Abstract: A nozzle cap includes a cap body defining a first body end and a second body end, the cap body defining a circumferential wall extending from the first body end towards the second body end; an antenna cover circumferentially overlapping a portion of the circumferential wall, the antenna cover defining an inner cover surface facing the circumferential wall, an antenna cavity defined between the inner cover surface and the portion of the circumferential wall; and an antenna printed circuit board (“PCB”) strip positioned within the antenna cavity, the antenna PCB strip secured in facing engagement with the inner cover surface.

Abstract: A nozzle cap spacer for a hydrant nozzle cap includes a spacer body defining an outer edge and an inner edge, the inner edge defining an opening formed through a center of the spacer body; and a leak path notch formed in the spacer body, the leak path notch extending radially inward from the outer edge of the spacer body.

Abstract: A nozzle cap includes a cap body defining a first body end and a second body end, the cap body defining a circumferential wall extending from the first body end towards the second body end; an antenna cover circumferentially overlapping a portion of the circumferential wall, the antenna cover defining an inner cover surface facing the circumferential wall, an antenna cavity defined between the inner cover surface and the portion of the circumferential wall; and an antenna printed circuit board (“PCB”) strip positioned within the antenna cavity, the antenna PCB strip secured in facing engagement with the inner cover surface.

Abstract: A rehabilitation system for robotized mobilization of a human glenohumeral joint of a patient. The rehabilitation system may include a limb gripping member and an actuating mechanism. The limb gripping member may be configured to receive an arm of a patient and secure the arm of the patient in a predetermined position. The actuating mechanism may be configured to urge a head of a humerus bone of the patient to glide along a first axis by applying a linear force to a proximal end of the humerus bone of the patient.

Abstract: Study of intracardiac electrograms (IEGMs) during atrial fibrillation (AF) provides clinically significant information that can be used in ablation therapy. Methods include determining a regional feature, e.g., dominant frequency (RDF), which encompasses the relationship between simultaneously recorded electrodes and identifies the feature components of a region, rather than the feature of a single electrode. Methods employing the regional feature may be used to identify and characterize variation and disorganization in wavefront propagation or wave breaks (WBs) at each recording site, and may be used to direct catheter ablation therapy.

Abstract: Example aspects of a nozzle cap spacer for a hydrant nozzle cap, a spaced nozzle cap assembly, and a method for adjusting a rotational indexing of a nozzle cap are disclosed. The nozzle cap spacer for a hydrant nozzle cap can comprise a spacer body defining an outer body edge; and a resilient first spacer spring arm extending from the outer body edge, wherein the first spacer spring arm is biased away from the spacer body in an extended orientation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are three context-aware architectures to accelerate the three state-of-the-art deterministic methods of SC. The proposed designs employ a control unit to extract the minimum bit-width required to precisely represent each input data. The lengths of bit-streams are reduced to the minimum lengths required to precisely represent each input data. The noise-tolerance property of the designs is preserved as each bit-flip can only introduce a least significant bit error. The proposed designs achieve a considerable improvement in the processing time at a reasonable hardware cost overhead. The proposed designs make the deterministic bit-stream processing more appealing for applications that expect highly accurate computation and also for error-tolerant applications.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a low-cost, high-performance, and energy-efficient near-sensor convolution engine based on pulsed unary processing. The disclosed engine removes the necessity of using costly analog-to-digital converters. Synthesis results show that the proposed pulse-based design significantly improves the hardware cost and energy consumption compared to the conventional fixed-point binary and also to the stochastic computing-based designs.

Abstract: Example aspects of a nozzle cap spacer for a hydrant nozzle cap, a spaced nozzle cap assembly, and a method for adjusting a rotational indexing of a nozzle cap are disclosed. The nozzle cap spacer for a hydrant nozzle cap can comprise a spacer body defining an outer body edge; and a resilient first spacer spring arm extending from the outer body edge, wherein the first spacer spring arm is biased away from the spacer body in an extended orientation.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a process for transition-metal-assisted 18F-deoxyfluorination of phenols. The transformation benefits from readily available phenols as starting materials, tolerance of moisture and ambient atmosphere, large substrate scope, and translatability to generate doses appropriate for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging.

Abstract: A method for generating a propagation and velocity maps for cardiac wavefront propagation including cardiac arryhthmia, sinus rhythm, and paced rhythm. Activation time information is generated in the absence of any time alignment reference, wherein an estimated activation time is a weighted summation of potentially nonlinear and nonorthogonal candidate functions (CFs) selected from a bank of CFs. Time alignments between sequential recordings may be done by including binary level functions among selected CFs. Embodiments are applicable to single catheter mapping and sequential mapping, and are robust as confirmed by the ability to generate propagation maps and conduction velocity in the presence of multiple colliding wavefronts. The propagation and conduction velocity maps may be used for one or more of diagnosing cardiac arryhthmia, localizing cardiac arryhthmia, guiding catheter ablation therapy of cardiac arryhthmia, and guiding cardiac pacing therapy.

