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A lighting module for a lighting device, the lighting module comprising at least one light source mounted on a substrate ; an optical assembly positioned to be located over the at least one light source; an obstruction sensor comprising a transceiver configured to transmit radiation towards the optical assembly and receive radiation reflected by the optical assembly, wherein the reflected radiation is indicative of one or more conditions of the optical assembly; a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising programming instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive information corresponding to the radiation reflected by the optical assembly from the obstruction detection sensor; analyze the received information to determine the presence of at least a threshold level of an obstruction or a deformity on the optical assembly; and in response to determining the presence of at least the threshold level of the obstruction or the deformity on the optical assembly, perform a restorative action; characterized in that the restorative action comprises reducing power delivered to the at least one light source at least one light source mounted on a substrate ; an optical assembly positioned to be located over the at least one light source; an obstruction sensor comprising a transceiver configured to transmit radiation towards the optical assembly and receive radiation reflected by the optical assembly, wherein the reflected radiation is indicative of one or more conditions of the optical assembly; a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising programming instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive information corresponding to the radiation reflected by the optical assembly from the obstruction detection sensor; analyze the received information to determine the presence of at least a threshold level of an obstruction or a deformity on the optical assembly; and in response to determining the presence of at least the threshold level of the obstruction or the deformity on the optical assembly, perform a restorative action; characterized in that the restorative action comprises reducing power delivered to the at least one light source receive information corresponding to the radiation reflected by the optical assembly from the obstruction detection sensor; analyze the received information to determine the presence of at least a threshold level of an obstruction or a deformity on the optical assembly; and in response to determining the presence of at least the threshold level of the obstruction or the deformity on the optical assembly, perform a restorative action; characterized in that the restorative action comprises reducing power delivered to the at least one light source
A glazing comprising a glazed element , at least one profiled seal portion and at least one insert which is located at least partially inside said profiled seal portion , said insert having along a main portion (P) which is in said profiled seal portion , in cross-section, a section which is closed on itself in the form of a loop and which forms a hollow member , characterized in that said main portion (P) is formed by folding over on itself a longitudinal plate which is closed along a longitudinal seal by a weld seam or by an additional connection means , said main portion (P) comprising at least at one end , and preferably at two opposing ends , a stopper which closes said end and preferably said ends and in that said insert is arranged via an adhesive coating on a face of the glazed element , thus with one side of the insert which is indirectly in contact with the glazed element and said profiled seal portion which is present around the remainder of the outer contour of the insert .
A culture medium comprising albumin, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, at least one transferrin or transferrin substitute, at least one insulin or insulin substitute, the culture medium free of animal serum and containing at least 100 ng/ml of a fibroblast growth factor selected from the group consisting of FGF4, FGF9, FGF17 and FGF18, the medium suitable for culturing primate embryonic stem cells in the absence of serum and in the absence of feeder cells and also in the absence of medium exposed to feeder cells, wherein at least 90% of the stem cells in the culture medium express Oct-4, SSEA4 or Tral-60.
A Canidae vaccine for use in reducing influenza viral shedding in a canine, wherein said vaccine comprises an effective amount of an expression vector that contains and expresses in vivo in a canine a polynucleotide encoding equine influenza antigen comprising equine influenza H3 operatively linked to a promoter and optionally to an enhancer , wherein the expression vector is a poxvirus, and a pharmaceutically or veterinarily acceptable carrier, excipient, or vehicle.
A lighting device that forms a line beam on an irradiation surface, the device comprising: a light source that includes a plurality of light emitters arranged in a line; and a lens that is disposed in a direction in which light is emitted from the light source, and in which at least any one of an incident surface and an emission surface is a curved surface, wherein a contour shape of a section, which includes an arrangement direction of the light emitters, of at least any one of the incident surface or the emission surface which is the curved surface is a shape in which a curve represented by an odd function is added to a curve having a constant curvature, and the light emitted from the light source is refracted by the lens to be incident on the irradiation surface to form the line beam. a light source that includes a plurality of light emitters arranged in a line; and a lens that is disposed in a direction in which light is emitted from the light source, and in which at least any one of an incident surface and an emission surface is a curved surface, wherein a contour shape of a section, which includes an arrangement direction of the light emitters, of at least any one of the incident surface or the emission surface which is the curved surface is a shape in which a curve represented by an odd function is added to a curve having a constant curvature, and the light emitted from the light source is refracted by the lens to be incident on the irradiation surface to form the line beam.
