Abstract: Aspects relate to monitorable plasma torch device components and in particular to monitoring and predictive maintenance of one or more such monitorable plasma torch device components. One aspect provides a monitorable plasma torch device component, the component comprising: a component body and a sacrificial component located in an erosion zone of the component body. The sacrificial component comprises material which differs from the plasma torch device component body and which, on exposure to a plasma torch in a plasma torch device, generates electromagnetic radiation distinct from that of the plasma torch device component body. The distinct electromagnetic radiation generated is indicative of erosion of the monitorable plasma torch device component in the erosion zone. Such a monitorable plasma torch device component can facilitate effective component monitoring which allows for ameliorative action to be taken in the event that degradation of the device component is detected.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for predicting thermal properties of a subsurface rock formation. A training dataset is derived from petrophysical properties of a plurality of formation rock samples and thermal properties of the plurality of formation rock samples. The training dataset is used to train a machine learning model that predicts label data representing the predefined set of thermal properties given input data representing the predefined set of petrophysical properties of an arbitrary formation rock sample. The machine learning model can be validated and deployed for use in predicting thermal properties of subsurface rock formations.

Abstract: Merged-PiN-Schottky, MPS, device comprising: a substrate of SiC with a first conductivity; a drift layer of SiC with the first conductivity, on the substrate; an implanted region with a second conductivity, extending at a top surface of the drift layer to form a junction-barrier, JB, diode with the substrate; and a first electrical terminal in ohmic contact with the implanted region and in direct contact with the top surface to form a Schottky diode with the drift layer. The JB diode and the Schottky diode are alternated to each other along an axis: the JB diode has a minimum width parallel to the axis with a first value, and the Schottky diode has a maximum width parallel to the axis with a second value smaller than, or equal to, the first value. A breakdown voltage of the MPS device is greater than, or equal to, 115% of a maximum working voltage of the MPS device in an inhibition state.

Abstract: A glass composition includes oxides which form non-volatile fluorides at a temperature of 150° C. and a pressure of 5 Pa or less and are present in an amount of less than 0.5 mol % in the glass composition, based on all oxides present in the glass composition. A working point of the glass composition is 1400° C. or less. The glass composition has a hydrolytic resistance characterized by a leachability of GeO2, P2O5 and/or B2O3 from the glass composition determined as concentrations in an eluate prepared according to ISO 719 of at least one of the following: less than 70 mg/l GeO2 in the eluate per 1 mol % GeO2 in the glass composition; less than 70 mg/l P2O5 in the eluate per 1 mol % P2O5 in the glass composition; or less than 300 mg/l B2O3 in the eluate per 1 mol % B2O3 in the glass composition.

Abstract: A method for depalletising a ream of cartons wrapped by a strap. The method may include collecting, by a robot gripping head, the ream of cartons placed on a pallet. Collecting the ream may include exerting a suction force on the ream by one or more suction mouths. The method may also include moving a first arm and a second arm to position the first arm and the second arm below the ream and retain the ream in a positioning zone obtained in the head.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for transferring fluid to a stage in a charged particle beam system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a stage may be configured to secure a wafer, a chamber may be configured to house the stage; and a tube may be provided within the chamber to transfer fluid between the stage and outside of the chamber. The tube may include a first tubular layer of first material, wherein the first material is a flexible polymer; and a second tubular layer of second material, wherein the second material is configured to reduce permeation of fluid or gas through the tube. In some embodiments, a system may include a degasser system outside of the chamber, where the degasser system may be configured to remove gases from the transfer fluid before the transfer fluid enters the tube.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, that protect analytics for resources of a publisher from traffic directed to such resources by malicious entities. An analytics server receives a first message that includes an encrypted token and analytics data for a publisher-provided resource. The token includes a portion of the analytics data and a trust score indicating a likelihood that activity on the resource is attributed to a human (rather than an automated process). The analytics server decrypts the token. The analytics server determines a trustworthiness measure for the analytics data included in the first message based on the trust score (in the decrypted token) and a comparison of the analytics data in the first message and the portion of the analytics data (in the decrypted token). Based on the measure of trustworthiness, the analytics server performs analytics operations using the analytics data.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for displaying real-time code of embedded code in a browser-window of a software-application. The computer-implemented method includes collecting processes related to software applications running on an OS by using an API. For each process: searching for browser windows including elements used to collect or manipulate data on the browser-window to yield a list of browser-windows; receiving a selection of a browser-window; casting elements used to collect or manipulate data on the browser-window of the selected browser-window into a related object that is implementing an interface and storing it with an associated address of the browser-window in a database; and presenting real-time code of the elements used to collect or manipulate data on the browser-window to enable errors inspection therein and real-time updates of the code of the elements used to collect or manipulate data on the browser-window, via the interface of the related object.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a low-temperature additive for fuel oils having a sulfur content of less than 50 ppm, comprising i) at least one oil-soluble amide-ammonium salt of a polycarboxylic acid with a mono- and/or dialkylamine (A) and ii) 5-100% by weight, based on the amount of amide-ammonium salt (A), of an oil-soluble amine (B), and iii) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight, based on the amount of amide-ammonium salt (A), of a resin formed from at least one aromatic compound bearing an alkyl radical and an aldehyde and/or ketone (D).

