Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a method, system and apparatus to improve a user's understanding of speech in real-time conversations by processing the audio through a neural network contained in a hearing device. The hearing device may be a headphone or hearing aid. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to an apparatus to enhance incoming audio signal.

Abstract: A method is provided that can include activating at least two wireless communication channels in parallel, between a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver. Each of the at least two wireless communication channels can operate at a different radio carrier frequency, and the first wireless transceiver may be part of a first vehicle. The method can also include transmitting, by the first wireless transceiver, common information in parallel on the at least two wireless communication channels to the second wireless transceiver and deactivating the at least two wireless communication channels.

Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a method, system and apparatus to improve a user's understanding of speech in real-time conversations by processing the audio through a neural network contained in a hearing device. The hearing device may be a headphone or hearing aid. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to an apparatus to enhance incoming audio signal.

Abstract: An ear-worn device may include two or more microphones configured to generate time-domain audio signals, each of the two or more microphones configured to generate one of the time-domain audio signals; processing circuitry comprising analog processing circuitry, digital processing circuitry, beamforming circuitry, and short-time Fourier transformation (STFT) circuitry, the processing circuitry configured to generate, from the time-domain audio signals, one or more frequency-domain non-beamformed audio signals and one or more frequency-domain beamformed signals; and enhancement circuitry comprising neural network circuitry configured to receive multiple frequency-domain input audio signals originating from the one or more frequency-domain non-beamformed audio signals and the one or more frequency-domain beamformed signals, and implement a single neural network trained to generate, based on the multiple frequency-domain input audio signals, a noise-reduced and spatially-focused output audio signal or an output

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide smart alerts to users, e.g., alerts to users about diabetic states that are only provided when it makes sense to do so, e.g., when the system can predict or estimate that the user is not already cognitively aware of their current condition, e.g., particularly where the current condition is a diabetic state warranting attention. In this way, the alert or alarm is personalized and made particularly effective for that user. Such systems and methods still alert the user when action is necessary, e.g., a bolus or temporary basal rate change, or provide a response to a missed bolus or a need for correction, but do not alert when action is unnecessary, e.g., if the user is already estimated or predicted to be cognitively aware of the diabetic state warranting attention, or if corrective action was already taken.

Abstract: A chromatography system for at least one of tangential flow chromatography and lateral flow chromatography comprising: an inlet; a functionalised adsorbent chromatography medium downstream of the inlet; an outlet downstream of the adsorbent chromatography medium; and a flow guide downstream of the inlet and upstream of the adsorbent chromatography medium and configured to distribute a flow of a liquid from the inlet across a width of the adsorbent chromatography medium; wherein the flow guide comprises a pattern of channels providing flow paths from the inlet to different parts of the adsorbent chromatography medium along the width of the adsorbent chromatography medium, wherein the pattern of channels is provided so as to reduce a difference in arrival time and/or flow velocity of liquid reaching the adsorbent chromatography medium across the width of the adsorbent chromatography medium.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an integrated head package for a nuclear power generation system, the integrated head package comprising a closure head, and a control rod drive mechanism housed within a shroud. The control rod drive mechanism comprises at least one drive rod extending through the closure head and having a coupling element for releasably coupling to a control rod assembly within a reactor core. The at least one drive rod is movable to a maintenance/refuelling position in which the at least one drive rod is uncoupled from the control rod assembly and at least partially retracted into the integrated head package. The integrated head package further comprises at least one engagement feature for securing the at least one drive rod in the maintenance/refuelling position.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lifting and transport device for lifting upper internals from a reactor core of a nuclear power generation system in a deployment location and transporting them to a storage location. The lifting/transport device comprises a device body formed of radioactive shielding material, the device body defining a storage chamber having an open base. The device further comprises a movable sealing plate formed of radioactive shielding material, the sealing plate being movable between an open position in which the storage chamber is open and a closed position in which the storage chamber is sealed. There is also a lifting system mounted within the storage chamber having a lifting rig for releasable connection to the upper internals and configured to raise the upper internals to within the storage chamber when the device is in the deployment location and the plate is in the open position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a nuclear power generation system comprising a reactor vessel comprising a body defining a cavity housing a reactor core, and an integrated head package having a closure head for closing an opening to the cavity. The system also comprises a containment structure having a working floor surrounding and substantially vertically aligned with the opening to the cavity.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lifting device for lifting a closure head assembly from a reactor vessel body in a nuclear power generation system. The lifting device comprises at least one lifting element having an engagement surface configured to engage an underside surface of the closure head assembly. The at least one lifting element is axially adjustable in height between a retracted position in which its axial height is such that the closure head assembly seals against the body of the reactor vessel and an extended position in which its axial height is such that the closure head assembly is raised above the body of the reactor vessel.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a refuelling device for lifting a fuel rod assembly from a reactor core of a nuclear power generation system in a deployment location and transporting it to a storage location. The refuelling device comprises a device body having an open base and defining a chamber for housing a coolant. A sealing plate is movable between an open position in which the chamber is open and a closed position in which the chamber is sealed. The device further comprises a shielding element formed of radioactive shielding material and moveably mounted within the chamber. It has a storage cavity having an open lower end, the shielding element being movable between a retracted position in which it is fully contained within the chamber and an extended position in which it extends from the chamber through the open base of the device body.

