Abstract: A wall panel assembly includes a first wall panel includes a first core having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A first edge joiner extends between the first surface and the second surface. The first edge joiner has a first male extension extending therefrom and a second edge joiner extending between the first surface and the second surface parallel to the first edge joiner. The second edge joiner has a first female receiver disposed therein. The first male extension has a first channel opening having a first width. The first female receiver has a first extension extending inward and having a second width less than the first width.

Abstract: A method to produce a hard coating onto a substrate, wherein the hard coating comprises a hydrogen-free amorphous carbon coating, wherein the amorphous carbon coating is deposited onto the substrate using a cathodic arc discharge deposition technique, wherein a bias voltage is applied to the substrate with an absolute value that is greater than 0 V, preferably greater than 10 V and less than 1000 V, and wherein the absolute value of the bias voltage is increased during the coating process to obtain a first structure and a second structure and a gradient between the first and the second structure along the coating thickness, wherein the first and the second structure comprise sp2 and sp3 carbon bonds but differ in their relative concentration, wherein at least one coating pause is applied during the coating process in order to reduce the substrate temperature during the coating pause.

Abstract: A transistor amplifier includes a semiconductor layer structure comprising first and second major surfaces and a plurality of unit cell transistors on the first major surface that are electrically connected in parallel, each unit cell transistor comprising a gate finger coupled to a gate manifold, a drain finger coupled to a drain manifold, and a source finger. The semiconductor layer structure is free of a via to the source fingers on the second major surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for detecting and preventing occurrence of a saturation state in a power amplifier. A power amplifier module can include a power amplifier including a cascode transistor pair. The cascode transistor pair can include a first transistor and a second transistor. The power amplifier module can include a current comparator configured to compare a first base current of the first transistor and a second base current of the second transistor to obtain a comparison value. The power amplifier module can include a saturation controller configured to supply a reference signal to an impedance matching network based on the comparison value. The impedance matching network can be configured to modify a load impedance of a load line in electrical communication with the power amplifier based at least in part on the reference signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for product handling and dispensing. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a system comprising a tray comprising one or more lanes and one or more openings disposed on a bottom surface of the tray; one or more supports positioned within at least one of the one or more lanes, wherein the one or more supports are configured to support one or more items; and one or more dispensing units comprising one or more dispensing arms, wherein the one or more dispensing arms are configured to (i) couple to, engage with, or lift the one or more supports and (ii) transport (a) the one or more supports, (b) the one or more items on the one or more supports, or (c) both the one or more supports and the one or more items to one or more receiving areas or receiving units.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for retail environments. In one implementation, a non transitory computer-readable medium may include instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method. The method may include detecting online digital activities related to a retail store and originating from customers in the retail store; receiving position information indicating positions from which the detected online digital activities originated; clustering the detected online digital activities based on the position information to provide clusters of detected online digital activities, each cluster being associated with a different region of the retail store; using an image acquisition device to capture images of a particular region of the retail store associated with a particular cluster; analyzing the images to detect a condition of the retail store associated with the detected cluster; and automatically initiating a remedial action to address the detected condition.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a pouch-type secondary battery comprising the steps of: (a) preparing an electrode assembly having a separator interposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode; (b) forming a receiving part for the electrode assembly in a case made of a laminate sheet; and (c) manufacturing a battery cell by receiving the electrode assembly in the receiving part and thermally fusing the case, wherein the laminate sheet comprises an outer resin layer, a metal barrier layer and an inner resin layer, the inner resin layer comprising polypropylene or polyethylene, and a crosslinking agent.

Abstract: A system is configured to provide Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) training using one or more of augmented reality (AR) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, or other devices. The system may generate one or more AR elements (such as one or more of an enemy combatant, an aerial device, an ordnance, a ground vehicle, or a structure). The system may produce AR data that can be provided to one or more AR headsets and may produce VR scene data corresponding to the AR data that can be provided to one or more VR headsets. Additionally, the system may detect a cap or cover on a device, determine data related to the device from the cap, and present visual data superimposed over the cap based on the determined data.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic apparatus capable of capturing an image without being affected by an abnormality on a display surface. The electronic apparatus includes: a display unit; an imaging unit that is disposed on an opposite side to a display surface of the display unit; an abnormality detection unit that detects an abnormality on the display surface; and a display control unit that highlights a position where the abnormality detected by the abnormality detection unit occurs on the display unit.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: receiving at least one signal comprising control information; determining data to transmit using grant-free data transmission; determining whether grant-free data transmission using time-frequency repetition is permitted for the grant-free data transmission in dependence on the received control information; if it is determined that use of time-frequency repetition for the grant-free data transmission is permitted, causing transmission of grant-free data transmission using time-frequency repetition; and if it is determined that use of time-frequency repetition for the grant-free data transmission is not permitted, causing transmission of grant-free data transmission without using time-frequency repetition.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery module that is capable of being disposed inside a secondary battery pack in various forms and being easily set in series or parallel between cells inside the secondary battery pack, thereby improving efficiency in designing the secondary battery pack. A secondary battery module according to the present disclosure includes: a plurality of cells comprising a first cell and a second cell which are facing each other, and a rotation member disposed between a surface of the first cell and a surface of the second cell facing the surface of the first cell, wherein the first cell is rotatable with respect to the second cell.

