Abstract: A method includes storing, by a processing device of an enterprise messaging system comprising a plurality of nodes, a message payload in a data store, wherein the data store is shared by the plurality of nodes, wherein the message payload is extracted from a message; sending, to a first node of the plurality of nodes, a metadata item associated with the message; responsive to determining that a key corresponding to the message payload has been used by the first node to retrieve the message payload, decrementing a removal counter associated with the key; and responsive to determining that the removal counter satisfies a removal threshold criterion, removing the message payload from the data store.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a floor frame for a motor vehicle body, having at least one, two longitudinal members which extend in the longitudinal direction (X) of the motor vehicle and at least two cross members which extend in the transverse direction (Y) of the motor vehicle, wherein the cross members and longitudinal members have a profiled cross-section, characterized in that the floor frame is produced from a one-piece tailored blank in one press stroke and the floor frame has connection holes for a battery support and in that the cross member has a lower tensile strength Rm and/or wall thickness in its end regions relative to the central region of the cross member.

Abstract: Methods and vapor deposition assemblies of selectively depositing material comprising silicon and oxygen on a first surface of a substrate relative to a second surface of the substrate by a cyclic deposition process are disclosed. The methods comprise providing a substrate into a reaction chamber, providing a metal or metalloid catalyst into the reaction chamber in a vapor phase, providing a silicon precursor comprising an alkoxy silane compound into the reaction chamber in a vapor phase and providing a plasma into the reaction chamber to form a reactive species for forming a material comprising silicon and oxygen on the first surface. The methods may comprise subcycles for, for example, adjusting the proportions of material components.

Abstract: Filtering pulleys for an accessory transmission of an internal combustion engine have a hub, an annular crown provided with a profile configured to cooperate with a transmission belt positioned externally coaxial around an axis (A) to the hub and supported in rotationally free motion on the hub itself, and a filtering unit for transmitting the torque interposed between the hub and the annular crown. The filtering unit has a torsion spring, a carrier, and a torque limiting joint cooperating with each other to transmit a torque between the hub and the crown. The filtering pulleys can include a damping means carried by a member that is integral with one of the hub and crown and configured to provide variable damping according to the torque.

Abstract: A front wall for a motor vehicle, which has a partition wall to an engine compartment located at the front in the longitudinal direction (x) of the motor vehicle, wherein the partition wall is oriented in the installed state in the vertical direction (z) of the motor vehicle and, connected to it in one piece, has a front region of a footwell metal sheet, wherein the footwell metal sheet runs at least in portions in the longitudinal direction (x) of the motor vehicle, the front wall being produced as a one-piece sheet-metal forming component, in particular in a single press stroke, characterized in that the footwell metal sheet has a greater wall thickness and/or tensile strength than the partition wall.

Abstract: A system for transmitting energy and data for vessel steering wheels includes a first part mounted integral with the dashboard of the vessel and a second part mounted integral with the steering wheel, the first part including a first transmission system connected to a power source mounted onboard the vessel. The second part includes a second transmission system connected to a system for exploiting the transmitted energy and data, the first and second transmission systems being configured to transmit the electric current from the power source to the exploitation system. A system for detecting the voltage of the power source and/or the current absorbed by the exploitation system are also provided, a first control unit having a first switch configured to activate/deactivate the connection of the first transmission system to the power source, the first switch being operated on the basis of the value detected by the detection system.

Abstract: Described herein are cyclic peptides targeting fibroblast activation protein (FAP), and their incorporation into compounds for radioligand imaging and therapies, as well as methods and/or uses of such compounds for the imaging, treatment and/or prevention of FAP-implicated diseases and disorders.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a cold exchange system. An example includes: thermal energy exchangers connected to a refrigerant pipe system; and a control system comprising: an orifice adjusting system including a valve and an actuator, the valve comprising a flow chamber with an adjustable orifice in the pipe; a position sensor to sense a position of the adjustable orifice and/or the actuator and generate a signal indicative of the sensed position; and a controller. The orifice adjusting system adjusts the adjustable orifice in response to a control signal. The control system uses a software-wise change of a characteristic curve of the orifice adjusting system. The position sensor operates using a static measurement principle. The controller compares the signal to a set position of the adjustable orifice and generates the control signal based on the comparison.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a rotary user interface for a touchscreen display. In one embodiment, a rotary user interface for a touchscreen display comprises: an alignment touchscreen nib; a rotary interface wheel; and a rotary touchscreen nib coupled to the rotary interface wheel and rotatable relative to the alignment touchscreen nib via the rotary interface wheel. The rotary user interface may further include a confirmation touchscreen nib coupled to the rotary interface wheel.

