Abstract: A UV sanitizing device including a sanitizing interface having a top surface arranged to support a device positioned above the sanitizing interface where the sanitizing interface includes a translucent material arranged to allow UV light to pass through An adjustable UV emission interface, positioned adjacent to the sanitizing interface, arranged to adjustably conform to the shape of a device facing the sanitizing interface, and arranged to emit the UV light toward the sanitizing interface in the shape of the device. The adjustable UV emission interface includes UV emission interface cells such that, when a first portion of the UV emission interface cells is activated and a second portion of the UV emission interface cells is deactivated, the UV emission interface conforms to the shape of the device. Each cell of UV emission interface cells includes a sensor arranged to detect a portion of the device facing the sanitizing interface.

Abstract: Provided are a treatment apparatus and a treatment method treating a waste cleaning liquid discharged from a process of producing an electrode of a lithium-ion secondary battery, in which a liquid component and a solid component are efficiently separated from each other, and the liquid component can be sufficiently collected and subjected to volume reduction treatment. The treatment apparatus includes: a stirring tank stirring the waste cleaning liquid; a liquid feed line that takes out the waste cleaning liquid from the stirring tank; and a thin film evaporator evaporating a cleaning liquid in the waste cleaning liquid to separate the solid component. Then, in the treatment method, the waste cleaning liquid is stirred in the stirring tank, the waste cleaning liquid is supplied to the thin film evaporator in a state in which the solid component is diffused, and the cleaning liquid in the waste cleaning liquid is evaporated.

Abstract: An apparatus for physically securing a tablet and a keyboard to a tabletop of a display table or to another display surface is described herein. The apparatus includes a main body, a left arm and a right arm that are extendable and retractable relative to the main body and a left side brace and a right side brace attached respectively to the left arm and the right arm, and configured to be secured to a left side and a right side, respectively, of the tablet and the keyboard. The apparatus further includes a back support extending from the top of the main body with a top arm extending from the back support. The top arm is extendable and retractable relative to the back support along a plane that intersects the top of the main body at an oblique angle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a health management assistance apparatus, a health management assistance method, and a health management assistance terminal that allow a user to easily realize health management. The health management assistance apparatus of the present invention includes: an acquisition unit that acquires purchased food information of a user, an extraction unit that extracts nutritional composition information of a purchased food from the purchased food information; an estimation unit that estimates a future health status of the user from the nutritional composition information; and an output unit that outputs the future health status of the user.

Abstract: An apparatus includes antenna, selector, estimator, imager and creator. The antenna includes antenna elements of N rows by N columns (N is a natural number of 2 or more) arranged in an array and captures an incoming wave. The selector selects an antenna element group including antenna elements of M rows by M columns (M is a natural number less than N) from the antenna elements of N rows by N columns according to a band of the incoming wave. The estimator estimates an incoming direction of the incoming wave from an element signal of each of the antenna elements included in the selected antenna element group. The imager acquires image data by imaging an orientation direction of an aperture of the antenna. The creator creates a visualized image by visually synthesizing the estimated incoming direction with the image data.

Abstract: A system for evaluating health risk is provided. The system may be configured for requesting first data from a merchant associated with a user and second data from an activity tracking service associated with the user. The system may also comprise analyzing the item to determine a first health impact for the item based on the item and demographic information associated with the user. The system may further comprise analyzing the level of activity to determine a second health impact from the level of activity based on the level of activity and the demographic information associated with the user. The system may further comprise selecting an advertisement based on medical data, and at least one of the first health impact, the second health impact and the demographic information associated with the user.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to computer systems designed to support and enable a dual obfuscated virtual private network (VPN). A plurality of servers is configured with hardware elements in a hardware layer, and an operatively coupled operating system layer with a first virtual private server (VPS) operatively coupled to a second VPS. The first VPS is configured to generate an OpenVPN certificate and the second VPS is configured to generate a WireGuard certificate. Communication tunnels encrypted with a combination of OpenVPN and WireGuard are created to establish the dual obfuscated VPN.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a stator includes a stator core and a stator coil configured by joining a plurality of coil segments mounted in slots of the stator core. Extending portions of the coil segments include a plurality of first extending portions, an inclined portion, and a joining end portion and a hook-shaped portion provided at an extending end of the inclined portion. The joining end portions are arranged side by side in a radial direction such that distal end surfaces are located at substantially the same height, the hook-shaped portions are meshed with each other, and a first engagement surface of one of the joining end portions faces and abuts on a first engagement surface of the other of the joining end portions.

Abstract: A method of producing a positive electrode material for a secondary battery includes preparing a lithium composite transition metal oxide containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese, forming a coating layer on a surface of the lithium composite transition metal oxide, and post-treating the lithium composite transition metal oxide having the coating layer formed thereon, wherein the post-treating is performed by exposing the lithium composite transition metal oxide having the coating layer formed thereon to moisture at a relative humidity of 10% to 50% at 25° C., and then heat treating the lithium composite transition metal oxide to remove residual moisture.

