Abstract: A linear drive system includes a stator assembly with at least one guide rail on which a rotor assembly can travel. The stator assembly includes a stator magnet assembly for providing a stator magnetic field. The rotor assembly includes a rotor magnet assembly for providing a rotor magnetic field, and can be moved along the guide rail via a magnetic coupling between the stator and rotor fields. An encoder system with an encoder unit is arranged on the rotor assembly, and a dimensional scale is arranged on the stator assembly. The encoder unit is fixed to the rotor assembly via a locking device, and displaceable along at least one predefined direction. The distance between the encoder unit and the dimensional scale varies via displacement of the encoder unit, when the rotor assembly is positioned on the guide rail. A rotor, stator assembly and planar drive system are also described.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a package configured to receive one or more absorbent articles. The package comprises a package material comprising natural fibers. The package comprises a plurality of panels comprising a consumer-facing panel and a back panel having one or more wicket holes in a portion thereof. The package is configured to be sealed such that the one or more absorbent articles are enclosed therein. The back panel comprises a first chamfered side edge and a second chamfered side edge in an area proximate to the one or more wicket holes. The package material comprises a barrier film layer disposed on an inner surface of the package material. The package is recyclable.

Abstract: In an example method, a system accesses first data including text transcripts of a plurality of voice calls, and generates, based on the first data, labeled representations of the voice calls using the one or more computerized LLMs. The system generates the labeled representations by determining a plurality of contextual categories associated with the voice calls, segmenting the text transcript into a plurality of transcript segments, and associating each of the transcript segments with a respective one of the contextual categories. Further, the system generates second data representing the labeled representations of the voice calls and stores the second data using the one or more hardware storage devices.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for approximating the classical partition function of a molecular system. In one aspect, a system comprises receiving a set of inputs characterizing thermodynamic entities of a non-lattice system with one or more molecular degrees of freedom, approximating a partition function of the non-lattice system using a tensor network and based at least in part on the set of inputs, wherein approximating a partition function of the non-lattice system comprises using a molecular configuration sampler to vary over the one or more molecular degrees of freedom, and determining a system characterization entity from the partition function.

Abstract: A compound (I), a rubber mixture containing the compound, a vehicle tire comprising the rubber mixture in at least one component, a process for producing the compound and the use of the compound as an aging stabilizer and/or antioxidant and/or dye wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of xi) aromatic radicals, wherein the aromatic radicals optionally bear substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen radicals, cyano radicals, ester radicals, ketone radicals, ether radicals and thioether radicals, and xii) linear, branched and cyclic aliphatic C3- to C12-radicals, wherein X is selected from O (oxygen atom), S (sulfur atom) and N(H) (secondary amino group), wherein Y is selected from O (oxygen atom), S (sulfur atom) and N(H) (secondary amino group).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides certain piperidinylpyridinylcarbonitrile derivatives, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are inhibitors of Glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase (QPCT) and glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase-like protein (QPCTL), and are therefore useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of QPCT/L. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and processes for preparing said compounds.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides certain piperidinylphenylcarbonitrile derivatives, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are inhibitors of Glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase (QPCT) and glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase-like protein (QPCTL), and are therefore useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of QPCT/L. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and processes for preparing said compounds.

Abstract: The sealing system for a rotary shaft of a machine is configured to separate a first zone surrounding a first portion of the rotary shaft and a second zone surrounding a second portion of the rotary shaft. The sealing system comprises a sealing member, located between the first portion of the rotary shaft and the second portion of the rotary shaft, and a support member, which supports the sealing member. The support member is configured to perform a movement at least in an axial direction due to a pressure difference between the first zone and the second zone, and to close a gap, defined between the sealing system, in particular between the sealing member, and the rotary shaft, when the pressure difference is higher than a predetermined value.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing radio frequency signals, comprising a primary signal processing stage that is configured to process multiband radio frequency signals comprising at least a first frequency band and a second frequency band, a first signal path, and a second signal path, wherein the apparatus is configured to selectively couple the primary signal processing stage a) with the first signal path to enable processing of multiband radio frequency signals associated with the first signal path using the primary signal processing stage and/or b) with the second signal path to enable processing of multiband radio frequency signals associated with the second signal path using the primary signal processing stage.

Abstract: A detergent product includes a flexible bag and water-soluble detergent articles. The water-soluble detergent articles are contained inside the flexible bag. The flexible bag includes from above about 85 wt % to about 94 wt % of a paper layer; from about 3.0 wt % to less than about 10.0 wt % of a polyalkylene layer selected from polyethylene and/or polypropylene layer having a thickness of from about 6 ?m to about 10 ?m; and from about 3.0 wt % to about 6.0 wt % recloseable zipper. The paper and polyalkylene layer are bonded together in a laminate structure with the paper layer being the outer layer and the polyalkylene layer being the inner layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a pressure regulator and a sparkling water machine. The pressure regulator includes: an arc flow path and a transiting chamber; a cross section of the arc flow path is configured to gradually increase from an input end of the arc flow path to an output end of the arc flow path, and the input end of the arc flow path is communicated with an inlet of the pressure regulator; and the transiting chamber is respectively communicated with the output end of the arc flow path and a discharging port of the pressure regulator.

