Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for an event detection system that captures data associated with events while a DC casting system forms an ingot, determines characteristics of the events, and improves the casting system based on the events. Example systems and methods may include initiating a casting operation using one or more pieces of equipment of a casting system including a casting apparatus; capturing sensor data associated with one or more acoustic signals captured relative to the one or more pieces of equipment performing the casting operation; comparing the sensor data with a set of acoustic profiles; determining whether a particular type of event has occurred; causing an adjustment to the casting system or to the casting operation based on whether the particular type of event has occurred; and initiating a second casting operation using the adjusted casting system or casting operation.

Abstract: Midsoles, and articles of footwear having such midsoles, with a distal surface profile based, in whole or in part, on a pressure map of pressures exerted on the bottom of a human foot when in contact with the ground are provided. The pressure map may be a measurement of the pressures exerted on the bottom of a human foot during, for example, standing, walking, or running (e.g., a natural gait). The distal surface profile of a midsole and an article of footwear may be defined, at least in part, by a plurality of cushioning projections extending from the midsole and having predetermined height profiles based on a pressure map. Methods of making midsoles and articles of footwear including a distal surface profile based, in whole or in part, on a pressure map are also provided.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a catheter, comprising: an elongated shaft body extending along a longitudinal axis and having a distal end portion connected to a catheter tip at a distal end of the catheter, wherein the shaft body comprises a first lumen extending along the longitudinal axis, and an optical fiber for measuring a force, wherein the optical fiber extends in the first lumen and comprises at least a first Bragg grating arranged in in the distal end portion of the shaft body. The distal end portion of the shaft body encloses at least a first stiffening element, wherein the first stiffening element extends along the longitudinal axis for stiffening the distal end portion of the shaft body.

Abstract: Midsoles, and articles of footwear having such midsoles, with a distal surface profile based, in whole or in part, on a pressure map of pressures exerted on the bottom of a human foot when in contact with the ground are provided. The pressure map may be a measurement of the pressures exerted on the bottom of a human foot during, for example, standing, walking, or running (e.g., a natural gait). The distal surface profile of a midsole and an article of footwear may be defined, at least in part, by a plurality of cushioning projections extending from the midsole and having predetermined height profiles based on a pressure map. Methods of making midsoles and articles of footwear including a distal surface profile based, in whole or in part, on a pressure map are also provided.

Abstract: Midsoles, and articles of footwear having such midsoles, with a distal surface profile based, in whole or in part, on a pressure map of pressures exerted on the bottom of a human foot when in contact with the ground are provided. The pressure map may be a measurement of the pressures exerted on the bottom of a human foot during, for example, standing, walking, or running (e.g., a natural gait). The distal surface profile of a midsole and an article of footwear may be defined, at least in part, by a plurality of cushioning projections extending from the midsole and having predetermined height profiles based on a pressure map. Methods of making midsoles and articles of footwear including a distal surface profile based, in whole or in part, on a pressure map are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a bird protection device and to a bird protection device. According to the invention, a method for producing a bird protection device is proposed, wherein the bird protection device is made of an at least partially transparent material and contains an optical structure visible to a bird's eye. Here, the method comprises a radiation input, wherein the radiation input is implemented on and/or in the partially transparent material for forming the optical structure. The radiation input is preferably laser radiation. Suitable lasers for the radiation input are, for example, CO2 lasers with a wavelength of 1064 nm, picosecond lasers with a wavelength of 532 nm or nanosecond lasers with a wavelength of 532 nm. In one embodiment of the invention, the bird protection device furthermore comprises an element for increasing the contrast, wherein, for forming the optical structure, the radiation input is implemented on and/or in the element for increasing the contrast.

Abstract: Midsoles, and articles of footwear having such midsoles, with a distal surface profile based, in whole or in part, on a pressure map of pressures exerted on the bottom of a human foot when in contact with the ground are provided. The pressure map may be a measurement of the pressures exerted on the bottom of a human foot during, for example, standing, walking, or running (e.g., a natural gait). The distal surface profile of a midsole and an article of footwear may be defined, at least in part, by a plurality of cushioning projections extending from the midsole and having predetermined height profiles based on a pressure map. Methods of making midsoles and articles of footwear including a distal surface profile based, in whole or in part, on a pressure map are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a bird protection device arid to a bird protection device. According to the invention, a method for producing a bird protection device is proposed, wherein the bird protection device is made of an at least partially transparent material and contains an optical structure visible to a bird's eye. Here, the method comprises a radiation input, wherein the radiation input is implemented on and/or in the partially transparent material for forming the optical structure. The radiation input is preferably laser radiation. Suitable lasers for the radiation input are, for example, CO2 lasers with a wavelength of 1064 nm, picosecond lasers with a wavelength of 532 nm or nanosecond lasers with a wavelength of 532 nm. In one embodiment of the invention, the bird protection device furthermore comprises an element for increasing the contrast, wherein, for forming the optical structure, the radiation input is implemented on and/or in the element for increasing the contrast.

Abstract: The measuring probe (1) for detecting agents in a gaseous medium and/or liquid medium and/or for measuring their concentrations includes a non-analyte-specific sensor-active solid layer (4) which reacts to adsorption of agent molecules on it from a gas or a liquid medium by changing its electrical properties, but which is not analyte-specific, does not absorb the agent molecules into the solid layer (4) and does not react chemically with any agent molecules within the solid layer (4); a liquid covering film (7) on the sensor-active solid layer (4) formed from the gas or consisting of a selected liquid, which is arranged between the gas or liquid medium and the sensor-active solid layer (4), so as to cover the sensor-active solid layer (4) and a plurality of electrodes (2) arranged in contact with the sensor-active solid layer (4) for electrical measurement of changes in electrical properties of the sensor-active solid layer (4) due to presence of agent molecules in the gas or liquid medium.

Abstract: The measuring probe (1) for detecting agents in a gaseous or liquid medium and/or measuring their concentrations includes a sensor-active solid layer (4) that reacts to adsorption of an agent from a gas or liquid by changing its electrical properties; a liquid covering film (7) formed from the gas or liquid, such as a water film, which covers the sensor-active solid layer (4), and a plurality of electrodes (2) arranged in electrical contact with the sensor-active solid layer (4) for electrical measurement of conductivity changes due to presence of the agents in the gas or liquid. According to the measurement procedure of the invention, the measuring probe surface is doped reversibly by adsorption with the agents to form an active surface that influences the measured electrical conductance and the electrical conductance is measured.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrode arrangement for an electronic component, also acting as a support for sensors. Said electrode arrangement is mounted on a substrate (1) as a suitably dimensioned surface-structure of two electro-conductive electrodes which are not electrically connected to one another. The electrode arrangement reproduces the conductivities and/or the substance of a sensor-active layer on the conductance of a measuring head or a functional element when said conductivities of the electrode arrangement and/or substance of a sensor-active layer are reproduced in a highly flexible manner. Said electrode arrangement can be produced in a simple and cost-effective manner. The invention provides for a plurality of conductive islands (3) which are not linked or not essentially linked to one another and which are mounted on a dielectric substrate (1) between two electrodes (2) in the form of a planar two-dimensional arrangement.