Abstract: Provided, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, is a method for a first device transmitting a PSCCH and a PSSCH to a second device. The method may comprise the steps of: determining whether, in the entire frequency band of one PSSCH sub-channel, a first DMRS symbol is occupied by a resource region associated with a PSCCH; on the basis of whether the first DMRS symbol is occupied by the resource region associated with the PSCCH, determining a position, of a reference symbol in a PSSCH resource, in which a second SCI is mapped; mapping the second SCI on the basis of the position of the reference symbol in the PSSCH resource; and transmitting the second SCI to a second device via the PSSCH.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for detecting unauthorized system configuration changes. For example, metadata can be extracted from network traffic captured by one or more different network tools and/or network devices and provided to a metadata evaluator. As an example, the one or more different network tools and/or devices can include a switch port analyzer tool, a security information and event management tool, and/or a test access port device. The metadata evaluator can process the extracted metadata to detect a system configuration change in a system on a network that includes the network traffic. The metadata evaluator can determine whether the system configuration change is an authorized system configuration change. In some examples, the metadata evaluator can determine whether the system configuration change is an authorized system configuration change based on change management data from a change management system.

Abstract: A method and an assembly for controlling an internal combustion engine having multiple burners is provided. Combustion measurement data is collected in a burner-specific manner for each burner and assigned to a burner identification identifying the respective burner. Performance measurement data of the internal combustion engine is also collected and used to determine a performance value. A machine learning model is trained by means of the combustion measurement data, the associated burner identifications and the performance measurement data, to generate burner-specific control data which optimizes the performance value when the burners are actuated in a burner-specific manner using the control data. The control data generated by the trained machine learning model is output for the burner-specific actuation of the burners.

Abstract: A web content page is provided, wherein the web content page is configured to dynamically provide a new web component streamed from a server after the web content page has been initially loaded by a client. An indication associated with a desired web component is received. The desired web component among a plurality of web components developed on a platform-as-a-service environment separately from the web content page is obtained. The desired web component is streamed to the web content page.

Abstract: A video game console, a video game system, and a computer-implemented method are described. Generally, a video game and video game assistance are adapted to a player. For example, a narrative of the video game is personalized to an experience level of the player. Similarly, assistance in interacting with a particular context of the video game is also personalized. The personalization learns from historical interactions of players with the video game and, optionally, other video games. In an example, a deep learning neural network is implemented to generate knowledge from the historical interactions. The personalization is set according to the knowledge.

Abstract: There is provided a variable valve device provided in a cylinder head and capable of changing a valve lift amount, including: a camshaft on which a plurality of cams with different valve lift amounts are formed; a switching mechanism configured to switch a cam for moving a valve among the plurality of cams; and an oil control valve configured to control an oil pressure for the switching mechanism. Oil starts to be supplied from the oil control valve to the switching mechanism at an end timing of a valve lift or in a zero range in which no valve lift occurs.

Abstract: A clamping stand comprising a pair of cams, each cam operating as a cylindrical cam, having a clamping member facing the clamping member of an opposite clamping member for holding the object therebetween; and having a lower portion configured for arcuate motion connected by a linkage assembly that translates linear movement to rotational movement about a pivot axis, enabling uniform clamping pressure on an object through actuation of the linkage assembly and facilitating clamping through arcuate motion of the lower portions.

Abstract: A method and a system (30) for inspecting and/or mapping a railway track (18). The method comprises: acquiring geo-referenced rail geometry data associated with geometries of two rails (20) of the track along the section; acquiring geo-referenced 3D point cloud data, which includes point data corresponding to the two rails and surroundings of the track along the section; deriving track profiles of the track from the geo-referenced 3D point cloud data and the geo-referenced rail geometry data; and comparing the track profiles and generating enhanced geo-referenced rail geometry data and/or enhanced geo-referenced 3D point cloud data based on the comparison.

Abstract: A method and system for creating a product menu for an e-commerce website has been developed. First, a product category list is created using a navigation menu editor for the website. The product category list is then organized into a tree hierarchy using the navigation menu editor. The product category list is stored in a database and accessed later through an application program interface (API). The product category list is filtered according to the tree hierarchy and displayed as a product menu to a user of the website via a user interface (UI).

