Abstract: Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compounds, compositions, and methods of using the same for the sequencing of a nucleic acid.

Abstract: A system for counting objects in a queue waiting for service at one of a plurality of electronic points of service “EPOSs” includes an object tracking system and a processor system for processing data. The processor system may have memory means storing data indicative of the positions of each of said EPOSs within a service point area, and be adapted to receive data from each EPOS indicating its operational status and to receive from said tracking system data relating to positions of objects within the service point area. The method of counting objects in a queue comprises firstly determining an initial seed location as a point at which a single queue of objects forms. Then, determining a new seed location as a point at which the single queue forms Once the new seed location is determined, tracked objects may be assigned to the single queue and then counted.

Abstract: Systems and method for web control adaptation and hooking for virtual private network integration are provided herein. A client application executing on a client device can modify a scheme support function of a web control application to return a first value in response to a first scheme type. The first value can indicate that the web control application does not support the first scheme type. A custom scheme function can be registered to handle the first scheme type and can intercept requests of the first scheme type. The custom scheme function can transmit the requests to one or more URLs corresponding to one or more applications through a virtual private network (VPN). The custom scheme function can forward, to the web control application for rendering on the client device, the data corresponding to the application retrieved by the custom scheme function through the VPN.

Abstract: A method of monitoring a patient includes: obtaining an input image having a plurality of regions of interest by a processing unit; and determining a plurality of positions for the respective plurality of regions of interest by the processing unit; wherein the act of determining the plurality of positions comprises: accessing a plurality of templates; comparing the plurality of templates with respective areas in the input image using a comparator in the processing unit; and determining the plurality of positions based at least in part on a result of the act of comparing.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a delivery system comprises an interface and one or more processors. The interface is operable to receive a current preference from a recipient. The current preference indicates how the recipient prefers messages to be delivered. The processors determine whether the current preference differs from a previous preference that the delivery system associates with the recipient. The interface communicates the current preference to a plurality of senders if the current preference differs from the previous preference. The senders are configured to store the current preference in local memory and to apply the current preference from local memory in response to a future determination to send a message to the recipient.

Abstract: In a rail inspection system, a positional deviation can be detected with accuracy. The rail inspection system includes a first sensor unit which is disposed to face a rail for a vehicle, and includes at least one receiver coil and at least one oscillation coil which are arranged in an arrangement direction intersecting with a layout direction of the rail, an AC voltage source which applies AC voltage to the oscillation coil, and a displacement detection unit which detects a displacement between the rail and the first sensor unit based on an induced voltage of the receiver coil. The first sensor unit is configured such that, when the displacement is a first displacement, a first maximum value appears in the induced voltage, and when the displacement is a second displacement, a second maximum value of which a phase is reversed against the first maximum value appears in the induced voltage.

Abstract: A modular power distribution assembly includes a first power module having a power input, a first aperture extending therethrough, and a first bus bar connector at the first aperture and a set of second power modules having a respective power switch, a second aperture extending therethrough, and a second bus bar connector at the aperture, wherein the first power module and the set of second power modules have an attachment interface adapted to physically secure the first power module to the set of second power modules.

Abstract: A housing for an airbag module for accommodating a folded gas bag. The housing including a base portion and at least one lateral portion projecting from the base portion. At least one of the portions comprises at least two layers of a flexible material, which are arranged one above the other and are cohesively connected with each other.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an RF coil apparatus includes coil elements and multiplexing circuitry. The coil elements each receive magnetic resonance signals. The multiplexing circuitry multiplexes the magnetic resonance signals received respectively by the coil elements, by using a local signal. The multiplexing circuitry includes mixer circuitry and matching circuitry. The mixer circuitry has a local port for inputting the local signal that includes a local frequency. The mixer circuitry converts at least one frequency among the magnetic resonance signals in accordance with the local frequency of the local signal input via the local port. The matching circuitry matches, in a narrow band, a local signal that is to be input to the local port with the local frequency.

Abstract: In a general aspect, a method is presented for determining a motion zone for a location of motion detected by wireless signals. In some aspects, the method includes obtaining a time series of statistical parameters derived from sets of channel response data. The method also includes identifying time intervals in the time series of statistical parameters, each time interval associated with a respective motion zone in the space. The method additionally includes determining, by analyzing multiple time windows within each of the time intervals, ranges of motion-zone parameters associated with each respective motion zone. The method further includes storing, in a database of a motion detection system, the ranges of motion-zone parameters for the respective motion zones. The ranges of motion-zone parameters are used to identify one of the motion zones based on a motion event detected by the motion detection system.

Abstract: A method of communicating information from a sensor concerning a received signal, comprising: responsive to receiving by at least one detecting sensor, during a defined time interval data indicative of an entire data of a frequency band received by it during the defined time interval, comprising at least one signal emitted at least one emitter, and to detecting of the emitted signal by the at least one detecting sensor, sending from the sensor assistance information corresponding to the detected emitted signal during the defined time interval, to at least one non-detecting sensor. This information can be utilized by the non-detecting sensor to perform an action with respect to data indicative of an entire data of the frequency band received by the non-detecting sensor during a corresponding defined time interval, the action corresponding to at least one emitted signal received by the non-detecting sensor during the corresponding defined time interval.

