Abstract: A line card in a network box receives a SyncE clock signal and an input SYNC signal. A phase-lock loop (PLL) in the line card receives the SyncE clock signal as a reference clock signal and generates an output SyncE clock signal. The line card regenerates a SYSCLK signal using a digitally controlled oscillator that receives a timing signal from the SyncE PLL and receives a control signal from control logic on the line card. The frequency and phase information contained in the SYNC signal is utilized to control the DCO. The SYSCLK signal is divided to generate an output SYNC signal. The control logic uses the time difference between the input SYNC signal and a SYNC feedback signal to control the DCO to provide a zero delay SYNC output signal. The output SYNC signal and the SYSCLK signal control a time of day counter in the line card.

Abstract: A medical observation device includes an imaging unit configured to photograph an image of an operation site, and a holding unit configured to be connected with the imaging unit and have rotary shafts which are operable with at least six degrees of freedom. Among the rotary shafts, at least two shafts are active shafts whose driving is controlled based on states of the rotary shafts, and at least one shaft is a passive shaft which is rotated according to direct external manipulation accompanying contact.

Abstract: A device for cardiac surgery is disclosed. The device for cardiac surgery includes an aortic root retractor frame, an introducer, and one or more suture locking apparatuses. The device for cardiac surgery also includes an actuator for releasing the aortic root retractor frame, as well as a deployment mechanism for fully expanding the aortic root retractor frame. Multiple suture locking apparatuses used for releasable locking and unlocking of suture during a cardiac surgery procedure may be included in the device for cardiac surgery.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a selective catalytic reduction system for treating exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. The system includes an inlet section that receives exhaust gases from the engine. The system includes a tank storing diesel exhaust fluid (“DEF”), a pump, a valve, and an injector each in fluid communication with each other. The injector is coupled to the inlet exhaust pipe and configured to inject DEF into the exhaust gases flowing through the inlet exhaust pipe in a plurality of pulses. Each of the plurality of pulses injects a constant volume of DEF into the inlet exhaust pipe. The system further includes a controller configured to operate the pump and the valve such that a time interval between successive constant volume pulses of the plurality of pulses is varied based on a variable oxides of nitrogen content of the exhaust gases.

Abstract: Techniques for management of links related to public safety incidents within a window displayed in a graphical user interface are provided. Creation of a plurality of links associated with public safety incidents is monitored. When each of the links is shared is monitored. With whom each of the links is shared is monitored. The graphical user interface displays a list of the created links, the links created by an agency. User input selecting a created link from the list of created links is received. The graphical user interface, details about the link creation, the details including when the link that was created, the expiration date of the link, whom the link was shared with, and when the link was shared. The graphical user interface displays a control to alter the expiration date of the link, wherein a notification of media upload routed based, in part, on the expiration date.

Abstract: An article including a reflector having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a first selective light modulator layer external to the first surface of the reflector; a second selective light modulator layer external to the second surface of the reflector; a first absorber layer external to the first selective light modulator layer; and a second absorber layer external to the second selective light modulator layer; wherein each of the first and second selective light modulator layers include a host material is disclosed herein. Methods of making the article are also disclosed.

Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system includes a catalyst, an exhaust conduit system, a first sensor, a second sensor, a reductant pump, a dosing module, and a reductant delivery system controller. The exhaust conduit system is coupled to the catalyst. The first sensor is coupled to the exhaust conduit system upstream of the catalyst and configured to obtain a current first measurement upstream of the catalyst. The second sensor is coupled to the exhaust conduit system downstream of the catalyst and configured to obtain a current second measurement downstream of the catalyst. The reductant pump is configured to draw reductant from a reductant source. The dosing module is fluidly coupled to the reductant pump and configured to selectively provide the reductant from the reductant pump into the exhaust conduit system upstream of the catalyst. The reductant delivery system controller is communicable with the first sensor, the second sensor, the reductant pump, and the dosing module.

Abstract: A portable railroad spike remover comprises a claw assembly extractor that is shaped to engage and secure a railroad spike previously installed into a rail tie. The claw assembly extractor may include a pair of jaw members that are pivotally connected to each other by a pivoting pin and a rotating pin. Each jaw member may include a lower end configured to contact and secure a railroad spike and a pair of upper members interlocked with each other and pivotally connected to the clevis fastener with the rotating pin. When the drive shaft is rotated, the claw assembly extractor and the mounting flange may move inside the main housing in a vertical direction to extract the railroad spike from the rail tie.

Abstract: A sensor table mounting system includes an insulating blanket assembly and a senor table. The insulating blanket assembly is configured to surround an external housing surface of an exhaust aftertreatment component housing. The insulating blanket assembly includes an inner blanket surface, an outer blanket surface, and a first restraint. The outer blanket surface is opposite the inner blanket surface. The first restraint includes a first restraint first end that is fixed to the outer blanket surface. The sensor table includes a platform, a first standoff, a second standoff, a first footing, and a second footing. The first footing is offset from the platform by the first standoff and configured to be coupled to the first restraint. The second footing is offset from the platform by the second standoff and configured to be coupled to the first restraint.

Abstract: A sheet folding device includes a folding rollers pair, a folding blade, a movable guide, and a driving mechanism. The folding rollers pair includes a first roller and a second roller, and causes a sheet conveyed in a first conveyance direction to pass through a first nip area between the rollers. The folding blade is selectively disposed in a folding position and in a retracting position. The movable guide can reciprocate between a covering position covering the second roller disposed downstream of the first roller in the first conveyance direction and the first nip area and a non-covering position exposing the second roller and the first nip area. The drive mechanism disposes the folding blade in the folding position while disposing the movable guide in the non-covering position, and disposes the folding blade in the retracting position while disposing the movable guide in the covering position.

