Abstract: A worksite control system includes a communication system configured to receive weather data corresponding to a worksite, a weather model generation logic configured to generate a weather model based on the weather data, a worksite action identification logic configured to identify a worksite action based on the weather model, and a control signal generator configured to generate a machine control signal that controls a machine associated with the worksite based on the identified worksite action.

Abstract: A measuring device for snow flux and accumulated snow density at different heights, which comprises a shell, a plurality of collection devices and a support frame, the first side of the shell is provided with a plurality of collection ports along the height direction of the shell; each collection device comprises a collection pipe, a storage pipe and a fixed bolt, the first end of the collection pipe is horizontally arranged, the first end of one collection pipe is arranged in one collection port, both the second end of the collection pipe and the storage pipe are obliquely arranged downwards, the second end of the collection pipe and the first end of the storage pipe are detachably connected and communicate with each other; and the shell is detachably connected with the support frame.

Abstract: A coil apparatus and methods for magnetic resonance imaging involving a wire winding, the wire winding having at least one of: a hollow cross-section wire and a solid cross-section wire, the solid cross-section wire having at least one of: a solid small cross-section wire and a solid large cross-section wire, the solid large cross-section wire having a thickness greater than that of the solid small cross-section wire, and the solid small cross-section wire disposed in one of adjacent and proximate at least one of the hollow cross-section wire and the solid large cross-section wire, whereby at least one of current density, winding density, and heat extraction are increasable.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for validating a measurement machine. A group of validation measurements associated with a reference part is obtained. The group of validation measurements includes at least a first measurement associated with a first tolerance and a second measurement associated with a second tolerance, the second tolerance being smaller than the first tolerance. A dimension of the reference part associated with the first measurement is measured to obtain a measurement value. The measurement value is compared to a nominal value associated with the first measurement to obtain a measurement error. The measurement error is compared to the second tolerance associated with the second measurement. When the measurement error is less than the second tolerance, a validation signal is issued to the measurement machine.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for operating gas meters are described herein. The systems may include a gas measuring system connectable to a gas line, where the gas measuring system may include a flow rate sensor, a pressure sensor, and a controller in communication with the flow rate sensor and the pressure sensor. The flow rate sensor and the pressure sensor may be configured to sense measures of a gas passing through the gas line. The controller may repeatedly obtain pressure measurements at set pressure measurement times. Measures from the flow sensor may be monitored and when a measure from the flow sensor measure meets a flow rate criteria, the controller may trigger an extra pressure measurement without waiting for a next pressure measurement time. The controller may initiate closing of a gas valve when a measure from the pressure sensor exceeds a threshold value.

Abstract: A fault detection method for a three-phase power distribution system, which includes three phase lines and a neutral line. The three phase lines intersect with the neutral line at a neutral point, the three phase lines include a first phase line, a second phase line, and a third phase line, and at least one of the three phase lines is connected to the neutral line. The method includes: obtaining a voltage between every two phase lines; obtaining a voltage between each phase line and the neutral point based on the voltage between every two phase lines; obtaining a voltage between the neutral line and the neutral point based on a voltage between each phase line and the neutral line and the voltage between each phase line and the neutral point; and detecting the voltage between the neutral line and the neutral point, whether a fault occurs in the neutral line.

Abstract: A sheet electric resistance measuring instrument includes first and second housings that are paired with each other and that sandwich a sheet from both sides of the sheet, a pair of electrodes that are provided on the first housing and that measure an electric resistance of the sheet sandwiched between the pair of electrodes and the second housing, and a contact member that is disposed between the pair of electrodes on the first housing and that is brought into contact with the sheet.

Abstract: A thermal runaway detecting device for a battery system including a plurality of cells, including: a first measuring module for measuring temperature values of the plurality of cells via at least one temperature sensor; a second measuring module for measuring an output voltage value of the battery system; and a controller for determining validity of a temperature-based detection of thermal runaway by monitoring data received from the first measuring module, and detecting a thermal runaway of the battery system by selectively monitoring the temperature values or the output voltage value according to a result of the determining of validity of the temperature-based detection of thermal runaway.

Abstract: A method may include receiving, by a calibration circuit, an output of a subsystem comprising the sensor and the analog front end. The method may further include separating the output individually into the sensor offset and the amplifier offset by using inherent properties of separate frequency ranges for the sensor offset and the amplifier offset. The method may also include calibrating, by the calibration circuit, the sensor offset by determining a first calibration value for the sensor offset such that the output approximates zero during an idle-channel condition. The method may additionally include calibrating, by the calibration circuit, the amplifier offset by determining a second calibration value for the amplifier offset such that the output approximates zero during the idle-channel condition.

Abstract: A real time fish movement and location guide system and method provides an output to an angler of a real time adjusted active fish depth range based upon a set of environmental conditions. Input data relating to the environmental conditions is received from the angler through a user interface and from Internet sources. In some embodiments, the input data is also used to provide outputs indicating weather fronts that will affect movement and location, and to provide lure recommendations and notifications that a change in lure is appropriate in view of changing conditions.

