Abstract: A device, system and method for distributing and locally persisting provider objects is provided. A first device provides, in a provider object stream, first indications of first provider objects, generated and locally persisted in association with a first region, to a second device associated with a second region. The first device receives, in the stream, from the second device, second indications of second provider objects generated locally persisted in association with the second region, the second indications including respective identifiers identifying the second region. The first device: discards given second provider objects, indicated by the second indications, which do not meet a local persistence condition; and locally persists other second provider objects, as indicated by the second indications, which meet the local persistence condition, the other second provider objects locally persisted in association with the first region.

Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer plastic sheet material is disclosed, where a first polymer mass is melted under pressure and is passed through an extruder head at a specified discharge rate in the form of a plastic strand in sheet form that is provided with one or more layers so that a multilayer plastic strand is formed. This is passed to two or more rolls of a finishing stand that processes the multilayer plastic strand into a sheet. After the plastic strand in sheet form leaves the extruder head, it is first passed between a top roll and a bottom roll of a roughing stand. The speed of the rolls of the finishing stand and the rolls of the roughing stand is synchronized with the discharge rate of the plastic strand in sheet form from the extruder head, so that the plastic strand is processed without stress.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for forming a multilayer plastic sheet material for floor and/or wall panels, wherein a first polymer mass comprising a chemically foamed PVC is melted under pressure and is forced through an extruder head at a well-defined discharge rate as a plastic strand in sheet form that is provided with one or more layers so that a multilayer plastic strand is formed, which is propelled towards two or more rolls of a rolling mill, which processes the multilayer plastic strand to a sheet of a defined thickness and where one of the rolls will apply a three-dimensional structure in the top layer. This sheet will then be led away by a discharge device to a sawing device to be cut off to the desired length and width and finally, in a subsequent production step, as multilayer plank-shaped elements, will be provided with coupling parts on two opposite edges so that several of said plank-shaped elements are couplable together.

Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer plastic sheet material (1) for floor and/or wall panels, wherein a first polymer mass comprising a rigid PVC is melted under pressure and is passed through an extruder head at a specified discharge rate in the form of a plastic strand in sheet form that is provided with one or more layers so that a multilayer plastic strand is formed, which is passed to two or more rolls of a finishing stand, which processes the multilayer plastic strand into a sheet of defined thickness, which is then led away via a transport device to a sawing device to be cut to the desired length, wherein, after the plastic strand in sheet form leaves the extruder head, it is first passed between a top roll and a bottom roll of a roughing stand, wherein the speed of the rolls of the finishing stand and the rolls of the roughing stand is synchronized with the discharge rate of the plastic strand in sheet form from the extruder head, so that said plastic strand is processed without stress.

Abstract: A method for calibrating a photodetector array supplying a video stream includes: a determination step, wherein an offset table is determined for each current image of the video stream based on at least two corrections from among the following: a first correction from a comparison of the current image to a corresponding predetermined reference table; a second correction from a calculation of a column error of the current image; and a third correction from a high-pass temporal filtering of the video stream; and a calculation step, wherein a current value of an offset table, equal to a sum between a previous value of the offset table and a weighted sum of at least two corrections, is calculated, with each coefficient of the offset table being associated with a respective photodetector of the array.

Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer plastic sheet material is disclosed, where a first polymer mass is melted under pressure and is passed through an extruder head at a specified discharge rate in the form of a plastic strand in sheet form that is provided with one or more layers so that a multilayer plastic strand is formed. This is passed to two or more rolls of a finishing stand that processes the multilayer plastic strand into a sheet. After the plastic strand in sheet form leaves the extruder head, it is first passed between a top roll and a bottom roll of a roughing stand. The speed of the rolls of the finishing stand and the rolls of the roughing stand is synchronized with the discharge rate of the plastic strand in sheet form from the extruder head, so that the plastic strand is processed without stress.

