Abstract: The present invention is a backpack with an expandable compartment designed to store a helmet. The expandable compartment front surface of the outer compartment is made of a sheet of material larger than the dimensions of the expandable compartment, so the expandable compartment may expand when full. The backpack also includes a main compartment, and a rigid surface separating the expandable compartment and the main compartment, allowing the main compartment to maintain the same volume when the expandable compartment is full. The backpack also includes a secondary compartment designed to hold a laptop computer.

Abstract: An eye tracking system for absolute phase unwrapping includes a fringe projector, a camera, and an illumination module. The projector provides a periodical fringe pattern onto the eye and the camera captures a reflection of the fringe pattern. Fourier transform, wavelet transform, phase shifting, and/or variants thereof may be used to determine a phase of the fringe pattern and generate a wrapped phase map. Spatial phase unwrapping is used for phase unwrapping resulting in a relative unwrapped phase map. The illumination module with a known relative position between the fringe projector and the camera is used to create glint(s) on the eye. Detected glints on the original image are used to convert the relative unwrapped phase map to an absolute unwrapped phase map.

Abstract: A casing valve is disclosed that includes a first component configured to connect to a casing string, a second component configured to connect to the casing string, a mandrel disposed between the first component and the second component, the mandrel having a plurality of ports, a housing disposed outside of the mandrel, the housing having a plurality of ports, a piston disposed between the mandrel and the housing and configured to move in a first direction from a first position that forms a barrier between the ports of the mandrel and the ports of the housing to a second position that is adjacent to the ports of the mandrel and the ports of the housing and a dissolvable component configured to restrain the piston in the first position and to dissolve when exposed to a fluid to release the piston.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and complexes for ingestion of an elemental magnesium complex as inverted micellar nanodroplets designed to enhance uptake and cell delivery of active constituents. The complex and methods associated with delivery of the elemental magnesium complex disclosed improves many magnesium deficiencies that include cardiovascular, metabolic, neurohormonal, immune defense and repair systems, digestive, behavioral, and community risks.

Abstract: A hybrid-fabric apparatus comprises a black box memory configured to store a plurality of behavior metrics and an anomaly agent coupled to the black box. The anomaly agent determines a baseline vector corresponding to nominal behavior of the fabric, wherein the baseline vector comprises at least two different behavior metrics that are correlated with each other. The anomaly agent disaggregates anomaly detection criteria into a plurality of anomaly criterion to be distributed among network nodes in the fabric, the anomaly detection criteria characterizing a variation from the baseline vector, and each of the plurality of anomaly criterion comprising a function of a measured vector of behavior metrics. The variation can be calculated based on a variation function applied to a vector of measured behavior metrics having elements corresponding to member elements of the baseline vector. Anomaly criterion statuses calculated by at least some of the network nodes are aggregated.

Abstract: A diagnostic electrocardiogram (ECG) apparatus (20) is disclosed herein. The apparatus comprises a body and printed electrodes. The body (110) includes extension members (61-66), with each having an expansion section (61a) and at least one electrode section (61b). Each expansion section (61a) has at least one concertina member (75) and at least one connector member (76). The diagnostic ECG apparatus (20) conforms to American Heart Association guidelines on diagnostic resting ECGs.

Abstract: Polymeric tubing, for use with catheters or other medical devices, where the polymeric tubing can have regions of customized properties including, but not limited to, durometer, torque control, flexibility, axial strength, stiffness, etc. One variation of the device allows for transitions between regions to be configured such that there can be gradual or customized transitions between various regions such that the structural characteristics differential between the regions selectively designed. Additional variations include outer layers having a plurality of material sections extending in a spiral direction along the axial length to form a continuous wall of the outer layer. In certain variations, the structural characteristic differential is minimized or eliminated as compared to conventional catheters.

Abstract: A control module attached to a lighting fixture and having a front cover portion may comprise one or more sensors, such as a daylight and/or occupancy sensor, for sensing information through the front cover portion. The control module may have a main printed circuit board (PCB) that extends from a front side to a rear side of the control module, and a sensor PCB perpendicular to the main PCB to enable at least one sensor attached to the sensor PCB to face the front side of the control module. The main PCB may comprise a wireless communication circuit and an antenna for communicating radio frequency (RF) signals, wherein at least a portion of the antenna is located within a plastic lip of the front cover portion of the control module. The control module may further have a conductive enclosure to reduce radio-frequency interference noise from coupling into the antenna.

Abstract: A capture vessel is provided that is configured to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) according to a thermal swing adsorption (TSA) process. The capture vessel includes capture media that are configured to adsorb CO2 from an exhaust gas during a CO2 capture stage to produce a first N2 gas that exits the capture vessel, receive a mixed stream of CO2 and water vapor during a wet regeneration stage, adsorb water from the mixed stream of CO2 and water vapor and release adsorbed CO2 during the wet regeneration stage to produce a CO2 stream, receive a first heated N2 gas and release adsorbed water due to evaporation caused by the first heated N2 gas during a drying stage, and receive a cooled gas during a cooling stage such that an absorption capacity of the capture media for CO2 capture is increased for a next CO2 capture stage.