Abstract: Image interpolation techniques for multi-sensor training of feature detection models are disclosed. The techniques can include obtaining a detection-and-ranging (DAR) frame captured by a DAR sensor, obtaining a first image frame captured at a first time by a camera and a second image frame captured at a second time by the camera, wherein at a capture time of the DAR frame, a field of view (FOV) of the DAR sensor overlaps an FOV of the camera, and wherein the capture time of the DAR frame is between the first time and the second time, interpolating based on the first image frame and the second image frame to create an interpolated image frame, wherein a nominal capture time of the interpolated image frame corresponds to the capture time of the DAR frame, and training a feature detection model using the DAR frame and the interpolated image frame.

Abstract: A rear side part of a motor vehicle body, has a C pillar, a D pillar and a wheel housing segment, and is produced as a one piece sheet metal forming part in a press stroke. The C pillar and the D pillar being C-shaped, U-shaped or hat-shaped in cross-section, characterized in that the side part includes adjacent areas with different tensile strengths and/or different wall thicknesses.

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for using an anomaly deterrent sensor within a self-service machine for dispensing physical items.

Abstract: An inductor includes a magnetic core, a first winding, a first electrically conductive standoff, and a second electrically conductive standoff. The magnetic core includes opposing first and second outer surfaces separated from each other in a first direction. The first winding has first and second ends, and the first winding is wound around at least a portion of the magnetic core. The first electrically conductive standoff is connected to the first end of the first winding, and the first electrically conductive standoff extends along the magnetic core in the first direction from the first outer surface to the second outer surface. The second electrically conductive standoff is connected to the second end of the first winding, and the second electrically conductive standoff extends along the magnetic core in the first direction from the first outer surface to the second outer surface.

Abstract: A receiver circuit receives an input voltage waveform from a single wire and generates an output bit stream. The receiver includes a voltage determination circuit which indicates whether a voltage level of the input voltage waveform has one of a high level that is higher than a high voltage threshold, a low level that is lower than a low voltage threshold, or a mid level that is between the high and low voltage levels. The receiver includes a bit value generator which provides a next bit value of the output bit stream as a first value when the voltage level is the high level, as a second value when the voltage level is the low level, and as a same value as an immediately previous bit value of the output bit stream when the voltage level is the mid level. The first and second values correspond to opposite logic states.

Abstract: This application relates to modified influenza B hemagglutinin polypeptides and nucleic acids, such as messenger ribonucleic acids (mRNAs), encoding the same, as well as compositions comprising the same, vaccines comprising the same, and methods of using the same, such as in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases or conditions caused by influenza B viruses.

Abstract: The invention relates to a combination of: —naringin and —stanols for use in the treatment or prevention of hypercholesterolemia. The invention also relates to compositions comprising the combination.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a swallowable electrochemical sensor, which is characterized in that its housing has electrolyte inlets, through which an aqueous electrolyte, for example, gastric acid, can enter from the area surrounding the sensor into the interior and act as an electrolyte there.

Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are provided for verifying functional safety of an image signal processor (ISP) by configuring one or more edge pattern settings in a test pattern generator; activating the test pattern generator to generate test pattern data by modulating a sequence of pseudo random number values with a sequence of values from an edge pattern; processing the test pattern data at the ISP to generate ISP test output data; generating a checksum value of the ISP test output data; and comparing the checksum value with a reference checksum value to verify a functionality of the ISP.

Abstract: A crowd-sourced modeling system to perform operations that include: receiving image data that comprises image attributes; accessing a 3D model based on at least the image attributes of the image data, wherein the 3D model comprises a plurality of parts that collectively depict an object or environment; identifying a change in the object or environment based on a comparison of the image data with the plurality of parts of the 3D model, the change corresponding to a part of the 3D model from among the plurality of parts; and generating an update to the part of the 3D model based on the image attributes of the image data.

Abstract: It is provided a method for handling an authentication request (100), the method comprises the steps of: acquiring data from at least two sensors (110a, 110b), wherein the acquired data is synchronized when captured by the at least two sensors (110a, 110b); providing the acquired, synchronized data to an isolated execution environment (120); comparing the synchronized data with synchronization dependent authentication rules; authenticating the request, and notifying a function addressed by the request, in case the synchronized data comply with said authentication rules.