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A method for providing customer service based theft deterrent in a retail store facility ("RSF"), comprising: identifying, by an electronic circuit, each item of a plurality of items that is being removed from display equipment by the person; characterized by further comprising: obtaining knowledge of what items are in the possession of each person at any given time by recognizing the person, the identifying of items removed from display equipment by the person, and tracking movement of the person and security tags affixed to the items through the RSF; determining, by the electronic circuit, whether the person is performing an action associated with a potential theft of the item that was previously removed from the display equipment by the person by using the knowledge to correlate with a purchase at a Point of Sale ("POS") station, whereby the correlation is achieved by reading from the security tags having the same paths of travel through the RSF; and in response to a determination that the person is performing said action associated with the potential theft of the item, performing actions by the electronic circuit to initiate a customer service based interaction with the person such that the person is deterred from committing theft, where the person is at a location within the RSF other than at an exit of the RSF when the customer service based interaction occurs. obtaining knowledge of what items are in the possession of each person at any given time by recognizing the person, the identifying of items removed from display equipment by the person, and tracking movement of the person and security tags affixed to the items through the RSF; determining, by the electronic circuit, whether the person is performing an action associated with a potential theft of the item that was previously removed from the display equipment by the person by using the knowledge to correlate with a purchase at a Point of Sale ("POS") station, whereby the correlation is achieved by reading from the security tags having the same paths of travel through the RSF; and in response to a determination that the person is performing said action associated with the potential theft of the item, performing actions by the electronic circuit to initiate a customer service based interaction with the person such that the person is deterred from committing theft, where the person is at a location within the RSF other than at an exit of the RSF when the customer service based interaction occurs.
An electric motor comprising a rotor having plural magnetic poles along its periphery and a stator whose teeth are disposed opposite to the periphery of the rotor, wherein the stator has a first group of windings and a second group of windings; the phase difference between the first group of windings and the second group of windings falls within a range of 20 - 40 electrical degrees; the coil conductors of the first group of windings are wound on the stator so that two stator magnetic poles (91, 92) may be formed by two coil units of a phase wound around stator teeth within a range of 360 electrical degrees subtended by the magnetic poles of the rotor; each of the two coil units forming the stator magnetic poles (91, 92) spans an electrical angle less than 180 electrical degrees in the circumferential direction; the coil turns of the two coil units forming the two stator magnetic poles (91, 92) are laid out so that they may not overlap each other; and the coil conductors are so wound that the adjacent stator magnetic poles (91, 92) exhibit opposite magnetic polarities.
Cooling system, in particular for electronics cabinets, comprising a casing, wherein the casing comprises at least a cabinet side partitionment, wherein the cooling system comprises a first cooling circuit and a second cooling circuit, wherein the second cooling circuit is an active cooling circuit, wherein the first cooling circuit and the second cooling circuit are thermally coupled, wherein a heat absorbing heat exchanger section of the first cooling circuit is disposed in the cabinet side partitionment and a heat releasing heat exchanger section of the first cooling circuit is not disposed in the cabinet side partitionment, characterised in that the second cooling circuit is not disposed in the cabinet side partitionment so that it allows the use of coolants or refrigerants with a very low Global Warming Potential, that a heat absorbing heat exchanger section of the second cooling circuit is not disposed in the cabinet side partitionment and thermally coupled to the heat releasing heat exchanger section of the first cooling circuit, so that heat absorbed from the heat absorbing heat exchanger section of the first cooling circuit in the cabinet side partitionment can be transferred via the heat releasing heat exchanger section of the first cooling circuit outside the cabinet side partitionment to the heat absorbing heat exchanger section of the second cooling circuit.
