Abstract: Provided is an airbag configured so that, in the inflated state thereof, a recess is formed in a chest restraint area in the passenger facing surface of the airbag, and the portion of the airbag other than the recess has a large inflation thickness. A driver-side airbag 1 is formed by sewing a front panel 2 and a rear panel 3 together. The rear panel 3 is provided with a left tuck portion 12 which extends from the upper left to the lower left, and a right tuck portion 11 which extends from the upper right to the lower right. The tuck portions 11 and 12 increase the inflation thickness of the driver-side airbag 1. A recess 6 is formed in a passenger chest restraint area in the driver-side airbag 1 by a tether 20.

Abstract: A method of generating a template image includes: receiving an input from a user representing identifications of an object in different respective slices of a volumetric image; using the input to determine a volume-of-interest (VOI) that includes voxels in a subset of the volumetric image; and determining the template image using at least some of the voxels in the VOI, wherein the act of determining the template image comprises performing a forward projection of the at least some of the voxels in the VOI using a processor. An image processing method includes: obtaining a volumetric image; performing forward projection of voxels in the volumetric image from different positions onto a first plane using a processor; and summing projections on the first plane resulted from the forward projection from the different positions to create a first image slice in the first plane.

Abstract: Disclosed are a perovskite compound, a method for producing the perovskite compound, a catalyst for a fuel cell including the perovskite compound, and a method for producing the catalyst. The perovskite compound overcomes the low stability of palladium due to its perovskite structural properties. Therefore, the perovskite compound can be used as a catalyst material for a fuel cell. In addition, the use of palladium in the catalyst instead of expensive platinum leads to an improvement in the price competitiveness of fuel cells. The catalyst is highly durable and catalytically active due to its perovskite structure.

Abstract: A diaphragm-based sensor includes a deflectable diaphragm, a base layer opposite the diaphragm, and a corrugated wall extending between the diaphragm and the base layer. The diaphragm is suspended over a cavity enclosed by the diaphragm, the base layer and the corrugated wall. The diaphragm includes a first electrode and the base layer includes a second electrode such that a capacitance between the first and second electrodes changes when the diaphragm is deflected relative to the cavity.

Abstract: A method for managing a payment card is disclosed. The method comprises allowing a first party with access rights to a payment card managed by a card management system to designate at least one second party to whom access rights to said payment card is to be granted; and allowing said at least on second party to have access rights to said payment card by said card management system; wherein a card issuer associated with the payment card is not aware of the existence of the at least one second party and hence cannot exert any control over the access rights of said at least one second party.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide for caching of error checking data for memory having inline storage configurations for primary data and error checking data for the primary data. In particular, various embodiments described herein provide for error checking data caching and cancellation of error checking data read commands for memory having inline storage configurations for primary data and associated error checking data. Additionally, various embodiments described herein provide for combining/canceling of error checking data write commands for memory having inline storage configurations for primary data and associated error checking data.

Abstract: A syringe assembly or inflation device that includes a detachable housing. A pressure-sensing syringe assembly or inflation device can include both a syringe barrel and a housing that is coupled to the syringe barrel in a locked configuration. The inflation device can transition from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration in which the housing is separable from the syringe barrel. Related methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is an approach for implementing placement for an electronic design, where when a dragged object is moved into a desired area, existing objects in that location are automatically moved as necessary in correspondence to the movement of the dragged object. Existing objects are only moved if they are causing a spacing violation or overlap with the dragged object being moved, either directly or indirectly.

Abstract: A system and its use for treatment of freight in a vacuum, having a chamber 1 for receiving a loaded container 9 having an external length CLa, an external width CBa and an external height CHa, wherein the chamber 1 has two side walls 11, 12 arranged opposite to a bottom 13 and top 14 and arranged opposite to a front wall 15 and back wall 16, and wherein a direction system XYZ is at right angles; and a conveying element 2 for parking and moving a container 9 relative to chamber 1 from a first position P1 outside the chamber 1 into a second position P2 inside the chamber 1; and a driving device 8 for moving between the first position P1 and the second position P2.

Abstract: A method is provided for facilitating urine output from the kidney, including: (a) inserting a catheter including: a drainage lumen including a distal portion configured to be positioned in a patient's kidney, renal pelvis and/or in the ureter adjacent to the renal pelvis and a proximal portion, the distal portion including a retention portion including a funnel support including at least one sidewall, wherein the funnel support includes a first diameter and a second diameter, the first diameter being less than the second diameter, the second diameter being closer to an end of the distal portion of the drainage lumen than the first diameter, wherein the proximal portion of the drainage lumen is essentially free of or free of openings; and (b) applying negative pressure to the proximal portion of the drainage lumen for a period of time to facilitate urine output from the kidney.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure address improved systems and methods for core-route-based clock tree wirelength reduction. A method may include accessing an integrated circuit design comprising a clock tree comprising routes that interconnect terminals of a plurality of clock tree instances. The method further includes identifying a core route in the clock tree. The method further includes determining a first offset based on a distance between the first terminal and the core route and determining a second offset based on a distance from the second terminal to the core route. The method further includes determining a target offset based on a combination of the first and second offsets and moving the clock tree instance toward the core route by the target offset.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a rotating electrical machine coil with a conductor and an insulation layer that is provided around the conductor to cover the conductor, the rotating electrical machine coil including a linear part of the coil and a coil end that is separable from and electrically connectable to the linear part of the coil.

