Abstract: The present disclosure relates to bioactive hydrogels derived from human blood plasma. More particularly, the disclosure relates to multifunctional materials for cell encapsulation, cell culture platforms, medical treatment apparatus and methods, more particularly, hydrogels derived from human blood components and technologies for use of such materials in research, biomedical treatment, biotech and pharmaceutical industry. The disclosure further relates to 3D printable scaffolds, sponges, foams, fibers, particles, capsules, membranes and injectable systems comprising said hydrogel. Additionally, this disclosure allows for the controlled placement of biologically active components that may be delivered by the hydrogel compositions.

Abstract: The present technology discloses smart labels to monitor physical parameters, and for traceability and authentication of objects, documents or people. This active and multifunctional label is based on spectrally and spatially multiplexed Quick Response (QR) codes (A). Spectrally selectivity is achieved using luminescent materials and spatially multiplexing is achieved using different patterns (B) combining both to design improved QR codes able to store information at different layers of accessibility. This brings advantages over the actual scenario of QR codes wherein the amount of storage information increases up to three times, adding the capability to sense physical parameters and allow to control the provided information, creating public and restricted access. To access and read the content of each layer, different illumination is used (C) to (E) and is processed using a device or via dedicated applications.

Abstract: A probe element for separation and sensing of analytes of interest controlled by temperature is provided. The probe element includes at least one magnetic crystal and one or more types of capping agents. The capping agent can have stabilizing and or anchoring functions. The magnetic crystal produces a stable magnetic field at the temperature of interest for sensing or separation. The stable magnetic field can be controlled by temperature and the probe can be integrated in a sensing and or separation device and process.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for extracting or separating metal ions using a composition including: an ionic liquid of formula C+,?X, in which: C+ is an onium cation including at least one hydrocarbon chain R1 including from 6 to 20 carbon atoms; XP? is an anion of charge p, the ionic liquid having a solubility in water at 20° C. of at least 10 g/l; an acid; and water. The composition includes two liquid phases: a phase enriched in ionic liquid ?IL; and a phase enriched in water ?w, the pH of which is less than or equal to 4.7. The composition is useful for extracting a metal ion from an acidic aqueous medium including a metal ion, for separating metal ions from an aqueous medium including at least two metal ions or for purifying an acidic aqueous solution including a metal ion.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the development and improvement of a High-Temperature Sulfate/Sulfide device, in particular a High-Temperature battery using a Sulfate/Sulfide redox couple (HTSSB) for electrical energy storage at elevated temperatures and the like, and electrical energy storage device comprising the same.

Abstract: System of positron emission tomography to obtain images of a subject, which comprehends: one first fixed axis of rotation; one second axis of rotation substantially parallel to the first axis, in which the second axis is rotatable around the first axis at a predefined distance; one element of support rotatably coupled to the second axis; one pair of scintillators fixed to the element of support, said pair being collinear and aligned along the same longitudinal axis; two photomultipliers, each optically coupled to one of the scintillators; in which the element of support has a free region between the pair of scintillators to receive the subject to be imaged.

Abstract: A passive sensor network constituted by a reader (5), wireless energy emitters (2), and fully passive sensors (1) is described. The passive sensors allow continuously the data collection and transfer thereof whenever requested by the reader, via backscatter at a frequency (4), and in parallel the reception of energy from the transmitters (3). Each sensor integrates an antenna, two impedance matching networks, a semiconductor, a microcontroller and one or more sensors that do not require the use of their own power supply or batteries. The reader (remote unit) initiates the communication process. This communication is achieved by sending radio frequency commands recognized by the passive sensors. These sensors, upon receiving the commands from the reader, initiate the back transmission of data according to the received command. The power transmitters are used to allow continuous power supply of the passive sensors.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for chromatic discrimination and counting of organisms in a liquid medium with application to organisms belonging to the genus Daphnia, Ceriodaphnia, Artemia, as well Collembola; or similar organisms. The device can be applied in the field of ecotoxicology and involves technologies in the areas of analytical instrumentation, electronics, computer science and biology.

