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: Example embodiments relate to multiple operating modes to expand dynamic range. An example embodiment includes a camera system. The camera system may include a first image sensor having a first dynamic range corresponding to a first range of luminance levels in a scene. The system may also include a second image sensor having a second dynamic range corresponding to a second range of luminance levels in the scene. The camera system may further include a processor coupled to the first image sensor and the second image sensor. The processor may be configured to execute instructions to identify objects of a first type in a first image of the scene captured by the first image sensor and identify objects of a second object type in a second image of the scene captured by the second image sensor.

Abstract: An assembly for air movement within a vehicle. The assembly includes a housing, a fan proximate to the air inlet, an evaporator disposed such that air leaving the fan flows through the evaporator, and a heater, a mixing chamber that is downstream of the evaporator and the heater, the housing establishes a plurality of internal air flow plenums downstream of the evaporator, including first air flow plenum that extends through and past the heater and into the mixing chamber, and a second air flow plenum that bypasses the heater and flows into the mixing chamber. A mixing chamber receives air from the first and second air flow plenums. A plurality of distribution plenums extend from the mixing chamber, each includes a flow valve proximate to an exit, wherein the flow valves are configured to allow or substantially prevent air flow to exit the respective distribution plenum.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-layer body, comprising (I) a carrier layer made of a special thermoplastic polycarbonate molding compound and (II) a layer made of a material selected from the group consisting of stone products, hide products, textile fabrics containing synthetic fibers, materials of plant origin or materials containing components of plant origin, or laminates containing one or more of the aforementioned materials, wherein the layer (II) has either a specified minimum transmission or at least one recess in the shape of at least one symbol, a pattern, a hole, a line, or a sign, or the layer has punctiform recesses. The invention also relates to a lighting unit, comprising the multi-layer body and a light source, to a method for producing the multi-layer body, and to the use of the special thermoplastic polycarbonate molding compound as a carrier layer of such a multi-layer body.

Abstract: A motor vehicle electrical component assembly, which is equipped with an electrical component and with a component carrier having conductor tracks for making electrical contact with the component. The component is received in a receptacle in the component carrier without potting compound. According to the invention, a sealing protrusion which seals the receptacle is provided on a cover of the component carrier, and when the cover is united with the component carrier in the assembly direction, said cover sealingly engages by way of the sealing protrusion into the receptacle.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for monitoring device data and/or gateway data. Devices may be connected to a network via a gateway device. Data transmitted and/or received by one or more of the devices may be captured and monitored to determine various parameters associated with the one or more devices. Data associated with the gateway device may also be captured and monitored. Signal strengths, device statuses, network security, and/or other metrics may be determined based on monitored data.

Abstract: A pump having a motor, an inlet port, a discharge port, a fluid sensor, and a controller is provided. The fluid sensor is configured to detect whether a fluid level has risen above a threshold fluid level. The controller is configured to activate the pump in response to the fluid sensor detecting that the fluid level has risen above the threshold fluid level, initiate a shutoff delay timer in response to the fluid sensor detecting that the fluid level has receded below the threshold fluid level, the shutoff delay timer having a shutoff delay time, increase the shutoff delay time if the fluid sensor detects that the fluid level has risen above the threshold fluid level again before the shutoff delay time elapsed, and maintain the shutoff delay time if the fluid sensor detects that the fluid level stayed below the threshold fluid level until the shutoff delay time elapsed.

Abstract: Battery pack for a road vehicle with electric propulsion, in which the battery pack comprises: a plurality of planar electrochemical cells arranged in a pack side by side; in which each cell comprises terminal poles connected to each other by contacting planes at a first edge of the cells; a holder facing the terminal poles of the cells; a plurality of elastically deformable spring-conducting elements; each spring element comprising a first end coupled to the holder and a second opposite free end, in which the spring-conducting elements are arranged in rows so that when the battery pack is in use each row of the spring-conducting elements is pressed against the terminal poles and the second ends make contact with the corresponding contacting plane to realize a conductive bridge between the cells and the holder; wherein at least one of the second ends of the springs is in the form of a contact plane in which at least one split or opening is realized so as to divide the contact plane into at least two at least

Abstract: Some embodiments include methods of treating, inhibiting, or ameliorating ischemic stroke or a symptom thereof in a subject. Some embodiments include oxygenated fluid for use in treating, inhibiting, or ameliorating ischemic stroke. The oxygenated fluid may comprise charge-stabilized oxygen-containing nanostructures.

Abstract: The invention relates to an installation for farming aquatic organisms, in particular fish or crustaceans, which has a rearing tank containing saltwater or brackish water, wherein the saltwater or brackish water is producible or produced using a salt composition that contains between 70 mol % and 99.9 mol % sodium chloride (NaCl) and between 0.1 mol % and 30 mol % magnesium chloride (MgCl2), in each case in relation to the total amount of substance in the salt composition. The salt composition is expediently sulphate-free or at least has a low sulphate content. The invention furthermore relates to a salt composition for producing brackish water or saltwater for such an installation, to brackish water or saltwater, and to a method for producing the brackish water or saltwater, and to an aquatic organism that has been farmed in such an installation.