A spark plug including a center electrode obtained by welding a cylindrical tip which contains a precious metal and allows discharge at an end surface on one end side with respect to a center axis thereof, to an electrode base material disposed on the other end side, in a direction of the center axis, with respect to the precious metal tip , the electrode having a melt portion in which the precious metal tip and the electrode base material are melted, between the other end of the precious metal tip and the electrode base material , and the melt portion includes a melt sag over an entire circumference on a side surface of the precious metal tip , characterized in that in an arbitrary cross section, including the center axis, of the center electrode a length of a line S corresponding to the end surface on the one end side of the precious metal tip is D, two straight lines apart from the center axis by a distance of "9D/20" are virtual straight lines L1, L2, respectively, an intersection point of each virtual straight line L1, L2 and an interface between the precious metal tip and the melt portion is an intersection point P1, P2, respectively, a straight line connecting the intersection points P1 and P2 is a virtual straight line L3, of both end points of the line S, the end point located on the same side as the virtual straight line L1 with respect to the center axis is an end point P3, and the end point located on the same side as the virtual straight line L2 with respect to the center axis is an end point P4, a straight line passing each end point P3, P4 and parallel to the center axis is a virtual straight line L4, L5, respectively, of end points of the melt sag at the one end side on the virtual straight lines L4 and L5, the end point on the virtual straight line L4 is an end point P5, and the end point on the virtual straight line L5 is an end point P6, an intersection point of each virtual straight line L4, L5 and the virtual straight line L3 is an intersection point P7, P8, respectively, and each of a distance X1 between the intersection point P7 and the end point P5 and a distance X2 between the intersection point P8 and the end point P6 is 0.092 mm or more.
A kiosk for analysing a mobile phone and for financially remunerating a user for submitting the mobile phone, the kiosk comprising: a housing having an inspection area ; a machine vision camera focused on a field of view within the inspection area; a dispensing device including a plurality of electrical connectors (141a-141h) within the housing; and a processor in electrical communication with the machine vision camera and the plurality of electrical connectors, wherein the processor is configured: to receive an image of the mobile phone in the inspection area, to apply visual inspection and recognition software to the image to determine external dimensions of the mobile phone, to determine a set of possible mobile phones matching the mobile phone based on the determined external dimensions, and to determine which of the plurality of electrical connectors is capable of directly connecting to the mobile phone; wherein the dispensing device is configured to dispense, to the inspection area, the electrical connector determined to be capable of directly connecting to the mobile phone, and the processor is further configured to perform, in response to the mobile phone being connected to the dispensed electrical connector, an electrical analysis of the mobile phone to determine if the mobile phone is capable of at least one of activation, maintaining a charge, or powering a display screen of the mobile phone. a housing having an inspection area ; a machine vision camera focused on a field of view within the inspection area; a dispensing device including a plurality of electrical connectors (141a-141h) within the housing; and a processor in electrical communication with the machine vision camera and the plurality of electrical connectors, wherein the processor is configured: to receive an image of the mobile phone in the inspection area, to apply visual inspection and recognition software to the image to determine external dimensions of the mobile phone, to determine a set of possible mobile phones matching the mobile phone based on the determined external dimensions, and to determine which of the plurality of electrical connectors is capable of directly connecting to the mobile phone; to receive an image of the mobile phone in the inspection area, to apply visual inspection and recognition software to the image to determine external dimensions of the mobile phone, to determine a set of possible mobile phones matching the mobile phone based on the determined external dimensions, and to determine which of the plurality of electrical connectors is capable of directly connecting to the mobile phone; wherein the dispensing device is configured to dispense, to the inspection area, the electrical connector determined to be capable of directly connecting to the mobile phone, and the processor is further configured to perform, in response to the mobile phone being connected to the dispensed electrical connector, an electrical analysis of the mobile phone to determine if the mobile phone is capable of at least one of activation, maintaining a charge, or powering a display screen of the mobile phone.
