Abstract: A system and method for securing a cable with decorative lights to an existing cable is disclosed. An outdoor lighting clip which comprises a curve and annular portion for securing two cables in proximity to each other. In use, the annular portion has a slot which may be secured over a first cable such that the clip hangs from the first cable. A second cable may then be hung on the curve of the clip, such that the first cable and second cable remain in proximity to each other. This allows the second cable to have lighting decorations hanging without sagging in the middle of cable and without the cable needing to be in tension between two anchor points. Many lighting decorations include a loop on their cable for hanging from hooks, and this clip is compatible with allowing the second cable to hang from the clip by the loop.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for decontaminating substantially enclosed environments by using ultrasonic cavitation of a cleaning fluid to produce a low pressure, low air flow mist that can be activated by a nonthermal plasma actuator to create a cloud of activated hydroxyl species with the capacity to decontaminate articles, open surfaces or substantially enclosed spaces of pathogens, including bacteria, and other pathogenic microorganisms. An automated system and related non-transitory computer medium are also disclosed.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of first pixels each including a first light emitting diode element and a second light emitting diode element having different colors, and a plurality of second pixels each including a third light emitting diode element and a fourth light emitting diode element having different colors. The first pixel and the second pixel have different combinations of colors of light emitting diode elements, the first light emitting diode element is a green light emitting diode element, and the third light emitting diode element is a green light emitting diode element, a yellow light emitting diode element, or a white light emitting diode element. The first pixels and the second pixels are alternately arranged in a first direction and alternately arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for capturing still images during video streaming to identify patterns in a region-of-interest on the captured still images. The video streaming may be performed by an imaging device that includes or is communicatively connected to one or more sensors (e.g., radar, light sensor, etc.) The one or more sensors may be configured to perform data measurements such as vehicle speed measurements, light intensity measurements, and/or the like. In one example, during the video streaming, the data measurement may be compared with a corresponding threshold. In this example, the imaging device may be triggered to capture still images of the surrounding area based on the comparison between the data measurement and the corresponding threshold. Thereafter, the still images may be processed to identify the region-of-interest on the still images.

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus comprising for performing the following. The apparatus receives a stream of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols and associated cyclic prefixes produced by at least one orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing modulator of a radio transmitter or transceiver. The apparatus divides said stream into a plurality of overlapping processing blocks of a first length. At least one of the plurality of overlapping processing blocks comprises a non-overlapping section having values corresponding to a segment of said stream. The dividing comprises adjusting a length of the non-overlapping section at least based on whether a cyclic prefix is comprised in said segment and, if this is true, on a length of said cyclic prefix. The apparatus filters the plurality of overlapping processing blocks using fast convolution processing and concatenates filtered processing blocks to form an output signal for transmission using the radio transmitter or transceiver.

Abstract: A display device of the present disclosure includes a first substrate on which light-emitting units are formed, a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate, and a seal part which bonds the first substrate and the second substrate. In addition, at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate includes a recess formed at a portion outside an area of the light-emitting units, and the seal part is formed outside the recess. Further, an electronic apparatus of the present disclosure has the display device having the aforementioned configuration.

Abstract: A receptacle connector assembly includes a receptacle cage having cage walls defining first, second, and third module channels in a stacked arrangement. The cage walls include a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a first separator panel, and a second separator panel. The first and second side wall extend along opposite sides of the first, second and third module channels. The first separator panel is located between the first and second module channels. The second separator panel is located between the second and third module channels. The receptacle connector assembly includes a first receptacle module in the first module channel for mating with a first plug module, a second receptacle module in the second module channel for mating with a second plug module, and a third receptacle module in the third module channel for mating with a third plug module.

Abstract: A fixing device (50) includes a fixing belt (70), a pressure member (80), and a heating section (90). The heating section (90) faces an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt (70). The heating section (90) includes a heater (HT), a first heat sensitive body (SM11), and a second heat sensitive body (SM21). The second heat sensitive body (SM21) differs from the first heat sensitive body (SM11). The heater (HT) has a first heater portion (AE1). The first heater portion (AE1) is one end portion of a pair of end portions of the heater (HT) in a longitudinal direction thereof. The first heat sensitive body (SM11) and the second heat sensitive body (SM21) face the first heater portion (AE1) and are aligned in a conveyance direction (DC) of a sheet (S).

Abstract: Flexible intubation assemblies and methods for using and making the same are provided.

