reciprocal calibration In yet another embodiment, a scene transformation for mapping the common coordinate system to a coordinate system associated with the scene can be calculated by matching eye measurement points from the common coordinate system to interest points of the scene. The scene transformation is thereby calculated more accurately than individually calculated scene transformations, thereby providing a more accurate estimate of the gaze points.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for inducing or promoting skipping of exon 45 of DMD pre-mRNA in a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patient, preferably in an isolated (muscle) cell, the method comprising providing an isolated muscle cell with a molecule that binds to a continuous stretch of at least 21 nucleotides within said exon. The invention further relates to such molecule used in the method.

Abstract: In one aspect, a buffer circuit comprises a source or emitter follower input stage and output stage. A load is provided between the stages which comprises a representation of an output load of the buffer circuit. This improves the circuit linearity whilst enabling a high input impedance to be obtained. In another aspect, a buffer circuit comprises a source or emitter follower output stage. A load is in the form of a filter is provided and which comprises a representation of an output load of the buffer circuit.

Abstract: Embodiments of a charge pump circuit and a method for operating a charge pump circuit are disclosed. In an embodiment, a charge pump circuit includes a charge pump configured to generate a charge pump output voltage, a transistor array including multiple transistor devices that includes at least one transistor device having a back gate terminal coupled to the charge pump output voltage, and a control circuit configured to control the charge pump output voltage so as to regulate the back bias voltage of the transistor devices within the transistor array. Other embodiments are also described.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Duetamarcherblos’ characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; medium in size; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely and early flowering habit; large red purple and light red purple bi-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Duesunvan’, characterized by its semi-mounding to semi-trailing plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; medium to large-size flowers with pale yellow-colored petals that are tinged with light red and yellow green-colored centers and venation; and good garden performance.