Abstract: Disclosed is a capsule for use in a brewing device, the capsule comprising: a body part, which defines a cavity containing infusible beverage material; and a lid which is attached to the body part and which closes the cavity, wherein the lid comprises lines of weakness which define an opening region having an opening force of from 9.0 to 50 N.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having the formula: where X, Ra, Rb, R2, and R7 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are prodrugs of compounds having neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds; methods of using these compounds; and processes and intermediates for preparing these compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of management systems and methods of an active device and more particularly, with said active device being an active ophthalmic lens, to a management system and method which allow a total or sufficient protection by taking into account the luminous environment of the wearer while avoiding some effects relative to permanent light filtering. According to a particular embodiment of the invention, there is also provided a monitoring of the wearer's health via active, regulated and continuous control of the active device, this control being performed for instance by a health professional via a remote monitoring system.

Abstract: A brewing device, the device comprising; a reservoir for containing a supply of liquid, and a channel providing a flow channel from the reservoir to a rinse head situated in an infusion chamber, wherein the rinse head is mounted to be rotatable, defining an axis of rotation, the rinse head comprising at least one arcuate rinse channel, arranged to project rinse water with momentum in a direction that provides a moment about the axis of rotation; and a brewing device, the device comprising; a reservoir for containing a supply of liquid, and a channel providing a flow channel from the reservoir to a rinse head situated in an infusion chamber and comprising a plurality of rinse channels, wherein the rinse head is mounted to be rotatable by the action of a bushing bearing.

Abstract: A method, implemented by computer means, for adapting the sensorial output mode of a sensorial output device, for example a head mounted sensorial output device, to a user of the sensorial output device, the method comprising: a user attentional availability data providing step, during which user attentional availability data indicative of the attentional availability of the user are provided, a user sensorial perception threshold determining step during which a sensorial perception threshold of the user is determined based on the user attentional availability data, and an sensorial output mode adapting step during which the sensorial output mode of the output device is adapted based on the user attentional availability data and the user sensory perception threshold.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for supplying at least one molding device (2) with a polymerizable mixture of at least two reactants. According to the invention, said supply device comprises: a buffer tank (10) suitable for receiving said polymerizable mixture via an inlet (101) of said buffer tank, a supply circuit (11), looped with said buffer tank, to convey the polymerizable mixture to an inlet (110) of said at least one molding device and including, beyond said inlet of the molding device, a return pipe (115) connected to the inlet of the buffer tank for sending a portion of the polymerizable mixture from said return pipe, and a filling pipe (42) of said buffer tank, connected to said inlet of said buffer tank, separate from the return pipe, wherein said buffer tank is also suitable for receiving said polymerizable mixture or at least one of said reactants from said filling pipe.

Abstract: A method for programming a wiper system for operating a vehicle windscreen wiper where a wiper module on the driver's side is programmed as a master module and a wiper module on the passenger's side is programmed as a slave module. The wiper modules include a reversing motor, a gear, a holder, and a control. A program sequence, vehicle-specific characteristic data and data for the operation of the wiper module as master or slave module are stored in the control. The wiper module on the driver's side is connected via an on-board wiring system interface and a first data communication line with a vehicle control unit. Provision is made that before the activation of the wiper module on the driver's side via the first data communication line in its control the wiper module is defined or respectively pre-programmed neither as master module nor as slave module.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for estimating the thermophysical properties of a material (?) that incorporates at least one temperature sensor (1, 2, 3) and one point heat source (4), the distance between the at least one temperature sensor (1, 2, 3) and the point heat source (4) being known. The method includes the steps of: expression of the theoretical temperature as a function of time at the at least one temperature sensor (1, 2, 3) when the point heat source (4) is activated, said expression depending on the thermophysical parameters of the material (?); acquisition of a plurality of temperature measurements by the at least one temperature sensor (1, 2, 3) over a time period during which the point heat source (4) is activated; and determining of the values of the thermophysical parameters of the material (?), such that the difference between the theoretical temperatures obtained via said expression and the temperatures that are actually measured is minimal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antireflective stack designed to provide similar reflected light characteristics on lenses of various refractive indexes. This antireflective stack may be coated on an ophthalmic lens, especially a spectacle lens.

Abstract: A window assembly for a vehicle has a transparent layer including a metal compound such that the transparent layer is electrically conductive. The transparent layer defines an area covering the window assembly. An outer region which is electrically non-conductive surrounds the area. The window assembly includes an antenna element including wire or transparent coating which overlaps the transparent layer and overlaps the outer region. The antenna element is configured to receive linearly or circularly polarized radio frequency (RF) signals. A feeding element is coupled to the antenna element for energizing the antenna element. The antenna element is capacitively coupled to the transparent layer. The transparent layer operates as a parasitic or active antenna element with respect to the antenna element.

Abstract: A hydraulic interface configured to be installed between a windscreen washer liquid feed tube and a connector of a device for wiping a window of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The interface includes a body that defines at least one passage channel for the windscreen washer liquid, and at least one electric heating conductor that is disposed so as to heat said windscreen washer liquid, said body being configured to secure said conductor to said body by fitting together different parts of said body and/or by fitting to shapes made in one piece with said body.