Abstract: A device (100) includes a plurality of display panels (102), a plurality of display controllers (116), each display controller of the plurality of display controllers being configured to control a corresponding display panel of the plurality of display panels, each respective display controller of the plurality of display controllers being configured to generate a timing indication (134), and a processor (136) coupled to the plurality of display controllers to receive the timing indications from the plurality of display controllers. Each timing indication is indicative of the respective display controller residing in a state ready for refresh of the corresponding display panel. The processor is configured to delay a refresh of the plurality of display panels until the timing indication is received from each respective display controller of the plurality of display controllers to synchronize the plurality of display panels.

Abstract: Scales for use with cooking appliances such as pressure cookers, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed herein. In several implementations, a scale includes load cells configured to detect a weight of a cooking appliance placed on the scale and any food therein. The scale can further include temperature sensors positioned proximate to corresponding ones of the load cells and configured to detect the temperature proximate to each of the load cells. A processor within or external to the scale is communicatively coupled to the load cells and the temperature sensors, and is configured to determine the weight of the cooking appliance and food based at least in part on the detected weights and the detected temperatures.

Abstract: An evaporative cooling device may be provided. The device may comprise a plurality of rollers, a screen looped around the plurality of rollers, a motor coupled to at least one roller and configured to drive the at least one roller, a basin configured to hold a liquid within an interior of the basin, and wherein at least one roller is at least partially within the interior of the basin. The screen may travel into the basin and capture an amount of the liquid. As the liquid is drawn into an airstream feeding a heat rejection device, the liquid may evaporate, cooling the air. The cooled air may provide a more efficient heat rejection device.

Abstract: A device (100) includes a plurality of display panels (102), a plurality of display controllers (116), each display controller of the plurality of display controllers being configured to control a corresponding display panel of the plurality of display panels, each respective display controller of the plurality of display controllers being configured to generate a timing indication (134), and a processor (136) coupled to the plurality of display controllers to receive the timing indications from the plurality of display controllers. Each timing indication is indicative of the respective display controller residing in a state ready for refresh of the corresponding display panel. The processor is configured to delay a refresh of the plurality of display panels until the timing indication is received from each respective display controller of the plurality of display controllers to synchronize the plurality of display panels.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for managing remote devices, for example subscriber mobile devices in a mobile communication network. Apparatus, such as a device management server, transmits a device management initiation message to a managed device such as a mobile device operating within a mobile network. If the message is not received or unsuccessful in establishing a device management communication session, another device management initiation message may be sent. If the device management session may still not begin, the device management server sends a device management client reset message to the managed device. After expiration of a client reset timer, an additional device management initiation message is transmitted.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides devices and techniques for dynamically adjusting the bias voltage (V) levels (e.g., low level gate voltage (VGL) and high level gate voltage (VGH)) for display screens made with thin-film transistor (TFT) technology based on a display run time. Thus, as the positive bias temperature stress for the TFTs increases over the course of the display lifetime, features of the present disclosure adjust the bias voltage levels to maintain operation margin (e.g., the ratio between the high level gate voltage (VGH) value and the voltage value which the display can maintain with normal operation). By dynamically adjusting the bias voltage levels, the TFT displays of the present disclosure consume lower power than their conventional counterparts and improve the lifetime of the display itself.

Abstract: An evaporative cooling device may be provided. The device may comprise a plurality of rollers, a screen looped around the plurality of rollers, a motor coupled to at least one roller and configured to drive the at least one roller, a basin configured to hold a liquid within an interior of the basin, and wherein at least one roller is at least partially within the interior of the basin. The screen may travel into the basin and capture an amount of the liquid. As the liquid is drawn into an airstream feeding a heat rejection device, the liquid may evaporate, cooling the air. The cooled air may provide a more efficient heat rejection device.

Abstract: A device includes a plurality of display panels, a plurality of display controllers, each display controller of the plurality of display controllers being configured to control a corresponding display panel of the plurality of display panels, each respective display controller of the plurality of display controllers being configured to generate a timing indication, and a processor coupled to the plurality of display controllers to receive the timing indications from the plurality of display controllers. Each timing indication is indicative of the respective display controller residing in a state ready for refresh of the corresponding display panel. The processor is configured to delay a refresh of the plurality of display panels until the timing indication is received from each respective display controller of the plurality of display controllers to synchronize the plurality of display panels.

Abstract: A graphical display device includes a plurality of color-specific subpixels spatially distributed across a display region. Subpixel wear compensation is performed for some or all of the color-specific subpixels. For each color-specific subpixel, the compensation may include sampling one or more display signals directed to the color-specific subpixel to obtain a time-series of sampled values. The compensation may further include storing, in non-volatile storage, compensation data for the color-specific subpixel derived from the time-series of sampled values. The compensation may further include driving the color-specific subpixel based on the compensation data.