Abstract: A measuring and transmitting bolt or threaded element for a railway bogie comprises a head defined in which is a seat, and a threaded stem defined in which is a hole, a miniaturized vibration sensor, a transmitter, a battery for supplying said MEMS vibration sensor and said transmitter, and a miniaturized converter for converting into electrical energy the mechanical energy from the vibrations in order to recharge the battery. In particular, the transmitter and the vibration sensor are housed in the seat, and the miniaturized converter and the battery are housed in the hole.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling the movement of building members of a tyre in a process for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels includes: providing a first device of a first electromagnetic radiation on a first tyre building member; detecting, during a movement of the first building member, a first image in which the first electromagnetic radiation defines a trajectory followed, in the movement, by the first emitter device; carrying out a first comparison between the first image and one or more first reference data; and generating a first notification signal as a function of the first comparison.

Abstract: A sensor device adapted to be associated with a vehicle wheel includes a package enclosing at least one sensor and an electronic data processing apparatus and at least one antenna arranged on the package for at least one among the wireless transmission of data generated by the electronic apparatus and the wireless reception of data to be provided to the electronic apparatus. The at least one antenna is shaped to adhere to surfaces of the package.

Abstract: A method for segmenting the surface of a tyre including at least one groove, includes: irradiating a portion of the surface of the tyre by means of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the visible spectrum; acquiring an image of the irradiated portion of the surface; and processing the image so as to segment it into regions corresponding to regions of the tyre which do or do not belong to the at least one groove. Additionally, processing the image so as to segment it includes: calculating a statistical quantity associated with the irradiation by electromagnetic radiation for each region of the image; and determining whether the region of the image does or does not belong to the at least one groove according to the value of the statistical quantity. Equipment for segmenting a surface of a tyre including at least one groove.

Abstract: A textile electrode device, for detection of electrophysiological signals from the skin of a subject, having: a substrate designed to be positioned on the skin; at least a first detection electrode arranged on the substrate; and at least a first conducting element, carried by the substrate and electrically connected to the first detection electrode. The first detection electrode has a plurality of textile fibres, including conductive fibres and, optionally, fibres of a super-absorbent material, arranged in a direction substantially orthogonal to an upper surface of the substrate and reciprocally in contact with each other, so as to ensure uniform electrical contact over the entire first detection electrode. In particular, the first detection electrode is obtained by means of the flocking technique.

Abstract: A method for updating a factor graph (10;10?;10?) of an a posteriori probability estimator, the factor graph including at least one repetition node (13;13?;13?) and at least one sum node (11;11?;11?), wherein at least two connections are associated with each node, and wherein each connection is associated with an incoming message at the node and with an outgoing message from the node, wherein the method includes the steps of: storing the nodes' incoming and outgoing messages into memory (12;12?;12?) of the estimator as messages belonging to one same class of wrapped and/or sampled Gaussian messages; updating the node of the factor graph (10;10?;10?) by using a resulting message belonging to the class of incoming messages, the resulting message being obtained by processing the incoming wrapped and/or sampled Gaussian messages.

Abstract: A measuring and transmitting bolt or threaded element for a railway bogie comprises a head defined in which is a seat, and a threaded stem defined in which is a hole, a miniaturized vibration sensor, a transmitter, a battery for supplying said MEMS vibration sensor and said transmitter, and a miniaturized converter for converting into electrical energy the mechanical energy from the vibrations in order to recharge the battery. In particular, the transmitter and the vibration sensor are housed in the seat, and the miniaturized converter and the battery are housed in the hole.

Abstract: Implantable prosthetic devices are provided. Such devices include substantially planar supports such as a mesh for surgical use made of polypropylene, and a porous coating membrane formed on at least one face of said support, said porous membrane being formed in situ on the support by the solvent casting technique. Methods for making such prosthetic devices are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of LiFePO4 powder, comprising the steps: a) providing an aqueous solution of an organic surfactant; b) providing an aqueous solution of an iron (II) salt and mixing said aqueous iron (II) salt solution with an aqueous solution of a phosphate, to provide a mixed iron (II) salt/phosphate solution having a stoichiometric ratio of Fe2+:phosphate of about 1:1; c) adding the mixed iron (II) salt/phosphate solution to the surfactant solution under constant stirring; d) providing an aqueous solution comprising a lithium salt, adding said aqueous solution comprising a lithium salt to said mixed iron (II) salt/phosphate solution to provide a mixture having a stoichiometric ratio of Fe2+:phosphate:lithium salt of about 1:1:3 and stirring the resulting mixture; e) heating the resulting mixture at 80-200° C.

