Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a method and system comprising a first resonator optionally coupled to an energy source and a second resonator located a variable distance from the source resonator and not connected by any wires to the first resonator, where the first resonator and the second resonator are coupled to provide near-field wireless energy transfer among the first resonator and the second resonator, and where the field of at least one of the first resonator and the second resonator is shaped to increase the coupling factor among the resonators.

Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure provides methods and materials for generating electrical energy from wastewater treatment materials. For example, the methods involve selecting a pair of materials from a wastewater treatment facility and forming a microbial fuel cell using the pair of materials as anode and cathode materials. There are provided various configurations suitable for adaptation to existing wastewater treatment facilities, as well as design parameters for new wastewater treatment facilities, devices, or schemes that take advantage of the methods of the disclosure.

Abstract: A method of controlling and regulating a rotorcraft presenting a speed of advance that is high and stabilized, the rotorcraft including at least a main lift rotor (10), at least one variable pitch propulsion propeller (6), and at least one power plant for driving the main rotor(s) (10) and at least one propeller (6), said method consisting in using a first loop for regulating pitch or attitude, and a second loop for regulating speed by means of a control over the mean pitch of the propulsion propeller(s) (6), wherein the method further consists in controlling the deflection angle of a horizontal tailplane (30, 25, 35) by using a third loop for controlling and regulating said deflection angle of the horizontal tailplane (30, 25, 35) in order to minimize the total power consumed by the main rotor (10) and the propulsive propeller(s) (6), for a given speed and attitude.

Abstract: The present invention comprises polymers having optionally substituted aromatic residues in the polymer backbone and/or side chains, useful for the removal and/or dispersion of hydrophilic soils from textiles. The present invention also comprises a method for the removal of hydrophilic soils from textiles comprising the step of contacting the soil with a polymer that comprises optionally substituted aromatic residues in the backbone and/or side chains. The present inventive polymers and method are particularly useful in the context of washing or pretreatment agents that effectively remove red wine, fruit, vegetable, food product, or beverage stains from textiles.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of radical traps in detergents and cleaners in order to improve cleaning performance, in particular for dirt containing polymerizable dyes.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for the preparation of FePt or CoPt nanoparticles in ionic liquids, which in certain embodiments constitutes a direct method for the preparation of such nanoparticles having the face-centred tetragonal (fct) crystalline form. The invention also provides FePt or CoPt nanoparticles obtainable by a method of the invention.

Abstract: A network mobility device registers with a switch in a telephone network, and receives a first message from a docking station indicating that a mobile device has undocked from the docking station. The docking station includes a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone that has a wired connection to a data network, and the mobile device includes a portable digital computing device. The network mobility device receives a call, destined for the mobile device, routed from the switch, and sends an alert message, based on the undocking of the mobile device and the received call, to the mobile device to notify a client of the mobile device of the call. The network mobility device forwards the call, based on the undocking of the mobile device, from the network mobility device to the client at the mobile device via the data network.

Abstract: The invention relates to a security element for an article to be protected, having an upper face and a lower face, one or more imaging optical arrangements, which all image a respective associated object to a magnified scale only in front of the upper face, wherein the one optical arrangement or at least one of the optical arrangements comprises a plurality of reflective micro-imaging elements arranged two-dimensionally in a first pattern, and the associated object is in the form of a microstructure object having a plurality of microstructures, which are arranged in a microstructure pattern so matched to the first pattern that the microstructure object is imaged to a magnified scale in front of the upper face by means of the reflective micro-imaging elements.

Abstract: New rare-cutting endonucleases, also called custom-made meganucleases, which recognize and cleave a specific nucleotide sequence, derived polynucleotide sequences, recombinant vector cell, animal, or plant comprising said polynucleotide sequences, process for producing said rare-cutting endonucleases and any use thereof, more particularly, for genetic engineering, antiviral therapy and gene therapy.

Abstract: Described herein are improved configurations for wireless power transfer for computer peripherals, including a source magnetic resonator, integrated into a source station and connected to a power source and power and control circuitry; a device magnetic resonator, integrated into a computer peripheral; wherein power is transferred non-radiatively from the source magnetic resonator to the device magnetic resonator, and where the quality factors of the source and device resonators, Qs and Qd, satisfy the relationship, ?{square root over (QsQd)}>100.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic valve for an oscillating motor adjuster that utilizes camshaft alternating torques by means of non-return valves for more rapid adjustment. The non-return valve that is not used for the respective rotation is additionally closed by means of the piston of the hydraulic valve.

