Abstract: A method that includes displaying a user interface (UI) of a three-dimensional (3D) acoustic environment that includes a sound source; receiving a user selection, via an input device, of a location within the UI, the location towards which the sound source is to be oriented within the 3D acoustic environment; determining a set of parameters that define an orientation of the sound source towards the location within the 3D acoustic environment; determining that there is motion of the location or the sound source within the 3D acoustic environment; updating, without user intervention and based on the motion, the set of parameters to maintain the orientation of the sound source towards the location.

Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a system for a drug delivery device comprising a housing and a cartridge holder which may contain a cartridge filled with a medicament. The housing and the cartridge holder comprise a coding interface for dedicating a certain cartridge to a certain housing and a bayonet type attachment interface for releasably attaching the cartridge holder to the housing by an attachment movement comprising a first stage and a second stage. The system further comprises at least one compliant spring member arranged and designed such that it is strained during the first and/or the second stage of the attachment movement at least if the housing coding element does not match the holder coding element, and wherein the compliant spring member is arranged and designed to move the cartridge holder relative to the housing in a direction contrary to the attachment movement when relaxing.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cartridge assembly for a drug delivery device, the cartridge assembly comprising a cartridge containing a drug; a cartridge holder, the cartridge holder defining an interior cartridge holding section, where the cartridge is arranged within the cartridge holding section, wherein the cartridge holder comprises a distal region with a needle connector arranged at a distal end of the distal region and a main body region; a fixing feature which is arranged at the distal region; and a region with reduced mechanical stiffness compared to the stiffness of the main body region, the region with reduced mechanical stiffness being integrated into the distal region and arranged between the needle connector and the fixing feature, such that when the cartridge is moved in a proximal direction, an emerging load is transferred from the cartridge to the fixing feature and to the main body region in the proximal direction.

Abstract: A drug delivery device is proposed, comprising: a housing; a drive mechanism; a cartridge containing a drug, the cartridge being retained in a defined position relative to the housing, wherein the drive mechanism is configured to dispense drug from the cartridge; a cartridge bias system, which comprises at least one resilient member and at least one rigid force transfer body, wherein the rigid force transfer body is movably retained in the housing, wherein the cartridge bias system is arranged and configured to exert a force on the cartridge to maintain the cartridge in the defined position, wherein the force is provided by the at least one resilient member, and wherein the rigid force transfer body is operatively connected to the at least one resilient member such that the force is reacted by the rigid force transfer body. Further, a method to modify a drug delivery device is disclosed.

Abstract: A vehicle air vent system may include a vehicle air vent having an airflow mechanism configured to control the direction of airflow therefrom, a user interface positioned around a periphery of the vent; and a controller programmed to, based on a received touch point signal from the interface, instruct the mechanism to direct airflow from the vent in a direction corresponding to a location of the received touch point signal.

Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided to destroy internal cancerous lesions selectively by the administration of a combination of a debridement protease enzyme and a denaturant of cell structural proteins and or cell adhesion proteins.

Abstract: A vehicle air vent system may include a vehicle air vent having an airflow mechanism configured to control the direction of airflow therefrom, a user interface positioned around a periphery of the vent; and a controller programmed to, based on a received touch point signal from the interface, instruct the mechanism to direct airflow from the vent in a direction corresponding to a location of the received touch point signal.

Abstract: In a wireless multihop network having node devices within communication range neighboring node devices in a corresponding local neighborhood, the node devices initiate repeated message broadcasts of a first message as a connection-less broadcast into the local neighborhood. Initiation of message broadcasts is governed such that the message broadcasts are permitted only at specified transmission times within a plurality of transmission time windows. Each of the node devices determines whether any of the connection-less-broadcasted messages are duplicates of the first message, and generate a count of those duplicates received during each of the transmission windows. Based on counts of the duplicates, initiation of a message broadcast of the first message in a current transmission window is suppressed in response to a corresponding count of duplicates of the first message received during the first transmission window exceeding a suppression limit.

Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided to destroy internal cancerous lesions selectively by the administration of a combination of a debridement protease enzyme and a denaturant of cell structural proteins and or cell adhesion proteins.

Abstract: A compact, easy to use, single-use jack is provided. The jack includes an expandable volume formed from nested cylinders and a mechanism to fill the volume, under pressure, with a foam. When the foam is released, the volume expands, increasing the height of the jack. The jack may be safely stored and may be actuated to provide force when needed.

Abstract: A combination surveillance and alerting system and method in a restaurant that serves take-out customers. A video camera monitors a parking space for take-out customers, and sends video to an image recognition program, which detects when a vehicle enters the parking space. The detection triggers a controller to start a timer and instruct an on-premises paging transmitter to page an employee responsible for serving takeout customers. The image recognition program detects when the employee enters a greeting zone for greeting customers, and the controller prepares an elapsed greeting time report for management. The image recognition program also detects when the vehicle leaves the parking space, and the controller prepares a total service time report for management.

Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided to destroy internal cancerous lesions selectively by the administration of a combination of a debridement protease enzyme and a denaturant of cell structural proteins and or cell adhesion proteins.

Abstract: An online auction process for derivative securities is used to determine a fair market value of an asset or benefit provided to others, such as employee stock options. In one embodiment, the derivative securities track the intrinsic value realized by employees when exercising the employee stock options granted to them by their employers. The derivative securities may include rules for handling modifications to an employee stock option grant and/or rules for handling forfeitures of some or all of the employee stock options.

Abstract: A metering and dispensing closure for a container wherein two rotatable disks rotate in conjunction with a stationary cap member to afford accurate measuring of a powder material and dispensing of it. The disks and the container cap afford a consistent measuring of the powder material, as well as provide a variety of drive members which can be utilized with the dispensing closure.

Abstract: A metering and dispensing closure for a container wherein two rotatable disks rotate in conjunction with a stationary cap member to afford accurate measuring of a powder material and dispensing of it. The disks and the container cap afford a consistent measuring of the powder material, as well as provide a variety of drive members which can be utilized with the dispensing closure.

Abstract: A combination surveillance and alerting system and method in a restaurant that serves take-out customers. A video camera monitors a parking space for take-out customers, and sends video to an image recognition program, which detects when a vehicle enters the parking space. The detection triggers a controller to start a timer and instruct an on-premises paging transmitter to page an employee responsible for serving takeout customers. The image recognition program detects when the employee enters a greeting zone for greeting customers, and the controller prepares an elapsed greeting time report for management. The image recognition program also detects when the vehicle leaves the parking space, and the controller prepares a total service time report for management.

Abstract: A system controls dispensing different chemicals received from containers at a plurality of ports. Each container has data thereon that identifies the chemical within the container. The system reads the data from each container to determine which port is associated with each chemical. When a given chemical is required, the system activates a flow control device coupled to the port associated with that given chemical, thereby supplying the given chemical to a consuming device. Therefore regardless of into which port an operator places a particular chemical, the system automatically knows which port has which chemical and the dispensing is configured accordingly. Various mechanisms for storing the data on and reading the data from the container are described.

Abstract: Prior to adding detergent or chelant, the conductivity of water in a washing chamber is measured. The maximum concentration of hard water ions that could correspond to the measured conductivity is determined, i.e., it is assumed that all of the conductivity is from calcium and/or magnesium ions in the water even though other ions may in fact be contributing to the measured conductivity. Enough chelating agent is added to the chamber to sequester this maximum concentration of hard water ions and the conductivity is measured again. Using the two conductivity measurements, the actual concentration of hard water ions is determined. A chelant factor based on the actual concentration of hard water ions is then used to determine the amount of chelant to be added for subsequent wash cycles to sequester all of the hard water ions.