Abstract: An angular channel (6) is disposed between principally horizontal, upper (2) and lower (7, 71) conveyors, whereas along one side wall (9) of the channel (6) is disposed a guide (14) to which a first rotatable valve element (10) is slidably mounted. At the outlet of the channel (6), at the other, opposite side wall (19), is stationary mounted together with a pneumatic actuator (22), a second rotatable valve element (20) which chronologically works together with the first element (10), whereas the first element (10) is attached to the guide (14) by means of a slider (13). The first valve element (10) has three operating positions, whereas in the first position it is set principally horizontally at the inlet of the channel (6), and in the second position it is set slantwise, preferably at an angle of 45°, at the outlet of the channel (6), and in the third position it is set principally horizontally next to the channel (6).

Abstract: Features are disclosed for generating text-to-speech (TTS) audio programs from textual content received from multiple sources. A TTS system may assemble an audio program from several individual audio presentations of user-selected network-accessible content. Users may configure the TTS system to retrieve personal content as well as publically accessible content. The audio program may include segues, introductions, summaries, and the like. Voices may be selected for individual content items based on user selections or on characteristics of the content or content source.

Abstract: A device having a first and a second component, wherein the second component includes an opening, wherein the first component is mounted such that the first component can rotate in the radial direction and on one side in the axial direction in the opening of the second component about an axis of the first component, wherein the device is formed in such a manner that a fluid can flow in the axial direction through the opening of the second component, wherein the device also comprises at least two bearing shells, and rolling bodies, wherein a first of the bearing shells is fastened to or axially supported on the first component and a second of the bearing shells is fastened to or axially supported on the second component, wherein the rolling bodies are situated in the space circumscribed by the running faces of the two bearing shells, as a result of which a rolling bearing that can be loaded in the axial direction on one side is formed for axially bearing the first component in the second component, and wherein

Abstract: A method for use in forming an image of an object comprises setting a value of an attribute of an image of an object according to a measured reflectance of the object. The image of the object thus formed may be realistic and may closely resemble the actual real-world appearance of the object. Such a method may, in particular, though not exclusively, be useful for providing a realistic image of a road surface and any road markings thereon to assist with navigation. Setting a value of an attribute of the image of the object may comprise generating an initial image of the object and adjusting a value of an attribute of the initial image of the object according to the measured reflectance of the object to form an enhanced image of the object. A method for use in navigation comprises providing a navigation system with data associated with an image formed using such a method. An image formed using such a method and a map database containing such an image are also disclosed.

Abstract: A fusion protein comprising domain (a) which is a functional fragment of hTRAIL protein sequence, which fragment begins with an amino acid at a position not lower than hTRAIL95, or a homolog of said functional fragment having at least 70% sequence identity; and domain (b) which is a sequence of an anti-angiogenic effector peptide, wherein the sequence of domain (b) is attached at the C-terminus or N-terminus of domain (a). The fusion protein can be used for the treatment of cancer diseases.

Abstract: The invention relates to an induction charging apparatus (2) for use in charging portable computing devices (8) such as laptops, tablet computers, mobile (cellular) telephones which require a high degree of security due to the nature of the data which is stored on the device e.g. military, financial, personal data etc. The invention provides a system comprising an induction charging device (2) and a computing device (8) to be charged by the charging device. Charging is enabled by successfully pairing two paired devices. The computing device can be configured such that it can only be charged by said induction charging device.

Abstract: The object of the application is an apparatus for picking up a loose substance in the tobacco industry equipment comprising a loose substance feeding unit provided with a loose substance feeding tape and a picking up unit, characterized in that the picking up unit (6) is provided with vacuum pockets (7) cooperating with scrapers (30), whereas the vacuum pockets (7) together with the scrapers (30) are adapted to moving relative to the loose substance (2) feeding tape (3). In addition, the objects of the application are a scraper and a picking up method.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and a system for virtual visualization of objects and a platform control system included in the system, in particular for a virtual fitting room. Users can combine garments and accessories and watch the presented objects in a virtual environment in different perspectives. The system includes a rotatable platform with a control system thereof, wherein on the platform there is situated a spatial pattern. The rotatable platform is connected to an image or video capture device, which in turn is connected to a processing device. The processing device includes a processing module. The processing module comprises an input module, which cooperates with a comparator module. The comparator module cooperates with or without a coherence module, which in turn cooperates with a combination creating module for matching objects on the spatial pattern through a segmentation module.

Abstract: A fusion protein comprising domain (a) which is a functional fragment of hTRAIL protein sequence, which fragment begins with an amino acid at a position not lower than hTRAIL95, or a homolog of said functional fragment having at least 70% sequence identity; and domain (b) which is a sequence of an immunostimulating effector peptide, wherein the sequence of domain (b) is attached at the C-terminus or N-terminus of domain (a). The fusion protein can be used for the treatment of cancer diseases.

Abstract: A method for evaluating vascular endothelium function in a human subject comprises monitoring changes in intensity of NADH fluorescence signal emitted from skin tissue cells of an upper limb of said subject as a function of time, wherein said changes result from reactive hyperaemia caused by blocking and releasing blood flow in the same upper limb of said subject. A system for evaluating vascular endothelium function in a human subject comprises a means for illuminating a skin on an upper limb of said subject with exciting light, a means for measuring intensity of fluorescence signal emitted from the skin and recording changes of said intensity of the fluorescence signal over time; and a restriction means for blocking and releasing blood flow in the upper limb of said subject.

