Abstract: A spearing end effector for a robotic spearing device capturing and sorting a selected item from a mass of items and having a robotic manipulator with the spearing end effector mounted at an end thereof. The robotic spearing device comprises: a spearing end effector body; a spike; a linear actuator having the spike mounted thereon; and a propeller. The spike is configurable between a retracted configuration where it is entirely located inside the spearing end effector body and an extended configuration where it extends outwardly from therefrom. The spike is engageable to the selected item when configured in the extended configuration. The linear actuator is movable to configure the spike between the retracted configuration and the extended configuration. The propeller is selectively activatable to propel the selected item in a propelling direction during an ejection of the selected item from the spearing end effector.

Abstract: Availability zone and region recovery are described. For an availability zone (AZ), a recovery availability zone (rAZ) may be identified based on available computing capacity of the recovery availability zone and geographic proximity of the availability zone relative to the recovery availability zone. In an instance in which the availability zone is impacted in which at least one of hardware and software of the availability zone is not fully operational, a virtual private cloud (VPC) is generated that establishes a peered connection between the availability zone and the recovery availability zone. A service is executed in the recovery availability zone, permitting any other services executing in the availability zone to invoke the service and become partially or fully operational.

Abstract: Substrates for microelectronic radiofrequency devices may include a substrate comprising a semiconductor material. Trenches may be located in an upper surface of the substrate, at least some of the trenches including a filler material located within the respective trench. A resistivity of the filler material may be 10 kOhms·cm or greater. A piezoelectric material may be located on or above the upper surface of the substrate. Methods of making substrates for microelectronic radiofrequency devices may involve forming trenches in an upper surface of a substrate including a semiconductor material. A filler material may be placed in at least some of the trenches, and a piezoelectric material may be placed on or above the upper surface of the substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods for the granular, interference aware selection of modulation and coding schemes (MCS) per-sub-band, per-stream, and in some examples, per-user. In some examples, channel condition metrics regarding wireless communication conditions, including interference conditions, from a communication node of a wireless access system may be received. Based at least on the received channel condition metrics indicative of interference, a multidimensional interference margin generator may determine a per-sub-band per-stream margin. A modulation and coding scheme may be selected based on the per-sub-band per-stream margin. In some examples, the selected modulation and coding scheme may be transmitted to various modulators/demodulators, encoders/decoders, and/or other communication nodes within the wireless access system. In some examples, a scheduler may select an allocation based at least on the per-sub-band per-stream margin.

Abstract: The invention relates a method for manufacturing a damper device including a first part and a second part, said method comprising the following steps: a) providing a damping material in a space in between the first part and the second part, such that the damping material is in a compressed state in the space; and b) heating the device to a predetermined temperature in order to adhere the damping material to the first part and the second part.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for augmenting diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging data, which contains, for each of a plurality of Q-space points, respective magnetic resonance datasets (MR-datasets) for a target voxel and for a plurality of auxiliary voxels in a predefined neighborhood of the target voxel. The method includes applying a trained artificial neural network to input data, which contains the respective MR-datasets of the target voxel and the plurality of auxiliary voxels for all of the plurality of Q-space points; computing an interpolated MR-dataset for the target voxel and for a target Q-space point, which is not contained in the plurality of Q-space points, by means of the artificial neural network depending on the input data.

Abstract: This invention relates to macrocyclic deaza-purinones derivatives, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and their use in treating viral infections.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for performing interference-resistant calibration and compensation of radio-frequency (RF) and analog front-end electronics of antenna-array based receivers during active operation. Examples of systems and methods are described herein that may provide interference-resistant calibration maintenance and ongoing compensation for changing gain and phase in receiver front-end electronic components, due to manufacturing tolerances and operational and environmental factors such as variations in temperature, humidity, supply voltage, component aging, connector oxidation, mechanical stresses and vibration, and/or maintenance operations such as sparing and swapping of cables, front-end electronics modules, and/or associated circuitry.

Abstract: The present invention concerns porous carbonaceous particles having pores including micropores and macropores, having a mean diameter, determined by laser diffraction, ranging from 15 to 100 ?m and porous carbonaceous monoliths comprising aggregates of said carbonaceous particles.

Abstract: A controller is disclosed for a voltage regulator module including a power unit and providing an output current, Iout, at an output voltage, Vout, from an input current/voltage and being configured for use in a multi-module voltage regulator having a neighbouring voltage regulator module having a respective output connected in parallel, the controller comprising: a reference voltage source for providing a reference voltage; a current balancing unit, configured to receive a respective output current from the or each neighbouring voltage regulator module and to determine an adjusted reference voltage, from the reference voltage and for balancing the output current with the at least one respective output current; and a control unit configured to use the adjusted reference voltage to control the voltage regulator module, to provide the output current at the output voltage from the input current at the input voltage, based on adaptive voltage positioning regulation.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for manufacturing a porous carbonaceous monolith structure comprising the steps of (i) introducing a precursor material comprising particles comprising a halogenated polymer having a melting point in a mold; (ii) forming a shaped body comprising aggregates of the particles of the precursor material, by concurrently applying to the precursor material a pressure P ranging from 10 to 300 bars when the halogenated polymer is a vinylidene chloride homopolymer and from 10 to 150 bars when the halogenated polymer differs from a vinylidene chloride homopolymer, and maintaining the precursor material at a temperature T1 ranging from T1,min=20° C. to T1,max=Tm?50° C. wherein Tm is the melting point of the halogenated polymer, and; (iii) optionally cooling then demolding the shaped body; (iv) introducing the shaped body in a furnace; (v) causing the pyrolysis of the halogenated polymer in the furnace until the porous carbonaceous monolith structure is obtained.