Abstract: An injectable composition for bone filling or consolidation, for use in surgery or therapy, characterized in that it comprises a biocompatible powdery material, which is hardenable or cross-linkable and selected from calcium sulphate hemi-hydrate and polymethylmethacrylate, a hardening or cross-linking agent for said material and a porous silica-based powdery material, having a specific surface area higher than 100 m2/g, which comprises a mesoporous bioactive glass, obtainable/achievable by a sol-gel method with the addition of a surfactant as structure-directing agent for pores formation, comprising an oxide mixture containing: SiO2: from 60 to 85% by moles CaO: from 10 to 30% by moles P2O5: from 2 to 10% by moles said composition, when applied to an affected area of a patient, being adapted to form a composite material wherein said hardenable or cross-linkable material constitutes a matrix and said mesoporous bioactive glass constitutes a dispersed phase in said matrix.

Abstract: A sensor device adapted to be associated with a vehicle wheel includes a package enclosing at least one sensor and an electronic data processing apparatus and at least one antenna arranged on the package for at least one among the wireless transmission of data generated by the electronic apparatus and the wireless reception of data to be provided to the electronic apparatus. The at least one antenna is shaped to adhere to surfaces of the package.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for detecting a single data flow in an aggregate packet data flow and identifying the application generating the single data flow, this single data flow being divided into messages, each message comprising a plurality of blocks, each block (g) having n bits for identifying 2n block values (i).

Abstract: A pump unit for an injection apparatus of the Common Rail type comprising a pump body housing at least one pumping element adapted to be rotatably fed to send pressurized fuel towards a feeding storage volume of the injectors, belonging to the pump itself.

Abstract: A bone cement comprising an acrylic polymeric component and an inorganic component comprising a bioactive glass or glass-ceramic, comprising at least one metal oxide having an anti-bacterial activity, wherein said glass or glass-ceramic component is adapted to release ions of said metal in contact with physiological fluids. The bone cement performs a sustained antibacterial action, also promoting binding with the tissues with which it is contacted, and it is advantageously employed in the fixation of orthopaedic prostheses, in the production of temporary prostheses and in spinal surgery.

Abstract: A method for implementing an electronically tunable structure including: a plurality of elementary cells interacting with the same electromagnetic field; a control unit and a plurality of electronic control devices, each of which is connected to the control unit and to a respective elementary cell. The control unit provide each electronic control device with a corresponding control signal. Each electronic control device is controllable to vary a state of the corresponding elementary cell. The control unit provides control signals such to define a group of identical patterned cells formed by a respective number of adjacent elementary cells. The states of the cells define a predetermined state configuration, so that the states of the group define a periodical sequence of states.

Abstract: A system for monitoring the lyophilization process of a product in containers (4, 4a, 4b) arranged inside a lyophilization chamber, including a temperature measurement system (6) associated with each container housed inside (10) the lyophilization chamber, capable of surveying local temperature data for each container. The system includes a wireless communication system (8) for the surveyed temperature data and a processing module (16) for said data, located externally to the lyophilization chamber, programmed to determine at least one parameter indicative of the progress of the lyophilization process not measured by the measurement system, through the use of a predetermined representation model of the process, capable of correlating a local temperature value of the container with the parameter.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method and an apparatus for detecting vocal data flow in a packet data flow characterised by at least two measurable variables (X5Y). A distribution function (P{x 1 C}, P{y I C}) is provided of the values of each variable (X5Y) in a vocal data flow, and the values (x,y) of each variable (X,Y) are measured in order to obtain a sequence of measured values (x(k), y(k)) on a number (k) of blocks. Each measured value (x(k), y(k)) is therefore applied to the respective distributiion function (P{x 1 C}, P{yI C}) in order to generate a sequence of likelihood values Formula (I) from which respective average likelihood values (E [Bx],E[By]) are generated. The average values are processed in order to generate a reference likelihood value (B) which, when compared with a threshold likelihood value (Bmin) enables the presence of vocal data flow in a packet data flow to be detected.

Abstract: A double-acting deformable fluid actuator with three chambers consists of three axisymmetrical coaxial membranes (10, 11 and 12), constrained by two end pieces (13 and 14) so as to identify three chambers, namely, an inner chamber (15), an intermediate chamber (16), and an outer chamber (17); each chamber is supplied with fluid under pressure through respective connectors (18, 19 and 20) set on one of the end pieces.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for detecting a single data flow in an aggregate packet data flow and identifying the application generating the single data flow, this single data flow being divided into messages, each message comprising a plurality of blocks, each block (g) having n bits for identifying 2n block values (i).

Abstract: A system is described for monitoring the lyophilisation process of a product in containers (4, 4a, 4b) arranged inside a lyophilisation chamber, comprising a temperature measurement system (6) associated with each container housed inside (10) said lyophilisation chamber, capable of surveying local temperature data for each container. The system includes: a wireless communication system (8) for the surveyed temperature data; and a processing module (16) for said data, located externally to the lyophilisation chamber, programmed to determine at least one parameter indicative of the progress of the lyophilisation process not measured by the measurement system, by means of a predetermined representation model of the process, capable of correlating a local temperature value of the container with said parameter.