Philips

About: Philips is a company organization based out in Vantaa, Finland. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Signal & Layer (electronics). The organization has 68260 authors who have published 99663 publications receiving 1882329 citations. The organization is also known as: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. & Royal Philips Electronics.

Prevalence, Vascular Distribution, and Multiterritorial Extent of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in a Middle-Aged Cohort: The PESA (Progression of Early Subclinical Atherosclerosis) Study.

Abstract: Background—Data are limited on the presence, distribution, and extent of subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-aged populations. Methods and Results—The PESA (Progression of Early Subclinical Ather...

Software update manager

Abstract: A method and apparatus for checking/updating existing software on a user's computer (100) utilizes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI (16) enables the user, without knowing what software exists on the computer, to download a text file from a remote server (14) and check whether the software on the remote server (14) is contained on the user's computer (100). The user can also download and automatically install a new or updated program via the GUI (16).

Experimental study of the impact of an ink-jet printed droplet on a solid substrate

Abstract: This paper reports on an experimental study of the impact of water droplets on a solid substrate, with a droplet radius between 18 and 42 μm. We optically measured the interface shape during impact. The measured impact sequences show the impact phenomenology, droplet radius as a function of time, and oscillation behavior in the later stages of impact. The measured radius during impact is compared with existing models, and some of the deficiencies of common models are shown. The measured oscillation frequency in the later stage of impact compares well with an available analytical model. In addition, we measured the volume of the small bubble, which forms in the initial impact stage, as a function of impact velocity. The measured volume compares reasonably well with an approximate model based on air entrapment.

Minimum procedure system for the determination of analytes

Abstract: A method for determining the presence of an analyte in a fluid is described along with various components of an apparatus specifically designed to carry out the method. The method involves taking a reflectance reading from one surface of an inert porous matrix impregnated with a reagent that will interact with the analyte to produce a light-absorbing reaction product when the fluid being analyzed is applied to another surface and migrates through the matrix to the surface being read. Reflectance measurements are made at two separate wavelengths in order to eliminate interferences, and a timing circuit is triggered by an initial decrease in reflectance by the wetting of the surface whose reflectance is being measured by the fluid which passes through the inert matrix. The method and apparatus are particularly suitable for the measurement of glucose levels in blood without requiring separation of red blood cells from serum or plasma.