Abstract: An assembly includes elongated foamed elements that are arranged next to one another in one plane and bonded to one another at abutting side faces thereof, wherein the elongated foamed elements have been made by cutting at least one foamed sheet having a top and bottom surface, the at least one foamed sheet having been prepared by a foamed extrusion process and comprises a polymer composition including polypropylene, wherein the cutting is perpendicular to the top and bottom surfaces of the at least one foamed sheet, wherein the assembly has a top and bottom surface formed of surfaces of the elongated foamed elements perpendicular to the top or bottom surface of one of the at least one foamed sheet from which the respective elongated foamed element has been made, wherein the assembly is a sheet having a compression stress at yield in the thickness direction of at least 100 kPa.

Abstract: A transmission system for a bicycle, wherein the system comprises a driver element configured and arranged to rotate about an axis. The transmission system comprises a cassette of sprockets mounted on the driver element to rotate together. The transmission system comprises a shifting unit arranged to move the cassette of sprockets in axial direction on the driver element. The shifting unit comprises an actuator element arranged to actuate the movement of the cassette of sprockets on the driver element. The actuator element is at least partially positioned between the driver element and the axis, and/or the actuator element is at least partially positioned in axial direction next to the driver element.

Abstract: A substrate holder for use in a lithographic apparatus and configured to support a substrate, the substrate holder having a main body having a main body surface, a plurality of main burls projecting from the main body surface, wherein each main burl has a distal end surface configured to support the substrate, a first seal member projecting from the main body surface and having an upper surface, the first seal member surrounding the plurality of main burls and configured to restrict the passage of liquid between the substrate and the main body surface radially inward past the first seal member, and a plurality of minor burls projecting from the upper surface of the first seal member, wherein each minor burl has a distal end surface configured to support the substrate.

Abstract: A sensor device for measuring levels of one or more stereoisomers in body fluids, for example lactate in sweat. The device includes a body fluid collection means and an optical measurement system. The measurement of the isomer levels is based on measuring an optical property of an incident light which is known to be modified in a reliable and reproducible way by intrinsic optical activity of at least one isomer within the sample. By measuring the optical property, an indication of concentration of at least one stereoisomer can be derived. For example, D- and L-lactate are enantiomers and the optical activity of each has the effect of changing a rotation angle of light polarization. It also has the effect of changing a central frequency of a spectral composition of the incident light. In each case a polarization state modification is applied to the light before or after application to the sample.

Abstract: A multilayer composite includes a core layer having an assembly and a first cover layer on the core layer, the first cover layer including a first composition having a density of at least 0.903 g/cm3 and including polypropylene, wherein the first cover layer comprises a first composition having a density of at least 0.

Abstract: Provided is a method (100) comprising providing (102) a nonblood bodily secretion sample having a concentration of an analyte. The analyte is separately detectable in blood. The method also comprises determining (104), independently of any measurement of said concentration, a measure of an absolute amount, in other words a total amount, of the analyte in the nonblood bodily secretion sample. Further provided is a sensing assembly for implementing the method, and a method for determining a correlation between such a measure of an absolute amount of the analyte in a nonblood bodily secretion sample and a blood concentration of the analyte in blood.

Abstract: A bicycle drivetrain (3) system for a road bicycle (2), comprising: a transmission assembly (14) having at least two selectable transmission ratios, a single chainring (9) having chainring teeth (10) for engagement with the bicycle chain (7), the chainring teeth (10) being arranged along a chainring (9) circumference, and a cogset (4) comprising a plurality of sprockets (5) each having respective sprocket teeth (6) for engagement with a bicycle chain (7) which defines a minimal interteeth distance, the sprocket teeth (6) being arranged along a respective sprocket (5) circumference, wherein a smallest respective sprocket (5) circumference of any such sprocket (5) of the cogset (4) corresponds to at least twelve times the minimal interteeth distance.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a control module (10) for controlling a plurality of bicycle actuators (20.1, 20.2, 20.3) of a bicycle (1000). The control module (10) comprises a set of a plurality of control programs for controlling the plurality of bicycle actuators (20.1, 20.2, 20.3), and a sensing arrangement (3) configured for detecting a user-actuation thereof, the control module (10) being so arranged that each of the plurality of control programs is selectively activatable and/or deactivatable on a user-actuation of the sensing arrangement (3), wherein the sensing arrangement (3) is configured to be monomanually actuatable by a single hand of a user while bicycling.

Abstract: An LED driver configured to control a LED fixture comprising a plurality of LED groups is described, each LED group comprising at least one LED forming a series connection with a switch, wherein the plurality of LED groups are arranged in a parallel connection, the LED fixture further comprising a capacitor arranged in a parallel connection to the plurality of LED groups, the LED driver comprising: a power converter for converting an input power from a power source to a current which is provided to the plurality of LED groups; a control unit configured to control the power converter to provide the current to the plurality of LED groups, and wherein the control unit is further configured to control an operation mode of the switch of the LED group between a nominal mode, wherein the switch operates in a closed nominal state or an open nominal state, and a transition mode, wherein the switch operates in a semi-closed state, wherein a gate to source voltage of the switch of the LED group is lower than the ga

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a system for a bicycle (1000), wherein the system comprises one or more electronic sensors, and/or one or more electronic actuators (600), and an energy harvesting unit configured for harvesting energy and supplying the harvested energy to the one or more electronic actuators (600) and/or the one or more electronic actuators (600).

