Abstract: An apparatus for subcortical injection of a substance into a plant includes a body, a first force sensor measuring bearing force of the apparatus on the plant, a hollow needle to penetrate the plant, a reservoir communicating with the needle and containing the substance, a first actuator moving the needle to insert it into the plant, a second force sensor measuring the force of insertion of the needle, a second actuator compressing the substance in the reservoir, a third actuator measuring pressurization force of the substance, and a microcontroller activating the first actuator only if the first force sensor detects a bearing force, modulating the activation of the first actuator, and thus the injection of the needle into the plant, depending on the measured insertion force, and which modulates compression in the reservoir, and thus injection into the plant, depending on the force measured by the third force sensor.

Abstract: A method 200 of manufacturing a (part of) color ring is provided. The color ring converts a color of light emitted by a light emitter into at least one other color. The method (200) comprising the steps of: i) pressing (102) a first ring body of a first granulated precursor comprising a first luminescent material for converting the color of the light of the light emitter into a first one of the at least one other color, and ii) sintering (104) the first ring body for obtaining a first ceramic ring. The color ring comprises at least a segment of the first ceramic ring.

Abstract: A method 200 of manufacturing a (part of) color ring is provided. The color ring converts a color of light emitted by a light emitter into at least one other color. The method (200) comprising the steps of: i) pressing (102) a first ring body of a first granulated precursor comprising a first luminescent material for converting the color of the light of the light emitter into a first one of the at least one other color, and ii) sintering (104) the first ring body for obtaining a first ceramic ring. The color ring comprises at least a segment of the first ceramic ring.

Abstract: A network device is arranged for coupling to a first network segment (18) to a second network segment (17), and has a transfer unit (23) for transferring data packets between the first and second network segments. The device has a determining unit (24) for determining a service requirement for a received data packet for accommodating the service requirement in the second network segment. A source of the received data packet in the first network segment is detected. Based on priority criteria and content type criteria a type of service is tagged to the data packet in dependence of the source. The transfer unit is arranged for accommodating the type of service in the second network segment. Advantageously a bridge is formed for transferring data packets that are unaware of quality of service to a network segment that operates according to quality of service requirements.

Abstract: This invention relates to a light emitting device based on a Xe or Xe/Ne excimer discharge, e.g. a full color display screen or a xenon excimer lamp, comprising a phosphor blend of a red-emitting Eu(III)-activated phosphor and an UVlight emitting phosphor. Full color plasma display panels (PDPs) according to the present invention comprising a phosphor blend of a red-emitting Eu(III)-activated phosphor and an UV-light emitting phosphor for the red pixels show an improved color point and a shorter decay time compared to the use of the respective single red emitting Eu(III) activated phosphor. Xenon excimer lamps for illumination purposes (e.g. for LCD backlighting or X-Ray image illumination) comprising a phosphor blend of a redemitting Eu(III) activated phosphor and an UV-light emitting phosphor show an improved color rendering. The invention is also related to a phosphor blend of a red-emitting Eu(III)-activated phosphor and an UV-light emitting phosphor.

Abstract: The invention describes an LED lighting module (1) comprising an LED element (10), an electronic driving arrangement (30) for driving the LED (11), and a heat sink (20). The heat sink (20) forms a casing for the electronic driving arrangement (30) and comprises a receptacle interface (26) on a front side (F) of the heat sink (20) with a number of first reference elements (27) for coupling the LED element (10) to the heat sink (20) in a defined orientation. The heat sink further comprises a cavity (28) for enclosing at least parts of the electronic driving arrangement (30) and a number of second reference elements (22) for coupling the LED light module (10) to a secondary optic (70,70?). Moreover the invention describes a lighting assembly (80, 80?) comprising such an LED lighting module (1).

Abstract: A network device is arranged for coupling to a first network segment (18) to a second network segment (17), and has a transfer unit (23) for transferring data packets between the first and second network segments. The device has a determining unit (24) for determining a service requirement for a received data packet for accommodating the service requirement in the second network segment. A source of the received data packet in the first network segment is detected. Based on priority criteria and content type criteria a type of service is tagged to the data packet in dependence of the source. The transfer unit is arranged for accommodating the type of service in the second network segment. Advantageously a bridge is formed for transferring data packets that are unaware of quality of service to a network segment that operates according to quality of service requirements.

Abstract: This invention relates to a light emitting device based on a Xe or Xe/Ne excimer discharge, e.g. a full colour display screen or a xenon excimer lamp, comprising a phosphor blend of a red-emitting Eu(III)-activated phosphor and an UVlight emitting phosphor. Full colour plasma display panels (PDPs) according to the present invention comprising a phosphor blend of a red-emitting Eu(III)-activated phosphor and an UV-light emitting phosphor for the red pixels show an improved colour point and a shorter decay time compared to the use of the respective single red emitting Eu(III) activated phosphor. Xenon excimer lamps for illumination purposes (e.g. for LCD backlighting or X-Ray image illumination) comprising a phosphor blend of a redemitting Eu(III) activated phosphor and an UV-light emitting phosphor show an improved colour rendering. The invention is also related to a phosphor blend of a red-emitting Eu(III)-activated phosphor and an UV-light emitting phosphor.

Abstract: The invention describes an LED lighting module (1) comprising an LED element (10), an electronic driving arrangement (30) for driving the LED (11), and a heat sink (20). The heat sink (20) forms a casing for the electronic driving arrangement (30) and comprises a receptacle interface (26) on a front side (F) of the heat sink (20) with a number of first reference elements (27) for coupling the LED element (10) to the heat sink (20) in a defined orientation. The heat sink further comprises a cavity (28) for enclosing at least parts of the electronic driving arrangement (30) and a number of second reference elements (22) for coupling the LED light module (10) to a secondary optic (70,70?). Moreover the invention describes a lighting assembly (80, 80?) comprising such an LED lighting module (1).

Abstract: Electronic content information is being catered via a data network. A consumer is enabled to request delivery via the network of a specific piece of content before a deadline selectable by the consumer. The catering service then completes the delivery before the deadline under control of a bandwidth profile of data traffic on at least a segment of the network. The scheduling of delivery deadlines enables the service to optimize usage of the network's bandwidth while maintaining a quality of service.

Abstract: The scope of discovery protocols on network domains of devices and services is extended. A search message or an announcement message on a multicast channel in one domain gets encapsulated into a unicast message that is sent to a second domain. The multicast message is extracted from the unicast message in the second domain and is input to the second domain's multicast channel.

Abstract: A method of receiving teletext pages is disclosed. The receiver creates a table of flags indicating for each page whether said page is either available or not available in the transmission. In order to register the absence of pages which are no longer transmitted, two tables (460, 461) are alternately used. While one table is created, the other one is read to provide the presence or absence of information. The creation of a table is deemed completed after a given number of pages has been received more than once.