Abstract: Multiports comprising a connection port insert having at least one optical port along with methods for making are disclosed. One embodiment is directed to a multiport for providing an optical connection comprising a shell and a connection port insert. The shell comprises a first end having a first opening leading to a cavity. The connection port insert comprises a body having a front face and at least one connection port comprising an optical connector opening extending from the front face into the connection port insert with a connection port passageway extending through part of the connection port insert to a rear portion, where the connection port insert is sized so that at least a portion of the connection port insert fits into the first opening and the cavity of the shell.

Abstract: A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the heater assembly including a bushing defining an aperture at a first end of the bushing and a cavity at a second end of the bushing; a potting compound disposed within the cavity; and an elongate electrical heater extending from the first end of the bushing, where a portion of the elongate electrical heater extends through the aperture and into the cavity. An aerosol-generating device, an aerosol-generating system, and a method of assembling a heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device are also provided.

Abstract: A protective housing for protecting an electronic device includes a plurality of walls defining a casing, a plurality of partitions, and at least one flow groove. One of the walls of the housing, referred to as the main wall, has an opening covered with a membrane for exposing a part of a measuring device to atmospheric pressure. The plurality of partitions are arranged on the outer surface of the main wall and separated from each other by passages. The plurality of partitions are arranged around the opening to completely surround the opening and protect the membrane. The at least one flow groove is arranged next to the opening, in order to allow liquid that may accumulate around the opening and/or against the partitions to be discharged. The present disclosure also concerns a pressure sensor, in particular, for a tank of a motor vehicle, using such a protective housing.

Abstract: Panels having a decorative surface may include a plate shaped substrate and a top layer, and the top layer may include a paper layer having a printed pattern. A method for manufacturing such panels may involve providing the paper layer with a treatment, including providing the paper layer with an ink receiving substance. The treated paper layer may be provided with at least a portion of the printed pattern by depositing pigment containing inks using a digital inkjet printer of a single pass type. The printed pattern may have a definition of at least 200 dpi. The pigment containing inks may be water-based. The printed pattern may be a wood pattern. The pigment containing inks may include colored pigments and may comprise up to 8 different colors, including brownish and/or reddish colors. The digital inkjet printer may include print heads with nozzles for firing droplets of pigment containing inks onto the treated paper layer. The paper layer may be fed from a roll, printed upon, and rolled back up again.

Abstract: Novel ligands for metal complexes containing five-membered ring fused on pyridine or pyrimidine ring combined with partially fluorinated side chains exhibiting improved external quantum efficiency and lifetime are disclosed.

Abstract: A vehicle add-on part for integrating a camera module includes a cover, which consists at least partially of a transparent thermoplastic material, a carrier part for a camera module, and a camera module having at least one camera lens. The transparent thermoplastic material of the cover has, on the inner side, a local thickening and/or a local thinning, and the camera module is held in the carrier part such that the at least one camera lens of the camera module is arranged directly opposite the thickening and/or the thinning.

Abstract: A microfluidic chip, in particular for a cell culture, the chip including a block made from biocompatible material, a passage channel made in the block for the passage of cells bathed in a liquid, in particular a nutrient liquid, a resonant cavity made in the block, connected to the passage channel and including walls for containing the cells originating from the passage channel, a generator generating acoustic waves capable of forming at least one cell aggregate in acoustic levitation in the resonant cavity, and at least one optical emitter capable of illuminating cells in the resonant cavity through at least one wall of the resonant cavity and simultaneous to the generation of acoustic waves in such a way as to structure the at least one aggregate by means of the optical exclusion technique.

Abstract: A method of digitally processing an image comprises: generating an intensity distribution model (170) in respect of at least a portion of the array of sensing pixels (102) of a detector device (100). The array of sensing pixels comprises clusters of pixels. A pixel (140) from the array of sensing pixels is then selected (202) and a first distance and a second distance from the selected pixel to a first neighbouring pixel (142) and a second neighbouring pixel (144), respectively, are determined (402) and the intensity distribution model (170) referenced (406) by the first distance is used to calculate a first weight and a second weight to apply to the first and second neighbouring pixels, respectively. The first distance comprises an intra-cluster distance and the second distance comprises an inter-cluster distance, the intra-cluster distance being different from the inter-cluster distance.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining a specific near vision power of an ophthalmic lens to be provided to a wearer having an ophthalmic prescription, the specific near vision power being for near distance vision, the method including: an ophthalmic lens providing step during which at least an ophthalmic lens having a near distance vision zone including a mean power adapted for near distance vision is provided to the wearer; a near vision task speed determining step during which the processing speed of a near vision task by the wearer when wearing the provided ophthalmic lens is determined; wherein the ophthalmic lens providing step and the near vision task speed determining step are repeated with ophthalmic lenses having different mean power, so as to determine a specific near vision power corresponding to the mean power providing an improved near vision task processing speed.