Abstract: Composition comprising a) a polymer comprising recurring units derived from vinylidene fluoride monomer and at least one monomer carrying at least one functional group selected from carboxyl groups, ester groups and hydroxyl groups, and b) a microporous adsorbent carbon material having a specific surface area (BET) of at least 700 m2/g, a pore volume in the range of from 0.1 to 0.7 m3/g, at least 60% of said pore volume being formed by micropores having a pore radius of 2 nm or less.

Abstract: A power management integrated circuit comprises a modular interleaved clock generator comprising a plurality of interconnected modular elements, each element constructed to generate and output a clock signal, and each one comprising: a phase port high input; a phase port low input; a clock input; and a bypass switch coupled between the phase port high input and the phase port low input, wherein in response to the bypass switch of at least one of the plurality of elements in a closed state, the phase port high inputs or the phase port low inputs of the remaining elements absent the at least one interleaving controller having the bypass switch in the closed state each receives a voltage that interleaves the clock signals output from the remaining active elements to have an interleaving arrangement that includes equal phase delays.

Abstract: A controller for a switched mode power converter (SMPC) module for use in a multiphase SCMP is disclosed, comprising: a signal generator, configured to generate a periodic signal and a clock, both having a frequency and a signal phase, and for controlling the switched mode power converter module; a first-clock and second-clock inputs configured to receive respective first-clock and second-clock signal having the frequency and respective first and second phases from neighbouring controllers; and wherein the signal generator comprises a phase adjustment circuit configured to adjust the phase of the periodic signal so as to be equidistant from the first and second phase, wherein the phase adjustment circuit determines an error signal in dependence on an offset between the phase and a mid-point between the first phase and the second phase, and a feedback circuit configured to adjust the phase in dependence on the error signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the assistance of the taking or the act of a therapeutic treatment for an individual Ii, to a system (1) and to a computer program product for implementing same.

Abstract: An abradable element (7) for a turbomachine comprises a body (8) formed from an abradable material and extending between a wear face (11) and a bottom (9). The body comprises blind cavities (12) opening up into the wear face and filled in with a material with a colour different from the colour of the material forming the body of the element (7) to form wear indicators of the wear face (11) of the element (7).

Abstract: A power management integrated circuit comprises a modular interleaved clock generator comprising a plurality of interconnected modular elements, each element constructed to generate and output a clock signal, and each one comprising: a phase port high input; a phase port low input; a clock input; and a bypass switch coupled between the phase port high input and the phase port low input, wherein in response to the bypass switch of at least one of the plurality of elements in a closed state, the phase port high inputs or the phase port low inputs of the remaining elements absent the at least one interleaving controller having the bypass switch in the closed state each receives a voltage that interleaves the clock signals output from the remaining active elements to have an interleaving arrangement that includes equal phase delays.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a formulation comprising an alkali metal salt selected from the group consisting of alkali metal bicarbonate salts, alkali metal carbonate salts, alkali metal sesquicarbonate salts and combinations thereof, wherein said process comprises: (a) dissolving a functionalizing agent in a solvent; (b) mixing the alkali metal salt with the solution comprising the functionalizing agent that a paste-like composition is formed; (c) extruding the paste-like composition to obtain filaments or granules; (d) at least partially removing the solvent from the filaments or granules. The invention furthermore relates to a powder, filaments and granules obtainable from said process and to the use of the powder, filaments or granules in various applications such as in plastic foaming or in food and feed leavening compositions.

Abstract: A controller is disclosed for a voltage regulator module including a power unit and providing an output current, Iout, at an output voltage, Vout, from an input current/voltage and being configured for use in a multi-module voltage regulator having a neighbouring voltage regulator module having a respective output connected in parallel, the controller comprising: a reference voltage source for providing a reference voltage; a current balancing unit, configured to receive a respective output current from the or each neighbouring voltage regulator module and to determine an adjusted reference voltage, from the reference voltage and for balancing the output current with the at least one respective output current; and a control unit configured to use the adjusted reference voltage to control the voltage regulator module, to provide the output current at the output voltage from the input current at the input voltage, based on adaptive voltage positioning regulation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing device arranged to support in a vertical direction a first part of an apparatus with respect to a second part of the apparatus, comprising a magnetic gravity compensator.