Abstract: Installation for the biological treatment of water comprising a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) characterized in that said sequencing batch reactor (1) receives purifying plants (2) provided with at least partially submerged roots (3) and moving hollow carriers (4) made of hard plastic on which a biomass grows.

Abstract: A Kelvin connector assembly is provided that includes a body assembly, a first tab and a second tab. The body assembly comprises a first electrical contact surface electrically isolated from an opposing second electrical contact surface. The body assembly defines a central opening extending through the first electrical contact surface and the second electrical contact surface that is dimensioned to receive a battery post. The first tab, which is electrically connected with the first electrical contact surface, extends from the body assembly and is configured to couple with a first quick-connect connector. The second tab, which is electrically connected with the second electrical contact surface, extends from the body assembly and is configured to couple with a second quick-connect connector.

Abstract: Shear wave characteristics are estimated from analytic data. Measures of displacement are converted into complex representations. The magnitude and/or phase components of the complex representation may be used for estimating various characteristics, such as velocity, center frequency, attenuation, shear modulus, or shear viscosity. The zero-phase of the phase component represents an occurrence of the shear wave at that location.

Abstract: A data analysis supporting apparatus according to an embodiment comprises a variable-type determining device, a variable-variation generating device, and a variable-contribution rate determining device. The variable-type determining device determines the type of each variable. The variable-variation generating device generates variations of each variable in accordance with the variable type determined and with a variable variation rule that defines a method of generating the variations of each variable of any type. The variable-contribution rate determining device calculates the rate at which the variations and analysis data contribute to the objective variable, and determines, from the rate, whether the variations should be used or deleted.

Abstract: A dishwasher appliance includes a tub defining a wash chamber with a sump positioned at a bottom of the wash chamber for receiving fluid from the wash chamber. A filtering system is positioned between the wash chamber and an outlet of the sump portion. The filtering system includes a first filter and a second filter. The second filter includes a hollow annular base portion and a filter body extending between the base portion and the first filter. The second filter also includes a plurality of nozzles circumferentially arranged about the hollow annular base portion, each nozzle of the plurality of nozzles in fluid communication with the hollow annular base portion and oriented towards the filter body for cleaning the filter body. An inlet in fluid communication with the hollow annular base portion may also be provided.

Abstract: In a room occupant monitoring system, if any ID information stored in a personal data storage section matches ID information on an entry applicant acquired from an ID storage medium by an information acquisition section and a number of room occupants detected based on results of permission for room entry and exit has reached a maximum number of persons detectable from a monitoring camera's video, a control unit of a server compares degrees of priority, which are stored in a storage section of the server, between the entry applicant and all the room occupants and (i) refuses permission for the entry applicant having a lower degree of priority than all the room occupants to enter the room or, (ii) if there is any room occupant having a lower degree of priority than the entry applicant, performs room exit request processing for requesting the lower-degree-of-priority room occupant to leave the room.

Abstract: A display device includes a display section, a gesture acceptance section, and a display control section. The display section has a touch panel function. The gesture acceptance section accepts a scroll gesture on the display section. The display control section allows a target screen image for display to move in a scrolling direction instructed by the scroll gesture and, when the gesture acceptance section accepts the scroll gesture for scrolling toward an end of the target screen image for display in a state where a display area of the target screen image for display being displayed on the display section has reached the end of the target screen image for display, subjects the display area to image processing corresponding to an amount of scroll instructed by the accepted scroll gesture.

Abstract: A device may receive an indication that a product has arrived at a destination. The product may have been shipped by an entity to the destination. The device may perform an analysis on the product to determine an attribute of the product. The device may perform a comparison of information identifying the attribute of the product and information included in an encrypted record, for the product, of a blockchain, to verify the attribute of the product. The information included in the encrypted record may be related to attributes of the product. The attributes of the product may have been determined by the entity that shipped the product to the destination. The device may determine whether the attribute of the product is verified based on performing the comparison. The device may perform an action based on determining whether the attribute of the product is verified.

Abstract: An application testing developer system provides a platform for generating real-time suggestions for allocating test cases to testers in a distributed environment based on monitored characteristics from previous testing of a test application. The application testing developer system includes a smart advisory tool that optimizes test case allocation in real-time, adaptively assigns incentives in real-time to test cases for prioritizing testing of certain test cases over others, and monitors and validates testing activities.

Abstract: A sheet conveying device has a supporting frame that supports a pick-up roller and that moves downward when a sheet is fed, a stepping motor that rotates the pick-up roller and moves the supporting frame downward, and a control portion that starts driving the stepping motor when a job is started and then increases a frequency of the pulse signal to a target frequency. The control portion keeps the frequency of the pulse signal not more than ½ of the target frequency at least until the pick-up roller touches the sheet first.

