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: An aqueous laundry liquid detergent comprising linear alkyl benzene sulphonate (LAS), alkyl ether sulphate surfactant and alkyl ethoxylate surfactant, wherein at least 10% wt. of the alkyl ether sulphate surfactant is C16 or C18 alkyl, and wherein at least 10% wt. of the alkyl ethoxylate surfactant is C16 or C18 alkyl.

Abstract: Activity-inducible fusion proteins whose activity is post-translationally regulated utilizing a hsp90 binding domain and a drug molecule are described. In the absence of the drug molecule, the activity-inducible fusion proteins are inactivated but can be activated by a relevant physiological parameter in the presence of the drug molecule. Examples of the activity-inducible fusion proteins include chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) wherein the relevant physiological parameter is antigen binding.

Abstract: A discrete product refill container and a rigid outer shell container. The refill container includes a product chamber and a fitment secured thereto. The fitment includes a ledge which is suitable for resting on a ledge of the rigid outer shell container while permitting the product chamber to pass into the shell interiorly to the ledge. It may also include a rim for grasping by transfer equipment. The fitment includes a destructive cover, i.e., one which cannot readily be re-closed, so that the consumer can easily make the product within the refill available for pumping, as desired. The rigid outer shell container can be snap fit closed. The refill bottle may be a pouch or a thin walled bottle, with a fitment. The fitment may serve to support the bottle in an inverted position for display or storage. The refill bottle may also include an integral ledge for support in the rigid outer shell container, instead of a discrete fitment.

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: The electronic circuit performs binary computation operations and comprises word, bit and source lines, and memory cells organized in rows and columns. Each cell includes one pair of memristors and one pair of switches, each memristor being connected to a switch and linked to the same source line during each computation operation, each pair of memristors storing a binary value; the switches being linked to a word line and to a pair of complementary bit lines. The circuit comprises a reading module including: a logic unit for each column, each comprising an input terminal connected to a source line to receive a column value, the logic unit toggling between values, depending on a comparison of the column value with a toggle threshold value; a modification unit for modifying, for at least one logic unit and depending on the computation operation, a difference between the column and threshold values.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solid oral pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of living microorganisms and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable water absorbing excipient(s), wherein the composition has a water content, determined according to European Pharmacopoeia 9.4, section 2.5.12., from 0.5 to 30% with respect the total weight of the composition. The invention also provides processes for its preparation as well as it use in therapy. The live-cell based composition of the invention is stable at mild conditions.

Abstract: Fused tuckstone defining lower and upper surfaces. The lower surface includes a support surface to rest on metallic structure of a glass furnace, a tank surface intended to face an upper edge of a tank of the furnace, and a lower transition surface connecting the support and tank surfaces. The upper surface includes a superstructure surface to receive a side wall of a superstructure of the furnace and an upper transition surface connecting the superstructure and lower surfaces. At least a part of the lower transition surface has a crystal density of more than four times the crystal density at a depth of 4 centimeters below the lower transition surface, a crystal density being evaluated by the number of crystals having a surface area of more than 12 ?m2 per mm2 of surface after polishing, the crystal density at the depth being evaluated after cutting of the tuckstone.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle lock (1) including a rotary latch assembly (2) and a closing device (3) for the locking and closing of doors or hatches of motor vehicles, in particular of doors or hatches of agricultural machines, such as, for example, tractors, or of construction machines, as well as a vehicle including such a vehicle lock (1).

Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for dynamically controlling the distribution of awards for an electronic game. In one implementation, the method comprises one or more operations performed by at least one processor, including receiving game player data for the electronic game, and determining a distribution table input based on the game player data. The operations of the method further include generating a distribution table based on the determined distribution table input, the distribution table including a plurality of probabilities associated with the plurality of predetermined awards, generating an award table based on the generated distribution table, the award table including a plurality of award identifiers, and distributing awards to the players based on the award table.

Abstract: A liquid laundry detergent composition comprising C16 and C18 alcohol ethoxylate surfactant wherein the C18 alcohol ethoxylate comprises monounsaturated C18, wherein the proportion of monounsaturated C18 constitutes at least 50% wt. of the total C16 and C18 alcohol ethoxylate surfactant and wherein the C16 alcohol ethoxylate comprises at least 4% of the total C16 and C18 alcohol ethoxylate surfactant and wherein the C16 and 18 alcohol ethoxylate has an average of from 8 to 20 EO groups.