Abstract: A bone plate system for securing a plurality of bones is provided including a plate member, a locking device of the bone plate, and a surgical cable having a trailing end for being connected to the bone plate and a leading end for being advanced around the bones and into the locking device. The surgical cable may be tensioned to approximate the bones, urge the bones together, and seat the bone plate against the bones. The locking device may be reconfigured to a locked configuration to fix the bone plate to the surgical cable. The bone plate further includes a plurality of throughbores for receiving bone anchors that rigidly fix the bone plate to the bones. The bone plate system utilizes the tensile strength of the surgical cable and the rigid fixation between the bone anchors and the bone plate to resist relative movement of the bones.

Abstract: A configurable circuit configurable according to the data width of elements of a matrix is described that includes a memory array, logic to write a matrix to the memory array having elements with a data width which can be specified using configuration data, logic for a transpose read of the matrix as-written and logic for normal read of the matrix as-written. The memory array includes first and second read ports operable in parallel. Transpose read logic and normal read logic can be coupled to the first and second read ports, respectively, allowing transpose and normal read of a matrix simultaneously.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and wind turbine for determining a dynamic twist of one or more blades. One or more first signals are received from a first wireless sensor attached to a blade of a wind turbine and a first angle is determined based on the received first signals. One or more second signals are received from a second wireless sensor attached to a blade of a wind turbine and spaced apart from the first wireless sensor by a predetermined distance. A second angle is determined based on the received second signals. A dynamic twist of the blade is determined based on the determined first angle, the determined second angle and the predetermined distance.

Abstract: A three dimensional printing system includes a resin vessel, a light engine, and a fluid spill containment vessel. The resin vessel is for containing resin and has a transparent sheet on a lower side that provides a lower bound for the resin. The light engine is disposed below the resin vessel for projecting pixelated light up through the transparent sheet. The fluid spill containment vessel is disposed between the resin vessel and the light engine to capture resin that spills from the resin vessel. The fluid spill containment vessel includes a housing for containing the spilled resin, a transparent window for allowing the pixelated light to project up through the fluid spill containment vessel and to the transparent sheet, and a fluid barrier wall surrounding at least part of the clear window and configured to reduce an amount of spilled resin required to occlude the pixelated light.

Abstract: A heartbeat-signal detecting device, which is for detecting a heartbeat signal of a living body, includes: (a) a gas-flow sensor configured to detect a flow rate of exhalation and inhalation passing through a trachea of the living body; (b) a gas-flow calculation controlling portion configured to output a respiration signal that reflects a respiratory motion of the living body, based on a signal outputted from the gas-flow sensor; (c) a waveform analysis controlling portion configured to extract, from the respiration signal, frequency components which are in synchronization with a pulse of a heart of the living body superimposed on the respiration signal, and to output a heartbeat signal representing a heartbeat waveform of the living body; and (d) a heartbeat-signal evaluation controlling portion is configured to evaluate a functional abnormality or an anatomic abnormality of the heart, based on the heartbeat signal analyzed by the waveform analysis controlling portion.

Abstract: A power supply control apparatus that includes a switching circuit that turns ON or OFF a switch provided at a point along a wire, wherein power supply via the wire is controlled by switching with the switching circuit; a current output circuit configured to output a current whose current value increases as a current value of a current flowing through the wire increases; a resistance circuit through which the current that the current output circuit outputs flows, wherein the resistance circuit includes: a first resistor; and a series circuit of a second resistor and a capacitor that is connected in parallel to the first resistor; and a voltage applying circuit configured to, if an end-to-end voltage value across the resistance circuit becomes higher than or equal to a predetermined voltage value, apply a voltage whose value is higher than the predetermined voltage value.

Abstract: A switch module includes a first single-throw switch having a first input terminal 20 switchable to a common terminal. A second single-throw switch has a second input terminal switchable to the common terminal. A first control is coupled to the first single-throw switch and a second control is coupled to the second single-throw switch. The first and second controls are configured to independently control, respectively, the first and second single-throw switches.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasound transducer, an evaluation value acquisition unit, a determination unit, and an output unit. The evaluation value acquisition unit obtains an evaluation value for evaluating the function of tissue including a predetermined site based on biological information acquired for a predetermined period of time by the ultrasound transducer. The determination unit determines whether the function of the tissue is abnormal based on the evaluation value. The output unit outputs information based on a result of determination by the determination unit.