Abstract: A beverage can with an ingredient chamber for storing functional ingredients separately from a base beverage until the beverage can is opened by a consumer. The ingredient chamber may be disposed on a can end of the beverage can. The ingredient chamber may be broken open to release functional ingredients automatically when the beverage can is opened by the consumer. In some embodiments, the ingredient chamber includes a membrane that forms a sealed cavity. In some embodiments, the ingredient chamber includes a deformed cavity of the can end.

Abstract: A one way door animal excluder includes an elongated enclosure to support a door within. The door pivots between an open and a closed position wherein an animal can push the door open from only one side. A top plate is fitted atop the enclosure and crimped at flanges of the top plate, with at least one flange also crimped around a hinge wire of the door to form a pivotal attachment of the door to the enclosure. The top plate includes an opening with tabs extending therein to form a spring mandrel to support a torsion spring. The torsion spring biases the door to close. The spring includes a loosely wound coil that may be temporarily compressed to install upon the tabs. An upward extending hump of the top plate is positioned adjacent to the spring coil to protect the spring coil structure.

Abstract: A one way door animal excluder includes an elongated enclosure to support a door within. The door pivots between an open and a closed position wherein an animal can push the door open from only one side. A top plate is fitted atop the enclosure and crimped at flanges of the top plate, with at least one flange also crimped around a hinge wire of the door to form a pivotal attachment of the door to the enclosure. The top plate includes an opening with tabs extending therein to form a spring mandrel to support a torsion spring. The torsion spring biases the door to close. The spring includes a loosely wound coil that may be temporarily compressed to install upon the tabs. An upward extending hump of the top plate is positioned adjacent to the spring coil to protect the spring coil structure.

Abstract: An apparatus including an illumination system to condition a radiation beam, a support to support a patterning device, the patterning device capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam, a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate, a projection system to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate, and a control system configured to: receive pattern data characterizing a pattern distribution, receive radiation data characterizing the radiation beam, determine a dissipation distribution of the pattern based on the pattern data and the radiation data, determine deformation of the pattern by applying the dissipation distribution in a thermo-mechanical model of the patterning device, and determine a control signal to control a component of the apparatus based on the deformation of the pattern.

Abstract: A method of calibrating a projection system heating model to predict an aberration in a projection system in a lithographic apparatus, the method comprising passing exposure radiation through a projection system to expose one or more exposure fields on a substrate provided on a substrate table, making measurements of the aberration in the projection system caused by the exposure radiation, wherein the time period between measurements is less than the time period that would be taken to expose all exposure fields on the substrate.

Abstract: A method of determining a configuration of a projection system for a lithographic apparatus as an implementation of a quadratic programming problem with a penalty function. The method includes: receiving dependencies of one or more optical properties of the projection system on a configuration of a plurality of manipulators of the projection system; receiving a plurality of constraints which correspond to physical constraints of the manipulators; finding an initial configuration of the manipulators; and iteratively finding an output configuration of the manipulators. The iteration includes repeating the following steps: determining a set of the plurality of constraints that are violated; determining an updated configuration of the manipulators, the updated configuration of the manipulators being dependent on the set of the plurality of constraints that are violated and a penalty strength; and increasing the penalty strength. These steps are repeated until a convergence criterion is met.

Abstract: A method comprising determining aberrations caused by each lithographic apparatus of a set of lithographic apparatuses, calculating adjustments of the lithographic apparatuses which minimize differences between the aberrations caused by each of the lithographic apparatuses, and applying the adjustments to the lithographic apparatuses, providing better matching between the aberrations of patterns projected by the lithographic apparatuses.

Abstract: A method of reducing an aberration arising during operation of a lithographic apparatus, the method comprising measuring the aberration to obtain an aberration signal, the aberration signal comprising a first component and a second component, wherein the first component of the aberration signal comprises a first frequency band and the second component of the aberration signal comprises a second frequency band, wherein the first frequency band comprises frequencies that are higher than frequencies comprised in the second frequency band, calculating a correction, wherein a first part of the correction is calculated based on the first component of the aberration signal, and applying the correction to the lithographic apparatus.

Abstract: A bedsheet-holder for securing bedding materials together when in use on a mattress. The bedsheet-holder includes an elongated flexible member having a first end and a second end designed to secure a plurality of bedding materials in place. A plurality of fasteners positioned along the length of the elongated member are designed to secure the elongated member to the plurality of bedding materials, such that the plurality of bedding materials remain attached to one another and are prevented from falling off of a bed when in use. The bedsheet-holder further includes a first mating fastener on the first end of the member designed to removably attach the member to a first side of a frame of a bed, and a second mating fastener on the second end of the member designed to removably attach the elongated member to an opposite second side of a frame of a bed.

