Abstract: A method for operating a display device for a motor vehicle, in particular for an autonomously or partially autonomously operable motor vehicle, which includes a plurality of display areas, wherein a display area is selected from the plurality of display areas on the basis of a configuration of the motor vehicle that is adjustable by a driver of the motor vehicle. A motor vehicle includes a control device for implementing such a method.

Abstract: A method of controlling a battery including a first control circuit and a plurality of modules arranged in series between a first terminal and a second terminal, each module of the plurality of modules including electric cells and switches coupling the electric cells and a second switch control circuit, the battery further including at least one first data transmission bus coupling the first control circuit to each second control circuit. The first control circuit includes a memory-having, for each electric cell, an identifier of said each electric cells and a priority level for connection of said each electric cell with other electric cells among priority levels stored therein.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for preparing a hydroalcoholic extract obtained from a biomass of the shoots of a plant from the family of Plumbaginaceae, a butanol extract of Armenia maritima, a method for the preparation thereof, the use thereof, and compositions containing same.

Abstract: Support (1) for tools (U) comprising at least one modular component (2) comprising a main body (3) configured to realize a rest and/or a stop for a tool (U). The main body (3) is further configured to realize a reversible connection between the modular component (2) and one or more further modular components (2).

Abstract: A cargo vehicle is disclosed having a composite floor assembly with at least one conduit extending along a length of the composite floor assembly. The at least one conduit may include a first internal cavity and a second internal cavity. The first internal cavity may be configured to route at least one vehicle component. The second internal cavity may be configured to receive at least one vehicle component or a plurality of mechanical fasteners. The mechanical fasteners may be used to couple a base rail to the composite floor assembly.

Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device includes an outer housing an outer housing including a recess to receive a peripheral module. In addition, the electronic device includes a mounting assembly to move the peripheral module into and out of the recess of the outer housing. The mounting assembly is moveably coupled to the outer housing. The mounting assembly includes a latch mechanism to removably attach the mounting assembly to the peripheral module. The mounting assembly includes a first electrical connector to removably connect to a second electrical connector of the peripheral module. The latch mechanism includes an arm and a lip to move into and out of engagement with a shoulder of the peripheral module. The lip is disposed along the arm.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 93250796 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 93250796, to the plants of soybean cultivar 93250796, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 93250796, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 93250796. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 93250796. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 93250796, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 93250796 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: In order to limit exposure of a fan (50) and of eventually other internal components to oxidizing species induced by the operation of an ozone generator (70), a gas treatment system (10) of the type operating alternately in treatment mode and in regeneration mode comprises two adsorption devices (60, 80) which are arranged respectively upstream and downstream of the ozone generator.

Abstract: A method comprising determining a recipe vector of a recipe to a printing device, wherein the recipe is representative of a spot color in an input image, the recipe vector being based on one or more recipe color properties of the recipe, and determining a pixel vector of a pixel of an output of a printing device based on one or more pixel color properties of the pixel, wherein the pixel vector is representative of a spot color in an output of a printing device. The method also comprises comparing the recipe vector and pixel vector to determine a difference between the recipe and pixel and adjusting one or more pixel color properties of the pixel when the difference is below a predetermined threshold, to reduce the difference so as to substantially reproduce the spot color of the input image in the output of the printing device. The adjusted pixel color properties are then provided to the printing device.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system obtains a sample of a content stream directed to a user device, identifies a type of the content stream, and selects a model for recognizing objects appearing in the content stream. The system analyzes the content stream in accordance with the model to recognize the object, generates a label for the object, and associates the label with the object in the content stream. The system also delivers the content stream for presentation at the user device; the label is delivered in-line with respect to the content stream and is generated in real time with respect to the presentation. The method further includes training the model in accordance with a machine learning procedure; the model is refined based on the analyzing of the content stream. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A processing system including at least one processor may maintain a graph database including graph state information for a set of elements of a graph, where the graph state information includes, for each element in the set of elements of the graph, respective element state information for the respective element. The processing system may further generate, from the graph database, an historical graph database including historical graph state information, where the historical graph state information includes, for each element in the set of elements of the graph, the respective element state information for the respective element and respective state version tracking information for the respective element.

Abstract: An experimental method for validating a thermal history of a semiconductor ingot obtained by simulation of a crystallization process, includes a) measuring the concentration of interstitial oxygen in a portion of the semiconductor ingot; b) calculating a theoretical value of the concentration of thermal donors formed during the crystallization process, from the measurement of the concentration of interstitial oxygen and from the thermal history in the portion of the semiconductor ingot; c) measuring an experimental value of the concentration of thermal donors in the portion of the semiconductor ingot; and d) comparing the theoretical and experimental values of the concentration of thermal donors.

