Abstract: A capacitive coupled radio frequency identification, RFID, tag and method for reading the tag, the tag comprising a semiconductor substrate having a first planar surface and a second planar surface distal from the first planar surface. A metallic pad formed on the first planar surface of the semiconductor substrate. A circuit formed on the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the metallic pad and the second planar surface of the semiconductor substrate, the circuit configured to respond to a radio frequency, RF, input signal by providing a data signal encoded by varying an impedance between the metallic pad and the second planar surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the metallic pad formed on the first planar surface extends beyond the semiconductor substrate. Wherein the metallic pad is rectangular, elongate or T-shaped, and/or the capacitive coupled RFID tag further comprises a metal electrode in electrical contact with the second planar surface.

Abstract: A smart high-pressure system with sprayers for spraying an emulsified end product to suppress dust emitted during the movement of cereal grains, used in the field of agriculture, preferably in grain loading and collection terminals, and also in plants for producing vegetable oils, such as neutral soya bean oil and maize oil, glycerin and glycerin with 10% formic acid, wherein the system comprises a first fluid-managing module and a second fluid-managing module, operatively linked together by a circuit with a spraying arrangement comprising multiple electronically automated components connected to a programmable logic controller (PLC), arranged in a main control panel.

Abstract: A resonator for a radio frequency identification reader is provided. The resonator comprises: a waveguide closed at a proximal end and closed at a distal end and dimensioned to facilitate resonance in radio frequency waves having a frequency of operation so that the radio frequency waves produce an electric field in the waveguide having a peak intensity at a location between the proximal end and the distal end: a holder for holding one or more radio frequency identification tags at the location at which the electric field produced by radio frequency waves having the frequency of operation has a peak intensity; and a radio frequency feed point for coupling radio frequency signals between the waveguide and radio frequency identification reader circuitry.

Abstract: There is provided a method of assessing a characteristic of a plant (2), comprising: obtaining a training dataset, wherein the training dataset comprises first data characterising a first electrical signal obtained from a first plant during a first time period when a stressor is present in the first plant or a growth environment of the first plant, second data characterising a second electrical signal obtained from the first plant during a second time period when a stressor is not present in the first plant or the growth environment of the first plant, and third data indicative of a characteristic of the first plant during the first time period and a characteristic of the first plant during the second time period; training a machine learning model based upon the training dataset; obtaining a third electrical signal from a second plant; and assessing, using the trained machine learning model, a characteristic of the second plant based upon the third electrical signal.

Abstract: A capacitive coupled radio frequency identification, RFID, tag and method for reading the tag, the tag comprising a semiconductor substrate having a first planar surface and a second planar surface distal from the first planar surface. A metallic pad formed on the first planar surface of the semiconductor substrate. A circuit formed on the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the metallic pad and the second planar surface of the semiconductor substrate, the circuit configured to respond to a radio frequency, RF, input signal by providing a data signal encoded by varying an impedance between the metallic pad and the second planar surface of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A capacitive coupled radio frequency identification, RFID, tag and method for reading the tag, the tag comprising a semiconductor substrate having a first planar surface and a second planar surface distal from the first planar surface. A metallic pad formed on the first planar surface of the semiconductor substrate. A circuit formed on the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the metallic pad and the second planar surface of the semiconductor substrate, the circuit configured to respond to a radio frequency, RF, input signal by providing a data signal encoded by varying an impedance between the metallic pad and the second planar surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the metallic pad formed on the first planar surface extends beyond the semiconductor substrate. Wherein the metallic pad is rectangular, elongate or T-shaped, and/or the capacitive coupled RFID tag further comprises a metal electrode in electrical contact with the second planar surface.

Abstract: A method for evaluating the level of trust and expectations of users toward public or private organisations, including collecting a plurality of data from various data sources; generating, based on such data, a first user trust index, a second user perception index for a given organisation and a third index measuring how much a product or service is likely to be spread among users; splitting users, by an analysis tool into user groups based on predefined features; generating a quadrant with two dimensions defining four separate sections with different profiles of organisations, each organisation represented by a point in at least one section, the values of the two dimensions and the value of a third dimension coinciding with the dimension of each point, determined by the three indices; applying the analysis tool to evaluate the differences of users in organisations in a particular section of the quadrant, to allow organisations to direct—on specific user brackets—a set of predefined actions for improving the

Abstract: A capacitive coupled radio frequency identification, RFID, tag and method for reading the tag, the tag comprising a semiconductor substrate having a first planar surface and a second planar surface distal from the first planar surface. A metallic pad formed on the first planar surface of the semiconductor substrate. A circuit formed on the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the metallic pad and the second planar surface of the semiconductor substrate, the circuit configured to respond to a radio frequency, RF, input signal by providing a data signal encoded by varying an impedance between the metallic pad and the second planar surface of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: An editorial and stationery article, such as a diary, exercise-book, book, magazine, newspaper, file-holder, etc., having particular ergonomic features, characterized in that it has a structure that can be opened as a book, with sheets or pages of quadrilateral shape, with the back or spine side oblique to the upper and lower sides, so that in the open position at least the lower sides converge towards the opening central axis, with convergence according to the obliquity angle of the spine side with respect to said upper and lower sides, so as to have a substantially user-enveloping configuration.

Abstract: An editorial and stationery article, such as a diary, exercise-book, book, magazine, newspaper, file-holder, etc., having particular ergonomic features, characterized in that it has a structure that can be opened as a book, with sheets or pages of quadrilateral shape, with the back or spine side oblique to the upper and lower sides, so that in the open position at least the lower sides converge towards the opening central axis, with convergence according to the obliquity angle of the spine side with respect to said upper and lower sides, so as to have a substantially user-enveloping configuration.