Abstract: A method for processing an audio signal in accordance with a room impulse response is described. The audio signal is processed with an early part of the room impulse response separate from a late reverberation of the room impulse response, wherein the processing of the late reverberation has generating a scaled reverberated signal, the scaling being dependent on the audio signal. The processed early part of the audio signal and the scaled reverberated signal are combined.

Abstract: A tyre for vehicle wheels comprises at least one structural component including a plurality of textile reinforcing cords (10?), at least some of which comprise at least two yarns (20a, 20b) twisted together. At least one of said yarns (20a, 20b) is a texturized yarn (210) comprising a plurality of first filaments (201a) made of a recycled plastic material mixed with a plurality of second filaments (202a) made of a non-recycled plastic material.

Abstract: A method of propagating data packets in a network of nodes is provided. The method includes: generating at least one data packet of a first type; collecting a set of data packets of the first type during a first time period, the set including the at least one generated data packet and at least one data packet of the first type received from one or more first nodes in a network; and determining a mapping of the data packets of the set to a plurality of neighbouring nodes in a network of nodes connected to the node, each node connected to one or more nodes in the network, the mapping indicating an expected time of relay of each data packet of the set to o neighbouring nodes.

Abstract: A heat management system includes an electronic control unit configured to determine at least one route section-related historical heating or cooling effect profile based on heat management-relevant data of a navigation system acquired for a predefined period, acquire, for the same predefined period, a route section-related historic temperature profile by sensor for each component, determine at least one route section-related predicted heating or cooling effect profile based on the heat management-relevant data of the navigation system, which are predictable for at least one predefined horizon, and ascertain a predicted temperature profile for each component on the basis of the historic heating or cooling effect profile, the historical temperature profile, and the predicted heating or cooling effect profile.

Abstract: A medical sterile goods container and a device setup for documenting a content and a location of the sterile goods container. The device setup includes the sterile goods container, a transport or storage device, and a holding device insertable into the sterile goods container. The sterile goods container has at least one first identification element that is identifiable by an identifier and able to be read digitally. The first identification element is located on an outside of the sterile goods container. The sterile goods container also has at least one second identification element that is identifiable by an identifier and able to be read digitally. The second identification element is located on an inside of the sterile goods container, with the identifier of the first identification element of the sterile goods container corresponding to the identifier of the second identification element of the sterile goods container.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed to identify network nodes/cells with performance seasonality based on time series of performance data and external reference data. A plurality of time series of data values is obtained, each time series comprising a series of data values corresponding to a performance indicator of one network node in a periodicity. A plurality of series of external reference data values in the first periodicity is also obtained. For a time series of data values, the method identifies a network node providing the time series of data values as having performance seasonality regarding the performance indicator of the network, when similarity between the time series of data values and a corresponding series of external reference data values meets a criterion based on dynamic time warping distance calculation and pair-wise distance calculation using the time series of data values and the series of external reference data values.

Abstract: An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine and having an end chamber having a first inlet opening and a second inlet opening, which are separate from and independent of one another, and an outlet opening, through which exhaust gases are released into the atmosphere; an exhaust duct, which originates from the internal combustion engine and leads to the first inlet opening of the end chamber; a silencer device, which has an outlet opening, which directly leads to the second inlet opening of the end chamber; a bypass duct, which originates from the exhaust duct in the area of a bifurcation and ends in an inlet opening of the silencer device; and an adjustment valve, which can be electronically controlled, is arranged along the exhaust duct downstream of the bifurcation where the bypass duct originates and is designed to adjust the exhaust gas flow towards the first inlet opening of the end chamber.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for treating a malignancy in a subject with a cell therapy, methods of predicting a likelihood of response to the cell therapy product in the subject, and methods of predicting a likelihood of CAR T-cell exhaustion in the cell therapy product.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of an electronic device includes: forming a drift layer of an N type; forming a trench in the drift layer; forming an edge-termination structure alongside the trench by implanting dopant species of a P type; and forming a depression region between the trench and the edge-termination structure by digging the drift layer. The steps of forming the depression region and the trench are carried out at the same time. The step of forming the depression region comprises patterning the drift layer to form a structural connection with the edge-termination structure having a first slope, and the step of forming the trench comprises etching the drift layer to define side walls of the trench, which have a second slope steeper than the first slope.

Abstract: Appliance AC power inlet comprising a housing (3) including a recessed cavity; and at least two electrical pins (4) that are arranged inside the recessed cavity. The height of the recessed cavity is less than approximately 7 mm.

Abstract: Pressure tunable adhesive systems and methods for making and using the adhesive systems. Such a pressure tunable adhesive system includes an elastic adhesive substrate and patterns of asperities on a surface of the elastic adhesive substrate. The asperities are microscale and stiffer than the elastic adhesive substrate.