Abstract: An improved highback adjustment system for a splitboard boot binding. A captive strut is mounted on the spine of the highback, the strut having a forward lean adjustor block such that rotation or sliding of the block lengthens or shortens the strut. The combination provides a broadly adjustable range of forward lean bias in small increments and the block is readily disengaged and stowed on the highback when not needed. Advantageously, the mechanism that can be operated and adjusted without tools, even with gloved hands, a significant benefit in winter conditions, and does not jam with snow. Methods of use of the improved forward lean adjustor and highback are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer readable medium for providing information of a calling party to an alert party, wherein the calling party is in communication with the receiving party in a communications network. The method includes receiving a message from a calling party to a receiving party and performing a lookup of information relating to the calling party in a database, wherein the lookup is based on an identifier associated with the message, Thereafter, an alert is sent to the alert party if the calling party information is unavailable in a contact list of the receiving party.

Abstract: Disclosed are 1,3-Dioxoindene derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or enantiomers, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of viral diseases, comprising the same as an active ingredient. The 1,3-Dioxoindene derivatives have excellent inhibitory activity against picornaviruses including coxsackie-, entero-, echo-, Polio-, and rhinoviruses, as well as exhibiting low cytotoxicity, so that they can be useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of viral diseases including poliomyelitis, paralysis, acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis, viral meningitis, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, vesicular disease, hepatitis A, myositis, myocarditis, pancreatitis, diabetes, epidemic myalgia, encephalitis, cold, herpangina, foot-and-mouth disease, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, sinusitis or otitis media.

Abstract: System comprising a slide track for motor vehicle seat and a support. The slide track comprises a fixed rail and a movable rail which has an inner surface, an outer surface, and a through-window. The support comprises a body having a contact surface attached to the outer surface of the movable rail, and a tongue extending from the body to pass through the window of the movable rail and be attached to the inner surface of the movable rail. The tongue has a maximum extension into the hollow interior space E that is less than or equal to a thickness of the tongue.

Abstract: A voltage detector operates to detect a system power supply voltage and generate a trigger signal. A control signal generator responds to the trigger signal and generates a control signal. A DC bias generator responds to the control signal by generating a DC bias. The control signal controls the DC bias to have a first value when the power supply voltage is a first voltage and have a second value when the power supply voltage is a second voltage different from the first voltage, wherein the first value is different from the second value. A dynamic DC bias is generated which can not only support a larger voltage scope, but also significantly improves signal to noise ratio. The system power supply detection may concern stop/start operation of an automobile engine.

Abstract: A self-cleaning system for a plate press (100) or cylinder press (110) for filtering a fluid product and for eliminating waste material accumulated on filter membranes (13) in a waste accumulation area (102) of the plate press (100) or cylinder press (110), said system comprising a drain port (DP) adjacent to the waste accumulation area (102), said system comprising an area (103) creating a circulation of water and/or forced air jets within the waste accumulation area (102) to expel the waste to the drain port (DP), whereby the waste accumulation area (102) is cleaned from the waste material without having to disassemble the plate press or cylinder press.

Abstract: This invention involves a fabrication method of fast recovery diode, which includes following steps: growing a sacrificial oxide layer on a surface of an N? substrate; forming a P type doped field-limiting ring region on the substrate; forming a P type doped anode region on the substrate; removing the sacrificial oxide layer; annealing the substrate to form a PN junction; implanting oxygen into the surface of the substrate by ion implantation; annealing the substrate to form a silicon dioxide layer on the surface of the substrate; removing the silicon dioxide layer; forming an anode electrode and a cathode electrode of the fast recovery diode. The method eliminates the curved parts near the silicon surface of the profile of PN junction, decreases electric field intensity at the surface of the substrate, therefore increases the breakdown voltage and reliability of the fast recovery diode.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tunable magnonic crystal device comprising a spin wave waveguide, a magnonic crystal structure in or on the spin wave waveguide, and a magneto-electric cell operably connected to the magnonic crystal structure. The magnonic crystal structure is adapted for selectively filtering a spin wave spectral component of a spin wave propagating through the spin wave waveguide so as to provide a filtered spin wave. The magneto-electric cell comprises an electrode for receiving a control voltage, and adjusting the control voltage controls a spectral parameter of the spectral component of the spin wave via an interaction, dependent on the control voltage, between the magneto-electric cell and a magnetic property of the magnonic crystal structure.

Abstract: The invention discloses an antenna assembly comprising one or more sensors, possibly a fish-eye camera which produces images of the sky above the antenna, said images being processed to identify open sky and occulted sky areas, said identification being used to generate an antenna gain pattern shape wherein null zones are placed on the occulted sky areas, so as to eliminate the GNSS signals which are affected by multi-path reflection. The antenna assembly of the invention may be used with any GNSS receiver of the prior art. No specific data on the location of the receiver or its orientation is needed to perform the method of the invention, while in some embodiments, it may be useful to send some information on the number of satellites in view in the open sky.