Abstract: On memory die and other circuits, some parts may operate at a VDD logic level while other elements operate at a higher logic level, such as at or near the die's supply level VSUP. To reduce power consumption and increase operating speeds, VDD levels are moving to increasingly lower voltages. To raise the logic signal from the lower level to the higher, level shifters can be used. However, as the gap between the supply level VSUP and VDD widens, it can become difficult for a level shifter to reliably raise a logic signal operating at the VDD level to the VSUP level. The address this problem, the following introduces a small charge pump to boost the input logic signals for level shifter circuits to allow them to reliably generate an output logic signal at the VSUP level from an input logic signal at low VDD levels.

Abstract: A light emitting photonic crystal having an organic light emitting diode and methods of making the same are disclosed. An organic light emitting diode disposed within a photonic structure having a band-gap, or stop-band, allows the photonic structure to emit light at wavelengths occurring at the edges of the band-gap. Photonic crystal structures that provide this function may include materials having a refractive index that varies.

Abstract: An unload tube assembly for an agricultural vehicle includes an inner tube defining a proximal end and a distal end, an outer tube extending about the inner tube, a flange disposed at the proximal end of the inner tube, and a gusset that is connected to the flange and the inner tube for supporting a weight of the unload tube assembly.

Abstract: A tile-setting snap-clip lippage control system and method for tiles set with mortar as floors or walls on prepared surfaces, providing tab-and-clip pairs with a footed tab lower unit having a footplate connected by a bending neck, a multi-tapered descending portion having a thicker center, tapering base, tapering sides, and a clip mount, and a snap clip upper unit for removable attachment to the footed tab through a tab mount, having a clip body with snap posts and clip ledges, and having two snap flaps mounted through flap hinges, each with a snap hole to engage with a snap post, a flap ledge to engage with a clip ledge, and a flap tooth to engage with the underside of a flap hinge. Two adjacent tiles are held with compressive force between the footplate and one of the snap flaps during curing of the mortar. The footed tab is then removed by lateral striking, shearing at the bending neck, leaving only the encapsulated footplate.

Abstract: A sternal closure device includes an insertion member, a receiver member and a joint locking mechanism. The joint locking mechanism includes a dual pawl assembly and a dual ratchet assembly. The dual pawl assembly includes a pair of pawl arms that include heads with outward facing teeth. The dual ratchet assembly includes a pair of ratchet arms with inward facing teeth that are configured for an intermeshed engagement with the teeth on the corresponding pawl arms. Alignment tabs on the ratchet arms are captured within guide channels on the receiver member. The configuration and number of the teeth contribute to the strength of the device. The locking mechanism contributes to efficiency, speed, and strength of the closure.

Abstract: The navigation of an AV in an environment may be planned based on a model of a restricted traffic zone in the environment. Information of the environment (e.g., a vector map, information of one or more objects, a temporal sequence of semantic grids, a query grid, etc.) may be input into a neural network. The neural network may include a CNN and a GNN. The map and tracks may be input into the GNN. The temporal sequence of semantic grids or query grid may be input into the CNN. The neural network may output edges of the restricted traffic zone. The neural network may output a grid of points representing locations in the environment and information indicating drivability of each respective point. The neural network may output one or more polylines dividing the environment into regions and information indicating whether the AV can drive to or in each respective region.

Abstract: A cam arrangement includes a cam plate and a cam follower. The cam plate having a body with a planar face and a number of cam channels defined in the body, each cam channel extending into the body from the planar face and defined, in-part, by a pair of opposing sidewalls. The cam follower includes a roller assembly having an upper roller member and a lower roller member. The upper roller member is engaged with a first sidewall of the pair of opposing sidewalls at a depth into the channel from the planar face, and the lower roller member is engaged with a second sidewall, opposite the first sidewall, of the pair of opposing sidewalls at the depth into the channel from the planar face.

Abstract: A method for printing a 3D part includes decreasing a temperature of a build material in a nozzle of a 3D printer below a melting point of the build material, which causes the build material in the nozzle to transition from a liquid state to a solid state. The method also includes increasing the temperature of the build material in the nozzle above the melting point of the build material, which causes the build material in the nozzle to transition from the solid state to a sludgy state. An occlusion and the build material in the sludgy state are ejected from the nozzle.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating alimentary data within a geofence is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a memory and at least a processor. The memory instructs the at least a processor to receive a geofence, identify population data as a function of the geofence, calculate a demographic conicity index as a function of the statistical makeup data, calculate an energy score as a function of the statistical makeup data, generate alimentary data as a function of a demographic conicity index, determine a plurality of phenotype clusters within the geofence as a function of the alimentary data, generate an alimentary program as a function of the alimentary data and the plurality of phenotype clusters, and identify one or more replacement ingredients within the ingredient combination, wherein the one or more replacement ingredients are nutritionally similar to the ingredients prescribed within the ingredient combination.

