Abstract: Example implementations may relate to self-deployment of operational infrastructure by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Specifically, a control system may determine operational location(s) from which a group of UAVs is to provide aerial transport services in a geographic area. For at least a first of the operational location(s), the system may cause a first UAV from the group to perform an infrastructure deployment task that includes (i) a flight from a source location to the first operational location and (ii) installation of operational infrastructure at the first operational location by the first UAV. In turn, this may enable the first UAV to operate from the first operational location, as the first UAV can charge a battery of the first UAV using the operational infrastructure installed at the first operational location and/or can carry out item transport task(s) at location(s) that are in the vicinity of the first operational location.

Abstract: A cardiac pacing and irreversible electroporation (IRE) apparatus includes a pulse generator and a shaping circuit. The pulse generator is configured to generate IRE pulses of prespecified shape and repetition rate. The shaping circuit is configured to convert some of the IRE pulses into pacing pulses of prespecified frequency and amplitude, to generate an output signal including ones of the IRE pulses interleaved with ones of the pacing pulses, and to output the output signal to a probe in a heart of a patient for applying the output signal to cardiac tissue.

Abstract: A correction mask for an optical beam homogenizer includes a lens array. The correction mask is configured to provide a shaped initial beam profile. A subset of a plurality of optical paths between the incoming light beam and the illumination plane is at least partially blocked by the correction mask to provide a further homogenized beam profile having a further reduced light intensity variance with respect to an initial homogenized beam profile. The mask includes a plurality of submasks arranged according to a mask grid layout matching the lens grid layout of the lens array. Each one of the submasks is designed with a specific submask pattern to shape the respective subarea of the initial beam profile passing a specific one of the lenslets.

Abstract: Described herein are devices, systems, and methods for delivering phototherapy to a subject. A phototherapy light engine is combined with other components to form a phototherapy system that provides phototherapy treatment to a subject. A phototherapy system may be implemented as a hand held system comprising the light engine that is configured to communicate with a remote computing device.

Abstract: A ground-effect footplate against which a user applies plantar force and moves their foot in 3D across all seven lower-extremity biomechanical axes to accomplish specific as well as global ambulatory objectives related to lower extremity performance improvement, injury prevention and rehabilitation. A device comprising at least one articulating leg connected to a ground-effect footplate and a surface for a user to position against. The device can be used in conjunction with software to create virtual ambulatory environments that mimic GRFVs and cause moments of force that initiate muscular activations that substantially mimic human ambulation, and can couple those movements with non-functional movements in order to improve ROM, speed, strength, and proprioception.

Abstract: A microlattice structure may be used for a variety of different applications with a protective helmet assembly. The three-dimensional microlattice layer comprising a plurality of interconnected filaments extending along at least three different directions from a plurality of nodes. The microlattice layer may further comprise at least one material layer extending laterally between and interconnecting at least two or more nodes. The at least one material layer may be configured to transversely and rotationally constrain the nodes to increase the overall compressive strength and stiffness of the microlattice structure. The at least one material layer may comprise a single, continuous layer and/or a plurality of material layer segments. The microlattice layer may comprise a single, continuous layer or a plurality of microlattice layer segments. The microlattice layer may be stacked, the stacked microlattice layers may further comprise one or more material layers and/or one or more impact mitigation layers.

Abstract: Examples can include an optimizer that dynamically determines where to place virtual network functions for a slice in a distributed Telco cloud network. The optimizer can determine a slice path that complies with a service level agreement and balances network load. The virtual network functions of the slice can be provisioned at clouds identified by the optimal slice path. In one example, performance metrics are normalized, and tenant-selected weights can be applied. This can allow the optimizer to prioritize particular SLA attributes in choosing an optimal slice path.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for inserting imagery from a real environment into a virtual environment. While presenting (e.g., displaying) the virtual environment at an electronic device, a proximity of the electronic device to a physical object located in a real environment is detected. In response to detecting that the proximity of the electronic device to the physical object is less than a first threshold distance, imagery of the physical object is isolated from other imagery of the real environment. The isolated imagery of the physical object is inserted into the virtual environment at a location corresponding to the location of the physical object in the real environment. The imagery of the physical object has a first visibility value associated with the proximity of the electronic device to the physical object.

Abstract: The present invention enables accurate identification of organisms by analyzing their DNA sequences and, based on their DNA sequences, assessing classification annotations, such as taxonomic, systematic, or functional annotations. Sequence-based identification of life forms as described herein can be used for diagnostic purposes, for example. Further, the techniques disclosed herein offer advantages over conventional culture-based techniques. Example embodiments are related to methods for assessing classification annotations assigned to DNA sequences of organisms. One example embodiment includes a method of identifying a centroid DNA sequence of one or more organisms. The method includes obtaining a plurality of DNA sequences from one or more organisms, annotating each DNA sequence with a classification annotation, and grouping the plurality of DNA sequences into a plurality of groups.

