Abstract: Vehicle trailer hitch systems may include integrated features for increasing the functionality of the vehicle. A bottle opener feature may be integrated as part of a hitch plate of the trailer hitch system. The integrated bottle opener feature is therefore conveniently packaged on the vehicle for use during outdoor social gatherings when the vehicle is stationary.

Abstract: A digital image representation may be created by a distributed platform system for a site based on each of the plurality of user-specific actions. The digital image representation may be created by determining a current state of the site from one or more application components of the site, computing a desired state for the site to reach from the current state at some point in time, and creating the digital image representation for the site using the computed desired state to be reached by the site at some point in time. The distributed platform system uses one or more digital models for creating the digital image representation for the site. The distributed platform system may be configured to update the site to reach the desired state based on the digital image representation of the site, at some point in time.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining an X-ray image dataset of a target region of an object to be examined, wherein projection images showing the target region are captured by means of an X-ray detector and the X-ray image dataset is reconstructed from the projection images, wherein a first portion of the projection images is captured so as to be collimated onto the target region by the target region being irradiated with X-ray radiation by means of an X-ray device through at least one main radiation opening of a collimator assembly. The invention also relates to a corresponding apparatus for determining an X-ray image dataset of a target region of the object to be examined. The invention generally relates to the field of medical X-ray imaging, in particular with the aim of acquiring projections for reconstructing 2D computed-tomography images.

Abstract: A surgical model has a layer through which a surgical instrument is passed, such as a cornea or sclera. When the model is manufactured, a tunnel is pre-formed with a cross-sectional profile that does not include sharp bends which can lead to stress-risers, the latter tending to cause cracking of failure of the integrity of the layer. The pre-formed tunnel profile includes only radiused directional changes which tend not to lead to stress risers. The pre-formed tunnel can include tapered sidewalls which form a more narrow and flexible contact with a tool passed through the tunnel, reducing friction, improving mobility of the instrument, and enabling greater control of the pressure imparted upon the tool by the pre-formed tunnel.

Abstract: A metal-organic coordination compound is formed of a divalent Europium cation, a macrocyclic organic ligand, and iodide anions in an amount to make the coordination compound electrically neutral, with the macrocyclic organic ligand comprising 16 to 23, preferably 18 to 20 ring atoms, with the exception of five specific macrocyclic organic ligands M1 to M5.

Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system including a nacelle extending around a longitudinal axis and including an internal face that delimits, with an external face of the aircraft propulsion system, a fire zone, an extinguisher for extinguishing a fire in the fire zone, the extinguisher including a tank for containing an extinguishing agent, and a spraying nozzle for spraying the extinguishing agent out of the tank and into the fire zone, an activation device for activating the extinguisher, and a controller that transmits a control order to the activation device, the activation device receiving the control order and transmitting an activation order to the extinguisher, the activation order activating the extinguisher so as to cause the expulsion of the extinguishing agent via the nozzle. The extinguisher is mounted on the nacelle. The assembly includes one or more of a wireless communicator and a cable.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) where Q is Qa or Qb; and R4 is R4a or R4b, and wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers and N-oxides of those compounds, can be used as insecticides.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition and related methods for enhancing the immune response and/or decreasing the size or growth rate of a tumor volume in a subject. The composition comprises a recombinant MVA encoding IL-12 and, optionally, a Tumor Associated Antigen (“TAA”). In some embodiments, the MVA also encodes 4-1BBL and/or a second MVA encoding 4-1BBL is coadministered to the subject. In some embodiments of the invention, methods comprise injecting these MVAs intratumorally. In some embodiments, the recombinant MVAs are injected intraperitoneally to stimulate an immune response to peritoneal tumors.

Abstract: A system for online monitoring of an assembly of electric cables (1) which are connected in series in an electrical distribution grid. The system has a central unit (2) located on a portion of the assembly and data acquisition units (3a, 3b, 3c) spread along the cables (1) at predefined positions. The system has subassemblies of measurement sensors (4a-1-4a-2, 4b-1-4b-4, 4c-1), the sensors of a subassembly being associated with the same acquisition unit and spread over a portion of the cables in the vicinity of the acquisition unit, the number and the type of sensors of a subassembly varying according to the position of the acquisition unit with which these sensors are associated and the size of the portion. Each acquisition unit is configured to receive and preprocess, under the command of the central unit, measurements originating from the sensors which are associated with it, and to transmit the preprocessed measurements to the central unit.

Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft gas turbine engine includes a nacelle extending substantially around a longitudinal axis and including a fixed structure disposed around the aircraft gas turbine engine, the fixed structure including an internal surface suitable for delimiting with an external surface of the gas turbine engine a fire zone of the nacelle, a thermal protection covering the internal surface of the fixed structure of the nacelle at the level of the fire zone of the nacelle, and an extinguisher designed to extinguish a fire in the fire zone of the nacelle, the extinguisher including a tank suitable for containing an extinguishing agent. The tank is located between the thermal protection and the internal surface of the fixed structure of the nacelle.

