Abstract: A reinforcement for strengthening soil areas, ground surfaces, and in particular subsoils, and earthwork structures includes at least one reinforcement element, preferably a plurality of reinforcement elements which, in particular, intersect at an angle, wherein the at least one reinforcement element includes at least one actuator by way of which a property of the reinforcement element can be changed, and in particular at least temporarily changed. A structure on a subsoil, and in particular an earthwork structure includes the aforementioned reinforcement, and a method is provided for operating the aforementioned reinforcement.

Abstract: An interconnection structure is provided to include a substrate, a first metal trench, a boron nitride dielectric, a second metal trench, and a metal via. The substrate is formed with a first metal trench. The boron nitride dielectric is disposed over the substrate. The second metal trench is formed in the boron nitride dielectric. The metal via is disposed to interconnect the first metal trench and the second metal trench.

Abstract: A horizontal synchronized balancing system includes a rail, a spring box disposed in the rail, at least two friction balance point brass rollers and at least two lift cords. A head end of the lift cord is wound on the cord reel of the spring box, while a tail end of the lift cord is conducted out of two sides of the spring box through a lower side of the brass roller of the friction balance point brass roller and then wound on an upper side of the friction balance point brass roller and then conducted downward through a hole in the middle of the tap drum support. By means of the tension support of the cord reel in the spring box and the weight support of the bottom rail and the slats and the synchronization provided by the friction balance point brass rollers, the bottom rail and the slats are always kept in balancing position and balancing weight. Therefore, when the bottom rail is manually moved to any height.

Abstract: A support member for a battery pack is provided. The battery pack includes a case and a cell component arranged in the case, and the cell component includes a top cover and a pole arranged on the top cover. The support member is configured to be arranged between the top cover and the case, to define an avoidance part between the pole and the case. The support member includes an upper support rib and a lower support rib connected with each other, the upper support rib is configured to abut against the top cover, and the lower support rib is configured to abut against the case.

Abstract: A coolant control valve is provided that includes an actuator, a rotary valve body, a valve housing, a seal housing, and a movable seal. The rotary valve body is rotatably actuated by the actuator and includes at least one fluid opening. The movable seal is arranged within an annular groove of the seal housing and is: i) sealingly engaged with the annular groove, and ii) forcibly sealingly engaged with the rotary valve body via a force generator. The force generator is arranged radially adjacently to the movable seal within the annular groove.

Abstract: Disclosed are a data transmission method and apparatus, a search space optimization method and apparatus and a storage medium. The data transmission method includes that a UE sends a random access preamble to a base station and receives a random access response sent by the base station, the UE sends a first request message to the base station, and the UE in a first state receives an uplink grant sent by the base station and sends uplink data to the base station by using the uplink grant, where the first state includes an idle state or an inactive state. The UE can transmit uplink data without entering a connected state so that power consumption of the UE is reduced.

Abstract: A light emitting device (1) comprising a light guide (2) and a first solid-state light source filament (3), the first solid-state light source filament (3) comprising a carrier (4) comprising a first side (41) and an opposite second side (42), a first plurality of solid-state light sources (5) being arranged on the first side (41) of the carrier (4), and a second plurality of solid-state light sources (6) being arranged on the second side (42) of the carrier (4).

Abstract: A portable vacuum device includes a vacuum housing including a motor housing, an inlet, a dust collection chamber, and a first airflow passage extending from the inlet to the dust collection chamber, a motor positioned within the motor chamber and configured to drive an impeller to generate an airflow, a hose defining a second airflow passage between a first end of the hose and a second end of the hose, the first end coupled to the inlet of the vacuum housing, and a handle coupled to the vacuum housing and rotatable relative to the vacuum housing about a rotational axis between a first position and a second position, wherein the handle defines a cradle configured to receive the hose. The hose rotates with the handle between the first position and the second position.

Abstract: An optical component mounting package includes a mount on which an optical component is to be mounted, a wall including an opening, a light-transmitting member configured to cover the opening, and a joint material configured to join the light-transmitting member to the wall. The light-transmitting member includes a first surface facing the opening or disposed inside the opening, a second surface disposed opposite the first surface, and a side surface disposed between the first surface and the second surface. The joint material is a low-melting glass and is in contact with the wall, the side surface, and the second surface.

Abstract: A device for introducing an implant (1) into blood vessels or hollow organs of the human or animal body. The device includes an implant (1), an insertion wire (14) and a release tube (13), wherein the implant (1) is deformable so that it fits into a microcatheter (8) and expands once the external constraint of the microcatheter (8) disappears, adapting to the diameter of the blood vessel or hollow organ, wherein a holding element (2) is arranged on the insertion wire (14) and the holding element (2) has at its periphery at least one groove (3) set into the holding element (2), running along the circumference of the holding element (2) and forming tracks in the form of curved lines, wherein the implant (1) has holding wired (5) extending proximally, which are fitted into the grooves (3).

