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: An embodiment of a coupling device is configured to be disposed in a borehole string in a borehole in a subterranean region. The coupling device includes a coupler body having a longitudinal axis, the coupler body including an elongated shaft extending along the longitudinal axis and configured to carry loads through the coupling device, a stiffness control device connected to the elongated shaft, the stiffness control device configured to adjust a bending stiffness of the coupler body, and an actuator configured to cause the stiffness control device to adjust the bending stiffness of the coupler body.

Abstract: A package of one or more absorbent articles is provided. The package comprises a package material comprising natural fibers. The package comprises a plurality of panels comprising a consumer-facing panel. The package is sealed such that the one or more absorbent articles are enclosed therein. The package material exhibits a HuBa value of greater than about 5.3 hours, according to the HuBa Test. The package is recyclable. The package comprises a vertical side seal having a side seal strength. The side seal strength is greater than about 5.1 N/15 mm and less than about 15 N/15 mm, according to Seal Tensile Strength Test.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing images using mixer neural networks. One of the methods includes obtaining one or more images comprising a plurality of pixels; determining, for each image of the one or more images, a plurality of image patches of the image, wherein each image patch comprises a different subset of the pixels of the image; processing, for each image of the one or more images, the corresponding plurality of image patches to generate an input sequence comprising a respective input element at each of a plurality of input positions, wherein a plurality of the input elements correspond to respective different image patches; and processing the input sequences using a neural network to generate a network output that characterizes the one or more images, wherein the neural network comprises one or more mixer neural network layers.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining a location of an inner string in an outer string includes an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the inner string, and a tagging assembly disposed at a tagging location in the outer string, the outer string configured to be deployed into a borehole in a subterranean region, the inner string configured to be advanced through the outer string. The tagging assembly includes a stop component configured to obstruct axial movement of the inner string through the outer string at the tagging location, the stop component configured to be displaced in response to an axial force applied to the stop component by the inner string, to permit the inner string to advance axially beyond the tagging assembly.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted S-alaninate derivatives and to processes for their preparation, and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular vascular disorders, preferably thrombotic or thromboembolic disorders and/or thrombotic or thromboembolic complications.

Abstract: A package of one or more absorbent articles is described. The package includes a package material having natural fibers and a plurality of panels, including a consumer-facing panel. The package is sealed such that the one or more absorbent articles are enclosed therein. The package material exhibits a water vapor transmission rate under stress conditions “SCWVTR” in accordance with ASTM F1249, as modified herein, which is about 300 g/(m2*day) or less. The package material is recyclable, and wherein each of the one or more absorbent articles includes super absorbent polymer (SAP) in an amount of greater than about 5 grams per article.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a package of one or more moisture- and/or humidity-sensitive unit dose products. The package comprises a package material comprising natural fibers. The package comprises a plurality of panels comprising a consumer-facing panel. The package is sealed such that the one or more products are enclosed therein. The package material exhibits a HuBa value of greater than about 5 hours, according to the HuBa Test. The package is recyclable. The package comprises a side seal having a seal strength that is in the range of about 5.1 N/15 mm to about 15 N/15 mm, according to Seal Tensile Strength Test. The package material comprises a barrier film.

Abstract: An embodiment of a coupling device is configured to be disposed in a borehole string in a borehole in a subterranean region. The coupling device includes a coupler body having a longitudinal axis, the coupler body including an elongated shaft extending along the longitudinal axis and configured to carry loads through the coupling device, a stiffness control device connected to the elongated shaft, the stiffness control device configured to adjust a bending stiffness of the coupler body, and an actuator configured to cause the stiffness control device to adjust the bending stiffness of the coupler body.

Abstract: A bending stiffness control system in a downhole drilling assembly includes a body configured to be connected to a downhole component of the downhole drilling assembly, the body having a longitudinal axis. The bending stiffness control system also includes a cavity disposed within the body and extending along the longitudinal axis, and a moveable element assembly including one or more moveable elements that are configured to move along the longitudinal axis, the moveable element assembly configured to control a bending stiffness of the body by reacting to a change in an inclination of the body and the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cutting body hair such as beard stubble. More particularly, the present invention relates to a cutter system for an electric shaver and/or trimmer, with a pair of cooperating cutting elements with at least one row of comb-like cutting teeth. The cutting elements are movably supported relative to each other by a support structure. At least one of the cutting elements, when viewed in cross section, has a C-shape including a pair of dog-eared holding flanges attached to the support structure and a slightly dome shaped or flat center section. The row of comb-like cutting teeth are formed in a transitional section between the dog-eared holding flanges and the center section. The dog-eared holding flange at the transitional section may be provided with a step-like concave depression forming thinned-out tooth tips.

