Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, a named-entity extraction apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an unit extracting, using an extraction dictionary, named entities and relations from extraction document data; a unit designating character strings corresponding to the named entities extracted among character strings in learning document data; a generator generating, by applying a relation extraction rule, a learning document in which relations between named entities belonging to the categories of the relation extraction rule among the named entities designated; and a unit learning the extraction dictionary based on the learning document.

Abstract: A dual reclaim coil with a smart control application is provided that allows the refrigerant inlet to the HVAC unit switch between the two sides of the condenser for heat reclaim for refrigerants such as CO2 which have a relatively low critical temperature compared to hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants. Heat reclaim after the exit of gas from the condenser utilizes the high temperature and pressure of the condenser/gas cooler outlet while a CO2 refrigerant system is operating above critical point. This occurs in hot ambient conditions, when the need for heating in the space is not as great as in the wintertime and the available heat at the condenser/gas cooler's outlet is sufficient to satisfy the heating load. When the CO2 refrigerant system is operating below the critical point, heat reclaim is carried out at the compressor discharge.

Abstract: A rake assembly for a steering column includes a pin adapted to move along a first axis between a locked position and an unlocked position, a first tray fixed to a support structure, the first tray including an exterior surface and an extension, at least one set of teeth defined on the exterior surface, the extension extending from an edge of the set of teeth formed in the exterior surface and at least partially along a length of the set of teeth, the extension including an upper surface spaced apart from the exterior surface to define a step, and a rocker tray including an inner surface, at least one set of teeth defined on the inner surface and adapted to mesh with the set of teeth of the first tray when in the locked position and un-mesh when in the unlocked position.

Abstract: Ion detectors of the type used in scientific instrumentation, such as mass spectrometers. More particularly, a self-contained particle detector includes an enclosure formed in part by a transmission mode secondary electron emissive element, the enclosure defining an internal environment and an external environment, wherein the transmission mode secondary electron emissive element has an externally facing surface and an internally facing surface and is configured such that impact of a particle on the externally facing surface causes emission of one or more secondary electrons from the internally facing surface.

Abstract: There is provided an imaging system. The imaging system comprising a multispectral camera configured to capture a multispectral image of an object, an RGB camera configured to capture a color image of the object, at least one storage device configured to store spectrum information for each of a plurality of labeled objects, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine, based on the captured multispectral image, spectrum information associated with the object, associate, based at least in part, on the spectrum information associated with the object and the stored spectrum information for each of the plurality of objects, a label with the color image of the object, and store, on the at least one storage device, the color image and the associated label as training data.

Abstract: A medical image processing device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image signal obtained by capturing a subject image; and an image processor configured to set, in the image signal, a first area for displaying an image, and a second area having a smaller average luminance than the first area, set the second area on a screen according to a depth of field at a time of capturing the subject image.

Abstract: An aftertreatment system includes a first exhaust gas path, a second exhaust gas path, and a selector valve configured to divert exhaust gas between the first exhaust gas path and the second exhaust gas path based on a temperature of the exhaust gas. The aftertreatment system also includes a controller programmed to control the selector valve such that the selector valve diverts at least a portion of the exhaust gas to the first exhaust gas path when the temperature of the exhaust gas is equal to or less than a predetermined temperature threshold and the selector valve diverts the exhaust gas to the second exhaust gas path when the temperature of the exhaust gas is greater than the predetermined temperature threshold. The first exhaust gas path includes a heater configured to heat the exhaust gas received in the first exhaust gas path.

Abstract: A patient interface system for positioning a patient's eye opposite a laser device for laser surgery is disclosed, including a patient interface for coupling to the patient's eye and a patient interface holder for arranging the patient interface on the laser device. The patient interface holder includes a holder device with an engaging device for reversibly coupling the patient interface to the patient interface holder, and to position the patient interface relative to the patient interface holder with a second positioning device. The engaging device has a spring-loaded engaging body that cooperates with an associated engaging surface of the second positioning device of the patient interface in the coupled state of the patient interface. A method for coupling a patient interface with a patient interface holder of a patient interface system, as well as a patient interface and a patient interface holder for a patient interface system are also disclosed.

Abstract: A recording head includes an ink ejection portion and an ink holding portion. The ink holding portion includes a sheet portion and a holding portion. The sheet portion has an upper end side fixed to the ink ejection portion and a lower end side movable in a direction of coming closer to or separating away from a side surface of the ink ejection portion. The holding portion is located at a lower end portion of the sheet portion on the ink ejection portion side, is disposed to come into contact with or close to the side surface of the ink ejection portion, and is configured to hold an ink in an adjacent region with respect to the ink ejection portion.