Abstract: A method for producing microbeads comprising an active component encapsulated within a gelled polymer matrix comprises the steps of providing a suspension of denatured whey protein and an active component, treating the suspension to generate microbeads, and immediately curing the microbeads by acidification. The microbeads are discrete droplets of gelled whey protein having an average diameter in the micron range (for example, from 80 to 500 microns) and which, suitably have a generally spherical shape. The microbeads are capable of surviving passage through the stomach, and delivering the encapsulated active agent in the instestine. Ex-vivo and in-vivo data shows that active agent encapsulated within microbeads retains its functionality upon delivery to the intestine, and that coating of the microcapsules allows targeted delivery of the active agent to the distal part of the intestine.

Abstract: A connection of a brake lining, preferably a disc brake of a railway vehicle, having a lining mount, wherein the brake lining includes a guide bar on the back side thereof lying in a guide track of the lining mount and held on the lining mount by means of a clamping element of at least one clamping device engaging behind the guide bar under spring load and pressing against the guide track, designed so that the clamping element can be brought out of engagement by an actuating element rotatably or displaceably mounted on the lining mount.

Abstract: A method, performed by a user device, may include detecting an incoming call; determining whether the incoming call is associated with a very important person contact; directing the incoming call to a voicemail system, when the incoming call is not associated with a very important person contact; and providing, when the incoming call is associated with the very important person contact, an instant response message to a device associated with the incoming call without answering the incoming call. The method may further include providing reminder, including a ranked callback list of missed calls, to the user at particular intervals.

Abstract: A landing system of a body and a space probe provided with such a system for landing on a bearing ground. The landing system includes landing legs (5), each with a footpad (6) at the end thereof, intended for braking the landing impact of the body when coming into contact with the ground and for supporting the body on the ground after landing. The footpads (6) are not coplanar.

Abstract: Presented are methods and systems for determining, monitoring, and displaying the relative positioning of two rigid bodies during surgery. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods and systems for positioning a prosthesis relative to a bone during a surgery as well as to systems and methods for verifying resulting relative positioning of adjacent bones.

Abstract: Systems and methods for non-disruptive cache startup, shutdown, data partition movement, and node rebalancing for a data fabric within a data grid in a database environment. The data grid is a clustered in-memory database (IMDB) cache comprising one or more data fabrics including multiple IMDB cache nodes. The method takes a time tag and moves data from source to destination nodes while allowing updates to data on the source nodes. The method propagates updates occurring after the time tag to destination nodes from source nodes and switches applications and ownership to the destination nodes. Another method slices data for a partitioned fabric and stores slices on nodes. Another method starts a data fabric by moving data from a grid backend to the nodes. In an embodiment, another method rebalances nodes in a non-disruptive manner. When a fabric is shutdown, the method saves data from the nodes to the grid backend.

Abstract: Described herein are improved capabilities for a source resonator having a Q-factor Q1>100 and a characteristic size x1 coupled to an energy source, and a second resonator having a Q-factor Q2>100 and a characteristic size x2 coupled to an energy drain located a distance D from the source resonator, where the source resonator and the second resonator are coupled to exchange energy wirelessly among the source resonator and the second resonator.

Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a method and system comprising a source resonator optionally coupled to an energy source and a second resonator located a distance from the source resonator, where the source resonator and the second resonator are coupled to provide near-field wireless energy transfer among the source resonator and the second resonator, and where a loss inducing object is positioned to increase the coupling the coupling factor among the resonators.

Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a method and system comprising a first resonator coupled to an energy source generating a field having magnetic material, and a second resonator located a variable distance from the source resonator having magnetic material and not connected by any wire or shared magnetic material to the first resonator, where the source resonator and the second resonator are coupled to provide near-field wireless energy transfer among the source resonator and the second resonator, and where the field of at least one of the source resonator and the second resonator is shaped using magnetic materials to increase the coupling factor among the resonators.