Abstract: A closed-vessel molten salt reactor (cvMSR) is described herein. A cvMSR may comprise a suspended container, such as a metallic container, within a trench surrounded by a concrete enclosure and a concrete cover having a number of channels. The container is rotatable between different orientations. The container may be hollow and a solution of fissile materials and salt materials may be provided within the container. The solution may be capable of undergoing a chain reaction nuclear fission process once a threshold temperature is reached. Heat generated by the solution may heat a fluid surrounding the container. The heated fluid may be transported, through the number of channels of the concrete cover, to an external location where the heated fluid may be used in distributing heat and/or electricity generation.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first dielectric material layer, a first metal interconnect structure embedded within the first dielectric material layer and including a first metallic material portion including a first metal, a second dielectric material layer located over the first dielectric material layer, and a second metal interconnect structure embedded within the second dielectric material layer and including an integrated line-and-via structure that includes a second metallic material portion including a second metal. A metal-semiconductor alloy portion including a first metal-semiconductor alloy of the first metal and a semiconductor material is located underneath the second metallic material portion, and contacts a top surface of the first metal interconnect structure.

Abstract: Processing a digital bit stream and systems for implementing the methods are provided. The method includes dividing the digital bit stream into a plurality of data packets. In a first processing block performing a carrier recovery error calculation on a first portion of the plurality of data packets, comprising preforming a first phase locked loop (PLL) function on decimated data of the data packets and performing a carrier recovery operation on the first portion of the plurality of data packets. In a second processing block, in parallel with the processing of the first portion of the plurality of packets, performing the carrier recovery error calculation on a second portion of the plurality of data packets, comprising preforming the first PLL function on decimated data of the data packets and performing the carrier recovery operation on second portion of the plurality of data packets.

Abstract: A system and method for simultaneous imaging of multiple positron emission tomography (PET) tracers in which digital data including PET information associated with at least two time points is received, where the digital data is generated by PET scans of a region of interest of a physiologic body which has been administered at least two PET tracers that differ from one another at least in their radioactive decay constant. At least one set of output digital data is determined based on the radioactive decay constants of each PET tracer, the at least one set of output digital data corresponding to at least one of the at least two PET tracers. The determination of at least one set of output digital data includes at least one of regularizing to account for statistical noise, preconditioning the digital data to be more amenable to signal separation, applying feature preservation techniques, or accounting for late tracer kinetics.

Abstract: A vehicle control system including a spatial monitoring system includes on-vehicle cameras that capture images, from which are recovered a plurality of three-dimensional points. A left ground plane normal vector is determined for a left image, a center ground plane normal vector is determined for a front image, and a right ground plane normal vector is determined for a right image. A first angle difference between the left ground plane normal vector and the center ground plane normal vector is determined, and a second angle difference between the right ground plane normal vector and the center ground plane normal vector is determined. An uneven ground surface is determined based upon one of the first angle difference or the second angle difference, and an alignment compensation factor for the left camera or the right camera is determined. A bird's eye view image is determined based upon the alignment compensation factor.

Abstract: A treatment method for remediating various contaminants including H2S, CO2, NH3 and other contaminants contained in fluids being extracted from the earth comprises steps of: preparing an aqueous based treatment composition containing water and collectively 35-55 weight percent of one or more hydroxide compounds; injecting a dosage amount of the treatment composition into contaminated fluids located in a subterranean deposit under the earth's surface such that the treatment composition mixes with the fluids deep under the earth's surface; and extracting a mixture of the contaminated fluids and the treatment composition through a well such that the treatment compositions remediates contaminants in the fluids as the mixture passes through the well to the earth's surface, wherein a dosage amount of the treatment composition may be 0.010 to 10.0 ml of the aqueous based treatment composition/liter of the contaminated fluids being extracted from the subterranean deposit.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure provide a method, system and computer program product for model localization. In an implementation of the disclosure, a method for model localization includes parsing a model to identify translatable terms, generating a seed file associating each of the translatable terms with a corresponding tag and replacing each translatable term in the model with a corresponding tag and submitting each of the translatable terms to machine translation for a target language to produce a different translation file mapping each tag from the seed file with a translated term in the target language of a corresponding one of the translatable terms. Then, the model may be deployed in a data analytics application using the different translation file to dynamically translate each translatable term into a corresponding translated term within a user interface to the data analytics application.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting an open neutral condition in a split phase power system is described. The apparatus includes two powered lines providing output electricity to an electrical distribution system and a shared neutral line providing a grounded neutral to the first and second powered lines. The apparatus is configured for detecting when an open neutral condition is present in the split phase power system by determining when a power current is present on one or both of the first and second powered lines while a return current is not present on the neutral line; and in response to detecting that the open neutral condition is present, causing an interrupter to interrupt the power supplied by the first and second powered lines or to generate a signal indicating an open condition.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive terminals and a metal shell. The housing includes a base portion, a tongue protruding forwardly from the base portion and a terminal fixing portion positioned behind the base portion; a groove is provided between the base portion and the fixing portion to allow glue to fill therein; the fixing portion is provided with at least one fencing portion at a side of the fixing portion adjacent to the groove, the fencing portion is formed with a hollow recessed groove therein. The terminals are provided to the housing; each terminal includes a mating portion exposed on the tongue, a soldering portion extending out of the fixing portion and a connecting portion connected between the mating portion and the soldering portion; a part of the connecting portion is exposed to the groove. The shell sheathes an outer circumference of the housing.