Abstract: An inductive proximity sensor and a method for the detection of an object having at least one coil, wherein at least one transmitted current pulse can be applied to the coil by a control and evaluation unit and the control and evaluation unit is configured to output an object determination signal, wherein the control and evaluation unit is configured to scan at least one induced voltage pulse that has been generated by the transmitted current pulse at the coil in a plurality of sections from or after the time of the application of the transmitted current pulse and to form scan values, whereby the voltage pulse is digitized, wherein the control and evaluation unit is configured to evaluate the scan values for an object detection of a metallic object, wherein the control and evaluation unit is configured to scan the transmitted current pulse that has been generated at the coil in at least two sections from or after the time of the application of the transmitted current pulse and to form transmitted current scan

Abstract: A package of one or more absorbent articles is described. The package includes a package material having natural fibers and a plurality of panels, including a consumer-facing panel. The package is sealed such that the one or more absorbent articles are enclosed therein. The package material exhibits a water vapor transmission rate under stress conditions “SCWVTR” in accordance with ASTM F1249, as modified herein, which is about 300 g/(m2*day) or less. The package material is recyclable, and wherein each of the one or more absorbent articles includes super absorbent polymer (SAP) in an amount of greater than about 5 grams per article.

Abstract: A turbine section and an exhaust section for a gas turbine engine includes a low pressure (LP) turbine having first stage LP turbine blades that rotate in a first direction at a first speed, and final stage LP turbine blades downstream of the first stage LP turbine blades that rotate in a second direction opposite the first direction at a second speed. The second speed is lower than the first speed.

Abstract: A package of one or more absorbent articles is provided. The package comprises a package material comprising natural fibers. The package comprises a plurality of panels comprising a consumer-facing panel. The package is sealed such that the one or more absorbent articles are enclosed therein. The package material exhibits a HuBa value of greater than about 5.3 hours, according to the HuBa Test. The package is recyclable. The package comprises a vertical side seal having a side seal strength. The side seal strength is greater than about 5.1 N/15 mm and less than about 15 N/15 mm, according to Seal Tensile Strength Test.

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: The present disclosure is directed to a package of 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. The package is sealed such that the one or more absorbent articles are enclosed therein. The package material exhibits a HuBa value of greater than about 5 hours, according to the HuBa Test. The package is recyclable. The package comprises a vertical side seal having a side seal strength that is in the range of about 5.1 N/15 mm to about 15 N/15 mm, according to Seal Tensile Strength Test. The package material comprises a barrier film comprising a first layer and a second layer. The first layer comprises a first polymer material and the second layer comprises a second polymer material. The first polymer material is different than the second polymer material.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a semiconductor die (1), comprising a vertical power transistor device (2), the vertical power transistor device having a source region (3) and a drain region (4) at opposite sides of a semiconductor body (10), and a lateral transistor device (20), the lateral transistor device having a body region (221) with a lateral channel region (221.1), as well as a source and a drain region formed at a frontside of the semiconductor body, wherein a deep trench (305) is arranged laterally between the vertical power transistor device (2) and the lateral transistor device (20), forming a deep trench isolation (306).

Abstract: A sensor for detecting an object is provided that has a detection unit for detecting a sensor signal and a control and evaluation unit that is configured to determine an object property by evaluating the sensor signal, to determine a correction value for interference of the sensor environment from the sensor signal using a method of machine learning, and to take the correction value into account in the determination of the object property.

Abstract: A steering augmenter for a steering device of a drilling tool, including a body, a first flow passage in the body and configured to convey a fluid supply. a channel at the outside surface of the body, the channel being configured to produce a Bernoulli effect therein during fluid flow therein, a second flow passage fluidly connecting the first flow passage to the channel, and a valve associated with the second flow passage and configured to allow, prevent or choke flow through the second flow passage. A downhole drill bit assembly including a steering augmenter, the drill bit attached to the steering augmenter. A method for drilling a borehole into the earth, the method including conveying the steering device into the borehole, operating the valve to allow, prevent or choke flow through the second flow passage, creating a steering force at the steering augmenter by the produced Bernoulli effect.