Abstract: A method for calibrating a photodetector array supplying a video stream includes: a determination step, wherein an offset table is determined for each current image of the video stream based on at least two corrections from among the following: a first correction from a comparison of the current image to a corresponding predetermined reference table; a second correction from a calculation of a column error of the current image; and a third correction from a high-pass temporal filtering of the video stream; and a calculation step, wherein a current value of an offset table, equal to a sum between a previous value of the offset table and a weighted sum of at least two corrections, is calculated, with each coefficient of the offset table being associated with a respective photodetector of the array.

Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer plastic sheet material (1) for floor and/or wall panels, wherein a first polymer mass comprising a rigid PVC is melted under pressure and is passed through an extruder head at a specified discharge rate in the form of a plastic strand in sheet form that is provided with one or more layers so that a multilayer plastic strand is formed, which is passed to two or more rolls of a finishing stand, which processes the multilayer plastic strand into a sheet of defined thickness, which is then led away via a transport device to a sawing device to be cut to the desired length, wherein, after the plastic strand in sheet form leaves the extruder head, it is first passed between a top roll and a bottom roll of a roughing stand, wherein the speed of the rolls of the finishing stand and the rolls of the roughing stand is synchronized with the discharge rate of the plastic strand in sheet form from the extruder head, so that said plastic strand is processed without stress.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including an apparatus that includes a motorized base configured to move the apparatus; an upper portion coupled to the motorized base; one or more load-sensing devices located between the motorized base and the upper portion, the one or more load-sensing devices being configured to (i) detect forces between the upper portion and the motorized base, and (ii) provide force information based on the detected forces between different portions of the upper portion and the motorized base; and one or more processors performs operations of: obtaining the force information provided by the one or more load-sensing devices; determining a difference between the forces indicated by the force information from the one or more load-sensing devices; determining, based the difference in the forces, a movement to be performed by the apparatus; and providing control information to cause the motorized base to perform the determined movement.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including an apparatus that includes a motorized base configured to move the apparatus; an upper portion coupled to the motorized base; one or more load-sensing devices located between the motorized base and the upper portion, the one or more load-sensing devices being configured to (i) detect forces between the upper portion and the motorized base, and (ii) provide force information based on the detected forces between different portions of the upper portion and the motorized base; and one or more processors performs operations of: obtaining the force information provided by the one or more load-sensing devices; determining a difference between the forces indicated by the force information from the one or more load-sensing devices; determining, based the difference in the forces, a movement to be performed by the apparatus; and providing control information to cause the motorized base to perform the determined movement.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a 3-aryl-4 catechol-pyrrole-n-propanol compound and the derivatives thereof having General Formula (I), wherein:—R1 is an aryl group, particularly a phenyl, optionally substituted by one or more (C1-C2)alkyl groups, one or more halogens, one or more —OH, —CN or CF3 groups, or a combination of same, and—R2 is a (C1-C6)alkyl group, a hydroxy(C1-C6)alkyl group, a (C1-C4)alcoxy(C1-C6)alkyl group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrate or solvate of same. The invention also relates to the methods for preparing said compound and derivatives, to the pharmaceutical compositions containing same, and to the use of same as a drug or in the form of a prodrug converted via dimerization, particularly via oxidative coupling in the presence of a superoxide anion, in the treatment of cancer and diseases related to excessive angiogenesis.

Abstract: In a general aspect, a method for transmitting data by inductive coupling can include applying, at a rate of a data-carrying signal, a plurality of bursts of a periodic signal to a tuned inductive antenna circuit. The method can also include producing, in the tuned inductive antenna circuit, an antenna signal. The antenna signal can generate a magnetic field. The method can further include delimiting an amplitude of each burst of the plurality of bursts of the periodic signal in accordance with an envelope signal having a rising edge and a falling edge. The delimiting the amplitude of each burst of the plurality of bursts of the periodic signal can include generating the plurality of bursts of the periodic signal using a set of points. The set of points can define, by discrete values, a burst of the plurality of bursts of the periodic signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates, on the one hand, to a method for forming a plastic sheet material (1). On the other hand, the present invention relates to a device (5) which is adapted to carry out such a method.