Abstract: A method can include deploying a plugging device into a well, the plugging device including a body, and an outer material enveloping the body and having a greater flexibility than a material of the body, and conveying the plugging device by fluid flow into engagement with the opening, the body preventing the plugging device from extruding through the opening, and the outer material blocking the fluid flow between the body and the opening. In another method, the plugging device can include at least two bodies, and a washer element connected between the bodies, the washer element being generally disk-shaped and comprising a hole, a line extending through the hole and connected to the bodies on respective opposite sides of the washer element, the washer element preventing the plugging device from being conveyed through the opening, and the washer element blocking the fluid flow through the opening.

Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-stage refrigeration in mixed refrigerant and cascade refrigeration cycles using one or more liquid motive eductors in combination with a pump.

Abstract: A decurling device includes a belt, a roller, and a heat source. The heat source heats either or both of the belt and the roller. The belt has a first holding surface extending in a rotational direction of the belt. The roller has a second holding surface extending in a rotational direction of the roller. The decurling device has either or both of a plurality of belt through holes penetrating the first holding surface and a plurality of through holes penetrating the second holding surface.

Abstract: Ion-doped metal or ceramic nanoparticles can be added into, for example, a component that upon exposure to an environmental stimulus, will release the ion and ‘tattle’ on any impending destruction.

Abstract: Various technologies pertaining to formation or treatment of a thallium bromide crystal to improve the operable lifespan of a device that incorporates the thallium bromide crystal are described herein. In exemplary embodiments, treatments including focused ion beam implantation, selective material removal, and buffer layer application are performed on a thallium bromide crystal to inhibit motion of dislocations toward a region at which an electrical contact is desirably installed. In other exemplary embodiments, a thallium bromide crystal is doped with impurities during formation that inhibit the motion of dislocations in the crystal. In still other exemplary embodiments, a thallium bromide crystal is formed by way of processes that inhibit dislocation formation during crystal growth or eliminate dislocations in an existing thallium bromide mass.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes: an openable/closable cover that is movable between a closed position in which the connection unit is covered and an open position in which the connection unit is exposed to the outside; and an interlocking mechanism that causes an on/off operation of a power switch and an opening/closing operation of the openable/closable cover to operate in conjunction with each other, wherein the interlocking mechanism moves the openable/closable cover from the open position to the closed position in conjunction with an off operation by which the power switch is switched from an on state to an off state, and the interlocking mechanism moves the openable/closable cover from the closed position to the open position in conjunction with an on operation by which the power switch is switched from the off state to the on state.

Abstract: A charging system includes an electric bus and a charger. The charger includes a supply unit and a second communication unit. The supply unit supplies power to the electric bus stopped at a preset position. If power is being supplied to the electric bus by the supply unit, the second communication unit transmits a first identifier of the charger, if power is not being supplied to the electric bus by the supply unit, transmits a second identifier that is an identifier of the charger and different from the first identifier, and if a first command is received from the electric bus, transmits and receives information related to charging of a storage functional unit included in the electric bus, with the electric bus being a transmission source of the first command, using radio communication.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for providing an active alert. A database with a plurality of mobile phone numbers and/or IP addresses associated with a property address is provided. A server associated with the database is provided. The database stores a geofence associated with the property address, and the database stores urls and location information with a plurality of cameras associated with the property address. Each mobile phone number is associated with a mobile phone, the mobile phone being a smartphone with GPS, wifi and Bluetooth capability.

Abstract: An image collation system comprising: a detection unit that detects an object from an image acquired by imaging a predetermined position using an imaging unit; a tracking unit that tracks an object image of the same object; a selection unit that calculates an evaluated value for each of the object images of the same object and selects the object image of which the evaluated value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value as a best shot image; a collation unit that performs a collation process of collating the best shot image with a registered image and determining whether the object present at the predetermined position is a previously registered object; and a display that displays a performance result of the collation process, the image collation system including a storage unit that stores the best shot image; and a preparation unit that updates or re-prepares an evaluation expression that calculates the evaluated value.

Abstract: A cooktop appliance having a temperature switch is generally provided herein. The cooktop appliance may include a panel, an electric heating element, an infinite switch, and the temperature switch. The electric heating element may be positioned at the panel and include a first terminal and a second terminal. The infinite switch may be electrically coupled to the electric heating element to control power thereto. The infinite switch may include a primary voltage path and an auxiliary voltage path independent from the primary voltage path. The temperature switch disposed in thermal communication with the electric heating element, the temperature switch being in alternate communication with the primary voltage path below a predetermined threshold temperature and with the auxiliary voltage path at or above the predetermined threshold temperature.