An electrophotographic apparatus which comprises an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a charging means, an exposure means comprising a semiconductor laser having a wavelength of from 380 to 500 nm, a developing means and a transfer means, the electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising a support and a photosensitive layer, wherein the photosensitive layer contains at least one pigment selected from the group consisting of bisazo pigments represented by the following formulas and:
A method for operating a non-volatile memory device, comprising: performing a plurality of erase-verify iterations (EVla-EV4a) for a set of memory cells (MCO, MC1, 500, 510, 520, 532, 533, 534, 705, 706) connected to a set of word lines (524, WLL0-WLL22) until a verify test is passed by the set of memory cells, wherein each memory cell of the set of memory cells comprises a charge-trapping material (CTL, 403), the verify test determines whether memory cells of the set of memory cells have a threshold voltage which is below a verify voltage (Vv_erase), and the set of memory cells has a threshold voltage distribution when the verify test is passed by the set of memory cells; and after the verify test is passed by the set of memory cells, determining an erase depth of the set of memory cells and, based on the erase depth, biasing the set of memory cells to cause a lower tail of the threshold voltage distribution to move lower, wherein the biasing the set of memory cells comprises providing a positive control gate-to-drain voltage for each memory cell in the set of memory cells; and characterised in that the providing the positive control gate-to-drain voltage for each memory cell in the set of memory cells comprises applying a positive control gate voltage to each word line of the set of word lines; and the determining the erase depth comprises sensing a position (V1, 1000a) of the lower tail of the threshold voltage distribution; and the positive control gate voltage has a duration (tpulse) which is relatively shorter when the position is relatively higher. performing a plurality of erase-verify iterations (EVla-EV4a) for a set of memory cells (MCO, MC1, 500, 510, 520, 532, 533, 534, 705, 706) connected to a set of word lines (524, WLL0-WLL22) until a verify test is passed by the set of memory cells, wherein each memory cell of the set of memory cells comprises a charge-trapping material (CTL, 403), the verify test determines whether memory cells of the set of memory cells have a threshold voltage which is below a verify voltage (Vv_erase), and the set of memory cells has a threshold voltage distribution when the verify test is passed by the set of memory cells; and after the verify test is passed by the set of memory cells, determining an erase depth of the set of memory cells and, based on the erase depth, biasing the set of memory cells to cause a lower tail of the threshold voltage distribution to move lower, wherein the biasing the set of memory cells comprises providing a positive control gate-to-drain voltage for each memory cell in the set of memory cells; and characterised in that the providing the positive control gate-to-drain voltage for each memory cell in the set of memory cells comprises applying a positive control gate voltage to each word line of the set of word lines; and the determining the erase depth comprises sensing a position (V1, 1000a) of the lower tail of the threshold voltage distribution; and the positive control gate voltage has a duration (tpulse) which is relatively shorter when the position is relatively higher.
A negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) dressing configured to be connected to a negative pressure source; said NPWT dressing comprising, from top-to-bottom, a backing layer, a liquid spreading layer, an absorbent pad comprising one or a plurality of pad-forming layers (103a-c), a spacer fabric layer, and an adhesive skin contact layer; said backing layer and said adhesive skin contact layer being arranged to extend beyond the contour of said liquid spreading layer, said absorbent pad and said spacer fabric layer to form a border portion, wherein said spacer fabric layer comprises a top layer, a bottom layer and an interconnecting layer arranged between said top layer and said bottom layer; said interconnecting layer comprising a plurality of pile filaments extending between said top layer and said bottom layer, wherein said top layer of said spacer fabric layer is defined by peripheral edges, and wherein at least one of said liquid spreading layer and said pad-forming layer(s) (103a-c) of said absorbent pad is arranged to overlap said peripheral edges of said top layer of said spacer fabric layer.
Use of 3,3'-diindolylmethane derivatives in the preparation of drugs for treating hepatic fibrosis; wherein the 3,3'-diindolylmethane derivatives have the following structure: wherein positions R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, R7, R1', R2', R4', R5', R6' and R7' are hydrogen atoms and at least one halogen.