Abstract: A method for the model-based open-loop and closed-loop control of an internal combustion engine includes the steps of: during stationary operation, switching takes place cyclically from the normal operation to an exploration operation, wherein in the exploration operation, an exploration measure of quality (J/EXP) is calculated in accordance with combustion model and variance (VAR) thereof, wherein the exploration measure of quality (J/EXP) is set as essential for the operating point of the internal combustion engine, wherein on the basis of the operating variables of the internal combustion engine combustion model is adapted, and wherein switching back to normal operation takes place.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cellular foam composition, a method for producing and using the same. One particular aspect of the disclosure provides a cellular foam composition comprising a plurality of foam layers, where each foam layer is made from a hollow microstructure material. In particular, the density of the hollow microstructure material in each foam layer is different from the density of the hollow microstructure material that forms the adjacent foam layer. In some embodiments, cellular foam compositions of the disclosure further include an interfacial layer comprising interfacial voids in between adjacent layers.

Abstract: A battery cell includes: an electrode assembly; a case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly; a first lead electrode electrically connected to at least one of two electrode tabs of the electrode assembly; a conductive polymer including one surface that is in contact with one surface of the first lead electrode; and a second lead electrode including one surface that is in contact with the other surface of the conductive polymer, in which when a gap between the first lead electrode and the second lead electrode increases, resistance between the first lead electrode and the second lead electrode increases.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flexible secondary battery comprising a lithium metal coated wire, a positive electrode wire spirally wound around an outer surface of the lithium metal coated wire, spaced apart at a predetermined interval, the positive electrode wire including a first porous coating layer formed on an outer surface, and a negative electrode wire spirally wound around the outer surface of the lithium metal coated wire in an alternating manner with the wound positive electrode wire corresponding to the predetermined interval, the negative electrode wire including a second porous coating layer formed on an outer surface.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a hot folder storage region, an image forming device, and a hot folder controller that decides whether a second resource file, having the same content as a first resource file, is stored in the hot folder storage region, when a first image forming job is submitted to the hot folder, stores the first resource file in the sub folder, and causes the image forming device to form the image on a medium, using the first control file and the first resource file, when the second resource file is not stored, and stores, when the second resource file is stored, a link file indicating a path to the second resource file in the sub folder, acquires the second resource file using the path, and causes the image forming device to form the image on the medium, using the first control file and the second resource file.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a transparent electrode having high stability, low sheet resistance, and high light transmissivity, a method for producing the transparent electrode, and an electronic device using the transparent electrode. A transparent electrode including a structure including a transparent base material, a metal grid, metal nanowire, and a neutral polythiophene mixture. The metal grid has an embedded portion embedded in the transparent base material and a protrusion portion protruding from the transparent base material, and the metal nanowire and the neutral polythiophene mixture are arranged in contact with the transparent base material or the protrusion portion.

Abstract: A method and system for tracking the history of possession, activity, and changes related to an electronic document after its creation includes a document in a file system on an computing device having linked metadata which tracks hash values that update when a user performs a document action. Each hash value indicates a fixed document state. The metadata stores hash value identifiers associated with the initial document state and the document state right before the most recent document action and a list of identifiers associated with every state of the document in its history. The method and system allows for branching of multiple documents from a common state, identified by a common hash value and includes components to visualize a document's lineage. The method and system also includes the ability to store information in a document regarding similar, or near duplicate, documents that do not share the same lineage.

Abstract: An optical sensor system may include a light source. The optical sensor system may include a concentrator component proximate to the light source and configured to concentrate light from the light source with respect to a measurement target. The optical sensor system may include a collection component that includes an array of at least two components configured to receive light reflected or transmitted from the measurement target. The optical sensor system may include may a sensor. The optical sensor system may include a filter provided between the collection component and the sensor.

Abstract: A method for automatically updating a plurality of virtual shopping carts, includes receiving image data captured in a retail store, wherein a first shopping receptacle and a second shopping receptacle are represented in the received image data, determining that the first shopping receptacle is associated with a first virtual shopping cart and that the second shopping receptacle is associated with a second virtual shopping cart different from the first virtual shopping cart, analyzing the received image data to detect a shopper placing a first product in the first shopping receptacle and to detect the shopper placing a second product in the second shopping receptacle, automatically updating the first virtual shopping cart to include information associated with the first product, and automatically updating the second virtual shopping cart to include information associated with the second product.

Abstract: A nonlinear control design technique capitalizes on a wave energy converter comprising a shaped buoy having a variable geometry wave energy. For example, the shaped buoy can have an hourglass (HG) geometry having a variable cone or steepness angle. The HG buoy is assumed to operate in the heave motion of the wave. The unique interaction between the HG buoy and the wave creates a nonlinear cubic storage effect that produces actual energy storage or reactive power during operation. A multi-frequency Bretschneider spectrum wave excitation input was simulated for the HG design both with constant and varying steepness angle profiles which demonstrated further increased power generation with changing sea states for the variable design.

Abstract: A device trains a classification model with defect classifier training data to generate a trained classification model and processes information indicating priorities and rework efforts for defects, with a Pareto analysis model, to select a set of classes for the defects. The device calculates defect scores for the set of the classes and selects a particular class, from the set of the classes, based on the defect scores. The device processes a historical data set for the particular class to identify a root cause corrective action (RCCA) recommendation and processes information indicating a defect associated with the particular class, with the trained classification model, to generate a predicted RCCA recommendation for the defect. The device processes the predicted RCCA recommendation and the RCCA recommendation, with a linear regression model, to determine an effectiveness score for the predicted RCCA recommendation and retrains the classification model based on the effectiveness score.