Abstract: System for transportation and/or storage of persons in transportation vehicles, comprising personal transport modules comprising a personal support module (1), fit to sit upon (6), to create space for standing and to lean against (7). Moreover, each personal transport module may comprise a personal luggage module (12) mounted above the person and having its entrance (13) either at the person's front or back side. Each support module may comprise a first (4) and a second support part (5), the first one being movable upwards and downwards, and the second one being pivotally mounted to the first support part around a horizontal axis. In a first support position (6) the first support part has a position fit to act as a backrest and the second support part has a position fit to act as a seat. In a second support position (7), both the first support part and the second support part have a position fit for standing or leaning support of the using person.

Abstract: A beam is reflected and/or transmitted by a sample with a coating. The path of the beam has a unitary path part where the beam is affected by the coating but is split into parallel sub-paths in a fixed (sample independent) part of the apparatus, components of the beam with different directions of polarization being passed through the sub-paths. A spectrum is determined of ratio's between intensities of the components after they have been affected by the sample, and from the spectrum of the ratio's coating properties are determined. Typically a polarizing splitter is used to split the beam after it has been affected by the sample and the beam is chopped in the sub-paths. After chopping the beam may be recombined before being passed to a detector. The detector may be shared between different arrangements of splitters-choppers-combiners. The beam may be passed to and from the sample through the same splitter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for printing a fluid material using a continuous jet printing technique, wherein the material is passed under pressure from a reservoir through a channel to at least one outflow opening of the channel, after which the material is passed through the outflow opening, whereby the pressure in at least a part of the channel upstream of the outflow opening is in the interval of 15-600 bars [?15·105 to 600·105 Pa], and whereby the fluid material comprises a curable composition which comprises: a) a component A in an amount in the range of from 1-15 wt % which component A has a dielectric constant larger than 15 (at 0° C.); b) an ionically dissolved lipophilic salt in an amount in the range of from 1-15 wt %, c) optionally (a) coating additive(s) in an amount of at most 10 wt %, and d) for the remaining part a liquid component B which comprises a curable monomer and/or a curable oligomer, which liquid component B has a low shear viscosity (at 22° C.

Abstract: The invention provides a softscaled frequency compensation function that allows the evaluation of a first quality measure indicating a global impact of all distortions in an audio transmission system, including linear frequency response distortions and second quality measure that only lakes into account the impact of linear frequency response distortions. The softscaled frequency compensation function is derived from a softscaled ratio between a time integrated output and a time integrated input power density functions. The first quality measure is derived from the difference loudness density function as function of time and frequency, using the frequency compensated input loudness density function and the gain compensated output loudness density function both as a function of time and frequency, in the same manner as carried out in ITU standard P.862.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bicycle lock (1), comprising locking means (5,8) for locking a bicycle (10), and releasing means (6) for removing the locking. The releasing means (6) can be operated with a pass (2), which is provided with a valid operating code (3). For this purpose, the lock comprises reading means (15), preferably non-contact, by means of which the operating code (3) can be read out and compared with a code preprogrammed in the lock. In order to save energy consumption, the reading means are preferably provided with switching means, which are preferably automatically switched on when the pass is brought into a reading position. The invention further relates to a system for giving bicycles on loan, wherein each bicycle is provided with a lock according to the invention, and wherein issue and collection of the bicycles is managed with the aid of the issue and collection of passes (2).

Abstract: The invention relates to the enzymatic production of aromatic acids using renewable carbon sources, such as sugars. Provided is a method for the microbial production of aromatic acids from a fermentable carbon substrate using a host cell capable of producing said aromatic acid, for instance cinnamic acid, para-hydroxycinnamic acid and para-hydroxybenzoic acid, and comprising an efflux pump for said aromatic acid. A preferred host cell comprises a member of the proton-dependent resistance/nodulation/cell division (RND) family of efflux pumps, preferably the solvent resistance pump srpABC of P. putida strain S12.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for indicating direction using a screen, wherein a pattern of relatively dark and relatively bright sections is moved over a screen, in a direction in which an observer is to be directed. The invention further relates to an apparatus for indicating information on a screen, comprising at least one screen and image information-generating means, wherein the image information-generating means comprise at least one algorithm for displaying, on said screen, at least one first image in the form of a moving pattern of first and second sections, wherein the first sections are relatively bright compared to the second sections, wherein the screen has longitudinal edges and said image information-generating means are preferably arranged for at least temporarily moving said pattern in the direction of at least one of the longitudinal edges.

Abstract: The computer system comprises a local network domain of communicating computers and a connection for communication with an external network. A gate device coupled between the local network and the connection is arranged to check files sent from the local network to the connection for the presence of a security tag in the file, and to send or not send on each file to the connection depending on detection of the presence or absence of the security tag in the file.

Abstract: A method for determining a phase transition of a substance, comprising: generating a first measuring signal by measuring a substance-directed heat flow; generating a phase-shifted measuring signal which is phase-shifted in relation to the first measuring signal; determining a difference signal between the first measuring signal and the phase-shifted measuring signal and determining the phase transition if a property of the difference signal meets a predetermined condition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vascular prosthesis containing an active substance that has the capacity to stimulate the ingrowth of vascular cells, into the prosthesis. The present invention further relates to a method for the treatment of a vascular prosthesis, wherein the prosthesis is provided with an active substance capable of locally inducing the ingrowth of vascular cells, into the prosthesis material. Thus, the connection between vessel and prosthesis can be improved.