Abstract: A method and a device provide a uniform recursive sequential combustion of fuel and oxidizing agents within a thermal system having a continuous flow. Compressed fresh air is directed through the combustion chamber along a primary flow direction. A proportion of the fresh air is supplied to a burner by way of a burner entry and in the burner is combusted with fuel and exits the burner as exhaust gas. The burner is disposed at an angle in relation to the primary flow direction such that part of the exhaust gas exiting the burner exit is imparted a tangential flow in relation to the primary flow direction and circulates in the combustion chamber and enters the burner entry of a downstream burner so as to be mixed with the fresh air flowing into the downstream burner such that a recursive sequential combustion is achieved.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of biomedicine, and relates to an inducer for inducing a mesenchymal stem cell to differentiate into an islet cell. An inducer for inducing a mesenchymal stem cell to differentiate into an islet cell consisted of the following components: GLP-1, parathyroid hormone, paracetamol, rapamycin, icariin, trametinib, EPO and VEGF. Each component in a inducer for inducing a mesenchymal stem cell to differentiate into an islet cell of the present invention is safe and non-toxic, requiring fewer steps and short time to induce differentiation, with high induction efficiency.

Abstract: A platform includes a top deck with spaced apart platform support leg openings extending therethrough, and platform support legs extending from a lower surface of the top deck and aligned with the platform support leg openings. Each platform support leg includes an upper portion and a lower portion, with the upper portion having an opening extending therethrough and aligned with a respective one of the platform support leg openings in the top deck. The lower portion includes a shelf that separates the opening in the upper portion from the lower portion. The shelf provides support to a bottom surface of a platform support leg from an identical platform when stacked thereon. A pair of extensions extend outwards from a bottom surface of the lower portion, with the opening in the upper portion providing clearance for the pair of extensions on the platform support leg of the identical platform when stacked thereon.

Abstract: An integrator for monitoring at least one parameter of an electrical signal in an electrical conductor in protective relay application. The integrator includes an integrator circuit having an input for receiving a signal from a current sensor coupled to the electrical conductor. A switch circuit has an input coupled to the output of the integrator circuit, wherein the switch circuit is controlled by the output of a temperature detection circuit. A power stage circuit has an input coupled to the output of the switch circuit, wherein the temperature detection circuit is coupled to a heating element of the power stage circuit through a temperature sensor, and the heating element is attached to a channel-shaped heatsink for heat dissipation.

Abstract: A robotic mud-logger having a slurry sampler to collect a slurry sample online from a drilling fluid circuit contemporaneous with drilling of a borehole, the slurry sample including drilling fluid and rock cuttings. A liquid separator removes drilling fluid from the slurry sample and discharges a sample of the rock cuttings. A spectrometer and other sensors perform elemental analysis of, and take other measurements related to, the sample of the rock cuttings substantially in real time with collection of the slurry sample. A system is provided for retaining stored samples in containers with identifying data.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a printed circuit board for mechanical support and electrical connection of electrical or electronic components. The printed circuit board has conductive tracks and contact pads carved away or etched from at least one sheet layer of copper laminated onto a non-conductive substrate and has a label attached to the printed circuit board at an intended position before the assembly process. Soldering defects often occur due to the deposition of excessive amounts of solder paste on the contact pads of components adjacent to the label. To prevent soldering defects caused by incorrect solder paste application quantities by simple and inexpensive means, the printed circuit board provides the intended position of the label as a depression with respect to the surroundings thereof.

Abstract: Among other things, there is disclosed structure and methods for maintaining access to a location in the body while reducing or eliminating the potential for pulling an access device (e.g. a catheter) back through an opening. An introducer sheath includes a distal indented portion and a balloon, so that once placed in a desired location through tissue, the balloon can be inflated to anchor the sheath against retraction. In particular embodiments, structure and methods for accessing the pericardial cavity via the right atrial appendage are shown.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for image signal processing that support variable aperture (VA) camera operation. In a first aspect, a method of image processing includes receiving first image data from a variable aperture (VA) camera acquired at a first aperture size; determining a first set of output image frames based on the first image data; receiving second image data from the VA camera acquired during an aperture size transition; and determining a second set of output image frames based on the first image data and the second image data, wherein determining the second set of output image frames comprises adjusting a characteristic of the second image data based on the first image data. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Provided is an activator for a growth medium used for artificial cultivation of mushrooms, and the activator is used in a growth medium for mushroom artificial cultivation and improves and stabilizes the yield. The activator for a mushroom growth medium includes, as antacid inorganic substances, aluminum, calcium, and magnesium. By changing the proportion of each element, the neutralization function is adjusted. By adding a small amount of the activator, an optimum cultivation pH for an intended type of mushroom is achieved, and the optimum cultivation pH can be maintained.