Abstract: A backpack for preventing infections from surface and skin contact is disclosed. The backpack includes a sleeve, a pair of shoulder straps, and a protector including a top handle section connected with a pair of pulling straps, a middle padded section coupled to the top handle section, and a bottom section. Furthermore, the backpack includes a magnetic slide track fastener including a magnetic ring fixed at a bottom end of each of the pair of shoulder straps, and a magnetic pin fixed at a bottom end of each of the pair of pulling straps. When the magnetic pin is released from the magnetic ring via the downward sliding motion, the middle padded section protracts out of the sleeve. The magnetic pin is removably attached with the magnetic ring via the upward sliding motion of the magnetic pin to hold the middle padded section in a retracted position.

Abstract: An implantable glucose sensor includes: a housing, two injecting electrodes for injecting current into the tissue, two sensing electrodes for measuring impedance in the tissue, a coil within the housing for powering the sensor via a power source, a circuit board within the housing, the circuit board being electrically connected to the two sensing electrodes and the two injecting electrodes and the coil, and a communication unit for communicating data. The communication unit is connected to the circuit board. The two sensing electrodes and the two injecting electrodes are arranged on an outer surface of a first part of the housing. The outer surface of first part is of a convex shape. The two sensing electrodes and the two injecting electrodes are embedded in the convex shape so that they are flush with the outer surface of the convex shape.

Abstract: A user device for a premises security system comprising a plurality of premises devices is provided. The user device is configured with a machine learning model for detecting object types. The user device is configured to receive at least one media file from a media file database associated with the user device, identify at least one dominant object in the at least one media file, receive a feedback indication associated with the at least one dominant object, and train the machine learning model based at least in part on the feedback indication and the at least one media file.

Abstract: According to aspects of embodiments described herein, an optical computing device (100) comprises a plurality of input waveguides (101), a photonic meta-surface (103) in contact with the plurality of input waveguides, and a plurality of output waveguides (105) in contact with the transformational meta-surface. The optical computing device may be configured to perform a mathematical operation may be a matrix multiplication. A computer-implemented method (300) of designing an optical computing device includes a plurality of input waveguides, a photonic meta-surface, and a plurality of output waveguides, the method includes exciting each input waveguide one-by-one (303) and measuring the energy at the input region and the output region (305) to determine a contribution of the current input waveguide. The sum of contributions (307) of all input waveguides are compared to a target transformation (315) to determine a loss value used to update a set of design parameters (317).

Abstract: An implantable glucose sensor includes: a housing, two injecting electrodes for injecting current into the tissue, two sensing electrodes for measuring impedance in the tissue, a coil within the housing for powering the sensor via a power source, a circuit board within the housing, the circuit board being electrically connected to the two sensing electrodes and the two injecting electrodes and the coil, and a communication unit for communicating data. The communication unit is connected to the circuit board. The two sensing electrodes and the two injecting electrodes are arranged on an outer surface of a first part of the housing. The outer surface of first part is of a convex shape. The two sensing electrodes and the two injecting electrodes are embedded in the convex shape so that they are flush with the outer surface of the convex shape.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for determining a temporal breast cancer risk (27). This risk is indicative of detecting cancer in a breast within a predetermined time interval after a negative breast cancer detection result that has been obtained by carrying out a breast cancer detection procedure defined by a breast cancer detection parameter. The temporal breast cancer risk (27) is determined based on a) a probability parameter (25) being indicative of a probability of having breast cancer and b) a density parameter (26) being indicative of a density-related property of breast tissue of a breast, wherein the probability parameter (25) and the density parameter (26) have been determined based on a breast image data set (24) of the woman by using an artificial intelligence. The determined risk can be used, for instance, for deciding whether a supplemental examination should be performed immediately or for defining a screening interval.

Abstract: According to an example, a device comprises a sidewall and a base movable relative to the sidewall. The sidewall and base define an internal volume for receipt of build material in an additive manufacturing process. The example device further comprises a membrane. A first end of the membrane is attached to the base such that the membrane is movable with the base. The membrane at least partially extends along the sidewall to form a flexible barrier between the internal volume and the sidewall.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a method and system is provided to model geometric properties of garments taking into account the effects of the seams that are created to make the garment for use in computer modeling applications. All the seams in a garment, including overlapping seams and asymetric seamlines, are processed based on geometric operations on 2D models of pieces of fabric from patterns. Working in 2D simplifies folding and stitching. A set of parametric spaces are used to enforce continuity along and across seams. A set of constrained optimizations in 2D and 3D are used to guarantee spacial continuity. Geometries produced can be simulated, providing clothing representations where the mechanical and appearance properties of multi-layer seams are derived automatically by applying geometrical operations and physically-based simulation to fabric pieces.

Abstract: The disclosure notably relates to a computer-implemented method for multiperiod optimization of oil and/or gas production. The method comprises providing a controlled dynamical system. The controlled dynamical system describes the evolution over time of a state of an oil and/or gas reservoir. The method further comprises providing a time-dependent admissible set of controls. The controls describe actions respecting constraints for controlling oil and/or gas flow and/or pressure. The method further comprises providing time-dependent observations of the content of the reservoir. The method further comprises optimizing, with respect to the state of the reservoir, the controls and the observations, an expected value over a given time span of an objective production function of the state, the controls and the observations. This constitutes an improved solution for oil and/or gas production.

