Abstract: A method of testing an insulation system is disclosed. The method comprises coupling a first test lead to a first conductor, the first conductor at least partly isolated by the insulation system and coupling a second test lead to a second conductor or a ground. The method further comprises applying a test signal to the first test lead, receiving a test response from the second test lead, and analyzing the test response from the second test lead to determine a harmonic content of the test response. The method further comprises, when the harmonic content is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, determining that the insulator system has non-linear properties.

Abstract: An arrester (1) for locking a vehicle door or vehicle flap or the like in the open position has a male arrester part (2) for fastening to a first vehicle part, with a locking bolt (4), and a female arrester part (3) for fastening to a second vehicle part. The locking bolt (4) can be inserted into female arrester part. The second arrester part has a rotary latch mechanism for latching the inserted locking bolt (4) and a blocking element (118) for locking the rotary latch mechanism in the position latching the locking bolt (4). Both the male arrester part (2) and the female arrester part (3) have a pushbutton mechanism for releasing the locking of the rotary latch mechanism, the locking of the rotary latch mechanism being releasable by actuating either one of the pushbutton mechanisms.

Abstract: A device (10) for detecting highly energetic photons, comprising one or more pixelated solid-state detectors (11) for detecting the highly energetic photons; means for providing a high voltage for polarizing said solid-state detectors; one or more pixelated readout elements (30), a readout element being connected to each of said one or more pixelated solid-state detectors (11); an input/output element (12) connected to said readout elements (30) for data input and output; and a base layer (13) for mounting the pixelated solid-state detectors (11), the readout elements (30) and the input/output element (12).

Abstract: An assembled ceramic body having blocks attached to one another by means of a seal, the lateral surface of the ceramic body possibly being coated with a peripheral coating, the seal and/or the peripheral coating including a set cement having less than 10% of inorganic fibers, as a percentage by weight based on the dry mineral matter, in a section plane perpendicular to at least one of the facing faces of the blocks assembled by said seal, having macropores with an equivalent diameter in the range 200 ?m to 40 mm in a quantity such that the total surface area in said section plane occupied by said macropores represents more than 15% and less than 80% of the total surface area observed.

Abstract: A seat base length adjustment device including a seat nose plate assembled on a carriage movable with respect to the seating frame, means for slidably guiding the carriage, and means for maintaining the carriage in position with respect to said frame. The sliding guide means comprises a guide rail located in a middle portion of the carriage, the carriage supports a toothed wheel, rotatably assembled on the carriage along an axis perpendicular to the seating frame and to the sliding direction, and meshing with a rack arranged close to the guide rail, and the means for maintaining the carriage in position comprises a lock acting on the rotation of the toothed wheel.

Abstract: An adapter for mounting equipment (4) such as lamps and headsets onto protective helmets includes a base (1) fastened detachably onto the protective helmet, and a holder (2) with variable securing parts (3) that snaps detachably into the base (1). The base (1) features a snap-and-detent mechanism (1.1), has an external shape adapted to the type of protective helmet and is fastened detachably onto the protective helmet. The holder (2) features a snap-and-detent element (2.5) designed as corresponding counter piece to the snap-and-detent mechanism (1.1) of the base (1). The variable securing parts (3) are flat silicone straps where at least two securing parts (3) can be threaded into the holder (2), an insertable piece of equipment (4) can be fastened separately, flexibly and detachably by wrapping the two securing parts (3) around the equipment (4) and anchoring them onto the holder (2), and the snap-and-detent element (2.5) of the equipped holder (2) snaps into the snap-and-detent mechanism (1.

Abstract: A bio-hybrid implant suitable for recording and/or stimulating cells, the implant comprising (a) at least one closed insulated chamber (1) containing a substrate (502) with a neural interface (13) for connecting neurons to an electronic circuit, (b) at least one flexible guiding channel (10) having a first interface (11) to connect to at least one of the closed insulated chambers (1) and a second interface (9) to connect to a hosts' nerve system (7) or to another insulated chamber.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing at least one nanowire Tunnel Field Effect Transistor (TFET) semiconductor device. The method comprises providing a stack comprising a layer of channel material with on top thereof a layer of sacrificial material, removing material from the stack so as to form at least one nanowire from the layer of channel material and the layer of sacrificial material, and replacing the sacrificial material in the at least one nanowire by heterojunction material. A method according to embodiments of the present disclosure is advantageous as it enables easy manufacturing of complementary TFETs.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of shaping an ophthalmic lens to have a desired outline (11) by means of a machining device including a blocking support for the ophthalmic lens and at least one first machining tool, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining an inner cutting limit (12) for said first machining tool; defining an initial blocking position (P1) for the ophthalmic lens and its desired outline; calculating whether at least a portion of the desired outline presents a non-zero intersection (Q21-Q22) with said inner cutting limit; defining as the final blocking position (PF) either the unchanged initial blocking position if the intersection calculated the calculation step is zero, or else a blocking position that is modified relative to the initial blocking position so that the desired outline as repositioned using the modified blocking position does not present an intersection with the inner cutting limit associated with the first tool; and blocking and shaping the ophthalmic lens with the d

