Abstract: An autonomous vehicle (AV) navigates with limited calibration of sensors and other components. To navigate with a less-reliable sensing and control capacity, the AV uses sensors to detect a navigation path within the environment of the AV. The navigation path may include encoded information describing a destination or distance to information, which may be decoded by the AV to select a navigation path or determine movement of the AV along the path. To control movement of the AV along the path, the AV may monitor the navigation path after the AV executes a motion plan to determine the relative motion of the navigation path within the sensor data. The navigation path moving towards or away from a sensor may be used to determine whether the AV is moving towards or away from the navigation line despite relatively unknown sensed characteristics of the environment or actual movement in the environment.

Abstract: A method for automated manufacturing of e-vapor devices may include establishing a procession of partially assembled, oriented cartridge units of the e-vapor devices in an assembly path. The method may additionally include preparing the cartridge units for filling while the cartridge units are moving on a first drum-to-drum transport path of the assembly path. The method may also include adding liquid to the cartridge units while the cartridge units are moving in a filling workstation of the assembly path. The method may also include preparing the cartridge units for sealing while the cartridge units are moving on a second drum-to-drum transport path of the assembly path. The method further includes sealing the cartridge units while the cartridge units are moving in a sealing workstation of the assembly path.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a suspending polymer composition comprising a blend of: (i) about 40 to about 80 wt. % of hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC); (ii) about 10 to about 30 wt. % of xanthan gum; and (iii) about 10 to about 30 wt. % of cetyl-hydroxy ethyl cellulose (cetyl-HEC) for use in personal care or home care compositions. The suspending polymer composition preferably is free of acrylates, methacrylates and derivatives thereof.

Abstract: A sensor calibration evaluation system evaluates the quality of control point detection by translating a control object within a scene by a measured amount to generate a sequence of sensor views of the scene as the control object is translated by a known (measured) amount. The control points within each of the sequence of sensor views are detected with a control point detection algorithm. By detecting the control points and determining the detected movement of the control points, a correlation between the measured movement and detected movement can be determined and represent the quality of the control point detection given the set of detection conditions.

Abstract: A seat post assembly for a bicycle includes a first tube having a first distal end and a second tube having a second distal end. A distance between the first distal end of the first tube and the second distal end of the second tube is at a maximum when the first tube is in a first position relative to the second tube. The seat post assembly also includes a first chamber and a second chamber that are fluidly coupleable. The first chamber is a positive fluid chamber, and the second chamber is a negative fluid chamber. The seat post assembly includes a fluid volume disposed in the first chamber and the second chamber. The fluid volume includes a compressible fluid. The first chamber is configured to act as a spring configured to bias the first tube towards the first position relative to the second tube.

Abstract: A base station transmits, to a wireless device, configuration parameters of a control resource set in a bandwidth part (BWP), and the control resource set includes resource block (RB) sets of the BWP. The base station transmits a control information via one or more control channel elements (CCEs) of first CCEs within a first RB set of the RB sets. The base station receives, from the wireless device, a signal via an uplink resource based on an index of a CCE of the one or more CCEs of the first CCEs. The index is determined based on first index values, of the first CCEs within the first RB set, starting from a same initial value as that of index values of CCEs within each respective RB set of the RB sets.

Abstract: Pixelated array light emitters are formed with closely-spaced pixels having ultra-smooth sidewalls. In methods for making such pixelated array light emitters, a converter layer of phosphor particles dispersed in a binder is disposed on a carrier, and then singulated by saw cuts or similar methods to form an array of phosphor pixels. The binder is fully cured prior to singulation of the converter layer. Further, the carrier is rigid rather than flexible. As a consequence of fully curing the binder and of using a rigid carrier to support the converter layer, singulation results in phosphor pixels having smooth side walls. The array of phosphor pixels is subsequently attached to a corresponding array of LEDs with an adhesive layer, separate from the binder used to form the converter layer. The pixel sidewalls may be formed with controlled morphology, for example at acute or obtuse angles with respect to the carrier.

Abstract: A novel and improved elbow prosthesis and method of implanting same including a prosthesis system that has a retaining system. The joint prosthesis system can include an implant, and an alignment guide. The alignment guide can include a post member extending through a central axis of rotation in a prosthesis and a drill guide member having a first limiting member for limiting articular surface removal from a joint. The first limiting member can include a recessed guide for positioning the implant.

Abstract: A method of improving mood, improving coping with stress, improving metabolism, and/or improving immune system function including administering of an amount of tributyrin to or by a subject sufficient to release at least a portion of butyrate from the administered amount in the small intestine of the subject to improve a mood, improve a coping with stress, improve a metabolism and/or improve an immune system function of the subject. A method of improving mood, improving coping with stress, improving metabolism, and/or improving immune system function including administering of an amount of tributyrin to or by a subject sufficient to release a first portion of butyrate from the administered amount in the small intestine of the subject and a second portion of butyrate in the colon to improve mood, improve coping with stress, improve a metabolism and/or improve an immune system function of the subject.

