Abstract: A method (200) for determining a position and an orientation of a portion of a handheld personal care device relative to a user's body (50), comprising: providing (210) a handheld personal care device comprising at least one energy source (20) and at least one detector (22), both the at least one energy source and the at least one detector located within the handheld personal care device, the at least one energy source arranged at a first position and having a first orientation within the handheld personal care device; emitting (220) energy in a three dimensional space surrounding the handheld personal care device; detecting (230) a portion of the energy emitted; generating (240) sensor data; extracting (250) one or more features from the generated sensor data; and estimating (260) a position and an orientation of a portion of the handheld personal care device relative to the user's body based on the extracted one or more features.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a strut (2), comprising: —an elongate member (7) extending in an axial direction and defining a spacer; —wherein at least one axial end of the elongate member comprises a connector half (4) that is configured to be selectively coupled to a connector half of a further strut or to an accessory (5); —wherein said connector half comprises protruding interlock elements and recessed interlock elements to allow said connector half to mechanically interlock with a geometrically identical connector half and thereby define a connector that allows the strut to be connected to a further strut of similar type in a rotationally locked manner; and-wherein said connector half is further configured to be rotationally coupled to the accessory. The invention further relates to an assembly of such a strut and an accessory or a further strut being coupled to the connector half.

Abstract: Kit-of-parts comprising: —an outer post and an inner post with an external screw thread, that are rotationally locked and extendable relative to each other; —a nut configured to be driven along the external screw thread to selectively secure the inner post relative to the outer post in a drive mode; and—a drive, comprising a drive housing accommodating a drive motor, and a connector configured to connect the drive housing with the nut and thereby connect the drive motor with a transmission; —wherein the nut comprises: —a housing; —a rotatable member that is rotatably arranged in the housing, wherein said rotatable member comprises an internal screw thread that is configured to form a mating engagement with the external screw thread; —the transmission arranged in the housing and comprising an input shaft that is connectable to the drive, wherein said transmission is configured to selectively: —rotate the rotatable member relative to the housing in the drive mode; and—form a coupling between the housing and the

Abstract: A coating device and a method for coating a food product with a pulverulent material by a coating device. The coating device includes a conveyor belt in a housing for conveying the food product in a conveying direction. The conveyor belt is at least partly permeable for the pulverulent material. A first layer of the pulverulent material is generated that lies on the conveyor belt onto which the food product is placeable. The coating device includes a coater for applying a second layer of the pulverulent material to the food product. A lower bunker is arranged within the conveyor belt for storing and receiving the pulverulent material that passes through the conveyor belt downstream of the guide plate. A plate delimits an upstream end of the lower bunker for retaining the pulverulent material in the lower bunker and to create a buffer of the pulverulent material in the lower bunker.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof:

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and installation for recycling a polystyrene based material containing organohalogen flame retardant, comprising the steps of: (i) dissolving the polystyrene based material in a high-boiling, apolar, organic reaction solvent: (ii) heating the polystyrene contained in the reaction solvent to a temperature so as to release halogen from the flame retardant; (iii) contacting released halogen with a base so as to form a halogen residue; (iv) removing the halogen residue; (v) pyrolyzing polystyrene contained in the reaction solvent at a temperature so as to depolymerize polystyrene; and (vi) distilling the depolymerized mixture into at least a styrene fraction. For recycling expanded polystyrene the method and installation additionally comprises a step of compacting expanded polystyrene in an compaction solvent, whereafter preferably the compaction solvent is at least partly replaced by the reaction solvent.

Abstract: Dispensing devices are provided. Such devices utilize a combination of Flair® technology, pre-compression valves and aerosol-like pressurization of the dispensed liquid. An example dispensing device has, for example, a main body comprising a pressure chamber, the latter being provided with a pressure piston and a pressure spring. The device further has a piston and a piston chamber which draws liquid from a container and fills the pressure chamber with that liquid as a user operates a trigger in various compression and release strokes. The piston chamber has both an inlet valve and an outlet valve. Liquid exiting the piston chamber under pressure enters a central vertical channel which is in fluid communication with both the pressure chamber and a dome valve, with pre-defined opening pressure, provided near the outlet channel at the top of the dispensing head.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of medicine and molecular diagnostics. In particular, it relates to a molecular profiling assay for a complex microbiome.

Abstract: A radar system includes a receiver, a processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing machine instructions. The machine instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive, within a communication frame, radar metadata including information indicative of sensing time slots within the communication frame. During the sensing time slots, the processor causes the receiver to obtain a set of radar reflections off of an object in an environment and determines, based on the set of received radar reflections and the radar metadata, at least one of a distance between the object and the radar system, a velocity of the object, and an angle of arrival for the object. In some implementations, the radar system is a first radar system, and the set of radar reflections are radar signals transmitted by a second radar system and reflected off of the object in the environment.

Abstract: A system and method for processing radar signals is presented. A first chirp signal received via a first radar device of a distributed aperture bi-static radar system is processed to determine a first value indicative of a first distance to a first target. A second chirp signal received via a second radar device is processed to determine a second value indicative of a second distance to a second target. After determining that the first target and the second target are the same target, a timing offset value is determined based upon a difference between the first value and the second value, and the timing offset value is used to modify at least one of a third chirp signal received by the first radar device and a fourth chirp signal received by the second radar device to mitigate a timing offset between operations of the first radar device and the second radar device.

