Abstract: A method includes associating a client device with a secondary device. The method further includes identifying a triggering event related to an operation of the secondary device. The method also includes, in response to identifying the triggering event, sending a message to the client device with a request for information related to the operation of the secondary device. The client device may have a user interface configured to receive the information. The method includes receiving, via a network, the information from the client device. The method further includes performing the operation at the secondary device using the information from the client device.

Abstract: Methods for de novo synthesis of polynucleotides in which 3?-O-reversibly blocked nucleotides are attached to a solid support in the presence of an X family DNA polymerase and in the absence of a nucleic acid template.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing methyl methacrylate, comprising the following steps: A) producing methacrolein and B) reacting the methacrolein obtained in step A) in an oxidative esterification reaction to give methyl methacrylate, characterized in that the two steps A) and B) take place in a liquid phase at a pressure of from 2 to 100 bar, and step B) is carried out in the presence of a heterogeneous noble-metal-containing catalyst comprising metals and/or comprising metal oxides.

Abstract: A transducer assembly including a frame, a diaphragm positioned within the frame, a surround connecting the diaphragm to the frame, the surround having a corner section and a plurality of corrugations formed within the corner section, wherein each corrugation of the plurality of corrugations comprises a length dimension perpendicular to a line of maximum stress intersecting a radial axis of the corner section, a voice coil extending from one side of the diaphragm and a magnet assembly having a magnetic gap aligned with the voice coil.

Abstract: A headset apparatus configured to be worn by a user operating outdoor power equipment. The headset may include a noise cancelling system and/or enhanced glasses.

Abstract: In patient cohort identification, clustering (30) of patients is performed using a patient comparison metric dependent on a set of features (24). Information is displayed on sample patients who are similar or dissimilar to a query patient according to the clustering. User inputted comparison values are received comparing the sample patients with the query patient. The set of features and/or feature weights are adjusted to generate an adjusted patient comparison metric having improved agreement with the user inputted comparison values. The clustering is repeated using the adjusted patient comparison metric. A patient cohort is identified from a cluster (34) containing the query patient produced by the last clustering repetition. The information on the sample patients may be shown by simultaneously displaying two or more graphical modality representations (70, 72, 74) each plotting the sample patients and the query patient against two or more features of the modality.

Abstract: A method for ascertaining a setpoint value for a manipulated variable for the actuation of a low-pressure pump in a fuel-supply system for an internal combustion engine having a high-pressure accumulator and a high-pressure pump, the high-pressure pump being operated in a full delivery mode, and the low-pressure pump being actuated so that a pressure provided by the low-pressure pump is reduced, and the setpoint value at which a dip in a delivery quantity of the high-pressure pump is detected is ascertained while taking into account an actuation value of the manipulated variable.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include a structure and method of making a semiconductor device. The method includes: providing a substrate, implanting a portion of the substrate to form a PTS layer, and epitaxially growing an oxide layer over the PTS layer, where the epitaxial oxide layer is selected to be lattice matched in relation to the silicon substrate.

Abstract: A recording device comprising an overcoat layer, wherein the overcoat layer comprises an amorphous carbon overcoat layer having a crystallinity (C)?0.8.

Abstract: An earth-boring tool comprises a tool body and a cutting element assembly. The assembly comprises a cutting element including a table of polycrystalline hard material secured to a substrate. The table has a front cutting face and a central axis extending through a center of the front cutting face. The assembly also comprises a sleeve having a cavity formed therein and a central axis extending therethrough. A positioning feature and the cutting element may be disposed within the cavity. The positioning feature is configured to radially offset the central axis of the table from the central axis of the sleeve. The cutting element is rotatable about the central axis of the table within the cavity of the sleeve, and the cutting element and positioning feature are rotatable within the cavity of the sleeve such that the central axis of the table revolves about the central axis of the sleeve.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for performing 16-bit floating-point vector dot product instructions. In one example, a processor includes fetch circuitry to fetch an instruction having fields to specify an opcode and locations of first source, second source, and destination vectors, the opcode to indicate execution circuitry is to multiply N pairs of 16-bit floating-point formatted elements of the specified first and second sources, and accumulate the resulting products with previous contents of a corresponding single-precision element of the specified destination, decode circuitry to decode the fetched instruction, and execution circuitry to respond to the decoded instruction as specified by the opcode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing corneal tissue for applications predominantly in transplantation, and to the use of a solution for decellularizing corneal tissue.

