Abstract: An end piece suitable for forming a spacer for a roll having two concentric tubes with axis, including spokes connecting two inner and outer cylindrical portions, and is where a fluid circuit originating from the center towards the periphery includes a first circumferential groove arranged in the inner cylindrical portion and a second circumferential groove arranged in the outer cylindrical portion connected by at least one pipe, such that the end piece makes it possible to reduce the weight of the roll by approximately 20%, to facilitate the balancing of the roll while ensuring accessibility to the inside of the roll between the two tubes and to enable easy mounting without indexing due to the circumferential grooves, and where the end piece with spokes enables access to the inside of the roll when it is mounted and thus enables both more accurate balancing than with solid end pieces that require the piercing of the outer tube and the invisibility of this balancing from the outside of the roll.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a reference plate for calibrating and/or checking a deflectometry sensor system, said deflectometry sensor system including an image generation device and a capturing device having at least one capturing element, wherein the reference plate includes a reflective surface, and wherein, for the purpose of checking at least one system parameter of said deflectometry sensor system, the reflective surface is provided with a predefined pattern including markings. A corresponding method for calibrating and/or checking a deflectometry sensor system is moreover indicated.

Abstract: An electrical plug connector for a coaxial or triaxial cable, wherein the cable includes an internal conductor, a first shielding conductor surrounding the internal conductor and extending coaxially with it, and optionally a second shielding conductor surrounding the first shielding conductor. The plug connector has a connector body, which includes an internal conductor contact element designed as a plug, socket, or coupling, for contacting with the internal conductor, an internal shield contact element provided for contacting with the first shielding conductor, and optionally an external shield contact element provided for contacting with the second shielding conductor. The connector body is configured such that the contact elements in the mounted condition of the plug connector are arranged on the cable such that a maximum diameter of the connector body is less than or equal to the outer diameter of the cable or only slightly larger than the outer diameter of the cable.

Abstract: The invention relates to a data isolation system for targeted services. The system includes separate ID management systems used by data holders, service providers and additional parties. The ID management systems reconcile IDs between the systems without sending restricted information from a data holder or other party. In some embodiments, the system may reconcile separate third party IDs to determine common people or entities represented by the IDs.

Abstract: A method for overmolding a thermoplastic tip onto a hollow profile member made of thermosetting composite and to an assembly including a thermosetting profile member and a thermoplastic tip, wherein it includes machining the shape of the profile member made of thermosetting composite on the injection region; positioning a cap in the profile member; thermally conditioning the profile assembly and the cap; and injecting the tip with thermoplastic composite in order to create the junction of the profile member, the cap and the tip.

Abstract: A crane includes an image acquisition system arranged to be raised and lowered by a lifting device for acquisition of a region of a crane environment. The image acquisition system is arranged on a jib that extends straight, of the lifting device. The image acquisition system is moveable upwardly by an extension of the jib from a lift column and is lowerable by retraction of the jib into the lift column into a transport position in which the jib is disposed substantially completely in the lift column and the image acquisition system is moved towards the lift column. The image acquisition system is arranged on a tip of the jib forming a highest point of the jib.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for identifying antibody CDR3 clusters using high speed in vitro screening a library selected from the group consisting of cDNA library and nucleic acid aptamer library comprising: (i) preparing a positive spherical shaped structure by binding a target molecule to a spherical shaped molecule, wherein the target molecule is immobilized on the positive spherical shaped structure, wherein the positive spherical shaped structure may contain a fluorescent label; (ii) preparing a negative spherical shaped structure, wherein the target molecule is not immobilized on the negative spherical shaped structure, wherein the negative spherical shaped structure may contain a fluorescent label; (iii) forming a positive spherical shaped conjugate or a negative spherical shaped conjugate by binding a target detecting molecule capable of binding to the target molecule to the positive spherical shaped structure or to the negative spherical structure, wherein the target

Abstract: The invention relates to a reinforcement, containing fibers and resin, for an element made of a composite material, particularly a wind turbine blade, characterized in that the reinforcement is produced by stacking at least two parts produced by pultrusion. A reinforcement, containing fibers and resin, for an element made of a composite material, particularly a wind turbine blade, is characterized in that the reinforcement is produced by stacking at least two parts produced by pultrusion.

Abstract: A hydraulic rotational drive for rotating load-handling equipment relative to a crane arm includes a shaft, which has a first securing element for connecting the shaft to the load-handling equipment or the crane arm, a shaft bearing, which has second securing element for connecting the shaft bearing to the crane arm or the load-handling equipment, vanes arranged in the shaft which can be acted on by oil via an oil feed, and an oil discharge for the transmission of a torque to the shaft. The rotational drive also has a rotary encoder for the detection of the angular position of the shaft relative to the shaft bearing.

