Abstract: An outdoor optical fiber splicing box, a cable storage structure is fixed at the bottom of the inner cavity, a plurality of wiring structures are stacked on the upper side of the cable storage structure, and two sides of the wiring structure are provided with a multi-fiber supporting mechanism and a single-fiber supporting mechanism, which are fixed at the bottom of the inner cavity. The single-fiber and multi-fiber supporting mechanisms are all arranged on the side of the wiring structure. The box body is provided with a first and a second cable inlet/outlets, and the first cable inlet/outlet is provided with a single optical fiber waterproof structure. The second cable inlet/outlet is provided with a multi-fiber waterproof structure, and the waterproof effect is good. At the same time, the single-fiber and multi-fiber supporting mechanisms can protect the optical fiber cable from vibration, impact, cable stretching, and twisting.

Abstract: An outdoor optical fiber splicing box, a cable storage structure is fixed at the bottom of the inner cavity, a plurality of wiring structures are stacked on the upper side of the cable storage structure, and two sides of the wiring structure are provided with a multi-fiber supporting mechanism and a single-fiber supporting mechanism, which are fixed at the bottom of the inner cavity. The single-fiber and multi-fiber supporting mechanisms are all arranged on the side of the wiring structure. The box body is provided with a first and a second cable inlet/outlets, and the first cable inlet/outlet is provided with a single optical fiber waterproof structure. The second cable inlet/outlet is provided with a multi-fiber waterproof structure, and the waterproof effect is good. At the same time, the single-fiber and multi-fiber supporting mechanisms can protect the optical fiber cable from vibration, impact, cable stretching, and twisting.

Abstract: Device for detecting reactive luminescent particles embedded in a substrate or surface having an infrared or ultraviolet illuminator; a near-infrared photodiode sensor; a dark chamber, inside which the illuminator and photodiode sensor are mounted; a logarithm amplifier; an electronic data processor configured to detect the reactive luminescent particles by carrying out the steps of: illuminating the substrate or surface with the illuminator; acquiring the amplified linearized signal captured by the photodiode sensor; detecting the presence of luminescent particles in the substrate or surface from the linearized decay of the acquired signal. A further near-infrared photodiode sensor, a further logarithm amplifier, and a differentiator for obtaining a difference between amplified signals received by each photodiode sensor can be utilized.

Abstract: An angular displacement decoder and a method of construction of the device is described. The decoder includes a designated rotor, the rotating part, as a partially metallized disk-shaped target, and a designated stator set, comprising a planar primary coil, as the source of excitation, and a plurality of planar secondary sensing coils, connected and disposed in an innovative manner, as sensing elements, distributed by a plurality of layers of a multilayer printed circuit board (PCB). In particular embodiments, the planar secondary/sensing coils are disposed as duets, as triplets, or as quartets, each one disposed in a different layer of the multilayer PCB, and the planar primary/excitation coil is disposed in a proper and determined layer of the multilayer PCB, and the partially metallized disk-shaped that rotates around its axis of revolution, is disposed with an air gap at determined distance from the stator set.

Abstract: A gesture lighting source output command method for controlling a lighting apparatus, together with an asymmetrical, no facing, gesture decoding device for commanding a lighting source, by decoding gesture translational motions of a heat emitting object, e.g. a human hand, at distances up to 1.5 meters, in geometrical planes that may be not coplanar with the gesture decoding device plane, and comprising a casing with an embedded electronic controller and two dual PIR sensors, geometrically arranged in a special manner, rotated 2? degrees one relatively to the other, fitted with specially designed Fresnel lenses, their beam axis forming an angle of 2? degrees between each other and an angle ? with the vertical.

Abstract: An artificial reef to be anchored to the seabed comprises two or more juxtaposed conduits which are positioned in parallel with the direction of wave propagation. Both conduits include directrices. The upper conduit includes directrices which drive the flow of the wave's crest, and the lower conduit includes directrices which drive the water diverging from the apertures in the area under the wave's trough. The upper and lower conduits are hydraulically connected, each connection comprising a shut-down valve associated with a useful energy-generating unit.