Abstract: The process comprises the following phases: providing one first bar (2) and one second bar (3) made of one metallic material and extending along relevant longitudinal directions, each provided with a first ending surface (4) and with a second ending surface (5); cutting the first bar (2) to obtain one reinforcing bar (100) insertable in a relevant profiled element for window/door frames and a residual bar (7) provided with the second ending surface (5); positioning the second bar (3) aligned with the residual bar (7) with respect to a direction of forward movement (D) substantially parallel to said longitudinal directions, with the first ending surface (4) of the second bar (3) facing the second ending surface (5) of the residual bar (7); resistance butt welding of the second bar (3) and of the residual bar (7) carried out by means of current flow through the ending surfaces (4, 5) facing each other to obtain a welded bar (10).

Abstract: A portable voltage detector (100) comprises a housing (106), a sensor circuit accommodated in the housing (106) for detecting electric fields (501) within a detection range of the portable voltage detector (100), an evaluation unit accommodated in the housing (106) for evaluating the detected electric fields, the evaluation unit being connected to the sensor circuit. A warning device (104) connected to the evaluation unit is set up to output a warning signal if the strength of an electric field (501) detected by the sensor circuit reaches or exceeds a warning threshold. A wireless communication interface of the portable voltage detector (100) connected to the evaluation unit is configured to receive a setting signal to determine the warning threshold. A voltage source connected to the sensor circuit and the communication interface is configured to be charged by means of a unit for inductive charging.

Abstract: A post-task-completion retention period for which a computing resource is to be retained, without de-activating the resource, on behalf of a set of requesters of machine learning tasks is determined at a machine learning service. A first task, identified at the service prior to expiration of the retention period at a first computing resource at which a second task has completed, is initiated at the first computing resource. In response to obtaining an indication of a third task and determining that a threshold criterion associated with the retention period satisfies a criterion, the third task is initiated at an additional computing resource. The additional computing resource is de-activated after the third task completes, without waiting for the retention period to expire.

Abstract: Disclosed are polynucleotides, compositions, and methods related to RNA interference (RNAi). In particular, disclosed are toxic RNAi sequences comprising a dsRNA having a first strand, otherwise referred to as an “A” strand, and a second strand, otherwise referred to as a “B” strand and dinucleotide repeats. Also included are methods of using said complexes for killing cancer cells and treating cancer.

Abstract: A control system for a hybrid electric vehicle having an electric drive module and an internal combustion engine with an exhaust system. The control system includes one or more oxygen (O2) sensors disposed proximate to a catalytic converter in the exhaust system, the one or more O2 sensors each being configured to measure an O2 level of exhaust gas produced by the engine. A controller is in signal communication with the one or more O2 sensors and programmed to detect the hybrid electric vehicle is keyed on, determine the hybrid electric vehicle is keyed to run in an electric vehicle (EV) mode without the engine started, and initiate an O2 sensor heating mode to heat the one or more O2 sensors to a predetermined target temperature prior to the engine starting. The predetermined target temperature is operable for closed loop fueling feedback control, to thereby reduce exhaust emissions.

Abstract: A fiber routing arrangement configured to route optical fibers between modules of a fiber management system so as to enhance expansion of the fiber management system includes: a fiber entry portion including first, second, and side edge fiber passages; and a fiber bridge including a bridge first fiber passage. The various fiber passages are structurally configured to provide a passage for an optical fiber from an area outside of a fiber management system to an area of the fiber management system that is below the fiber entry portion, to provide a passage for the optical fiber from an area outside of the fiber management system to an area of the fiber management system that is located adjacent to the side edge fiber passage portion, and to provide passage for the optical fiber from an area outside of a fiber management system to an area of the fiber management system that is above the fiber entry portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to treatments of conditions ameliorated by stimulation of an immune response, in particular by the stimulation of antigen-specific T-lymphocytes. Treatment of such conditions according to the invention is effected by the combination of an anti-human CD27 agonistic antibody together with a number of immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Abstract: A vascular implant, in particular a prosthetic heart valve, for providing valve function, has a stent structure with a proximal conical-convex inflow region, a distal, linear cylindrical outflow region, an intermediate transition region, and a corresponding valve arrangement. When the stent structure is in the expanded state, a higher maximum radial force exists in the inlet region in direct comparison to the lower maximum radial force in the outlet region and in the transition region.

Abstract: A method and system for localizing a foveal center of a retina. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) volume for a retina of a subject is received. The OCT volume includes a plurality of OCT B-scans of the retina. A three-dimensional image input is generated for a model using the OCT volume. The model includes a three-dimensional convolutional neural network. The model is used to generate a foveal center position that includes three-dimensional coordinates for a foveal center of the retina based on the three-dimensional image input. The foveal center position may be used to generate an output that can be used in screening for retinal disease, diagnosing retinal disease, predicting treatment response, and/or managing retinal disease treatment.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, for image difference generation. In some implementations, raw image data is obtained for an image. Compressed image data is obtained for the image. A decoded frame is generated from the compressed image data. Differences in pixel values between at least a portion of the raw image data and the decoded frame are computed. An image file is generated that includes both the compressed image data and a representation of the differences in pixel values.