Abstract: Described herein are novel systems for targeting, editing or manipulating DNA in a cell, using novel M-SmallCas9 nucleases and variants thereof. The M-SmallCas9 nucleases are derived from wildtype or parental small type II CRISPR Cas9 endonucleases, and display improved fidelity compared to parental type II CRISPR Cas9 enzymes in combination with a simple PAM sequences and are small endonuclease size.

Abstract: Described herein are compositions comprising combinations of metal salts, and methods of preparing and using the same.

Abstract: A plug for closing a hole in a concrete wall. The plug includes a main body and elastic retention means. The retention means includes at least one hook partially embedded in the main body and partially projecting from the main body, the at least one hook being configured for cooperating with the hole in the concrete wall for retaining the plug in the hole.

Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to systems and methods for increasing radar resolution by, for example, combining radar information. In one embodiment, beamforming is performed using radar units that are individually coherent but collectively do not need to be coherent. Each radar transmits and receives its own signal to process and generate target information including beamforming information and/or virtual receiver channel information. The target information from each radar is then merged or summed into a combined beamforming based on all the target information received from all the radar units. When the radar units used in this manner are separated by a distance, the resulting beamforming information is representative of an aperture/resolution based on the total space or distance between the radar units. Thus, having an improved resolution, benefits such as improved target resolution (e.g., size, position, and detection) can be achieved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel anti-FLT3 antibodies for specifically targeting extracellular domain of FLT3. The present invention further relates to targeting FLT3 by novel antibody-drug-conjugates (ADCs) based on the novel anti-FLT3 antibodies of the present invention, especially in combination with kinase inhibitors, for use in therapy and/or for use in a method of cancer treatment (e.g., acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with or without internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutations in the FLT3 gene (FLT3-ITD)).

Abstract: A radar sensor system comprises a first radar sensor and at least a second radar sensor and one or more processors configured to assign different pulse rate intervals (PRI) to the first radar sensor and the second radar sensor. The processor(s) s are further configured to: receive ambiguous velocity estimates from the first and second radar sensors, respectively; determine maximum detectable velocity (Vmax) values for the first and second radar sensors based on their respective PRIs; generate a first velocity vector for the first radar sensor based on the first Vmax and the first ambiguous velocity estimate; generate a second velocity vector for the second radar sensor based on the second Vmax and the second ambiguous velocity estimate; compare velocity values in the first and second velocity vectors; and identify and output a velocity value common to the first and second velocity vectors as a correct unambiguous velocity of the object.

Abstract: A radar sensor system comprises a transmit antenna configured to transmit a radar signal into an environment of the radar sensor system, and a receive antenna configured to receive a return signal from the environment of the radar sensor system responsive to the radar signal. The radar sensor system further comprises radar processing circuitry that is configured to perform acts comprising transmitting a radar signal having a predefined pulse repetition interval (PRI). The acts further comprise monitoring ego velocity of the radar sensor and detecting that the ego velocity has exceeded a first predetermined ego velocity threshold. The acts also comprise decreasing the predefined pulse repetition interval (PRI) based on the first predetermined ego velocity threshold.

Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the field of chemical products for petroleum conditioning, in particular to the field of demulsifying agents. The disclosure concerns the application of random terpolymers based on alkyl acrylate-ethylene alkanoate-alkoxyalkyl acrylate to destabilize simple emulsions of the water-in-crude oil (W/O) type and/or complex emulsions of the crude oil-in-water-in-crude oil (O/W/O) type present in crude oils with gravities from 6 to 40° API, in order to remove the emulsified water and salts dissolved in the latter. Its application is mainly focused on wells to avoid formation damage caused by emulsions, in offshore units, triphasic separation units, and in onshore units prior to the refining process.

Abstract: An instructional apparatus for providing instructions to an individual for bathing includes a housing and a control circuit being mounted in the housing. A display screen is electrically coupled to the control circuit and is mounted to a front side of the housing. The control circuit is programmed when actuated to display on the display screen a sequence of images indicating a sequence of a plurality of areas of a body of an individual to be cleaned. A method of using the instructional apparatus to instruct the individual to wash the individual's body is also claimed.

Abstract: A driver circuit is configured control one or more bypass transistors. The driver circuit includes one or more supply connections configured to supply power from a set of battery cells. The set of battery cells is configured to supply power to a load via a power delivery circuit. The driver circuit is configured to receive information indicating whether an error condition is present in the set of battery cells that prevents the driver circuit from receiving power via the one or more supply connections from a primary driver circuit supply path across the set of battery cells. The driver circuit is also configured to receive, via the one or more supply connections, power from a secondary driver circuit supply path across one or more battery cells of the set of battery cells. Current flows through the secondary driver circuit supply path without reaching the error condition.