Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a personal care device (52) for performing a light-based hair removal or photo-epilation operation on a body of a subject. The personal care device (52) comprises a housing (54) that includes a first window or opening (68), a light source configured to generate light to perform the light-based hair removal or photo-epilation operation, wherein the light source is arranged in the housing such that light emitted by the light source illuminates a part of the body, a receiving member in or on the housing (54) for receiving and retaining a consumer electronic device (62) in or on the personal care device (52), and an optical system (80) in the housing (54) for enabling an imaging unit (78) of a consumer electronic device (62) retained in the recess (60) to obtain images of a part of the body via the first window or opening (68).

Abstract: An assembly includes elongated foamed elements that are arranged next to one another in one plane and bonded to one another at abutting side faces thereof, wherein the elongated foamed elements have been made by cutting at least one foamed sheet having a top and bottom surface, the at least one foamed sheet having been prepared by a foamed extrusion process and comprises a polymer composition including polypropylene, wherein the cutting is perpendicular to the top and bottom surfaces of the at least one foamed sheet, wherein the assembly has a top and bottom surface formed of surfaces of the elongated foamed elements perpendicular to the top or bottom surface of one of the at least one foamed sheet from which the respective elongated foamed element has been made, wherein the assembly is a sheet having a compression stress at yield in the thickness direction of at least 100 kPa.

Abstract: A transmission system for a bicycle, wherein the system comprises a driver element configured and arranged to rotate about an axis. The transmission system comprises a cassette of sprockets mounted on the driver element to rotate together. The transmission system comprises a shifting unit arranged to move the cassette of sprockets in axial direction on the driver element. The shifting unit comprises an actuator element arranged to actuate the movement of the cassette of sprockets on the driver element. The actuator element is at least partially positioned between the driver element and the axis, and/or the actuator element is at least partially positioned in axial direction next to the driver element.

Abstract: A multilayer composite includes a core layer having an assembly and a first cover layer on the core layer, the first cover layer including a first composition having a density of at least 0.903 g/cm3 and including polypropylene, wherein the first cover layer comprises a first composition having a density of at least 0.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a control module (10) for controlling a plurality of bicycle actuators (20.1, 20.2, 20.3) of a bicycle (1000). The control module (10) comprises a set of a plurality of control programs for controlling the plurality of bicycle actuators (20.1, 20.2, 20.3), and a sensing arrangement (3) configured for detecting a user-actuation thereof, the control module (10) being so arranged that each of the plurality of control programs is selectively activatable and/or deactivatable on a user-actuation of the sensing arrangement (3), wherein the sensing arrangement (3) is configured to be monomanually actuatable by a single hand of a user while bicycling.

Abstract: A bicycle drivetrain (3) system for a road bicycle (2), comprising: a transmission assembly (14) having at least two selectable transmission ratios, a single chainring (9) having chainring teeth (10) for engagement with the bicycle chain (7), the chainring teeth (10) being arranged along a chainring (9) circumference, and a cogset (4) comprising a plurality of sprockets (5) each having respective sprocket teeth (6) for engagement with a bicycle chain (7) which defines a minimal interteeth distance, the sprocket teeth (6) being arranged along a respective sprocket (5) circumference, wherein a smallest respective sprocket (5) circumference of any such sprocket (5) of the cogset (4) corresponds to at least twelve times the minimal interteeth distance.

Abstract: An LED driver configured to control a LED fixture comprising a plurality of LED groups is described, each LED group comprising at least one LED forming a series connection with a switch, wherein the plurality of LED groups are arranged in a parallel connection, the LED fixture further comprising a capacitor arranged in a parallel connection to the plurality of LED groups, the LED driver comprising: a power converter for converting an input power from a power source to a current which is provided to the plurality of LED groups; a control unit configured to control the power converter to provide the current to the plurality of LED groups, and wherein the control unit is further configured to control an operation mode of the switch of the LED group between a nominal mode, wherein the switch operates in a closed nominal state or an open nominal state, and a transition mode, wherein the switch operates in a semi-closed state, wherein a gate to source voltage of the switch of the LED group is lower than the ga

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a system for a bicycle (1000), wherein the system comprises one or more electronic sensors, and/or one or more electronic actuators (600), and an energy harvesting unit configured for harvesting energy and supplying the harvested energy to the one or more electronic actuators (600) and/or the one or more electronic actuators (600).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyethylene composition comprising a) a polyethylene blend comprising from 95.5% to 99.5 wt % low density polyethylene (LDPE) and from 0.5% to 4.5 wt % high density polyethylene (HDPE), wherein the wt % (% by weight) is based the total amount of low density polyethylene and high density polyethylene in the blend, and b) a mixture of glycerol-mono-stearate and glycerol-mono-palmitate.

