Abstract: The present invention provides a wearable brace garment configured for stabilizing an articulating joint of a wearer. The garment comprises a tension member disposed along a three-dimensional spatial path about the joint in conduits on or within the garment. The tension member comprises a plurality of strands substantially inextensible along a longitudinal direction. The garment further comprises a web portion comprising the strands laterally spread, each strand disposed in a corresponding strand conduit. A tensioner is disposed on the garment and arranged for adjusting a tension in the tension member. A tension evener is disposed on the garment tension-wise in communication with the tensioner and with the strands of the tension member. The tension evener is arranged for evening tension among the plurality of inextensible strands of the tension member within the web portion. The tension evener may comprise a whippletree. In some embodiments the whippletree may be a multi-tier whippletree.

Abstract: A piezoelectric strain sensor unit for a rolling bearing includes a piezoelectric strain sensor, and a sensor holder provided with a main body having a front face intended to be into contact with a component of the rolling bearing and a rear face, and with at least two flexible arms mounted on the main body and supporting opposite ends of the piezoelectric strain sensor, the piezoelectric strain sensor being axially located on the side of the rear face of the main body while remaining spaced apart from the rear face. The sensor holder is provided with a central pin which protrudes axially with regard to the front face of the main body and which is axially moveable with regard the main body, the central pin axially abutting onto the piezoelectric strain sensor.

Abstract: Exhaust plume abatement systems and methods are provided. A representative system, which is configured for use with a heating appliance, incorporates: a housing defining an interior chamber; an exhaust gas inlet configured to receive exhaust gas from the heating appliance; a first heat exchanger, disposed within the interior chamber; a dilution air inlet configured to receive dilution air from outside the housing; an exhaust gas outlet communicating with the interior chamber; wherein the interior chamber is configured to receive the exhaust gas from the exhaust gas inlet and the dilution air to form low humidity exhaust gas, which exhibits a lower humidity than the exhaust gas received from the heating appliance; and wherein the exhaust gas outlet is configured to output the low humidity exhaust gas with no visible exhaust plume.

Abstract: The present invention relates primarily to the field of air-to-air refueling of aircraft using an engagement between a tanker (or donor) aircraft and a receiver aircraft so that fuel may be delivered to the receiver aircraft via a fueling conduit, such as a hose or boom. The invention may also find application in other air-to-air engagement activities, such as recharging of an electric powered aircraft by delivery of an electrical recharging current to batteries of the aircraft via an electrical cable. In accordance with one aspect of the invention there is provided a drogue assembly for towing behind a donor aircraft, which drogue assembly comprises a reception coupling for engaging with a probe provided on a receiver aircraft and a drogue chute for stabilising the reception coupling when towed, wherein the drogue assembly further comprises at least one LiDAR sensor, a controller for the LiDAR and a data processor in data communication with the LiDAR for processing the sensed LiDAR data.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to electronic interconnects including one or more switches and, more particularly, to delay bound determination for electronic interconnects.

Abstract: A process of producing a manufactured wood product comprises providing a plurality of wood pieces having substantially an equilibrium moisture content; contacting the plurality of wood pieces with one or more additives under conditions for the additive(s) to soak into the wood pieces; applying a thermoplastic adhesive comprising a thermoplastic resin and a crosslinking agent to the wood pieces to form adhesive coated wood pieces; optionally heating the adhesive coated wood pieces to form heated adhesive coated wood pieces; assembling the adhesive coated wood pieces in a desirable configuration to form assembled adhesive coated wood pieces; compressing the assembled adhesive coated wood pieces in a press at a pressure and for a time sufficient to compact and compress the assembled wood pieces to force trapped air out of and mechanically deform the assembled adhesive coated wood pieces so that adjacent wood pieces conform to the shape of one another; crosslinking the thermoplastic adhesive to at least a critica

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for managing a cache hierarchy. The apparatus has processing circuitry for executing instructions, and a cache hierarchy for storing content for access by the processing circuitry when executing those instructions. The cache hierarchy has a plurality of levels of cache including a highest level of cache that is accessed prior to the other levels of cache in response to a request from the processing circuitry. Eviction control circuitry is provided in association with each level of cache, and the eviction control circuitry associated with a chosen level of cache in arranged to implement a most recently read eviction policy that causes content most recently read from the chosen level of cache to be selected for eviction from that chosen level of cache. It has been found that such an approach can significantly increase the effective cache capacity within the cache hierarchy, without the complexities often associated with other schemes.

Abstract: A requester issues a request specifying a target address indicating an addressed location in a memory system. A completer responds to the request. Tag error checking circuitry performs a tag error checking operation when the request issued by the requester is a tag-error-checking request specifying an address tag. The tag error checking operation comprises determining whether the address tag matches an allocation tag stored in the memory system associated with a block of one or more addresses comprising the target address specified by the tag-error-checking request. The requester and the completer communicate via a memory interface having at least one data signal path to exchange read data or write data between the requester and the completer; and at least one tag signal path, provided in parallel with the at least one data signal path, to exchange address tags or allocation tags between the requester and the completer.

Abstract: A requester issues a request specifying a target address indicating an addressed location in a memory system. A completer responds to the request. Tag error checking circuitry performs a tag error checking operation when the request issued by the requester is a tag-error-checking request specifying an address tag. The tag error checking operation comprises determining whether the address tag matches an allocation tag stored in the memory system associated with a block of one or more addresses comprising the target address specified by the tag-error-checking request. The requester and the completer communicate via a memory interface having at least one data signal path to exchange read data or write data between the requester and the completer; and at least one tag signal path, provided in parallel with the at least one data signal path, to exchange address tags or allocation tags between the requester and the completer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed generally to dry cell culture media or feeds in pellet formats which can be reconstituted into liquid media for culturing cells in vitro. Each pellet composition may comprise the same or a different composition; for example, different vitamins, amino acids, buffers, trace salts, pH, iron chelators, etc. The invention also relates to methods of making dry cell culture media by altering ratios of different pellet compositions, or, methods of making modular dry cell culture media, or customizing media formulations for growing a cell type using pellets. The media pellets may be easier to handle either before reconstitution, during shipping and handling; and/or during reconstitution. Media pellets may be used in any container like bags including sterile, single use bags for preparing media formulations. The invention also relates to kits and culture systems using media pellets.

