Abstract: A user equipment (UE) device may communicate with a wireless base station (BS). Each antenna in a phased antenna array on the UE may receive a reference signal transmitted by the BS during the beam training interval. Transceiver circuitry may measure wireless performance metric data from the reference signal. While receiving the reference signal, control circuitry may selectively activate different individual antennas, may selectively activate different subsets of antennas, or may concurrently activate all of the antennas in the array. The control circuitry may identify, based on the wireless performance metric data, a first set of the antennas in the array to that are being blocked by an external object and a second set of antennas array that are not blocked. After the beam training interval, the transceiver may use the second set of antennas to convey wireless data with the BS while the first set of antennas are disabled.

Abstract: A magnetic sole for a magnetic shoe provides improved grip on magnetic metal surfaces. The magnetic sole embeds a plurality of magnets and a corresponding plurality of paramagnets embedded within the resilient material that form the sole body, typically without air space between them and the resilient material, with the resilient material bonded directly to the outside surface of the body of the magnets. The paramagnets increase the magnetic flux through the magnetic metal surface, to provide flexibility, grip, and traction on magnetic metal surfaces, and anchors the magnets inside the sole. The resilient material of the sole allows contact and adhesion with the magnetic metal surface, holds all the interior elements of the sole in place, and adheres to the vamp. A magnetizable removable device can also be used to protect the magnetic sole when walking on the ground or surfaces that do not require magnetic grip.

Abstract: The present invention provides a retrospective analysis of subject and/or implant positioning. Provided is a method and device for assisting positioning of a subject having an implant in X-ray imaging. The method comprises the steps of receiving (S1) X-ray image data of the subject including the implant, receiving (S2) exam request data indicating at least an exam type to be performed for the specific implant, and determining at least one set of image features being assigned to the requested exam type and indicative for positioning of the subject and/or the implant relative to an X-ray imaging device. Further, the method comprises analyzing (S3) an image content of the received X-ray image data for the determined set of image features, and determining (S4), from the analysis of the image content, a feedback being indicative for positioning the subject and the X-ray imaging device to each other with respect to a target positioning, to be provided for assisting the positioning.

Abstract: The invention refers to a support system for a board with surface configured for writing comprising a tripod (1), three tethers (3) and a connector (4); a tray (2), which includes at least one tripod connection element (1); a clamp (7) configured to connect with said board with surface configured for writing; and a guide rail (19), which is configured to connect to said clamp (7). The invention also refers to a board with surface configured for writing connected to said support system and the associated preparation method. The guide rail enables the use of sheets of paper sized larger than the board. The invention may be furnished with individualized components, facilitating the replacement or acquisition of individual parts.

Abstract: The invention relates to an unpacking device (30) which is designed to remove a thin-walled packaging wrapper (10) from a workpiece (1), having a processing station (P) having a workpiece receptacle (31) for receiving the workpiece (1), and having a pair of counter-rotating rollers (40, 41) which are mounted so as to be rotatable about counter-rotating axles (GA1, GA2) and between which is formed an intake gap (42). At least one of the counter-rotating rollers (40, 41) is driven so as to rotate about its counter-rotating axle (GA1, GA2) by a drive (43), the pair of counter-rotating rollers (40, 41) being disposed on a circumference (U) of the processing station (P) in such a manner and designed to induct the thin-walled packaging wrapper (10) into the intake gap (42). Moreover, the invention relates to a processing device having such an unpacking device 30, and to an unpacking method.

Abstract: A power meter includes a current sensor sensing a current of a conductor signal transmitted along a conductor and outputting a current signal based on the current, a voltage sensor sensing a voltage of the conductor signal and outputting a voltage signal based on the voltage, and a controller receiving the current signal and the voltage signal and calculating a power factor of the conductor signal based on the current signal and the voltage signal. The controller determines an operating state of a powered device to which the conductor feeds the conductor signal based on the power factor.

Abstract: A power meter includes a housing attached to a conductor, a hall-effect current sensor disposed in the housing and contactlessly sensing a current of a conductor signal transmitted along the conductor, and a voltage sensor disposed in the housing and contactlessly sensing a voltage of the conductor signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for the production of vitamin A and/or its derivatives.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a protector assembly for the end of a pipe. The protector assembly comprising at least a first shell member and a second shell member. The first shell member comprises a first longitudinally extending wall and a first cover; the second shell member comprises a second longitudinally extending wall; and the shell members are configured to cooperate in an assembled configuration to form a tubular enclosure having an open end and an opposing closed end, the tubular enclosure arranged for enclosing the threaded end of the pipe, wherein the closed end is closed by the abutment of the first cover with the second longitudinally extending wall.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method, apparatus, and system for the removal of benign and malignant lesions, and more particularly, to the use of image analysis and three-dimensional modeling for the excision of skin-based, subcutaneous, or deep lesions with a precise and reproducible margin of tissue around the lesion. Methods include: obtaining images of a tumor within a patient; determining a size and shape of a tissue mass to be resected including the tumor based on the images; generating a three-dimensional model of a resection tool for resecting the tissue mass to be resected based on the size and shape of the tissue mass as well as nearby vital structures and anatomic landmarks; and providing for three-dimensional manufacture of the resection tool.

