Abstract: A touch panel comprising a transparent substrate and a layer of transparent conducting material on the transparent substrate, the layer of transparent conducting material being provided in a pattern comprising a plurality of electrode cells connected along a first direction and isolated from each other in the layer by gaps between the electrode cells in a second direction. A pattern of transparent insulating material is provided on the layer of transparent conducting material so as to provide bridging portions of the transparent insulating material that span across at least a subset of the gaps between the electrode cells in the second direction. The touch panel further comprises a plurality of transparent electrically conductive tracks, each comprising a plurality of at least one of nanowires, nano tubes and nanosheets. Each track is provided over a respective one of the bridging portions to electrically connect a respective two of the electrode cells.

Abstract: Apparatus (10) for bending tubular products (100) wherein each tubular product (100) is provided with a flexible portion (111) configured to allow a bending of the tubular product (100). The tubular products (100) are disposed, at least temporarily, on positioning means (19), while bending means (18) each allow the bending of a respective tubular product (100) in correspondence with the flexible portion (111).

Abstract: A server can receive a device public key and forward the device public key to a key server. The key server can perform a first elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) key exchange using the device public key and a network private key to derive a secret X1. The key server can send the secret X1 to the server. The server can derive an ECC PKI key pair and send to the device the server public key. The server can conduct a second ECDH key exchange using the derived server secret key and the device public key to derive a secret X2. The server can perform an ECC point addition using the secret X1 and secret X2 to derive a secret X3. The device can derive the secret X3 using (i) the server public key, a network public key, and the device private key and (ii) a third ECDH key exchange.

Abstract: A rotor for a large-diameter axial ventilator for industrial use. The rotor includes a hub and n blades, where each rotor blade includes a root portion for the structural connection to the hub and an aerodynamic portion; the rotor further includes a coaxial accessory axial fan including n radially extending vanes which, in an axial view, is substantially included within the region P defined by the n radially inner ends of the aerodynamic portions of the rotor blades. The embodiments further relates to a large-diameter axial ventilator for industrial use including such a rotor.

Abstract: In an embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to a composition having a cation and an anion. In some embodiments, a base is incorporated into the anion, and the cation and the anion form a bifunctional catalyst. In some embodiments, the cation is a chiral cobalt(III) species, and a nitrogenous Brpnsted base is incorporated into counter anions of the chiral cobalt(III) species cation. In some embodiments, the bifunctional catalyst is a tricationic cobalt(III) hydrogen bond donor catalyst, and a nitrogenous Brpnsted base is incorporated into counter anions of the tricationic cobalt(III) hydrogen bond donor catalyst. In another aspect, the present disclosure pertains to a bifunctional catalyst having a smart anion with a cationic metal species. In some embodiments, the smart anion performs a specific role in a chemical reaction without the inclusion of additional external components to accomplish a same specific role in the chemical reaction.

Abstract: A packaging machine for making filter bags with infusion products includes a plurality of processing stations defining a processing path for making filter bags with infusion products and an extraction station situated immediately downstream of the processing path. The extraction station comprises a stacking unit having a guide channel to allow the ordered and continuous feeding of the filter bags and a transfer device for transferring the filter bags coming from the processing path to the stacking unit. The stacking unit includes a connecting element positioned downstream of the processing stations and upstream of the guide channel for receiving as input from the transfer device the filter bags coming from the processing path. The connecting element is connected at the outlet with the guide channel and includes a chute surface having a curved stretch shaped to allow feeding of the filter bags along a feed direction.

Abstract: A packaging machine for making filter bags with infusion products including a plurality of processing stations and a cleaning unit. The processing stations define a processing path and are configured for making infusion products. The cleaning unit is configured for removing dust from the processing path and in turn includes a generator device positioned above the processing path and configured for generating a flow of air designed to push the dust beneath the processing path; at least one ventilation grille coupled to the generator device and designed to convey the flow of air along a predetermined direction of emission which extends around the processing path and at least one suction device positioned the processing path and configured for sucking the dust promoting the evacuation from the machine.

Abstract: Threshold logic gates using flash transistors are provided. In an exemplary aspect, flash threshold logic (FTL) provides a novel circuit topology for realizing complex threshold functions. FTL cells use floating gate (flash) transistors to realize all threshold functions of a given number of variables. The use of flash transistors in the FTL cell allows a fine-grained selection of weights, which is not possible in traditional complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)-based threshold logic cells. Further examples include a novel approach for programming the weights of an FTL cell for a specified threshold function using a modified perceptron learning algorithm.

Abstract: A packet processor of a network device includes a forwarding engine that is configured to determine egress network interfaces via which packets received by the network device are to be transmitted. The packet processor also includes a header parser configured to parse header information in the packets received by the network device. The header parser includes a first parsing circuit that is configured to parse a first portion of a header of a packet and to prompt a programmable second parsing circuit to parse a second portion of the header. The first portion of the header has a header structure known to the first parsing circuit. The programmable second parsing circuit includes configurable circuitry and a memory to store control information that controls operation of the configurable circuitry to parse the second portion of the header.

