Abstract: A dosimetry device includes a first chamber formed on a substrate with a first decomposable barrier sensitive to radiation and a first chemical component. A second chamber is formed on the substrate in proximity of the first chamber and includes a second decomposable barrier sensitive to radiation and a second chemical component. Upon a radiation event, decomposition of the first and second barriers of the first and second chambers permits a mixing of the first and second chemical components to cause a visible change of the dosimetry device.

Abstract: An apparatus for picking a product, including: a control circuit; at least one vacuum cup arranged to adhere, with negative pressure and at a first location, at least one sheet of material to the at least one vacuum cup; and at least one sensor to monitor an area proximate the at least one vacuum cup and transmit at least one signal regarding a presence of at least one sheet of material in the area. The apparatus is arranged to displace to a second location. The control circuit is arranged to determine, responsive to the at least one signal, the at least one sheet of material is not present in the area and generate an error signal indicating that the at least one sheet of material is not present in the area.

Abstract: A failure detection device includes a formaldehyde sensor that detects the generation of formaldehyde, a vibration sensor that detects vibration of a spindle head, and a machine controller that detects the occurrence of an abnormality of a spindle bearing. The machine controller determines the occurrence of the abnormality of the spindle bearing and a cause of the abnormality based on a change in the output value of the formaldehyde sensor over time and a change in the output value of the vibration sensor over time.

Abstract: A wire harness to be installed in a vehicle includes an electric wire and a protective tube that protects the electric wire. The electric wire is provided at the lower part of a vehicle body of the vehicle and the protective tube covers the electric wire and includes ferromagnetic materials.

Abstract: A computer implemented method, a computer program product and a computer system are disclosed that verify the location specified by a mobile device, for example when trying to gain access to a location-restricted service hosted by a computer system. This may be achieved by identifying at least one reference mobile device in the vicinity of the identified location of the first mobile device of which an identified location is to be verified, requesting from the at least one reference mobile device a reference location report including further pairing information identifying mobile devices with which the reference mobile device is paired; receiving the reference location report from the at least one reference mobile device; and verifying the location identification in a first location report received from the first mobile device by identifying the first mobile device in the further pairing information in the received at least one reference location report.

Abstract: A method for forming a metallic structure having a non-linear aperture includes providing a main tool having a formation surface corresponding to a desired structure shape of the metallic structure. The method also includes attaching a removable tool having a shape corresponding to a desired aperture shape of the non-linear aperture to the main tool. The method also includes depositing a layer of material on the formation surface using a cold-spray technique. The method also includes removing the removable tool from the layer of material such that the layer of material defines the non-linear aperture.

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance comprises a rotatable basket with a spin tube, a rotatable clothes mover located within the rotatable basket, a motor having a drive shaft extending through the spin tube and operably coupled to the clothes mover, and a drive system selectively rotatably coupling the spin tube and the drive shaft and comprising a first threaded ring located about the spin tube, a second threaded ring threaded about the first threaded ring wherein at least one of the first threaded ring and the second threaded ring is axially movable relative to the other, and a gear assembly rotationally coupled to the drive shaft.

Abstract: Provided is a radiation phase-contrast imaging device capable of assuredly detecting a self-image and precisely imaging the internal structure of an object. According to the configuration of the present invention, the longitudinal direction of a detection surface of a flat panel detector is inclined with respect to the extending direction of an absorber in a phase grating. This causes variations in the position (phase) of a projected stripe pattern of a self-image at different positions on the detection surface. This is therefore expected to produce the same effects as those obtainable when a plurality of self-images are obtained by performing imaging a plurality of times in such a manner that the position of the projected self-images on the detection surface varies. This alone, however, results in a single self-image phase for a specific region of the object.

Abstract: A measuring apparatus relates to a contractile ability of a spontaneously pulsating myocardial tissue. The measuring apparatus includes a measurement table and a pressure sensor. The measurement table includes a storage section having an opening and configured to hold liquid inside the storage section, and an attaching portion on which the myocardial tissue is attached around the opening. The pressure sensor is disposed inside the storage section.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for readout of a qubit. A readout resonator is coupled to a transmission line and a compound Josephson junction coupler couples the qubit to the readout resonator. A coupling controller controls the coupling strength of the compound Josephson junction coupler such that a coupling between the qubit and the readout resonator is a first value when a state of the qubit is being read and a second value during operation of the qubit.

