Abstract: A tracer insert has an upper cavity for retaining shot and a lower cavity for retaining a tracer powder compound. The tracer insert is configured for placement within the shot-pocket of a wad within a shotgun shell. The shot is placed in and around the tracer insert within the shot pocket and some shot is retained within the upper cavity of the tracer insert. A bottom exhaust port in the lower cavity allows the release of the tracer powder compound upon firing of the tracer shell. A cavity separator separates the upper and lower cavities and a flow channel may extend down from the top of the tracer insert into the lower cavity to allow a flow of air to aid in the release of the tracer powder compound. Side exhaust ports may be configured around the lower cavity to provide additional release area for the tracer powder compound.

Abstract: An insertion guide facilitates insertion of an endotracheal tube (ETT) into the trachea of a patient instead of the esophagus of the patient. The ETT includes an elongated, somewhat flexible, generally hollow tube and the insertion guide includes an elongated, solid and relatively rigid shaft that is configured to be positioned within the hollow tube of the ETT. The shaft is provided with a radiused portion and/or an angled portion adjacent a distal end of the insertion guide that protrudes outwardly beyond a distal end of the ETT. The radiused portion and/or the angled portion of the shaft facilitate insertion of the distal end of the ETT past the epiglottis and into the trachea of the patient instead of into the esophagus of the patient.

Abstract: A method for detecting the presence of an analyte (1) in a solution (2) comprising: providing at least a first and a second probes (A, B) different from each other, each probe (A,B) comprising a nanoparticle conjugated with a receptor specific to the analyte (1); contacting the solution (2) suspected of including the analyte (1) with the first and the second probes (A, B) to form a sample solution (3), wherein the sample solution (3) comprises aggregates (4) comprising the analyte (1) combined with the first and the second probes (A, B); illuminating the sample solution (3) with a light source having at least a first and a second exciting wavelengths (?eA, ?eB) different from each other wherein the first and the second wavelength are chosen to get specific optical responses from the first probe (A) and the second probe (B) respectively when illuminated; detecting as a function of time the light scattered by the first probe (A) at a first detection wavelength (?dA) and the light scattered by the second probe (

Abstract: A communications interruption system includes, in an in-vehicle network system in which it is possible to communicate data between a plurality of groups that each include a plurality of communication devices and a communication line, a communicator that receives data from at least one of the plurality of communication devices included in a first group via the communication line, a determiner configured to detect a communication anomaly in the first group based on the data received by the communicator and determine whether to execute a predetermined communications interruption between the plurality of groups based on contents of the communication anomaly detected, and a switcher that executes the predetermined communications interruption. The predetermined communications interruption includes interrupting a flow of the data transmitted from the first group to a group other than the first group.

Abstract: A display system according to an aspect includes a screen, a drive control unit, and a projection unit. The drive control unit has the screen moved in a movement direction. The projection unit renders an image on the screen by irradiating the screen with a light beam that scans the screen and projects a virtual image onto a projection plane with the light beam transmitted through the screen. The drive control unit has the screen moved in the movement direction such that an optical path leading to a rendering point on the screen varies its length according to a tilt angle defined by the projection plane with respect to a reference plane.

Abstract: Safety around a vehicle can be improved when there is a disagreement between an operation state of the vehicle and the notification contents notified from the vehicle. Abnormality notifying apparatus includes a determiner that determines whether or not there is a disagreement in correspondence relationship between operation control and notification control based on a first signal related to the operation control of vehicle and a second signal related to the notification control for notifying notification information according to the operation control to outside vehicle. When there is a disagreement in correspondence relationship, abnormality notifying apparatus notifies information indicating that the vehicle is in an abnormal state to outside vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (4) in the form of a medical prosthesis (9, 17), medical osteosynthesis device, hearing aid or hearing aid housing, essentially made of metal, wherein the device (4, 9, 17) comprises at least one optical diffractive element with a grating (6) which is directly embossed in an exposed metal surface in the form of a security and/or identification element. The invention furthermore relates to methods for making such devices and to uses of such devices.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a metal stamp for embossing a nano- or microstructure on a metal device (4), comprising the following steps for producing a 3D structured embossing area (3) on the stamp: a) providing a master (30) having a structured surface (30a), and replicating said master (30a) in the surface of a soft stamp (31); b) forming an imprint (32) on the soft stamp (31a) using a cross-linkable material to form an imprint structured surface (32a), before, while or after contacting an opposite side of the imprint (32) with said surface portion of the metal stamp, and removing said soft-stamp (31) exposing said imprint structured surface (32a); c) etch-opening said surface (32a) using a first set of etching conditions; d) using a second set of etching conditions, different from the first ones, etching the surface of the metal stamp to form said embossing area (3).

Abstract: An illumination device disposed on a moving body includes at least one main light source, and at least one auxiliary light source disposed in a periphery of the at least one main light source when seen along a traveling direction of the moving body. The illumination device further includes a first light guide disposed adjacent to the at least one main light source, that guides light transmitted from the at least one main light source, and a second light guide that is disposed adjacent to the at least one auxiliary light source, that guides light transmitted from the at least one auxiliary light source. The illumination device also includes an optical component that transmits the light from the first light guide and the light from the second light guide in the traveling direction of the moving body.

