Abstract: The invention relates to a method (19) of operating a hydraulic arrangement (1) including a mounting base (5), a boom (3) that is pivotably arranged on the mounting base (5), and a Z-kinematics (2) that is arranged on the boom (3). The Z-kinematics (2) tilts a tool attachment device (10), that is pivotably arranged on the boom (3). The boom (3) is moved by a lifting hydraulic piston (7) that is connected to the boom (3) and to the mounting base (5). The Z-kinematics (2) is moved by at least a tilting hydraulic piston (11) that is connected to a lever of the Z-kinematics (2) and to the mounting base (5). On application of an input control command for changing the position of the lifting hydraulic piston (7), a compensation command is automatically generated and applied to the tilting hydraulic piston (11), to essentially maintain the attitude of the tool attachment device (10).

Abstract: In some examples, aggregation-based speed testing may include ascertaining, by a test speed analyzer, a test speed that corresponds to a maximum specified data transfer rate for a data transmission link. A test range generator may determine a maximum specified port speed of a test port of a device connected to the data transmission link. The test range generator may determine whether the maximum specified port speed is less than the test speed, and if so, divide the test speed into a plurality of test ranges. A total value of the test ranges may be equal to the test speed. A test performer may perform tests corresponding to the test ranges, and obtain intermediate test results. A test result generator may generate, based on aggregation of the intermediate test results, an aggregated test result that represents an actual speed associated with the data transmission link.

Abstract: A switching circuit comprises a radio frequency (RF) switch, a gate resistor, a voltage source, a transmission gate, and coupling circuitry configured to couple a gate of the RF switch, a first side of the gate resistor, and the transmission gate at a first node and the voltage source, a second side of the gate resistor, and the transmission gate at a second node.

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery which includes: a silicon-silicon oxide-magnesium silicate composite comprising a silicon oxide (SiOx, 0<x?2) matrix; and silicon (Si) crystal grains, MgSiO3 crystal grains and Mg2SiO4 crystal grains present in the silicon oxide matrix, wherein the MgSiO3 crystal grains have a crystal size of 5-30 nm and the Mg2SiO4 crystal grains have a crystal size of 20-100 nm in the silicon-silicon oxide-magnesium silicate composite, and the content ratio of MgSiO3 crystal grains to Mg2SiO4 crystal grains is 2:1-1:1 on the weight basis. A method for preparing the negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery is also provided.

Abstract: A temperature probe for a cooktop appliance includes a probe body and a temperature sensor extending from the probe body. The temperature probe also includes a first arm and a second arm configured to mount on a cooking utensil. The temperature probe further comprises a controller configured to communicate with a controller of the cooktop appliance and to transmit a signal to the controller of the cooktop appliance corresponding to a size of the cooking utensil.

Abstract: An intravascular catheter for nerve activity ablation and/or sensing includes one or more needles advanced through supported guide tubes (needle guiding elements) which expand to contact the interior surface of the wall of the renal artery or other vessel of a human body allowing the needles to be advanced though the vessel wall into the extra-luminal tissue including the media, adventitia and periadvential space. The catheter also includes structures which provide radial and lateral support to the guide tubes so that the guide tubes open uniformly and maintain their position against the interior surface of the vessel wall as the sharpened needles are advanced to penetrate into the vessel wall. Electrodes near the distal ends of the needles allow sensing of nerve activity before and after attempted renal denervation. In a combination embodiment ablative energy or fluid is delivered from the needles in or near the adventitia to ablate nerves outside of the media while sparing nerves within the media.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a bit stream; determining, using the bit stream, whether an adaptive resolution management mode is enabled; determining, using the bit stream, a scaling factor including a vertical scaling constant component and a horizontal scaling constant component; and reconstructing pixel data of a current block in adaptive resolution management mode and using the determined scaling factor, the reconstructing including scaling the current block horizontally by the horizontal scaling constant component and scaling the current block vertically by the vertical scaling constant component. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

Abstract: An electronic assembly includes an electronic package having an integrated circuit component and interposer assemblies with compressible interposer contacts electrically connected thereto. Cable connector modules are coupled to the interposer assemblies. A cover assembly is coupled to the upper surface of the electronic package over the cable connector modules. The cover assembly includes bridge assemblies having plates in a plate stack that are independently movable. A load plate engages upper edges of the plates of the bridge assemblies and press against the plates to drive the bridge assemblies into the cable connector modules using compression hardware. The cable connector modules compress the interposer contacts of the interposer assemblies when the load plate presses the plates of the bridge assemblies into the cable connector modules.

Abstract: A method of barcoding is provided. The method comprises performing a ligation assay on target nucleic acid molecules that are in or on cells or cell organelles to produce ligation products and adding cell-origination barcodes onto the ligation products or complements thereof by a split-pool barcoding process.

Abstract: An apparatus for thermal control of a device under test (DUT) includes a cooling structure operable to provide cooling, the cooling structure operable to inlet cooling material via an inlet port thereof and operable to outlet cooling material via an outlet port thereof, a variable thermal conductance material (VTCM) layer disposed on a surface of the cooling structure, and a heater layer operable to generate heat based on an electronic control, and wherein the VTCM layer is operable to transfer cooling from the cooling structure to the heater layer. A thermal interface material layer is disposed on the heater layer. The thermal interface material layer is operable to provide thermal coupling and mechanical compliance with respect to the DUT. The apparatus includes a compression mechanism for providing compression to the VTCM layer to vary a thermal conductance of the VTCM layer. The compression mechanism is also for decoupling the VTCM layer from the heater layer.

