Abstract: Patterned dental positioning appliances including a shell including one or more cavities shaped to receive and exert repositioning forces on one or more teeth of a subject's dentition. An inner surface of at least a portion of the one or more cavities may include a raised mesh pattern arranged to contact one or more teeth within the at least a portion of the one or more cavities. The raised mesh pattern may be arranged to impart a contact force that affects one or more of a direction, a duration and a magnitude of the repositioning forces exerted on the one or more teeth. The raised mesh pattern may be is integrally formed with the shell and is made of the same polymer material as the shell.

Abstract: Mitral valve prolapse and mitral regurgitation can be treating by implanting in the mitral annulus a transvalvular intraannular band. The band has a first end, a first anchoring portion located proximate the first end, a second end, a second anchoring portion located proximate the second end, and a central portion. The central portion is positioned so that it extends transversely across a coaptive edge formed by the closure of the mitral valve leaflets. The band may be implanted via translumenal access or via thoracotomy.

Abstract: A charging system for a vehicle includes a connector suspended on a flexible cable and movable along at least one of a plurality of axes perpendicular to one another and a charging port fixed to the vehicle. The connector is movable into a mated position with the charging port.

Abstract: A movable tracking assembly for use with a navigated surgical system has a marked pin and a tracking sleeve that enables detection of axial and rotational movement. The tracking sleeve has a sensor that can detect movement relative to the marked pin and communicate that information to the surgical system. The tracking sleeve also has external trackers for use with an optical tracking camera.

Abstract: The use of plasma to clean or sterilize items can be particularly advantageous for items that cannot be readily washed or cleaned by standard methods. The toxicity and complications generating sufficient plasma makes it hard to use for such purposes. The subject invention addresses the problem by generating a minimal amount of highly reactive plasma to sterilize an item. This is achieved by reducing the amount of space and ambient air around and within the item. In this way, the plasma generated fills only the required volume of the item to be cleaned and the plasm is directed at the object, not directed at or released into non-target areas.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device and method for monitoring and assessment of movement disorder symptoms. The device and method disclosed herein are particularly amenable to remote monitoring of a subject's movement disorder symptoms. Briefly stated, in certain preferred embodiments of the present invention the movement disorder monitoring device accompanies a subject to a remote location where the device is used to record data relating to the severity of a subject's movement disorder symptoms over a period of time. This data is then subsequently used by physicians or other clinicians in optimizing and assessing treatment options directed at alleviating a subject's movement disorder symptoms. The method and device of the present invention can be used to monitor symptoms of a number of movement disorders including but not limited to dystonia, essential tremor, Huntington's disease, various ataxias, multiple sclerosis, psychogenic tremor, and Parkinson's disease.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a superabsorbent polymer (SAP) that exhibit superior properties as compared to current commercial SAPs. The disclosed SAPs are useful in a variety of sanitary products and can be made using cost effective methods.

Abstract: Provided are a reticle defect inspection method and system. The reticle defect inspection method includes: a reticle is provided; a reticle defect inspection system is provided, and when the reticle is placed on a station or leaves the station, defect inspection is continuously performed on the reticle to obtain defect information of each defect; a dynamic threshold of each defect is obtained from the defect information of each defect; and whether the dynamic threshold of each defect belongs to a threshold unacceptable by the inspection system is judged, and if so, warning processing is performed.

Abstract: A photonic polarization splitter rotator (PSR) includes a substrate, a first optical waveguide disposed on the substrate at a first layer, the first optical waveguide having a substantially rectangular shape and longitudinally arranged between a first end of the first optical waveguide and a second end of the first optical waveguide, and a second optical waveguide arranged to have a partial and fixed amount of overlap over a predetermined length of the first optical waveguide.

Abstract: The present invention provides a test method, a tester, a load board and a test system. The test method includes: outputting, through a first input/output (I/O) port of a tester, a first test signal to a first channel of a load board, wherein the first test signal is used to generate a second test signal and a third test signal; receiving, through the first I/O port, a third feedback signal returned from the first channel, wherein the third feedback signal is generated based on a first feedback signal and a second feedback signal; and determining whether a first chip and a second chip are operating normally based on the third feedback signal. Solutions provided in the present invention are capable of increasing the number of chips that can be tested at a single time.