Abstract: The invention provides a lighting system controller for mitigating stress of at least one animal intended to move from a first space to a second space, wherein said stress is caused by a perceived difference, as perceived by the at least one animal, between the first space and the second space; wherein the lighting system controller is configured to: obtain a first input indicative of an environmental characteristic of the first space; obtain a second input indicative of an environmental characteristic of the second space; determine a difference feature between the environmental characteristic of the first space and the environmental characteristic of the second space; determine a first light setting for illuminating the first space and/or a second light setting for illuminating the second space based on said difference feature to reduce said perceived difference between the environmental characteristic of the first space and the environmental characteristic of the second space; control at least one first lig

Abstract: A rotor of an electric machine, rotating about an axis of rotation X, the rotor comprising:—a shaft (9) arranged along the axis of rotation,—a rotor mass (3), disposed around the shaft, comprising:—a central bore (4),—at least two openings (5), provided in the rotor mass and distributed circumferentially around the central bore, the two openings leaving a radial strip (6) therebetween, the radial strip having a smaller width, at least one bridge of material (7) being provided between an opening and the central bore, the bridge of material being of variable width and having a greater width, and the ratio between the smaller width of the radial strip and the larger width of the bridge of material being between 0.75 and 1.25.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for estimating a 3-D pose of an object of interest from image and point cloud data. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining an image of an environment; obtaining a point cloud of a three-dimensional region of the environment; generating a fused representation of the image and the point cloud; and processing the fused representation using a pose estimation neural network and in accordance with current values of a plurality of pose estimation network parameters to generate a pose estimation network output that specifies, for each of multiple keypoints, a respective estimated position in the three-dimensional region of the environment.

Abstract: A metal-ceramic substrate which has a highly stable bond between the metal layer and the ceramic body, and also high thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity. The metal-ceramic substrate comprises (a) a ceramic body, (b) a metal layer, and (c) a bonding layer located between the ceramic body and the metal layer. The bonding layer comprises (i) a metal M1 having a melting point of at least 700° C., (ii) a metal M2 having a melting point of less than 700° C., (iii) a metal M3 selected from the group of active metals, and (iv) a metal M4 selected from the group consisting of bismuth, gallium, zinc, indium, germanium, aluminum and magnesium. The bonding layer has the following characteristics: (c1) M(M2)EDX=10-20 weight percent, (c2) 15 weight percent?[M(M4)/M(M2)]ICP*1000 weight percent+M(M2)EDX?100 weight percent and (c3) M(Ag)EDX<10 weight percent.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bipolar plate for an electrochemical system, having a first separator plate and a second separator plate that are arranged one on top of the other, wherein the first separator plate has, on a side facing away from the second separator plate, a first electrochemically active surface for conducting a first fluid; the second separator plate has, on a side facing away from the first separator plate, a second electrochemically active surface for conducting a second fluid; wherein the first electrochemically active surface and the second electrochemically active surface overlap each other and form an active region of the bipolar plate in an overlapping region, wherein the separator plates are joined together in the active region by a weld pattern with inhomogeneously distributed welds.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system, device, and method for predictive Artificial Intelligence (AI) warnings of likely food-induced glucose spikes, according to one embodiment. An artificial intelligence powered health system includes a continuous glucose monitoring device to capture a real-time glucose level data associated with a body of a wearer. An artificial intelligence server provides a recommendation to improve a health and a well-being of the wearer. A mobile device to generate an alert when an input of a food item consumed by the wearer and/or a behavioral activity performed by the wearer exhibits a health parameter which is greater than a predefined threshold based on a real time health information captured by the continuous glucose monitoring device. A mobile application to recommend an action to the wearer to reduce the health parameter to a normal range, according to this aspect.

Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine, including collecting a knocking signal of a knocking sensor and collecting a cylinder pressure signal of a cylinder pressure sensor. The cylinder pressure signal is representative of a cylinder pressure prevailing in at least one combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. The method further includes determining an estimated cylinder pressure on the basis of a model and the knocking signal, and subjecting the cylinder pressure signal to a plausibility check. The method further includes, if the cylinder pressure signal is not plausible according to the plausibility check, using the estimated cylinder pressure for the operation of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A process for separating an oil field production stream, the process comprising the steps of (i) providing a production stream including oil, hydrocarbon gas, water, and carbon dioxide; (ii) separating at least a portion of the carbon dioxide and hydrocarbon gas from the production stream within a first separator to thereby produce a first liquid-rich stream and a first gaseous stream; (iii) directing the first liquid-rich stream to a second separator; (iv) directing at least a portion of the first gaseous stream to the second separator; and (v) diffusing the at least a portion of the first gaseous stream into the first liquid-rich stream within said second separator.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a separator plate for an electrochemical system, comprising first and second individual plates connected by means of a welded joint, each individual plate comprising at least one through-opening for passage of a fluid, a flow field, a distribution or collecting region which fluidically connects the through-opening to the flow field, and a transition region which is arranged between the flow field and the distribution or collecting region, wherein the welded joint is arranged in the flow field and/or in the transition region, wherein the welded joint extends longitudinally from a first end located in a first end region to a second end located in a second end region, wherein the welded joint forms an end crater between the first and second ends and the end crater is spaced from the first and second ends.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a quantum circuit for quantum approximate optimisation over permutations of a set of elements. Encoding logic encodes each of the elements into multiple quantum registers as a binary number to represent a permutation of the set of elements by storing the binary number of each of the elements in an order according to the permutation. A network of multi-qubit quantum exponential swap operations operates between the multiple qubits of two registers and generates a superposition of two permutations by generating a superposition of two binary numbers by generating a superposition of the multiple qubits of the two quantum registers. An evaluation quantum circuit represents a problem Hamiltonian and distinguishes quantum states of the superposition generated by the network. The network and the evaluation quantum circuit amplify desirable quantum states and suppress undesirable quantum states to optimise over the permutations.