Abstract: A piston ring (10) for forming a seal between a piston (26) and piston housing (28). The piston ring (10) has first and second orthogonal axes (12, 14) and a body portion (18) which is resiliently deformable in the direction of the first axis (12) and is substantially rigid in the direction of the second axis (14).

Abstract: A harvester travels along a route within a field and selectively harvests edible crowns ready for harvesting. As the harvester travels along the route, a position of the harvester and/or the edible crowns may be determined using an encoder, imaging device(s), and/or navigational system(s). For example, image(s) captured by the imaging device(s) may be used to determine a location of the edible crowns and/or global positioning satellite (GPS) coordinates may indicate a location of the harvester within the field. These locations may be used for instructing harvesting components to harvest the edible crowns. For example, the harvester may include robotic arms having end effectors that harvest the edible crowns. Knowing the location of the edible crowns and/or the harvester therefore allows for the accurate placement of the end effectors for harvesting the edible crowns.

Abstract: A system and method for evaluating soil characteristics. The system and method includes providing one or more soil test kits to a user. The soil tests kits may include ion-exchange resins and may instruct the user to collect a soil sample from his/her growing area, to combine the soil sample with the ion-exchange resins, and to provide the combination to the system for analysis. Other test kits may not include ion-exchange resins and may instruct the user to provide a soil sample from his/her growing area to the system for analysis. The system evaluates the ion-exchange resins and/or the soil samples to identify nutrient levels, pH levels, and other characteristics of the soil. Using the evaluation results, the system provides feedback, recommendations and/or products to the user to improve the soil conditions and to ensure a successful crop, yield, quality, and nutrient density.

Abstract: Parameterized model reconstruction is used for internal dose tomography. The parameterized model, solved for within the reconstruction, models the dose level and may account for diffusion, isotope half-life, and/or biological half-life. Using the detected emissions from different scans (e.g., from different scan sessions in a given cycle) as input for the one reconstruction, the parameterized model reconstruction determines the biodistribution of dose at any time.

Abstract: A transparent heat-insulating film is provided, wherein the transparent heat-insulating film includes a base layer including a first surface and a second surface, a hard-coat layer, a silver nanowire layer, and a protective layer including an inner surface and an outer surface. The hard-coat layer and the silver nanowire layer are disposed between the first surface of the base layer and the inner surface of the protective layer. A temperature of the second surface of the base layer is T1 (° C.), a temperature of the outer surface of the protective layer is T2 (° C.), and a temperature difference between T1 and T2 (T1?T2) is ?T. When T1=50-100° C. and the base layer and the protective layer reach thermal equilibrium, ?T=0.15T1?0.35T1.

Abstract: A method can be used for operating a descending moving bed reactor with flowable granular material. The method involves: (i) filling an upper lock-hopper with granular material and/or emptying a lower lock-hopper, (ii) purging the lock-hoppers with purging gas, and (iii) filling the reaction chamber containing a descending moving bed from the upper lock-hopper and/or emptying the reaction chamber into the lower lock-hopper. The pressure equalization between the reaction chamber and lock-hopper is achieved with product gas. The method then involves: (iv) optionally, relieving the lock-hoppers and conveying the product gas flow into the product line, and (v) purging the lock-hoppers with purging gas.

Abstract: A display and input device includes a display device, a contactless position detector, and a controller. The display device displays an operable object on a screen. The contactless position detector detects a position of a contactless touch operation performed on a spatial object, predefined at a position corresponding to the operable object separated from the screen by a predetermined distance. The controller includes a processor, and detects, when the processor executes a control program, a position shift of the contactless touch operation with respect to a center of the spatial object, when the position of the contactless touch operation detected by the contactless position detector is in the spatial object, and corrects the position of the spatial object by making the center of the spatial object coincide with the position of the contactless touch operation, on a basis of the detected position shift.

Abstract: A secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include an electrode assembly and a pouch-type batter. The battery case may include a cup part to accommodate electrode assembly. A sealing part may extend outward from an edge of the cup part and may be sealed. A venting device may be inserted into the sealing part through which a gas inside the cup part may be discharged to the outside. The sealing part may include a vent sealing portion into which the venting device may be inserted, and a weak sealing portion which may be positioned between the vent sealing portion and the cup part and sealed more weakly than the periphery thereof.

Abstract: A system and method of securing a computer system by controlling write access to a storage medium by monitoring an application; detecting an attempt by the application to write data to said storage medium; interrogating a rules database in response to said detection; and permitting or denying write access to the storage medium by the application in dependence on said interrogation.

Abstract: An alertness level that is the consciousness level of the driver of a vehicle is determined, and the timing of a manual driving return request notification is controlled in accordance with the alertness level. A data processing unit determines the alertness level of the driver of the vehicle, and records evaluation data. The data processing unit acquires observation information about the driver, determines the alertness level of the driver, and evaluates and records the return rate at each time. The vehicle is a vehicle capable of switching between automatic driving and manual driving, and the data processing unit controls the timing of a manual driving return request notification for the driver's return from automatic driving to manual driving, in accordance with the alertness level of the driver. The observation information to be acquired by the data processing unit includes observation information about the driver both before and after the driver gets in the vehicle.