Abstract: A liquid-cooling heat dissipation plate with pin-fins and an enclosed liquid cooler having the same are provided. The liquid-cooling heat dissipation plate includes a heat dissipation plate body, a plurality of rhombus-shaped pin-fins, and a plurality of ellipse-shaped pin-fins. The heat dissipation plate body has a first heat dissipation surface and a second heat dissipation surface opposite to each other. The first heat dissipation surface is in contact with a heat source, and the second heat dissipation surface is in contact with a cooling fluid. The rhombus-shaped pin-fins and the ellipse-shaped pin-fins are integrally formed on the second heat dissipation surface and in a high density arrangement. The ellipse-shaped pin-fins correspond in position to a relative low temperature region of the heat source, and the rhombus-shaped pin-fins correspond in position to a relative high temperature region of the heat source.

Abstract: A system or method for determining a battery state can include receiving a set of sensor measurements; determining the battery state using a state estimator collocated with the battery; and determining parameters used by the state estimator using a second state estimator operating on a processor remote from the battery.

Abstract: The invention provides a signal detector. The signal detector comprises a housing, having a connector and a display unit; a tuner, configured to receive a cable signal; a microcontroller unit (MCU), electrically connected with the tuner and the display unit; a scanning switch, electrically connected with the MCU; a power supply, configured to supply a power to the MCU; and a power switch, electrically connected with the MCU.

Abstract: Gas turbine engines include an engine frame defining an inner radial surface, a shaft rotatably mounted in the engine frame along a longitudinal axis, and an electric machine that includes a rotor coupled to the shaft and a stator coupled to the engine frame and defining an outer radial surface. In some gas turbine engines, the engine frame includes inlet and outlet fluid passages, each extending to a portion of the inner radial surface. The portion of the inner radial surface of the engine frame is spaced from the outer radial surface of the stator to form an annular fluid passage around the stator of an electric machine. The annular fluid passage is configured to direct a cooling fluid around the stator to remove heat from the stator. Some gas turbine engines include two or more positioning keys configured to fix the stator relative to the engine frame.

Abstract: A strapping system and method for automatically applying strapping to at least one associated object, such as a roll of coiled material having a void. The system includes a first end effector and second end effector, each end effector mountable to a robotic arm and including at least a portion of a chute, the end effectors movable relative to each other when mounted to a robotic arm such that the chute portions of each end effector can be selectively brought together in a plurality of orientations to define a generally continuous chute loop through which a strapping material can be advanced to surround the at least one associated object located at least partially within the chute loop.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to products and methods using lunasin-enriched soy extract combined with Reliv Now® to reduce free fatty acid levels and increase leptin levels and adiponectin levels in plasma for the control of obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. More specifically, the present invention relates to novel compositions comprising lunasin enriched soy extract and Reliv Now® formulations, methods of using these compositions in individuals for the control of obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome, and methods of making compositions comprising them.

Abstract: A light projector and method of aligning the light projector is provided. A light projector steers an outgoing beam of light onto an object, passing light returned from the object through a focusing lens onto an optical detector. The light projector may generate a light pattern or template by rapidly moving the outgoing beam of light along a path on a surface. To place the light pattern/template in a desired location, the light projector may be aligned with an electronic model.

Abstract: A process is provided for thermal molding an article with at least one layer of thermoplastic fibers that are non-woven and uni-directionally oriented in combination with at least one layer of reinforcing fibers. The reinforcing fibers including glass, carbon, nature based, and combinations thereof; alone or mixed with chopped thermoplastic fibers. Upon subjecting the layers to sufficient heat to thermally bond in the presence of non-oriented filler fibers, thermoplastic fiber fusion encapsulates the filler fibers. The filler fibers impart physical properties to the resulting article and the residual unidirectional orientation of the thermoplastic melt imparts physical properties in the fiber direction to the article. By combining layers with varying orientations of uni-directional fibers relative to one another, the physical properties of the resulting article may be controlled and extended relative to conventional thermoplastic moldings.

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are systems, methods, devices, and machine-readable mediums to detect and terminate programmable atomic transactions that are stuck in an infinite loop. In order to detect and terminate these transactions, the programmable atomic unit may use an instruction counter that increments each time an instruction is executed during execution of a programmable atomic transaction. If the instruction counter meets or exceeds a threshold instruction execution limit without reaching the termination instruction, the programmable atomic transaction may be terminated, all resources used (e.g., memory locks) may be freed, and a response may be sent to a calling processor.