Abstract: An electric vehicle charger for an electric vehicle is provided. The electric vehicle charger includes a charging cable and a charging connector mechanically connected to the charging cable. The charging connector includes a rotation mechanism that may control a “pay in” and a “pay out” function of the electric vehicle charger, a cable reel configured to stow the charging cable, and a first idler drum associated with the cable reel. The first idler drum may produce a resultant force during the “pay out” function, thereby pushing the charging cable away from the cable reel. The rotation mechanism may include a rotary actuator mechanically connected to the cable reel. The rotary actuator may rotate the cable reel and produce the resultant force during the “pay out” function.

Abstract: Polymeric tubing, for use with catheters or other medical devices, where the polymeric tubing can have regions of customized properties including, but not limited to, durometer, torque control, flexibility, axial strength, stiffness, etc. One variation of the device allows for transitions between regions to be configured such that there can be gradual or customized transitions between various regions such that the structural characteristics differential between the regions selectively designed. Additional variations include outer layers having a plurality of material sections extending in a spiral direction along the axial length to form a continuous wall of the outer layer. In certain variations, the structural characteristic differential is minimized or eliminated as compared to conventional catheters.

Abstract: Multiple calibration results for calibrating a barometric pressure sensor based on data received from a device containing the sensor are determined and stored in a table. The table is updated based on rules regarding a relationship between each calibration result and a current calibration value. The calibration results are weighted and combined to determine a combined calibration result. The calibration value for calibrating the sensor is selected from the calibration results, the combined calibration results, or the current calibration value based on a selection criteria.

Abstract: A protective cup to be worn in women athlete's sports bras to protect against injury and pain from a contact in an aggressive sport. is disclosed. The Unstoppable Protective Cups can be slipped into the athlete's favorite sports bra, go virtually undetected, easy to run in with a flexible cut-out to absorb a blow. They are also lined with softer material to protect the breast from injury further and be worn with comfort.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein for identifying the location and nature of any blur within one or more images received as a user communication and generating an appropriate correction. The system utilizes a first machine learning model, which is trained to identify blurred components of inputted images and determine whether the blurred components are located in portions of the inputted images comprising textual information. The system may apply a corrective action selected by the first machine learning model, which may comprise stitching blurred images together to a sharp product image and/or some other method appropriate for rectifying images received.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for assaying target proteins on extracellular vesicles in plasma. In some methods, the responsiveness of a subject to immunotherapy is determined.

Abstract: Invented are compounds of formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof, which are DGAT2 inhibitors. Also provided are methods of making compounds of Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, and methods of using these compounds to treat hepatic steatosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), fibrosis, type-2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerosis, cognitive decline, dementia, cardiorenal diseases such as chronic kidney diseases and heart failure and related diseases and conditions, comprising administering a compound of Formula I to a patient in need thereof.

Abstract: A dynamic control valve assembly for use in filling a liquid carbon dioxide storage and gas delivery system is provided, the assembly comprising: a valve body; an end nut with an inlet port for receiving liquid carbon dioxide; a chamber; an inlet cavity; a liquid port; a gas port; and a dynamic compound valve stem assembly for blocking the gas port while liquid carbon dioxide is delivered through the inlet port and allowing the liquid carbon dioxide to flow through the liquid port for storage in a liquid cylinder, and open the gas port and block the inlet port in order to allow carbon dioxide gasses from boiling liquid carbon dioxide within the liquid cylinder to pass through the gas port for storage in a gas cylinder until system pressure and temperature equilibrium is reached. The dynamic compound valve stem assembly comprises: a stem body having an inlet port poppet and a gas port poppet; an inlet cavity collar; and in some embodiments a collar biasing spring.

Abstract: A method of sidelink control information (SCI) transmission includes receiving, by a first user equipment (UE), configuration parameters of an unlicensed carrier for sidelink communications; and first transmitting, by the first UE to a second UE, SCI comprising a field comprising one or more first bits and one or more second bits, wherein: the one or more first bits indicates a set of subchannels of the unlicensed carrier; and the one or more second bits indicate at least one of a starting resource block set (RBS) and a number of consecutive RBSs; and second transmitting, by the first UE to the second UE, sidelink data based on the SCI.

Abstract: A method of analyzing a fluid includes acquiring a sample of the fluid extracted from a subterranean region proximate to a borehole, the borehole including an injected fluid, applying light having a first excitation wavelength to the fluid sample, and measuring a first fluorescence spectrum. The method also includes comparing the first fluorescence spectrum to a reference fluorescence spectrum corresponding to a fluid having injected fluid contamination and/or to a second fluorescence spectrum based on applying light having a second excitation wavelength to the fluid sample. The method further includes estimating a level of contamination of the fluid sample with the injected fluid based on the comparing.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to controlling power from a battery on a computing device. One example provides a power management system for a computing device having a battery powering first and second processing units. The power management system comprises a controller. The controller is configured to receive a RSOC of the battery and compute first and second current limit values based at least on the RSOC. The power management system further comprises a first power channel including a first first-stage regulator having a current limiter. The current limiter is configured to dynamically limit, to the first current value, a first current flowing from the battery to the first processing unit. The power management system further comprises a second power channel including a second first-stage regulator having a current limiter configured to dynamically limit, to the second current limit value, a second current flowing from the battery.