Abstract: A method by which a decoding device decodes an image, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: acquiring a dependent quantization available flag about whether dependent quantization is available; acquiring a sign data hiding available flag about whether sign data hiding is available; and acquiring, on the basis of the dependent quantization available flag and the sign data hiding available flag, a transform skip residual coding (TSRC) available flag about whether TSRC is available.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to use of a rapid-test-validation computing device to determine if a result of a rapid test device is valid and identify the result. The rapid-test-validation computing device captures images of the rapid test device and employs a first artificial intelligence mechanism to determine if the rapid test device is properly aligned in the images. The rapid-test-validation computing device then employs a second artificial intelligence mechanism to determine if a result of the rapid test device is valid or invalid. If the result is valid, the rapid-test-validation computing device employs a third artificial intelligence mechanism to determine and present an objective output of the rapid test device result to a user; otherwise, the rapid-test-validation computing device presents a notification to the user that the rapid test device result is invalid.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous ink comprising one or more film forming agents, wherein the total film forming agent concentration in the aqueous ink is from 0.1 to 30 wt. %, and optionally one or more emulsifiers, preferably wherein the total emulsifier concentration in the aqueous ink is from 0.1 to 10 wt. %. The one or more emulsifiers, if present, are fatty acid esters of polyalkoxylated sorbitan and/or the one or more film forming agents fulfil at least one of the following properties: a Young modulus of at least 2 GPa, and a nano hardness of at least 0.08 GPa. Also provided is a use thereof for inkjet printing, preferably on a corrugated board or on a liner for the production of corrugated board.

Abstract: The present invention relates to assemblies and method for obtaining a container comprising 212Pb on the walls obtained from a 212Pb precursor isotope source. The invention provides an improved system and method for producing 212Pb in high purity without the need for processing, with high yields, and which safely and efficiently can be transported to the locations where it is to be used.

Abstract: A conductive paste for an electrolytic capacitor used for connecting a cathode part and a cathode lead terminal of the electrolytic capacitor. The conductive paste includes a thermosetting resin, and conductive particles, and the conductive particles include flaky metal particles and acicular conductive particles. The content of the conductive particles in the conductive paste is, for example, 50 mass % or more and 70 mass % or less, and the mass ratio of the flaky metal particles to the total of the flaky metal particles and the acicular conductive particles is, for example, 60% or more and 80% or less.

Abstract: A beam target for generating a nuclear reaction product by irradiation with a beam obtained from a beam generation source includes a cone body which has a tapered inner surface which is reduced in diameter toward a tip, and supply means for supplying liquid metal to the inner surface of the cone body to form a liquid film of the liquid metal on the inner surface. It is possible to form the liquid film of the liquid metal on a cone body surface to increase an irradiation area of the beam, and also dispose a target substance such as LLFP around the cone body, and hence it is possible to efficiently use the nuclear reaction product (e.g., a neutron) generated by beam irradiation of the liquid metal.

Abstract: The present application relates to the use of a lubricant composition comprising a base oil and a hydrogenated diene styrene polymer to reduce engine particulate emissions.

Abstract: A method for generating combined scenarios for testing an object detection unit, wherein the method comprises provision of first sensor data of a first scenario and of second sensor data of a second scenario, wherein the first sensor data and the second sensor data in each case are a point cloud comprising a plurality of points, wherein the method further comprises a classification of the respective points of the first sensor data and of the respective points of the second sensor data into relevant or not relevant and merging of the first sensor data and of the second sensor data for obtaining third sensor data of a combined scenario, wherein only relevant points of the first sensor data and relevant points of the second sensor data are merged to form third sensor data of the combined scenario.

Abstract: A liquid laundry composition having from about 6% to about 50%, by weight of the laundry composition, of a surfactant component. The surfactant component having from about 0.5% to about 30%, by weight of the laundry composition, of an HLAS surfactant selected from alkyl benzene sulfonic acids, alkali metal or amine salts of C10-16 alkyl benzene sulfonic acids, wherein the HLAS surfactant comprises greater than 50% C12.

Abstract: An object assessment device determines whether or not an object is present within a predetermined range, and has a processor configured to determine whether or not first object detection information detected at a first detection time point and second object detection information detected at a second detection time point after the first detection time point, are detecting a same object, determine whether or not a predetermined region including a location of the vehicle at the second detection time point satisfies predetermined terrain condition, when it has been determined that the same object has not been detected, determine that the object is present within the predetermined range from the vehicle, when it has been determined that the same object has been detected, or when it has been determined that the predetermined region including the location of the vehicle satisfies the predetermined terrain condition, and give notification of the assessment result.