Abstract: A continuous asphalt mix system for using a microwave heating vessel at the point of production that includes a microwave energy suppression tunnel with one or more mesh flaps for substantially reducing or preventing the leakage of microwave energy from a microwave system, while having a continuous flow of product through the vessel and suppression tunnels. The suppression tunnels are installed on the inlet and/or the outlet side of the system and are sized to suppress leakage.

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a coronavirus air sanitization/isolation system with anti-virus curtain. The system may include a group of anti-virus strips with attached separation magnets coupled to an air inlet housing mounted above (e.g., in an attic ceiling) in an enclosed space. The anti-virus strips may be coated with a saline and soap solution that attracts airborne droplets contaminated with the coronavirus and dissolves a fatty layer of coronavirus cell membranes to prevent cell replication of the coronavirus, thereby destroying the coronavirus. The air inlet housing may include exhaust ventilation fans, salt filters, a wick saturated with the saline and soap solution, an electro-static air filter, and a distribution air duct. The fans may be utilized to circulate an airstream containing the coronavirus through the anti-virus strips, the filters, the saturated wick, and the distribution air duct to remove the coronavirus while protecting occupants with uncontaminated air.

Abstract: A method for determining constitutive parameters of a subject material includes collecting a force sensor output from a force sensor unit for measuring reactive forces applied to a deformation tool from a subject material travelling in a predefined direction relative to the deformation tool, collecting an image sequence output from a camera unit depicting a deformation zone formed between the deformation tool and the subject material as the subject material is plastically deformed by the deformation tool, and estimating a constitutive parameter of the subject material based on the force sensor output and the image sequence output.

Abstract: An excavator is provided that includes a grab bucket provided with two shovels; a lifting device for lowering and lifting the grab bucket; and a hydraulic drive device provided with at least one actuator cylinder, which is designed to move the shovels between an open position and a closed position, and is operated by a fluid under pressure supplied along a flexible pipe. The flexible pipe includes at least six reinforcement layers interposed between an inner tube and an outer tube, and is provided with a plurality of intermediate layers, each of which is interposed between two adjacent reinforcement layers so as to ensure adhesion between the reinforcement layers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for tamping a plurality of sleepers of a track supported in a ballast bed by means of a plurality of tamping units arranged one behind the other on a machine frame of a track tamping machine with tamping tools opposite each other in pairs, with only one sleeper being tamped by means of the respective tamping unit during a tamping process. In this context, a control device for actuating longitudinal actuators is given a sleeper spacing of the sleepers to be tamped, with the tamping units being positioned towards each other in the longitudinal direction of the machine by means of the longitudinal actuators prior to a tamping process in order to adjust the positions of the tamping units to the given sleeper spacing, and with sleepers not arranged directly one behind the other being tamped during the tamping process.

Abstract: Systems and methods for configuring UEs with overlapping PUCCH resources for transmitting scheduling requests are provided. A network node can transmit a scheduling request configuration message indicating PUCCH resources, including a periodicity parameter being less than the PUCCH length. A wireless device can configure PUCCH resources in accordance with the configuration message and transmit a scheduling request.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for measuring parameters of a liquid, where the method includes measuring pressure drops across a flow meter, measuring pressure upstream of the flow meter, and identifying at least one liquid parameter based, at least in part, on a correlation of a change in a multiphase flow parameter to pulse output. In an additional embodiment, a measuring apparatus for measuring parameters of a liquid, where the measuring apparatus includes an electronic control operable to measure pressure drops across the measuring apparatus, measure pressure upstream of the measuring apparatus, and correlate a change in a multiphase parameter to measured pulse output of the measuring apparatus.

Abstract: A collection system for particulate matter along a conveyor system of products, which advance in an advancing direction, by means of a carrier gas flow; said collection system having a hood made by moulding of polymeric material; wherein the hood has a bent wall, which delimits a suction area, and a connection, which fluidly connects said suction area with a suction conduit through an opening of said bent wall; wherein said bent wall has a longitudinal axis, which in use is transversal, in particular perpendicular, to the advancing direction of the products.

Abstract: A filling machine for filling capsules with at least one product includes operating stations for operating on the capsules, and a moving system for transferring the capsules through the operating stations that include first and second dosing stations that are configured to fill the capsules with respective products. The moving system includes a linear electric motor, a guide rail, which includes a stator of the motor, and transfer carriages associated with the guide rail and provided with respective seats to house bodies and caps of the capsules. The transfer carriages have respective rotors of the motor interacting independently with respective magnetic fields generated by the stator to move the respective transfer carriages along the guide rail with an intermittent motion at the first dosing station when the first dosing station is activated and/or with a continuous motion at the second dosing station when the second dosing station is activate.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for cultivating Sphagnum that has been applied to a surface of a field, the method comprising controllably irrigating the Sphagnum, wherein the controllably irrigating comprises applying water to a surface of the Sphagnum and/or to the surface of the field. The invention also relates to Sphagnum obtainable by a method of the invention.