Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for adaptive sampling for rendering using deep learning. This includes receiving, at a sampler in a rendering pipeline, a plurality of rendered pixel data, wherein the sampler includes a first machine learning (ML) model. It further includes generating a sampling map for the rendering pipeline using the first ML model and the plurality of rendered pixel data, including predicting a plurality of pixel values in the sampling map based on a generated distribution of pixel values. It further includes rendering an image using the sampler, the sampling map, and a denoiser in the rendering pipeline.

Abstract: A composition comprises ?-pinene, borneol, cinnamic aldehyde, citral, d-limonene, eucalyptol, eugenol, farnesol, linalool, thymol, and vanillin. In addition, a method for use of the composition as an antibacterial and antiviral agent is also disclosed.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first plate, a second plate and an elastic member. The second plate is disposed on the first plate. A chamber is defined between the first plate and the second plate. The elastic member is disposed between the first plate and the second plate. The second plate has a surrounding portion and a heated surface in the surrounding portion as one piece. A flexible portion is integrally connected between the heated surface and the surrounding portion. The flexible portion surrounds a periphery of the heated surface to hang the heated surface in the surrounding portion. The elastic member is disposed between the heated surface and the first plate as elastic support. The flexible portion can provide the heated surface ability of partial deformation to improve the contact effect between the heated surface and a surface of a heat source to maintain great heat exchange ability.

Abstract: A line launcher includes a launcher body extending along a longitudinal axis between a rear end and a front end. The line launcher further includes a handle, a trigger, and a removable battery. The line launcher further includes a compressed gas charge assembly. The line launcher further includes an elongated barrel coupled to the body at the front end. The line launcher further includes a throwline assembly, the throwline assembly including a projectile and a throwline, the projectile insertable into and ejectable from the elongated barrel.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for roll coating are provided. The roll coating system (100) includes a coating roll (110) having a deformable inner layer (12) with a surface thereof covered by a deformable outer layer (14), the inner layer being softer than the outer layer. A substrate (3) is conveyed to the nip (12) between the coating roll and a back-up roll (120). A metered coating material is transferred from the coating roll to a patterned surface structure (40) of the substrate at the nip to form a conformal coating on the patterned structure of the substrate.

Abstract: Shock and vibration mitigation baseplates and related manufacturing methods. A shock and vibration mitigation baseplate includes a mounting frame configured for placement between a console operator chair and a rigid floor surface, and one or more viscoelastic polymer shock absorption and vibration dampening pads. The mounting frame houses the one or more viscoelastic polymer shock absorption and vibration dampening pads therein.

Abstract: A header for a controller for an implantable medical device. The header includes at least one bore sized and configured to receive a corresponding connector for the implantable medical device. At least one elongate thermally conducting element is disposed within the header and proximate the at least one bore, the at least one elongate thermally conducting element being configured to conduct heat away from the at least one bore and spread heat within the header when the corresponding connector is received within the at least one bore and is communication with the implantable medical device.

Abstract: In accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure, a lighting system for a golf cart includes a rocker panel secured to a side panel of the golf cart and including a pipe aperture disposed therein. The lighting system further includes a light pipe secured within the pipe aperture of the rocker panel, a light source housed within the light pipe, and a processor connected to the lighting system and configured to provide lighting instructions thereto. The light pipe directs light emitted from the light source outward from the side panel of the golf cart. The lighting instructions are configured for at least one of providing a first lighting sequence by the light source when an ignition of the golf cart is activated, and switching to and maintaining a second lighting sequence by the light source when a drivetrain of the golf cart is turned on.

Abstract: An agricultural operation evaluation system for an agricultural work vehicle includes an offboard device configured to collect offboard feedback associated with the agricultural operation and location information; and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the offboard feedback and the location information for the offboard feedback from the offboard device; determine at least one offboard input parameter from the offboard feedback; receive machine data including at least one onboard input parameter and location information for the least one onboard input parameter; correlate the at least one offboard input parameter and the at least one onboard input parameter based on the location information for the at least one offboard input parameter and the location information for the at least one onboard input parameter; and determine one or more vehicle adjustments based on the correlated at least one offboard input parameter and at least one onboard input parameter.

Abstract: A method of operating a testing machine includes obtaining first sensor outputs from a first load cell indicative of forces on sensors of the first load cell at a first end of a test specimen. The method further includes obtaining second sensor outputs from a second load cell indicative of forces on sensors of the second load cell at a second opposite end of the test specimen mounted in a second grip. Forces at the sensors of the first load cell and sensors of the second load cell are determined from the first sensor outputs and the second sensor outputs. The test specimen is coaxially aligned with the first and second grips along an axis by adjusting at least one of an alignment device of the testing machine or at least one of a position of the test specimen in the first or second grip.