Abstract: A platform performs wireless power supply to an underwater mobile object having a relatively movable relationship using coil pairs disposed to be opposable. The platform includes: a recessed section configured to accommodate at least a part of the underwater mobile object with a gap; a coil configured to constitute the first opposable coil pair (5A) on a first wall portion of the recessed section facing each other; and a coil configured to constitute the second opposable coil pair on a second wall portion of the recessed section facing each other.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging element, an imaging device, and an electronic device that can improve transfer efficiency of a charge accumulation unit (MEM) and can increase the number of saturation electrons Qs. In a case where a charge voltage conversion unit (FD) is connected to a center of a charge accumulation unit (MEM) in each pixel and pixels are arrayed in an array, a column in which photoelectric conversion units (PD) are arrayed and a column including charge voltage conversion units (FD) and pixel transistors are arrayed in parallel. The present technology can be applied to a CMOS image sensor.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for indexing metadata which corresponds to data stored in a storage system, according to one embodiment, includes: identifying a subset of metadata stored in a first data store to archive in response to determining that an amount of metadata stored in the first data store has reached a threshold, identifying an index for storing information about the subset of the metadata, executing a sort operation on the subset of the metadata, generating index information corresponding to the subset of the metadata, writing the subset of the metadata to an archive medium, and recording the index information in the identified index. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments.

Abstract: An endless belt comprising a polyimide-based substrate layer. A plurality of boron nitride nanotubes are dispersed in the polyimide.

Abstract: The current disclosure provides a pickup and placing device including a control element, a substrate and a pickup structure. The substrate has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other and a plurality of conductive via structures, wherein the conductive via structures are electrically connected to the control element. The pickup structure includes a plurality of pickup heads used for picking up or placing a plurality of light emitting diodes respectively. The pickup structure is disposed on the lower surface of the substrate or disposed in the substrate and extended outside the substrate, and the substrate is disposed between the control element and the pickup structure, wherein the pickup heads are electrically connected to the conductive via structures.

Abstract: Disclosed is a new architecture for an IPG having a master and slave electrode driver integrated circuits. The electrode outputs on the integrated circuits are wired together. Each integrated circuit can be programmed to provide pulses with different frequencies. Active timing channels in each of the master and slave integrated circuits are programmed to provide the desired pulses, while shadow timing channels in the master and slave are programmed with the timing data from the active timing channels in the other integrated circuit so that each chip knows when the other is providing a pulse, so that each chip can disable its recovery circuitry so as not to defeat those pulses. In the event of pulse overlap at a given electrode, the currents provided by each chip will add at the affected electrode. Compliance voltage generation is dictated by an algorithm to find an optimal compliance voltage even during periods when pulses are overlapping.

Abstract: Determining whether a proposed message contextually fits a messaging session. A method obtains a proposed message to be sent in a messaging session between users of a messaging service. The method identifies a context of the proposed message. The method determines whether the proposed message contextually fits the messaging session based on characteristics of an expected response to the proposed message, the characteristics of the expected response being based on patterns of communication between the users. The method also performs processing based on whether the proposed message contextually fits the messaging session.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus, method, and system for logical block address to physical block address (L2P) compression. In response to a physical block address (PBA) of a first indirection unit (IU) among a plurality of IUs in a compression unit being updated, it is determined whether IU data of the plurality of IUs is compressible. In response to determining that the IU data is compressible, one or more contiguous IU groups in the compression unit that are compressible are identified based on corresponding PBAs and, then, a compression unit descriptor and PBAs for unique IUs of the plurality of IUs are written into the compression unit. In response to determining that the IU data is incompressible, a flag indicating that IU data is incompressible, PBAs for some of the IUs, and a pointer to PBAs of remaining IUs are written into the compression unit.

Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory for evaluating a focus status of a video camera. The system receives a video image from a video server in accordance with a predetermined schedule. A selected focus classification procedure is performed on the received video image. The focus state of the video image of the video camera is classified in accordance with the focus classification procedure and determining from the video image whether the video camera is in a state of focus. A warning count is cleared when the video image is determined to be in a state of focus and an alarm indication is set when the warning count exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus, method, and program for an endoscope image having a high degree of freedom of color assignment according to the shape feature of a structure. A structure region image is generated by extracting one or more structure regions from an image signal obtained by imaging an observation target in the living body. A shape feature amount of the structure region is calculated based on the structure region image, and a color corresponding to the feature amount is assigned to the structure region. A reduced original image is generated by performing processing for reducing at least one of the color or the contrast on an original image in which the observation target is drawn in color. A composite image is generated by superimposing the reduced original image and the structure region image subjected to the color assignment.