Abstract: A phantom for fibrous tissue, the phantom formed from a precursor solution including about 30-90 wt % of water, acrylamide, and alginate, where the acrylamide and alginate, in combination, are about 10 to 70 wt % of the precursor solution, and where a ratio of acrylamide to alginate is in the range of about 60:40 to about 99:1 w/w.

Abstract: A cartridge includes a first container, a filter, a second container, and a pipe. The first container and the second container align in a first direction. A longitudinal direction of the second container intersecting the first direction is a second direction. A short direction of the second container intersecting the first direction and the second direction is a third direction. When the cartridge is oriented so the first direction is parallel to a direction of gravity and a second chamber is above a first chamber, a partition of the filter is inclined such that, when viewed in the third direction, the partition extends in the direction of gravity downward toward a predetermined region of the filter as the partition extends toward the predetermined region in the second direction, and the partition of the filter extends in the third direction over an entire region of the partition in the third direction.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may comprise: a sensor module, comprising at least one sensor, configured to measure a biometric signal, at least one processor, and a memory, wherein the memory includes instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to: receive, while performing a first function, an input for performing a second function using a second biometric signal using a first biometric signal; determine a priority between the first function and the second function, based on a measurement scheme of the second biometric signal specified by the input and a measurement scheme of the first biometric signal; and perform a function having a higher priority, among the first function and the second function, using the sensor module, based on the priority.

Abstract: Provided is a tank inspection method capable of efficiently draining water injected into a tank at the time of inspection. A tank inspection method TIM includes a supporting step, a water injection step, a pressure increasing step, and a draining step. The supporting step supports a tank with the central axis crossed with the horizontal plane such that openings provided at both ends in a direction along the central axis of the tank become upper and lower openings. The water injection step injects water into the tank from the lower opening and discharges air inside the tank from the upper opening. The pressure increasing step increases water pressure inside the tank to a predetermined pressure by pumping water to the lower opening, with an upper valve, which opens and closes an upper flow path, closed, and the draining step drains water from the lower opening of the tank.

Abstract: A flow passage adapter of the present disclosure is a flow passage adapter configured to be attached to an inflow port of a flow rate measuring unit to introduce a measurement target fluid into the flow rate measuring unit. The flow passage adapter includes a flow passage which is disposed in a body of the flow passage adapter and through which the measurement target fluid is to flow and a plurality of ribs disposed in the flow passage such that the measurement target fluid introduced into the flow passage collides with the plurality of ribs, and the flow passage adapter being configured to be attached to the flow rate measuring unit such that the flow passage adapter covers the inflow port of the flow rate measuring unit.

Abstract: An object is to enable management work such as maintenance of parts of a printing apparatus in an integrated manner. An apparatus according to the present disclosure obtains: first condition information indicating a condition of a constituent part of a printing apparatus, specified based on a life of the part; and second condition information indicating a condition of the part specified based on a scanned image obtained by reading a print medium on which an image has been formed by the printing apparatus. The apparatus further generates a display image representing the condition of the part indicated by the first condition information and the condition of the part indicated by the second condition information, and outputs a signal representing the display image.

Abstract: Disclosed here is an aircraft landing gear support fixture suitable for supporting a grounded aircraft for testing purposes. The support fixture includes a strut having a longitudinal strut axis, an upper strut end, and a lower strut end. The upper strut end has attachment structure that is compatibly shaped, sized, and configured to attach the strut to the aircraft in lieu of a landing gear strut of the aircraft. The support fixture also includes a support platform to support the strut, wherein the support platform is in a fixed position relative to a stationary reference foundation. A strut force sensor is coupled between the lower strut end and the support platform to provide sensor output associated with load imparted by the strut. The strut, the strut force sensor, and the support platform are coupled together and arranged to inhibit movement of the strut along the longitudinal strut axis.

Abstract: Embodiments of a power regulation circuit that ameliorates a first and second droop in a power source voltage that powers a processing core are disclosed. The power regulation circuit includes a first droop detector, a second droop detector and a frequency slowdown detection circuit. The first droop detector generates a first droop detection signal in a first detection state in response to detecting a first droop in the power source voltage. The second droop detector generates a second droop detection signal in a second detection state in response to detecting a second droop in the power source voltage. The frequency slowdown detection circuit to generate a frequency slowdown signal in a slowdown state in response to at least one of the first droop detection signal being in the first detection state and the second droop detection signal being in the second detection state.

Abstract: A system of tracking load switching operations and fault clearing operations of at least one circuit breaker in a power circuit includes at least one coil antenna sensing changes in a magnetic field around the coil antenna. The changes in the magnetic field induce corresponding changes to a current or voltage in the at least one coil antenna. A receiver is connected to the at least one coil antenna and receives the current or voltage. A computer is connected to the receiver and stores a data stream that corresponds to the changes in magnetic field around the at least one coil antenna. The computer uses the data stream to generate a plurality of characteristic magnetic field waveforms for the at least one circuit breaker. The computer assembles a low frequency magnetic signature for a respective circuit breaker from the characteristic magnetic field waveforms generated for the respective circuit breaker.

