Abstract: A system and method of adjusting insurance premiums during the term of an insurance policy are disclosed. In accordance with the disclosed subject matter, a dynamically adjusted insurance premium may vary based upon periodic data received from an insured, such that an insurance carrier may determine an accurate premium payment without having to wait for an audit.

Abstract: Salts of the compound represented by formula (I) or crystals thereof have a potential use as drug substances for pharmaceuticals.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel liposome composition containing eribulin or its pharmacologically permissible salt, and its method of manufacture.

Abstract: An armrest includes an armrest arm having an upper support surface forming a support for the forearm of an occupant of the vehicle seat, and a user interface having at least one display portion of flattened shape, having a front face comprising a screen and a rear face formed by a shell. The user interface is mounted on the armrest arm so as to be movable between a retracted position where the screen is inaccessible and an extended position where the screen is accessible. In the retracted position of the user interface, the shell is integrated with the upper support surface of the armrest arm, and in the extended position of the user interface, the screen is at least partially projecting above the upper support surface of the armrest arm.

Abstract: An electric measurement circuit possesses an electrical reaction leg for forming an oscillator from a resonator, and furthermore possesses a measurement leg the input of which is supplied by the electrical reaction leg. The measurement leg contains an adjustable phase shifter so that an additional excitation force that is applied to the resonator in the measurement leg can be adjusted in phase quadrature with respect to an excitation force that is applied to the resonator in the electrical reaction leg. Such an electrical measurement circuit is particularly suitable for forming a photoacoustic gas detector.

Abstract: A security feature has a plurality of luminescent surface elements, wherein luminescence lifetime varies between the surface elements. In order to verify the security feature, a lock-in imager is used. The security feature is illuminated with excitation light, which is intensity-modulated with a modulation frequency. The luminescent light emitted by the security feature is detected synchronously with the modulation frequency in a plurality of pixels. This is used to determine a measure of a phase shift between the excitation light and the luminescent light in different pixels. The security feature is verified taking account of the measure of the phase shift in different pixels.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a cosmetic applicator brush comprising a plurality of columns, and a shaft. The shaft comprises a plurality of opening parts around a circumference of the shaft, and the plurality of opening parts are spaced around the circumference in a radial direction of the shaft. Each of the plurality of columns comprises bristles or combs. Each of bristles or combs has a projecting part, which are inserted into the plurality of columns with an equal distance or different distances among them. A number of the plurality of opening parts around the circumference of the shaft is both even and odd number. The plurality of columns are inserted into the opening parts of the shaft irregularly to show the zigzag effect of the cosmetic applicator brush.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing hydrogen gas and/or magnetite comprising the steps of reacting a wüstite-containing material, such as steel slags, with H2O at a temperature ranging from 150° C. to 500° C., cooling down the gaseous reaction product to separate hydrogen gas from water steam and collecting hydrogen gas, and recovering magnetite from the solid reaction product.

Abstract: A system for detecting inactive objects includes a thermal imaging device arranged to acquire a thermal signature of an active object; movement detection processor arranged to process the thermal signature of the active object to monitor for any motion of the active object and whenupon the thermal signature indicates that the motion of the active object is below a movement threshold, determine that the active object is inactive.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling vehicles and for providing assistance to operated vehicles is discussed and described herein.

Abstract: According to one aspect, the invention relates to a device for transporting and controlling light beams for endo-microscopic imaging without a lens on the distal side comprising a single-mode optical fibre bundle (40) on the distal side, wherein each single-mode optical fibre is intended to receive an elementary light source and to emit a light beam at a distal end; a single-mode optical fibre section (50) arranged at the distal end of the optical fibre bundle and intended to receive the light beams emitted by the single-mode optical fibres of the optical fibre bundle; an optical phase control device arranged on the side of the proximal end of the single-mode optical fibres.

