Abstract: An apparatus comprising a processor configured to receive an input dataset of radar signals received at a plurality of antenna elements that are arranged in a first plane; define a matrix of beamsteering vectors each representing an expected response at the antenna elements of the radar signals from the respective target and comprising a function of a first direction of arrival, DoA, angle ?, relative to the plurality of antenna elements, and a second DoA angle ?, wherein the first DoA angle comprises a function of an elevation angle and the second DoA angle comprises an azimuth angle to the respective target, wherein the azimuth angle lies in a second plane that is arranged perpendicular to the first plane; define an objective function; search for a set of the first and second DoA angles for each of the plurality of targets by the repeated evaluation of the objective function.

Abstract: A method of processing radar data comprising: receiving a mask that identifies a set of samples in received radar signalling that are detected as including interference, and comprises a matrix of data having a fast-time dimension and a slow-time dimension; receiving radar data comprising a matrix of samples of received radar signalling having a fast-time dimension and a slow-time dimension wherein the set of samples identified by the mask have been set to a predetermined value to remove said samples including interference; determining a reconstruction of the radar data in which at least the set of samples of the radar data are replaced with estimated samples, wherein said determining a reconstruction of the radar data comprises formulating an optimization problem based on the radar data and the mask, and applying an iterative method to solve the optimization problem at least in part in the range-Doppler domain.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to: receive an input dataset indicative of radar signals, reflected from targets, received at an antenna; determine an objective function for evaluation over a plurality of points of a search space representing possible direction-of-arrival angles; evaluate the objective function for a first candidate number of targets; perform a first evaluation of a branch metric function based on a second candidate number of targets, wherein the branch metric function is indicative of a change in the objective function; and if the branch metric function is greater than a predetermined threshold, then evaluate the objective function for the second candidate number of targets; if the branch metric function is less than the predetermined threshold, then evaluate the objective function for the first candidate number of targets, wherein the evaluation is based on at least one of the first candidate number of targets having a different, second candidate direction-of-arrival angle.

Abstract: An article of footwear has an upper that is direct attached with the sole in a article of footwear mold. The sole has a film extending up sidewalls of the sole to a film edge that is prior to the sidewall and the upper joining. Method of manufacture of the article of footwear includes steps of positioning a film over a mold cavity and then securing the film to the mold. The film is heated and then drawn into the mold cavity under a vacuum. The film forms a liner of the mold cavity. A foam composition is injected into the lined mold cavity. As the foam composition expands, the foam composition interacts with and mechanically engages with the upper that is poisoned at the mold cavity to allow for the mechanical engagement that results in the direct attach of the sole to the upper.

Abstract: The invention provides a light generating device (100) comprising (i) n filaments (200), (ii) an power distribution unit (400), and (iii) electronics (500); wherein: (a) each of the n filaments (200) comprises one or more solid state light sources (10), wherein n?1, wherein each of the n filaments (200) comprises at least m electrical contacts (221), wherein m?2; and wherein the n filaments (200) are configured to generate filament light (201); (b) the power distribution unit (400) comprises k electrically conductive tracks (410) separated by electrically insulating material (420), wherein k?2; (c) at least two of the electrical contacts (221) of the n filaments (200) are functionally coupled to at least two different electrically conductive tracks (410); (d) the at least two different electrically conductive tracks (410) are functionally coupled to the electronics (500); and (e) the electronics (500) comprise one or more of a control system, a driver, and a transformer.

Abstract: A thermoplastic composition includes: (a) from about 5 wt % to about 75 wt % of a polycarbonate component; (b) from about 10 wt % to about 60 wt % of a low refractive index polyester that is miscible with polycarbonate; (c) from about 10 wt % to about 30% of an inherently dissipative polymer (IDP) having a refractive index at room temperature of at least 1.50; and (d) from about 5 wt % to about 75 wt % of a copolymer comprising polycarbonate and isophthalate terephthalate resorcinol (ITR).

Abstract: The light generating device including at least one solid state light source, a monolithic support for the light source with first and second support parts bent relative to each other, and a housing having a housing wall. The light source is supported by the first support part, with the second support part in thermal contact with the housing wall. At least a portion of the support located between the light source and the housing wall is thermally conductive.

