Abstract: A blow-by gas filtration assembly fluidically connects to a crankcase ventilation circuit of an internal combustion engine. The filtration assembly has an axis and includes a filter group having a hollow cylindrical shape with a central chamber radially traversable by the blow-by gases, preferably from the outside to the inside. In addition, the filtration assembly includes a support and control member engageable to the filter group for supporting it in an axial position along the axis and for controlling it in rotation around the axis to perform the filtration operations. The member and the filter group include, respectively, a threaded member portion and a threaded filter portion engageable by reciprocal screwing. The member and the filter group also include, respectively, a member abutment and a filter abutment axially engageable along the axis to prevent further screwing of the threaded member portion and a threaded filter portion.

Abstract: A deployable electromagnetic radiation antenna system is provided. The deployable electromagnetic radiation antenna system includes one or more support structures, an electromagnetic radiation directing lens adapted to pass a beam of electromagnetic radiation, and a satellite body including at least one deployment mechanism, wherein the electromagnetic radiation directing lens is deployable in a first direction away from the satellite body, the electromagnetic radiation directing lens being coupled to the satellite body by the one or more support structures, wherein the at least one deployment mechanism deploys the one or more support structures to deploy the electromagnetic radiation directing lens from an undeployed state to a deployed state by at least forming a substantially planar surface of the deployed electromagnetic radiation directing lens.

Abstract: A method is provided for generating single-stranded DNA circles from a biological sample. The method comprises the steps of: treating the biological sample with an extractant to release nucleic acids, thereby forming a sample mixture; neutralizing the extractant; denaturing the released nucleic acids to generate single-stranded nucleic acids; and contacting the single-stranded nucleic acids with a ligase that is capable of template-independent, intramolecular ligation of single-stranded DNA to generate the single-stranded DNA circles. All the steps of the method are performed without any intermediate nucleic acid isolation or nucleic acid purification. The single-stranded DNA circles may be amplified and further analyzed. Also provided is a kit which comprises compositions for carrying out the novel methods.

Abstract: An antenna system for space applications provides a membrane antenna with one or more flexible membranes. An antenna enclosure stores the membrane antenna during stowage. One or more first deployable support structures extend along a first axis from the antenna enclosure during deployment, at least a first point of the membrane antenna being operably anchored to a point on the first deployable support structures. Deployment mechanisms are operably anchored at a junction with the first deployable support structures. The deployment mechanisms extend one or more second deployable support structures along a second axis from the first deployable support structures during deployment. At least a second point of the membrane antenna is operably anchored to a point on the second deployable support structures. Extension of the first deployable support structures and second deployable support structures unfurls the membrane antenna along both axes to overlap the junction.

Abstract: An engine includes a cylinder block including a water jacket, a water jacket spacer inserted into the water jacket, and a first gasket and a first cylinder head assembled to the cylinder block.

Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for propulsion and powering systems using recyclable metallic fuels. The method includes capturing fuel products, including a metal oxide and unburnt fuel from combustion of a metallic fuel, storing the unburnt metallic fuel and the fuel products to generate power and/or thrust, and recycling the metal oxide to recreate the metallic fuel and/or byproducts. A system for propulsion and power generation using a metallic fuel includes a combustion chamber for combusting the metallic fuel to provide propulsion, a reaction chamber for generating electricity and thermal power using heat from unburnt metallic fuel and fuel products, a storage system for capturing the unburnt metallic fuel and the fuel products and at least one recycling system for directing the captured unburnt metallic fuel and/or the fuel products to the combustion chamber and/or the reaction chamber.

Abstract: A vehicle display control device, includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to cause a display unit provided in a vehicle cabin to display an inducement image requesting that an occupant grip a steering wheel in a case in which it is necessary for the occupant to grip the steering wheel, and cause the display unit to display the inducement image more prominently in a case of requesting that the occupant grip the steering wheel before the vehicle switches from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode as the vehicle is continuing to drive autonomously, than in a case of requesting that the occupant continue to grip the steering wheel as the vehicle is continuing to drive autonomously.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a work vehicle with which it is difficult for an operator to lose a sense of directionality even when the operator performs an operation while seeing an image of a remote control terminal. In a work vehicle (crane 1) which is provided with: a traveling body (2); a boom (7) supported by the traveling body (2); and a camera (61) supported by the boom (7), and which can guide a pivot operation of the boom (7) by means of a remote control terminal (70), an image display device (73) is provided in the remote control terminal (70) and a control device (20) is provided which is capable of recognizing the support direction of the camera (61) by the boom (7) and an angle ? of a location direction of the remote control terminal (70) with respect to the camera (61), whereby an image rotated on the basis of the angle (?) and cut in a circular shape is displayed on the image display device (73).

Abstract: An example of a kit includes a flow cell assembly. The flow cell assembly includes a reaction chamber, a temperature controlled flow channel in selective fluid communication with an inlet of the reaction chamber, and a filter positioned in the temperature controlled flow channel. The reaction chamber includes depressions separated by interstitial regions and capture primers attached within each of the depressions. The filter is i) to block concentrated biological sample-polymer complexes generated in the temperature controlled flow channel at a first temperature, and ii) to allow passage of concentrated biological sample and polymer released from the complexes in the temperature controlled flow channel at a second temperature.