Abstract: A method comprising illuminating a patterning device (MA?) comprising a plurality of patterned regions (15a-15c) of which each patterns a measurement beam (17a-17c), projecting, with a projection system (PL), the measurement beams onto a sensor apparatus (21) comprising a plurality of detector regions (25a-25c), making a first measurement of radiation when the patterning device and the sensor apparatus are positioned in a first relative configuration, moving at least one of the patterning device and the sensor apparatus so as to change the relative configuration of the patterning device to a second relative configuration, making a second measurement of radiation when the patterning device and the sensor apparatus are positioned in the second relative configuration in which at least some of the plurality of detector regions receive a different measurement beam to the measurement beam which was received at the respective detector region in the first relative configuration and determining aberrations caused by t

Abstract: A bedsheet-holder for securing bedding materials together when in use on a mattress. The bedsheet-holder includes an elongated flexible member having a first end and a second end designed to secure a plurality of bedding materials in place. A plurality of fasteners positioned along the length of the elongated member are designed to secure the elongated member to the plurality of bedding materials, such that the plurality of bedding materials remain attached to one another and are prevented from falling off of a bed when in use. The bedsheet-holder further includes a first mating fastener on the first end of the member designed to removably attach the member to a first side of a frame of a bed, and a second mating fastener on the second end of the member designed to removably attach the elongated member to an opposite second side of a frame of a bed.

Abstract: A method of correcting aberrations caused by a projection system of a lithographic apparatus, the method including performing a measurement of an aberration caused by the projection system using a sensor located in the lithographic apparatus, determining, based on a history of operation of the lithographic apparatus since a change of machine state, whether to average the measured aberration with one or more aberration measurements previously obtained using the sensor, calculating a correction to be applied to the lithographic apparatus using the measured aberration if it is determined that averaging should not be performed, calculating a correction to be applied to the lithographic apparatus using an averaged aberration measurement if it is determined that averaging should be performed, and applying the calculated correction to the lithographic apparatus.

Abstract: A management method for outpatient electrocardiography on a patient using an ECG recorder, an administration network, a first mobile device and at least one second mobile device is provided. In order to initialize outpatient electrocardiography on a patient, the first mobile device is connected to the ECG recorder and to the administration network and in the process an identification code assigned to the ECG recorder is transmitted from the ECG recorder to the administration network. After the verification of the authorizations of the mobile device, at least one certificate assigned to the ECG recorder is provided by the administration network and is transmitted to the ECG recorder for storage via the mobile device. The second mobile device is connected to the ECG recorder and to the administration network and in the process the identification code assigned to the ECG recorder is transmitted from the ECG recorder to the administration network.

Abstract: A system for an icing resistant sensor port assembly includes shaped and patterned features for resisting the formation and propagation of ice around a sensor port, such as for a pressure sensor in an aircraft fuel tank. Water may be present in fuel tanks due to condensation and other factors. The water, being heavier than fuel, such as jet fuel, sinks to the bottom of the tank and may be present around the sensor port. If the water completely fills the pressure port, it may damage the sensor. In various embodiments, an inlet assembly having a cone-shaped countersink, sharp edges that reduce surface area, anti-wetting coatings, and slots to allow fluid flow within the inlet assembly, among other features, may be used to help resist ice formation and propagation around a sensor port.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and methods for high throughput screening of alloys and other materials to identify those that have desired gas storage properties.

Abstract: A proximity sensor assembly includes a multilayer printed wiring board proximity sensor, the proximity sensor being operable as either a variable-reluctance sensor or an eddy current loss sensor. The proximity sensor includes a plurality of layers configured to form at least one wound coil disposed about at least a portion of a core. The coils are electrically driven to generate an alternating magnetic field such that the inductance of the coils changes when a permeable or conductive object is moved in relation to the magnetic field. The change in inductance is recognized and used to detect the proximity and presence of an object relative to the sensor.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a multilayer wiring board proximity sensor includes forming a laminate, and fabricating a plurality of through-conductors through the layers of the laminate. The laminate has a plurality of layers including one or more core layers and a plurality of coil layers. Each core layer includes a core pattern formed of a permeable material, and each coil layer comprises at least one coil trace formed of a conducting material. Thus, the through-conductors may be fabricated through the layers of the laminate such that the coil traces are interconnected by the through-conductors to thereby form one or more coils disposed about at least a portion of the core patterns of the core layers.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and methods for conducting ball milling operations in a high throughput manner. Also provided are devices and methods for high throughput screening of alloys and other materials to identify those that have desired gas storage properties.

Abstract: High throughput and automated cellular disruption systems that substantially uniformly disrupt cells as part of cellular motility assays as wells as other assay types are provided. In addition, various system components, including holding blocks, holding block loading devices, and system software, are also provided. Moreover, related methods that utilize these systems and system components are additionally provided.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and methods for conducting ball milling operations in a high throughput manner. Also provided are devices and methods for high throughput screening of alloys and other materials to identify those that have desired gas storage properties.