Abstract: An article of footwear has an upper that is direct attached with the sole in a article of footwear mold. The sole has a film extending up sidewalls of the sole to a film edge that is prior to the sidewall and the upper joining. Method of manufacture of the article of footwear includes steps of positioning a film over a mold cavity and then securing the film to the mold. The film is heated and then drawn into the mold cavity under a vacuum. The film forms a liner of the mold cavity. A foam composition is injected into the lined mold cavity. As the foam composition expands, the foam composition interacts with and mechanically engages with the upper that is poisoned at the mold cavity to allow for the mechanical engagement that results in the direct attach of the sole to the upper.

Abstract: The invention relates to a biocompatible, flexible, bone-adhesive sheet that may suitably be applied in the treatment of bone defects, said bone-adhesive sheet comprising: a cohesive fibrous carrier structure comprising a three-dimensional interconnected interstitial space; distributed within the interstitial space, (i) a plurality of polymer particles comprising a water-soluble calcium-binding polymer, said water-soluble calcium-binding polymer carrying at least one calcium binding group or (ii) a plurality of reactive particles comprising an electrophilically activated water-soluble polymer and a plurality of bisphosphonate particles comprising nitrogenous bisphosphonate.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the continuous preparation of a cycloadduct product from the reaction of a furanic with a dienophile, comprising heating a first liquid feed stream comprising the dienophile and a solvent in which the dienophile is dissolved; providing a second liquid feed stream comprising the furanic; leading the first liquid feed stream and the second liquid feed stream into a continuous reactor to produce a product solution stream comprising the cycloadduct product; and leading the product solution stream to an product isolation zone to produce an isolated cycloadduct product. A further aspect of the invention is an apparatus for carrying out this reaction.

Abstract: The current invention relates to the use of a physiologically acceptable organic and/or inorganic vanadium compound or complex, such as for example bis(maltolato)oxovanadium (BMOV) in the prevention or amelioration of stress-induced metabolic derangement in a subject. More in particular, the invention relates to a physiologically acceptable organic and/or inorganic vanadium compound or complex for use in the amelioration of hyperglycemia in a subject suffering from stress such as elicited by a trauma, wherein the physiologically acceptable organic and/or inorganic vanadium compound or complex is administered to said subject before the trauma is inflicted to the subject.

Abstract: A label is described for attachment to an animal. The label includes a transmitting and receiving device having an electric oscillator circuit that, upon closure of the oscillator circuit, generates a periodic electric oscillator signal with an oscillation period for transmitting an electromagnetic beacon signal with the transmitting and receiving device. The label is configured for closing the electric oscillator circuit during a predetermined transmission duration, and is further configured for opening the electric oscillator circuit upon elapse of the predetermined transmission duration, wherein the predetermined transmission duration corresponds to at least one and at least a whole number of oscillation periods of the electric oscillator signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to floating drug delivery systems (FDDS) that provide solutions to the particular problems often encountered with floating drug delivery systems described in the art. On such generally recognized problem is the vulnerability of the systems, especially damage to the gas-filled compartment making it accessible to water so as to impair its buoyancy, ultimately resulting in insufficient gastric residence time. The invention, in an aspect, provides a self-repairing FDDS that maintains its floating capacity after damaging. The floating drug delivery systems of the invention, furthermore, allow for incorporation of high loads of active ingredients. The floating drug delivery systems can be designed in such a way that release of active ingredient from the system occurs entirely independent from the pH of the fluid surrounding the system.

Abstract: A process includes the following steps: a) converting a solid material containing hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin, by: (i) hydrolyzing at least part of the hemicellulose of the solid material with a first aqueous hydrochloric acid solution, yielding a remaining solid material and a hydrochloric acid-containing, aqueous, first hydrolysate product solution; (ii) hydrolyzing at least part of the cellulose of the remaining solid material with a second aqueous hydrochloric acid solution, yielding a residue and a hydrochloric acid-containing, aqueous, second hydrolysate product solution; (b) forwarding to step (c) a, hydrochloric acid-containing, aqueous intermediate product solution comprising: a part of or the whole of the hydrochloric acid-containing, aqueous first and/or second hydrolysate product solution of step (a); and (c) heating at least part of the hydrochloric acid-containing, aqueous intermediate product solution to yield a product solution containing 5-(chloromethyl)furfural, and extracting the 5-

