Abstract: A wireless communication method and apparatus are provided. One example method includes: receiving first PEI by a first terminal device, using, by the first terminal device, at least one of the first subgroup ID or the second subgroup ID.

Abstract: A system comprising an agitation and flocculation system and a particulate filter capture system, and optionally a feedback system and/or an ion exchange resin system. The agitation and flocculation system configured to receive a contaminated aqueous stream and an anhydrite quantity, and comprising means for agitating the aqueous stream and a means for mixing the aqueous stream with the anhydrite, such that a precipitate of calcium+contaminant complexes is formed. Also, a system comprising a fixed-bed type cross-flow system and a particulate filter capture system, and a corresponding method of removing per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances from the contaminated aqueous stream. The method comprising the acts of: providing an anhydrite quantity; contacting and agitating the anhydrite quantity with a contaminated aqueous stream; and collecting the precipitate of calcium+contaminant complexes formed from the aqueous stream.

Abstract: An acoustic wave filter component can include an acoustic wave device including a multi-layer piezoelectric substrate. The multi-layer piezoelectric substrate can include at least a support substrate and a piezoelectric layer. The acoustic wave device can include an interdigital transducer electrode on the piezoelectric layer. An additional layer can be located over the interdigital transducer electrode. The acoustic wave filter component can also include a bulk acoustic wave resonator supported by the additional layer. The acoustic wave device can be a boundary wave resonator, and one or more boundary wave resonators may be provided in a stacked arrangement, with the bulk acoustic wave resonator in the top layer of the stacked arrangement. The acoustic wave device can also be a temperature-compensated surface acoustic wave device.

Abstract: A method for a first node used for wireless communication and an apparatus are provided. The first node includes: a transceiver, configured to: receive one or more first type synchronization signal blocks, wherein each first type synchronization signal block in the one or more first type synchronization signal blocks includes first information; and an index of each first type synchronization signal block in the one or more first type synchronization signal blocks is one of a plurality of candidate synchronization signal block indexes; and, transmit one or more second type synchronization signal blocks, wherein each second type synchronization signal block in the one or more second type synchronization signal blocks includes the first information.

Abstract: The intermediate transfer unit includes: an endless intermediate transfer belt which is turned around while carrying a toner image on its outer circumferential surface; and a plurality of rollers on which the intermediate transfer belt is turnably stretched, wherein the intermediate transfer belt has, on its inner circumferential surface, an information recording area in which belt information has been recorded, and the intermediate transfer belt has a mark at a position in the outer circumferential surface where a positional relationship between the mark and the information recording area comes to a specified relationship.

Abstract: A method may include providing a syringe device having (a) a single needle, (b) a first syringe comprising saline with microbubbles, (c) a second syringe comprising a therapeutic compound, and (d) a connector coupling the single needle to the first syringe and to the second syringe. The method may further include guiding the single needle to an injection site of a patient; injecting, with the first syringe, a quantity of saline with microbubbles; confirming a desired position of the single needle, with ultrasound imaging, by identifying the microbubbles in the quantity of saline relative to a tip of the single needle and further relative to one or more anatomical landmarks visible with the ultrasound imaging; and injecting, with the second syringe, the therapeutic compound at the injection site.

Abstract: A security device for locking to a container in blocking access to content of the container. The security device has a locking mechanism contained within a housing, the locking mechanism includes a slider for sliding within the housing between an unlocked state and a locking state; and a catch mounted within the housing for displacement relative to the slider. The catch has a blocking condition in which it blocks sliding of the slider between its unlocked and locking states, and an activated condition in which the catch is displaced from its blocking condition in response to an activating action applied externally to the security device, the catch reverting to its blocking condition on termination of application of the activating action. The security device further includes a component coupled to the slider for locking the security device to the container as aforesaid when the slider is in its locking state.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a solid-state battery, wherein slurry for a solid electrolyte layer is applied to each of the electrodes, and the electrodes are bound to each other before drying to obtain a solid-state battery. In the solid-state battery, each electrode is in close contact with the solid electrolyte membrane to provide excellent interfacial property, such as reduced resistance. In addition, the thickness of the solid electrolyte membrane may be controlled to a level of several microns to provide an effect of increasing the energy density of a unit cell.

Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for sensor tampering detection are provided. An aftertreatment system comprises a first leg comprising a first Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system, a first doser, and a first NOx sensor, a second leg comprising a second SCR system, a second doser, and a second NOx sensor, and a controller. The controller determines satisfaction of enabling conditions. The controller doses reductant to the first and second SCR systems. The controller determines NOx values of the first SCR system and the second SCR system. The controller adjust the dosing of the first SCR system for a time period. The controller measures NOx values of the first SCR system and the second SCR system. The controller determines a difference between the third and first NOx values and a difference between the fourth and second NOx values. The controller generates an indication regarding whether the first NOx sensor is displaced.