Abstract: A modular inventory management system (10) or device is included. A method of using a monitoring and managing inventory using a modular inventory management system (10) or device is also included.

Abstract: Optical line amplifiers with on-board controllers and supervisory devices for controlling optical line amplifiers are provided for controlling bootstrap or power-up procedures when optical line amplifiers are initially installed in an optical communication network. The controllers may include non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store computer logic having instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processing devices to block an input to one or more gain units of the line amplifier and cause the line amplifier to operate in an Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) mode. In response to a detection of a valid power level of the line amplifier, the instructions can further cause the one or more processing devices to switch the line amplifier from the ASE mode to a regular mode and unblock the input to the one or more gain units of the line amplifier to allow operation of the line amplifier in the regular operating mode.

Abstract: A thermal insulating sleeve liner for fluid flow devices such as valves and piping used in severe industrial applications is preferably additively manufactured (e.g., by 3D printing) to fit into the bore of a protected fluid flow device. Internal interstices and/or external ribs provide added thermal insulation. An integrally formed end-lip or a separate end-cap secures and/or locates the sleeve liner within the protected fluid flow device between different diameter distal and proximal portions of the bore. If internal interstices are sealed they can be vacuumed or pressurized to enhance thermal insulating properties. Fitted dimensions are sufficiently small to prevent ingress of thermally conductive particles circulating in use within the flow path of the protected flow device. A pressure equalizing aperture can be provided on or through the sleeve if needed in some applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the protection of a hafnium-free, nickel-based monocrystalline superalloy part against corrosion and oxidation. The method comprises at least the following steps of: manufacturing a hafnium-free, nickel-based monocrystalline superalloy part (1), depositing on the part a first hafnium-free sublayer (2), depositing, on the first sublayer (2), a second hafnium-doped sublayer (3), depositing, on the second sublayer (3), a third hafnium-free sublayer (4), sandblasting the third sublayer (4) to at least partially separate the third sublayer (4) and increase the surface roughness of an upper sub-layer formed by the second sublayer (3) and at least partially by the third sublayer (4), performing oxidation treatment so as to obtain at the surface a layer of hafnium-doped oxidised material (5), depositing a thermal barrier layer (6) on the layer of oxidised material (5).

Abstract: A tire exhibits resistance to ozone and improved mechanical properties, said tire being provided with at least one outer sidewall comprising a composition based on an elastomeric matrix comprising at least one isoprene elastomer and one polybutadiene, from 0.2 to 10 phr of at least one salt of an alkali, alkaline-earth or lanthanide metal, at least one reinforcing filler, and a crosslinking system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for monitoring physiological parameters to an integrated digital system, which is able to determine several biological parameters, such as from photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals and other connected devices or sensors to give a personalized supplement, nutritional and lifestyle recommendation to improve specifically said parameters. By using new algorithms based on PPG signals the cardiovascular condition of a person can be analyzed by estimating cardiovascular parameters.

Abstract: A method for determining a cylinder of an ophthalmic lens to be mounted on a spectacle frame is provided, the method including: providing a measuring device configured to run a Jackson Cross Cylinder procedure; determining components of a first vector of the cylinder in a two-dimensional vector cylinder representation; and determining components of a second vector of the cylinder in the two-dimensional vector cylinder representation, the components of the second vector of the cylinder being determined such that a Euclidian distance between the first vector and the second vector is independent of a value of the cylinder.

Abstract: The invention relates to peptides such as HCPYCSLQPLALEGSLQKRG [SEQ ID NO: 26] and their use in the treatment of type 1 diabetes and the generation of cytolytic CD4+ T cell.

Abstract: A pump operated lid that pushes liquid through the lid. The pump operated lid includes an enclosure having an interior volume and an outer perimeter, wherein the outer perimeter is designed to removably secure to a cup. An air pump is within the interior volume along with a power source and a control circuit, each operably connected to the air pump. A switch is on the enclosure and operably connected to the air pump, such that the switch is designed to activate the air pump. One or more valves are on the upper surface and designed to allow air into the interior volume, and close when the air pump is activated. An aperture is on the upper surface and extends through the enclosure and is designed to receive a straw therethrough.

Abstract: Embodiments herein include an image manager that provides for image compression by rearranging an order of blocks from one or more images and then sorting and writing those blocks into one or more different images. This technique enables using a high-level of image compression to reduce a relatively large amount of pixels to a common subset of values than would ordinarily be possible with the original image(s). This can include extracting a plurality of blocks from a graphical digital image file. Each block from the graphical digital image file can be a group of pixels. The image manager analyzes each block to produce a corresponding variation value for each of the blocks, indicating a level of variation of pixel data within a respective block. The image manager sorts blocks according to the variation values, and can apply a level of image compression to each respective block, based on the variation value and/or average color of each respective block, to compress each respective block.