Abstract: A pump system for liquid media includes at least one pump having a suction side and a delivery side, a control unit connected to the at least one pump, and at least two controllable valves connected on one side thereof to the suction side. The valves are controlled by the control unit connected thereto, such that each valve only allows passage of medium from a first source or second source connectable to their respective other valve sides. The pump system also includes at least one level sensor connected to the control unit, which level sensor is positioned at least near the source where, in the case of a critical level being exceeded, medium must be pumped away.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cell expressing a polypeptide having 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic acid dehydrogenase activity, as well as to a cell expressing a polypeptide having furanic compound transport capabilities. The invention also relates to a process for the production of 2,5-furan-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) wherein the cells of the invention are used for oxidation of a furanic precursors of FDCA.

Abstract: The invention is directed to biocompatible composite materials for medical applications such as tissue regeneration. In particular, the present invention is directed to biocompatible composite materials that may be used for the treatment of lost bone or bone defects. According to the invention there is provided an anhydrous biocompatible composite material comprising a biodegradable polymeric material and a granular synthetic material, wherein the polymeric material essentially consists of at least one block copolymer that comprises at least one hydrophilic block and at least one hydrophobic block.

Abstract: A method for producing lactide including the steps of: providing a solution of lactic acid in a volatile organic solvent, subjecting the solution to an evaporation step to remove volatile organic solvent and water, resulting in the formation of a composition including lactic acid oligomer, adding catalyst to the composition including lactic acid oligomer, and bringing the mixture to reaction conditions, to form lactide. It has been found that the process results in the efficient production of lactide with a high production rate and a good product quality.

Abstract: The instant invention relates to processes and systems for the fermentative production of ethanol. The ethanol is produced by fermenting a fermentable carbohydrate with a yeast, whereby acetaldehyde is externally supplied to the yeast cell for reducing glycerol by-product formation by the yeast cell, for improving the performance of yeast at high ethanol levels and/or for suppression of infections during the fermentation. The acetaldehyde that is externally supplied to the fermentation medium can be produced by catalytic oxidation of ethanol. Advantageously, acetaldehyde production from ethanol is integrated in a system for ethanol production. Thus, in another aspect the invention relates to a system for producing ethanol, e.g. an ethanol plant, which system, in addition to the usual means for fermentative production of ethanol, comprises a means for producing acetaldehyde by catalytic oxidation of ethanol.

Abstract: Device for keeping articles in temporary storage, including a frame having series storage sections provided with supports for series of holders, at least one first and at least one second platform configured for receiving at least one holder, wherein the platforms can be moved by a first movement unit from a position in which both are aligned with one of the storage sections to a position in which both are aligned with another one of the storage sections, wherein the device has been provided with a second movement unit for, in a first direction, horizontally moving one or more holders from the platform at a first frame side to the holder supports of a selected storage section, while moving the series of holders supported thereon over the selected storage section and moving one or more holders from the storage section to the platform at a second frame side.

Abstract: The present invention concerns liquid laundry detergent formulations comprising a dye polymers comprising a polyethylene imine covalently bound to a reactive dye and the use of the dye polymers in liquid laundry compositions with specific surfactant mixtures.

Abstract: Herein is disclosed a magenta liquid electrostatic ink composition comprising a carrier liquid; and ink particles comprising a resin, a magenta pigment and a black pigment, wherein the black pigment is present in the composition in an amount of 0.01 to 0.5 wt % by total solids of the composition.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for analyzing data in an online professional social network to identify and rank organizations with regard to providing professional services. A graph structure provides an efficient structure for accessing and processing data about service providers. The method and system provide a means to convert an unstructured query from a user into a graph query to return search results that provide a context for past provisions of services. An organization may be connected in the graph to problem and solution nodes to indicate that the organization can provide a solution to a given problem entered by a user.

Abstract: Devices and methods for processing a radiation beam with coherence are disclosed. In one arrangement, an optical system receives a radiation beam with coherence. The radiation beam comprises components distributed over one or more radiation beam spatial modes. A waveguide supports a plurality of waveguide spatial modes. The optical system directs a plurality of the components of the radiation beam belonging to a common radiation beam spatial mode and having different frequencies onto the waveguide in such a way that each of the plurality of components couples to a different set of the waveguide spatial modes, each set comprising one or more of the waveguide spatial modes.