Abstract: A foaming process and a method for operation of the foaming process are provided. The method includes flowing a molten polymeric material into a mold from an upstream device, receiving the molten polymeric material in a cavity of the mold, and maintaining a repeatable, uniform pressure profile as the molten polymeric material is delivered into the mold.

Abstract: In accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure, a lighting system for a golf cart includes a rocker panel secured to a side panel of the golf cart and including a pipe aperture disposed therein. The lighting system further includes a light pipe secured within the pipe aperture of the rocker panel, a light source housed within the light pipe, and a processor connected to the lighting system and configured to provide lighting instructions thereto. The light pipe directs light emitted from the light source outward from the side panel of the golf cart. The lighting instructions are configured for at least one of providing a first lighting sequence by the light source when an ignition of the golf cart is activated, and switching to and maintaining a second lighting sequence by the light source when a drivetrain of the golf cart is turned on.

Abstract: Sub-diffraction limited fluorescent images using a fiber-based stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscope are reported. Both excitation and depletion beams are transported through polarization-maintaining fiber and a lateral resolution of 100 nm has been achieved.

Abstract: Shock and vibration mitigation baseplates and related manufacturing methods. A shock and vibration mitigation baseplate includes a mounting frame configured for placement between a console operator chair and a rigid floor surface, and one or more viscoelastic polymer shock absorption and vibration dampening pads. The mounting frame houses the one or more viscoelastic polymer shock absorption and vibration dampening pads therein.

Abstract: A method comprises: providing a layer of curable adhesive material (4) on a substrate (2); forming a pattern of microstructures (321) on the layer of curable adhesive material (4); curing a first region (42) of the layer of curable adhesive material (4) at a first level and a second region (44) of the layer of curable adhesive material (4) at a second level greater than the first level; providing a solid circuit die (6) to directly attach to a major surface of the first region (42) of the layer of curable adhesive material (4); and further curing the first region (42) of the layer of curable adhesive material (4) to anchor the solid circuit die (6) on the first region (42) by forming an adhesive bond therebetween.

Abstract: A toilet paper dispenser includes a housing, an inner unit, and a revolver assembly. The housing includes a top wall, a bottom wall, first and second sidewalls, a rear wall, and a door. The inner unit includes a first wall with first track and a second wall with a second track. Each track is configured to receive an end of a spindle of an upper roll and a spindle of a lower roll. The revolver assembly includes a first plate between the first wall and the first sidewall, a second plate between the second wall and the second sidewall, and a revolver unifier extending between the first and second plates. The revolver assembly rotates about a pivot axis to transition the lower roll from a dispensing location to a disposed location of the toilet paper dispenser and transition the upper roll from a storage location to the dispensing location.

Abstract: A magnetic lock system for an enclosure includes a receiver disposed within the enclosure and a locking mechanism coupled to an interior surface of the enclosure. The locking mechanism includes a mounting plate coupled to the interior surface of the enclosure, a latch rotatable around a pivot axis and configured to engage the receiver in a locked orientation, a tension device coupled to the latch and configured to exert a force on the latch to maintain it in the locked orientation. and a magnet coupled to the latch. The magnet is configured to interact with a magnetic key to overcome the force of the tension device and transition the latch to an unlocked position. The mounting plate and the latch are pivotably connected to each other via a pin associated with the pivot axis.

Abstract: A method includes placing an electronic device on a pliable mating surface on a major surface of a mold such that at least one contact pad on the electronic device presses against the pliable mating surface. The pliable mating surface is on a microstructure in an arrangement of microstructures on the major surface of the mold. A liquid encapsulant material is applied over the electronic device and the major surface of the mold, and then hardened to form a carrier for the electronic device. The mold and the carrier are separated such that the microstructures on the mold form a corresponding arrangement of microchannels in the carrier, and at least one contact pad on the electronic device is exposed in a microchannel in the arrangement of microchannels. A conductive particle-containing liquid is deposited in the microchannel, which directly contacts the contact pad exposed in the microchannel.

Abstract: Methods and systems of using pocket roller (110, 130) to place objects on a continuously moving web (2) are provided. The objects are received in an array of pockets (124) on a major surface of a roller sleeve (120). The roller sleeve (120) engages with an adhesive surface (22) of the continuously moving web (2) to place the objects on the web (2).

Abstract: A foaming process and a method for operation of the foaming process are provided. The method includes flowing a molten polymeric material into a mold from an upstream device, receiving the molten polymeric material in a cavity of the mold, and maintaining a repeatable, uniform pressure profile as the molten polymeric material is delivered into the mold.