Abstract: A system for supplying power to a portable battery pack including a battery enclosed by a wearable and replaceable pouch or skin using at least one solar panel is disclosed, wherein the pouch or skin can be provided in different colors and/or patterns. Further, the pouch or skin can be MOLLE-compatible. The battery comprises a battery element housed between a battery cover and a back plate, wherein the battery element, battery cover, and back plate have a slight curvature or contour. Further, the battery comprises flexible leads.

Abstract: A method of cancelling noise produced in a cabin of a vehicle by a wiper system. The method is implemented by a noise cancellation device and includes receiving feedforward data related to wiper noise. Such feedforward data can be issued from sensors collocated with elements of the wiper system, or from an ECU controlling motor operation of the wiper system. The method further includes generating a noise cancellation control signal based on the feedforward data and based on a model of propagation of the wiper noise in the cabin and transmitting the noise cancellation control signal to a speaker system of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to circuits, systems, and methods of operation for a memory device. In an example, a memory device includes a memory array including a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell having an impedance that varies in accordance with a respective data value stored therein; and a tracking memory cell having an impedance based on a tracking data value stored therein; and a read circuit coupled to the memory array, the read circuit configured to determine an impedance of a selected memory cells with respect to the impedance of the tracking memory cell; read a data value stored within the selected memory cell based upon a voltage change of a signal node voltage corresponding to the impedance of the selected memory cell.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides improved compositions for the homology directed repair of the human globin locus for the prevention, treatment, or amelioration of at least one symptom of a hemoglobinopathy.

Abstract: Provided are control method and device of an energy-storage coordinated floating wind turbine, relating to the technical field of wind turbines. The control method of an energy-storage coordinated floating wind turbine can construct a primary frequency regulation model of a floating wind farm based on a frequency response unit, construct a second frequency regulation model according to an energy storage system, further construct, according to the primary frequency regulation model and the second frequency regulation model, a frequency regulation model of a hybrid power system containing the floating wind farm, the energy storage system, and a pre-set thermal power unit, and design an overall frequency regulation control strategy of the hybrid power system based on the frequency regulation model of the hybrid power system.

Abstract: Provided are an air-conditioning system, a data transmission method and apparatus, and a non-transitory computer storage medium. A centralized air-conditioning controller, at least one air conditioner, and at least one environmental information collection module are provided.

Abstract: A replacement kit (100) for a wiper mounted at the end of a motor vehicle wiper arm (10), the kit comprising at least one wiper (102, 102c, 102p) equipped with an inbuilt fluid spraying device comprising at least one circulation canal (126) and a fluid inlet cannula (104), and at least one fluid distribution tube (106) configured to be coupled at one end to said wiper (102, 102c, 102p) and at its opposite end to a fluid supply circuit supplying fluid coming from a reservoir (11) of the vehicle, the replacement kit also comprising a coupling (108) configured to allow a fluidic connection between the supply circuit and the at least one fluid distribution tube (106), as well as at least one fixing means (110, 116) for holding the distribution tube in position along the wiper arm (10).

Abstract: A device is suitable for revealing spatial variations in polarization of an electromagnetic radiation, in a form of localized temperature variations. The device includes a surface of a carrier which is electrically and thermally insulating, and includes an array of patterns which each consist of at least one rectilinear segment of a sensitive material, of which the orientation is variable within each pattern or between neighboring patterns. Such device may be used with a thermal camera to reveal, in infrared images, temperature variations which are localized at segments not perpendicular to a local direction of linear polarization of the radiation.

Abstract: A lock comprising a housing, a plunger, a locking member, a locking plate, and a control assembly. The housing having an internal cavity, a recess, and a bore. The plunger is disposed in the bore and is slidable between a closed position wherein a second end of the plunger is positioned in the internal cavity and an intermediate portion of the plunger extends across the recess, and an open position wherein the plunger is withdrawn from the internal cavity and the recess. The locking member is movable between a locking position wherein the locking member is engaged with the plunger and an unlocking position wherein the locking member is disengaged therefrom. The control assembly operates the locking plate between a lock position to hold the locking member in the locking position and an unlock position to permit the plunger to move from the closed position to the open position.