Abstract: A method and system for the offshore production of fuel includes an offshore marine platform on which is mounted an ammonia production unit. The ammonia production unit may produce ammonia utilizing raw materials sourced adjacent the marine platform, including seawater and electricity from offshore wind turbines. The produced ammonia may be subsequently liquified and transported away from the marine platform, or conveyed to a remote location via a seabed pipeline. A portion of the hydrogen produced as part of the ammonia production process may be utilized to operate onboard combustion turbines that can in turn drive electric generators onboard the marine platform to produce electricity.

Abstract: A network-based apparatus includes at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the network apparatus to configure a cache manager according to a cache management policy identified in a request from a network orchestrator, the cache manager managing a cache of a multi-level cache hierarchy, the cache storing bitstreams for configuring a programmable device.

Abstract: Disclosed are a circuit board for a battery monitoring circuit and a wire harness for connection therewith. The battery monitoring circuit includes first to (M+1)-th voltage sensing pins, operating on a condition that a voltage is applied to (M?N+1) to (M+1)-th voltage sensing pins among the first to (M+1)-th voltage sensing pins. The circuit board includes first to (M+1)-th conducting patterns formed electrically separably from each other, and electrically connected, at an end, to each of the first to (M+1)-th voltage sensing pins, respectively, a relay conducting pattern, wherein an end of the relay conducting pattern is electrically connected to (M?N+1)-th conducting pattern electrically connected to the (M?N+1)-th voltage sensing pin among the first to (M+1)-th conducting patterns, first to (M+1)-th board terminals, each of the first to (M+1)-th board terminals being electrically connected to an opposite end of each of the first to (M+1)-th conducting patterns.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for facilitating assembly and/or dis-assembly of a vehicle brake assembly, the apparatus being configured to be positionable relative to the brake assembly and movable away from the vehicle and further being configurable to support and hold a selected part of the vehicle brake assembly for facilitating removal and installation thereof, and wherein the apparatus comprises a positioning assembly configured to controllably move the selected held part of the brake assembly relative to a base of the apparatus, and the positioning assembly is further configured to raise and lower the held selected part between a lowered position where the selected part is in contact with or on the ground and a raised position where the selected part and adaptor assembly is transportable by the apparatus to or from the vehicle.

Abstract: A drying device according to the present disclosure includes a conveying device, an air blowing device, and an exhaust device. The conveying device conveys a medium on which an image is formed, along a predetermined conveyance direction. The air blowing device sends air toward the medium from above the medium conveyed by the conveying device to dry the medium. The exhaust device takes in air above the medium from both sides of the conveying device in a width direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction and exhausts the taken air to an outside.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and non-transitory program storage devices for identifying demographic information in an input data file even in the face of known errors that would otherwise prevent the method from operating. When a fault condition is detected, a fault handler may attempt to fix the faulty data, remove the faulty data from the input data file being processed, or provide the faulty data at a user interface so a human user can intervene. The method and storage devices may continue processing the data regardless of whether human input has been received because the system can bypass or remove the data, thereby keeping the method fault tolerant.

Abstract: An intraluminal support structure includes a scaffold panel having a first free and a second free end with a longitudinal axis therebetween when flattened. The scaffold panel can be helically wrapped over an elongated carrier region of a delivery catheter, and the first and second free ends can be coupled to each other to form the scaffold panel into a ring when the scaffold panel is deployed.

Abstract: A mixing apparatus including a mixing region can have an inlet and an outlet. The mixing region can be operable to couple with a solution housing, thereby defining a mixing chamber. A stem can extend from a surface of the mixing region and the inlet can be disposed at a distal end of the stem. A wing can disposed at a proximal end of the stem and adjacently engaged with the surface of the mixing region and have a leading edge and a trailing edge.

Abstract: A hybrid manufacturing method and a device made thereby. The method includes: laser writing a border on a receiving surface of a substrate, the border defining an internal zone inside the border and an external zone outside the border, the border being a part of the substrate that is changed in its material properties by the laser writing; depositing a material in the internal zone, the material being deposited in an uncured state on the receiving surface, wherein a flow of the material from the internal zone towards the external zone is impeded by the border; and at least partially curing the material in the internal zone, the at least partially cured material forming a layer.