Abstract: A sensing system comprising a measurement sensor configured to detect electromagnetic radiation and a reference sensor configured to detect a source of measurement uncertainty. The sensing system further comprises a shield configured to reduce an interaction between the electromagnetic radiation and the reference sensor.

Abstract: An assembly for air movement within a vehicle. The assembly includes a housing, a fan proximate to the air inlet, an evaporator disposed such that air leaving the fan flows through the evaporator, and a heater, a mixing chamber that is downstream of the evaporator and the heater, the housing establishes a plurality of internal air flow plenums downstream of the evaporator, including first air flow plenum that extends through and past the heater and into the mixing chamber, and a second air flow plenum that bypasses the heater and flows into the mixing chamber. A mixing chamber receives air from the first and second air flow plenums. A plurality of distribution plenums extend from the mixing chamber, each includes a flow valve proximate to an exit, wherein the flow valves are configured to allow or substantially prevent air flow to exit the respective distribution plenum.

Abstract: A method, including performing an ablation of tissue using a first high RF power for a short duration, suspending RF power for a predetermined period, and using a second high RF power for a short duration forming lesions with greater surface area and greater depth through resistive heating and thermal latency. High RF power may range between 75-95 W and short duration may range between 4-5 seconds.

Abstract: A model management system provides a centralized repository for storing and accessing models. The model management system receives an input to store a model object in a first model state generated based on a first set of known variables. The model management system generates a first file including a first set of functions defining the first model state and associates the first file with a model key identifying the model object. The model management system receives an input to store the model object in a second model state having been generated based on the first model state and a second set of known variables. The model management system generates a second file including a second set of functions defining the second model state and associates the second file with the model key. The model management system identifies available versions of the model object based on the model key.

Abstract: The present invention provides, in part, methods of treatment for substance use disorder comprising applying repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) therapy to a patient in need thereof. The present invention also provides devices that generate a low intensity pulsed magnetic field and variable frequencies.

Abstract: A method for monitoring the engine speed of a rotating machine, includes constructing a raw spectrogram from a vibratory signal; denoising the spectrogram to obtain an equalised spectrogram, the denoising including a first sub-procedure of determining a foot of the spectrogram, the foot of the spectrum being a set of random harmonic components contained in the raw spectrogram, the first sub-procedure including a first sub-sub-procedure of constructing a regression function robust to the peaks of the spectrogram, the regression function being applied to a logarithm of the spectrogram or to the spectrogram; a second sub-sub-procedure of determining the foot of the spectrum from the regression function; a second sub-procedure of determining the equalised spectrogram from the foot of the spectrogram; separating sources in the equalised spectrogram by determining an estimator of the frequencies of interest; determining an instantaneous speed of rotation of the engine speed from the estimator.

Abstract: Interlayers that exhibit superior properties and that provide desirable optical properties when incorporated into laminates, such as windshields, windows or other glazings containing a holographic optical element (HOE) are disclosed. The interlayers, when used in a laminate in conjunction with the HOE film, maintain and do not detract from the HOE film properties.

Abstract: A current bar for a connection arrangement for connecting an electrical conductor includes: a clamping portion, against which the electrical conductor inserted into the connection arrangement in an insertion direction is clampable. The clamping portion has a first function zone, a second function zone, and a third function zone. In an embodiment, viewed in the insertion direction, the second function zone is formed below the first function zone, and the third function zone is formed below the second function zone.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a selection of a UI element from a UI and determining a context associated with the UI element. The method also includes receiving an inquiry associated with the UI element and communicating the inquiry and the context to one or more language models. The method further includes receiving, by the one or more language models, a response to the inquiry using the inquiry and the context.

Abstract: A joining system, between a first anterior element and a second posterior element, comprising a through hole. The joining system has a threaded bolt for passing through the through hole of the first element and the second element, a shank configured to be located concentrically to the threaded bolt in at least the anterior longitudinal zone of the threaded bolt and to move together with the threaded bolt, the shank comprising an outer face comprising at least one tapered longitudinal section, a housing attached to the second posterior element and comprising a conical inner face for housing the shank, and a clamping element configured for the threading of the posterior longitudinal zone of the threaded bolt for fastening the joining system.

Abstract: A system includes an irreversible electroporation (IRE) pulse generator, a switching assembly, and a processor. The IRE pulse generator is configured to generate IRE pluses. The switching assembly is configured to deliver the IRE pulses to multiple electrodes that are disposed on an expandable distal end of a catheter that is placed in contact with tissue in an organ, for applying the IRE pulses to the tissue. The processor is configured to (a) receive one or more prespecified orientations along which electric fields in the tissue are to be generated by the IRE pulses, (b) select one or more pairs of the electrodes that would apply the IRE pulses at the prespecified orientations, and (c) connect the IRE pulse generator, using the switching assembly, to the selected pairs of the electrodes.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a glazing product designed for ambient lighting in automotive applications. Conventional ambient lighting is achieved by injecting light into the edge of the glazing, which is both inefficient and difficult to package. The present disclosure overcomes these challenges by utilizing a light injection assembly that injects light from one of the large major surfaces of the glazing. The assembly consists of a housing, an optical filler, a light-emitting means, and a cladding, all of which are designed to efficiently inject light into the glazing.

Abstract: A safety system and method for hydro jetting guns capable of monitoring and interrupting a hydro jetting operation depending on movements detected out of predefined operating limits. In particular, the system described herein can include a gun adaptation assembly interconnected to a pressure and power box, and comprising at least two inertial measurement sensors, a support with a gun microcontroller, and a double trigger mechanism. The pressure and power box is provided with a junction box and a solenoid valve. The system can further include a user monitoring wearable. If a deviation from pre-established standards is detected that suggests malfunction, excessive working hours, and/or discomfort of an operator, the system acts immediately to interrupt the hydro jetting operation and ensure the safety of those involved.

Abstract: An arrangement for laser protection includes a reflecting and/or absorbing optical element configured to be irradiated by a laser beam, and a sensor having a substrate and a meandering electrical first conductor track arranged on a first side of the substrate. The sensor is arranged indirectly or directly on the optical element or configured to detect a damage to the optical element by the laser beam.

Abstract: A method for generating an analog signal for signal analysis, which includes the steps of receiving analog spectrogram data that characterizes one or more bands, constructing an analog signal from the analog spectrogram data, discretely sampling the analog signal for a time period comprised of a sequence of equal time intervals to create a digital signal with values that characterize the analog signal for each of the time periods, constructing a digital spectrogram from the digital signal, wherein the digital spectrogram represents the rate of change of amplitude with respect to time and frequency; and computing an analog spectrogram from the digital spectrogram, wherein an analog spectrogram represents the one or more bands in units of time, frequency and amplitude for the time period.

Abstract: In various examples, a wireless charger for an implantable medical device includes a housing including an interior. The housing includes a bottom side configured to face the patient proximate the location of the implantable medical device. A rechargeable battery is disposed within the interior of the housing. The battery is configured to store electricity. A coil is disposed proximate the bottom side of the housing and electrically coupled to the battery. The coil is configured to inductively couple with the implantable medical device with the charger placed against the patient proximate the location of the implantable medical device in order to inductively charge the implantable medical device using electricity from the battery.

Abstract: A composite sliding block to be arranged between two supporting plates of a frictional-type seismic isolator, with one supporting plate connected to the superstructure to be isolated and the other to the foundations, comprising two contact components that externally are slidingly or articulatedly in contact with said supporting plates, depending on whether the isolator has one or two sliding surfaces, and internally are coupled to each other by means of a male projection of one component in a female recess of the other. An elastomeric seal occupies an empty space surrounding the projection within the recess and, on the external side of the contact component(s) slidingly in contact with the supporting plate(s), a sliding plate is accommodated in a corresponding niche having an elastomeric compression support at the bottom. Frictional pendulum-type isolators with one or two concave sliding surfaces include such a block.

Abstract: A method of tracking 3D position and orientation of an entity in a moving platform is described. The method comprises receiving data sensed by an inertial measurement unit mounted on the entity. Visual tracking data is also received, computed from images depicting the moving platform or the entity in the moving platform. The method computes the 3D position and orientation of the entity by estimating a plurality of states using the visual tracking data and the data sensed by the inertial measurement unit, where the states comprise both states of the moving platform and states of the entity.

Abstract: An apparatus for damping pressure pulsation for a compressor of a gaseous fluid in a refrigerant circuit including a housing with an inlet opening and at least one first outlet opening and a piston element movable in an axial direction within a volume enclosed by the housing and supported on the housing in a beared manner via a spring element, wherein the piston element respectively controls a flow cross section of the inlet opening and the first outlet opening, wherein the piston element and the housing have at least one first sealing surface and a second sealing surface. The first sealing surfaces form a first seat and the second sealing surfaces form a second seat, wherein between the seats, one chamber enclosed by the housing and the piston element for expanding the fluid when flowing into the chamber and/or at least one second outlet opening in the housing is formed.