Single-component composition which can be cured in two stages, where, in the first curing stage, a pre-crosslinked composition is produced using moisture and, in the second curing stage, a cured composition is formed by means of heat, characterized in that said composition comprises: a) at least one isocyanate polyurethane polymer PUP; b) at least one blocked amine BA, with at least two blocked amino groups that can be activated hydrolytically; and c) at least one surface-deactivated polyisocyanate DI that is solid at room temperature, subject to the proviso that the blocked, hydrolytically activatable amino groups, present in the composition, are present in a stoichiometric excess in relation to the number of isocyanate groups of the polyurethane polymer PUP. a) at least one isocyanate polyurethane polymer PUP; b) at least one blocked amine BA, with at least two blocked amino groups that can be activated hydrolytically; and c) at least one surface-deactivated polyisocyanate DI that is solid at room temperature,
A poppet valve system comprising: a valve body having a first and second end and defining a valve cavity; and a poppet assembly extending from the first end to the second end and through the valve cavity, the poppet assembly comprising: a movable poppet head disposed at the first end of the poppet assembly and configured to generate a seal by contacting a portion of the valve body and configured to define an opening between the valve cavity and a pressure cavity in use; and a movable guiding element disposed at the second end of the valve body, characterised in that the poppet head and guiding element comprise matching effective cross-sectional areas, such that the pressure inside the valve cavity applies the same force on the poppet head as on the guiding element. a valve body having a first and second end and defining a valve cavity; and a poppet assembly extending from the first end to the second end and through the valve cavity, the poppet assembly comprising: a movable poppet head disposed at the first end of the poppet assembly and configured to generate a seal by contacting a portion of the valve body and configured to define an opening between the valve cavity and a pressure cavity in use; and a movable guiding element disposed at the second end of the valve body, characterised in that the poppet head and guiding element comprise matching effective a movable poppet head disposed at the first end of the poppet assembly and configured to generate a seal by contacting a portion of the valve body and configured to define an opening between the valve cavity and a pressure cavity in use; and a movable guiding element disposed at the second end of the valve body, characterised in that the poppet head and guiding element comprise matching effective cross-sectional areas, such that the pressure inside the valve cavity applies the same force on the poppet head as on the guiding element.
Laser light source for producing a laser beam, in particular for speckle-free imaging and/or projection, with at least three different wavelengths (λ R, λ G, AB), comprising: at least three optical devices, in particular at least three optical parametric oscillators (5a-c), which each have a nonlinear optical medium (6a-c) for respectively producing a signal beam (S1, S2, S3) and an idler beam (I1, I2, I3), and a superposition device, which is embodied to respectively superpose either the signal beam (S1, S2, S3) or the idler beam (I1, I2, I3) of the at least three optical devices (5a-c) for producing the laser beam with the at least three wavelengths (λ R, λ G, λ B). at least three optical devices, in particular at least three optical parametric oscillators (5a-c), which each have a nonlinear optical medium (6a-c) for respectively producing a signal beam (S1, S2, S3) and an idler beam (I1, I2, I3), and a superposition device, which is embodied to respectively superpose either the signal beam (S1, S2, S3) or the idler beam (I1, I2, I3) of the at least three optical devices (5a-c) for producing the laser beam with the at least three wavelengths (λ R, λ G, λ B).
A molecule consisting of monomeric Annexin A5 protein for use in the prophylaxis or the treatment of macular oedema, or a condition associated therewith, in a subject, wherein the condition associated with macular oedema is selected from dysregulation of the blood-retinal barrier, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vascular occlusion, and changes to subretinal neovascular membranes observed in age-related macular degeneration.
A cleaning tool set comprising: a rod; a mop head attached to the rod; a wiper attached to the mop head, the rod, the mop head, and the wiper forming a mop; and a bucket for receiving the mop; in which the rod comprises an inner rod, an outer rod sleeved at least partially over the inner rod, and a driving mechanism disposed inside the outer rod and between the inner rod and the outer rod for converting a telescopic motion between the inner rod and the outer rod into a rotating motion of the rod; in which the bucket comprises at least one container, a rotatable dewatering frame with a central shaft disposed inside the at least one container, and a water pumping device connected to the dewatering frame or the central shaft, the water pumping device having a water inlet which is located below the dewatering frame; and in which, when the mop head engages the dewatering frame, the drive mechanism drives the water pumping device and drains water out of the at least one container. a rod; a mop head attached to the rod; a wiper attached to the mop head, the rod, the mop head, and the wiper forming a mop; and a bucket for receiving the mop; in which the rod comprises an inner rod, an outer rod sleeved at least partially over the inner rod, and a driving mechanism disposed inside the outer rod and between the inner rod and the outer rod for converting a telescopic motion between the inner rod and the outer rod into a rotating motion of the rod; in which the bucket comprises at least one container, a rotatable dewatering frame with a central shaft disposed inside the at least one container, and a water pumping device connected to the dewatering frame or the central shaft, the water pumping device having a water inlet which is located below the dewatering frame; and in which, when the mop head engages the dewatering frame, the drive mechanism drives the water pumping device and drains water out of the at least one container.