Abstract: A system for heating a work fluid and for air circulation comprises a plurality of collectors fitted top-to-top in one or more columns, such that air ducts of the modules constitute a single duct along a column, wherein the solar collector comprises: one solar radiation planar absorber with one anterior face exposed to solar radiation and another posterior face affixed to the work fluid piping; one duct for exchanging heat with the planar absorber via the air duct which has its air inlet and outlet on opposite tops of the solar collector. The system can additionally comprise a descendent air duct to collect air from the upper part of the building and to supply air to the lower side of one or more columns of the facade.

Abstract: The disclosure pertains to wireless communications and, more particularly, to the exploitation of channel gain information, advantageously where more than two transmitter/receiver pairs transmit information over a shared medium. The disclosure applies distributed interference compression (23) at the receivers (receiver 1 (8), . . . , receiver k (9), . . . , and receiver K (10)) and repetition coding (13) at the transmitters (transmitter 1 (1), . . . , transmitter k (2), . . . , transmitter K (3)). Repetition coding repeats the same symbol stream (11) several times and the distributed interference compression (23) reduces the number of interference retransmissions (15) required to obtain the interference free signal (26). The throughput achieved by previous solutions is limited to two symbols per time slot, whereas in the present disclosure throughput is enhanced and is proportional to the square root of the number of transmitter/receiver pairs considered.

Abstract: The disclosure pertains to wireless communications and, more particularly, to the exploitation of channel gain information, advantageously where more than two transmitter/receiver pairs transmit information over a shared medium. The disclosure applies distributed interference compression (23) at the receivers (receiver 1 (8), . . . , receiver k (9), . . . , and receiver K (10)) and repetition coding (13) at the transmitters (transmitter 1 (1), . . . , transmitter k (2), . . . , transmitter K (3)). Repetition coding repeats the same symbol stream (11) several times and the distributed interference compression (23) reduces the number of interference retransmissions (15) required to obtain the interference free signal (26). The throughput achieved by previous solutions is limited to two symbols per time slot, whereas in the present disclosure throughput is enhanced and is proportional to the square root of the number of transmitter/receiver pairs considered.

Abstract: The present document describes a dynamic mobility management system. The disclosure describes a mobility management mechanism that is able to maintain the IP address assigned when a session was initiated in the user device to exchange data packets between the end-points of a given data service. This is possible through the management of the distributed mobility anchors, tunnels, interfaces and IP addresses, where a mobile node is configured to bind to the previously accessed mobility access router, such that the previously established network sessions of the mobile node are re-established through said previously accessed mobility access router. The disclosure is applied in the Information and Communication Technology domain, more precisely in the mobility management in communication networks.

Abstract: A system for heating a work fluid and for air circulation comprises a plurality of collectors fitted top-to-top in one or more columns, such that air ducts of the modules constitute a single duct along a column, wherein the solar collector comprises: one solar radiation planar absorber with one anterior face exposed to solar radiation and another posterior face affixed to the work fluid piping; one duct for exchanging heat with the planar absorber via the air duct which has its air inlet and outlet on opposite tops of the solar collector. The system can additionally comprise a descendent air duct to collect air from the upper part of the building and to supply air to the lower side of one or more columns of the facade.

Abstract: Coating a metallic surface with at least one of a pretreatment composition prior to organic coating, with a passivation composition without intent for subsequent organic coating, with a pretreatment primer composition, with a primer composition, with a paint composition and with an electrocoating composition, wherein the coating composition includes particles on a base of at least one layered double hydroxide (LDH) phase characterized by the general formula [M2+(1±0.5)?x(M3+, M4+)x(OH)2±0.75]An?x/n.mH2O.