Abstract: In an a method to stabilize the ink meniscus at a nozzle opening of a nozzle of a print head including the nozzle and one or more adjacent nozzles to the nozzle, the nozzle can be induced to generate a signal pulse at an activation time. The signal pulse can be a pre-fire pulse (e.g. a negative pressure reduction pulse), where, for example, no ink is ejected. The inducement to generate the pulse can depend on the number of adjacent nozzles that eject ink at the activation time. The negative pressure in the nozzle can then be reduced, and nozzle failures due to air suction may be avoided.

Abstract: Method for quantitative flow analysis of a tree of conduits perfusing an organ from at least two bi-dimensional images, the method comprising the following steps: a) making a 3D reconstruction of at least part of the tree from said at least two bi-dimensional images; b) identifying a segment of interest within the 3D reconstruction either automatically or semi-automatically upon user input; c) making calculations based on the 3D reconstruction to determine geometrical features of the conduits such as diameters, lengths, curvatures, centrelines or the like; d) receiving indication from the user to input a multi-scale functional model of the tree to be considered for the flow analysis and to input the location of the segment of interest within such model; e) adjusting the part of the functional model related to the segment of interest using geometrical features of the 3D reconstruction; f) performing quantitative flow analysis based on the functional model so obtained.

Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for operating a communications device are described. In an embodiment, a method for operating a communications device that communicates via inductive coupling involves adjusting a phase configuration of the communications device in response to at least one system or environmental parameter, modulating a carrier signal with the adjusted phase configuration using active load modulation (ALM), and transmitting the modulated carrier signal from the communications device for inductive coupling.

Abstract: A radiation alteration device includes a continuously undulating reflective surface, wherein the shape of the continuously undulating reflective surface follows a substantially periodic pattern.

Abstract: A flexible software library in which the software modules are defined as an abstract intermediate representation. The flexible library allows security transformation and performance attribute selections to be made by the end-user, rather than the library creator. Furthermore, since the flexible library contains an abstract representation of the software modules, the library can also be provisioned to contain an arbitrary number of named instances, representing specific sets of values for security and performance decisions, along with the corresponding native object-code resulting from those decisions. This permits distribution of software modules in a completely platform-independent manner while avoiding the disclosure of proprietary information, such as source-files.

Abstract: The present invention concerns liquid laundry compositions with specific surfactant mixtures and dye polymers. The dye polymers comprise a polyethylene imine covalently bound to a reactive dye. The surfactant mixture comprises anionic and non-ionic surfactants, wherein the fraction of alkyl ether sulphate to total anionic surfactant is at least 0.5 and the alkyl ether sulphate has at least 2 EO.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid fragments and constructs comprising genomic nucleotide sequences, which are present upstream of Rb1 and p15C that are associated with intergenic transcription, for the production of a gene product of interest in a eukaryotic, preferably mammalian, host cell in the presence of a stringent selectable marker. The invention further relates to host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs, to methods for generating the host cells and to methods for producing a gene product of interest using the host cells.

Abstract: The present disclosure discusses a method of and an arrangement for the lubrication of a controllable pitch propeller of a marine vessel. The lubrication is based on continuous lubricant circulation from the hydraulic powerpack to the hub and back to the oil tank, when the marine vessel is sailing ahead with propeller blades locked in a desired position. The lubrication is performed by maintaining, at least when the propeller blades are locked in a desired position, a pressure difference between the astern oil chamber and the lubricant chamber for circulating lubricant from the astern oil chamber via the lubricant chamber to the oil tank.

Abstract: A defect prediction method for a device manufacturing process involving processing one or more patterns onto a substrate, the method including: determining values of one or more processing parameters under which the one or more patterns are processed; and determining or predicting, using the values of the one or more processing parameters, an existence, a probability of existence, a characteristic, and/or a combination selected from the foregoing, of a defect resulting from production of the one or more patterns with the device manufacturing process.

Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for attenuator phase compensation are described. In an embodiment, a method for attenuator phase compensation involves determining a phase compensation value for an attenuator based on an attenuation configuration of the attenuator and performing phase compensation according to the phase compensation value to maintain a constant phase response.