Abstract: A detection coil includes a first group of coils, a second group of coils, and a third group of coils that are continuously wound and coaxial, and the second group of coils is located between the first group of coils and the third group of coils. A coil that generates the first magnetic field is coaxial with the first group of coils, the second group of coils, and the third group of coils. A sum of the induced electromotive forces of the first group of coils, the second group of coils, and the third group of coils is zero. When a metal foreign matter exists, a sum of the induced electromotive forces of the first group of coils, the second group of coils, and the third group of coils is not zero.

Abstract: A method for calibrating measurements of human physiological state applied on an electronic device couples the device to at least one uncalibrated measurement device, worn or placed. Readings of a physiological state are collected by the uncalibrated measurement device and the readings are input into a model for calibration. A sub-module corresponding to the type of reading, for blood pressure or heart rate for example, is called up from the calibration model and a regression algorithm is applied to the calibration model to generate a calibrated reading, each sub-module in the model corresponding to one type of reading. The method also outputs calibrated physiological measurements by the called-up sub-module. A related electronic device and a non-transitory storage medium are also disclosed.

Abstract: Some methods of scale and corrosion monitoring of a well include receiving information from a plurality of transducers disposed in a ring on a circumference of a tubing of the well, the received information including frequency domain information representing a first longitudinal ultrasonic wave and a first torsional ultrasonic wave to arrive at the plurality of transducers; determining arrival times for the first longitudinal ultrasonic wave and the first torsional ultrasonic wave to arrive at the plurality of transducers based on the received information; comparing the determined arrival times with a range of predetermined arrival times from a model that accounts for wave refraction using a ray tracing scheme to determine a wall thickness of the tubing, a scale thickness of scale within the tubing, and a scale shear wave velocity of the scale; and identifying a material of the scale based on the determined scale shear wave velocity.

Abstract: A method includes configuring a wireless power transfer system to operate in a sleep mode to reduce a quiescent current of the wireless power transfer system, configuring the wireless power transfer system to operate in a magnetic detection mode, wherein in the magnetic detection mode, an excitation is applied to a resonant tank of the wireless power transfer system, detecting a signal having a resonant attenuation envelope, wherein the signal is generated by the resonant tank, and configuring the wireless power transfer system to operate in an active mode after finding an object is magnetically coupled to the wireless power transfer system.

Abstract: A method for reducing a tendency of a thermal radiation shield for a superconducting magnet of a magnetic resonance imaging system to vibrate. A mass per unit area of the material of the thermal radiation shield is locally modified in a random or pseudo-random pattern.

Abstract: The invention discloses a digital sample plot for soil fauna in dry land and the construction method thereof, comprising the dry land with sample plots in the center, automatic monitoring equipment and power supply equipment; such equipment is set around, underground, on the surface of or above the sample plot; the invention realizes a full-coverage, all-weather and three-dimensional sample plot.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes: a data acquisition part that acquires correction data indicating a content regarding a correction process which corrects an error of an angle at which a rotation angle sensor that measures a rotation angle of a rotor included in an electric motor is attached; a determination part that determines, based on the correction data, whether or not the correction process has been performed; and a control method determination part that determines, in a case where it is determined that the correction process has not been performed, that an inverter which supplies an AC current to the electric motor is controlled under a pulse-width modulation control.

Abstract: A shield for a cryogenic chamber and a cryogenic chamber comprising a shield are described. In an example embodiment, a cryogenic chamber comprises an interior housing comprising housing walls that define an action chamber. The action chamber is configured to be cryogenically cooled to an action temperature. The cryogenic chamber further comprises an interior shield at least partially sandwiched within the housing walls. The interior shield is made of a first material that acts as a superconductor at the action temperature.

Abstract: A manifold for a gradient coil cooling manifold assembly of a MRI system includes a first main fluid passage defined by a first wall. The manifold also includes a first set of secondary fluid passages coupled to the first main fluid passage and defined by respective walls, wherein the first wall of the first main fluid passage and the respective walls of the first set of secondary fluid passages form barb connectors configured to couple to respective hoses. The manifold is formed as a single integral piece.

Abstract: A detection method for discovering an unexploded ordnance includes: surrounding a detection region with a transmitting coil and surrounding a detection site with a second receiving coil; conducting the transmitting coil with a second electric current; respectively acquiring a plurality of second feedback signals at a plurality of second feedback time points; partitioning the transmitting coil into a plurality of dipoles, and acquiring a plurality of distance values r respectively between the plurality of dipoles and the detection site; respectively calculating feedback depths according to feedback time periods; respectively calculating apparent resistivity values corresponding to the feedback depths; obtaining an apparent resistivity distribution in depth at the detection site according to the apparent resistivity values and the feedback depths; and judging whether there is any unexploded ordnance at the detection site according to the apparent resistivity distribution in depth.