Abstract: The present invention provides markers that can selectively distinguish pancreatic progenitor cells. The present invention also provides methods for distinguishing pancreatic progenitor cells by using the markers as an indicator, and reagents to be used in the methods. The present inventors successfully identified the surface marker Nephrin-like 3 (Neph3) which is specifically expressed in pancreatic progenitor cells, and isolated pancreatic progenitor cells using the marker as an indicator or such. Viable pancreatic progenitor cells can be selected by using Neph3 as an indicator without using translated products and transcripts of any foreign genes. The marker is useful in preparing and identifying pancreatic progenitor cells which are applied to regenerative medicine or such for treatment of pancreatic diseases.

Abstract: A phase-locked loop includes: a variable oscillator connected to a first resonator, said oscillator being able to deliver an output signal at a first output frequency Fout1, a first frequency divider receiving the output signal and able to convert it into a divided frequency signal Fout1/n, a reference oscillator connected to a second so-called reference resonator, delivering a reference signal at a low reference frequency Fref, generating an electrical dissipation lower than a microampere, a phase comparator measuring the phase error between the divided frequency signal Fout1/n and the reference signal and being able to produce a test signal, a low-pass filter or an integrating circuit able to filter the test signal and able to generate a voltage or a control word designed to control the voltage-controlled or digitally controlled oscillator.

Abstract: A block for filtering particles contained in an internal combustion engine exhaust gases, includes overlapping assemblies of adjacent input channels (14e) and output channels (14s), the input and output channels being alternately arranged so as to form, in cross-section, a checkered pattern, the overall volume of the input channels (14e) being greater than that of the output channels (14s). The filtering block is characterized in that at least one inner space (20e, 20s) of one channel (14e, 14s) includes at least one inner fin (30).

Abstract: A chassis dynamometer for a vehicle has a motor having a rotor, rollers configured to be operably connected to wheels of the vehicle, a flange portion extending inward in a radial direction from each of the rollers, and a rotor bracket for supporting the rotor of the motor. The flange portion and the rotor bracket are connected via a torque meter capable of measuring at least an outer peripheral tangential force of the roller.

Abstract: A novel gene 65B13 expressed specifically and transiently in dopaminergic neuron precursor cells immediately after cell cycle exit was obtained by the present invention. The cellular expression of 65B13 can be used as an index to select cells that are suitable in terms of their safety, survival rate, and network formation ability, for transplant therapy of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a three part, vegetable-based, no-lye composition for relaxing human hair that excludes petroleum derived raw materials. The disclosure relates to a cream base, a hydroxide cream dispersion, and an aqueous activator solution. The disclosure further relates to methods for relaxing human hair with minimal damage to the hair and improved performance compared to existing no-lye relaxer products.

Abstract: A readout electronics scheme is under development for high resolution, compact PET (positron emission tomography) imagers based on LSO (lutetium ortho-oxysilicate, Lu2SiO5) scintillator and avalanche photodiode (APD) arrays. The key is to obtain sufficient timing and energy resolution at a low power level, less than about 30 mW per channel, including all required functions. To this end, a simple leading edge level crossing discriminator is used, in combination with a transimpedance preamplifier. The APD used has a gain of order 1,000, and an output noise current of several pA/?Hz, allowing bipolar technology to be used instead of CMOS, for increased speed and power efficiency. A prototype of the preamplifier and discriminator has been constructed, achieving timing resolution of 1.5 ns FWHM, 2.7 ns full width at one tenth maximum, relative to an LSO/PMT detector, and an energy resolution of 13.6% FWHM at 511 keV, while operating at a power level of 22 mW per channel.

Abstract: A system and method for identifying an object includes a plurality of object sensors, each object sensor configured and arranged to determine at least one parameter describing objects as they are relatively moved with respect to a sensing volume and having a known position and attitude with respect to the sensing volume. A location sensor is configured and arranged to produce position information relating to the relative movement. Outputs from the object and location sensors are passed to a processor and the parameters are associated with respective ones of the objects on the basis of the position information and on the basis of the known positions and attitudes of the sensors. For each object having associated parameters, the processor compares the parameters to known item parameters to assign item identification to the object.