Abstract: A composition includes: 30 mol % to 60 mol % SiO2; 15 mol % to 35 mol % Al2O3; 5 mol % to 25 mol % Y2O3; 0 mol % to 20 mol % TiO2; and 0 mol % to 25 mol % R2O, such that R2O is the sum of Na2O, K2O, Li2O, Rb2O, and Cs2O.

Abstract: An analog input device including at least one mounting panel and a matrix of analog push button assemblies mounted thereon. Each analog push button assembly including an analog pressure sensor including a pressure reception arrangement having an optical sensing sub-arrangement configured to measure an amount of light varied according to a pressure sensed at the pressure reception arrangement and an output terminal for outputting an analog signal corresponding to the amount of light measured, and a plunger element configured to exert the pressure on the pressure reception arrangement. The analog input device may include a multiplexer including an input side coupled to the push button assemblies and an output side; an analog-to-digital converter coupled to the output side of the multiplexer; a processor coupled to the analog-to-digital converter and configured to output a data packet; and a communication interface configured to transmit the data packet to a host computing device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for inhibiting bacterial aggregation, and in particular, to compositions and methods that inhibit autotransporter-mediated bacterial aggregation or attachment. Described herein are autotransporter binding molecules such as antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof. The autotransporter binding molecules block self-association between autotransporters and autotransporter-mediated surface attachment.

Abstract: A change in the emotional state of a user of a device is detected, and in response to this change a reason for the change in user emotional state is determined. This determination is made based on both the current user emotional state and context data for the device or user. The device then adapts to the user based on the current emotional state and the reason for the change in user emotional state. This adaptation of the computing device refers to an alteration of the operation of the computing device with a goal of increasing the likelihood of the user being in a good emotional state (e.g., happy, relaxed) and reducing the likelihood of the user being in a bad emotional state (e.g., sad, angry).

Abstract: A sensing device for a centrifugal slurry pump having an impeller which rotates about an axis, the centrifugal slurry pump including a side liner and a main liner housed within an outer casing of the pump, the sensing device comprising; a body portion arranged to pass through the outer casing, wherein the body portion includes a sensor biased towards contact with either the side liner or the main liner of the pump.

Abstract: Systems and methods of using an animal wellness notification system to determine the wellness of an animal, the systems and methods comprising: attaching an animal wellness notification system component to an animal, monitoring the temperature of the animal to determine if the animal's temperature remains outside a selected temperature range for a selected time duration, and providing notice if the animal's temperature remained outside the selected temperature range for the selected time duration.

Abstract: Methods and systems for maintaining and building an autonomous vehicle-related event blockchain are provided. One or more processors may receive indications of autonomous vehicle events. The autonomous vehicle events may include information relating to technology usage and/or operational events. The autonomous vehicle events may be compiled into a log of recorded autonomous vehicle events. Based upon the autonomous vehicle events, an action to implement may be determined. Additionally, the log may be distributed to a public or private network of distributed nodes to form a consensus on an update to the log of record autonomous vehicle events. As a result, the distributed nodes may maintain an up-to-date record of the shared ledger of autonomous vehicle events.

Abstract: A catheter system (100) for treating a treatment site (106) includes a catheter (102), a system console (123) that includes a console connection aperture (148), an energy source (124), one or more energy guides (122A) that receive energy from the energy source (124), and an optoelectrical connector (151) that is coupled to the catheter (102). The optoelectrical connector (151) includes a guide coupling housing (250) that retains at least a portion of each of the energy guides (122A). The guide coupling housing (250) is configured to be selectively mechanically connected to the system console (123) via the console connection aperture (148) so that the energy guides (122A) are adjustably aligned relative to the energy from the energy source (124).

Abstract: A pressure vessel is provided that has a structural shell formed by winding filaments upon a substantially cylindrical form. The structural shell has a first filament and a second filament. The first filament includes of a first material. The first filament is wound about the form in a primarily hoop direction. The second filament includes a second material. The second material is different from the first material. The second filament is wound about the form in a primarily helical direction. The first filament and second filament are interwoven in a layer upon the form.

Abstract: A touch screen (500) can include electrodes (520, 540) (e.g., first and second touch electrodes, reference electrodes) on opposite sides (e.g., top and bottom) of a substrate (510). In some examples, vias (618, 638) can be used to couple the touch electrodes (520, 540) to conductive connections (518, 538) of flex circuits (502, 522) such that the connections (604, 624) to the flex circuits (502, 522) can be on the same side of the substrate (510) even if the touch electrodes (520, 540) are on opposite sides of the substrate (510). The conductive filling material of the via (618) can make direct contact with the conductive connections (604, 624) of the flex circuits (502, 522), for example.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a computing device, a particular textual description of a scene. The method also includes applying a neural network for text-to-image generation to generate an output image rendition of the scene, the neural network having been trained to cause two image renditions associated with a same textual description to attract each other and two image renditions associated with different textual descriptions to repel each other based on mutual information between a plurality of corresponding pairs, wherein the plurality of corresponding pairs comprise an image-to-image pair and a text-to-image pair. The method further includes predicting the output image rendition of the scene.

Abstract: A diagnostic service is selectively started at opportune times, such as when the electrical vehicle is initially plugged in. When the electrical vehicle is turned off, there may not be any messages being sent on the communication bus since most vehicle electronic controllers are disabled to conserve power. But, when someone plugs in a charger, there is a surge of bus traffic for a short period of time. The system parses through the bus traffic and looks for a particular communication bus address. The presence of this address can be used as an indicator for an opportune time to start the diagnostic service to confirm whether the electric vehicle is charging or not and to log the state of charge of the electric vehicle.

Abstract: A catheter system (100) for treating a treatment site (106) within or adjacent to a vessel wall (108A) of a blood vessel (108) within a body (107) of a patient (109) includes a first energy guide (222A), a second energy guide (222A), and a routing assembly (280). The routing assembly (280) defines a routing space (282) that retains a routing length (222L) of each of the energy guides (222A), the routing assembly (280) including an inner routing guide (287) that is positioned within the routing space (282), the routing length (222L) of each of the energy guides (222A) each being positioned at least partially about the inner routing guide (287), the routing space (282) being configured so that the routing length (222L) of at least one of the energy guides (222A) is adjustable.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and/or method for carrying a power line device from an aircraft, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and for performing work on electrical power lines and/or splices on electrical power lines. The apparatus or system may include an attachment flange selectively and releasably coupled to the aircraft, a payload support frame selectively and releasably coupled to the attachment flange, an intermediary frame selectively and releasably coupled to the payload support frame, and a base frame selectively and releasably coupled to the power line device. The payload support frame may include at least three elongated rigid segments, each including a hollow elongated pole, at least three upper flexible segments, each at an upper end of a corresponding rigid segment, and at least three lower flexible segments, each at a lower end of a corresponding rigid segment.

Abstract: Optical cable assemblies having filler optical fibers and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, an optical cable assembly includes an optical cable, a plurality of filler optical fibers, and a ferrule. The optical cable includes an outer jacket and a plurality of active optical fibers disposed within the outer jacket, wherein the plurality of active optical fibers extend beyond an end of the outer jacket. Each filler optical fiber includes a first end and second end. The first end is secured to an outer surface of the outer jacket by a securing member for improving mechanical performance of the assembly. The ferrule includes an array of openings. Ends of the plurality of active optical fibers are disposed within a first subset of openings of the array of openings and the second ends of the plurality of filler optical fibers are disposed within a second subset of openings of the array of openings and are suitable for transmitting optical signals.

Abstract: Methods and systems for maintaining a distributed ledger and/or blockchain of transactions and/or events pertaining to autonomous vehicles and/or smart contracts. An enforcement server may receive indications of transactions and/or events generated by one or more autonomous vehicles. The transactions and/or events may include information relating to a trigger condition and/or a decision condition associated with one or more smart contracts. The enforcement server may route the transaction to the appropriate smart contract to determine whether a trigger condition has been satisfied. When a trigger condition is satisfied, the enforcement server may automatically perform an action to enforce the smart contract and/or update the distributed ledger.

Abstract: A drawer lock assembly includes a housing; a barrel having a first end extending perpendicularly from a front face of the housing and a second end extending through a rear face of the housing; a locking actuation member disposed through the barrel; a driver disposed through the barrel to engage the locking actuation member; a first and second bolt, each bolt configured to engage the driver, where upon actuation of the driver via the locking actuation member, the first and second bolts move in opposite directions in a perpendicular arrangement relative to the barrel; and an end plate configured to retain the driver and the first and second bolts in the housing, wherein upon actuation of the locking actuation member by a key, the first and second bolts extend from the housing in a first position and at least partially retract within the housing in a second position.

Abstract: Systems and methods for image processing are described. Embodiments of the present disclosure receive a first image depicting a scene and a second image that includes a style; segment the first image to obtain a first segment and a second segment, wherein the first segment has a shape of an object in the scene; apply a style transfer network to the first segment and the second image to obtain a first image part, wherein the first image part has the shape of the object and the style from the second image; combine the first image part with a second image part corresponding to the second segment to obtain a combined image; and apply a lenticular effect to the combined image to obtain an output image.

Abstract: A system for bone resurfacing or total hip replacement, including an acetabular component having a first cavity, a dual mobility liner having a second cavity, the outer surface of the liner being configured to be received within the first cavity and articulable therein relative to the inner surface of the acetabular component and a femoral component having a head and a stem extending from the head and being configured to be received within a femur, an outer surface of the head being configured to be received within the second cavity. The dual mobility liner includes a plurality of openings that extend from an outer surface of the liner to an inner surface of the liner, such that the plurality of openings facilitate fluid communication between opposing sides of the liner.

Abstract: A plurality of message transceivers coupled with each other via a portion of an electronic communications network characterized by a transmission latency are each operative to perform an action on data transaction messages received thereby. Upon receipt by any of the plurality of message transceivers of a first augmented data transaction message transmitted thereto by another of the plurality of message transceivers, the receiving message transceiver is configured to delay performance of the action on the first augmented data transaction message for an amount of time based on an extent to which a defined amount of time exceeds a transmission time, resulting from the transmission latency of the portion of the electronic communication network via which the first augmented data transaction message was conveyed, of the first augmented data transaction message between the transmitting and receiving message transceivers when the transmission time is less than the defined amount of time.