Abstract: Methods for manufacturing at least a portion of an upper for an article of footwear that include thermo-forming a pattern on the upper. The methods may include disposing a skin for forming an upper over and inflatable bladder and disposing a mold insert between the skin and a surface of a mold cavity. The mold insert may include a mold pattern including surface features formed in the mold insert. The inflatable bladder may be inflated such that the skin is pressed against the mold insert within a heated mold cavity to form a pattern on an exterior surface of the skin and cause the skin to take on the shape of at least a portion of an upper. In some embodiments, the surface features may be disposed in a gradient pattern configured to provide varying degrees of one or more characteristics to different areas of an upper.

Abstract: A patient-moving device (1) for patient handling. The device (1) includes a chassis (3), patient-support (5), and knee-rest (37). The device (1) includes a primary pivot (17) and a secondary pivot (11) located eccentrically from the primary pivot (17). A reorientation mechanism (4) is coupled to the patient-support (5), primary pivot (17) and chassis (3). During operation to reorientate the reorientation mechanism (4) during patient handling the patient support (5) is movable relative to the chassis (3) by rotation of the primary pivot (17) and/or secondary pivot (11) and the knee rest (37) is movable relative to at least a portion of the chassis (3).

Abstract: A patient-moving device (1) for patient handling. The device (1) includes a chassis (3), patient-support (5), and knee-rest (37). The device (1) includes a primary pivot (17) and a secondary pivot (11) located eccentrically from the primary pivot (17). A reorientation mechanism (4) is coupled to the patient-support (5), primary pivot (17) and chassis (3). During operation to reorientate the reorientation mechanism (4) during patient handling the patient support (5) is movable relative to the chassis (3) by rotation of the primary pivot (17) and/or secondary pivot (11) and the knee rest (37) is movable relative to at least a portion of the chassis (3).

Abstract: Methods for manufacturing at least a portion of an upper for an article of footwear that include thermo-forming a pattern on the upper. The methods may include disposing a skin for forming an upper over and inflatable bladder and disposing a mold insert between the skin and a surface of a mold cavity. The mold insert may include a mold pattern including surface features formed in the mold insert. The inflatable bladder may be inflated such that the skin is pressed against the mold insert within a heated mold cavity to form a pattern on an exterior surface of the skin and cause the skin to take on the shape of at least a portion of an upper. In some embodiments, the surface features may be disposed in a gradient pattern configured to provide varying degrees of one or more characteristics to different areas of an upper.

Abstract: Methods for manufacturing at least a portion of an upper for an article of footwear that include thermo-forming a pattern on the upper. The methods may include disposing a skin for forming an upper over and inflatable bladder and disposing a mold insert between the skin and a surface of a mold cavity. The mold insert may include a mold pattern including surface features formed in the mold insert. The inflatable bladder may be inflated such that the skin is pressed against the mold insert within a heated mold cavity to form a pattern on an exterior surface of the skin and cause the skin to take on the shape of at least a portion of an upper. In some embodiments, the surface features may be disposed in a gradient pattern configured to provide varying degrees of one or more characteristics to different areas of an upper.

Abstract: A frequency discriminator is described. The frequency discriminator comprises a power splitter (2) for splitting a signal into a plurality of paths (40, 41, 42, . . . , 4n). At least two of the plurality of paths (41, 42, . . . , 4n) include respective filters (121; 122, . . . , 12n) having different frequency characteristics which are configured to provide respective filtered signals to respective power detectors (161, 162, . . . , 16n. The frequency discriminator comprises an analogue-to-digital conversion section (8) which is configured to receive values of measured powers from the power detectors, to generate digital values of measured powers and to provide the digital values of measured powers to a digital processing section (10). The digital processing section is configured to estimate a value (11) of at least one frequency in the signal in dependence on the digital values, for example the ratio of the digital values, of measured powers and on frequency responses (201, 202, . . . , 20n; FIG.

Abstract: A drum beater including a hollow housing and loose fill material to generate a rattle sound upon striking a drum is disclosed herein. A user can customize the sound and loudness of the generated rattle or sound by changing the size, shape, quantity, materials, or combinations thereof of the hollow housing. The user can further customize the sound and loudness that they wish to create by also changing the size, shape, material, amounts or combinations thereof of the loose fill material. The drum beater also includes a rod to mount the drum beater to a drum foot pedal to control the drum beater while playing the drums. Optionally, the drum beater includes a pad mounted thereon, which changes the way the rattle sounds. The user, such as a musician, is free to express their creativity by how much can be varied in order to generate different sounds and rattles.

Abstract: A method of determining incident angles of Radio Frequency, RF, signals received by an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennae is described. The method comprises generating a plurality of direction finding, DF, signals based on antenna signals received from the antenna array, wherein each DF signal corresponds to a respective antenna array element and each antenna array element corresponds to one or more antennae. A plurality of DF spectra are then generated, each DF spectrum corresponding to a respective DF signal and comprising measured values of signal power at two or more given respective frequencies. An incident signal angle is calculated for each given frequency, based on the measured values of power at the frequency, the configuration of the antennae in the antenna array and antenna gain patterns corresponding to the antenna array elements.

Abstract: Methods for manufacturing at least a portion of an upper for an article of footwear that include thermo-forming a pattern on the upper. The methods may include disposing a skin for forming an upper over and inflatable bladder and disposing a mold insert between the skin and a surface of a mold cavity. The mold insert may include a mold pattern including surface features formed in the mold insert. The inflatable bladder may be inflated such that the skin is pressed against the mold insert within a heated mold cavity to form a pattern on an exterior surface of the skin and cause the skin to take on the shape of at least a portion of an upper. In some embodiments, the surface features may be disposed in a gradient pattern configured to provide varying degrees of one or more characteristics to different areas of an upper.