Abstract: A device is disclosed for measuring the geometry of the inner wall of bores, drill holes and passages, which are optionally countersunk, and in particular for threaded, pin, and rivet connections of workpieces, said device comprising at least one optical sensor measuring towards the inner wall and capable of being introduced into the drill hole and rotated via a feed/rotating unit, wherein an auxiliary object is provided with a passage and rests on the surface of the workpiece, through which passage said sensor is inserted into the countersink and/or bore. The device is characterized in that the inner wall of the auxiliary object is provided with a structure and that the sensor scans said structure(s) while passing through the auxiliary object. The disclosure also relates to a corresponding method.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a high-speed in vitro screening method for any library selected from the group consisting of a cDNA display library and a nucleic acid aptamer library. This high-speed in vitro screening method involves: (i) a step for preparing positive spherical structures formed by immobilizing a target molecule on a spherical structure and negative spherical structures having no target molecules immobilized thereon; (ii) a step in which a target detection molecule, selected from the aforementioned library having a library size of greater than or equal to 1010, is bonded on each spherical structure to obtain spherical conjugates; (iii) a step in which the spherical conjugates are sorted into positive spherical conjugates and negative spherical conjugates with a cell sorter; (v) a step for supplying the nucleic acid on the surface of the sorted spherical conjugates for PCR; (vi) and a repetition step for repeating steps (i) to (v) above using DNA obtained by PCR.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reinforcement, containing fibers and resin, for an element made of a composite material, particularly a wind turbine blade, characterized in that the reinforcement is produced by stacking at least two parts produced by pultrusion. A reinforcement, containing fibers and resin, for an element made of a composite material, particularly a wind turbine blade, is characterized in that the reinforcement is produced by stacking at least two parts produced by pultrusion.

Abstract: A disclosed linearization circuit includes a reference component, a charging and discharging controller, and a comparator circuit. The reference component has a non-linear dependence on current or voltage. The charging and discharging controller is configured to control alternating charging and discharging of the reference component. A voltage associated with the reference component forms a reference signal. The charging and discharging are controlled such that the reference signal has a periodic time dependence. The reference signal and a measurement signal are received by the comparator circuit. The comparator circuit is configured to generate and output a square-wave signal based on a reference time point during a charge-discharge cycle, and based on a result of a comparison of the reference signal with the measurement signal, such that the square-wave signal represents a linearized output signal. This disclosure further relates to a corresponding method.

Abstract: A main body of doctor blade chambers including a first portion configured to hold a first doctor blade, a second portion configured to hold a second doctor blade, a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion, a cavity intended to receive ink and defined at least by the first portion, the second portion and the third portion, characterized in that the main body is a single closed hollow profile extending along a longitudinal main axis X-X, the main body being made of pultruded composite material.

Abstract: Positioning systems adapted to allow repeatable positioning of a test specimen within a test frame, and/or positioning of a sensor (e.g., an extensometer) relative to the specimen. In some embodiments, the positioning system includes two lasers (or other pattern illumination sources) attached to a head, each laser adapted to illuminate a line or other pattern on a face of the test specimen. The two lasers may be configured such that, once the head is at a calibrated working distance from the test specimen, the two patterns intersect one another in a predetermined geometry (e.g., the two lines align (become collinear) with one another).

Abstract: The invention relates to a reinforcement, containing fibers and resin, for an element made of a composite material, particularly a wind turbine blade, characterized in that said reinforcement is produced by stacking at least two parts produced by pultrusion. A reinforcement, containing fibers and resin, for an element made of a composite material, particularly a wind turbine blade, is characterized in that the reinforcement is produced by stacking at least two parts produced by pultrusion.

Abstract: A profiled member having two faces and having at least one tear strip with two edges arranged on and adhered to one face of said profiled member, the tear strip having at least one non-adhered edge. The non-adhered edge makes it possible not only to more easily take hold of and remove the tear strip, but also prevents a piece of the tear strip from remaining on the profile member and hindering the adhering of the profiled members to each other. The two edges of the tear strip may be non-adhered, and, when the profile member is covered by a tear strip on each face, the two tear strips are each non-adhered on at least one side. The profile member can be either flat or circular.

Abstract: A sensor arrangement for determining a position and/or a change in the position of a measurement object is described, wherein the sensor arrangement has a magnet and a magnetic field sensor which can be moved relative to one another in a direction of movement. The magnet generates a magnetic field. Movements of the magnet and of the measurement object or movements of the magnetic field sensor and of the measurement object are coupled. To achieve the greatest possible measurement range with a characteristic curve which is as linear as possible at the same time, the sensor arrangement comprises a rod-shaped body which is made from a ferromagnetic material and has a considerably larger dimension in the longitudinal direction than in the transverse direction. A relative movement takes place between the rod-shaped body and the magnet, wherein the rod-shaped body can be connected to the magnet. The magnetic field from the magnet is at least partially directed in the direction of the magnetic field sensor.

Abstract: A system and method for carrying out instant win games to benefit a consumer who is connected on-line with a social media network, where the system includes a data base coupled to the social media network, and an instant win processor control unit connected to the data base and to the social media network for processing instant winners connected with the social media network. The method includes a consumer establishing communication on-line with a social media network through a computing device and that the said consumer receives a message from a brand conducting a promotion on the social media network indicating an opportunity to participate in an instant win game play via the social media network. The consumer will then re-send the message with a requested identifier, and the consumer receives a notice that the game play has resulted in either a win or a loss.

Abstract: A hybrid tube, in particular for an aircraft seat structure includes ribs intended to receive the hybrid tube. The hybrid tube includes a monolithic carbon tube and at least one sleeve made from a ductile material and connected to the carbon tube by means of gluing, shrink-fitting or over-molding.