Abstract: System and method for providing data access to mobile network nodes of a digital data network, said system comprising: a local mobility anchor node, herewith LMA, which has an uplink interface to an upstream network, a plurality of mobility access gateways, herewith MAGs, which are fixed access points comprising a wired interface to the LMA, one or more mobile mobility access gateways, herewith mMAGs, which are mobile, in particular vehicle, access points comprising a wireless interface to a MAGs or other mMAGs, a mobile network node, herewith MNN, comprising a wireless interface to a MAG or mMAG, each of said mMAGs configured for establishing a network binding to the LMA through an access point, by connecting to said access point, the access point being a MAG or another mMAG, such that data packets arrived at the LMA and destined to the MNN are routed and forwarded to the MNN through the mMAG.

Abstract: The condylar prosthesis (10) for a temporo-mandibular joint includes a mandibular implant (12), which is intended to be rigidly attached to the branch of a mandible, and a joint head (16), which is intended to serve as a replacement mandibular condyle, the mandibular implant (12) including an anchoring stem (14) permitting the use of an intramedullary connection in the summit of the branch of the mandible, and the distal end of the anchoring stem (14) being offset towards the front of the prosthesis (10) with respect to the joint head (16) and in a median plane of the prosthesis (10), the condylar prosthesis (10) being characterized in that the anchoring stem (14) follows a curved profile along its length and in the median plane of the prosthesis, the direction of curvature of the anchoring stem being oriented towards the front of the prosthesis.

Abstract: Wireless network data router for a vehicle, and operating method thereof, comprising: a multi-connection interface for wireless access in vehicular environments, herewith WAVE; a wireless local area network, herewith Wi-Fi, interface; a mobile network data interface; a downlink data connection for the vehicle and/or users in the vehicle and its vicinity; a data processing unit for routing data between said interfaces; wherein the data processing unit is configured to: calculate a score for each reachable network on the WAVE, Wi-Fi and mobile network interfaces; switch the uplink connection of the wireless network data router to the reachable network with the best score. Also a wireless network data router for vehicles for connecting vehicles to the Internet through a multi-network device, said router being a mobile router suitable to form a mesh network of connected vehicles, wherein the router is arranged for using parked cars for redistributing Wi-Fi signal from fixed hotspots.

Abstract: The present invention describes a low-cost, portable multi-parameter, turbidity sensor based on optical fiber. The sensor quantifies the transmission and scattering of radiation (nephelometry) in a fluid through radiation emission in two or more wavelengths. Inc invention can be used to estimate concentration of suspended sediments, to distinguish the type of sediment based on color, to distinguish different particle-size classes, and to identify and determine the concentrations of different suspended-sediment fractions. The sensor comprises the following elements: radiation emitter of two or more wavelengths (2), a radiation receiver to measure the transmitted radiation. (2), a radiation receiver to measure the scattered radiation (3), and an inner space (4) of the measurement unit containing the fluid being evaluated.

Abstract: Method and system for the detection of anomalous behavior in systems displaying typical and complex behavior encoded in a digital signal through the study of a computational model (artificial system) of interacting agents defined using the information contained in the digital signal and imposing that agents engage in a maximally frustrated dynamics. Changes in the target system's behavior lead a measurable decrease in frustration of the artificial system, from sequences never presented before during the system's normal behavior or combinations of already presented sequences never seen together.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a winemaking process using the traditional method of vinification except that, after fermentation, a chitosan-based film is placed in contact with the wine and no sulfur dioxide is added. The present invention also relates to a process for preparation of a chitosan-based film by modification of the chitosan with natural compounds, which allows to produce chitosan films stable in acidic medium, with high antioxidant activity, while maintaining the antimicrobial activity. In one embodiment, the films are prepared by covalent linkage to the chitosan of molecules, such as genipin, which results in decreasing its solubility in acidic medium, and also of molecules with high antioxidant activity, such as caffeic acid, or grape and wine extracts rich in compounds with antioxidant activity.