Abstract: A cushioning wrap material includes an elongate layer of expanded sheet material comprising an array of openings, and an elongate layer of interleaf material secured to the layer of expanded sheet material in face-to-face relationship. The expanded sheet material is expanded in length and thickness, and the layer of interleaf material may have a width equal to or less than a width of the layer of expanded sheet material. Typically, the layer of interleaf material is secured to the layer of expanded sheet material such that respective longitudinal centerlines of each layer are substantially aligned. The layer of expanded sheet material and layer of interleaf material secured thereto are then wound into a roll. Typically, each layer is at least thirty feet in length.

Abstract: A frequency discriminator is described. The frequency discriminator comprises a power splitter (2) for splitting a signal into a plurality of paths (40, 41, 42, . . . , 4n). At least two of the plurality of paths (41, 42, . . . , 4n) include respective filters (121; 122, . . . , 12n) having different frequency characteristics which are configured to provide respective filtered signals to respective power detectors (161, 162, . . . , 16n. The frequency discriminator comprises an analogue-to-digital conversion section (8) which is configured to receive values of measured powers from the power detectors, to generate digital values of measured powers and to provide the digital values of measured powers to a digital processing section (10). The digital processing section is configured to estimate a value (11) of at least one frequency in the signal in dependence on the digital values, for example the ratio of the digital values, of measured powers and on frequency responses (201, 202, . . . , 20n; FIG.

Abstract: A frequency discriminator comprising a power splitter for splitting a signal into first and second paths, wherein the first path is configured to provide a first, straight-through signal and the second path includes a frequency-dependent element, such as low-pass filter, so as to provide a second signal. The frequency discriminator further comprises a circuit configured to compare the first and second signals and generate an instantaneous frequency signal in dependence thereon.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) light source includes, in order: (i) a biaxially oriented polyester film substrate including light-scattering particles (P1); (ii) optionally an organic planarising coating layer (OPC1); (iii) optionally a barrier layer (B1); (iv) an organic planarising coating layer (OPC2) including light-scattering particles (P2); (v) optionally a barrier layer (B2); and (vi) a multi-layer light-emitting assembly including a first electrode, a light-emitting organic layer and a second electrode; wherein the OLED light source includes at least one of barrier layers (B1) and (B2).

Abstract: In carrying out a task that consumes data from a one-time pad, task inputs comprising at least first data and second data from the pad, are combined together to form an output from which the data used from the pad cannot be recovered without knowledge of at least one of the first and second data. The task concerned can be, for example, the encrypting of a message or the creating of an attribute verifier.

Abstract: In one implementation, an application randomization system accesses an annotated intermediate representation of an application, identifies a first instruction block within the annotated intermediate representation, and randomly selects a first modification for the first instruction block. The application randomization system then identifies a second instruction block within the annotated intermediate representation and randomly selects a second modification different from the first modification for the second instruction block. The application randomization system then generates a native-code representation of the application in which the first modification is applied to the first instruction block and the second modification is applied to the second instruction block.

Abstract: A cushioning wrap material includes an elongate layer of expanded sheet material comprising an array of openings, and an elongate layer of interleaf material secured to the layer of expanded sheet material in face-to-face relationship. The expanded sheet material is expanded in length and thickness, and the layer of interleaf material may have a width equal to or less than a width of the layer of expanded sheet material. Typically, the layer of interleaf material is secured to the layer of expanded sheet material such that respective longitudinal centerlines of each layer are substantially aligned. The layer of expanded sheet material and layer of interleaf material secured thereto are then wound into a roll. Typically, each layer is at least thirty feet in length.

Abstract: A frequency discriminator comprising a power splitter for splitting a signal into first and second paths, wherein the first path is configured to provide a first, straight-through signal and the second path includes a frequency-dependent element, such as low-pass filter, so as to provide a second signal. The frequency discriminator further comprises a circuit configured to compare the first and second signals and generate an instantaneous frequency signal in dependence thereon.

Abstract: A device is arranged to carry out security-related tasks using one-time pad data. The device has a memory for holding multiple one-time pads, each pad having a different security rating and being intended for use by the device in executing a task to that security rating. Provisioning of the pads with one-time pad data involves carrying out a process for obtaining new secret random data. This process has a security rating with the value of this rating varying according to the nature and parameters of the process concerned. The security rating of the process used to obtain the new secret random data is matched to that of the pad to be provisioned with one-time data, or the other way around, such that the security rating of the process is as least as good as that of the pad to be provisioned.

Abstract: Identifier-based signcryption methods and apparatus are disclosed both for signing and encrypting data, and for decrypting and verifying data. The signcryption methods use computable bilinear mappings and can be based, for example, on Weil or Tate pairings. A message sender associated with a first trusted authority carries out integrated signing/encryption processes to send a signed, encrypted message to an intended recipient associated with a second trusted authority. The recipient then carries out integrated decryption/verification processes to recover the original message and verify its origin.

Abstract: Data to be output to a removable storage medium is encrypted for sending to an output device by an encryption process based on encryption parameters comprising public data of a trusted party and an encryption key string comprising a policy for allowing the output of the data. The trusted party provides a decryption key to the output device but only after being satisfied that the policy has been met. The decryption key is generated in dependence on the encryption key string and private data of the trusted party. The output device uses the decryption key in decrypting the data to be output. Embodiments are provided that involve multiple policies and trusted parties.