Abstract: A method for controlling a plurality of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in a manufacturing environment having an intersection includes obtaining a plurality of routes associated with the plurality of AMRs, velocity information associated with the plurality of AMRs, and priority information associated with the plurality of AMRs, and determining a plurality of arrival times associated with the plurality of AMRs based on the velocity information and the plurality of routes. The method includes generating a plurality of intersection reservations based on the plurality of arrival times and the priority information, where each intersection reservation from among the plurality of intersection reservations corresponds to an AMR from among the plurality of AMRs, and controlling a movement of the plurality of AMRs through the intersection based on the plurality of intersection reservations.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first network parameter associated with a first network device and obtaining a second network parameter associated with a second network device. Further embodiments include determining that the first network device is less congested than the second network device based on the first network parameter and the second network parameter resulting in a first determination. Additional embodiments include amplifying a first wireless signal based on the first determination and in response to receiving the first wireless signal from the first network device resulting in a first amplified wireless signal, and transmitting the first amplified wireless signal Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A cabinet may include a front wall attached to a front proximal supporting leg and a front distal supporting leg, a back wall attached to a back proximal supporting leg and a back distal supporting leg, a first foldable side wall attached to the front proximal supporting leg and the back proximal supporting leg, and a second foldable side wall attached to the front distal supporting leg and back distal supporting leg. The first foldable wall may include a first panel connected to a second panel by at least a first double pivot connection, and the second foldable wall may include a third panel connected to a fourth panel by at least a second double pivot connection.

Abstract: The present disclosure envisages a jig (100) for manufacturing a container with a rolled free edge. The jig (100) comprises a container fixture (110) and a rolling die (150). The container fixture (110) comprises a first set of split jaws (125) abutting an operative outer side of the container near the free edge of the container, and arranged to slide along the outer sides of the container, thereby supporting the outer sides during the rolling operation. The rolling die (150) of one embodiment comprises a second set of split jaws (165) having a rounded groove (155), the split jaws of said second set of split jaws are arranged to contract during the rolling operation.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a bimodal polyethylene composition may have a density (?) from 0.952 g/cm3 to 0.957 g/cm3, a high load melt index (I21) from 1 to 10 dg/min, and a z-average molecular weight (Mz(GPC)) from 3,200,000 to 5,000,000 g/mol. The bimodal polyethylene composition may also have a peak molecular weight (Mp(GPC)) defined by the equation: Mp(GPC)<?2,805.3 MWD+102,688, wherein MWD is a molecular weight distribution defined by the equation: MWD=Mw(GPC)/Mn(GPC), Mw(GPC) is a weight average molecular weight of the bimodal polyethylene composition, Mn(GPC) is a number average molecular weight of the bimodal polyethylene composition. Additionally, the bimodal polyethylene composition has a ratio of the (Mz(GPC)) to the Mw(GPC) from 8.5 to 10.5. Articles made from the bimodal polyethylene composition, such as articles made by blow molding processes, are also provided.

Abstract: A tufted geotextile for covering a land surface, comprising a porous backing sheet densely tufted to provide simulated grass blades having interstices therebetween on a tuft gauge of about 20 tufts per foot to about 50 tufts per foot and the adjacent lines spaced about ¼ inch, the interstices for receiving an infill from the backing sheet to a fill plane to increase shading of the interstices by the tuft blades on the backing sheet while resisting hydraulic displacement and movement of the infill while overlying the ground surface for covering purposes. A closure system is disclosed using the tufted geotextile as a component overlying an impermeable geomembrane for resisting inflow of water below the ground surface.

Abstract: A first computer and a second computer are each connected to a communication network. User data is generated for a user by the first computer based on receiving, from the second computer, initial enrollment biometric data for the user. The user is authorized by the first computer based on a confidence score for challenge biometric data exceeding a first confidence threshold. Then the user data is updated with updated enrollment biometric data by the first computer based on a confidence score for the updated enrollment biometric data exceeding a second confidence threshold. The second confidence threshold is greater than the first confidence threshold. The initial enrollment biometric data is deleted by the second computer after a predetermined time of receiving the initial enrollment biometric data.

Abstract: Processing circuitry receive first UV coordinates associated with first vertices of a first patch and second UV coordinates associated with second vertices of a second patch. The first patch and the second patch are partitions from a three dimensional (3D) mesh, the 3D mesh represents a surface of an object with polygons and is partitioned into patches. The first patch includes the first vertices that are mapped to first two dimensional (2D) vertices of a first 2D patch in a 2D map according to the first UV coordinates, the second patch includes the second vertices that are mapped to second 2D vertices of a second 2D patch in the 2D map according to the second UV coordinates. The processing circuitry can apply various overlapping checking techniques on the first 2D patch and the second 2D patch.

Abstract: Example embodiments relate to techniques for providing remote assistance to an autonomous vehicle. A computing device may receive location from a vehicle while the vehicle is autonomously navigating a path in an environment. Based on the location information, the computing device may display a representation of the environment of the vehicle that conveys lane information for the path and subsequently receive an input selecting a lane in the path. The input modified an availability of the lane in the path during subsequent navigation by the vehicle. The computing device may then provide navigation instructions to the vehicle based on availability of the lane in the path.

Abstract: This disclosure concerns production of product peptides with a target amino acid sequence by proteolysis of a recombinant polypeptide comprising specific protease recognition sites or chemical cleavage sequences. In some embodiments, the product peptide is released from repeating peptide units in the recombinant polypeptide by removal of intervening amino acid sequences by proteolysis by proteases that recognize sites within the intervening amino acid sequences and a carboxypeptidase, aminopeptidase, and/or further protease.

Abstract: This document describes improvements in management of data traffic of user equipment between cellular and non-cellular accesses in fifth generation new radio, 5G NR, wireless networks. An energy-aware traffic manager is introduced to manage data traffic communicated by the user equipment over the cellular access and the non-cellular access, such as a wireless local area network, WLAN. The energy-aware traffic manager enables reporting of energy-related information by user equipment, energy-aware traffic management modes for the user equipment, and access management in response to critical events related to user equipment energy, as well as reporting of changes in the user equipment access management or access management modality to core network entities.