Abstract: Systems and methods for surfacing contextually relevant data into the workflow of a third party system are discussed herein. The system implements a near-real-time method of detecting activity corresponding to particular electronic health records associated with particular patients in third-party systems using specifically configured software systems. A cloud-based micro-services architecture is communicably coupled to the third-party systems and is operable to transmit contextually relevant data to the third-party system in response to particular detected activities, such as accessing a patient's electronic health record. The contextually-relevant data is identified by comparing electronic health record data from various third-party systems, each third-party system associated with the particular patient, to determine gaps in the records. The contextually relevant data is transmitted to the third-party system and visually integrated into the third-party system's pre-existing clinical workflow.

Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, a module case configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells, an air intake unit provided to one side of the module case and configured to guide an air into the module case to cool the plurality of battery cells, an air discharge unit provided to the other side of the module case and configured to discharge the air introduced into the module case through the air intake unit to the outside of the module case, and at least one sheet member attached to an inner wall of the module case between the air discharge unit and the air intake unit and configured to expand at a predetermined temperature or above to seal an inner space of the module case.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for radio frequency (RF) switch control are provided. In certain embodiments, a level shifter for an RF switch includes a first level-shifting n-type transistor, a first cascode n-type transistor in series with the first level-shifting n-type transistor between a negative charge pump voltage and a first output that provides a first switch control signal, a first level-shifting p-type transistor, a first cascode p-type transistor in series with the first level-shifting p-type transistor between a positive charge pump voltage and the first output, and a second cascode p-type transistor between a regulated voltage and a gate of the first level-shifting n-type transistor and controlled by a first switch enable signal.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for adaptive power amplifier biasing are provided. In certain embodiments, a power amplifier system includes a power amplifier that provides amplification to a radio frequency (RF) signal, and a power amplifier bias control circuit that generates a bias signal of the power amplifier based on a bandwidth signal indicating a bandwidth of the RF signal. The power amplifier bias control circuit has a bandwidth that adapts to the bandwidth of the RF signal as indicated by the bandwidth signal.

Abstract: A battery module including a battery cell stack, which includes a plurality of battery cells stacked in a stacking direction, a housing for the battery cell stack, a busbar that is connected with the electrode lead of the battery cell, a busbar frame that faces the front surface or rear surface of the battery cell stack and has the busbar mounted on a surface thereof, an end plate that is coupled with the housing and covers the busbar frame, and a cooling member that is located in a separation space between the busbar frame and the end plate. The cooling member includes a thermal conductive resin.

Abstract: The present subject matter relates to a method including receiving a set of signals from transmitters of a communication system, the communication system having a system configuration. A first and second set of machine learned parameters may be provided in accordance with the system configuration. The received signals may be weighted using the first set of machine learned parameters. The weighted signals may be combined to generate a composite signal. The composite signal may be weighted with the second set of machine learned parameters in order to estimate an interference signal that is caused by the set of signals at a receiver of the communication system.

Abstract: A thermally sensitive ionic redox transistor comprises a channel, a reservoir layer, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the channel and the reservoir layer. A conductance of the channel is varied by changing concentration of ions in the channel layer. The electrolyte layer is configured to undergo a state change at a state transition temperature. Below the state transition temperature, ions in the electrolyte layer are substantially immobile. Above the state transition temperature, ions can move freely between the reservoir layer and the channel across the electrolyte layer in response to a voltage being applied between the channel and the reservoir layer. When the device is cooled below the state transition temperature or temperature range, the ions are trapped in one or more of the layers because the electrolyte layer loses its ionic conductivity. A state of the redox transistor can be read by measuring the conductance of the channel.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus and electronic equipment configured for reduced power consumption are disclosed. In one example, an imaging apparatus includes a pixel array unit including a first pixel portion and a second pixel portion different from the first pixel portion. Each of the first pixel portion and the second pixel portion includes a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit adjacent to the first photoelectric conversion unit. The pixel array unit includes a first drive line connected to the first photoelectric conversion unit of the first pixel portion and the second pixel portion, a second drive line connected to the second photoelectric conversion unit of the first pixel portion, and a third drive line connected to the second photoelectric conversion unit of the second pixel portion. The t technology can, for example, be applied in a CMOS image sensor having pixels for phase difference detection.

Abstract: A cooking accessory receivable within a cooking chamber of an oven appliance includes a base plate to receive a food item thereon, an enclosing lid disposed over the base plate, the enclosing lid defining a main inlet and an access opening, the main inlet being defined along the vertical direction and the access opening being defined along the transverse direction, and a guide plate attached to an interior surface of the enclosing lid above the base plate, wherein the base plate and the enclosing lid form a high temperature chamber for the food item, the high temperature chamber being in fluid communication with the cooking chamber.

Abstract: A post-processing apparatus (1) includes a first conveyance path (41), a first processing part (55), a second conveyance path (95) and a merging conveyance path (97), and the first processing part (55) includes a conveying rollers pair (80) including a first roller (81) and a second roller (83) conveying the sheet along a first direction; a first folding rollers pair (84) including the first roller (81) and a third roller (85) forming a first nip, conveying the sheet along a second direction and performing a folding processing along a first fold line; a second folding rollers pair (86) including the third roller (85) and a fourth roller (87) forming a second nip, conveying the sheet along a third direction and performing a folding processing along a second fold line; a first folding guide (89) movable to the first nip; and a second folding guide (91) movable to the second nip.