Abstract: A material for reducing the content of polluting and/or unwanted substances in a liquid includes at least one polymeric and/or inorganic base, suitable to be immersed in the liquid, having at least a surface, whereto is bonded at least one catalyst of the degradation reaction of inorganic salts in gaseous substances. The catalyst, whose function is to reduce the energy required for the activation of said reaction and to accelerate its progress, is an enzyme preferably selected among the lyase group, the hydrolase group and the oxidoreductase group.

Abstract: A glass plate includes a first arcuate surface at an outer circumferential edge part, the first arcuate surface facing a front surface side. A frame supports the glass plate from a rear surface side and includes a second arcuate surface in a portion toward the glass plate. A display unit is stored in a housing and outputs a display light toward the glass plate. A center C and a radius R of the second arcuate surface are made to be identical to a center C and a radius R of the first arcuate surface, respectively.

Abstract: A ureteral stent is provided. The stent may include a first section having a first wall defining a first luminal section. The stent may further include a second section having a second wall defining a second luminal section. The second section can be enabled to substantially close at times external pressure is applied to the stent.

Abstract: The application relates to a method for preparing magnetite, comprising steps of: a) reaction at a temperature of 100° to 500° C. of a material containing wüstite with water, in order to obtain a solid comprising magnetite, and then b) recovery of the magnetite in the form of particles wherein more than 25% by weight are of nanometric size.

Abstract: The subject of the invention is a connection device (10) intended to link a wiper blade to a drive arm of a wiper system for a vehicle, comprising: —an adapter (5) formed at least by an upper wall (50) from which emerge at least two lateral flanks (51), including a first lateral flank and a second lateral flank, so as to define an internal volume in which a connector (3) rigidly connected to the wiper blade is intended to extend, the first lateral flank and the second lateral flank each comprising one aperture aligned with the other; —an attachment member (7) comprising ends (71, 72), the attachment member (7) passing through at least the two apertures of the adapter (5), characterized in that at least one of the ends (71, 72), referred to as the first end (71), of the attachment member (7) extends beyond the first lateral flank (51) of the adapter (5) and in that at least one portion of this first end (71, 72) bears against the first lateral flank (51) of the adapter (5).

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described for determining a property of a biological sample. A sample carrier (22) includes one or more sample chambers (40) that define at least a first region (42) and a second region (44), the height of the one or more sample chambers varying between the first and second regions in a predefined manner. A computer processor (28) receives data relating to a first optical measurement that is performed upon a portion of the sample that is disposed within the first region, receives data relating to a second optical measurement that is performed upon a portion of the sample that is disposed within the second region, and determines the property of the sample by using a relationship between the first optical measurement, the second optical measurement, and the predefined variation in height between the regions. Other applications are also described.

Abstract: A method for mask process correction or forming a pattern on a reticle using charged particle beam lithography is disclosed, where the reticle is to be used in an optical lithographic process to form a pattern on a wafer, where sensitivity of the wafer pattern is calculated with respect to changes in dimension of the reticle pattern, and where pattern exposure information is modified to increase edge slope of the reticle pattern where sensitivity of the wafer pattern is high. A method for fracturing or mask data preparation is also disclosed, where pattern exposure information is determined that can form a pattern on a reticle using charged particle beam lithography, where the reticle is to be used in an optical lithographic process to form a pattern on a wafer, and where sensitivity of the wafer pattern is calculated with respect to changes in dimension of the reticle pattern.

Abstract: A brushless direct current electric motor for a wiping system. The brushless direct current electric motor includes a rotor, a stator, a Hall effect sensor to detect control magnet angular position of the rotor, and a control unit to determine rotor angular positions in relation to the stator from the signals Hall effect sensor signals and to generate control signals to electromagnetic excitation coils of the rotor as a function of the determined angular position of the rotor. The control unit includes a clock configured to: estimate the angular position of the rotor at predetermined instants lying between two changes of state of the Hall effect sensor, determine values of the control voltages associated with the angular positions of the rotor estimated for the predetermined instants, and generate a substantially sinusoidal control signal from the determined voltage values.

Abstract: It is intended to provide an anti-EphA4 antibody or an EphA4-binding fragment thereof which is capable of binding to EphA4 and inhibiting the binding between EphA4 and its ligand, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the anti-EphA4 antibody or the EphA4-binding fragment thereof as an active ingredient. A mouse anti-EphA4 antibody having binding affinity for EphA4 was obtained, and the sequences of complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) of the mouse anti-EphA4 antibody were identified. This allowed for preparation of a humanized antibody comprising the CDR sequences of the mouse anti-EphA4 antibody in heavy chain variable region and light chain variable region.

Abstract: The invention provides a crystalline sulfate salt of 3-endo-(8-{2-[cyclohexylmethyl-((S)-2,3-dihydroxy-propionyl)amino]ethyl}-8-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-yl)benzamide or a solvate thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such crystalline salt forms, methods of using such crystalline salt forms to treat diseases associated with mu opioid receptor activity, and processes useful for preparing such crystalline salt forms.