A method for synchronising digital data (D) sent in series by a transmitter (A) having a clock signal h1 of frequency freq1 to a receiver (B) having a clock signal h2 of frequency freq2, the method comprising the steps a) to d), iterated until a stoppage condition is met, and a step e) carried out following the last iteration of step d), the steps a) to e) being the following: a) sending, with the transmitter (A), a digital datum to the receiver (B); b) generating N channels, each of the channels comprising the datum received by the receiver, and each i-th channel being time shifted with respect to the (i-1)th channel, N being an integer higher than to 3 and i being comprised between 2 and N; c) sampling the N channels at the frequency freq2 of the clock h2 of the receiver in order to generate digital data temporally aligned with the clock h2; d) comparing the data of the N channels in groups of (2m+1) successive channels, m being higher than or equal to 1 and such that (2m+1) is lower than or equal to N, and selecting groups of (2m+1) channels in which the (2m+1) successive channels contain identical data in each iteration; e) selecting one of the channels belonging to the groups selected in the preceding step, the data contained in this channel being considered to be synchronised and in phase with the clock h2 of the receiver and defining a variable P equal to the value i of the selected channel. a) sending, with the transmitter (A), a digital datum to the receiver (B); b) generating N channels, each of the channels comprising the datum received by the receiver, and each i-th channel being time shifted with respect to the (i-1)th channel, N being an integer higher than to 3 and i being comprised between 2 and N; c) sampling the N channels at the frequency freq2 of the clock h2 of the receiver in order to generate digital data temporally aligned with the clock h2; d) comparing the data of the N channels in groups of (2m+1) successive channels, m being higher than or equal to 1 and such that (2m+1) is lower than or equal to N, and selecting groups of (2m+1) channels in which the (2m+1) successive channels contain identical data in each iteration; e) selecting one of the channels belonging to the groups selected in the preceding step, the data contained in this channel being considered to be synchronised and in phase with the clock h2 of the receiver and defining a variable P equal to the value i of the selected channel.
A device , comprising: a drive circuit configured to generate a drive signal , having a fundamental frequency; an electrothermal filter, ETF, , electrically coupled to the drive circuit , the ETF having a temperature-dependent time constant, wherein the ETF is configured to provide a signal (424-1) having the fundamental frequency and a phase relative to the drive signal that is a function of the time constant; a second ETF , electrically coupled to the drive circuit , the second ETF having a second temperature-dependent time constant which is different than the time constant, wherein the second ETF is configured to provide a second signal (424-2) having the fundamental frequency and a second phase relative to the drive signal that is a function of the second time constant; characterized by a phase detector , electrically coupled to the drive circuit , the ETF and the second ETF , configured to measure a phase-shift value that is a function of the phase and a second phase-shift value that is a function of the second phase, and configured to output a signal based on the phase-shift value and the second phase-shift value. a drive circuit configured to generate a drive signal , having a fundamental frequency; an electrothermal filter, ETF, , electrically coupled to the drive circuit , the ETF having a temperature-dependent time constant, wherein the ETF is configured to provide a signal (424-1) having the fundamental frequency and a phase relative to the drive signal that is a function of the time constant; a second ETF , electrically coupled to the drive circuit , the second ETF having a second temperature-dependent time constant which is different than the time constant, wherein the second ETF is configured to provide a second signal (424-2) having the fundamental frequency and a second phase relative to the drive signal that is a function of the second time constant; characterized by a phase detector , electrically coupled to the drive circuit , the ETF and the second ETF , configured to measure a phase-shift value that is a function of the phase and a second phase-shift value that is a function of the second phase, and configured to output a signal based on the phase-shift value and the second phase-shift value.