Abstract: A telescope mechanism for a steering column includes a jacket. The telescope mechanism also includes a telescope actuator housing mounted to the jacket. The telescope mechanism further includes a capture bracket positioned on the telescope actuator housing and mechanically fastened to the jacket on a first side of the telescope actuator housing and on a second side of the telescope actuator housing.

Abstract: A tracked vehicle, controller for the tracked vehicle, and a method performed thereon are provided that enable the pilot to steer the tracked vehicle using an existing joystick of the tracked vehicle.

Abstract: A load cell includes a force transmitting element, a force sensing element converting a force acting on the force transmitting element into a measurement signal, a cover having an opening spaced apart from the force sensing element, and a gel element disposed in the opening. The force transmitting element extends into the opening and from the opening toward the force sensing element. The force transmitting element rests against the gel element in the opening.

Abstract: A sternal elevator apparatus is disclosed. The sternal elevator may include a panel, a support beam traversing the panel, and a post coupled to a proximal end of the panel. The apparatus may also include an indicator handle coupled to the sternal elevator, an actuator drive pivotably coupled to the indicator handle, and a housing movably coupled to the actuator drive. The sternal elevator apparatus may have an actuator drive incorporating a linear rack. The housing further may include a cylindrical gear where the cylindrical gear is engaged with the linear rack.

Abstract: An imaging device includes a first electrode, a charge accumulating electrode arranged with a space from the first electrode, an isolation electrode arranged with a space from the first electrode and the charge accumulating electrode and surrounding the charge accumulating electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer formed in contact with the first electrode and above the charge accumulating electrode with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, and a second electrode formed on the photoelectric conversion layer. The isolation electrode includes a first isolation electrode and a second isolation electrode arranged with a space from the first isolation electrode, and the first isolation electrode is positioned between the first electrode and the second isolation electrode.

Abstract: A camera head for an endoscope includes a casing that forms exterior, and an imaging unit that is housed in the casing and images a subject image. The casing includes a metal exterior unit that forms at least a part of the exterior and is formed by hydroforming.

Abstract: A shaft assembly for transmitting a torque in a driveline system. The shaft assembly comprises an outer shaft member that extends along an axis and includes an interior surface defining a bore and a plurality of outer grooves at least partially delimiting the bore. An inner shaft member extends along the axis and includes an outer surface defining at least one of a plurality of inner pockets or a plurality of inner grooves aligned with the outer grooves. At least one rolling element is located between the outer grooves and the inner pockets or the outer grooves and the inner grooves. At least one of the outer surface of the inner shaft or the inner surface of the outer shaft is configured to axially retain the at least one rolling element and the shaft assembly does not include a ball retaining cage.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a non-aqueous electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery includes an organic solvent, a lithium salt, and a compound represented by Formula 1. In some embodiments, the compound represented by Formula 1 is present in an amount of 0.1 part by weight to 3 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte.

Abstract: A toner includes toner particles each including a pulverized toner mother particle and an external additive attached to the surface of the toner mother particle. The toner mother particles have a volume median diameter of at least 5.20 m and no greater than 6.50 ?m and contain a binder resin containing a tetrahydrofuran-insoluble component in a percentage content of at least 4.50% by mass and no greater than 16.00% by mass. The tetrahydrofuran-insoluble component has a percentage content of no greater than 2.20% by mass in the binder resin as subjected to ultrasonication at an output power of 200 W and a frequency of 28 kHz for 1 minute. In an infrared absorption spectrum of the toner particles plotted by infrared spectroscopy, a peak appearing at a wavenumber of 701 cm?1 has a height of at least 0.0070 A and no greater than 0.0300 A.

Abstract: A computer-implemented traffic planning method controls a plurality of vehicles which are movable among multiple shared resources. The method includes receiving a transport mission; generating a root node representing an initial resource occupancy of the vehicles; generating a search tree from the root node, in which each edge represents a motion command and each node represents a resource occupancy, wherein each node is associated with a score related to the vehicles' fulfilment of the transport mission; identifying a target node with an acceptable score; and deriving a planned sequence of motion commands corresponding to a path to the target node. The score of a node includes a short-term component, which represents a cost of executing all motion commands from the root node to said node, and a long-term component, which is determined by the resource occupancy that the node represents.

Abstract: A joint for attaching a printed circuit board to an electrical conductor includes an electrically conductive lining that lines an inner surface of a through-hole in the printed circuit board and a tenon pressed in the through-hole. The tenon is in frictional and electrical contact with the electrically conductive lining. The tenon is monolithically formed from a material of the electrical conductor.