Abstract: Components of a power amplifier controller may support lower voltages than the power amplifier itself. As a result, a surge protection circuit that prevents a power amplifier from being damaged due to a power surge may not effectively protect the power amplifier controller. Embodiments disclosed herein present an overvoltage protection circuit that prevents a charge-pump from providing a voltage to a power amplifier controller during a detected surge event. By separately detecting and preventing a voltage from being provided to the power amplifier controller during a surge event, the power amplifier controller can be protected regardless of whether the surge event results in a voltage that may damage the power amplifier. Further, embodiments of the overvoltage protection circuit can prevent a surge voltage from being provided to a power amplifier operating in 2G mode.

Abstract: A self-cleaning ion generator device includes a housing having a bottom portion and a top portion selectively secured to each other, the top portion contains a base portion extending to an outer edge and having an internal side and an external side, a first pair of opposed sidewalls and a second pair of opposed sidewalls extend from the outer edge of the base portion forming a cavity therein. Ion terminals extend from the housing, and a cleaning apparatus for cleaning the two ion terminals.

Abstract: A method of treating a chronic wound may comprise applying to the wound a first scaffold comprising an electrospun polymer fiber. The electrospun fiber may comprise a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyglycolic acid, poly(lactide-co-caprolactone), polylactic acid, polycaprolactone, copolymers thereof, and combinations thereof. The first scaffold may have a thickness from about 50 ?m to about 1 mm, a length from about 1 cm to about 20 cm, and a width from about 1 cm to about 15 cm. The method may further comprise keeping the first scaffold on the chronic wound for a time period of about 3 days to about 21 days. After the time period passes, the chronic wound may have a decreased planimetric area.

Abstract: A device includes a plurality of reconfigurable resources, a bus, and a configurator. The bus interconnects the plurality of reconfigurable resources. The configurator is configured to deterministically compute a segmented interconnect configuration for the bus based on operational parameters associated with the device and operational constraints associated with program modules to be executed by the plurality of reconfigurable resources.

Abstract: A system and apparatus for the collection of serous or serosanguinous fluid from a percutaneous site after surgery. A pump unit with one or more pumps or powered sources provide continuous negative pressure suction to draw fluid from the percutaneous site and pumps the fluid into disposable reservoirs with one-way valves that are easy to handle while maintaining sterility and a seal to prevent the loss of vacuum. Air is continuously removed from the reservoirs. Measurement and analysis of the output is performed automatically. Additionally, through such a peristaltic pump device, controlled collection of measured surgical and/or bodily fluid from a subject patient may be undertaken allowing for more effective and closer analysis, as well.

Abstract: It is intended to promote enhancement of performance of acquiring a depth image. A depth image acquiring apparatus includes a light emitting diode, a TOF sensor, and a filter. The light emitting diode irradiates modulated light toward a detection area becoming an area in which a depth image is to be acquired to detect a distance. The TOF sensor receives incident light into which the light irradiated from the light emitting diode is reflected by an object lying in the detection area to become, thereby outputting a signal used to produce the depth image. The filter passes more light having a wavelength in a predetermined pass bandwidth than light having a wavelength in a pass bandwidth other than the predetermined pass bandwidth of the light made incident toward the TOF sensor. In this case, at least one of the light emitting diode, the TOF sensor, or arrangement of the filter is controlled in accordance with a temperature of the light emitting diode or the TOF sensor.

Abstract: A device may receive historical risk data identifying historical risks associated with entities, and historical compliance data identifying historical compliance actions performed by the entities. The device may train a machine learning model with the historical risk data and the historical compliance data to generate a structured semantic model, and may receive entity risk data identifying new and existing risks associated with an entity. The device may receive entity compliance data identifying new and existing compliance actions performed by the entity, and may process the entity risk data and the entity compliance data, with the structured semantic model, to determine risk and compliance insights for the entity. The risk and compliance insights may include insights associated with a key performance indicator, a compliance issue, a regulatory issue, an operational risk, a compliance risk, or a qualification of controls. The device may perform actions based on the risk and compliance insights.

Abstract: A system and method for providing instant games in both physical scratch-off and virtual forms wherein at least a portion of the winning value of the instant game is determined by a plurality of planar layers with the concordance of the planar layers determining value enhancements. The distribution and composition of the concordance of the plurality of planar layers is configured to ensure compliance with a predetermined prize outcome prize fund.

