Abstract: A storage radio unit (SRU) for a device can include a radio, embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), a processor, an antenna, and nonvolatile memory. The SRU can support standards for removable storage form factors and record a file system for a device. The device can be associated with a service provider and the SRU can be associated with a network provider. The radio can support Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) standards. The SRU can operate a file system interface (FSI) for the radio, where the device records application data in a file of the FSI. The SRU can attach to a wireless NB-IoT network using credentials recorded in the eUICC. The SRU can read the file of the FSI, and compress, encrypt, and transmit the application data to a network provider via the radio. The network provider can transmit the application data via TLS to the service provider.

Abstract: An encoder calculates an indication to a previous reference picture having temporal identity of zero. The encoder creates a first set of indicators to the previous reference picture, to all reference pictures in a first reference picture set of the previous reference picture, and to all pictures following the previous reference picture in decoding order and precede the current picture in decoding order. The encoder sets a flag for picture order count cycle, when a long term reference picture (LTRP) has least significant bits (LSBs) of a picture order count, for which more than one picture in the first set share same value of the LSBs of picture order count as the LTRP. The decoder obtains LSB of a picture order count for a LTRP in a reference picture set of the current picture. The decoder concludes non-compliant bitstream based on indications provided by the flag.

Abstract: A portable traffic signal system with multiple signal heads where a substantially horizontal telescopic arm is used to support multiple signal heads, where each additional remote stage is initially inclined with respect to an adjacent less remote stage and multiple traffic signal control boxes are held to a trailer using a “J” hook and a hole in a trailer floor, in combination with a hand crank jack.

Abstract: A security element with increased protection against forgery includes at least one first region with structures that reflect an image motif in different spatial regions, such that a moving image is produced for an observer when a light source is moved correspondingly and/or when the viewing angle is changed. When the light source is moved and/or the viewing angle is changed, a movement of the image motif occurs at the same time. Furthermore, an optical effect layer is provided which defines a second region. The structures are covered by the optical effect layer over their entire surface or partially.

Abstract: A material handling apparatus and a process for feed indexing. The process for feed indexing and processing of elongated stock includes the steps of gripping and moving an elongated stock with a first shuttle vise at a desired travel velocity toward a first final position. An open second vise accelerates from a second home start position until reaching the desired travel velocity. The second vise grips and moves the stock once the second vise is at the desired travel velocity while the first vise is gripping the stock. The first vise releases the stock and recycles to a first home position while the second vise moves the stock.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to electrochemical cells with one or more current collectors divided into segments, and methods of producing the same. A current collector divided into segments comprises a substantially planar conductive material including a connection region and an electrode region. The electrode region includes one or more dividers defining a plurality of electron flow paths. The plurality of electron flow paths direct the flow of electrons from the electrode region to the connection region. In some embodiments, the current collector includes a fuse section disposed between the electrode region and the connection region. In some embodiments, the fuse section can include a thin strip of conductive material, such that the thin strip of conductive material melts at a melting temperature and substantially prevent electron movement between the electrode region and the connection region.

Abstract: Electrochemical cells and methods of making electrochemical cells are described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a multi-layer sheet for encasing an electrode material for an electrochemical cell. The multi-layer sheet including an outer layer, an intermediate layer that includes a conductive substrate, and an inner layer disposed on a portion of the conductive substrate. The intermediate layer is disposed between the outer layer and the inner layer. The inner layer defines an opening through which a conductive region of the intermediate layer is exposed such that the electrode material can be electrically connected to the conductive region. Thus, the intermediate layer can serve as a current collector for the electrochemical cell.

Abstract: Systems and methods for implanting a bifurcated stent comprising a main portion and a side portion within a blood vessel and an adjoining anastomosis are provided. The system includes a Y-shaped inner shaft having a first portion for supporting the main portion of the bifurcated stent and a second portion for supporting the side portion of the bifurcated stent, a first outer shaft for receiving the main portion of the bifurcated stent in a collapsed delivery state over the first portion of the inner shaft, and a second outer shaft for receiving the side portion of the bifurcated stent in a collapsed delivery state over the second portion of the inner shaft. The first and second outer shafts may be retracted relative to the bifurcated stent to deploy the bifurcated stent within the target blood vessel and adjoining anastomosis.

Abstract: A device for fitting and removing a tire on a rim, comprises: a working assembly movable along at least one first direction to vary its level with respect to the rim and provided with at least one tool adapted to interact with the tire; where the working assembly comprises at least one supporting element movable along the first direction, at least one fitting tool and one removal tool of the tire which are separate from each other and locked together with the supporting element along the first direction, wherein the fitting tool and the removal tool are movable with respect to each other along at least one direction of work which is transverse with respect to the first direction.

Abstract: Provided are a marine concrete composition using dechlorination microorganisms capable of easily removing chlorine generated by seawater through an electrical method by allowing electrons emitted from electricity-generating microorganisms to flow through steel fibers incorporated into ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) or high-performance fiber reinforced concrete (HPFRCC) through a dechlorination microbial capsule carrier and capable of self-healing concrete crack sites through a self-healing microbial capsule carrier and is also capable of fundamentally solving the problem of reduced durability against salt damage of ultra-high-performance concrete or high-performance fiber reinforced concrete for application in marine construction environments through a dechlorination microbial capsule carrier, and a method for constructing a marine concrete structure using the same.