Abstract: Disclosed is an advancement in provoked chemical cleavage. Thereby the invention provides the use of a diene as a chemically cleavable group attached to a Construct, and the use of a dienophile to provoke the release of the Construct by allowing the diene to react with a dienophile capable of undergoing an inverse electron demand Diels Alder reaction with the diene. The invention includes a kit for releasing a Construct CA bound to a Trigger TR, the kit having a tetrazine and a dienophile, wherein the Trigger is the tetrazine. The invention also includes the use of the formation of a pyridazine by reacting a tetrazine having a Construct CA bound thereto and a dienophile, as a chemical tool for the release, in a chemical, biological or physiological environment, of the Construct.

Abstract: Process for determining rock permeability. In some embodiments, the process can include determining a volume-based aspect ratio distribution of pores in a rock sample from a digital image of the sample, grouping the volume-based aspect ratio distribution into two or more pore types, selecting an initial pore type from the two or more pore types, obtaining mercury injection capillary pressure (MICP) data of the sample, creating a volume forward model and a frequency forward model using the MICP data, deriving an initial volume-based pore size distribution and an initial frequency-based pore size distribution for the initial pore type using the volume and the frequency forward models, respectively, selecting either the initial volume-based or the initial frequency-based distribution based on the forward models, and optimizing the selected distribution using an inversion of the MICP data with combinations of two or more pore type distributions to create an optimized distribution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel photoinitiators having improved performances and to their use in photopolymerization compositions. The invention also relates to a process for the photopolymerization of compositions comprising said photoinitiators as well as their use in articles of manufacture, including printed, coated, and fabricated assemblies.

Abstract: A clutch or brake system for a torque transmission. The clutch or brake system includes a first rotatable unit connectable to an input or output, including at least one first abutment surface and a second rotatable unit connectable to an output or input, respectively, including at least one second abutment surface arranged for selectively engaging the first abutment surface. The first and second abutment surfaces are adapted to each other so as to allow disengaging under load. The system includes a third rotatable unit including at least one retaining member, the third unit being arranged for selectively being in a first rotational position or a second rotational position relative to the second rotatable unit, wherein the at least one retaining member in the first rotational position locks the at least one second abutment surface for rotationally coupling the second rotatable unit to the first rotatable unit.

Abstract: Methods for realizing an aseptic connection between a valve unit and a tank container having an inliner are provided whereby, a disinfection unit which includes the valve unit is positioned around the spout of the tank container. The valve unit is then disinfected by exposing the valve unit to a disinfection fluid and/or to electromagnetic radiation while the valve of the valve unit is in an open position. After having closed the valve, an end portion of the valve unit is pressed against a closure element that blocks the spout of the inliner, to thereby establish fluid communication between the inner environment of the inliner and the interior of the valve unit. The disinfection unit is then removed and the valve unit is fastened to the tank container to ensure an aseptic connection between the valve unit and the tank container.

Abstract: Hybrid suspension cultures supplementing soluble extracellular matrix (ECM) for growth of organoids is disclosed. Viable lung organoid from epithelial, endothelial, and fibroblast human stable cell lines in suspension culture are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel photoinitiator having improved performances and to its use in photopolymerization compositions. The invention also relates to a process for the photopolymerization of compositions comprising said photoinitiator as well as their use in articles of manufacture, including printed, coated, and fabricated assemblies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel photoinitiators having improved performances and to their use in photopolymerization compositions. The invention also relates to a process for the photopolymerization of compositions comprising said photoinitiators as well as their use in articles of manufacture, including printed, coated, and fabricated assemblies.

Abstract: A transmission system for a vehicle, in particular a front wheel driven vehicle, having an input arranged for connection to a drive source, and an output arranged for connection to a load. The transmission system comprises a transmission which in turn comprises an output shaft connected to the output, a first input shaft and a first speed transforming gear coupling the first input shaft to the output shaft, and a second input shaft and a second speed transforming gear coupling the second input shaft to the output shaft.

Abstract: A transmission system, such as for a two wheeled bicycle, including an axle assembly including a set of sprockets, a transmission unit having an input coupled to the set of sprockets and an output arranged to be coupled to a wheel. The transmission unit includes a transmission operable according to a first transmission ratio and a second transmission ratio, a clutch or brake system for switching from the first to the second transmission ratio under load, and a first actuator for controlling the clutch or brake for coupling or decoupling. The transmission system including a second actuator for selecting one of the sprockets for transmission of torque to the axle assembly, and a controller configured to receive a first shift signal and/or a second shift signal, and configured to control the first actuator and/or the second actuator in response to the first or second shift signal.

Abstract: Compositions, such as consumer products and/or fragrance compositions, that include an adamantyl ester-containing compound.