Abstract: Methods and system for determining a similarity relationship between a plurality of digital assets and a target digital asset comprises creating a normalized semantic feature vector associated with a search query, discovering the target asset based on the normalized semantic feature vector, generating a normalized latent feature vector associated with the target asset, comparing the normalized semantic feature vector with semantic feature vectors for each of the digital assets to generate a semantic comparison value, comparing the normalized target latent feature vector with latent feature vectors for each of the digital assets to generate a latent comparison value, blending the semantic comparison vector value with the latent feature comparison vector value to create a target comparison value for each of the digital assets, and reporting the digital assets having the highest target comparison values to the user or group of users.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for securing an electrical connection formed by a mating structure including prongs of a male assembly and receptacles of a female assembly are provided. In certain embodiments, the electrical connection can be secured by frictional engagement between the plug and receptacle housings. This can be accomplished by forcing a wedge into an interface between the housings or expanding a locking element, such as an elastomeric ring, into the interface. Such locking and releasing of the secure connection can be actuated using a locking nut.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a cover portion and an auxiliary tray. The cover portion is displaced between a closing position for closing the supply port and an opening position for opening the supply port. The auxiliary tray is attached to a sheet stack surface of the cover portion, and supports the sheet, together with the cover portion at the opening position. The auxiliary tray is, either in a first attachment state or in a second attachment state, attached to the cover portion. In the first attachment state, a longitudinal direction of the auxiliary tray extends along a width direction that crosses a sheet insertion direction and the auxiliary tray is stored in the sheet stack surface. In the second attachment state, the longitudinal direction extends along the sheet insertion direction, and the auxiliary tray extends out from the cover portion toward an upstream in the sheet insertion direction.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus includes: a profile generating unit configured to obtain a battery profile representing a correspondence between voltage and capacity of a battery and generate a differential profile representing a correspondence between a differential voltage for the capacity of the battery and the capacity or a correspondence between a differential capacity for the voltage of the battery and the voltage based on the obtained battery profile; and a control unit configured to receive the generated differential profile from the profile generating unit, determine a target peak included in the received differential profile according to a rule corresponding to a type of the received differential profile, and determine a state of the battery based on a behavior change of the target peak with respect to a reference peak preset to correspond to the type of the received differential profile.

Abstract: An irreversible additive contained in a cathode material for a secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the irreversible additive being an oxide represented by the following chemical formula 1, wherein the oxide has a trigonal crystal structure, Li2+aNi1?bTibO2+c ??(1) in the above formula, ?0.2?a?0.2, 0<b?0.2, and 0?c?0.2.

Abstract: The first battery module and the second battery module are connected by a bus-bar. A cell voltage sensing circuit shared by at least some battery cells of the first battery module and at least some battery cells of the second battery module measures a voltage of each battery cell.

Abstract: A mounting area in a solid-state imaging device that detects an address event. The solid-state imaging device includes a light receiving chip and a detection chip. In the solid-state imaging device including the light receiving chip and the detection chip, the light receiving chip includes a photodiode that photoelectrically converts incident light and generates a photocurrent. In addition, in the solid-state imaging device, the detection chip quantizes a voltage signal corresponding to the photocurrent generated by the photodiode in the light receiving chip and outputs the voltage signal as a detection signal.

Abstract: A heat pump system and a method for operating this system type includes a heat pump circuit for a heat pump circuit medium flowing through a primary side of a heat exchanger, and a heating circuit for a heating circuit medium flowing through the heat exchanger secondary side. A heat circuit pump is connected upstream of the exchanger secondary side when viewed in the heating circuit medium operating flow direction. When viewed in the heating circuit medium operating flow direction, a check valve connected downstream of the heating circuit pump and upstream of the secondary side closes when a heating circuit medium flows opposite the operating flow direction, and a degassing unit connected downstream of the secondary side when viewed in the operating flow direction prevents a flow of the heating circuit medium in the operating flow direction from a predefined gas amount in the heating circuit medium.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a dry electrode. The method allows determination of the micro-fibrilization degree of a binder resin from the crystallinity of the binder resin. Based on this, the processing conditions of mixed powder for electrode or an electrode film may be controlled. In this manner, it is possible to check and control the processing conditions easily and efficiently. In addition, the method for manufacturing a dry electrode includes a kneading step using a kneader under a low speed and high temperature and pulverization step. Therefore, there is no problem of blocking of a flow path caused by aggregation of the ingredients, which is favorable to mass production.

Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode for a secondary battery, which has a multi-layer structure including a first positive electrode active material layer and a second positive electrode active material layer, wherein the first positive electrode active material layer includes a first lithium composite transition metal oxide containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese, the second positive electrode active material layer includes a second lithium composite transition metal oxide containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese, the first lithium composite transition metal oxide and the second lithium composite transition metal oxide have mutually different nickel contents, wherein the positive electrode active material layer including a lithium composite transition metal oxide having a relatively high nickel content includes an electrolyte additive, and the positive electrode active material layer including a lithium composite transition metal oxide having a relatively low nickel content does not include an electrolyte addit

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image supporter, a development unit, a cleaning unit, a collection unit, and a controller. The collection unit includes a collection path where a developer discharge path for transport of a waste developer from a discharger of the development unit and a toner discharge path for transport of waste toner from the cleaning unit merge with each other, and collects the waste developer including the waste toner and waste carrier. A place of a high flow resistance is formed at least partially at the collection path. If the weight ratio of the waste carrier to the waste toner included in the waste developer in the collection path is less than a predetermined value, the controller performs carrier discharge process of moving the carrier from the development unit to the image supporter and removing and discharging the carrier using the cleaning unit during non-image formation.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an operation device, a communication device, and a control device. The operation device receives an instruction according to an operation performed by a user. The communication device performs data communication with a plurality of image forming apparatuses. The control device acts as a calculator and a controller. The calculator calculates an evaluation value for each of one or more evaluation items designated by the user through the operation device and calculates a sum of the calculated evaluation values, as use priority, with respect to each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses. The controller transmits a print job, execution of which has been instructed by the user through the operation device, to the image forming apparatus that has gained highest user priority, via the communication device.