Abstract: A method for generating/updating a database of current-voltage characteristic curves is disclosed. This method includes simulating for at least one combination of a topology of a photovoltaic cell group, an internal cell temperature(s) and a cell irradiation(s), a model of the photovoltaic cell group to provide a representative current-voltage characteristic curve, and clustering the current-voltage characteristic curves to identify at least one plurality of similar current-voltage characteristic curves.

Abstract: Methods, systems comprising one or more computer systems including a combination of hardware and software, and computer program products provide at a first mobile device a user interface, the user interface displaying indications of a plurality of computer applications available for installation on the first mobile device and the user interface enabling selection by a user of the first mobile device of one or more of the computer applications for installation on the first mobile device. The method, system, and computer program product store, in a database associated with a user account, an inventory of the one or more of the computer applications selected by the user of the first mobile device, receive an indication from the first mobile device that program data associated with a first one of the computer applications included in the inventory may be stored on a second mobile device, and receive an identifier corresponding to the user account from the second mobile device.

Abstract: A bio-organic composition includes residues of a fatty acid glyceride-containing composition, residues of a first epoxide or glycol, and the residues of a second epoxide. The fatty acid glyceride-containing composition is characterized by the viscosity at room temperature. The first epoxide or glycol and second epoxides are present in a sufficient amount that the room temperature viscosity of the bio-organic composition is lower than the room temperature viscosity of the vegetable oil prior to formulation and/or the first epoxide or glycol and second epoxides are present in a sufficient amount that the pour point of the bio-organic composition is lower than the pour point of the fatty acid glyceride-containing composition prior to formulation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper motor (10) with a shaft (30) for driving a wiper arm (1), wherein the shaft (30) projects through an opening (31) of a housing (15) and in the region of the opening (31) is mounted radially in a bore (55) of at least one substantially sleeve-shaped element (40), and wherein the sleeve-shaped element (40) is fixed at least axially in the region of the housing (15). According to the invention, it is provided that the sleeve-shaped element (40) has at least two different cross-sections (41, 42), a first cross-section (41) which is designed to protrude axially through the opening (31) and a second cross-section (42) which is designed to be accommodated in an axially fixed manner within said opening (31).

Abstract: A eutectic extraction solvent for extracting plant (e.g. vegetable) and/or animal and/or prokaryotic biological material, wherein the solvent is a clear, stable and fluid mixture comprising: (a) betaine or a hydrated form of betaine; (b) at least one hydrogen bond donor compound selected from the group consisting of polyols and organic acids; and (c) water with the proviso that the eutectic extraction solvent does not contain any exogenous sugar and/or amine salt and/or anion.

Abstract: A mounting device for snowboards and other snow glide boards that includes a puck assembly. The adjustment system can be adjusted with three degrees of freedom with respect to the snowboard: foot placement, foot angle, and heel and toe centering. The puck assembly can attach directly to the snowboard or can be built into the snowboard boot binding. The mounting device can include a slider block/snowboard binding base plate and a disk. The disk includes a series of projections. The slider block/snowboard binding base plate receives the disk in a recess indented in the slider block/snowboard binding base plate top surface. The recess is patterned with a series of detents sized and shaped to receive the projections from the disk. The detents arranged as a series of arcs, of equal radius, translated linearly on even increments. This combination allows for the foot angle and heel and toe centering adjustments to be made concurrently.

Abstract: Self-assembling peptides comprising non-ionic polar amino acids for anti-adhesion are provided herein. Compositions, peptide solutions and macroscopic scaffolds of self-assembling peptides consisting essentially of non-ionic, polar amino acids are provided to prevent adhesion or to provide anti-adhesion properties. Particular peptides include those consisting essentially of, serine, threonine, tyrosine, cysteine, glutamine, asparagine, methionine, tryptophan, hydroxy-proline, and combinations thereof. Methods and kits are also provided.

Abstract: Described is a portable footwear tightener lace replacement (mechanism) for use with an ice skate, sports shoe, work boot, sneaker or other footwear that has eyelets or lace hooks and normally uses laces for tightening. The portable footwear tightener includes an inside strap having a tooth or ribbed top side, an inside strap footwear attachment structure, an outside strap having a ratchet or clasp/buckle mechanism, an outside strap footwear attachment structure. Each of the inside strap and the outside strap is attached to the footwear through the eyelets, hooks or hoops by the inside strap footwear attachment structure and the outside footwear attachment structure, respectively, and the ribbed or toothed portion of the inside strap is connectable to ratchet or clasp/buckle mechanism of the outside strap into a snug arrangement.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds which are prodrugs of a JAK inhibitor agent for the targeted delivery of the JAK inhibitor to the gastrointestinal tract of a mammal. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, methods of using the compounds to treat gastrointestinal inflammatory diseases, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing the compounds.

