Abstract: A laser drilling system is configured with a combination of system components including a fiber laser source, laser processing head, dynamic compensator, configured with one or multiple galvanometers, and stage supporting the workpiece to be laser drilled. The system components are all functionally coupled to one another to provide a plurality of trepanned holes in the workpiece each with the desired geometry. The laser head and stage are continuously displaceable relative to one another while the dynamic compensator pivots so as to keep the laser spot and the predetermined drilling location stationary relative to one another over a predetermined period of time sufficient for drill the hole. The laser source is selected from solid-state lasers configured with a single core or multi-core delivery fiber. The multicore delivery fiber is associated with adjustable mode beam (AMB) lasers to provide annular, polygonal or irregular holes.

Abstract: A washing agent dispensing unit has a dispenser body (11), designed for mounting at a through-opening of a mounting wall of a dishwasher tank. The dispenser body (11) has a rear body part (11?) and a front body part (11?) which has a greater perimeter encumbrance than the rear body part (11?). The dispenser body (11) has, at a peripheral profile of the rear body part (11?), first fixing elements (16), for fixing the dispenser body (11) with respect to an inner side of the mounting wall (5). The dispensing unit (10) further comprises a covering element (30), configured to cover at least partially a peripheral profile of the front body part (11?), and between the covering element (30) and at least one of the peripheral profile and the upper face of the front body part (11?) second fixing elements are provided (17, 18, 34, 35, 36), for fixing the covering element (30) to the front body part (11?).

Abstract: A washing-agent dispenser designed for being mounted at a through opening (A) of a tub wall (5) of a dishwasher comprises:—a dispenser body (11), having a rear part (11?) and a front part (11?); —a perimetral gasket (30) mounted in a corresponding seat (S) of the dispenser body (11) and prearranged for exerting a sealing action with respect to a mounting side (5a) of the tub wall (5); —a frame (40) having a substantially annular shape, defining a central passage (B) through which the rear part (11?) of the dispenser body (11) is insertable.

Abstract: A washing-agent dispenser designed for being mounted at a through opening (A) of a tub wall (5) of a dishwasher comprises: —a dispenser body (11), having a rear part (11?) and a front part (11?); —a perimetral gasket (30) mounted in a corresponding seat (S) of the dispenser body (11) and prearranged for exerting a sealing action with respect to a mounting side (5a) of the tub wall (5); —a frame (40) having a substantially annular shape, defining a central passage (B) through which the rear part (11?) of the dispenser body (11) is insertable.

Abstract: The invention regards a press for soldering multilayer stacks for printed circuits, with an outer muffle that encloses soldering chambers where multilayer stacks are arranged to be heated, inducing a magnetic flux. For such purpose, the press is provided with an inductor having winding form which is arranged on a mobile piston adapted to apply a force on the multilayer stack, such to generate a magnetic flux at its interior that is spatially uniform and regular over time.

Abstract: The invention regards a press for soldering multilayer stacks for printed circuits, with an outer muffle that encloses soldering chambers where multilayer stacks are arranged to be heated, inducing a magnetic flux. For such purpose, the press is provided with an inductor having winding form which is arranged on a mobile piston adapted to apply a force on the multilayer stack, such to generate a magnetic flux at its interior that is spatially uniform and regular over time.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for generating a private-public key pair, for encrypting a message for transmission through an unsecure communication medium (30), and for decrypting the message are disclosed. The methods are based on the well-known McEliece cryptosystem or on its Niederreiter variant. More general transformation matrices Q are used in place of permutation matrices, possibly together with an appropriate selection of the intentional error vectors. The transformation matrices Q are non-singular n×n matrices having the form Q=R+T, where the matrix R is a rank-z matrix and the matrix T is some other matrix rendering Q non-singular. The new Q matrices, though at least potentially being dense, have a limited propagation effect on the intentional error vectors for the authorized receiver. The use of this kind of matrices allows to better disguise the private key into the public one, without yielding any further error propagation effect.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for generating a private-public key pair, for encrypting a message for transmission through an unsecure communication medium (30), and for decrypting the message are disclosed. The methods are based on the well-known McEliece cryptosystem or on its Niederreiter variant. More general transformation matrices Q are used in place of permutation matrices, possibly together with an appropriate selection of the intentional error vectors. The transformation matrices Q are non-singular n×n matrices having the form Q=R+T, where the matrix R is a rank-z matrix and the matrix T is some other matrix rendering Q non-singular. The new Q matrices, though at least potentially being dense, have a limited propagation effect on the intentional error vectors for the authorized receiver. The use of this kind of matrices allows to better disguise the private key into the public one, without yielding any further error propagation effect.

