Abstract: Certain examples described herein relate to a carriage assembly for an additive manufacturing system. The carriage assembly comprises a movable carriage to move over a build zone of the additive manufacturing system, a thermal sensor device on the carriage to obtain thermal data associated with a region of build material in the build zone, radiation device on the carriage to apply radiation onto the build material. The radiation device is configurable between a preheating mode, to apply radiation onto the region of build material to raise a surface temperature thereof, and a fusing mode, to apply radiation onto the region of build material to selectively fuse at least part of the region of build material.

Abstract: A device and method for real-time measurement using acoustic wave sensors, without the measurement being altered by environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, flow or pressure, and without requiring the use of external gauges. The proposed method and device improve the stability and detection limit of quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensors. The method and device are based on the high degree of correlation between acoustic resonators integrated into a single piezoelectric substrate. The use of a reference sample to correct the instability of the baseline is not required. The method and device are intended for the industrial sector of the production of measuring devices based on quartz crystals.

Abstract: A method and device for characterizing the response of resonant sensors. The method is based on an analytic algorithm that establishes a relationship between the complex admittance G of the sensor, measured at a single test frequency, the variations in resonance frequency and the losses, such as the quality factor at the acoustic resonator. The device includes at least one piezoelectric resonator on whose surface is deposited a thin layer of material, a fluid medium in contact therewith, a stable signal source, a frequency synthesis subsystem, a multiplex subsystem that enables the excitation/interrogation of a particular resonator, a signal conditioning and acquisition subsystem, a control subsystem based on the use of digital integrated circuits enabling the coordinated control of the different subsystems that make up the device.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a process for obtaining gadoterate meglumine from high purity tetraxetan (DOTA) which does not require the use of organic solvents and optimizes the conditions of the synthetic process. The tetraxetan from which the gadoterate meglumine is obtained by a synthetic process that includes a purification step in which at least one electrodialysis is performed. This procedure makes it possible to obtain a tetraxetan and a gadoterate meglumine with minimal amounts of impurities.

Abstract: Treatment and/or diagnosis of a cancer type characterized by expressing zinc transporter ZIP4. The present invention is directed to nanocarriers functionalized with a ligand capable to bind to the extracellular domain of zinc transporter ZIP4, for use in the treatment and/or diagnosis of a cancer type characterized by expressing ZIP4.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a security marker; a method of preparing same; the use of said security marker; a security article, document, or element comprising said marker; the use of said security article, document, or element; an object of value comprising said marker; a method of preparing said security article, document, or element or said object of value; a method for determining the authenticity of said security article, document, or element or said object of value; and a system for determining the authenticity of said security article, document, or element or said object of value.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, to authenticate mobile traffic. One of the methods includes receiving a first request for a strategy from a client device over a network. The method includes providing a current strategy to the client device, the current strategy including characteristics used to authenticate requests from the client device based on the inclusion of the characteristics in the request. The method includes receiving, from the client device, a second request for access to a processing system. The method includes validating the second request according to one or more strategies, including the current strategy. The method also includes forwarding the second request to the processing system based on the validation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making an anhydrous fatty preparation to be incorporated in a product selected from a bakery product, a personal care product, cosmetics, dermocosmetics, soaps, varnishes, paints or snacks, preferably a bakery product, wherein said fatty preparation does not comprise fats with a saturated fat content higher than 35% by weight, nor trans fats, nor animal-derived products, nor totally or partially hydrogenated oils or fats, nor interesterified or transesterified fats, nor palm or coconut-derived oils or fats. The present invention further relates to a anhydrous fatty preparation and to a bakery product, a personal care product, cosmetics, dermocosmetics, soaps, varnishes, paints or snacks, preferably a bakery product comprising the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making a fatty preparation to be incorporated in a food product, wherein said fatty preparation does not comprise fats with a saturated fat content higher than 40% by weight nor trans fats, nor totally or partially hydrogenated oils or fats, nor interesterified fats. The present invention further relates to a fatty preparation and to a food product comprising the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nanostructured phosphorescent pigment comprising an Al2O3 substrate; MAl2O4:X nanocrystals, where M is a cation selected from Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+, Mg2+, Zn3+ and combinations thereof and where X is a cation selected from Eu3+, Dy3+, Nd3+, Er3+, La3+, Lu3+, Ce3+, Y3+, Gd3+, Tb3+, Tm3+, Yb3+ and combinations thereof, disposed on the Al2O3 substrate; and nanocrystals of molten salt disposed on the MAl2O4:X nanocrystals. Additionally, the invention relates to a method for preparing the nanostructured phosphorescent pigment of the invention comprising the steps of i) mixing starting materials comprising a cation M precursor, a cation X precursor, Al2O3 and a molten salt; ii) heating the mixture resulting from step (i) in reducing atmosphere.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a security device, comprising a housing with at least one current-carrying element, wherein the current-carrying element is arranged in the housing interior and is enclosed by the housing. A particle detector is arranged in the housing interior, which monitors the housing interior with respect to the formation of particles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cell for measuring a piezoelectric resonator, which has a first casing body and a second casing body, and a quartz resonator configured as a wafer having metal layers on both sides as electric contact surfaces, the first casing body having coupling features and the second casing body having coupling slots, the coupling features being configured to be assembled in the coupling slots when the measuring cell is in a working position, such that the first casing body is assembled in the second casing body when pressure is exerted on the first casing body until the surface of the lower end of the first body makes physical contact with the upper surface of the second casing body and, subsequently, the first casing body is rotated to one side of the axis of symmetry of the measuring cell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a security device, comprising a housing with at least one current-carrying element, wherein the current-carrying element is arranged in the housing interior and is enclosed by the housing. A particle detector is arranged in the housing interior, which monitors the housing interior with respect to the formation of particles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of non-deactivatable security compositions comprising the combination of at least two types of particles of oxide materials, where said particles have a different size and/or morphology, and where the inorganic oxide materials have at least one transition metal or one lanthanide element, and radiofrequency wave absorption properties. The invention also relates to security articles, documents or elements incorporating these compositions, as well as to a method and to a system for detection thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nanostructured phosphorescent pigment comprising an Al2O3 substrate; MAl2O4:X nanocrystals, where M is a cation selected from Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+, Mg2+, Zn2+ and combinations thereof and where X is a cation selected from Eu2+, Dy3+, Nd3+, Er3+, La3+, Lu3+, Ce3+, Y3+, Sm3+, Gd3+, Tb3+, Tm3+, Yb3+ and combinations thereof, disposed on the Al2O3 substrate; and nanocrystals of molten salt disposed on the MAl2O4:X nanocrystals. Additionally, the invention relates to a method for preparing the nanostructured phosphorescent pigment of the invention comprising the steps of i) mixing starting materials comprising a cation M precursor, a cation X precursor, Al2O3 and a molten salt; ii) heating the mixture resulting from step (i) in reducing atmosphere.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for fractionating crude biowaste (450) by at least one size separation step (30) and at least one of density separation (150), X-ray separation (160) and optical sorting (170) to form a cleaned biowaste (47) stream enriched in cellulosic material, a waste stream comprising inorganic compounds (151), and a plastics stream (175).