Abstract: An aerosol generating device for generating an aerosol from aerosol-generating material. The device has a magnetic field generator with an inductor coil configured to generate a varying magnetic field. The device also has a heating element that is heatable by penetration with the varying magnetic field. The heating element defines a heating zone configured to receive at least a portion of an article including aerosol-generating material. The heating element is fixed relative to the inductor coil. The inductor coil encircles a first portion of the heating zone such that the first portion is heated at least predominantly by inductive heating. A second portion of the heating zone is free from being encircled by any inductor coil so that the second portion of the heating zone is heated predominantly by conductive heating.

Abstract: An aircraft has a landing gear that can be extended and retracted and a landing gear control system that is configured so that it can cause extension/retraction of the landing gear of the aircraft in response to pilot operation of a landing gear lever. The control system is also configured such that in the scenario of pilot incapacitation, it can cause extension/retraction of the landing gear of the aircraft in response to an automated command for landing gear extension/retraction. A kit of parts including a relaying unit can be used for converting an existing aircraft to one that has this functionality. There is also a method of automatically extending/retracting landing gear, for example in the event of pilot incapacitation when performing single-pilot operation of the aircraft.

Abstract: An article for use with a non-combustible aerosol provision system, wherein the article includes an aerosol-generating material prepared from one or more botanical materials, wherein at least one of the botanical materials has a fill value of greater than about 6 mL/g.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a server and from a sharing entity, data encrypted using a first encryption key associated with the sharing entity. The server receives from the sharing entity a copy of the first encryption key encrypted using a second encryption key different from the first encrypted key and associated with the relying entity. The server receives from the sharing entity a license that includes data defining at least one rule associated with the relying entity accessing the data stored on the server. The server sends to the relying entity the copy of the first encryption key such that the relying entity can decrypt the copy of the first encryption key to access the data using the first encryption key, in accordance with the at least one rule. The server removes from memory the data in accordance with the at least one rule of the license.

Abstract: A method of producing vehicles comprises: in a vehicle production process, manufacturing vehicle components of different types, and assembling the vehicle components to form vehicles; creating a set of vehicle records, each being a record of one of the vehicles entering active service; performing vehicle repairs on a subset of the vehicles after they have entered active service; creating a respective record of each of the vehicle repairs, each of which comprises or indicates a vehicle age or usage value, and records a vehicle component fault identified in the vehicle repair; receiving at a data processing stage the vehicle records and vehicle repair records, wherein a predictive algorithm executed at the data processing stage processes the received records so as to, for each type of vehicle component: 1) identify a respective set of the vehicle repair records relating to that type of vehicle component, and 2) use the respective set of vehicle repair records to predict a respective number of or resource value

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of predicting vehicle faults, the method comprising, at a data processing stage: receiving: i) sets of telematics data each associated with a vehicle identifier, and ii) a vehicle fault dataset, which records historic vehicle fault events, wherein the vehicle fault events are associated in the datasets with cooperating vehicle identifiers; for each of the vehicle identifiers, determining i) a feature object by processing the associated set of telematics data to determine at least one driving style parameter therefrom, the feature object comprising the at least one driving style parameter, and ii) a training label for the feature object based on one or more of the vehicle fault events associated with that vehicle identifier; and using the feature objects and their training labels to train a predictive component, executed at the data processing stage, to learn causal associations between the driving style parameters and the vehicle fault events, such that a feature object comprisin

Abstract: A method of producing vehicles comprises: in a vehicle production process, manufacturing vehicle components of different types, and assembling the vehicle components to form vehicles; creating a set of vehicle records, each being a record of one of the vehicles entering active service; performing vehicle repairs on a subset of the vehicles after they have entered active service; creating a respective record of each of the vehicle repairs, each of which comprises or indicates a vehicle age or usage value, and records a vehicle component fault identified in the vehicle repair; to receiving at a data processing stage the vehicle records and vehicle repair records, wherein a predictive algorithm executed at the data processing stage processes the received records so as to, for each type of vehicle component: 1) identify a respective set of the vehicle repair records relating to that type of vehicle component, and 2) use the respective set of vehicle repair records to predict a respective number of or resource val

