Abstract: A relatively large substrate has a reflective surface, such as a diffusive white surface. LED dies, either as bare LED dies or packaged LED dies, are mounted to the substrate to form separate arrays of LEDs. Each array is intended for a separate mixing chamber. A layer of an encapsulant, such as silicone, is deposited over the substrate to encapsulate the LED dies. A laser etches through the encapsulant to form slots, and a reflective material, such as a white paint, is deposited in the slots to form reflective walls of each mixing chamber. If desired, a phosphor layer is deposited over the encapsulant and reflective walls. The substrate is then singulated to separate out the mixing chambers. Since no discrete parts are assembled, and multiple mixing chambers are formed simultaneously, the resulting mixing chambers are inexpensive and very reliable.

Abstract: A mortise lock includes: a first printed circuit board; a contact pad arranged on the first printed circuit board; a second printed circuit board; a printed circuit board connector arranged on the second printed circuit board, the printed circuit board connector being configured to connect the first printed circuit board to the second printed circuit board; and a plug contact arranged on the second printed circuit board. The plug contact is configured to be accessible from outside of the mortise lock.

Abstract: This disclosure describes, among other embodiments, systems and related methods for selecting electrode combinations to be used during nerve pacing procedures. A first set of electrode combinations of a nerve pacing system, such as a phrenic nerve pacing system for diaphragm activation, may be mapped (or tested) to determine the location of the electrode combinations relative to a target nerve. Once the general location of the target nerve is known, a more localized second set of electrode combinations may be tested to determine the most suitable electrode combinations for nerve stimulation. At various stages of the mapping process, electrode combinations that are non-optimal may be discarded as candidates for use in a nerve pacing procedure. The systems and methods described herein may allow for the selection of electrode combinations that are most suitable for stimulation of the left and right phrenic nerves during diaphragm pacing.

Abstract: A method of producing a virus like particle (VLP) in a plant comprising modified hemagglutinin is provided. The method comprises introducing a nucleic acid comprising a regulatory region active in the plant and operatively linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a modified influenza hemagglutinin (HA) protein into the plant, or portion of the plant, the modified HA protein comprises a modified proteolytic loop. Followed by incubating the plant or portion of the plant under conditions that permit the expression of the nucleic acids, thereby producing the VLP. The modified proteolytic loop may comprise one or more protease cleavage sites exhibiting reduced or abolished cleavage by a protease. The nucleotide sequence encoding the HA may be selected from the group consisting of B HA, C, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, H7, H8, H9, H10, H11, H12, H13, H14, H15, and H16. Also described is a virus like particle (VLP) produced by the method, and plants expressing the VLP.

Abstract: A method of calculating an effective age of an active optical cable including a fiber optic cable, at least one optical transducer, a first memory, and a second memory includes, during regular intervals that are divided into regular subintervals and after each of the regular subintervals, sensing an operational parameter of the active optical cable and recording in the second memory a value corresponding to a sensed operational parameter; after each of the regular intervals, storing in the first memory the values recorded in the second memory; and calculating the effective age of the active optical cable based on the values stored in the first memory.

Abstract: A sun-tracking light distributor for a photosynthetic culture in an aqueous liquid, comprising: two light distribution walls made of a transparent material, creating an elongated V-shaped channel adapted to receive the sunlight and to be partly immersed in the aqueous liquid, the sun-tracking light distributor has a center of buoyancy, a vertical passing through the center of buoyancy defines an axis of flotation, and a pivot axis of the sun-tracking light distributor is offset relative to the axis of flotation. Owing to the offset pivot axis, the orientation of the light distributor is changed by varying the level of aqueous liquid, thus allowing a tracking of the sun's altitude.

Abstract: A light source assembly, a method for producing a light source assembly, and a lamp are provided. In one example, the light source assembly comprises a substrate comprising first and second substrate portions being arranged at a tilt angle (?) to each other forming a V-shaped structure, wherein, at the tip of the V-shaped structure, the first portion comprises a first electrical terminal and the second portion comprises a second electrical terminal. The light source assembly further comprises a light source arranged to bridge a terminal gap between the first and second electrical terminals such that the light source is in electrical connection with the first and second electrical terminals.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is a method for recirculating a reprocessing effluent comprising chloride ions from an ion exchange resin comprising the following steps: (ii) selecting fractions A, B, and optionally B?, directly stemming from a reprocessing effluent comprising chloride ions or after one or several steps for modifying the chloride ion concentration, having concentrations of chloride ions (g/l) of respectively (a), (b) and (b?)>0 g/l, with (a)>(b); (iii) transferring by electrodialysis the chloride ions from the fraction B to fraction A for obtaining a fraction C having a chloride ion concentration (c) greater than (a); or (iv) transferring by electrodialysis the chloride ions from fraction B to fraction B?, in order to obtain a fraction B? having a concentration of chloride ions (b?) greater than (b?) and then mixing the fractions B? and A in order to obtain a fraction C having a chloride ion concentration (c) greater than (a).