Tray for containing a number of eggs in an incubation chamber, the tray comprising a number of egg accommodation spaces in which spaces an egg is able to be hatched, and a number of passages for a chicken through which passages a chicken hatched from said egg may pass through the tray and enter a chicken accommodation space located below the tray, characterised in that the passages are configured such that a chicken may pass the passages and an egg is not passable through the passages, and wherein the number of passages optimize the transition of chickens from the tray to a chicken accommodation space located below the tray.
Process for the recovery of carboxylic acid, in particular acetic acid, from a fraction containing carboxylic acid and impurities, which comprises submitting said fraction to a gas stripping operation and recovering at least a purified carboxylic acid fraction, wherein the content of carboxylic acid in the fraction to which the stripping operation is applied is not substantially reduced by the stripping operation so that the content of carboxylic acid in the fraction to which the stripping operation is applied after the stripping reaction is equal to or more than 90% in realtion to the amount of carboxylic acid comprised in the fraction to which the stripping operation is applied before the stripping operation, wherein the gas stripping operation is performed using at least one gas selected from the group consisting of air, oxygen, CO 2, exhaust gas, and inert gases, preferably helium, nitrogen, argon, xenon, and wherein the fraction containing carboxylic acid and impurities contains hydrogen halides, and/or carboxylic acid halides and wherein the carboxylic acid is selected from C1 to C6 alkyl carboxylic acids which can be optionally substituted by at least one substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atoms, OH, and CN and COOR, wherein R denotes a C1-C4 linear or branched alkyl.
Method for reading an electronic memory device comprising a plurality N of memory cells of resistive random access memory type Ci (C1, C2) with i varying from 1 to N and N ≥ 2, each memory cell Ci having a resistance Ri, the method comprising in order the following steps: - for each memory cell Ci, a step of determining a set Ei of resistance values (v1, v2, v3) capable of being associated with the resistance Ri of the memory cell Ci; - for each combination of N variables Vi, each variable Vi taking successively each resistance value among the predetermined set Ei, a step of applying a mathematical function to said combination to obtain a resulting resistance value (Res); - for each combination of N variables Vi, a step of associating a logic state of the electronic memory device with the corresponding resulting resistance value obtained previously, according to a comparison of the corresponding resulting resistance value with a same threshold resistance value; - a step of associating a resistance value (V1, V2) with each resistance Ri to obtain a particular combination of N variables Vi; - a step of determining the logic state of the electronic memory device, the logic state being associated with the resulting resistance value corresponding to the particular combination. - for each memory cell Ci, a step of determining a set Ei of resistance values (v1, v2, v3) capable of being associated with the resistance Ri of the memory cell Ci; - for each combination of N variables Vi, each variable Vi taking successively each resistance value among the predetermined set Ei, a step of applying a mathematical function to said combination to obtain a resulting resistance value (Res); - for each combination of N variables Vi, a step of associating a logic state of the electronic memory device with the corresponding resulting resistance value obtained previously, according to a comparison of the corresponding resulting resistance value with a same threshold resistance value; - a step of associating a resistance value (V1, V2) with each resistance Ri to obtain a particular combination of N variables Vi; - a step of determining the logic state of the electronic memory device, the logic state being associated with the resulting resistance value corresponding to the particular combination.
Method for detecting a failed actuation of a switchable solenoid valve, wherein in at least one actuation cycle an electric current is driven through the solenoid of the valve for closing the valve against a force of a spring with a predefined actuation energy and for holding the valve closed in a subsequent hold phase, wherein in the hold phase a current strength value of the electric current is controlled by a controller by switching on a voltage source, if the value is smaller than a lower threshold value, and switching off the voltage source, if the value is greater than an upper threshold value, wherein a switching frequency at which the controller switches the voltage source is measured and if the switching frequency fulfills a predefined failure criterion in one actuation cycle, a signal is generated, wherein the signal signals that the current actuation cycle is a failure cycle in which the valve did not close, characterized in that several consecutive actuation cycles are performed and for each consecutive actuation cycle, the actuation energy provided for closing the valve is reduced and, if a failure cycle is detected, a parameter value characterizing the amount of actuation energy of the actuation cycle that preceded the failure cycle, is signaled to be the parameter value for a minimum possible actuation energy.