Abstract: A constant velocity joint assembly includes a constant velocity joint. The constant velocity joint assembly also includes a sealing boot in contact with the constant velocity joint. The constant velocity joint assembly further includes a boot protector disposed on a radially outer surface of a portion of the sealing boot. The constant velocity joint assembly yet further includes a first fastener coupled to the boot protector to secure the boot protector to the constant velocity joint.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method and/or a device for carrying out chemical, biochemical and/or immunochemical analyses of liquid samples, which are present in a sample store of an automatic analyzer, with the aid of liquid reagents which are present in at least one reagent store of the analyzer, with cuvettes for receiving the liquid samples and reagents, wherein a plurality of cuvettes is arranged as at least one stationary, linear cuvette array in the analyzer. The analyzer has movable and stationary automated components, wherein at least two automated components are designed so as to be movable in the x-direction independently of one another along or parallel to the line of movement defined by the linear cuvette array and each have access to different cuvettes or groups of cuvettes in a freely selectable sequence.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a turbine monitoring system includes a temperature measurer configured to sense a temperature of steam to be introduced to a steam turbine, and output a sensing result of the temperature. The system further includes an electrical output measurer configured to sense an electrical output of a generator driven by the steam turbine, and output a sensing result of the electrical output. The system further includes a computing module configured to compute an erosion quantity of a moving vane of the steam turbine with water drops, based on the sensing result of the temperature that is output from the temperature measurer and the sensing result of the electrical output that is output from the electrical output measurer. The system further includes an outputting module configured to output information that is based on the erosion quantity computed by the computing module.

Abstract: An image forming system includes a mobile terminal apparatus and an image forming apparatus. The mobile terminal apparatus displays a captured image of an operation panel of the image forming apparatus and transmits, in response to a user operation on the captured image, captured image data indicating the captured image and operation position data indicating a position of the user operation to the image forming apparatus. Based on the captured image data and the operation position data received from the mobile terminal apparatus, the image forming apparatus identifies an indirectly operated part of the operation panel, and executes an action corresponding to the identified part.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device used in a node of wireless communication. A first node device for wireless communication includes: a first receiver to receive first information and to receive first signaling and second signaling; and a first transmitter to transmit a first signal in a target air-interface resource block, the first signal carrying a third bit block and a fourth bit block. The first bit block is used to generate the third bit block, the second bit block is used to generate the fourth bit block, and an output obtained after all bits in the third bit block and all bits in the fourth bit block are subjected to a first channel coding is used to generate the first signal.

Abstract: To improve detection efficiency in a solid-state imaging element including a SPAD in which an electrode and wiring are placed in a central portion. A solid-state imaging element includes a photodiode and a light collecting section. The photodiode includes a light receiving surface and an electrode placed on the light receiving surface, and that outputs an electrical signal in accordance with light incident on the light receiving surface in a state where a voltage exceeding a breakdown voltage is applied to the electrode. The light collecting section causes light from a subject to be collected in the light receiving surface other than a region where the electrode is placed.

Abstract: A supply chain risk information generation device includes a processor. The processor calculates a multiplicity for each of a plurality of suppliers included in a supply chain, and generates the multiplicity calculated as supply chain risk information. That supply chain risk information can then also be transmitted to a terminal.

Abstract: A composition for extracting a metal, the composition comprising an organic phase comprising a crown either, an organic solvent, and an organic phosphate. The crown either may comprise B15C5 crown and the organic solvent may comprise chloroform and/or toluene. The organic phase may further comprise an alcohol. A method for extracting a metal, the method comprising disposing an organic phase comprising a crown either, an organic solvent, and an organic phosphate; and an aqueous phase comprising a metal salt and a base into a high-speed countercurrent chromatograph. The metal may comprise a lithium ion.

Abstract: A method for assessing the integrity of a bioprocessing system includes the steps of utilizing a pump of a bioprocessing system, pressurizing a plurality of flow lines, and measuring a decay of a pressure within the plurality of flow lines for a predetermined a duration.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to time-of-flight object detection circuitry for detecting a mobile phone in a hand of a user of a vehicle, the time-of-flight object detection circuitry being configured to: detect the mobile phone in the hand of the user based on a predefined reflectivity pattern being indicative of the mobile phone being at least partially located in the hand.

Abstract: There is provided an imaging device capable of reducing sensitivity unevenness of a pixel located near a boundary between a pixel section and an optical black section. An imaging device includes a semiconductor layer, a pixel section that is provided in the semiconductor layer and receives light from an object, an optical black section that is provided in the semiconductor layer and includes a light shielding film that shields light, a color filter provided on one surface side of the semiconductor layer, and a low refractive index material that is provided on one surface side of the semiconductor layer and has a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the color filter. The pixel section and the optical black section are adjacent to each other. The low refractive index material is disposed between filter components of the color filter in the pixel section, and is not disposed in the optical black section.