Abstract: A method for reducing the noise in data-sets of harmonic signals that include data vectors X of length L, with each data vector X including P harmonic components is described. The method includes the steps of computing a Hankel matrix H by applying the equation (Hij)=(Xi+j?1); estimating a matrix Y by estimating the product of the Hankel matrix H by a matrix ?, the matrix ? including a set of K random unit vectors; computing an orthogonal matrix Q by performing a QR decomposition on the matrix Y and then computing the conjugate and transpose matrix Q* of the orthogonal matrix Q; estimating a K-ranked approximation {tilde over (H)} of the Hankel matrix H; and estimating (500) reduced noise data vectors X from the estimated K-ranked approximation {tilde over (H)} of the Hankel matrix H.

Abstract: A well-logging apparatus may include a charged particle source, a target electrode, and an accelerator column. The accelerator column may include a housing extending between the charged particle source and the target electrode, a series of spaced apart accelerator electrodes carried by the housing, a series of ring-shaped resistors surrounding the housing, and a respective connector coupling adjacent ones of the series of ring-shaped resistors together and to a corresponding one of the series of spaced apart accelerator electrodes.

Abstract: A lock with a door handle and/or an anti-panic bar, which is/are operatively connected to a follower that can be coupled and uncoupled, with an electromechanical energizing unit and at least one sensor for the access control of a door, where in an uncoupled condition of the follower, the follower is in a contact position with the sensor, and wherein by activating the electromechanical energizing unit, the follower can be transferred into a coupling condition, wherein, in the coupling condition, the follower releases the sensor into a release position by actuating the door handle and/or the anti-panic bar, where the follower includes an arm with a rotatably supported actuating element, where, in the coupling condition, by actuating the door handle and/or the anti-panic bar, the actuating element releases the sensor from the contact position into the release position.

Abstract: In a cellular communication system a radio terminal registers a network based service, e.g. a Communication Waiting supplementary service. By transmitting a register request comprising a corresponding option tag, the radio terminal explores whether the network supports the requested network based service. In that case a user profile associated with the requesting radio terminal is updated and the radio terminal may henceforth use that service.

Abstract: A front-end of a first differential circuit is DC-coupled to a second differential circuit. The front-end comprises a resistive element, a voltage sensor and a current adjustor. The resistive element has a resistivity between a first end that is DC-coupled to the second circuit and a second end that is DC-coupled to the first circuit and accepts a programmable current passing therethrough to impose a voltage across the element that varies in direction and amplitude according to the current value. The voltage sensor senses a difference between a DC voltage at the second end of the resistive element and a desired reference voltage of the first circuit. The current adjustor adjusts a direction and amplitude of the programmable current so that the voltage of the first circuit matches the desired reference voltage of the first circuit. The first circuit may be a receiver circuit and the second circuit may be a transmitter circuit.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a wind turbine having a machine support (5), a rotor (6) which can be driven by wind (13) to rotate about the rotor axis (7) and is mounted so that it can rotate on the machine support (5) about a rotor axis (7). The rotor includes a rotor hub (8) and several rotor blades (9, 10) which extend respectively in the direction of a blade axis (11, 12) running transverse or essentially transverse to the rotor axis (7). The rotor blades (9,10) are mounted so that they can rotate on the rotor hub (8) about the respective blade axis (11, 12). Blade angle adjustable drives (17, 18) are arranged on the rotor (6) and enable the rotor blades (9, 10) to rotate about the blade axes thereof (11, 12). A blade angle control device (24) is coupled to the blade angle adjusting drives (17, 18) and can control the blade angle adjusting drives (17, 18). An electric generator (15) is mechanically coupled to the rotor (6) and can be driven by the rotor to generate electric energy.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of polyphosphonates, copoly(phosphonate ester)s, copoly(phosphonate carbonate)s, and their respective oligomers, as flame retardant additives for polyester fibers to impart fire resistance while maintaining or improving processing characteristics for melt spinning fibers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a LED package (10) suitable for capacitive driving, comprising at least one pair of anti-parallel oriented LEDs (20, 30). These LEDs are provided with electrical terminals (21, 22, 31, 32) at opposing surfaces of the LEDs. The LEDs are sandwiched between two substantially parallel oriented substrates (40, 50) of a dielectric material, which substrates are provided on their facing surfaces (41, 51) with a film (42, 52) of electrically conductive material, so that electrical contacts (61, 62) are available between the electrical terminals and the films of electrically conductive material. The LED package is cheap, technically simple, reliable and small-dimensioned, and can be applied in a LED assembly. A method for manufacturing such LED packages is claimed as well.

Abstract: Thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) formulations including phosphonate oligomers, phosphonate co-oligomers, phosphonate polymers, or phosphonate containing copolymers which exhibit an excellent combination of properties including optical transparency and melt flow without significant reduction in other important physical or mechanical properties and exceptional fire resistance are described herein.