Abstract: Method and system for arranging cigarette packs according to the position of the filters of the cigarettes contained in the packs, each pack being provided on its outside with a detectable indicator (5), the position of the indicator on the pack (1) in relation to the filters of the cigarettes contained in the packs being predefined, in which the packs are successively delivered in the form of a first stream (7) of the packs travelling on a conveyor (6) to a detection station (8) for detecting the indicators (5) where the position of the indicator on each particular pack is detected, the packs being subsequently arranged depending on the position of the indicator (5) detected thereon by the driving means (12) controlled basing on the information concerning the position of the indicators received from the detection station (8). The arranging consists in dividing the first stream (7) of the packs into at least two separate streams of the travelling packs.

Abstract: SP1 and modified SP1 variant polypeptides capable of forming reversible molecular associations with substances, compositions-of-matter comprising same, and uses thereof are provided.

Abstract: Some aspects discussed herein may provide for a dynamic and real-time analysis of a virtual environment around a player as the player traverses the virtual environment. The analysis may determine candidate hooks (interaction points) for player movement in the virtual environment, and a best hook may be selected for performing a movement action. The movement action may be selected based on the selected hook, providing fluid and natural movement through the virtual environment. The candidate hooks may be determined based on a plurality of three dimensional ray traces originating from points along a left side and a right side of the player and at a range of heights. Collision points from the ray traces may be analyzed to determine whether they may support movement interaction, and valid points may be used to create the candidate hooks.

Abstract: A method of destructive opening cigarette packs in which the packs are successively mechanically deformed by deflection of at least one wall of each pack toward the outside of the pack, then the deflected wall of the pack is incised from the outside and a pack opening element is slid between the deflected wall of the pack and the cigarettes contained therein, and the pack is opened from the inside by means of the pack opening element. An apparatus for destructive opening cigarette packs using the method according to the invention.

Abstract: Arylsulphonamide derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds may be useful for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders of the central nervous system.

Abstract: A secondary caries detection device includes a current generating device configured to generate a current having the form of a sinusoidally varying signal with a frequency chosen from the range of frequencies from 200 Hz to 100 kHz and a chosen amplitude from the range of 50 mV to 5 V. The secondary caries detection device also includes a plurality of preamplifiers of high sensitivity and linearity with phase-sensitive measuring components sensitive to the chosen frequency and integral multiples of the chosen frequency. The secondary caries detection device further includes a microprocessor control unit connected to the current generating device and the plurality of preamplifiers.

Abstract: The method of the invention is characterized in that in the first phase the device installation is filled with processed liquid product, yielding a low pressure zone and then the processed liquid product is introduced under high pressure into the cavitation process, where moving at a rate of not less than 3 m/s and under pressure of not less than 20 bar is introduced to the cavitation and rotation location of the separated streams of the processed liquid product, which rotating in the further part, in the longitudinal axis of the cavitator, move in the opposite directions, resulting in differential pressure leading to cavitation process with effects characteristic for sterilization and homogenization with heterogeneous parameters, wherein in the next phase a separation takes place into a liquid product, which has a particle size larger than 600 nm and a liquid product which has a particle size smaller than 600 nm, wherein the liquid product of larger particle size is directed to cooling and complementary cavi

Abstract: Provided is a dielectric barrier discharge-type electrode structure for generating plasma.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pump (1) for conveying of a fluid from an intake region (2) to an outlet region (3) which has a housing (4) and at least one rotor (6) which is arranged rotatable around an axis of rotation (5) and which can be driven by a driving element. To obtain a high degree of efficiency the pump according to the invention is characterized in that the rotor (6) has a bore (7), that a piston element (8) is arranged in the bore which can move along the longitudinal axis (L) of the bore and that a plurality of magnets (9, 9?, 9?, . . . ) or a ring magnet is arranged stationary in the housing (4), wherein the magnets or the ring magnet exert a magnetic attractive force on the piston element (8), wherein the magnets (9, 9?, 9?, . . . ) or a ring magnet are arranged in such a manner in the housing (4) that the piston element (8) carries out an oscillating movement (O) in the bore (7) during rotation of the rotor (6) around the axis (5) due to the magnetic attractive force.

Abstract: A method for detecting a context of a mobile device (100) equipped with sensors (111, 121, 122, 131) and a context detection module (109) in which the sensors (111, 121, 122, 131) are assigned to at least two groups (110, 120, 30), each of which comprises at least one sensor (111, 121, 122, 131), and each group (110, 120, 130) is allocated a group classifier (116, 126, 136) 10 adapted to detect, in a form of a classification result, currently identified, by means of a given classifier, context of the device (100) based on indications of the sensors (111, 121, 122, 131) belonging to the given group, characterized in that with a use of the context detection module, whereas the groups (110, 102, 130) of sensors are ordered hierarchically, and the device context is detected 1 by reading a classification result indicated by the classifier (116, 126, 136) of the currently active group, wherein in case of detection of an identified context in the active group, switching on power supply of the sensors and activating