Abstract: A system and method for improving the accuracy of a user device when generating map/navigation information for display to a user, comprising: obtaining compass heading from a magnetometer of the user device located within a vehicle; adjusting the compass heading based on a mount angle of the user device within the vehicle; obtaining location data from a location sensor of the user device; determining if a course of the vehicle can be reliably determined from the location data; if the course of the vehicle cannot be reliably determined from the location data, determining the orientation of the vehicle using the compass heading but not the course; if the course of the vehicle can be reliably determined from the location data, calculating a course of the vehicle based on the location data and determining the orientation of the vehicle using the course; generating, by a processor, first map/navigation information using the orientation of the vehicle; and displaying, by a processor, the first map/navigation inform

Abstract: Systems and methods for analyzing a game application are disclosed. While the game application is executed in a gameplay session, embodiment of the systems and methods can acquire data associated with the game application. The data acquired during the gameplay session may be associated with a session identifier. Different types of data (such as telemetry data and video data) can be linked together using the timestamps of the gameplay session. A user can choose a timestamp of the gameplay session to view the data associated with that timestamp. In certain embodiments, the systems and methods can associate an event with one or more timestamps. When a user chooses the event, the systems and methods can automatically display event data starting from the beginning of the event.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for optical waveguides that are well-suited for use in wearable heads-up displays (WHUDs) are described. An optical device comprises an optical waveguide including a volume of optically transparent material having a first longitudinal surface positioned opposite a second longitudinal surface across a width of the volume, an in-coupler, a liquid crystal out-coupler, and a controller to modulate a refractive index of the liquid crystal out-coupler. Light is in-coupled into the waveguide and is propagated along a length of the waveguide by total internal reflection between the longitudinal surfaces before being out-coupled by the liquid crystal out-coupler on a path that is dependent on the modulated refractive index of the liquid crystal out-coupler. In this way, light signals can be steered to create an image and/or to move an exit pupil of an image. WHUDs that employ such optical waveguides are also described.

Abstract: A vehicle-based method of determining the extent to which a target object is a single scatterer, said vehicle including a radar system including a radar transmit element, adapted to send a radar signal towards said target object, and an antenna receive array comprising a plurality M of a receive elements, providing a corresponding plurality of N radar receive channels, and adapted to receive radar signals reflected from said target object, said method comprising: a) transmitting a radar signal from said radar transmit element to said target object; b) receiving the reflected signal of the signal transmitted in step a) from the target object at said plurality of receiver elements; c) for each antenna element or channel, processing the received signal to provide amplitude or power data in the frequency domain; d) with respect to the data in step c), for each receive element/channel, determining the frequency with the maximum amplitude or power; e) determining the degree of variability of the results of step d)

Abstract: Aspects of a data environment, such as the creation, provisioning, and management of data stores and instances, are managed using a separate control environment. A user can call into an externally-facing interface of the control environment, the call being analyzed to determine actions to be performed in the data environment. A monitoring component of the control plane also can periodically communicate with the data environment to determine any necessary actions to be performed, such as to recover from faults or events in the data environment. A workflow can be instantiated that includes tasks necessary to perform the action. For each task, state information can be passed to a component in the data environment operable to perform the task, until all tasks for an action are completed. Data in the data environment can be accessed directly using an externally-facing interface of the data environment, without accessing the control plane.

Abstract: A variable camshaft timing device (10) that adjusts phase between a camshaft and a crankshaft including a camshaft ring gear (22) having a plurality of radially-inwardly facing gear teeth (24) each of which has an involute gear tooth profile; a sprocket ring gear (14) axially spaced from the camshaft ring gear (22) having a plurality of radially-inwardly facing gear teeth (18) each of which has an involute gear tooth profile; a compound planetary gear (26) having a camshaft planetary gear (74) and a sprocket planetary gear (72) that each face radially outwardly and include a plurality of radially-outwardly facing gear teeth (76, 78) having involute gear tooth profiles; and an eccentric shaft (28) that communicates rotational force from an electric motor (30) to the compound planetary gear (26) relatively displacing the camshaft ring gear (22) with respect to the sprocket ring gear (14).

Abstract: A gas sensor includes a sensing element including a substrate and a layer of carbon based nanostructures arranged on a surface of the substrate, wherein the carbon based nanostructures are arranged substantially perpendicular (e.g., at angles larger than 0 degrees) to the surface of the substrate, and wherein intercalation of a gas analyte between the carbon based nanostructures changes a conductivity of the layer of carbon-based nanostructures. The carbon-based nanostructures may include graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), laterally extended graphene nanoribbons (eGNRs), GNRs that comprise straight graphene nanoribbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or other graphene-based and graphene-related materials.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of registering image data in the context of a biometric security system includes receiving an indication of image data, detecting a first point set and a second point set, based on the image data, and generating a metric of closeness between the first point set and the second point set. In addition, the computer-implemented method includes applying the metric of closeness to a transformation model to obtain a transformation parameter and transforming the first point set with respect to the second point set, based on the transformation parameter. Further, the computer-implemented method includes determining whether transformation of the first point set with respect to the second point set indicates convergence and, if so, generating an output indicative of an aligned point set.