Abstract: The present invention is directed generally to dry cell culture media or feeds in pellet formats which can be reconstituted into liquid media for culturing cells in vitro. Each pellet composition may comprise the same or a different composition; for example, different vitamins, amino acids, buffers, trace salts, pH, iron chelators, etc. The invention also relates to methods of making dry cell culture media by altering ratios of different pellet compositions, or, methods of making modular dry cell culture media, or customizing media formulations for growing a cell type using pellets. According to the invention, media pellets may be easier to handle either before reconstitution, during shipping and handling; and/or during reconstitution. Media pellets may be used in any container like bags including sterile, single use bags for preparing media formulations. The invention also relates to kits and culture systems using media pellets.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus comprising scheduling circuitry, which selects a task as a selected task to be performed from a plurality of queued tasks, each having an associated priority, in dependence on the associated priority of each queued task. Escalating circuitry increases the associated priority of each of the plurality of queued tasks after a period of time. The plurality of queued tasks comprises a time-sensitive task having an associated deadline and in response to the associated deadline being reached, the scheduling circuitry selects the time-sensitive task as the selected task to be performed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for automatic extrudate loading and alignment. An extrudate handling system includes a head end assembly and an imaging device (which may be part of the head end assembly). The imaging device is configured to image an end face of an extrudate, and generate, during translation of the extrudate, an imaging output signal indicative of a rotational position of the end face of the extrudate. The head end assembly includes a rotational effector to rotate the extrudate during translation thereof and a fixed effector rotationally fixed relative to a track. The extrudate handling system is able to determine the rotational position of the web angle of the extrudate and precisely adjust the rotational position while linearly translating the extrudate along the track. The extrudate handling system provides greater accuracy, reduced costs, and improved results.

Abstract: A modular, reusable temporary enclosure system is particularly suited for the renovation of buildings having stacked concrete floors supported by steel and/or concrete columns. The system consists of a set of track components, one fastened to the floor, and one fastened to the ceiling. Columns assembled from rigid panels are supported and aligned between these components. The panel edges are connected to one another by an interfacing spline assembly. To ensure that the components can be brought up to the construction site by elevator, individual panels are shorter than the full distance between the floors.

Abstract: The apparatus operable to communicate with a memory comprises a persistent write tracker component operable to track frequency of persistent writes to at least one memory location during a time window; a threshold-exceeded detector component responsive to the tracker component and operable to detect excessive persistent writes to the at least one memory location during the time window; and a selective throttle component operable in response to a threshold-exceeded outcome from the detector component to cause selective throttling of persistent writes to the at least one memory location.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for managing a cache hierarchy. The apparatus has processing circuitry for executing instructions, and a cache hierarchy for storing content for access by the processing circuitry when executing those instructions. The cache hierarchy has a plurality of levels of cache including a highest level of cache that is accessed prior to the other levels of cache in response to a request from the processing circuitry. Eviction control circuitry is provided in association with each level of cache, and the eviction control circuitry associated with a chosen level of cache in arranged to implement a most recently read eviction policy that causes content most recently read from the chosen level of cache to be selected for eviction from that chosen level of cache. It has been found that such an approach can significantly increase the effective cache capacity within the cache hierarchy, without the complexities often associated with other schemes.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for processing burst read transactions. The apparatus has a master device and a slave device coupled to the master device via a connection medium. The master device comprises processing circuitry for initiating a burst read transaction that causes the master device to issue to the slave device, via the connection medium, an address transfer specifying a read address. The slave device is arranged to process the burst read transaction by causing a plurality of data items required by the burst read transaction to be obtained based on the read address specified by the address transfer, and by performing a plurality of data transfers over the connection medium in order to transfer the plurality of data items to the master device.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for processing burst read transactions. The apparatus has a master device and a slave device coupled to the master device via a connection medium. The master device comprises processing circuitry for initiating a burst read transaction that causes the master device to issue to the slave device, via the connection medium, an address transfer specifying a read address. The slave device is arranged to process the burst read transaction by causing a plurality of data items required by the burst read transaction to be obtained based on the read address specified by the address transfer, and by performing a plurality of data transfers over the connection medium in order to transfer the plurality of data items to the master device.

Abstract: A sensor device for monitoring a component, the sensor device providing a zinc alloy mounting element comprising a bracket and a bolt. The zinc alloy of the zinc alloy mounting element increases a rigidity of the mounting element, the zinc alloy having less than 5% aluminum by weight and less than 5% copper by weight; and at least one sensor coupled to the zinc alloy mounting element for mounting to the component of interest. The at least one sensor measures at least one condition parameter of the component.

Abstract: A cache to provide data caching in response to data access requests from at least one system device, and a method operating such a cache, are provided. Allocation control circuitry of the cache is responsive to a cache miss to allocate an entry of the multiple entries in the data caching storage circuitry in dependence on a cache allocation policy. Quality-of-service monitoring circuitry is responsive to a quality-of-service indication to modify the cache allocation policy with respect to allocation of the entry for the requested data item. The behaviour of the cache, in particular regarding allocation and eviction, can therefore be modified in order to seek to maintain a desired quality-of-service for the system in which the cache is found.