Abstract: The present invention relates to rehydration and nutritional products comprising creatine and/or its salts, or analogs or precursors thereof, in ready to use aqueous oral compositions, such as gels, pastes and the like, and products for reconstitution in water, for use by humans and animals, together with processes for their preparation and uses thereof.

Abstract: A method and associated system are provided for cutting and placing individual nose wires in a facemask production line. A continuous wire is supplied from a supply source to a cutting station in the facemask production line where the continuous wire is cut into individual nose wires having a defined length. A first web is conveyed to a vacuum conveyor, and the individual nose wires are deposited from the cutting station onto the vacuum conveyor such that the nose wires are drawn by vacuum against the first web at a defined spacing and orientation. With the vacuum conveyor, the first web and attached nose wires are conveyed to a folding station wherein the first web and nose wires are combined with a second web such that the nose wires are encapsulated between the first and second webs.

Abstract: An orthopedic impactor device for positioning an orthopedic prosthetic cup implant during a hip replacement surgery is described. The impactor comprises a distal prosthetic cup engagement portion which is separated from a proximal strike plate by an elongated housing and handle. The housing has a length that extends from a proximal housing portion to a distal housing end with an intermediate housing section therebetween. The intermediate housing section comprises spaced right and left side walls that extend upwardly from a bottom wall to an upper opening. A drive train, comprising a connection rod connectable to an orthopedic prosthetic cup, at least partially resides within the elongated housing. The drive train comprises a linkage sub-assembly that transfers rotational movement of a shaft located at the drive shaft proximal end to the connection rod.

Abstract: An air conditioner and a control method thereof are provided. The air conditioner includes: a compressor including a coil; an oil pool connected to the compressor through an oil piping; a main control board configured to receive a power-on signal of the air conditioner, obtain an actual temperature of the oil pool after receiving the power-on signal, generate a required heating amount in response to the actual temperature of the oil pool being lower than a preset startup temperature, and generate timing control signals according to the required heating amount; a power device, wherein two sides of the power device are respectively connected to the main control board and the coil, and the power device is configured to drive the coil to heat the oil pool according to the timing control signals generated by the main control board.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mobile printer freefall detection and protection mechanism. Printers may be subject to vibration or free fall during printing. This is more likely to happen for a mobile printer. In such cases, the printing performance will be adversely affected a lot or a thermal printhead (TPH) in the printer could be damaged. This disclosure describes a system and method of solving this problem by measuring the G-forces at using at least one sensor to determine if it is safe to start operation again.

Abstract: A method of using a sterilization wrap system including a permeable material having barrier properties and having a first surface and a second opposing surface, the exterior panel being substantially opaque or having a first level of translucence, and an interior panel including a permeable material having barrier properties and having a first surface and a second opposing surface, the interior panel having a level of translucence that is higher than the translucence of the exterior panel, the panels being joined together over at least a portion of their surfaces. Also disclosed is inspection of the sterilization wrap system for exterior panel breaches by looking for light passing through a panel facing the viewer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method, device and system for health monitoring of SoC. The method includes: acquiring in real time sensor data of sensors monitoring SoC performance, the sensor data including reliability degradation sensor data, temperature sensor data, noise sensor data and current sensor data; extracting characteristic data representative of the SoC performance from the sensor data; performing analysis and prediction on the characteristic data in real time by using a prediction algorithm to obtain a performance state and a performance degradation trend of the SoC; outputting performance state information and performance degradation trend information of the SoC. The disclosed method, device and system for health monitoring of SoC can monitor the performance state of the SoC in real time and predict the performance degradation trend of the SoC in real time.

Abstract: An imaging lens includes: a first lens having a convex surface facing the object side, and having a positive refractive power; a second lens being a meniscus lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a concave surface facing the imaging side; a fourth lens being a meniscus lens having a positive refractive power, having a convex surface facing the image side; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, having a concave surface facing the image side on an optical axis, the surface facing the image side having an inflection point outside the optical axis; a sixth lens having a rear surface facing the image side and a front surface facing the object side, the rear surface being aspherical with a inflection point outside an optical axis, the front surface having a curvature less than other lenses' curvatures, the sixth lens serving as an infrared cut-off filter.