Abstract: MHMF Alternating Internal Combustion Engine consists of a double sided piston dividing the cylinder in two regions. Both regions are functional in alternative manner. This design includes more than one cylinder. The power strokes from both regions of the main cylinder also aid the processes in both regions of supplementary cylinder. The formulated Pressure-Volume (PV) relationship between the regions of a cylinder demonstrates the operation of one region supplementing the operation in the other region. This design leads to weight reduction, reduction of power losses thus enhancing efficiency.

Abstract: An accessory for an electronic device includes: headphones; at least one phased array antenna on the headphones, the at least one phased array antenna comprising an array of antenna elements that are configured to form a beam in a determined direction, the at least one phased array antenna being configured to communicate wirelessly with an external device; a local communication system in the headphones, the local communication system configured to communicate locally with the electronic device; and a battery in the headphones, the battery operatively connected to each of the at least one phased array antenna and the local communication system.

Abstract: A travel control method for a vehicle for executing autonomous travel control includes, prior to executing the autonomous travel control, presenting a driver with travel control information as to whether or not to accept execution of the autonomous travel control and detecting, in response to a presentation of the travel control information, an acceptance input made by the driver indicating that the driver accepts the execution of the autonomous travel control. The travel control method also includes: setting an input form of a present acceptance input by the driver to an input form different from an input form of a previous acceptance input.

Abstract: An impeller includes a hub and a plurality of blades. The blades are arranged around the hub, and each blade includes a leading edge, a blade tip, a root portion, a trailing edge, a windward side and a leeward side. The windward side including a first turning point and a second turning point, a first vertical height difference is formed from the blade tip to the first turning point, and a second vertical height difference is formed from the first turning point to the second turning point, and the first vertical height difference is greater than the second vertical height difference. The impeller apparently reduces the noise.

Abstract: A method of aligning a plurality of targets is provided. The method includes generating a plurality of targets. A third phase includes the plurality of targets. The method further includes combining a first phase, a second phase, and the third phase in a volume. The first phase, the second phase, and the third phase are substantially immiscible, and the third phase is in fluid communication with the first phase and the second phase, and the first phase, the second phase, and the third phase are operable to be in a configuration of the third phase between the first phase and the second phase in the volume.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for content deliver, buffer management and synchronization are described herein. Content being played back on a playback platform is analyzed and based on the analysis, asynchronous playback of the content may be determined. A source buffer flush may be performed to correct the asynchronous playback. After the source buffer flush is performed, content segments may be written to the source buffer so that playback of the content on the playback platform resumes with synchronized audio and video.

Abstract: A cooling fan module may include a fan assembly and a shroud. The fan assembly including a number of fan blades and the shroud including a first sidewall and a first ring. The first sidewall defining an opening and the first ring extending in an axial direction from the first sidewall. The first ring including an inner periphery provided with a number of first serrations, each serration of the number of first serrations extending in a radial direction. The radial direction is substantially orthogonal to the axial direction.

Abstract: A layer-sintered valve seat ring is disclosed. The layer-sintered valve seat ring includes at least two materials including a function material for a tribological contact with an opposite runner and a support material for the function material. The support material includes: C: 0.5 to 1.8% by weight; Cr: 3 to 16% by weight; Mo: 1 to 5% by weight; W: 0.5 to 5.5% by weight; V: 0.4 to 4.0% by weight; Cu: 12 to 25% by weight; Fe: 41.3 to 82.6% by weight; Mn: up to 0.6% by weight; Si: up to 1.8% by weight; and a remainder of production-related contamination in the form of at least one of Ni, Co, Ca, P, and S that are present in contents of <0.3% by weight each.

Abstract: Pistons and piston assemblies for an internal combustion engine is provided. The piston assembly includes a piston coupled to a connecting rod with a piston pin. The piston pin includes a non-circular outer cross-sectional shape.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a position of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to control one or both of acceleration/deceleration and steering of the vehicle and to cause the vehicle to travel in one of a plurality of driving modes in which tasks imposed on an occupant of the vehicle are different, and a mode determiner configured to determine a driving mode which is to be performed by the driving controller. The recognizer recognizes first road information including road marking objects near the vehicle with respect to a position of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result from an external sensor, recognizes second road information including road marking objects near the vehicle from map information on the basis of position information of the vehicle, and performs a process of recognizing the position of the vehicle through matching between the first road information and the second road information.

Abstract: A method for adaptive streaming of media content with bitrate switching is described, wherein the media content comprising a plurality of consecutive media segments. The method comprising, at a media streaming server: transmitting a segment of the media content encoded in a first coding mode having a first bitrate; receiving an indication for a coding mode switch to a second coding mode having a second bitrate and in response transmitting a transition segment for transitioning between the first coding mode and the second coding mode; and transmitting another segment of the media content encoded in the second coding mode.