Abstract: Tandem charging for electric vehicles (EVs) electrically interconnected with each other. The tandem charging may include determining a plurality of EVs requesting to be charged with electrical power available from a charging station, determining charging parameters for the EVs, scheduling charging of the EVs according to the charging parameters, and/or authorizing a pecuniary charge to billing accounts of the EVs in recompense for the charging.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body. The vehicle includes a first track and a second track supported by the vehicle body. The first track and the second track are elongated along a longitudinal axis. The vehicle includes a third track and a fourth track supported by the vehicle body. The third track and the fourth track are elongated along a vertical axis. The vehicle includes a harness having a first webbing movable along the first track, a second webbing movable along the second track, a third webbing movable along the third track, and a fourth webbing movable along the fourth track.

Abstract: At least one example embodiment relates to a system for filling a plurality of containers with oral products. The system comprises a container station and a shuttle assembly. The container station is configured to provide a plurality of containers. The shuttle assembly is configured to move between a first shuttle position to receive a plurality of oral products and a second shuttle position to deposit the oral products into the containers. At least one example embodiment relates to a method of filling a plurality of containers with oral products.

Abstract: A container for consumer goods includes a rigid outer box, an inner package, an inner frame and a pull tab. The outer box has a hinged lid configured to provide access to an inner volume of the outer box. The inner frame is paperboard having a pre-cut opening configured to provide access to an inner volume of the inner package. The pull tab covers the opening with a first adhesive that releasably adheres an edge portion of the pull tab to the inner frame and a second adhesive that permanently adheres the pull tab to the inner package and the outer box.

Abstract: As disclosed herein, optimal native genomic loci of soybean plants have been identified that represent best sites for targeted insertion of exogenous sequences.

Abstract: A computing system for achieving traceability in a food commodity supply chain is provided, including a server computing device configured to receive a message indicating an optical code associated with a unit of a food product has been scanned by a camera-equipped computing device at a location, in which the message includes a product unit-specific identifier encoded in the optical code. The server computing device is further configured to identify in a database, a merchant record including the product unit-specific identifier and a merchant identifier of a merchant at the location. The server computing device is further configured to trace a supply chain path of the unit of the food product through additional records in the database that are linked to the product unit-specific identifier, and output supply chain derived information on the unit of the food product based on the traced supply chain path.

Abstract: A system and method for providing an electronic label for an article, such as a manufactured product. The label includes a substrate adapted to affix to the article and a battery component provided on the substrate. An electronic circuit is provided on the substrate wherein the electronic circuit is provided with an identification number and a location determining component. A switch component is further provided that couples the electronic circuit and the battery component for energizing the electronic circuit, such that when energized, the electronic circuits is caused to transmit an electronic signal containing the circuit identification number and location information associated with the electronic label to a remotely located computer for performing analytics on the received data.

Abstract: A computing device including a processor configured to receive satellite status data from satellites included in a satellite constellation. The processor is further configured to determine a link topology of the satellites. Based at least in part on the satellite status data and the link topology, the processor is further configured to identify a first satellite constellation subset including one or more selected satellite pairs. Identifying the one or more selected satellite pairs includes computing respective link utility values associated with a plurality of candidate pairs of satellites included in the satellite constellation based at least in part on the satellite status data and the link topology. The one or more selected satellite pairs are selected based at least in part on the link utility values. The processor is further configured to transmit, to the satellites included in the first satellite constellation subset, instructions to perform intersatellite imaging data transfer.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing workload among server clusters is disclosed. According to certain embodiments, the system may include a memory storing instructions and a processor. The processor may be configured to execute the instructions to determine historical behaviors of the server clusters in processing a workload. The processor may also be configured to execute the instructions to construct cost models for the server clusters based at least in part on the historical behaviors. The cost model is configured to predict a processor utilization demand of a workload. The processor may further be configured to execute the instructions to receive a workload and determine efficiencies of processing the workload by the server clusters based at least in part on at least one of the cost models or an execution plan of the workload.

Abstract: A database system is operable to cache first resultant data generated via executing a first query in cache memory resources during a first temporal period. An instruction to re-execute the first query is processed during the first temporal period by accessing the first resultant data in the cache memory resources. A cached resultant invalidation instruction indicating the first relational database table is received. The first resultant data from the cache memory resources is removed during a second temporal period based on processing the cached resultant invalidation instruction. A third instruction to re-execute the first query is processed after the second temporal period by re-executing the first query via access to the first relational database table in the first storage resources to re-generate corresponding first resultant data for the first query.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) comprising a receiver, a transmitter, and a processor are configured to simultaneously receive a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) streams from a first base station and detect data from the received plurality of streams. Further, the UE, based on detected data from the first base station, receive and detect data from an OFDM stream from the first base station and an OFDM stream from a second base station. The UE is further configured to transmit channel quality information to the first base station and the second base station and receive and detect data from the at least one OFDM stream from the first base station and the at least one OFDM stream from the second base station is based on the transmitted channel quality information.