Abstract: An example of a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing machine-readable instructions. The instructions may cause the processor to receive a configuration file that identifies data sources coupled to the processor. The instructions may cause the processor to collect a data set from the data source based on data from the configuration file. The instructions may cause the processor to create a statistical analysis based on the data set and transmit the statistical analysis to a server.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hydroxyapatite obtained from porous wood, having high compressive strength and dimensions suitable for clinical applications. The porous wood has a porosity of between about 60% and about 95%, said porosity being measured after subjecting the wood to a step of pyrolysis, and is selected from among rattan, pine, abachi, balsa, sipo, oak, rosewood, kempas and walnut wood. The hydroxyapatite may be substituted with one or more ions such as magnesium, strontium, silicon, titanium, carbonate, potassium, sodium, silver, gallium, copper, iron, zinc, manganese, europium, gadolinium. Also disclosed is a bone substitute comprising hydroxyapatite obtained from porous wood. The bone substitute is utilized for the substitution and regeneration of a bone or a bone portion, preferably for bones subjected to mechanical loads, such as long bones of the leg and arm, preferably the tibia, fibula, femur, humerus and radius.

Abstract: A stent graft including a stent having a wall having at least one opening, an outer surface, and an inner surface and a covering of a composite material having a least one expanded fluoropolymer membrane and an elastomer is provided. The cover can be used to cover the outer and/or the inner surface of the stent. The expanded fluoropolymer membrane contains serpentine fibrils. In exemplary embodiments, the fluoropolymer is polytetrafluoroethylene. The composite material may be axially and/or circumferentially wrapped around the stent. The composite material is fold-free throughout its operating diameter range and exhibits a sharp increase in stiffness at a predetermined diameter. The stent graft can be designed to have a stop point in either a radial or axial direction. The stent graft can advantageously be implanted undersized with respect to a nominal diameter without having material infolding.

Abstract: The technology disclosed herein enables user participation in a communication session using prerecorded messages. In a particular embodiment, a method includes determining a first context of a first prerecorded message from a user. In real-time during a communication session that exchanges user communications between a plurality of participants, the method includes determining a session context of the user communications and determining that the first context corresponds to the session context preceding a first insertion point in the user communications. The method further includes inserting the first prerecorded message into the user communications at the first insertion point.

Abstract: A device includes first and second electrodes that are at least partially transparent in a spectral domain; an electroluminescent layer that lies between the first and second electrodes suitable for emitting electromagnetic radiation in the spectral domain, the electromagnetic radiation being circularly polarized in a first polarization direction; a structured substrate, the first electrode lying between the structured substrate and the electroluminescent layer, the structured substrate including features that are reflective in the spectral domain, and that possess a hollow geometric shape configured so that electromagnetic radiation that passes through the first electrode is reflected from the reflective features while preserving the first polarization direction, a filler material that is transparent in the spectral domain and that is arranged to fill the reflective features so that the structured substrate has a planar surface.

Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, a guided wave launcher includes an array of antennas configured to generate near field signals. A controller is configured to: select, in response to a first control signal, at least one of a plurality of guided wave modes; and adjust beam steering parameters of the array of antennas according to the selected one(s) of the plurality of guided wave modes. The near field signals combine to induce a guided electromagnetic wave having the selected one(s) of the plurality of guided wave modes, wherein the first guided electromagnetic wave is guided by the transmission medium and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path.

Abstract: A system may comprise a database to collect telemetry data corresponding to a particular component of a device. The system may further comprise a controller coupled to the database. The controller may receive telemetry data for the particular component from the database. The controller may further determine a plurality of metrics for the particular component based on the telemetry data, wherein the plurality of metrics is determined for a plurality of suppliers and select a particular supplier of the plurality of suppliers based on the determined plurality of metrics.

Abstract: Systems and methods for prioritizing enhancement and/or improvements of features of a user application are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a method includes retrieving analytics data generated by an analytics engine, where the analytics data includes data relating to user interactions with a feature of the user application. A plurality of vectors is generated from the analytics data. The plurality of vectors include vectors corresponding to user interactions with the feature. A priority is assigned to enhancing and/or improving the feature of the user application based on a weighted sum of the plurality of vectors.