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of predicting vehicle failures comprises: receiving, at a processing stage: i) a vehicle diagnostics dataset, which records historic diagnostic warning events and an associated timing for each diagnostic warning event, and ii) a vehicle fault dataset, which records historic vehicle fault events and an associated timing for each vehicle fault event, wherein the diagnostic warning events and vehicle fault events are associated in their respective datasets with cooperating vehicle identifiers; wherein a predictive algorithm executed at the data processing stage determines whether or not each diagnostic warning event of a target type is time-associated with a diagnostic warning event in that its associated timing is within a predetermined time window relative to that of any vehicle fault event associated with a matching vehicle identifier, and computes, based thereon, a significance value for the target type of diagnostic warning event, the significance value denoting the likelihood

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a server and from a sharing entity, data encrypted using a first encryption key associated with the sharing entity. The server receives from the sharing entity a copy of the first encryption key encrypted using a second encryption key different from the first encrypted key and associated with the relying entity. The server receives from the sharing entity a license that includes data defining at least one rule associated with the relying entity accessing the data stored on the server. The server sends to the relying entity the copy of the first encryption key such that the relying entity can decrypt the copy of the first encryption key to access the data using the first encryption key, in accordance with the at least one rule. The server removes from memory the data in accordance with the at least one rule of the license.

Abstract: A radiotherapy apparatus and method, comprising a source of radiation for delivering pulses of radiation at a base frequency; and a control unit configured to generate a time-averaged power level of x by generating an nth pulse when n is equal to the rounded value of an integer multiple of 1/x, where x is a value between 0 and 1 representing a proportion of a maximum power output of the radiotherapy apparatus. The pulses may form a repeating pulse train pattern, and the control unit may comprise a processing unit configured to provide a pulse train pattern having a number of available slots, the slots being marked as a permitted pulse or a suppressed pulse.

Abstract: In the inter-element influence determination apparatus, a receiver receives request information from a user terminal. A system information storage device stores system information containing attribute information indicating attributes of each element in a system. A relationship information storage device stores relationship information indicating relationships in which direct interaction is provided between elements. On the basis of the attribute information and the relationship information, an influence determiner virtually connects each element included in the system, thereby creating a system network model which models the system, and on the basis of the system network model, determines whether a second element is influenced when a change is made to a first element. A transmitter transmits to the user terminal determination result information indicating the result of the determination by the influence determiner.

Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a data transmission and reception section that wirelessly transmits a plurality of test packets; a signal sensing section that senses a power of a spatial radio wave signal on a frequency channel that is the same as the plurality of test packets and outputs sample data of the sensed spatial radio wave signal; a calculation processing section that converts the sample data into time series sample data; a collision detection section that calculates a packet collision rate based on the number of packet collisions and the number of the plurality of test packets if there is a packet collision due to interference of the plurality of test packets with another communication; and a control section that adjusts a parameter that the data transmission and reception section uses based on a calculation result of the collision detection section.

Abstract: An exemplary center housing rotating assembly includes a turbine wheel (260); a compressor wheel (240); a center housing (210) that includes a through bore (215), extending from a compressor end to a turbine end along a bore axis, and a recess (217), adjacent the bore, in a plane orthogonal to the bore axis; a bearing assembly (230) positioned in the bore that includes a keyway (233); and an anti-rotation component (280) seated in the recess and at least partially in the keyway to restrict rotation of the bearing assembly in the bore. Various other exemplary devices, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.

Abstract: A shunt rivet for implantation in the aorta and inferior vena cava to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and a method of treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Abstract: In wireless communication using links with neighbor wireless devices, a wireless device calculates ratios of throughput to maximum throughput for the links and calculates the costs of the links using the calculated ratios. Then the wireless device finds, for each destination, a route in which the sum of such calculated link costs is the minimum, and sends a packet to the destination using the route. As a consequence, routing can be done according to an isotonic, easy-to-implement routing protocol.

Abstract: A slit lamp includes a rest for receiving a patient's face such as the patient's forehead. The slit lamp further includes an optical portion for observing the patient's eye. A fixation light is positioned near the optical portion to direct the patient's view toward the optical portion. A sensor secures to the rest and detects proximity of the user's face to the rest. The output of the sensor controls the fixation light such that the fixation light is turned on upon detecting the positioning of the user's face at the rest. In one embodiment, a shield secures to the optical portion and first and second fixation lights secure to the shield at either side of the optical portion. First and second flanges secure to the shield proximate the fixation lights and such that each fixation light is only viewable when directly in front of the patient's eye.