Abstract: A system and method functions to make an app as installed on a smart device usable to access a service, such as a media streaming service. A presence of a counterpart to the app as installed on an appliance within a home network which includes the smart device is detected. A user credential, such as a username and password combination, that is associated with the counterpart to the app is then identified. The user credential is caused to be automatically associated with the app as installed on the smart device.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (6) for dividing a briquette string (5) which has a plurality of contiguous briquette rows (5a) that are arranged one behind the other (in a longitudinal direction (L)) and each comprise, adjacent to one another, a plurality of briquettes (7) connected by material webs (8a, 8b), in particular for manufacturing briquettes (7) from direct reduced iron, said apparatus comprising: a movable beater device (9) which has a plurality of beaters (13) arranged adjacent to one another; and a feed device (10) via which the briquette string (5) can be fed to the beater device (9) in a transport direction (T), the beater device (9) striking the briquette string (5) fed by the feed device (10) with the beaters (13) in such a way that firstly a briquette row (5a) is knocked off the briquette string (5), and secondly the briquette row (5a) is divided into the individual briquettes (7).

Abstract: An integrated circuit, comprising an instruction pipeline that includes instruction fetch phase circuitry, instruction decode phase circuitry, and instruction execution circuitry. The instruction execution circuitry includes transformation circuitry for receiving an interleaved dual vector operand as an input and for outputting a first natural order vector including a first set of data values from the interleaved dual vector operand and a second natural order vector including a second set of data values from the interleaved dual vector operand.

Abstract: The invention relates to a panel, in particular a floor, wall, ceiling or building panel, comprising at least one core layer; at least one top layer, in particular at least one decorative top layer; and at least one buffer layer situated between at least one core layer and at least one top layer, wherein at least one buffer layer comprising at least one cellular structure, in particular at least one multicellular structure, and wherein at least one top layer has a modulus of elasticity of at least 1,800 MPa according to EN 310 and/or wherein at least one top layer is flexible around a mandrel having a diameter of 50 mm or larger when tested according to ASTM F137.

Abstract: A recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute: determining a first difficulty level of each of combinatorial optimization problems by using a result of a first solution search for the combinatorial optimization problems; determining a second difficulty level for each or some of the combinatorial optimization problems by using a problem scale, types of constraint conditions, or a number of the constraint conditions; selecting, from the combinatorial optimization problems, evaluation target problems in descending order of third difficulty level obtained based on the first and second difficulty levels; and performing, for the evaluation target problems, processing of calculating an evaluation value of a candidate value of a parameter of a solution search based on a result of a second solution search using the candidate value, a plurality of times while changing the candidate value, and determining a value of the parameter based on the evaluation value.

Abstract: A decorative laminate lay-up includes a decorative laminate sheet assembly and a textured delivery assembly. The decorative laminate sheet assembly comprises an overlay paper layer. The textured delivery assembly includes a core layer having a top side and a bottom side, with a decorative sheet, a textured protective film, and a textured substrate assembly. The decorative laminate lay-up is used in the manufacture of decorative laminates.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, systems, and devices for generating security challenges are described. An identity management system may obtain image descriptions. The image descriptions may include a first image description set that corresponds to a sequence of events and a second image description set that is unassociated with the sequence of events. The identity management system may obtain images based on the image descriptions. The images may include a first image set that corresponds to the sequence of events and a second image set that is unassociated with the sequence of events. The identity management system may generate a security challenge using the images. The security challenge may request for a user to identify the sequence of events from the images. Identification of the sequence of events may be based on each image of the first image set being contextually relevant to the sequence of events.

Abstract: A composite backing layer peel starter and methods of use are presented. A method of beginning removal of a backing layer from a composite material is presented. An impact force is applied to a corner of the backing layer with a polymeric material contact surface of a striker to adhere the polymeric material to the backing layer. The striker is pulled away from the backing layer to apply a lifting force to the backing layer.

Abstract: One example method includes generating a first test metric using an unknown dataset and second test metrics using shifted datasets that are shifted versions of a known dataset. A data distribution difference is determined between the unknown dataset and one of the shifted datasets that is closest to the unknown dataset. A determination is made if the data distribution difference is less than or equal to a first known threshold, and applying the data distribution difference to a correlation model to determine an estimated test metric difference. A test metric difference id determined between the first test metric and a second test metric associated with the one of the shifted datasets that is closest to the unknown dataset. A determination is made if a difference between the test metric difference and the estimated test metric difference is less than or equal to a second known threshold.

Abstract: A braking mechanism is configured to press a brake pad against a disk rotor that rotates together with a wheel. An ECU includes a control portion configured to control the braking mechanism. The control portion acquires a control condition including at least one of information regarding a running environment of a running road on which a vehicle runs or information regarding a state of the vehicle. The control portion controls a clearance amount between the disk rotor and the brake pad independently for each of wheels of the vehicle based on the acquired control condition.