Abstract: The present invention concerns subject matter connected to or making use of IgLON5, IgLON5 fragments and variants of IgLON5 and IgLON5-fragments. In particular the present invention relates to a use of a polypeptide comprising one or more sequences of IgLON5, an IgLON5-fragment or a variant thereof for the diagnosis of a disease, in vitro methods for diagnosing such a disease, a polypeptide comprising one or more sequences of IgLON5, an IgLON5-fragment or a variant thereof or a nucleic acid encoding said polypeptide for use in the treatment of a disease, a pharmaceutical composition comprising such polypeptide, a method for treating such a disease, an autoantibody binding to IgLON5, an IgLON5-fragment or a variant thereof, a method for isolating such autoantibody, a medical or diagnostic device comprising such autoantibody or such polypeptide and a test kit for the diagnosis of a disease, which test kit comprises such autoantibody and/or such polypeptide.

Abstract: Methods and systems enabling the real-time monitoring of a light-induced procedure in a biological medium, and/or the acquisition of information related to this biological medium are provided. In some implementations, the light beam used for the procedure is modulated at a modulation frequency selected in view of the photoacoustic frequency response associated with the procedure. The photoacoustic feedback signal from the medium during the procedure is then monitored. This monitoring may involve filtering the photoacoustic feedback signal around the selected feedback modulation frequency. Ratiometric comparisons of the contribution of different frequencies to the photoacoustic feedback signal are also considered.

Abstract: A PEP module is provided for producing and transmitting oscillations of expiratory air to the lungs and airways of a user to thereby loosen and mobilize mucus obstructions. The PEP module includes an external device housing having a mouthpiece at a first end thereof and a cover at an opposite second end thereof configured for providing resistance to the airflow of the expiratory air. The PEP module further includes a valve assembly contained within the external housing and disposed medially between the mouthpiece and the cover. The valve assembly includes a valve housing and a valve moveably mounted on the valve housing. The valve rapidly and repeatedly oscillates relative to the valve housing as the user exhales to produce oscillations in the expiratory air that are transmitted to the lungs and airways of the user to loosen and mobilize the mucus obstructions.

Abstract: A radio communication device comprising a planar body arranged to be inserted into a gap portion between one or more construction components, wherein the planar body includes a radio communication chip and an antenna arrangement arranged to substantially radiate radio communication signals from the radio communication chip in a direction away from the gap portion.

Abstract: A wiping system for a motor vehicle having a blade configured to move in linear translation over a window and in a direction parallel to two opposite sides of this window, is disclosed. The wiping system also includes a first rail and a second rail which are arranged at the sides of the window, the rails having a curvature to espouse the shape of the window and for housing a first runner and a second runner which are respectively connected to first and second ends of the blade, and a first drive motor and a second drive motor arranged respectively at the first rail and at the second rail to drive the first and second runner via a first coupling mechanism and second coupling mechanism, the first and second drive motors being operated by a control unit configured to synchronize movements of the first and second runners.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wind generation means (1) comprising at least one wind generation wall (1?) comprising a plurality of wind generation units (11) provided next to each other along at least a first and a second directions so as to form the at least one wind generation wall (1?), wherein each wind generation unit (11) of said plurality of wind generation units comprises at least two ventilation units (111), each ventilation unit within the wind generation unit being individually controlled, characterized in that each wind generation unit (11) of said plurality of wind generation units comprises at least one control unit adapted to control said ventilation units (111) individually, so as to generate an arbitrary wind profile both in space and in time in an air flow path and so as to vary a generated wind physical property of said each wind generation unit along said at least first and second directions, and in that said plurality of wind generation units (11) are detachably attached to each other so th

Abstract: In an embodiment, a class-D amplifier includes an input terminal configured to receive an input signal; a comparator having an input coupled to the input terminal; a deglitching circuit having an input coupled to an output of the comparator; and a driving circuit having an input coupled to an output of the deglitching circuit. The deglitching circuit includes a logic circuit coupled between the input of the deglitching circuit and the output of the deglitching circuit. The logic circuit is configured to receive a clock signal having the same frequency as the switching frequency of the class-D amplifier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a personal care composition comprising a combination of 1-piperidinepropionic acid and pyridinecarboxamide. The composition provides synergistic skin lightening.

Abstract: The present application relates to the field of inflammatory diseases, particularly to inflammatory diseases characterized by an M1 macrophage response, even more particularly to sepsis and to Trypanosoma infection. The invention provides substances modulating miR210 expression and/or activity, in particular RNA molecules inhibiting miR210 expression and/or activity and medical uses of these miR210 inhibitors. Methods are disclosed to screen for medicaments for treating sepsis.

Abstract: A crossbow router system may include a frame that may be positioned within a hole in a crossbow main beam and not fixed to the main beam. Two or more cylindrical surfaces may be rotatable with respect to the frame and may engage a power chord to guide the power chord through the hole in the main beam.