Abstract: An example method of operation may include designating sub-regions which collectively provide a defined reception space, receiving audio signals at a controller from the microphone arrays in the defined reception space, configuring the controller with known locations of each of the microphone arrays, assigning each of the sub-regions to at least one of the microphone arrays based on the known locations, and creating beamform tracking configurations for each of the microphone arrays based on their assigned sub-regions.

Abstract: A transfer member (128) comprising a housing (24) having a top, a side wall (26), an open bottom, the open bottom permitting insertion of a vial (12) within the housing, a piercing member (34) mounted within the housing (24), the piercing member (34) having a piercing tip (36) located at a bottom end thereof, the piercing member having an interior passageway formed therein, a connector (30) located on an exterior side of the top, a moveable member (40) mounted within the housing (24), the moveable member (40) being moveable from a first position wherein the moveable member (40) prevents access to the piercing tip (36) to a second position permitting access to the piercing tip when the vial is inserted in the housing, a transfer member (128), the transfer member (128) having first and second transfer member ends (131, 133) wherein the moveable member (40) and the housing (24) cause the moveable member (40) to rotate when the moveable member (40) moves upwardly upon insertion of the vial (12), the moveable memb

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first scintillator layer configured to provide first image signals with a first quantum efficiency and a first spatial resolution; a second scintillator layer configured to provide second image signals with a second quantum efficiency and a second spatial resolution, wherein the first quantum efficiency is lower than the second quantum efficiency, but the first spatial resolution is higher than the second spatial resolution; and an image combiner configured to combine the first image signals and the second image signals.

Abstract: A method or system of managing data with high granularity, comprises identifying data objects and an associated data management policy. The policy uses features and a common semantic to define a feature-based sequence of data management actions of a data management operation that varies for different objects depending on respective features. Features of the data objects are obtained and then used to associate a data management action with the object using the policy so that the object is managed individually according to its own features, thus achieving high granularity of data management precision and also high flexibility.

Abstract: A lighting control module (LCM) includes an input configured to receive, from a sensor, a signal indicative of motion and/or occupancy, and to output a first corresponding signal. The LCM includes a microprocessor to receive the first corresponding signal from the input and, in response, transmit a second corresponding signal. A wireless transceiver is communicatively coupled to the microprocessor and configured to communicate with other LCMs. A relay is configured to selectively provide power to an output that is configured to be electrically coupled to a fixture. The relay is configured to selectively provide the power to the output according to a first relay-control signal from the microprocessor. The LCM also includes a regulated power supply, a power input configured to couple the power supply to an external power source, and a dimming module configured to be coupled to the fixture and to, when coupled to the fixture, output a signal to the fixture.

Abstract: The invention relates to the production of an optical or optoelectronic assembly (1, 2) comprising an active component (5) and a cooler (3). The cooler (3) is produced by means of a 3D printing method on a composite plate (6).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a locking structure of a valve timing adjustment apparatus for an internal combustion engine, using torque from a camshaft and the pressure of working fluid. The locking structure includes an anti-rotation mechanism for inhibiting or preventing a position change between a rotor and a housing by preventing relative rotation of the rotor to the housing. The anti-rotation mechanism further includes: a plurality of locking grooves which are formed on the ratchet plate with different depths and connected to each other; and a locking pin member. In particular, the locking pin member has: a hollow outer pin elastically disposed in a fitting hole formed in vanes, an inner pin elastically disposed inside the outer pin, and a lifter ring coupled to the upper portion of the outer pin to slide on the inner side of the fitting hole.

Abstract: When reducing radiation dose to healthy tissue near a target volume, a 4D motion model (52) of a target volume is generated during CT scan data acquisition. The target volume is tracked, and tracked target volume position information (43) is provided to a motion estimation tool (48). Motion parameter information (60) output from the motion estimation tool is linked to motion phases of the target volume indicated by CT scan data. A dynamic planned target volume (PTV) (64) that covers the target volume in each motion phase is generated and linked to tracked motion parameters for each respective motion phase. A radiation dose is delivered to the PTV for each motion phase using the linked motion parameters and real-time tracking information.

Abstract: A roller pinion for rotating about a central axis generally includes a core having an axial bore at its center for mounting on a drive shaft and recesses extending the length of the core. The recesses define faces with a plurality of regularly distributed sectors extending between them. The roller pinion also includes a cage associated with a plurality of rollers. The cage extends around the outer peripheral surface of the core, and presents, facing the outer peripheral surface of the core, a concentric spherical inner surface that faces the recesses of the core. Protuberances are provided that extend into the recesses. The protuberances have faces positioned parallel to and facing the faces of the recesses. Metal strips arranged in bundles with elastomer material interposed between the strips are inserted in a space between the respective faces of one recess in the core and one protuberance of the cage.