Abstract: A gas premix burner and a gas water heater. The gas premix burner has a combustion direction, the gas premix burner can be matched and connected with a premix chamber that is disposed upstream the combustion direction of the gas premix burner, gas and air can be burned by the gas premix burner after mixed in the premix chamber; the gas premix burner comprising: a burner substrate, a main combustion hole provided on the burner substrate; an auxiliary combustion hole disposed downstream the main combustion hole along the combustion direction on the burner substrate; an auxiliary flame of the auxiliary combustion hole intersects a main flame of the main combustion hole.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods and systems for dispatching vehicles. The method may include determining, for a geographic region, supply and demand information for a transportation service during a predetermined time interval. The method may also include determining at least one over-supplied zone and at least one under-supplied zone within the geographic region, based on the supply and demand information. The method may further include notifying a vehicle in the at least one over-supplied zone information of the at least one under-supplied zone, the vehicle being available for providing the transportation service.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of genotyping for selecting an animal with a desired trait such as the level monounsaturated fats in muscle tissue, the types and/or ratio of different monounsaturated fats in muscle tissue, marbling, carcass weight, meat quality, speed of finishing, feedlot efficiency and/or consumer preference. In particular the invention relates to methods of selecting an animal with a desired trait by analysing the M-RIP, NT5M and/or TCAP genes for one or more polymorphisms.

Abstract: The present utility model relates to the field of a QSFP+ module hot-pluggable unlocking structure. The hot-pluggable unlocking structure includes a housing formed of an upper cover and a lower cover buckled to each other, and a locking component provided on the housing, where guiding grooves are provided on two sides of the housing, two unlocking pieces are provided at one end of the locking component and a pull tab is provided at the other end, the unlocking pieces are engaged with and provided in the guiding grooves, a spring is provided on the upper cover, spring-catch elements are provided on the locking component and protrude towards the upper cover, and the spring-catch elements and the spring are pressed against each other. The structure simplifies the pull tab unlocking structure and manufacturing process thereof and helps reduce costs.

Abstract: A modulating burner apparatus includes a variable speed blower feeding a multi-chamber burner having first and second burner chambers. A manifold system communicates the blower with the burner, and a flow control valve member is located between the blower and the second chamber of the burner. The flow control valve is configured to provide fuel and air mixture from the blower to only the first burner chamber at lower blower speeds of the blower and to both the first and second burner chambers at higher blower speeds of the blower.

Abstract: Provided are a cleaner composition that can exhibit excellent cleaning ability by including a predetermined amount of water, and can also effectively suppress metal corrosion; and a cleaning method thereof. Disclosed is a cleaner composition in a white turbid state including first to fourth organic solvents and water, in which the first organic solvent is a hydrophobic aromatic compound or the like; the second organic solvent is a hydrophobic monoalcohol compound; the third organic solvent is a predetermined hydrophilic nitrogen-containing compound or the like; the fourth organic solvent is a hydrophilic amine compound; the amount of incorporation of water is adjusted to a value within the range of 50 to 3,900 pbw with respect to 100 pbw of the total amount of the organic solvents, and when the cleaner composition is subjected to phase separation, the water concentration in the oil phase is adjusted to a value of 5 wt. % or less.

Abstract: An imaging optical system, including: a first lens being a meniscus lens with a positive refractive power, the first lens having a convex surface facing the object side; a second lens being a biconvex lens; a third lens being a meniscus lens with a negative refractive power, the third lens having a convex surface facing the object side; a fourth lens being a meniscus lens, the fourth lens having a convex surface or a concave surface facing the object side; a fifth lens having a concave surface facing the object side; and a sixth lens having a convex surface facing the image side; at least one surface of two surfaces of the lenses L1 to L6 has an aspherical shape. The imaging optical system satisfies the following conditions (1) and (2): 0.23<Y/f<0.29??(1) 0.9<TTL/f<1.

Abstract: An dual oral composition is provided having a first peroxide-containing component and a second bicarbonate-containing component having exceptional anti-plaque and antibacterial action with re-mineralization properties.

Abstract: A re-configurable distributed antenna system that includes a plurality of base transceiver stations and a plurality of remote antenna units is provided. The plurality of the remote antenna units are configured and arranged to provide communication services for a plurality of coverage zones. A signal router selectively routes signal communication paths between a plurality of base transceiver stations and the plurality of the remote antenna units. At least one memory is configured to store routing scenarios and distributed antenna system configurations associated with the stored routing scenarios. Moreover, at least one controller dynamically controls the signal router to selectively route the signal communication paths between the plurality of base transceiver stations and the plurality of remote antenna units based at least in part on a then current need of communication service capacity within the plurality of coverage zones and the stored coverage routing scenarios.

Abstract: A width detecting system includes a sensor-LED array positioned across a path of a media and/or ribbon within a printing apparatus. The LEDs are adapted to produce light directed toward the media and/or ribbon path. The optical sensors are configured to detect the LED light, produce analog signals proportionate to the received amount of light, and transmit the signals to a signal receiving assembly for processing. Additionally or alternatively, a width detecting system can have an array of LEDs facing an array of sensors in such a way that the media and/or ribbon path is located between the arrays. A method for width detection includes analyzing sensor data to determine one or more transition point between media and no-media sections, and calculating media width. The method can include using sensor data collected for a reflective and/or transmissive sensor arrays, and can be used for media and/or ribbon width detection.