Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter (6) for attaching a wiper blade to an arm of a wiping system, the adapter (6) having a longitudinal main direction of extension and being configured to be mounted such that it is pivotable about an axis of rotation on a connector of the wiper blade, the adapter (6) comprising at least one elastically deformable tab (48) supporting a locking member (56) intended to lock the adapter (6) with respect to the arm, the adapter also comprising at least one member (60) for limiting the displacement of the elastically deformable tab (48).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of oil and gas field exploitation, in particular to an early strength material suitable for a cement slurry system, a cement slurry composition, a cement slurry system, a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. The early strength material contains an aluminum salt, a sodium salt, crystal whiskers, an inorganic mineral and dispersing agent I, wherein the weight ratio of the aluminum salt, the sodium salt, the crystal whiskers, the inorganic mineral and dispersing agent I is (1-3):(1-3):(1-4):(1-8):1.

Abstract: Antibacterial systems with naturally derived ingredients and compositions comprising them are described. The systems have a first ingredient comprising thymol and a second natural ingredient that includes p-anisic acid, aloe, gluconolactone, tetrahydrocurcumin, 4-hydroxyacetophenone or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: A surgical navigation method utilizing a computer system. The method includes the steps of: (a) fixing a camera relative to a surgical site on a patient such that the camera does not move relative to the surgical site; (b) restraining the body portion of the patient which includes the surgical site relative to an operating table supporting the patient, such that the body portion does not move relative to the operating table; and (c) detecting with the camera the position of a medical instrument having a tracker array.

Abstract: Gene therapy for treating dysferlinopathy. More particularly, a polynucleotide sequence including several domains of dysferlin, or functional variants thereof, and a viral vector for gene therapy including at least a polynucleotide sequence, which includes exon 40a of the coding sequence of dysferlin. Also, a pharmaceutical composition including the viral vector.

Abstract: An array antenna is formed from delay lines, and includes radiating elements which are individually connected to line patterns of the delay lines. Such an array antenna structure can be implemented by printed circuit technology and can be used to establish radio links for data communication between a mobile carrier, such as an aircraft, and a geostationary satellite.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing a dental expander having a first attachment member intended to be fixed to a first fixation tooth of a patient and an active member rigidly connected to the first attachment member. The method includes: a) generating a three-dimensional digital model of a dental arch having the fixation tooth or “arch model”; b) using the arch model as a basis for generating: a three-dimensional digital model of the first attachment member, wherein the model of the first attachment member that has an inner surface that substantially reproduces a part of the surface of the first fixation tooth, and/or a three-dimensional digital model of the active member; and c) using the model of the first attachment member as a basis for manufacturing the first attachment member and/or using the model of the active member as a basis for generating the active member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for inhibiting growth of at least one tumor selected from the group consisting of uterine cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, biliary tract cancer, duodenal cancer, lung cancer, kidney cancer, sarcoma, brain tumor, urothelial cancer, thyroid cancer, stomach cancer, and lymphoma in a patient, by administering to the patient a liposome composition comprising eribulin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention particularly relates to a method for physical vacuum deposition of a coating (R) comprising at least one material (M) on at least a portion of a front face (10) of a support (1), said at least one material (M) originating from an evaporation source or an atomisation source (2), wherein: —use is made of a support (1), at least a portion of the front face (10) of which is smooth, that is to say, does not have any roughness and/or reliefs and/or recesses; —said vacuum deposition is carried out while varying the thickness distribution of the material (M) on said front face (10), that is, while progressively varying the thickness deposited, from a central region (11) in the direction of at least one lateral region (12) contiguous to the central region (11), without modifying the position of the evaporation source or atomisation source (2) of the material particles (M).

Abstract: Various embodiments of diffusing devices and scent cartridges are described. The diffusing device can include a cover or retaining ring that magnetically attaches to the diffusing device to hold the cartridge in place. The scent cartridge can include a top plate suspended above the cartridge such that a scent depository of the cartridge is hidden or obscured while the top plate can include artwork or a kinetic arrangement that has a change in visual appearance due to an airflow against or through the top plate.