Abstract: Provided is a livestock biometric information scanning system and a control method thereof. The livestock biometric information scanning system includes a rail installed at a certain height from a floor of a livestock barn across a plurality of breeding spaces, a sensor unit installed to be movable along the rail and configured to obtain images and/or body temperatures of livestock located in the breeding spaces, a wire connected to the sensor unit, a driving unit configured to pull the wire, and a control unit configured to control movement of the sensor unit so that the sensor unit is located above any one of the plurality of breeding spaces through the driving unit.

Abstract: A wireless device with transducers can support remote monitoring and include an 802.11 compatible radio and a set of device default credentials. The device can be installed at a physical location with service from a fixed access point operating with a different set of owner credentials. A mobile phone can (i) scan a tag for the device and download a set of configuration parameters for the device, and (ii) authenticate with a configuration system. The mobile phone can receive the set of device default credentials from the configuration system. The mobile phone can activate a mobile access point using the set of device default credentials. The device can connect with the mobile phone's access point and receive a ciphertext with the owner credentials and a configuration package. The device can apply the configuration package and load the owner credentials in order to connect with the fixed access point.

Abstract: Redox flow devices are described in which at least one of the positive electrode or negative electrode-active materials is a semi-solid or is a condensed ion-storing electroactive material, and in which at least one of the electrode-active materials is transported to and from an assembly at which the electrochemical reaction occurs, producing electrical energy. The electronic conductivity of the semi-solid is increased by the addition of conductive particles to suspensions and/or via the surface modification of the solid in semi-solids (e.g., by coating the solid with a more electron conductive coating material to increase the power of the device). High energy density and high power redox flow devices are disclosed. The redox flow devices described herein can also include one or more inventive design features. In addition, inventive chemistries for use in redox flow devices are also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for correcting vertical position defects of a track after a lifting-tamping process, with a stabilizing process carried out by means of a dynamic track stabilizer in which a stabilizing unit acts on the track at a forward-moving working point in a working direction, with track position data of the untreated track being recorded before the lifting-tamping process, and with track position data of the tamped track being recorded after the lifting-tamping process at a measuring point located in front of the stabilizing unit in the working direction. In this case, additional track position data of the stabilized track are recorded at an post-measuring point located behind the stabilizing unit in the working direction, with the dynamic track stabilizer being actuated during the stabilizing process as a function of track position data of the untreated and the tamped track at the working point and of track position data of the stabilized track at the post-measuring point.

Abstract: Systems and methods for charging and discharging a plurality of batteries are described herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a battery module, an energy storage system electrically coupled to the battery module, a power source, and a controller. The energy storage system is operable in a first operating state in which energy is transferred from the energy storage system to the battery module to charge the battery module, and a second operating state in which energy is transferred from the battery module to the energy storage system to discharge the battery module. The power source electrically coupled to the energy storage system and is configured to transfer energy from the power source to the energy storage system based on an amount of stored energy in the energy storage system. The controller is operably coupled to the battery module and is configured to monitor and control a charging state of the battery module.

Abstract: A method of treating a Down syndrome (DS) subject with functional or at risk of decline of organ systems associated with accelerated aging due to over-production of H2S is disclosed. That method contemplates administering a pharmaceutical composition containing a H2S-reducing effective amount of hydrophilic polymer-substituted oxidized carbon nanoparticles (OCNPs) and an optional potentiating amount of lipoic acid or dihydrolipoic acid dissolved or dispersed in a physiologically acceptable diluent to the subject. The pharmaceutical composition can be administered parenterally as a liquid or per os as a solid or liquid.

Abstract: Plural articles are arranged in a reusable crate. A cardboard blank is selected in accordance with the volume of the arranged articles. The blank has a first and a second longitudinal score line defining a main portion and a first, a second, a third and a fourth lateral portion, the blank also having a first, a second, a third and a fourth incision that subdivide auxiliary portions into first parts and second parts. The blank and the reusable crate are reciprocally positioned, the bottom of the reusable crate then opened to release the articles onto the blank. The first, second, third and fourth lateral portions are folded towards the articles, with the respective first parts and second parts of the auxiliary portions folding one on another to form respective flaps abutting the group of articles.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a Fe—Al-based metal membrane and preparation method thereof, which relate to the technical field concerning gas-solid separation under high-temperature, low-pressure working conditions, and mainly address the defects of conventional metal filter elements in the prior art such as high filtration resistance and low flux under low-pressure working environments. The preparation method of the present invention comprises the steps of: stirring and defoaming a mixture composed of a Fe—Al-based metal powder and an organic-additive-added water-based solvent, thus obtaining a cast slurry; casting a uniform membrane layer on a metal substrate layer having a required thickness on a casting machine, and performing drying treatment on it, thus obtaining a membrane green body; and, placing the dried membrane green body in a sintering furnace for degreasing, sintering, and alloy phase ordering treatments, respectively, thus obtain a prepared Fe—Al-based metal membrane.