Abstract: Described herein are examples of devices which include low voltage level controllers having a sensor head and a control box. The sensor head includes a proximity switch that is positioned within a first aperture of the sensor head. The sensor head includes a second aperture that is removably attachable to a vessel. The control box is located remotely to the sensor head. The control box is configured to operate a dump valve of the vessel, with the dump valve being located remotely to the control box.

Abstract: A weather resistant autonomous driving sensor unit for an autonomous vehicle driving system. The sensor unit further includes a cover having an inside surface facing the one or more light detection and ranging sensors, and an external surface facing an external environment of a vehicle. The cover is formed of molded polycarbonate and also forms a vehicle component selected from the group consisting of a vehicle grille, bumper and front end module. A hydrophilic coating applied to the external surface of the coating. The hydrophilic coating can be made of several different compounds that are applied to the external surface using spraying, dipping or vapor deposition. The hydrophilic coating selected must provide a droplet thickness to diameter ratio of less than 0.3 when the water contact angle on the external surface of the cover is less than 40 degrees or between about 25 degrees to about 40 degrees.

Abstract: A smart device may assist a user in aligning an otoscope of an otoscope clip device with a camera of the smart device. A model identification may be determined. The model identification may indicate a model associated with the smart device. An alignment image may be determined using the model identification. The alignment image may be displayed on the display of the smart device.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring humidity of air flowing in a conduit includes a probe comprising a probe arm configured to be inserted into the conduit. A humidity sensor element is disposed at a distal end of the probe arm. A filter is connectable with the probe arm to enclose the humidity sensor element. The filter includes a filter housing that defines an interior in which the humidity sensor element is disposed, and an opening that provides fluid communication between the interior and exterior of the filter housing. The filter further includes a filter membrane that spans the opening. The filter membrane is constructed of a hydrophobic material that allows air and water vapor to pass freely through its structure from the exterior to the interior, and that blocks liquid water and particulates from passing through its structure from the exterior to the interior.

Abstract: A system and method for use in matching a source to a dynamic impedance electrical load is described. The system may include a zero voltage switching amplifier and a variable signal generator, where the zero voltage switching amplifier is in communication with a resonant load. The system also includes a microcontroller for executing an algorithm that causes the microcontroller to locate a resonant frequency of the resonant load by sampling frequencies by changing a frequency of the variable signal generator and recording sensor data, and then correlating the collected sensor data (minima) to the resonance.

Abstract: An estimating device including: a detecting section detecting electrical characteristics at a flexible material that is electrically conductive and has electrical characteristics that vary in accordance with a magnitude of an applied stimulus and that is at an assisting member that has the flexible material and is provided at a transporting section that transports a transported object; and an estimating section that inputs time-series electrical characteristics to a learning model that is trained by using, as learning data, time-series electrical characteristics at times when a stimulus was applied to the flexible material, and placed state information expressing a placed state of the transported object with respect to the assisting member that applies a stimulus to the flexible material, such that the time-series electrical characteristics are inputs of the learning model and the learning model outputs the placed state information expressing a placed state corresponding to inputted time-series electrical cha

Abstract: An electrical protection system for protecting an electrical circuit comprising a generator and a plurality of electrical apparatuses, each apparatus comprising a chassis. The protection system comprises a first link associated with each apparatus, connecting the chassis of the apparatus to an earth, and comprising a protection resistor. For at least one electrical apparatus operating under direct current, the associated first electrical link comprises a protection capacitor in parallel with the protection resistor. The protection system comprises a second link connecting a neutral point of the generator to the earth.

Abstract: A measurement device includes an imaging control unit that causes an imaging unit to image a predetermined target object in water, and a measurement unit that measures a sound wave in the water on the basis of an image taken by the imaging control unit.

Abstract: An electromagnetic radiation collecting and directing apparatus is described herein. The electromagnetic radiation collecting and directing apparatus facilitates directing light from an exterior of a structure to an interior of a structure. The directed light is then distributed as necessary within the structure for heating, illumination, or is stored for use at a later time.

Abstract: A battery test apparatus for testing a swelling force of a battery housing may include equivalent end plates and a retractable part. An actual battery module may be replaced by the battery test apparatus, eliminating the need for a battery module and accompanying charging and discharging devices and reducing the test cost. Two equivalent end plates may be spaced apart along a first direction to replace a battery module actually in contact with the battery housing along the first direction. The retractable part may be arranged between the two equivalent end plates. The retractable part may compress the two equivalent end plates to make the equivalent end plates compress the battery housing.

Abstract: A method for measuring DC bias aging characteristics of a multilayer capacitor includes applying a first poling voltage to a multilayer capacitor including a body having a dielectric layer including a plurality of dielectric grains and an internal electrode disposed alternately with the dielectric layer in a first direction, and an external electrode disposed on the body, maintaining the first poling voltage for a first period of time (t1), applying a DC bias voltage lower than the first poling voltage, maintaining the DC bias voltage for a second period of time (t2), and measuring saturated capacitance after the DC bias voltage is applied.