Abstract: Provided is a method of determining a concentration (Ca) of a first analyte (a) in sweat excreted by a first sweat gland type at a first skin location (i) having the first sweat gland type and a second sweat gland type. The method comprises measuring a first concentration (I) of the first analyte in sweat excreted at the first skin location and measuring at least one parameter of sweat excreted by the second sweat gland type at a second skin location (ii) having the second sweat gland type but not the first sweat gland type. The at least one parameter is used to determine a dilution factor (II) which quantifies dilution of the first analyte by sweat excreted by the second sweat gland type at the first skin location. This dilution factor (II) is then used to correct the first concentration (I) so as to determine the concentration (Ca). Further provided is an apparatus (100) for determining the concentration (Ca).

Abstract: A machine for forming packing templates includes a infeed mechanism that can feed multiple feeds of sheet material into the machine without repositioning the infeed mechanism or forming creases or bends in the sheet material. The machine also includes a separation and cutting systems with one or more cutting tables and biased knives that cut the sheet material packaging templates. The machine also includes creasing roller(s) that forms creases in the sheet material. The machine also includes a system for reducing or eliminating the impact of irregularities in the sheet material.

Abstract: Disclosed is an advancement in provoked chemical cleavage. Thereby the invention provides the use of a diene as a chemically cleavable group attached to a Construct, and the use of a dienophile to provoke the release of the Construct by allowing the diene to react with a dienophile capable of undergoing an inverse electron demand Diels Alder reaction with the diene. The invention includes a kit for releasing a Construct CA bound to a Trigger TR, the kit having a tetrazine and a dienophile, wherein the Trigger is the tetrazine. The invention also includes the use of the formation of a pyridazine by reacting a tetrazine having a Construct CA bound thereto and a dienophile, as a chemical tool for the release, in a chemical, biological or physiological environment, of the Construct.

Abstract: Process for determining rock permeability. In some embodiments, the process can include determining a volume-based aspect ratio distribution of pores in a rock sample from a digital image of the sample, grouping the volume-based aspect ratio distribution into two or more pore types, selecting an initial pore type from the two or more pore types, obtaining mercury injection capillary pressure (MICP) data of the sample, creating a volume forward model and a frequency forward model using the MICP data, deriving an initial volume-based pore size distribution and an initial frequency-based pore size distribution for the initial pore type using the volume and the frequency forward models, respectively, selecting either the initial volume-based or the initial frequency-based distribution based on the forward models, and optimizing the selected distribution using an inversion of the MICP data with combinations of two or more pore type distributions to create an optimized distribution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel photoinitiators having improved performances and to their use in photopolymerization compositions. The invention also relates to a process for the photopolymerization of compositions comprising said photoinitiators as well as their use in articles of manufacture, including printed, coated, and fabricated assemblies.

Abstract: Methods for realizing an aseptic connection between a valve unit and a tank container having an inliner are provided whereby, a disinfection unit which includes the valve unit is positioned around the spout of the tank container. The valve unit is then disinfected by exposing the valve unit to a disinfection fluid and/or to electromagnetic radiation while the valve of the valve unit is in an open position. After having closed the valve, an end portion of the valve unit is pressed against a closure element that blocks the spout of the inliner, to thereby establish fluid communication between the inner environment of the inliner and the interior of the valve unit. The disinfection unit is then removed and the valve unit is fastened to the tank container to ensure an aseptic connection between the valve unit and the tank container.

Abstract: A clutch or brake system for a torque transmission. The clutch or brake system includes a first rotatable unit connectable to an input or output, including at least one first abutment surface and a second rotatable unit connectable to an output or input, respectively, including at least one second abutment surface arranged for selectively engaging the first abutment surface. The first and second abutment surfaces are adapted to each other so as to allow disengaging under load. The system includes a third rotatable unit including at least one retaining member, the third unit being arranged for selectively being in a first rotational position or a second rotational position relative to the second rotatable unit, wherein the at least one retaining member in the first rotational position locks the at least one second abutment surface for rotationally coupling the second rotatable unit to the first rotatable unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel photoinitiators having improved performances and to their use in photopolymerization compositions. The invention also relates to a process for the photopolymerization of compositions comprising said photoinitiators as well as their use in articles of manufacture, including printed, coated, and fabricated assemblies.

Abstract: Hybrid suspension cultures supplementing soluble extracellular matrix (ECM) for growth of organoids is disclosed. Viable lung organoid from epithelial, endothelial, and fibroblast human stable cell lines in suspension culture are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel photoinitiator having improved performances and to its use in photopolymerization compositions. The invention also relates to a process for the photopolymerization of compositions comprising said photoinitiator as well as their use in articles of manufacture, including printed, coated, and fabricated assemblies.