Abstract: A grinding apparatus for dispensing a dose of ground frozen material starting from a frozen block includes a grinding unit for grinding the frozen block in order to provide an amount of ground frozen material and a feeding unit for feeding the frozen block to the grinding unit. In particular, the feeding unit includes a feeding member that is adapted for moving frozen block for a desired predetermined grinding stroke against grinding unit such that a grinding length of block is ground. A grinding unit provides at least one grater and one motor for causing the grater to rotate. In order to obtain a desired weight of the dose, a volume of frozen material is calculated that corresponds to said weight, since the density of the frozen material is known.

Abstract: An apparatus is described for measuring the earth surface movement by means of SAR images; the apparatus comprises at least one SAR radar (10) placed on a satellite or on an aeroplane and at least one electromagnetic wave reflector (1) placed on an earth surface portion to be measured. The at least one SAR radar comprises means (11) for transmitting an electro-magnetic signal (60) onto said reflector and means (12) for acquiring the electromagnetic signal (61) reflected from the reflector; said SAR radar is adapted to acquire reflected signals along ascendant (50) and descendant (51) orbits. The reflector comprises, in a single piece, a first trihedron (2) configured for reflecting the signal transmitted by the SAR radar along ascendant orbits (50) and a second trihedron (3) configured for reflecting the signal transmitted by the SAR radar along descendant orbits (51).

Abstract: A grinding apparatus for dispensing a dose of ground frozen material starting from a frozen block. The apparatus comprises a grinding unit, for grinding the frozen block in order to provide an amount of ground frozen material and a feeding unit for feeding the frozen block to the grinding unit. In particular, the feeding unit comprises a feeding member that is adapted for moving frozen block for a desired predetermined grinding stroke against grinding unit such that a grinding length of block is ground. A grinding unit provides at least one grater and one motor for causing the grater to rotate. In order to obtain a desired weight of the dose, a volume of frozen material is calculated that corresponds to said weight, since the density of the frozen material is known.

Abstract: It is described a method to promote stem cell migration and/or proliferation in cell culture or in vivo comprising the step of exposing such cells to an effective amount of the HMGB1 protein or its active fragment.

Abstract: An apparatus for supplying a single-dose portable express portion of a warm food product that can be eaten keeping it in hand, this warm food product having a stiff edible container (24) and a stuffing with at least one food component selected from the group comprised of: dressing of a pizza, in particular, comprising cheese. The apparatus comprises a conveyor belt (2) exposed to irradiation by at least one heat source (10), and optionally an auxiliary conveyor belt (1). The heated component (23) comprising cheese, is brought from the conveyor belt (2) towards an outlet where it falls in the edible container (24).

Abstract: The present invention describes the role of HMGB1 in improving wound healing, in particular in a model of diabetes. Other evidences based on the effect of glycyrrhizin, the underexpression of HMGB1 in the skin and fibroblast of diabetic subjects, the accumulation of RAGE in the skin of diabetic mice and the chemoattractant properties of HMGB1 on normal and diabetic human cells demonstrate that HMGB1 can be advantageously utilized for preparing medicament specifically devoted to wound healing, in particular for diabetic subjects.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus capable of supplying a portion of warm food product, consisting at least of one food component, for example selected among typical components of the dressing of a pizza, and used for filling an edible container, for example a wafer, creating a ready-to-eat single-dose warm food product. The apparatus provides a heating chamber (20) comprising a recess having an inner heated surface (82), in which a piston (84) slides sweeping the surface (82) and pushing towards an outlet (83) at least one food component (33) heated in said heating chamber (20) and coming from a magazine (30). The magazine (30) may be refrigerated (32), and a liquid food component (40) may be added. The heating chamber (20) is heated by an electrical resistance (81). The apparatus, furthermore, comprises a system (50) for applying a dressing on the upper surface of the product and a carousel (60) for positioning automatically an edible container (71) in different operative stations.

Abstract: It is described a method to promote stem cell migration and/or proliferation in cell culture or in vivo comprising the step of exposing such cells to an effective amount of the HMGB1 protein or its active fragment.

Abstract: The use of molecules that modulate the action of HMGB1 protein (or molecules having sequence homology) for the preparation of therapeutic agents for the treatment of diseases to related to endothelial and smooth muscle cells proliferation; said proliferation can be due to endothelium damage, caused by surgical operation and manipulation made on or through blood vessels, including coronary and/or carotid angioplasty, angiographic surgery, and surgery using catheters.

Abstract: An isolated multiply acetylated protein HMGB1; or a variant or fragment thereof, or a polynucleotide encoding therefor.

Abstract: It is described a composition comprising an effective amount of the HMGBl protein or functional parts thereof, of HMGBl expressing vectors, for the treatment of tissue damage and/or to promote tissue repair and regeneration. It is further described a composition comprising an effective amount of an antagonist of the HMGBl protein for the treatment of adverse effects induced by necrotic tissue, such as recruitment and activation of mveloid cells, loss of the barrier function of endothelia, edema.