Abstract: A system and method include determining, by a controller associated with an aftertreatment system, satisfaction of an enabling condition and in response to the satisfaction of the enabling condition pausing, by the controller, hydrocarbon dosing in a regeneration cycle of the aftertreatment system. The system and method also include upon pausing of the hydrocarbon dosing, monitoring, by the controller, an oxidation catalyst of the aftertreatment system for a light-off shift condition.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing an electrode assembly. The method may include a step of applying an electrode active material to at least a portion of an electrode collector, which is formed by sequentially stacking a first electrode foil, an electrode insulating layer, and a second electrode foil, to manufacture an electrode, a step of stacking the electrode and a separator, and a step of connecting an electrode lead to a non-coating portion that is not coated with the electrode active material on the electrode collector. The step of connecting the electrode lead may include passing a coupling part through the electrode collector and the electrode lead to connect the electrode collector to the electrode lead.

Abstract: An irreversible additive includes an oxide having a trigonal crystal structure and represented by Formula 1, and a coating layer positioned on a surface of the oxide and including a compound represented by Formula 2. A positive electrode material including the irreversible additive and a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode material including the irreversible additive are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing an electrode lead. The method may include manufacturing each of a first electrode lead and a second electrode lead, bonding the first electrode lead to the second electrode lead form a connection part. Manufacturing the first electrode lead may include unwinding a first metal plate from a first metal reel, attaching a first tape to perform masking on a first connection area to form the connection part, plating and surface treating on the first metal plate, and removing the first tape. Manufacturing the second electrode lead may include unwinding a second metal plate from a second metal reel, attaching a second tape to perform masking on a second connection area to form the connection part, plating and surface treating the second metal plate, and removing the second tape.

Abstract: The systems, apparatuses and methods of the present invention set forth improvements to the problems of the current pairing or duplex paradigm, resulting in a dramatic increase in fiber transmission efficiency, accomplished explicitly by restructuring presently-aligned C-Band wavelengths into innovative DWDM transmit and receive formats, and through implementing photonic-wave changes, which directs Ethernet data flow onto new path adaptations. These improvements could reduce line haul expenses significantly, believed to reach a projected 50% less requirement/deployment of fiber strands. This saving would offer owner-operators substantial fiber strand cost reductions, affecting transportation rates of high-bandwidth digital payloads traversing over DWDM networks, and lower usage rates of cross-connections amid multiple equipment inter-exchanging throughout large data centers.

Abstract: A method and system for continuously measuring animal body temperature are disclosed. The system includes: an external device for transmitting wireless power into an animal's body from outside the animal's body; and an implant device inserted into the animal's body, that periodically measures the animal's body temperature by a temperature sensor by using battery power and stores continuous body temperature information in storage, and that, when wireless power is received from the external device, sends the continuous body temperature information stored in the storage to the external device by using the received wireless power.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an information input device. The information input device includes a display section, an operation section, and a controller. The display section sequentially displays a plurality of options. The operation section receives a touch operation operated by a user with his/her foot. The controller performs control of selecting an option, displayed by the display section at a point in time of the touch operation on the operation section, from the plurality of options. For example, the options may be a number from 0 to 9, or a digit contained in a number containing a plurality of digits.

Abstract: A calibration unit 60 acquires detection signals each generated by one of a plurality of sensors in a sensor unit 40 and indicating detection results of a calibration target. A state detection unit 61 detects a state of the calibration target by using the detection signals. A time difference correction amount setting unit 65 calculates a time difference between the detection signals each generated by one of the sensors of the sensor unit 40 by using state detection results of the calibration target obtained by the state detection unit 61, and sets a time difference correction amount on the basis of a calculation result. Temporal misalignment between pieces of information acquired by the plurality of sensors of the sensor unit 40 can be corrected on the basis of the time difference correction amount set by the time difference correction amount setting unit 65.

Abstract: A computer system that computes second tractography results is described. This computer may include: a computation device (such as a processor, a graphics processing unit or GPU, etc.) that executes program instructions; and memory that stores the program instructions. During operation, the computer system receives information specifying tractography results that specify a set of neurological fibers. Then, the computer system computes, using a predetermined (e.g., pretrained) autoencoder neural network, the second tractography results that specify a second set of neurological fibers based at least in part on the tractography results and information associated with a neurological anatomical region. For example, a subset of the set of neurological fibers may be anatomically implausible and the second set of fibers may exclude the subset. Note that the predetermined autoencoder neural network may be trained using an unsupervised-learning technique.

Abstract: A network security system that analyzes data from network attacks to determine which attacks came from the same attacker, even if the attacker tries to disguise its identity by spreading attacks out over time and attacking from multiple IP addresses. Intrusion detection systems or firewalls may log data for each attack, such as the time of the attack, the type of attack, and the source and target addresses. Embodiments may augment this data with derived attributes that may profile the attacker's behavior. For example, some attackers may spread out attacks over time, but always attack on the same day of the week; some attackers may spread out attacks over different IP addresses, but these addresses may all be in the same country. The original and augmented data may be clustered using an algorithm such as DBSCAN, and each attacker may be identified with one of the resulting clusters.