Abstract: A forcible entry tool includes at least a cutter and a spreader. The forcible entry tool further includes a first tool portion having a first cutter part and a first spreader part. The forcible entry tool further includes a second tool portion having a second cutter part and a second spreader part. The first tool portion and the second tool portion are rotatable relative to one another to apply force to either or both of the cutter and the spreader.

Abstract: In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, various novel dispensing devices can be provided. Such devices can involve a range of sprayer heads and sprayer/foamer systems incorporating such heads. Novel sprayer/foamer heads can include buffers of various types. By using a buffer, a user need not continually be pumping the device in order for the device to be spraying or foaming. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, such a buffer can be spring loaded, spring loaded combination, elastomeric or gas. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the buffer can be in line or adjacent to a piston chamber. If adjacent, it can be connected to the piston chamber with a one way valve, to provide for spray after a downstroke of the piston has been completed, or without, to allow spraying to cease once a user releases the trigger or other actuator.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating plant seed, to a seed coating composition, to a coated plant seed, to a use of one or more water-insoluble polymers with a Tg of at least 35° C., to a method of preparing a seed coating composition, to a method of preparing coated seed, to coated seed, to a use of an abrasive material primer or plasma, and to an apparatus for coating of seed. The method for coating plant seed comprises applying to the seed a seed coating composition comprising one or more water-insoluble polymers with a Tg of at least 35° C.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a bi-static radar system, including: first and second radar stations configured to: transmit first and second radar signals based upon a clock signal; wherein the first radar station receives a reflected second radar signal and the second radar station receives a reflected first radar signal; coherently process the reflected first and second radar signals to produce a first and second doppler frequency for first and second reference targets, wherein the first and second reference targets are is a detected target with the greatest signal strength; generate a frequency offset estimate based upon the average of the first and second doppler frequencies; frequency shift the reflected second radar signal by the frequency offset estimate to produce a corrected second radar signal; and coherently process the corrected second radar signal to produce first radar outputs from the first radar station.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to remote physiological monitoring. More specifically, provided herein are methods and systems for prioritizing transmission of physiological data collected from a patient where the sensor and/or system comprising the sensor does not have consistent wireless connectivity. In particular, a mobile physiological data telemetry system for prioritizing transmission of physiological monitoring data is provided that comprises: a physiological sensor; a communication interface, a set of prioritization rules for the patient; and a processor configured to identify one or more portions of the physiological data and prioritize the portions according to the prioritization rules for the patient.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to control a transmitter to provide for generation of a data frame, the data frame having a fixed length and fixed predetermined number of sub-frames, and each sub-frame comprises a predetermined number of slots based on a carrier frequencies, and each slot includes a fixed number of symbol time periods; receive a data stream for transmission; define at least one communication-slot for transmitting of data-symbols that represent said data stream and at least one sense-slot for transmitting a predetermined sense-symbol for use in sensing an environment; wherein the generation of the data frame further comprises: the generation of the data-symbols, in the respective symbol time periods of the at least one communication-slot, according to a predetermined encoding protocol, and the generation of the predetermined sense-symbol in at least one symbol time period of the respective at least one sense-slot.

Abstract: A mobile telemetry system including a mobile telemetry unit (MTU) including: a sensor for detecting a physiological signal; and a controller configured to: communicate with a mobile station (MS) to perform a clock synchronization with a clock of the MS; obtain the physiological signal from the sensor and form physiological information; determine whether a time stamped transmit information request (TS-XReq) including time stamp information (TS) was received from the MS; and generate and transmit physiological information which corresponds in time with the received TS when it is determined that the TS-XReq was received from the MS.

Abstract: Joint communication and sensing by a joint communication and sensing system in a wireless network is disclosed. A transmitter is arranged to transmit a first beam in a direction selected from a plurality of directions stored in a memory, where each direction corresponds to a direction of a respective remote device. The first beam comprises communication symbols to be communicated to the remote device in the direction during a communication session with the remote device. A reflection of the transmitted first beam is received via a receive antenna during the communication session, where the reflected first beam comprises the communication symbols. A position of one or more objects is identified based on a timing of transmission and receipt of the communication symbols in the transmitted first beam and the reflected first beam respectively and the sense symbols in the transmitted second beam and the reflected second beam respectively.

Abstract: The invention provides a light generating system (1000) comprising a LED module (100), a module support (200), and a connector element (300), wherein: the module support (200) comprises a first module support opening (230) for hosting at least part of a first connector element part (310); the LED module (100) comprises a LED support (120) and a plurality of LEDs (10) functionally coupled to the LED support (120), wherein the LED support (120) comprises a LED support opening (130) for hosting at least part of the first connector element part (310); and wherein the plurality of LEDs (10) are configured to generate light source light (11); the connector element (300) comprises the first connector element part (310), and wherein the first connector element part (310) comprises a first spring part (315); at least part of the first connector element part (310) penetrates through the first module support opening 230); and the LED support opening (130), the first connector element part (310), and the module support (

Abstract: Radar localization systems and methods are provided to determine the location of an object. The radar localization systems and methods can determine the location of an object based on data obtained from at least two radar measurements made by the radar localization device. In some embodiments, a radar localization system can be included in a wireless communications system that conducts both wireless communications and radar sensing. Radar localization systems include at least a computing unit that performs a radar localization method. Radar localization methods may use map data in object localization to eliminate non-feasible locations of the object.