Abstract: Selectively providing voltage-gated sodium channel function sufficient to rescue impaired Nav1.1 function to inhibitory neurons is described. Provided voltage-gated sodium channel function sufficient to rescue impaired Nav1.1 function in inhibitory neurons can be used to treat disorders such as epilepsy, and more particularly, Dravet Syndrome.

Abstract: A removable protection member for brackets configured to support air conditioning units, wherein the support bracket includes at least two substantially “L”-shaped supports suited to be secured to a bearing wall and at least one cross member suited to be secured to the bearing wall and to connect the supports, said protection member including at least one pair of first covering members intended to cover the supports, each first covering member being substantially “L”-shaped; at least one second covering member suited to cover a corresponding cross member; quick connection members associated with the pair of first covering members and with the covering member, the quick connection members being suited to make it easier to maintain the pair of first covering members removably attached to the respective supports and the second covering member removably attached to the corresponding cross member through interference.

Abstract: Disclosed is a microcapsule comprising inorganic particle and benefit agent wherein the microcapsule has a sphericity of 0.15 to 0.74, wherein said benefit agent is distributed throughout the particle, and wherein said microcapsule is not core-shell microcapsule having a single core. The inorganic particle preferably comprises bismuth oxychloride, aluminium oxide, barium sulfate, boron nitride, zirconium oxide, mica, clay, silicate, talc or combination thereof. The benefit agent is preferably a fragrance or pro-fragrance. The microcapsule may be prepared by mixing the inorganic particle with benefit agent at 0 to 40° C. A home or personal care composition comprises the microcapsules. It may further comprise a cleansing surfactant.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a substituted pyrimidine compound. The structure is shown in general formula I. The definition of each substituent in the formula is described in the description. The compound of the present invention has broad-spectrum fungicidal, insecticidal and acaricidal activity, and has excellent control effects on cucumber downy mildew, powdery mildew, corn rust, anthrax, rice blast, aphids, Tetranychus cinnabarinus and the like.

Abstract: A method for forming polymer microparticles is disclosed. The method comprises spraying a liquid comprising a thermally-gelling polymer from a first orifice of a nozzle into air to form gelled microparticles, and collecting the gelled microparticles with a collecting device. The nozzle is positioned to have a central axis of the first orifice at a tilt angle in a range from about 10 degrees to about 170 degrees relative to a direction of gravity. The collecting device comprises at least two collecting units at different distances from the first orifice of the nozzle in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the direction of gravity. Each of the collecting unit is loaded with a liquid collecting medium. A system for forming polymer microparticles is also disclosed.

Abstract: Devices and methods for treating respiratory problems of a subject, such as those related to sleep apnea, are presented herein. An implementation of a device may be configured to provide a measured vertical dimension of occlusion (VDO) and/or mandibular advancement in a subject. Methods for treating a subject through the use of the device may include systematically increasing and/or decreasing the measured VDO provided by the device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for liquid measurements including: —providing a sensor including a surface arranged to receive a liquid thereupon, an electrical heating element arranged to heat the surface, and an arrangement for measuring a temperature of the surface; —receiving liquid on the sensor surface; —heating the surface by means of the electrical heating element at a known rate while taking a plurality of temperature measurements thereof in function of time, the heating being at an absolute temperature of at least 90% of the boiling point of the liquid under ambient pressure; and—deriving a volume or a flow rate measurement related to the liquid from the electrical heating rate and the temperature measurements.

Abstract: The system comprises a support to receive a nanoparticle assembly (NPA) and to be conveyed towards a localized area of an organism infected or at risk to be infected by microorganisms; said nanoparticle assembly (NPA) comprising a plurality of nanoparticles (NPs) each one (NP) having a metal core and a surface surrounding said metal core, the metal core being reactable to thermal energy; and an energy unit (15) configured to apply at least one thermal shot on said localized area exposed to the nano-particle assembly, increasing the temperature of said localized area via the. nanoparticle assembly (NPA), so enabling a nanotheranostic multimodal antimicrobial therapy, wherein the metal core being made of silver, gold, iron or a mixture of silver and gold.