Abstract: A method of directing traffic flow includes receiving, by a processor, navigation information from a vehicle in a multi-edge communication network, and receiving, by the processor, a status of an edge node traffic control device of the multi-edge communication network. The edge node traffic control device is configured to regulate traffic flow on a path segment. The method includes determining, by the processor, a navigation command based on the navigation information and the status, and outputting, by the processor, the navigation command to the vehicle through the multi-edge communication network.

Abstract: A backpack for preventing infections from surface and skin contact is disclosed. The backpack includes a sleeve, a pair of shoulder straps, and a protector including a top handle section connected with a pair of pulling straps, a middle padded section coupled to the top handle section, and a bottom section. Furthermore, the backpack includes a magnetic slide track fastener including a magnetic ring fixed at a bottom end of each of the pair of shoulder straps, and a magnetic pin fixed at a bottom end of each of the pair of pulling straps. When the magnetic pin is released from the magnetic ring via the downward sliding motion, the middle padded section protracts out of the sleeve. The magnetic pin is removably attached with the magnetic ring via the upward sliding motion of the magnetic pin to hold the middle padded section in a retracted position.

Abstract: The device comprises a belt (3) on which is mounted a first sensing module (4), with: a) a hitch (6) for connecting a recovery component part (7) such as a spring; b) a first movement sensing unit (8) to detect 3D movement; c) a force sensing unit (9) to detect the force exerted by the recovery component part (7) upon the hitch (6); in which the movement and force data are processed and sent wirelessly via a data transmission unit (11); and d) first means of closure (13,14), to close the belt (3) to a required dimension. Allows simultaneous and coordinated consideration of force and movement data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an adjustable barrier assembly for enclosure, and related methods of installation. The adjustable barrier assembly includes a barrier panel that includes a first panel slidable relative to a second panel to accommodate different depths of different enclosures. The assembly further includes a top support bracket, an upper barrier plate, a bottom support bracket, and a lower barrier plate. Each of the upper barrier plate and the lower barrier plate can be secured to the top support bracket and the bottom support bracket, respectively, at different relative orientations in order to accommodate different heights of different enclosures.

Abstract: The invention notably relates to computer-implemented designing of a geological simulation grid configured for hydrocarbon flow simulation in a geological environment. The designing of the geological simulation grid comprises providing (S10) a geometrical grid having cells and representing the geological environment; providing (S20) a structural model that represents geological surfaces of the geological environment, the geological surfaces comprising one or more geological surfaces each in contact with at least one other geological surface; and determining (S30), for each geological surface of the structural model, pairs of cells that represent the geological surface, the pairs of cells determined for at least one respective geological surface in contact with at least one respective other geological surface each including a first cell and a second cell located both on a same side of the at least one respective other geological surface. This improves the field of geological simulation.

Abstract: A backpack is provided which includes a sleeve housing a protector. The protector includes a top handle section, a middle padded section, and a bottom section. The middle padded section act as a protective layer between a cloth worn by a user and a seating surface. The backpack enables avoiding contamination of the clothing of the user, thereby reducing healthcare-associated infection. The invention also provides a wearable guard. The wearable guard includes a sleeve. The wearable guard is adapted to worn as a backpack or a sack thorough the sleeve, making the wearable guard comfortable to place on shoulder of the user. The wearable guard also includes a protector housed inside the sleeve. The wearable guard enables protection of the cloth worn by the user from unsanitized seats, especially encountered when taking public transportation.

Abstract: The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method for designing a geological simulation grid, the method comprising: providing a geometrical grid that conforms to a set of geological structures of a geological environment; providing a geometrical surface that represents a geological surface of the geological environment, the geological surface being outside the set of geological structures; identifying geometrical structures of the geometrical grid that each correspond to a respective location of the geometrical surface; and transferring to each identified geometrical structure one or more respective parameters, each parameter being a value of a respective property of the geological surface. This improves the field of geological simulation.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an adjustable barrier assembly for enclosure, and related methods of installation. The adjustable barrier assembly includes a barrier panel that includes a first panel slidable relative to a second panel to accommodate different depths of different enclosures. The assembly further includes a top support bracket, an upper barrier plate, a bottom support bracket, and a lower barrier plate. Each of the upper barrier plate and the lower barrier plate can be secured to the top support bracket and the bottom support bracket, respectively, at different relative orientations in order to accommodate different heights of different enclosures.

Abstract: A drive circuit is disclosed. The drive circuit includes a high-side switch coupled between a power supply and an inductive load, and a low-side switch coupled between the load and ground. A current sense device is connected in series with the high-side switch, the low-side switch and the load. A control circuit controls the high-side and low-side switches. The control circuit further includes an input coupled to an output of the current sense device, and is configured to selectively provide a current path between the first and second terminals of the inductive load based upon the output of the current sense device. The current path is provided when an overcurrent condition exists, and dissipates energy stored in the inductive load in response to the overcurrent condition.