Abstract: A brushless DC motor (1) comprises a rotor comprising magnetic elements twining poles of the electric motor (1) and a control magnet comprising a number of pole pairs equal to three times that of the electric motor (1), a stator having electromagnetic excitation coils, at least one first and one second Hall-effect sensor (17, 17?) configured to detect predetermined angular positions of the rotor, and a control unit configured to apply a predetermined sequence of excitation signals to the coils, wherein the Hall-effect sensors are spaced apart by an angle greater than or equal to 10°, the first Hall-effect sensor (17) is used to determine the switching times of the excitation signals and the second Hall-effect sensor (17?) is used, in combination with the first Hall-effect sensor (17), to determine the direction of rotation of the rotor when the motor starts up, or vice versa.

Abstract: A quantum processor comprises a plurality of tiles, the plurality of tiles arranged in a first grid, and where a first tile of the plurality of tiles comprises a number of qubits (e.g., superconducting qubits). The quantum processor further comprises a shift register comprising at least one shift register stage communicatively coupled to a frequency-multiplexed resonant (FMR) readout, a qubit readout device, a plurality of digital-to-analog converter (DAC) buffer stages, and a plurality of shift-register-loadable DACs arranged in a second grid. The quantum processor may further include a transmission line comprising at least one transmission line inductance, a superconducting resonator, and a coupling capacitance that communicatively couples the superconducting resonator to the transmission line. A digital processor may program at least one of the plurality of shift-register-loadable DACs. Programming the first tile may be performed in parallel with programming a second tile of the plurality of tiles.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining the occupancy status of a seat of a motor vehicle, the method being implemented by a determination system comprising a seat, six interdigitated capacitive sensors, and a controller comprising a reference capacitance value and a threshold value for each interdigitated capacitive sensor, the method comprising a step of measuring three capacitance values for each interdigitated capacitive sensor, the following steps being implemented by the controller for the measured capacitance values: calculating a resulting capacitance value based on the measured capacitance values, calculating the difference between the resulting capacitance value and the reference capacitance value, comparing the calculated difference to the threshold value, determining the occupancy status of the seat, based on the result of the comparison.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade for cleaning a vehicle windscreen, wherein the wiper blade has a wiper blade body of flat construction and a wiper blade adapter connected to the wiper blade body, wherein the wiper blade adapter has a first adapter element, which is connected to the wiper blade body, and a second adapter element, which is connected pivotably to the first adapter element and is designed to receive an end portion of a wiper arm.

Abstract: A laundry detergent composition comprising methyl ester ethoxylate surfactant wherein the methyl ester ethoxylate comprises monounsaturated C18 and wherein the weight proportion of monounsaturated C18 to other C18 components is from 2.9 to 7.0, and wherein the MEE comprises at least 5% of the MEE, C16 MEE, and a domestic method of treating a textile, the method comprising the step of treating a textile with an aqueous solution of 0.5 to 20 g/L of the detergent composition, and optionally drying the textile.

Abstract: A machine dishwash detergent composition comprising: from 0.1 to 20 wt. % non-ionic surfactant; and from 0.5 to 40 wt. % of free acid equivalent of aminopolycarboxylate; and from 0.5 to 4.0 wt. % of free acid equivalent of tetra- to octa-carboxylic acid, wherein the molecular weight is at most 1000 g/mol; and wherein the tetra to octa-carboxylic acid is does not contain N and P atoms, nor contains cyclic moieties; and wherein the amount of phosphate is at most 1.0 wt. %; and wherein the amount of phosphonate is at most 1.0 wt. %.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a cleaning pump for cleaning sensors of a vehicle, said control method comprising the steps of: receiving at least one request to clean at least one sensor of said vehicle, determining a flow rate of cleaning fluid as a function of said at least one cleaning request, adapting the supply voltage of said cleaning pump as a function of said flow rate of cleaning fluid by means of a pulse-width modulation signal so as to provide a predetermined pressure for said flow rate of cleaning fluid and to send said cleaning fluid at said pressure into a spray nozzle associated with said at least one sensor.