Abstract: A voltage regulator includes a feedback regulation loop and a drive transistor configured to source current to a regulated output. A transient recovery circuit is coupled to the voltage regulator circuit and includes a first transistor coupled to source current into a control terminal of the drive transistor, wherein the source current is in addition to current sourced in response to operation of the feedback regulation loop. The first transistor is selectively actuated in response to a drop in voltage at the regulated output. The transient recovery circuit further includes a second transistor coupled to sink current from the regulated output. The sink current has a first non-zero magnitude in the quiescent operating mode of the regulator circuit. In response to an increase in voltage at the regulated output, the operation of the second transistor is modified to increase the sink current to a second, greater, non-zero magnitude.

Abstract: The inventors discovered that the adhesion molecule CAR, known to be localized in intracellular adhesion sites, functioned as an adhesion molecule for activated lymphocytes. Further, the inventors identified CARL, a novel CAR ligand expressed in lymphocytes, and clarified that the ligand was expressed selectively in Th1 cells. In addition, they found that anti-CAR antibodies could inhibit the adhesion of activated lymphocytes to CAR molecules. Thus, the present invention provides methods for detecting Th1 cells using CAR or anti-CARL antibodies, and methods of screening for inhibitors suppressing the adhesion of Th1 cells using the binding between CAR and CARL as an index. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods of screening for inhibitors of the binding between CAR and CARL, antibodies that inhibit the binding between CAR and CARL, and therapeutic compositions comprising these antibodies.

Abstract: Process for treating a food composition containing 0.01 to 15% w/w hydrophobin wherein a) the composition pH is first brought to between 1 and 4, preferably under 3.5; b) then the composition is heat treated at a temperature of at least 70° C. (preferably at least 100° C.); c) then the composition is brought to a pH of between 6 and 7.5.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connection device 1 suitable for linking a windscreen wiper of a window of a vehicle to a wiper arm, comprising a means 3 for securing the windscreen wiper topped by a means 4 for linking to an adapter linked to the wiper arm, characterized in that it comprises a platform 6 derived from the securing means 3 and a component 7 which emerges on the platform 6, and in which the component 7, the platform 6 and the link means 4 at least partially delimit a housing 8 suitable for receiving at least a part of the adapter.

Abstract: An UV reactor system that allows single or multiple flange-less reactors to be installed between the flanges of existing piping systems. Benefits include reduced installation space and lamp placement flexibility to improve UV treatment. Each reactor can be rotated, pre and post installation, to provide multiple positions for the radiation sources that are included in each reactor.

Abstract: To enable a user such as a store manager to easily grasp movement of persons at a location within a monitored area, a PC for analyzing the movement of persons within the monitored area is provided with a measurement condition setter that causes a user to perform an input operation of specifying a measurement area in a region in the monitored area and specifying an entry zone and an exit zone of a person relative to the measurement area, and sets the measurement area and the entry and exit zones as a measurement condition; a traffic line acquirer that acquires traffic line information of each person detected; a moving person detector that detects, in the measurement area, persons matching movement patterns defined by the entry and exit zones; and a screen generator that generates output information representing a state of movement of persons in relation to the measurement area.

Abstract: A method for determining at least one optical conception parameter for a progressive ophthalmic lens intended to equip a frame of a wearer, depending on the visual behavior of the latter. The method comprises the following steps: a) collecting a plurality of behavioral measurements relating to a plurality of gaze directions and/or positions of the wearer during a visual task; b) statistically processing said plurality of behavioral measurements in order to determine a zone of use of the area of an eyeglass fitted in said frame, said zone of use being representative of a statistical spatial distribution of said plurality of behavioral measurements; and c) determining at least one optical conception parameter for said progressive ophthalmic lens depending on a spatial extent and/or position of the zone of use.

Abstract: An electronic device allows a user to exchange a main battery in a state where an electronic device is continuously operated, even when a backup battery is a small-sized battery charger. The power supply device supplies power for driving an electronic device, and includes a first battery used as a driving power supply, a second battery used as the driving power supply when the first battery is unusable, a booster circuit that increases an output voltage of the second battery, a dummy load circuit for the booster circuit, a battery detachment detector that detects whether the first battery is detachable from the device, and a power controller that switches the driving power supply of the device to the first or second battery. The power controller activates the booster circuit and supplies output power of the booster circuit to the dummy load circuit, when the first battery is detachable.

Abstract: The invention relates to use of chitosan or a salt thereof in an anti-perspirant composition as an anti-perspirant ingredient. Current anti-perspirants are based on aluminium, but inorganic salts have the effect of leaving white patches on clothes. Additionally there is a perceived health risk associated with aluminium The current approach is to reduce the amount of aluminium in antiperspirants or to use additional metal salts such as those of zirconium. However, this approach tends to lower the efficacy of the formulation and hence prove more expensive. Zirconium-based antiperspirants tend to leave yellow patches on clothes. Use of chitosan or a salt thereof in an anti-perspirant composition as an anti-perspirant ingredient is provided, wherein the chitosan or salt thereof has a degree of acetylation of 0-15, preferably 0-12, most preferably 0-10%, wherein the chitosan or salt thereof is either in an anhydrous form or dissolved in water at a pH of no more than 6.0, preferably no more than 5.

Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods of selecting and placing real-world wagers responsive to one or more wager triggers, obtaining outcomes of the real-world wagers, facilitating user interactions with various interactive media, and revealing the outcomes of the real-world wagers through the interactive media to give an appearance that the outcomes of the real-world wagers resulted from the user interactions even though the outcomes resulted from the real-world wagers and were determined before the user interactions. By integrating real-world wager outcomes with gameplay and other user interactions, the system may provide an engaging user experience with interactive media. For example, a game may reveal an outcome of a real-world wager (which has already occurred), in response to in-game actions such as user actions in the game, other players' actions in the game, game events (e.g., events caused by the game logic/artificial intelligence), and/or other events.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for determining a writing or reading mode of a person wearing spectacles including a frame and two lenses, the device comprising, according to the invention, means for measuring the distance between an element of the frame or the head and a working plane, means for measuring an angle of inclination (?) of a median plane of the two lenses relative to the vertical in a vertical median plane (P) of the head perpendicular to the median plane, and control means suitable for comparing the measured angle of inclination (?) with a set angle of inclination and for determining a reading mode or a writing mode of the person according to the comparison, the reading mode being associated with a predetermined set reading distance, and the writing mode being associated with a predetermined set writing distance.

Abstract: A capsule holder (20) for receiving a capsule (30) containing tea material, adapted for use with an automated beverage brewing device, the holder comprising a filter (25) for permitting the passage of prepared beverage but preventing the passage of unwanted coarse solid tea material, an inlet for receiving infused beverage above the filter, a means for supporting a capsule within the capsule holder, a chamber (70) beneath the filter (25) into which strained beverage passes during use, the chamber (70) having an outlet (21, 29) for dispensing the prepared beverage, characterised in that, the chamber (70) and the space above the filter (25) are in gaseous communication by means of at least one channel (27, 76).

Abstract: The inventive technology may involve, in particular embodiments, novel use of a non-porous, high surface energy stationary phase to adsorb, in reversible fashion, the most polar component of a resins fraction of an input hydrocarbon when a mobile phase is passed over the stationary phase. Such reversible adsorption prevents irreversibly adsorption of such components on active stationary phase(s) downflow of the non-porous, high surface energy stationary phase, thereby conserving stationary phase costs and increasing resolution of resins elutions, and accuracy of hydrocarbon component results. Aspects of the inventive technology may also involve a novel combination of a solubility based asphaltene component fractionating and analysis method and an adsorption chromatography method for separating and/or analyzing saturate, aromatics and resins components of an input hydrocarbon.

Abstract: The invention relates to a grating coupler comprising: —an optical substrate arranged to transfer a light beam, and—a diffraction grating arranged on, or imbedded in, the surface of said optical substrate, said diffraction grating comprising diffraction grating elements comprising each a coating arranged asymmetrically on said diffraction grating elements. The grating coupler is further arranged to satisfy the condition: (n1×sin(I?I)+?2)/?×P>1, wherein n1 is the refractive index of the optical medium to the incident light side of the diffraction grating elements, n2 is the refractive index of the optical medium to the diffracted light side of the diffraction grating elements, lal the absolute value of the incident angle of the light beam incident on the grating coupler ? is the vacuum wavelength of the diffracted light, and P is the period of the diffraction grating elements.

Abstract: The system and method for streaming media to a viewer and managing the media comprises an enhanced service routing processor (ESRP), a real time switch management system (RTSMS), a name routing processor (NRP), and a managed media switch (MMS). The RTSMS has a reservation system. The ESRP receives media from an owner, manages the media according to media rules and order rules defined by the owner, and distributes the media to one or more switches, such as the MMS, according to the media rules and the order rules. The RTSMS is configured to receive the media rules and to receive a viewer's media request via the reservation server. The reservation system of the RTSMS processes the media request according to the media rules and builds a reservation for the requested media. The RTSMS generates the reservation to the viewer and to the NRP. The NRP receives the reservation data from the viewer and from the RTSMS. The NRP processes the reservation data and locates an MMS that can stream the media to the viewer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to treating and preventing pain. More particularly the present invention demonstrates the involvement of K2P potassium channels in the antalgic effect of morphine. The present invention therefore provides a screening method for identifying antalgics.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new drug to treat malignant glioma, which is the most prevalent type of primary tumor of the central nervous system (CNS). The present invention indeed shows that the isolated NFL-TBS40-63 peptide is highly specific for glioma cells, in which it triggers apoptosis. It is therefore presented here for use in a method for treating malignant glioma. The present invention further relates to the use of the NFL-TBS40-63 peptide for detecting specifically glioma cells either in vivo, or in vitro, or for addressing chemical compounds to said tumor cells.

Abstract: The invention discloses a homopiperony lamine compound which has a structural general formula I as follows as shown in the specification: wherein definitions of substituents in the formula are as shown in the specification. The compound shown as the general formula I has broad-spectrum bactericidal and insecticidal activity in the field of agriculture. The compound shown as the general formula I has a good prevention effect on various germs such as cucumber downy mildew, wheat powdery mildew, puccinia sorghi, rice blast and cucumber gray mold, and particularly, still has the good prevention and control effect on the cucumber downy mildew, the puccinia sorghi and the wheat powdery mildew at a lower dosage. At the same time, a part of compound has better insecticidal activity, and can be used for preventing and controlling various insect pests such as diamondback moths, myzus persicae, armyworms and tetranychus cinabarinus boisdu.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to tetrahydropyrazolopyrimidine compounds that act as antagonists or inhibitors for Toll-like receptors 7 and/or 8, and their use in pharmaceutical compositions effective for treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis.