Abstract: A payload retrieval apparatus including a support structure having an upper end and a lower end; a first sloped surface secured to the support structure and a second sloped surface positioned adjacent the first sloped surface; an opening between the first and second sloped surfaces leading to a space to allow a payload retriever attached to a tether suspended from a UAV to travel into the space; an angled channel positioned beneath the first sloped surface having a tether slot to allow for passage of the tether as the payload retriever is drawn through the angled channel; and a payload holder positioned at the end of the angled channel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the extraction of lithium from liquid resources such as natural and synthetic brines, leachate solutions from clays and minerals, and recycled products with the assistance of an alternate phase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new compound and the dehydrogenation of that compound to produce retinal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for the elimination of odours in recycled plastic materials, which comprises the steps of: separating and conditioning the plastic; shredding the plastic by means of a bladed shredded, which reduces the plastic into powder-sized particles; chemically washing with a surfactant, which is carried out in a stirring tank; rinsing the plastic material to eliminate dirt and the chemicals used, which is carried out in a rinsing reactor; mechanically drying the clean material in a dryer; and deodorising the plastic, wherein volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are removed from the clean, dry material by means of steam distillation, deodorisation being performed in a steam distillation column, the VOC-free plastic exiting through the bottom part of the column.

Abstract: A nickel-based alloy composition consisting, in weight percent, of: between 1.0 and 3.5% aluminium, 0.0 and 3.6% titanium, 0.0 and 6.0% niobium, 0.0 and 4.9% tantalum, 0.0 and 5.4% tungsten, 0.0 and 4.0% molybdenum, 8.9 and 30.0% cobalt, 10.8 and 20.6% chromium, 0.02 and 0.35% carbon, between 0.001 and 0.2% boron, between 0.001 and 0.5% zirconium, 0.0 and 5.0% rhenium, 0.0 and 8.5% ruthenium, 0.0 and 4.6 percent iridium, between 0.0 and 0.5% vanadium, between 0.0 and 1.0% palladium, between 0.0 and 1.0% platinum, between 0.0 and 0.5% silicon, between 0.0 and 0.1% yttrium, between 0.0 and 0.1% lanthanum, between 0.0 and 0.1% cerium, between 0.0 and 0.003% sulphur, between 0.0 and 0.25% manganese, between 0.0 and 6.0% iron, between 0.0 and 0.5% copper, between 0.0 and 0.

Abstract: An olfactory sticker used in chats between electronic devices to make messaging more immersive, personalized, and authentic by integrating olfactory information with traditional text-based formats and AR messaging. Olfactory stickers are used to indicate to a recipient that a message includes olfactory information. The olfactory sticker illustrates a graphical representation of a particular scent that can be sent and received via a chat or an AR message. Olfactory stickers provide the recipient control of accessing the transmitted scent at a desired time. This is particularly useful since certain olfactory information, i.e., scents, can be very direct and intrusive. Olfactory stickers are activated (i.e., release their scent) when they are tapped or rubbed by the recipient.

Abstract: A thrust reverser for a propulsion unit, incudes movable grids, two half-assemblies forming part of a secondary stream and, at the six o'clock position, a connecting beam intended to be mounted in cantilever with a fan housing. The half-assemblies are hinged at the twelve o'clock position so as to enable their “butterfly” movement between a flight configuration and a maintenance configuration. The connecting beam includes a connecting member configured to cooperate, in the form of a tenon and groove connection, with the half-assemblies when these are in flight configuration. The reverser also includes, downstream of the connecting member, locks capable of locking the half-assemblies in flight configuration.

Abstract: A method of calculating a soil moisture profile includes obtaining a capacitance measurement of a soil surface at a location, applying a preselected calibration to the capacitance measurement to obtain a top surface moisture estimate, obtaining local climatic and hydrological data correlated with the location, the local climatic and hydrological data, which includes at least local water input data, and calculating an estimate of the soil moisture at the location by applying a preselected evapotranspiration model to the top surface moisture estimate and the local climatic and hydrological data.

Abstract: We describe an optical and magnetic stimulation, OMS, wound therapy device comprising: a light source configured to generate an optical field for an OMS wound therapy; an electric circuit coupled to the light source for driving the light source to generate the optical field; a coil configured to generate a magnetic field for the OMS wound therapy; and a magnetic field shield arranged between the coil on the one hand and the light source and electric circuit on the other hand, and wherein the magnetic field shield is configured to shield the electric circuit and the light source from the magnetic field generated by the coil.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of performing radiation therapy on a target volume within an anatomical region of a patient includes: acquiring a cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) image of the region while the region is positioned in a first preliminary treatment location; reconstructing a current digital volume of the region based on the CBCT image of the region; generating a first beam's-eye-view of the region based on the current digital volume and an offset between the first preliminary treatment location and a reference treatment location; modifying the first beam's-eye-view of the region with one or more visual cues associated with a treatment field for the target volume; and displaying the first beam's-eye-view with the one or more visual cues.

Abstract: A coating applicator tool head configured for use with a robotic maintenance device includes a tool head body with a frame, a supply container, a drive for actuating delivery of flow of coating from the supply container, a feed tube, a nozzle receiving flow from the feed tube, and a spreading tool such as a roller brush or a spatula receiving flow from the nozzle. The coating applicator tool head is moved by an articulated arm of the maintenance device over surface of a wind turbine blade containing damage such that the roller brush or spatula can apply layers of the coating to cover and fill in the damage. The nozzle directly supplies coating continuously onto the roller brush or the spatula, and the drive can be configured to independently adjust supply of two or more different components in the supply container that may be mixed to form the coating.

Abstract: An example technique for image analysis is provided. An example image analysis method includes obtaining an instructive sequence descriptive of an instructive query, an instructive response, and an instructive trace of intermediate states from the instructive query to the instructive response. The example image analysis method includes inputting, to a machine-learned model, the instructive sequence and an operative image processing query that comprises image data, wherein the machine-learned model is configured to process the operative query with attention over the instructive sequence. The example method can include generating, using the machine-learned model and responsive to the operative query, an operative image processing response that comprises an analysis of the image data.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and system for visual inspection of a target product. The method includes a) receiving an image associated with the target product; generating a plurality of region of interests (ROIs) associated with the image; identifying, based on the plurality of non-terminal ROIs, a first set of features and a second set of features associated with the image. The first set of features and the second set of features are indicative of one of a presence of defect within the image or an absence of defect within the image. The method also includes determining, based on the first set of features and the second set of features, a result of the visual inspection of the target product associated with the image. The result is a success result or a failure result.

Abstract: Described herein are next generation vaccine compositions, including mRNA vaccines having flavivirus untranslated regions and vaccines comprising a (major histocompatibility complex) MHC binding peptide.

Abstract: Techniques are described for determine a type of Radio Access Network (RAN) sharing employed within a network. In one example, a computing system receives a message for implementing a network slice of a RAN comprising a profile including a first Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) identifier for the RAN and a first operating bands value. Based on determining that another RAN slice subnet is provisioned within the RAN with a second PLMN identifier and the first operating bands value, the computing system determines a RAN sharing type is Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN). Based on determining that no RAN slice subnet is provisioned within the RAN with the second PLMN identifier and the first operating bands value, the computing system determines the RAN sharing type is Multi-Operator RAN (MORAN). The computing system forwards network traffic for subscriber devices in accordance with the determined RAN sharing type.

Abstract: A ranging beacon system to measure the performance of a running athlete can include a ranging base and a wearable device. The ranging base can be placed along an exercise path with line of sight to an athlete and can include a ranging base ultra-wideband (UWB) transceiver. The ranging base UWB transceiver can receive a first UWB signal and transmit a second UWB signal. The wearable device can be worn by the athlete and the wearable device can include a wearable device UWB transceiver, and a processor. The wearable device UWB transceiver can transmit the first UWB signal and receive the second UWB signal. The processor can generate ranging data of the athlete based on the first and the second UWB signals.

Abstract: In various embodiments, the present invention provides a drug-loaded amino acid-based poly(ester urea) film for controlled local release of non-opioid analgesic compounds and various methods for their making and use. In one or more embodiments, he present invention is directed to a drug-loaded amino acid-based poly(ester urea) film for controlled local release of non-opioid analgesic compounds comprising an amino acid-based poly(ester urea) polymer or copolymer and a therapeutically effective amount of a non-opioid analgesic compound. In various embodiments, these amino acid-based poly(ester urea) polymers or copolymers will comprise a plurality of diester monomer units connected by a carboxyl group to form a poly(ester urea) (PEU) polymer.

Abstract: Poly-ICLC molecules and methods for producing them, including certain specific molecular weight molecules having improved activity in certain applications. These molecules may be incorporated in pharmaceutically or veterinary acceptable excipients and carriers for a number of uses in humans, in domestic animals and in wild animals. Such uses include (but are not limited to) prophylaxis pre-exposure prophylaxis, treatment and/or inflammatory symptom attenuation of viral or microbial infections; immunomodulating, vaccine adjuvant, antiviral, and/or anti-inflammatory effects mediated through activation of the MDA5, TLR3 and other dsRNA dependent enzyme systems; antineoplastic effects either alone or when combined with therapeutic vaccine or other anticancer immunologic agents; preventive cancer vaccine adjuvant effects in patients at risk for cancer. The molecules may be of particular use against SARS-CoV-2 infection or a cytokine storm caused by a SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Abstract: Systems and methods perform a navigated surgical procedure involving a patient's anatomy using two or more cameras. In an embodiment, a user interface is defined and presented to guide positioning of a second camera to a target second positional relationship with a patient, the second camera having a field of view for aligning with a second surgical location, wherein a first camera is in a first positional relationship to the patient and has a field of view aligned with a first surgical location. Each of the first camera and second camera are configured to generate image data of trackers. Image data from respective cameras is received to perform the navigated surgical procedure. Further disclosed are a system and method for registering two or more cameras for use in a navigated surgical procedure and a system and method for performing a navigated surgery at two or more locations on a patient.