Abstract: An adaptor for a dental implant abutment includes a body extending along a longitudinal axis between a proximal end and a distal end. The body has a longitudinally extending bore extending from the proximal end for sliding receipt of a post of a dental implant abutment. The body has a distal shaft for inserting into a dental prosthetic, and the distal shaft tapers in outer diameter going towards the distal end. The body has proximal flange for securing between the dental prosthetic and the dental implant abutment. The proximal flange has a first ledge for abutting the dental implant abutment and a second ledge for abutting the dental prosthetic, and the second ledge tapers in outer diameter going towards the distal end.

Abstract: A method of operating a robot includes providing a robot having a plurality of independently operable links that rotate and translate the robot. The links comprise a first link having a first distal end, a first proximal end, and a first longitudinal axis extending between the first distal end and the first proximal end and a second link having a second proximal end, a second distal end operatively coupled to the first proximal end, and a second longitudinal axis extending between the second proximal end and the second distal end. The method further comprises inserting the robot through a first opening into the space and advancing the robot through the space by performing at least one of the following operations: axially elongating the robot; pivoting the first longitudinal axis relative to the second longitudinal axis; and rotating the first longitudinal axis relative to the second longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A diffractive pigment includes diffractive pigment, includes a stack including alternating layers of a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer, in which the high refractive index layer is a composition including an organic material and high refractive index inorganic nanoparticles; in which at least one layer of the stack is embossed. A method of making a diffractive pigment is also disclosed.

Abstract: A sheet folding device includes a folding rollers pair, a folding blade and a sheet guide. The folding rollers pair causes a sheet to pass through a first nip area to fold the sheet. The folding blade includes a blade portion and a pair of arm portions. The blade portion is selectively disposed in a folding position where the blade portion pushes a folded portion of the sheet into the first nip area and in a retracting position where the blade portion is retracted from the folding position. The pair of arm portions couples both end portions of the blade portion with the pivot shaft. The sheet guide can be passed between the pair of arm portions. Between the blade portion and the sheet guide, a retreating path in which a part of the sheet is retreated when the folded portion is pushed into the first nip area.

Abstract: Systems and methods for training canines to detect a virus by scent, and field implementation of a trained canine sweeping for the virus in a public setting with high mobility, the public setting selected by predictive analytics software. The trained canine is brought to a location desired to be swept and moves freely around the location. The canine searches for target odors or scents associated with the virus and is able to follow the target odor or scent back to its source. A person identified by a trained canine as a source of the target odor or scent associated with the virus is quarantined or subjected to further testing to confirm if they have the virus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a charging device, a developing device, a transfer device, a development power supply, a current measurement device, and a processor. The development power supply applies a predetermined bias voltage to the developing device. The processor functions as a calculator and a controller. The calculator calculates a surface potential of the image carrier based on the development current measured by the current measurement device. The controller controls the charging device, the developing device, the transfer device, and the development power supply. The controller sets a tentative transfer current to be flowed through the transfer device while the calculator calculates the surface potential.

Abstract: An oral dosage form of an antidiabetic pharmaceutical composition comprises a core portion, an outer portion, and a controlled membrane film sandwiched therebetween. The core and outer portions respectively comprise a first antidiabetic agent and a second antidiabetic agent, such as metformin HCl and sitagliptin phosphate, each at a therapeutically effective amount. The controlled membrane film encapsulates the core portion and is provided with at least one passageway for allowing the first antidiabetic agent to release out when the oral dosage form is in an aqueous environment, such as in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of a subject. The oral dosage form is configured, upon a single-dose oral administration, to provide a maximum plasma concentration of the first antidiabetic agent in the subject from approximately 7.5 to 15 hours after administration. A method for manufacturing the oral dosage form of the antidiabetic pharmaceutical composition is also provided.

Abstract: Some embodiments include a touchscreen device (e.g., a projected capacitive sensor) with non-orthogonal U-drive and V-sense electrodes that intersect at an acute angle, ?. The touchscreen device includes a rectangular touch sensitive area with horizontal edge of length W and a vertical edge of length H. Some embodiments include a controller coupled to the touchscreen device that transmits signals via N drive channels, where N is an integer, where the N drive channels are communicatively coupled to P U-drive electrodes, and where P is an integer greater than or equal to N. Members of a subset of the P U-drive electrodes communicatively coupled to one of the N drive channels, intersect mutually exclusive sets of the V-sense electrodes. Motivated by signal-to-noise ratio considerations, values of acute angle, ?, are chosen such that signals corresponding to the drive signals traverse path lengths that are less than W plus H.

Abstract: An apparatus for printing discrete high-resolution high-density features on a surface is provided using an aerosol stream. An aerosol chamber has a transport gas that enters through a port and entrains aerosol in an aerosol chamber to form an aerosol-laden transport gas. A flow cell is provided that has a flow cell channel and sheath gas conduits. The aerosol-laden transport gas passes through the flow cell channel and is surrounded by sheath gas passed through the sheath gas conduits. At least one aerodynamic lens receives the aerosol-laden transport gas surrounded by sheath gas. A method of printing the aerosol droplets from the aerosol-laden transport gas onto the substrate with a mean diameter of 0.5 to 8 microns is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a self-service shopping system. The method includes: identifying a product code on a chosen product; determining whether the chosen product has an alterable tag; if the product code on the chosen product is identified and the chosen product is determined to carry a tag, altering the tag on the chosen product; and when the product code on the chosen product carrying altered tag are identified again, allowing the user to reduce the number of the chosen product carrying the altered tag through an interactive interface of the self-service shopping system or store staff. In addition, the present invention also relates to a self-service shopping system. The self-service shopping system includes an identification module, an analysis processing module, an altering module, and a feedback module.