Abstract: An assembly comprising a cranioplasty prosthesis component having a connection hole(s). A pivot fastener may have a body being threaded and adapted to be screwed to cranium bone. A shoulder is between the body and a head of the pivot fastener, the shoulder having a circular section. A diametrical dimension of the circular section is less than a diametrical dimension of the connection hole, such that the shoulder forms a rotational joint with the cranioplasty component when the shoulder is in the connection hole.

Abstract: An infusion pump is configured to provide one or more context cues to a user while the user programs the infusion pump to deliver an infusion therapy. In some embodiments, the infusion pump includes a display configured to display a keypad and to receive input from a user, a processor in communication with the display, and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory stores instructions that cause a keypad sequence monitor to receive context parameters, the context parameters corresponding to a drug selection, a drug concentration selection, or a clinical care area in which the drug is to be infused. The keypad sequence monitor accesses a drug library using the context parameter to determine a valid parameter range corresponding to a range of values between lower and upper soft limit values stored in the drug library.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a valve, comprising a main piston for actuating a main volumetric flow and a pilot piston for actuating a pilot volumetric flow. The main piston and the pilot piston are guided in a valve housing in a longitudinally movable manner, and the pilot piston can be actuated using a magnetic device. The position of the main piston can be set using the pilot piston in that a fluid pressure acting on the main piston is signalled via a fluidic connection into a pilot chamber comprising the pilot piston which keeps the main piston in the closed position thereof, said closed position cutting of the main volumetric flow.

Abstract: A method for hot repair of a region to be repaired (301, 302, 303) inside a glass melting furnace (10), the region to be repaired being at a temperature higher than 300° C., said method comprising the following steps: ?a) installing an interior shuttering (32i) in a use position, so as to produce a mold around the region to be repaired; ?b) filling the mold with a repair product (41). The interior shuttering has components that come into contact with the repair material during the repair, referred to as “shuttering elements”. All the shuttering elements are made of a ceramic. The region to be repaired is located on the side wall of the tank or in the superstructure.

Abstract: An irrigation system including a fluid distribution block configured for attachment to an irrigation drip line of a moving plant system, a clamping mechanism configured for releasable attachment to the fluid distribution block, and a linear actuator configured to move the clamping mechanism so that the clamping mechanism and the fluid distribution block travel together when the clamping mechanism is releasably attached to the fluid distribution block.

Abstract: A vertical farm system including at least one enclosure, the at least one enclosure separated into a day section and a night section, a plurality of racks disposed within the at least one enclosure and configured to hold plants, a conveyor system configured to move the plurality of racks through the day and night section of the at least one enclosure, and at least one of an irrigation system, a lighting system or an automated harvesting system disposed within the at least one enclosure, the at least one of the irrigation system, the lighting system and the automated harvesting system being stationary relative to the plurality of racks.

Abstract: A fastener (1) comprising a) a fastener member (2) and one or more tenons (41,42,43) arranged on the front face (21) and being spaced apart from each other in said elongation direction (3), and b) at a proximal end (22) of the fastener member (2) a protrusion (5) comprising one or more fastener hinge knuckles (61,62). The fastener can be used to simultaneously join the ends (81,82) of a conveyor belt (8), the ends being designed tor form with a lace pin an end joint in the form of a continuous hinge (12), and the ends (1101,1102) of a corrugated sidewall (110) that is attached to the conveying surface (83) of the conveyor belt (8).

Abstract: In some embodiments, bias circuits are provided that can generate resilient output supplies without consuming excessive power. In addition, other resilient and efficient bias circuits may be provided that can be used for biasing level shift and other high supply circuit blocks such as LDOs with thin gate transistors over a relatively wide high supply voltage operational range.

Abstract: The invention refers to a photometric process measurement arrangement (10) with a photometric immersion probe (20) being electrically supplied with a probe supply voltage (Us) and comprising: a photometer flashlight source (61), an impulse energy capacitor (33), an electronic flyback-converter (30) for successively electrically charging the impulse energy capacitor (33) with numerous charging voltage quantums (Uq), whereas the flyback-converter (30) is provided with a converter switch (31) between a converter supply voltage port (80) and a transformer (32), and a switching signal generator (49) for driving the converter switch (31) with a switching signal and comprising a standard duty cycle signal generator (44) for driving the converter switch (31) with a standard duty cycle value (D1) and comprising a boost duty cycle signal generator (45) for alternatively driving the converter switch (31) with a higher boost duty cycle value (D2), when the boost duty cycle signal generator (45) is activated.

Abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell (SOPC) includes a solid oxide electrolyte, an anode disposed on a first side of the electrolyte and a cathode disposed on an opposing second side of the electrolyte. The anode includes a ceramic phase and a metallic phase including a Ni catalyst and a dopant including Al, Ba, Ca, Cr, Fe, Mo, Re, Rh, Ru, Sr, W, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: A method includes monitoring impedances of the plurality of the functional electrodes relative to a reference electrode while maneuvering a catheter within a cavity of an organ, the catheter comprising (i) a shaft having a distal end, and (ii) an expandable distal-end assembly coupled to the distal end of the shaft and comprising a plurality of functional electrodes. A direction vector is estimated from the monitored impedances, along which the catheter is free to advance within the cavity of the organ without obstruction by the tissue wall. The direction vector is displayed to a user.

Abstract: An inductive conductivity sensor comprises an electronics unit including a printed circuit board, a transmitter coil, a receiver coil, and a temperature sensor. A first through-hole is arranged between a first axial end and a second axial end of the printed circuit board, and a second through-hole is arranged between the first axial end and the first through-hole, so that a bracket is formed between the first axial end and the second through-hole. A temperature sensor is arranged on the bracket. The transmitter coil and receiver coil are arranged on opposite sides of the printed circuit board around the first through-hole. A housing encloses the electronics unit in a fluid-tight manner so that the first through-hole and the second through-hole each allow at least partial passage of a fluid therethrough.

Abstract: A pollination system including an enclosure configured to house an insect nest, and a gate system operatively connected to the enclosure. The gate system includes an exit gate assembly, an entrance gate assembly, a vision system configured to capture images of insects within the exit gate assembly and the entrance gate assembly, and a controller configured to operate the exit gate assembly and the entrance gate assembly based on the images captured by the vision system to control a number of insects within an enclosed space surrounding the pollination system.

Abstract: A vertical farm system including at least one enclosure, the at least one enclosure separated into a day section and a night section, a plurality of racks disposed within the at least one enclosure and configured to hold plants, a conveyor system configured to move the plurality of racks through the day and night section of the at least one enclosure, and at least one of an irrigation system, a lighting system or an automated harvesting system disposed within the at least one enclosure, the at least one of the irrigation system, the lighting system and the automated harvesting system being stationary relative to the plurality of racks.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaging sensor system (26) having a high detection accuracy. The system (26) comprises a plurality of pixel sensors (1) and at least one light source. The pixel sensors (1) are grouped in clusters, wherein each pixel sensor (1) comprises a photodetector (2) and a local controlling circuit (18). The plurality of sensors (1) in each cluster are configured, using local controlling circuits (18), to output a global detection signal (15) when detecting a local detection signal (10) from at least two outputs of the photodetectors (2) of said cluster. The system (26) has a high detection accuracy due to ruling out false positive detections, since each detection requires at least two positive outputs of the photodetectors (2) of said cluster.

Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a signal input circuit configured to receive a sensor signal from a radar sensor or from a lidar sensor and a processing circuit configured to determine a first condition based on a first representation of the sensor signal, and to generate an activation signal in response to the first condition.

Abstract: A method for determining a setpoint torque for a steering wheel of an electric power steering system of a vehicle, the setpoint torque helping determine an engine torque applied directly or indirectly to the steering wheel, the setpoint torque being a function of at least one equivalent lateral acceleration having a dimension of an acceleration, wherein the equivalent lateral acceleration is weighted by a gain dependent on at least a steering wheel torque.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for providing a plurality of motion vectors related to an image coded in a bitstream. The method includes obtaining a set of sample positions within the image, obtaining respective motion vectors associated with the set of sample positions, deriving an additional motion vector based on information coded in the bitstream, determining an additional sample position located within a triangle, which is formed by three sample positions of the set of sample positions, based on the respective motion vectors associated with the three sample positions, the triangle not including the rest of the sample positions of the set of sample positions, adding the additional sample position to the set of sample positions, and associating the derived additional motion vector with the additional sample position.