Abstract: A high loft, nonwoven web is disclosed having a three dimensional structure with fibers oriented in the x, y and z directions. The web has a fiber size distribution of from 0 ?m to about 15 ?m with at least about 25% of the fibers being above 4 ?m. The web has a thickness of less than about 250 millimeters and a basis weight ranging from about 20 g/m2 to about 3,000 g/m2. The web also has a vertical cross-section, when taken parallel to a machine direction, exhibiting a plurality of snugly stacked, approximately V, U or C-shaped structures, with each V, U or C-shaped structure having an apex facing in the machine direction. The web further has a recovery value ranging from about 20% to about 99% after being compressed under a pressure of 0.25 psi for a time period of 30 minutes.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a process for transition-metal-assisted 18F-deoxyfluorination of phenols. The transformation benefits from readily available phenols as starting materials, tolerance of moisture and ambient atmosphere, large substrate scope, and translatability to generate doses appropriate for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging.

Abstract: Articles and methods relating to filter media are generally provided. In some embodiments, a filter media has an irregular surface structure. For instance, the filter media may comprise a plurality of peaks that are irregular in one or more ways. A ratio of a peak height standard deviation to an average peak height may be greater than or equal to 0.05, and/or a ratio of a peak spacing standard deviation to an average peak spacing may be greater than or equal to 0.08. In some embodiments, a filter media comprises a non-woven fiber web having a layer thickness of greater than 0.3 mm and/or a stiffness of less than or equal to 100 mg.

Abstract: A method of treating cancer which comprises administering to a cancer patient a therapeutically effective amount of a gold or platinum based drug that has less toxicity and a different mechanism of action to kill the tumor cells than cisplatin.

Abstract: A process for forming a high loft, nonwoven web is disclosed. The process includes introducing a single molten polymer to a die having a plurality of nozzles. Emitting the molten polymer through the nozzles to form a plurality of filaments. Using air streams to facilitate movement and drawing of the filaments. Directing the filaments, which are transformed into fibers, towards a pair of heated moving surfaces. The pair of heated moving surfaces forming a convergent passage having an entry and an exit. Depositing the fibers into the entry of the convergent passage and routing the fibers between the pair of heated moving surfaces in a machine direction to form a high loft, non-woven web. The web having a fiber size distribution of from 0 ?m to about 15 ?m with at least about 25% of the fibers being above 4 ?m.

Abstract: A nozzle cap includes a cap body defining a first body end and a second body end, the cap body defining a circumferential wall extending from the first body end towards the second body end; an antenna cover circumferentially overlapping a portion of the circumferential wall, the antenna cover defining an inner cover surface facing the circumferential wall, an antenna cavity defined between the inner cover surface and the portion of the circumferential wall; and an antenna printed circuit board (“PCB”) strip positioned within the antenna cavity, the antenna PCB strip secured in facing engagement with the inner cover surface.

Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for providing correction to cascaded signal components. A correction signal may be applied to multiple signal components in a set of cascaded signal components.

Abstract: A hybrid non-woven web is disclosed which is a matrix of a stream of fibers of a first material joined to streams of first and second spun-blown fibers. Each of the first and second spun-blown fibers are formed from a thermoplastic composition that contains at least one polymer having a melt flow rate of from between about 5 grams/10 minutes to about 6,000 grams/10 minutes at 230° C. Each of the first and second spun-blown fibers also have an average diameter of between about 1 microns to 10 microns and a standard deviation of from between about 0.9 microns to about 5 microns. In addition, the hybrid non-woven web has a tensile strength of at least about 5 gf/gsm/cm width, measured in a machine direction. An apparatus and a method of forming the hybrid non-woven web are also disclosed.

Abstract: A protective device for protecting a proximal interphalangeal joint and a distal interphalangeal joint of a human finger comprises a flexible sheath for wearing around the human finger and at least four motion constraining elements integrated in or secured to the flexible sheath. The motion constraining element is adapted for constraining a lateral and/or rotational deviation motion of a first phalanx with respect to a second phalanx. The motion constraining element covers a lateral side of the flexible sheath at a location corresponding to the joint and is adapted for resisting elongation of the motion constraining element in a longitudinal direction of the flexible sheath. The motion constraining element is bendable in a direction to allow flexion of the joint. The motion constraining elements for the distal interphalangeal joint and for the proximal interphalangeal joint are distinct and separate elements having different points of engagement on the flexible sheath.