Abstract: Computer-implemented tools, techniques, and algorithms are provided for meeting financial targets in connection with medical procedures (e.g., surgical operations) performed by a healthcare entity. A method for restructuring classification of multiple medical procedures for a healthcare entity may be provided in which medical procedure data including charge related data are collected in association with multiple patient encounters for a medical procedure. A data model is created from the collected data and a predetermined number of procedure charge levels are generated each in association with an acuity resource value range. Each medical procedure is then reclassified into one of the procedure charge levels in accordance with at least one level assignment rule. This reclassification can then be processed to determine whether it results in a predetermined desired data distribution and/or meets financial targets for the medical procedure charge data.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices, systems and methods for securely accessing data transferred via multiple isolated networks network, comprising adjusting one or more mapping records comprising network mapping and routing settings for a plurality of isolated networks connecting a plurality of clients to a server to expose one of the plurality of isolated networks to one or more processing engines executed by the server while concealing all other isolated networks from the respective processing engine, activating a lock configured to enable each processing engines to execute a single thread, executing the processing engine(s) to fetch data from the exposed isolated network(s), and releasing the lock. Wherein each processing engine is able to access the isolated network exposed to the respective processing engine while unable to access any of the isolated networks concealed from respective processing engine.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a radio-frequency device can be manufactured by a method that includes forming or providing a substrate, fabricating or providing a flip chip die having a front side and a back side, and including an integrated circuit implemented on the front side, and mounting the front side of the flip chip die on the substrate. The method can further include implementing a shielding component over the back side of the flip chip die to provide electromagnetic shielding between a first region within or on the flip chip die and a second region away from the flip chip die.

Abstract: An adjustable applicator for applying cosmetic, makeup, or personal care composition, the adjustable applicator includes an applicator head. The applicator head comprises at least two applicator members each comprising a plurality of application elements and wherein when there is a relative axial displacement of one of the at least two applicator members, the other of the at least two applicator members is deformed radially. The applicator head may be used for applying cosmetic, makeup, or personal care composition to keratin materials chosen from the skin, the lips and the eyelashes, or hair of the human. The cosmetic or care product includes liquid or viscous cosmetics such as for mascara, lip stick, hair color, skin care and like products.

Abstract: An isolated gate driver includes a first input terminal to receive gate information and one or more input terminals to receive configuration information. A modulation circuit generates a modulated signal having four possible states, each of the four possible states corresponding to a different unique pair of values of the gate information and the configuration information. The modulation circuit represents two of the states using on-off keying (OOK) while the configuration information is at a first value and represents two of the states as a modification to the OOK modulation based on the configuration information being at a second value. The modulated signal is sent over an isolation communication channel coupling a transmitter and receiver of the isolated gate driver.

Abstract: This technology relates to a transmission apparatus, a reception apparatus, and a data processing method for easily implementing circuits on the receiving side. There is provided a transmission apparatus including a processing section configured to process a stream with respect to each of multiple PLPs included in a broadcast signal, the stream being constituted by packets, the processing section further causing a header of each of the packets to include mapping information mapped to identification information identifying the PLP to which each of the packets belongs. This technology may be applied to data transmission methods such as the IP transmission method or the MPEG2-TS method, for example.

Abstract: An imaging element according to an embodiment includes: a light receiving unit including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a lattice-pattern array, and a plurality of lenses provided for respective sets of elements on a one-to-one basis, each set of elements including two or more of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged adjacent to each other. In the light receiving unit, among a plurality of pixel sets each including the set of elements and one of the plurality of lenses provided in the set of elements, at least two pixel sets adjacent to each other are different from each other in pupil correction amount.

Abstract: A washing machine appliance is provided, including a cabinet having a rear panel, a wash tub located within the cabinet, and a shipping spacer assembly. The shipping spacer assembly is removably attached to the wash tub for fixing a distance between the wash tub and the cabinet in an installed position. The shipping spacer assembly includes a bolt, a spacer, and a locking mechanism. The bolt includes a shaft extending along an axial direction, and a head located at one end of the shaft. The bolt defines a lock-receiving feature along the shaft. The spacer defines a bolt cavity extending along the axial direction and removably receives the shaft. The locking mechanism removably engages the bolt at the lock-receiving feature to secure the spacer to the bolt.

Abstract: A mobile unit that includes a compressed gas canister, a brake hose coupled to the compressed gas canister, a radar, and a processor and a storage device. The storage device stores instructions that are operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the processor to perform operations of obtaining radar data from the radar, determining, based on the radar data, a distance of the mobile unit to an object, determining that the distance of the mobile unit to the object satisfies a braking criteria, and based on determining that the distance of the mobile unit to the object satisfies the braking criteria, releasing gas from the compressed gas canister through the brake hose coupled to the compressed gas canister and into the brake pipe of a train car.

Abstract: Implementations are directed to configuring a set of applications and one or more modules associated with each application, wherein the one or more modules of an application comprise functional components that are bundled into the application, wherein each application is associated with a site of an on-premise system where the application is to be deployed; creating a process flow that includes a plurality of nodes, each node corresponding to a process executed at the site; associating a collection of applications to each node included in the process flow, wherein the collection of applications are selected from the set of applications, wherein the set of applications are categorized based on a relevance score of each application; and deploying the process flow and the collection of applications associated with each node to corresponding on-premise edge devices of the on-premise system based on the site of each application.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for configuring a segmented cloud based network based on separate Internet Protocol (IP) segments, comprising receiving instructions to create one or more additional private virtual networks as respective additional segments in a multi-tenant multi-regional cloud based network segmented to a plurality of segments each mapped by a respective IP address range, calculating one or more non-conflicting new IP address range based on analysis of the IP address range of each of the segments, allocating a respective new IP address range to each additional segment, and deploying automatically one or more gateways. The gateways are configured to connect one or more client devices to the additional segment(s) by assigning each client device an IP address in the respective new IP address range and routing network packets between the client devices and the respective additional segment according to mapping of the respective new IP address range.