Abstract: A gesture lighting source output command method for controlling a lighting apparatus, together with an asymmetrical, no facing, gesture decoding device for commanding a lighting source, by decoding gesture translational motions of a heat emitting object, e.g. a human hand, at distances up to 1.5 meters, in geometrical planes that may be not coplanar with the gesture decoding device plane, and comprising a casing with an embedded electronic controller and two dual PIR sensors, geometrically arranged in a special manner, rotated 2? degrees one relatively to the other, fitted with specially designed Fresnel lenses, their beam axis forming an angle of 2? degrees between each other and an angle ? with the vertical.

Abstract: Some embodiments are associated with a big data pull infrastructure adapted to provide a substantial number of electronic files, originating from a plurality of data sources, to be ingested and validated. A visualization system may collect meta information associated with the electronic files received from the big data pull infrastructure. According to some embodiments, a hierarchical, multidimensional view of the meta data associated with the electronic files may be established. Moreover, the hierarchical, multidimensional view of the meta data may be rendered by the visualization system as nested icons, at least one icon being represented via a plurality of unique visual characteristics indicating: (i) data that has not been ingested, (ii) data that has been ingested but not yet validated, and (iii) data that has been ingested and validated.

Abstract: This invention relates to an artificial reef to be anchored to the seabed, basically comprised of two or more juxtaposed conduits (1) and (2) which are positioned in parallel with the direction of waves propagation, both conduits being provided with directrices (3) and (6), the upper conduit having directrices (3) which drive the flow of the wave's crest (4) converging to the entries (5), the lower conduit also having directrices (6) which drive the water diverging from the exits (8) in the area under the wave's trough (7), all of these apertures being provided with flexible filters made from fabric, which will smoothly control the abrupt reflux of flow. The said conduits are hydraulically connected, each connection comprising a shut-down valve associated to a useful energy-generating unit (9).

Abstract: The present invention refers to a Hook Teaser for the fishing with softbait, commonly known as “softbait fishing”. The Hook Teaser is characterized by having a lip (1) of flat and smooth surface, to which a lead weight (11) is added and crossed (lip (1)) on the top and inside by a metal body of circular cross-section (10, 14, 15) with two sockets (10,15), being these sockets (10,15) situated on both ends, giving the lip (1) an oblique angle (7) in relation to the metal body of circular cross-section (10, 14, 15) and giving the hook (5,6) a type of traction in water that causes a more natural motion, identical to that of a live bait and, consequently, causes the movement of the softbait in the water to be more realistic similar to that of live and/or weakened fish. The Hook Teaser aims to address the total lack of products to “bring to life” the artificial movement of softbaits used in this type of fishing.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a mixing conduit (100) having at least a cylindrical inner surface or a cylindrical outer surface and increased number of jet openings (102). The mixing conduits according to embodiment of the present invention improve mixing rates thus reducing formation of undesired by-products without sacrificing structural integrity. Particularly, embodiments of the present invention provide a static mixer (150) having a substantially circular mixing conduit (100) with more than about 22 jet openings.

Abstract: A shared voltage reference circuit for a codec is shown that includes a voltage reference circuit for producing a reference voltage. A first sample and hold circuit has a first capacitor coupled to an output of the voltage reference circuit through a first switch controlled by a first phase of a sample clock signal for the codec. A second sample and hold circuit has a second capacitor coupled to the output of the voltage reference circuit through a second switch controlled by a second phase of the sample clock signal. A clock generator circuit generates the first and second phases of the sample clock signal, where the first and second phases are non-overlapping.

Abstract: A shared voltage reference circuit for a codec is shown that includes a voltage reference circuit for producing a reference voltage. A first sample and hold circuit has a first capacitor coupled to an output of the voltage reference circuit through a first switch controlled by a first phase of a sample clock signal for the codec. A second sample and hold circuit has a second capacitor coupled to the output of the voltage reference circuit through a second switch controlled by a second phase of the sample clock signal. A clock generator circuit generates the first and second phases of the sample clock signal, where the first and second phases are non-overlapping.

Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated BS112, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line BS112, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line BS112 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line BS112 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line BS112, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line BS112 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.