Abstract: A gyral-linear actuator for an encoder comprises an actuator housing having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a hollow. A control member extends from the first end of the actuator housing. A spring is positioned within the hollow of the actuator housing. Moreover, a coupler has an encoder connector and an extension that couples the control member to the encoder connector. Under this configuration, when the encoder connector is coupled to a rotary shaft of the encoder, rotation of the control member causes corresponding rotation of the encoder connector so as to turn the rotary shaft of the encoder, and depression of the control member causes corresponding depression of the rotary shaft of the encoder operating a switch function of the rotary encoder.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to affinity chromatography isolation and purification of extracellular vesicles (EVs). The EVs of the present invention are engineered to enable highly specific binding to e.g. chromatography matrices, which is highly useful for affinity-based isolation and purification of EVs from complex biological fluids such as cell culture medium or biological fluids.

Abstract: An apparatus for managing vehicle data collection including a remote access execution circuit, a property translation circuit, a parameter acquisition circuit, a remote operation circuit, and a parameter conditioning circuit. The remote access execution circuit interprets a remote access request value including a requested vehicle property and/or a vehicle function value. The property translation circuit determines: a property request value responsive to the requested vehicle property; and/or an actuator command value responsive to the vehicle function value. The parameter acquisition circuit interprets vehicle parameter values responsive to the property request value. The remote operation circuit provides the actuator command value to a vehicle network zone endpoint. The parameter conditioning circuit generates, responsive to the property request value, vehicle property data from the vehicle parameter values. The vehicle property data corresponds to the requested vehicle property.

Abstract: A method includes, using a probe, applying irreversible electroporation (IRE) pulses to tissue over a time period to form a lesion in the tissue. A contact force applied to the tissue by the probe is measured over the time period. An IRE index is calculated based on the measured contact force and on a power level of the IRE pulses. Application of the IRE pulses to the tissue is ceased in response to the calculated IRE index reaching a prespecified target IRE index value.

Abstract: A system for continuous non-invasive blood pressure monitoring may include processing circuitry configured to determine calibration data for a continuous non-invasive blood pressure model at a calibration point, receive, from an oxygen saturation sensing device, a PPG signal at a particular time subsequent to the calibration point, derive values of the set of metrics for the patient from the PPG signal, and determine, using the continuous non-invasive blood pressure model and based at least in part on inputting the calibration data determined at the calibration point, the values of the set of metrics, and an elapsed time at the particular time since the calibration point into the continuous non-invasive blood pressure model, a blood pressure of the patient at the particular time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for applying combined noninvasive modalities such as vibration modalities and phototherapeutic modalities, either singularly or in combination, through an oligodynamic surface to modify the physiological response of a person to treat pain and discomfort from musculoskeletal disorders, and conditions such as wound healing, muscle atrophy and other medical conditions and diseases.

Abstract: A method for the use in a radar system comprises: receiving an RF radar signal; down-converting the received RF radar signal into a base band using a frequency-modulated local oscillator signal including a scanning chirp having a higher bandwidth than a regular chirp bandwidth; generating a digital base band signal based on the down-converted RF radar signal, the digital base band signal including a sequence of samples associated with the scanning chirp; identifying, in the sequence of samples, impaired samples, which are affected by interference; and selecting—based on the position of the impaired samples within the sequence of samples—a sub-band, which has the regular chirp bandwidth, for transmitting chirps of chirp frame used for measurement data acquisition.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to computer vision and automation to autonomously identify and deliver for application a treatment to an object among other objects, data science and data analysis, including machine learning, deep learning, and other disciplines of computer-based artificial intelligence to facilitate identification and treatment of objects, and robotics and mobility technologies to navigate a delivery system, more specifically, to an agricultural delivery system configured to identify and apply, for example, an agricultural treatment to an identified agricultural object. In some examples, a method may include, receiving data representing a policy specifying a type of action for an agricultural object, selecting an emitter with which to perform a type of action for the agricultural object as one of one or more classified subsets, and configuring the agricultural projectile delivery system to activate an emitter to propel an agricultural projectile to intercept the agricultural object.

Abstract: An example of a build material composition for three-dimensional (3D) printing includes a polymer build material and glass. The polymer build material has a reactivity greater than 5%, and the polymer build material is selected from the group consisting of a polyamide, polybutylene terephthalate, polyethylene terephthalate, polyether block amide elastomers, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing esters comprising reaction of methyl biodiesel or free fatty acids with a polyhydroxylated alcohol, in the presence of a biocatalyst, which is a fermented solid containing lipases of Rhizomucor miehei produced by culturing the microorganism on agricultural waste by solid state fermentation.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by layer-wise application and selective solidification of a building material with the step of applying a layer of the building material on a building base within a build area and with the step of selectively solidifying the applied layer by solidifying an area of the applied layer which corresponds to the cross-section of the object in the layer in order to produce a solidified area in the layer. The steps of applying and selectively solidifying are repeated until the three-dimensional object is completed. At least once during manufacturing the three-dimensional object, a sub-area that is only a predetermined portion of the solidified area is after-treated. The sub-area is located substantially inside the solidified area.