Abstract: A method of using a dual stage lithographic apparatus, wherein the lithographic apparatus includes: two substrate supports each arranged to move and support a substrate, a measure field in which selectively one of the two substrate supports is positioned to measure a feature of the substrate supported by the respective one of the two substrate supports, and an expose field in which selectively one of the two substrate supports is positioned to expose the substrate supported by the respective one of the two substrate supports to a patterned beam of radiation, the method including thermal relaxation of a substrate loaded on one of the two substrate supports, wherein the thermal relaxation is at least partially performed at the expose field and/or in transfer between the measure field and the expose field.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of ethylene glycol including the steps of: (i) reacting, in a reactor, at a temperature in the range from equal to or more than 170° C. to equal to or less than 270° C., at least a portion of a carbohydrate source in the presence of hydrogen, a solvent, a homogeneous catalyst, which homogeneous catalyst contains tungsten, and a heterogeneous catalyst, which heterogeneous catalyst contains one or more transition metals from groups 8, 9 and 10 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, yielding ethylene glycol and a spent heterogeneous catalyst; (ii) regenerating the spent heterogeneous catalyst by removing at least a portion of deposited tungsten species from the spent heterogeneous catalyst, yielding a regenerated heterogeneous catalyst; and (iii) using at least a portion of the regenerated heterogeneous catalyst as heterogeneous catalyst in the reaction of step (i).

Abstract: Milk meter for measuring a milk flow provided with an inlet the milk flow is supplied to an outlet, a liquid flow path extending from the inlet to the outlet, a stabilization chamber in the liquid flow path and a float therein configured to float on milk. The level of milk in the stabilization chamber depends on the flow rate of the milk flow. At least one sensor device for determining the position of the float in the stabilization chamber for determining the flow rate of the milk flow. The milk meter has an outflow channel and an outflow opening in fluid communication with the outlet via the outflow channel. The sensor device has a first and a second coil which have a fixed distance to each other, and a third coil. The first and second coil and the third coil are displaceable relative to each other.

Abstract: An article of footwear has an upper that is direct attached with the sole. The sole has a film extending up sidewalls of the sole to a film edge that is prior to the sidewall and the upper joining. Method of manufacture of the article of footwear includes steps of positioning a film over a mold cavity and then securing the film to the mold. The film is heated and then drawn into the mold cavity under a vacuum. The film forms a liner of the mold cavity. A foam composition is injected into the lined mold cavity. As the foam composition expands, the foam composition interacts with and mechanically engages with the upper that is positioned at the mold cavity to allow for the mechanical engagement that results in the direct attach of the sole to the upper. The film is then trimmed from the sole sidewalls.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polyoxazoline (POx) copolymer comprising at least 20 oxazoline units, including at least 4 non-terminal oxazoline units that contain a calcium binding group selected from bisphosphonate, citrate, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and combinations thereof. The POx copolymers of the present invention exhibit very high affinity for calcium ions and are capable of forming hydrogels due to reversible cross-linking with Ca2+ ions. The POx copolymers offer the important advantage that they are bioresorbable. Calcium affinity, biodegradability and hydrogel characteristics of the POx copolymer can easily be tuned due to the fact that the POx can easily be derivatised along the entire polymeric backbone and not only at the end-groups. The POx copolymers of the invention may suitably be applied in a variety of biomedical applications, such as barrier membranes, patches, meshes, tapes, bone fixation devices, bone implants, (injectable) hydrogels, bone-setting glue and nanoparticles.

Abstract: A process for the conversion of solid lignocellulosic material containing hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin, includes (a) hydrolyzing, at a temperature equal to or less than 40° C. at least part of the hemicellulose and at least part of the cellulose of the solid lignocellulosic material with an aqueous hydrochloric acid solution, containing in the range from equal to or more than 40.0 wt. % to equal to or less than 51.0 wt. % hydrochloric acid, based on the combined weight amount of water and hydrochloric acid in the aqueous hydrochloric acid solution; yielding a hydrochloric acid-containing, aqueous hydrolysate solution; (b) separating the hydrochloric acid-containing, aqueous hydrolysate solution from the lignin; and (c) heating at least part of the hydrochloric acid-containing, aqueous hydrolysate solution to a temperature equal to or more than 60° C.