A honeycomb structure comprising latticed partition walls defining a plurality of polygonal cells which extends from one end face to the other end face and forms through channels for fluid, wherein the partition walls are porously formed by using aggregates and a bonding material different from the material of the aggregates and with a lower melting point than the melting point of the aggregates and a bonding aid with a lower melting point than that of the bonding material and with a larger average particle diameter than that of the bonding material , and the partition walls have a relation indicating that a surface porosity of a surface region from a partition wall surface of each of the partition walls to a depth of 15% of a partition wall thickness and an inner porosity of an inner region extending from a depth of 15% of the partition wall thickness to a depth of 50% of the partition wall thickness are different from each other, and both (i) and (ii) apply: (i) a difference obtained by subtracting the surface porosity, expressed in %, from the inner porosity, expressed in %, is in excess of +1.5%; (ii) a difference obtained by subtracting a surface average pore diameter of the surface region from an inner average pore diameter of the inner region is in excess of +0.5 micrometer, wherein: the surface porosity is in a range of 30% to 40%, the aggregates have an average particle diameter in a range of 10 to 60 micrometers. (i) a difference obtained by subtracting the surface porosity, expressed in %, from the inner porosity, expressed in %, is in excess of +1.5%; (ii) a difference obtained by subtracting a surface average pore diameter of the surface region from an inner average pore diameter of the inner region is in excess of +0.5 micrometer, wherein: the surface porosity is in a range of 30% to 40%, the aggregates have an average particle diameter in a range of 10 to 60 micrometers. the surface porosity is in a range of 30% to 40%, the aggregates have an average particle diameter in a range of 10 to 60 micrometers.
A probe configured to be detachably attached to a rotary junction unit of an imaging apparatus for diagnosis and insertable into an inside of a body lumen, comprising: a plurality of transmitting and receiving units that are configured to obtain tomographic images by transmitting and receiving signals inside the body lumen; and a drive shaft configured to receive a rotary-drive force from the rotary junction unit and to rotate the plurality of transmitting and receiving units, wherein the plurality of transmitting and receiving units are respectively disposed along the axial direction of the drive shaft inclined in the same direction by angles (α, β) with respect to a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the drive shaft so that the signals are transmitted in directions either to a distal side of the probe or a proximal side of the probe , wherein each of the plurality of transmitting and receiving units is selected from an ultrasound transmitting and receiving unit that transmits and receives an ultrasound and an optical transmitting and receiving unit that transmits and receives light, wherein one of the plurality of transmitting and receiving units is disposed on the distal side of the probe and the other of the plurality of transmitting and receiving units is disposed on the proximal side of the probe so that a distance between them is L. a plurality of transmitting and receiving units that are configured to obtain tomographic images by transmitting and receiving signals inside the body lumen; and a drive shaft configured to receive a rotary-drive force from the rotary junction unit and to rotate the plurality of transmitting and receiving units, wherein the plurality of transmitting and receiving units are respectively disposed along the axial direction of the drive shaft inclined in the same direction by angles (α, β) with respect to a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the drive shaft so that the signals are transmitted in directions either to a distal side of the probe or a proximal side of the probe , wherein each of the plurality of transmitting and receiving units is selected from an ultrasound transmitting and receiving unit that transmits and receives an ultrasound and an optical transmitting and receiving unit that transmits and receives light, wherein one of the plurality of transmitting and receiving units is disposed on the distal side of the probe and the other of the plurality of transmitting and receiving units is disposed on the proximal side of the probe so that a distance between them is L.
An RFID system comprising: an RFID reader configured to interrogate RFID antennas ; the system being characterised by : a series of cable links ; an antenna array comprising two or more RFID antennas serially connectable to the RFID reader via said series of cable links , each RFID antenna associated with a respective cable link , which is the last one of the series of cable links in the connection from the RFID reader to the respective RFID antenna , each cable link having a respective cable length; a respective length compensation unit associated with each RFID antenna and connected between the RFID antenna and the respective associated cable link , the length compensation unit configured to adjust a total cable length between the RFID reader and a respective RFID antenna to be an effective cable length, the total cable length comprising a sum of cable lengths for each cable link of the series of cable links connecting the RFID reader and the respective RFID antenna . a series of cable links ; an antenna array comprising two or more RFID antennas serially connectable to the RFID reader via said series of cable links , each RFID antenna associated with a respective cable link , which is the last one of the series of cable links in the connection from the RFID reader to the respective RFID antenna , each cable link having a respective cable length; a respective length compensation unit associated with each RFID antenna and connected between the RFID antenna and the respective associated cable link , the length compensation unit configured to adjust a total cable length between the RFID reader and a respective RFID antenna to be an effective cable length, the total cable length comprising a sum of cable lengths for each cable link of the series of cable links connecting the RFID reader and the respective RFID antenna .