Abstract: A detergent product includes a flexible bag and water-soluble detergent articles. The water-soluble detergent articles are contained inside the flexible bag. The flexible bag includes from about 85 wt % to about 94 wt % of a paper layer; from about 3.0 wt % to about 10.0 wt % of a polyethylene layer having a thickness of from about 6 ?m to about 20 ?m; and from about 3.0 wt % to about 10.0 wt % of a recloseable zipper. The polyethylene layer is coated onto the paper layer, the recloseable zipper is in contact with the polyethylene layer, and the average force required to open the recloseable zipper is less than about 4.0 newtons per centimeter.

Abstract: A method including generating a relationship between a portion of an image and terms in a prompt that represents a correlation strength between the portion and a word in the prompt, calculating a score based on the data, the score indicating a measure of the number of pixels correlated to the word, and determining whether the portions of the image are associated with a group based on the score, where the word is associated with an item in the group.

Abstract: An in-silicon monitoring circuit for an on-chip static RAM (SRAM) is disclosed. In one embodiment, the on-chip static RAM comprises a clock generation unit and an SRAM ring oscillator (RAMRO) output circuit. In one embodiment, the clock generation unit includes a multiplexer with inputs that include a clock signal a reset signal provided by a delay chain of the SRAM, where the multiplexer is controlled by an enable signal (RAMRO_EN). In one embodiment, the RAMRO output circuit that generates a RAMRO output signal (RAM_RO) based on the RAMRO_EN signal and an input from the delay chain of the SRAM when the RAMRO_EN signal is asserted, where the RAMRO output signal correlates to electrical characteristics of semiconductor material upon which the SRAM is located.

Abstract: Controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle to traverse a portion of an operational environment of the unmanned aerial vehicle may include obtaining an object detection type, obtaining object detection input data, obtaining relative object orientation data based on the object detection type and the object detection input data, and performing an object avoidance operation based on the relative object orientation data. The object detection type may be monocular object detection, which may include obtaining the relative object orientation data by obtaining motion data indicating a change of spatial location for the unmanned aerial vehicle between obtaining the first image and obtaining the second image based on searching along epipolar lines to obtain optical flow data.

Abstract: A turbomachine engine can include a fan assembly, a vane assembly, a core engine, a gearbox, and an overall engine efficiency rating. The fan assembly can include a plurality of fan blades. The vane assembly can include a plurality of vanes, and the vanes can, in some instances, be disposed aft of the fan blades. The core engine can include a low-pressure turbine. The gearbox includes an input and an output. The input of the gearbox is coupled to the low-pressure turbine of the core engine and comprises a first rotational speed, the output of the gearbox is coupled to the fan assembly and has a second rotational speed, and a gear ratio of the first rotational speed to the second rotational speed is within a range of 2.0-4.0.

Abstract: A method for controlling an operation of an electric machine, particularly of a motor vehicle, in a fault condition includes detecting a present current vector of the electric machine; determining a variation voltage vector depending on the detected present current vector; changing the present operating point of the electric machine to a changed operating point by positioning the variation voltage vector, wherein the power generated by the change in the operating point is equal to the power loss, particularly the thermal power loss, of the electric machine, or is less than the power loss, particularly the thermal power loss, of the electric machine; and executing an active short-circuit state proceeding from the changed operating point.

Abstract: A switching arrangement with a B6 bridge for controlling an electric motor is provided. The lower semiconductor switches of each half bridge of the B6 bridge are connected to a motor ground via a common summing shunt. The switching arrangement includes a monitoring device for monitoring a current through the summing shunt based on a voltage that is dropped across the summing shunt. The monitoring device detects, in the event of a reverse current through the summing shunt that is higher than a predefined threshold value and lasts longer than a predefined period, a ground connection on the phase for which the semiconductor switches of the half bridge connected to this phase were last switched over such that the respective upper semiconductor switch is open and the respective lower semiconductor switch is closed. A method for detecting a ground connection of a phase of the electric motor is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a system for automatic opening device for a container provided with a spout having a rim with a sealing element firmly attached thereto, said system comprising an automatic opening device for a container and a threaded spout that provide means that obviate the need to unscrew the cap of the container and next remove the sealing element from the rim of the spout in order to enable pouring of the product stored in the container.

Abstract: Illustrative test circuits and methods are provided for determining deadtime of a switched power supply (SPS) driver. The test circuit can be configured to couple a selected gate signal selected from a high side gate signal of a driver and a low side gate signal of the driver to an input of the driver via a feedback path that causes the selected gate signal to oscillate with a period indicative of propagation time delays of the driver from which a deadtime measurement can be determined. In some implementations, the test circuits and methods may be embodied as a built-in self-test module integrated into the controller chip for the SPS.