A basecoat including a pigment blend that includes a ground calcium carbonate component and a hyperplaty clay component, wherein the ground calcium carbonate component has a coarse particle size distribution, and wherein the hyperplaty clay component has an average aspect ratio of at least 40:1.

Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for imaging particles and/or cells using flow cytometry. In one aspect, a method includes transmitting a light beam at a fluidic channel carrying a fluid sample containing particles; optically encoding scattered or fluorescently-emitted light at a spatial optical filter, the spatial optical filter including a surface having a plurality of apertures arranged in a pattern along a transverse direction opposite to particle flow and a longitudinal direction parallel to particle flow, such that different portions of a particle flowing over the pattern of the apertures pass different apertures at different times and scatter the light beam or emit fluorescent light at locations associated with the apertures; and producing image data associated with the particle flowing through the fluidic channel based on the encoded optical signal, in which the produced image data includes information of a physical characteristic of the particle.

Aspects of the present disclosure disclose a system for delivering a medication. In one aspect, the disclosure is directed to a medical dispensing device that includes a label with a series of zones of varying widths, with each of the zones corresponding to a pre-determined volumetric dose of a drug that is correlated to a physical characteristic of a patient. In one specific example, the label is further affixed to the medical dispensing device such that a smallest dose of the drug to be administered corresponds to a first zone that is proximate an opening through which the drug is to be dispensed.

Aspects of the present disclosure disclose a system for delivering a medication. In one aspect, the disclosure is directed to a medical dispensing device that includes a label with a series of zones of varying widths, with each of the zones corresponding to a pre-determined volumetric dose of a drug that is correlated to a physical characteristic of a patient. In one specific example, the label is further affixed to the medical dispensing device such that a smallest dose of the drug to be administered corresponds to a first zone that is proximate an opening through which the drug is to be dispensed.

A method of evaluating a solid fraction of a target pharmaceutical sample by means of a solid fraction sensor is disclosed with the solid fraction sensor including a first conductor element, a second conductor element, an operation space and an energy source arranged to generate an electric field in the operation space by means of the first conductor element and the second conductor element. The method including positioning the target pharmaceutical sample in the operation space of the solid fraction sensor, determining a capacitance between the first and second conductor element with the target pharmaceutical sample located in the operation space, and converting the determined capacitance together with information about a composition of a reference pharmaceutical sample having the essentially same dielectric properties as the target pharmaceutical sample and about a thickness of the reference pharmaceutical sample into a solid fraction of the target pharmaceutical sample.

A method of evaluating a solid fraction of a target pharmaceutical sample by means of a solid fraction sensor is disclosed with the solid fraction sensor including a first conductor element, a second conductor element, an operation space and an energy source arranged to generate an electric field in the operation space by means of the first conductor element and the second conductor element. The method including positioning the target pharmaceutical sample in the operation space of the solid fraction sensor, determining a capacitance between the first and second conductor element with the target pharmaceutical sample located in the operation space, and converting the determined capacitance together with information about a composition of a reference pharmaceutical sample having the essentially same dielectric properties as the target pharmaceutical sample and about a thickness of the reference pharmaceutical sample into a solid fraction of the target pharmaceutical sample.

A coffee roasting apparatus (100) is disclosed comprising a compartment (110) for holding coffee beans (10); a roasting element (140) for roasting the coffee beans in said compartment; and a controller (130) for controlling the roasting element. The controller is adapted to control the roasting element as a function of a change in the volume of the coffee beans residing in the compartment. A coffee brewing apparatus including such a coffee roasting apparatus and a coffee roasting method are also disclosed.

Disclosed is a method for starting-up by means of a service unit a field device of automation technology mounted on a component, especially a container, at a measuring location, wherein the service unit has a display unit and a camera, comprising: identifying the field device by means of the service unit; based on the identifying of the field device, ascertaining parameters of the field device to be set; registering geometry data of at least a part of the component by means of the camera; analyzing the registered geometry and, by means of the analyzing of the registered geometry, deriving at least one parameter value for at least one of the parameters to be set; confirming the calculated parameter value; and transferring the confirmed parameter value into the field device and storing the parameter value in the field device.

A network connection is established with a server. A broadcasted advertising packet of a wireless communication protocol is received from a remote device. The remote device repeatedly broadcasts content of the advertising packet based at least in part a total number of remote devices specified to broadcast to the system. Payload content from the advertising packet is extracted. At least a portion of the extracted payload content is sent via the network connection to the server.

A calibration cup for use in calibrating a quantity of a dessert dispensed from a product dispensing machine includes a body portion having an interior cavity, the interior cavity including a first chamber adjacent to at least a second chamber being disposed along a longitudinal width of the body portion, the first and the at least one second chamber being configured for receiving a quantity of the dessert from the product dispensing machine; and at least one opening on the body portion, the at least one opening being configured for receiving a nozzle coupled to the product dispensing machine; where the body portion is configured for self-aligning the first chamber and the at least a second chamber to the product dispensing machine.