Abstract: In a method of laying and installing rectangular panels having a first and a second parallel long side (701, 702) and having a first and a second parallel short side (801, 802), the panels are installed in parallel panel rows extending along the long sides of the panels. An alignment panel (1) is coupled to the first long side (701) of each panel of a first panel row (100) before a next panel (102) of the first panel row (100) is installed.

Abstract: A communication device includes a pulse width modulator that is provided with an oscillator signal at a communication carrier frequency. The pulse width modulator input is an amplified reference voltage that is regulated by a feedback loop. A modulation control provides the data signal to be transmitted. The modulation control may either be provided to the amplifier mixed with the reference voltage or may be provided to the pulse width modulator. A power transistor receives the pulse width modulator output and generates a chip output signal. An external filter is connected at the chip output to filter the signal that is provided to the communication antenna and produce a carrier sinusoid with an amplitude proportional to the pulse width modulated by voltage regulation and by the modulating data input. The power source is connected to the external filter.

Abstract: In a general aspect, a method for transmitting data by inductive coupling can include applying, at a rate of a data-carrying signal, a plurality of bursts of a periodic signal to a tuned inductive antenna circuit. The method can also include producing, in the tuned inductive antenna circuit, an antenna signal. The antenna signal can generate a magnetic field. The method can further include delimiting an amplitude of each burst of the plurality of bursts of the periodic signal in accordance with an envelope signal having a rising edge and a falling edge. The delimiting the amplitude of each burst of the plurality of bursts of the periodic signal can include generating the plurality of bursts of the periodic signal using a set of points. The set of points can define, by discrete values, a burst of the plurality of bursts of the periodic signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a Near Field Communication (NFC) reader device. The NFC reader device includes a pulse generator configured to generate a signal pulse and transceiver circuitry configured to poll for a presence of an NFC transponder using the signal pulse.

Abstract: A communication device includes a pulse width modulator that is provided with an oscillator signal at a communication carrier frequency. The pulse width modulator input is an amplified reference voltage that is regulated by a feedback loop. A modulation control provides the data signal to be transmitted. The modulation control may either be provided to the amplifier mixed with the reference voltage or may be provided to the pulse width modulator. A power transistor receives the pulse width modulator output and generates a chip output signal. An external filter is connected at the chip output to filter the signal that is provided to the communication antenna and produce a carrier sinusoid with an amplitude proportional to the pulse width modulated by voltage regulation and by the modulating data input. The power source is connected to the external filter.

Abstract: In a general aspect, a method for transmitting data by inductive coupling can include applying, at a rate of a data-carrying signal, a plurality of bursts of a periodic signal to a tuned inductive antenna circuit. The method can further include producing, in the tuned inductive antenna circuit, an antenna signal, the antenna signal generating a magnetic field. The method can further include delimiting an amplitude of each burst of the plurality of bursts of the periodic signal in accordance with an envelope signal, the envelope signal having a rising edge and a falling edge. The delimiting can include shaping the falling edge of the envelope signal using one of a digital shaping circuit and an analog shaping circuit, such that a slope of the falling edge of the envelope signal is flattened as compared to a square envelope signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a 3-aryl-4 catechol-pyrrole-n-propanol compound and the derivatives thereof having General Formula (I), wherein:—R1 is an aryl group, particularly a phenyl, optionally substituted by one or more (C1-C2)alkyl groups one or more halogens, one or more —OH, —CN or CF3 groups, or a combination of same, and—R2 is a (C1-C2)alkyl group, a hydroxy(C1-C8)alkyl group, a (C1-C4)alocoxy(C1-C8)alkyl group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrate or solvate of same. The invention also relates to the methods for preparing said compound and derivatives, to the pharmaceutical compositions containing same, and to the use of same as a drug or in the form of a prodrug converted via dimerization, particularly via oxidative coupling in the presence of a superoxide anion, in the treatment of cancer and diseases related to excessive angiogenesis.