Abstract: The invention relates to an elongated power distributor (100) adapted to provide electrical power to an OLED device (104), the power distributor (100) comprising—a set of power cells (102), wherein the power cells (102) are arranged along the power distributor (100), each of the power cells (102) being adapted to provide substantially identical operating currents or voltages to the OLED device (104), and—means for mechanically fixing the power distributor (100) to the OLED device (104).

Abstract: The invention relates to controlling a lighting system by proximity sensing of a spotlight control device, particularly to controlling a spotlight generated by a lighting system such as a large LED lighting array by means of a spotlight control device. The invention provides a device (10) for controlling a lighting system (12) by proximity sensing of a spotlight control device (14), wherein a predefined area (24) around the spotlight control device (14) is illuminated if a proximity sensor (16) signals presence of the spotlight control device (14) within the predefined area (24). The invention has the main advantage that it allows to control complex lighting systems containing dozens or even thousands of lighting devices such as large LED arrays with one device, the spotlight control device.

Abstract: A clinical decision support system (30) displays a patient treatment guideline (20) for a given patient in response to a query from a medical practitioner along with an indicator (21) as to what state in the patient treatment guideline (20) the current patient is. According to one aspect of the present invention, an exemplary embodiment of a method (40) for interacting with a medical record of a patient includes: entering a patient identification (43) into a user interface (33) along with a care provider identification; selecting a patient treatment guideline (45) based on the entered information; and displaying the patient treatment guideline (46) on the user interface (33) along with an indicator (21) identifying a current point in the patient treatment guideline (20). An exemplary embodiment of an apparatus (30) for interacting with a medical record of a patient includes storage (32), a user interface (33) and a processor (31). The storage (32) stores one or more patient treatment guidelines (20).

Abstract: A method of providing an estimate of the location of first and second devices MS1, MS2 comprising the steps of obtaining at least one range measurement from the first device MS1 to a known reference point BS1, GPS SVs; obtaining at least one range measurement from the second device MS2 to a known reference point BS1, GPS SVs, the second device MS2 being located near to the first device MS1; and calculating an estimate of the location of the devices MS1, MS2 using range measurements obtained with respect to both the first and second devices MS1, MS2.

Abstract: The dielectric composition contains a mixture of a ceramic composition containing BaaREbTicO3, wherein RE represents a rare earth element, with 0.05?a?0.25, 0.525?b?0.70, 0.85?c?1.0, and 2a+3b+4c=6, and free from lead and bismuth, a glass composition, and a metal oxide. The glass composition preferably contains ZnO or MgO, SiO2, and at least 10% by weight of Li2O or TiO2. Preferably, the alkaline earth metal oxide is MgO. By preference, the glass composition essentially consists of 50–80% weight of SiO2, 5–25% weight of MgO, and optionally another alkaline earth metal oxide, and 10–25% by weight of Li2O, and is substantially free from boron. The dielectric composition can be sintered in the presence of Cu electrodes at a temperature below the melting point of Cu so as to manufacture an electronic device such as a ceramic multilayer element. After sintering, the dielectric composition has a relative dielectric constant of at least 55.

Abstract: A robust Giant Magneto Resistive effect type multilayer sensor comprising a free and a pinned ferromagnetic layer, which can withstand high temperatures and strong magnetic fields as required in automotive applications. The GMR multi-layer has an asymmetric magneto-resistive curve and enables sensors with complementary output signals so that a Wheatstone bridge is possible. The improvement is obtained by a combination of measures including the use of a combination of an Artificial Anti Ferromagnet as the pinned layer and an IrMn exchange-biasing layer, the latter preferably arranged at the bottom of the layer stack on top of a buffer layer.

Abstract: In medical MRI apparatus it is often desirable to maintain a connection with the patient 58 to be examined, for example in order to observe the patient by means of a television camera 62 or to monitor physical functions like the heart rate or blood pressure. It is often necessary to use electrically powered connection equipment 62, 64 which is located in or very close to the imaging area 29, the supply lines 66, 68 also being located in the imaging area so that the (precisely defined) fields required for imaging would be disturbed thereby. According to the invention the supply lines are subdivided into segments 72-i, each of which has a length shorter than ¼ of the wavelength of the RF field; these segments are separated from one another by inductances 74-i. Consequently, the supply line does not present itself as an energy absorbing conductor to the RF field, so that the RF field is not disturbed thereby.