Abstract: A temperature measurement device for determining a body temperature of a subject includes a first temperature sensor configured to measure a plurality of skin temperatures of the subject at a plurality of time instants, a second temperature sensor spaced apart from the first temperature sensor and configured to measure a plurality of ambient temperatures at the plurality of time instants, a thermal insulation material between the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor, a memory device configured to store the plurality of skin temperatures and the plurality of ambient temperatures, and a controller configured to estimate, using a prediction model, the body temperature of the subject based on the plurality of skin temperatures and the plurality of ambient temperatures.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include systems, vehicles, and methods for tracking off-road travel. In an illustrative embodiment, a system includes a computing device having computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions configured to cause the computing device to monitor a vehicle location. The vehicle location is identified on map data for an area encompassing the location and including road data for recognized roads in the area. Off-road travel is detected in response to determining that the vehicle location is outside of the recognized roads. Travel data is recorded representing the off-road travel of the vehicle.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) metal object manufacturing apparatus is operated to compensate for surface deviations of overhanging features differently than for non-overhanging features. The compensation technique used for the overhanging features depends on whether an edge of the overhanging feature being formed in a next layer has curved or sharp corners.

Abstract: A label and methods and devices for detecting an environmental factor that exceeds a threshold are described. The label includes a plurality of codable areas. The first portion of the plurality of codable areas are coded according to a first value and the second portion of the plurality of codable areas are coded according to a second value. The label additionally includes an environmentally triggered bubble positioned in one of the plurality of codable areas. The environmentally triggered bubble changes between the first value and the second value when ruptured. As a result, the code that the label represents changes when the environmentally triggered bubble ruptures.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for connecting with LEO satellites while reducing emissions toward GEO satellite communications. A system to implement the instant techniques may include a system comprised of a user communications equipment and a LEO constellation. The user equipment (“UE”) may comprise a communications modem and an active antenna unit with a transmit and receive beamformer. In further implementations, the UE may include additional receive only beamformers. The LEO constellation can have a regenerative payload or bent pipe, and can include orbits at different altitudes. Methods as described herein may include a procedure by which the user equipment and LEO satellite work together to identify candidate serving satellites, and select the one that allows to meet the power density requirements to avoid interfering with the GEO satellites.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of stabilizing a seawall and reducing erosion around a seawall. Disclosed herein are methods of reducing erosion around a seawall, comprising injecting an amount of a sealing material to an injection depth at each of a plurality of spaced locations along a landward side of a new seawall. Also disclosed herein are methods for forming a chemical footer for a seawall comprising injecting a polymeric material to an injection depth from 1 foot to 3 feet below the mudline at each of a plurality of spaced locations along a landward side of a seawall. Additionally described herein are methods for reinforcing a seawall, comprising injecting a polymeric material to an injection depth at a plurality of spaced locations along the landward side of the seawall, wherein the injection depth is substantially at the vertical midpoint between the mudline and the top of the seawall.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes generating, through a first transistor of an impedance trimming circuit, a precision current based on a reference voltage and an automatic test equipment (ATE) in a first phase of the impedance trimming circuit, wherein the ATE is coupled to the impedance trimming circuit to receive the precision current; mirroring the precision current into a second transistor and a first on-die resistor; sending a first internal voltage feedback at an internal node VFBINT to the ATE, wherein the internal node VFBINT is coupled to the second transistor and the first on-die resistor; and receiving a first trimming code to trim the first on-die resistor, wherein the first trimming code is based on a comparison of the first on-die resistor and a target on-die resistor by the ATE.

Abstract: A system such as an imaging system may include Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) value generation circuitry. The CRC value generation circuitry may include a data splitter that splits an input data bit stream instead multiple split data bit streams each inserted with a number of bits having a value of 0. A plurality of CRC value generators may each have a corresponding input path to receive a respective one of the split data bit streams and generate corresponding partial CRC values. A data combiner coupled to the plurality of Cyclic Redundancy Check value generators may combine the partial CRC values to generate a final CRC value. A normalizer may be coupled between each of the plurality of CRC generators and the data combiner. Two CRC value data storage structures may help the plurality of Cyclic Redundancy Check value generators and the data combiner perform the desired CRC computations.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to collecting and processing data from computing devices of a plurality of autonomous vehicles (AVs). The data received from each of these AV computing devices may include raw sensor data or data that has been generated using data received by one or more sensors at respective AVs. Once this data is collected and associated with discrete locations and times, the data may be evaluated and used to generate mappings of various sorts. These mappings may include mappings of underground features generated based on an evaluations of vibration data. Alternatively, or additionally, these mapping may include mappings of landscape features, atmospheric features, or the locations of aircraft from data associated with certain types of sensing apparatus, for example radar apparatus or light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) apparatus.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include techniques for branch prediction. A branch predictor may be included in a front end of a processor. The branch predictor may store branch targets in a branch target buffer. The branch target buffer includes shared bits, which may be combined with branch target bits to specify branch target destination addresses. Shared bits may result in more efficient memory usage in the processor, for example.

Abstract: A system performs upgrade of a network that includes network devices that provide connectivity to servers. The system performs network upgrade by evaluating a set of upgrade criteria for each network device to determine whether to upgrade the device or delay upgrading the network device. Each upgrade criterion is based on a relation between the selected network device and other network devices currently being upgraded. After completing the upgrade, the system determines whether the network upgrade completed successfully. The system determines whether the network upgrade completed successfully by determining a pre-snapshot representing a state of the network before network upgrade and a post-snapshot representing a state of the network after network upgrade. The system compares the pre-snapshot and the post-snapshot to determine whether the network upgrade completed successfully.