Abstract: A method and a device for processing data blocks are provided, wherein each resource unit includes at least two portions of user data, wherein each portion of user data is associated with a user; and wherein subsequent resource units include different combinations of portions of user data. Furthermore, a communication system is provided comprising such a device.

Abstract: Normalization coefficients in are computed for positron emission tomography (PET) continuous bed motion acquisition (CBM). The normalization coefficients for the lines-of-response in CBM account for the change in decay of the injected isotope over time and/or changes in velocity of the bed motion.

Abstract: An oven appliance includes a cabinet that defines a chamber. A pair of doors is rotatably mounted to provide selective access to the chamber of the cabinet. The pair of doors is connected with a linkage assembly such that the doors rotate open and closed simultaneously. The linkage assembly includes a spur gear that engages another gear of the linkage assembly. The spur gear can hinder unwanted rotation of the pair of doors or compress the pair of doors against a seal.

Abstract: Compositions useful for target detection, imaging and treatment, as well as methods of production and use thereof, are disclosed herein.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a first radio frequency (RF) signal path and a second RF signal path. The first RF signal path can provide a first RF signal when active and the second RF signal path can provide a second RF signal when active. The second RF signal path can include a matching network with a load impedance configured to prevent a resonance in the second RF signal path due to coupling with the first RF signal path when the first RF signal path is active.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a wireless communications device powered by a rechargeable battery and for providing charging of the rechargeable battery. More particularly methods are provided for recharging a battery used to provide operating power to a communications device, particularly a near field communications (NFC) device in a clothes dryer. The method and system determine whether the drum of the clothes dryer is rotating and if not rotating is in a proper alignment to enable charging of the battery. Battery charging may take place when the a battery charger, located at a stationary position in the dryer, is aligned or rotated to be aligned, with the communications device. The battery charger may correspond to a reader of the communications device, an inductive charger separate from the reader, or a slip ring arrangement.

Abstract: A fixing device fixes a toner image formed on a recording medium to the recording medium. The fixing device includes a fixing roller, a pressure roller, and a first heater. The pressure roller is disposed opposite to the fixing roller to form a fixing nip therebetween. The first heater performs non-contact heating on the toner image that has passed through the fixing nip and that has been fixed to the recording medium to melt the toner image. The first heater is disposed adjacent to a conveyance path through which the recording medium that has passed through the fixing nip is conveyed.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) module comprises RF-shielding structure for providing three-dimensional electromagnetic interference shielding with respect to one or more RF devices disposed on the module. The RF-shielding may comprise wirebond structures disposed adjacent to or surrounding an RF device. Two or more intramodule devices may have wirebond structures configured to at least partially block certain types of RF signals disposed between the devices, thereby reducing effects of cross-talk between the devices.

Abstract: The invention relates to 1,2,4-thiadiazole derivatives and their use to treat parasites.

Abstract: A needle is enhanced in a medical diagnostic ultrasound image. The image intensities associated with a needle in an image are adaptively increased and/or enhanced by compounding from a plurality of ultrasound images. Filtering methods and probabilistic methods are used to locate possible needle locations. In one approach, possible needles are found in component frames that are acquired at the same time but at different beam orientations. The possible needles are associated with each other across the component frames and false detections are removed based on the associations. In one embodiment of needle detection in an ultrasound component frame, lines are found first. The lines are then searched to find possible needle segments. In another embodiment, data from different times may be used to find needle motion and differences from a reference, providing the features in additional to features from a single component frame for needle detection.

Abstract: Included are embodiments for customized load control. One embodiment of a method includes receiving altered alternating current power, where the altered alternating current power is altered via inclusion of a delay to communicate a message, converting the message in the altered alternating current power into a computer-readable format, and determining an action to take related to the message. Some embodiments include utilizing the altered alternating current power for performing the action, based on the message.

Abstract: An IC includes logic cells, selected from a standard cell library, and fill cells, configured for compatibility with the standard logic cells. The fill cells contain structures configured to obtain in-line data via non-contact electrical measurements (“NCEM”). The IC includes such NCEM-enabled fill cells configured to enable detection and/or measurement of a variety of open-circuit and short-circuit failure modes, including at least one via-open-related failure mode, one AACNT-short-related failure mode, one TS-short-related failure mode, and one metal-short-related failure mode.

Abstract: A washing machine appliance and a fluid additive dispenser are provided. The fluid additive dispenser includes one or more features for containing and dispensing fluid additives. The fluid additive dispenser also includes a spray nozzle formed or molded in a shower plate of the dispenser.

Abstract: A field-programmable gate array (FPGA) coarse Hough transform unit (102) performs on an FPGA a first coarse-precision Hough transform upon an image that has been applied as input to an image input unit (101), and supplies candidate location information obtained by the first Hough transform and the image to an external memory (103). A fine Hough transform unit (104) reads the candidate location information and the image stored in the external memory (103), uses the candidate location information to perform, on a general-purpose processor, a second detailed-precision Hough transform upon the image, and supplies detailed-precision location information of a two-dimensional pattern that is the object of recognition within the image to the external memory (103).

Abstract: A battery management system (BMS) monitors and reports on an operational state of a battery. In some embodiments the BMS can be part of a battery assembly. In at least one embodiment the BMS can monitor battery voltage, charge and discharge current, temperature and (via a measurement utilizing magnetism) chemical change in a battery. In some embodiments, a permanent magnet is placed within the battery and a magnetoresistance sensor on the battery management system circuit board is employed to measure the affected magnetic field from the chemical change within the battery as it moves from a discharged state to a charged state and back to a discharged state. This measurement provides for an accurate statement of the battery's present day state of charge and state of health.

Abstract: A method of operation of a non-volatile memory system includes: providing a resistive storage element having a high resistance state and a low resistance state; coupling an analog multiplexer to the resistive storage element for applying a bias voltage; and switching between a verification bias and a read bias through the analog multiplexer for increasing a read margin between the high resistance state and the low resistance state.

Abstract: An electrical power generating system includes a wind deflecting structure having a contour at a proximal end formed by a plurality of sail segments that in a first position define the contour, a turbine positioned in proximity to a distal end of the wind deflecting structure such that the turbine is driven by wind passing around the wind deflecting structure, and an energy converter coupled to the turbine that converts rotary motion from the turbine into electrical energy, wherein at least one of the plurality of sails is movable between the first position defining a corresponding portion of the contour of the wind deflecting structure and a second position that reduces a wind drag coefficient of the wind deflecting structure.

Abstract: Various embodiments are provided for facilitating the operation and control of a fleet of on-site energy assets and optimizing energy dispatch across the fleet, thereby facilitating the use of the on-site energy assets instead of grid-supplied electric consumption. An example system may comprise a central platform and a plurality of on-site gateway devices configured to perform on-site asset control. An example method may comprise receiving a service availability call, performing fleet-level optimization, generating a set of site-level schedules, and causing, as a function of the site-level schedules, real-time on-site asset control.