Abstract: A water-soluble unit dose article containing a water-soluble film and a liquid laundry detergent composition having a first anionic surfactant, and a method of making the water-soluble unit dose article.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus of predictive maintenance of automotive lights. For example, a vehicle has: a vehicle light assembly; sensors configured on the vehicle to measure operating parameters of the vehicle light assembly; an artificial neural network configured to analyze the operating parameters of the vehicle light assembly as a function of time to generate a result; and at least one processor configured to generate a suggestion for a maintenance service of the vehicle light assembly based on the result from the artificial neural network analyzing the operating parameters of the vehicle light assembly. For example, the sensors can be configured to measure ambient light intensity, light intensity reflected by a surface illuminated by the light, current and/or voltage in the light, and/or light intensity at a location illuminated by both environment and the light.

Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for inducing the reprogramming of a non-pluripotent to an iPSC having desirable properties using a vector system providing transient and temporal expression of transgenes that are short-lived. Also provided are reprogramming cells and iPSC populations or clonal cell lines using the provided reprogramming methods and compositions. Further provided are genome-engineered iPSCs and derived cells redifferentiated therefrom to comprise targeted editing involving insertions and deletions in one or more selected genomic loci.

Abstract: This notifying device is provided with: a notifying unit which detects an object present at the periphery of a vehicle, and notifies a passenger of the presence of the object; and a notification control unit in which a low departure operation, among the operations of an operating unit for operating the vehicle, for which the intention of the driver to depart is estimated to be at most equal to a predetermined threshold, is set in advance, wherein, if the low departure operation is executed while the vehicle is stopped, the notification control unit controls the notifying unit to suppress the level of notifications compared with a situation in which the vehicle is traveling.

Abstract: A gasket device for a pneumatic valve system, in particular of a commercial vehicle, comprises gasket part being adapted to be inserted into at least a groove of a contact face of a first casing part, e.g. an adapter, the gasket part comprising at least one gasket chamber for sealingly connecting device channels of mounted casing parts; a body part being adapted to be received in a valve seat of the casing part; at least one spring part connecting the body part and the gasket part, wherein the body part is moveable in an airflow direction relative to the gasket part by bending or stretching the at least one spring part, wherein in an unbiased basic condition of the gasket device the body part is positioned above a gasket plane defined by the gasket chamber. The gasket device is made as a single part of a flexible, elastic material.

Abstract: A virtual environment may be provided, the virtual environment including a procedurally generated virtual landscape. The virtual landscape may include various components, such as natural terrain elements, infrastructural elements, and residential/commercial properties, that are automatically generated based upon procedural rules so as to provide uniqueness of any one virtual landscape. A user may enter the virtual environment and, via various virtual tools, identify aspects of the generated virtual landscape that affect risk to one or more of the properties therein.

Abstract: Provided is a vibration isolator in which simplification of detachment work of a fixing component attached to a vibration isolating component enables the natural frequency of the entire support structure for a vibration source to be easily changed. A vibration isolator includes a vibration isolating component including a rubber, which is an elastic body, the vibration isolating component supporting, in a housing having a slit, a support portion of a compressor as a vibration source that includes a motor and that is provided on a bottom plate of the housing; and a fixing component provided to pass through the slit and detachable from an outside of the housing, the vibration isolating component being fixed, in the housing, with the fixing component such that the fixing component is in contact with part of a periphery of a narrow portion of the vibration isolating component.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first wiring layer having a first main surface facing a thickness direction; a second wiring layer having a second main surface facing the same side as the first main surface and located away from the first wiring layer; a first semiconductor element having a first main surface electrode and bonded to the first main surface; a second semiconductor element having a second main surface electrode and bonded to the second main surface; a first terminal electrically connected to the second main surface electrode; a first conductive member bonded to the first main surface electrode and the second main surface; and a second conductive member bonded to the second main surface electrode and the first terminal, wherein the first terminal is located away from the first wiring layer in the thickness direction, and the second conductive member overlaps the first wiring layer in the thickness direction.

Abstract: A urinal assembly having a frame and a plurality of posts or posts extending from the frame. The frame can include a plurality of openings. The openings can be defined by a plurality of sides and corners. The posts can extend from the corners and/or from the sides of the openings. In some embodiments, posts extend from a first face and a second face of the frame.

Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a first die in a first dielectric layer; a magnetic core inductor, having a first surface and an opposing second surface, in the first dielectric layer, including a first conductive pillar, having a first end at the first surface of the magnetic core inductor and an opposing second end at the second surface, at least partially surrounded by a magnetic material that extends at least partially along a thickness of the first conductive pillar from the second end and tapers towards the first end; and a second conductive pillar coupled to the first conductive pillar; and a second die in a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer coupled to the second surface of the magnetic core inductor.