Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for providing geographic information for software application development. In one example, a computer-implemented method is provided for determining candidate locations for a playability service, which includes obtaining, by one or more computing devices, a plurality of location points and filtering the plurality of location points to obtain a plurality of candidate location points based at least in part on a suitability of each of the location points for use in generating location-based application content. The method further includes generating, by the one or more computing devices, a candidate location dataset based on the plurality of candidate location points. The method further includes receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a request for one or more of the plurality of candidate location points and providing data associated with one or more of the plurality of candidate location points in response to the request.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for a gas sensor comprising one or more optical cells; a processor having addressable memory, the processor configured to: detect gas from the one or more optical cells of the gas sensor, where the detected gas is one or more of: methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, water, ammonia, sulfur oxides, and nitrogen; record data corresponding to the detected gas, where the recorded data comprises at least one of: an ambient temperature from a temperature sensor, an ambient pressure from a pressure sensor, an aerial vehicle telemetry, and an aerial vehicle location from a global positioning system (GPS); and generate a map of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration on a map based on the detected gas and the recorded data.

Abstract: An expiratory limb is provided that is configured to remove humidified gases from a patient and configured to provide improved drying performance by providing a tailored temperature profile along the limb. Limbs for providing humidified gases to and/or removing humidified gases from a patient are also provided, the limbs having improved gas residence time at constant volumetric flow rate. The improved residence time can be achieved by providing a limb comprising multiple lumens.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for placing an application window is provided. The embodiment may include receiving a window opening event for the application window. In response to determining that the application window can be repositioned and resized, the embodiment may include identifying one or more active areas of a computing device screen. An active area is an area of the computing device screen which is currently displaying one or more other windows and their respective interactive elements. The embodiment may include utilizing one or more search algorithms to identify a least active area of the one or more active areas of the computing device screen. The embodiment may include displaying the application window within the least active area.

Abstract: A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner includes a laser diode for illuminating debris located upon a region of a work surface located in front of the cleaner head with green light.

Abstract: Radiation emitted by a radiation source along a projected path can be diverted by a divergence angle by a lens in the projected path with a first surface and a second surface spaced apart along the projected path with the second surface farther from the radiation source than the first surface. The first surface can be curved and have a normal point perpendicular to a line parallel to the projected path and offset from the projected path by an eccentricity. Radiation striking the first surface can be diverted by a first angle relative to the projected path and can continue to strike the second surface, which diverts the radiation by a second angle. The sum of the first and second angles is the divergence angle. The apparatus can be used in a probe assembly to determine tip clearance of a turbine blade during operation of a gas turbine engine.

Abstract: The present inventions provide covalently surface modified adeno-associated viruses can comprise gene of interest (GOIs) and advantageously can be targeted to certain cell and tissue types for preventative and therapeutic purposes. The present inventions further provide systems and methods for engineering adeno-associated virus (AAV) to create covalently surface modified adeno-associated viruses, and methods of purifying such covalently surface modified adeno-associated viruses. The inventions further include covalently surface modified adeno-associated viruses and preparations and products comprising such covalently surface modified adeno-associated viruses.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a combination of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and at least one second agent selected from the group consisting of signal transduction pathway inhibitors, tumour immunotherapeutics, agents inhibiting the BCL2 family of proteins, agents inhibiting Mcl-1, proteasome Inhibitors, poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) Inhibitors, aromatase inhibitors, conventional cytotoxic agents or a miscellaneous agent selected from abiraterone, ARN-509 and MYC inhibitors.

Abstract: A sensor system for a turbomachine having an axis is disclosed. The sensor system includes a mounting member including a body configured to be mounted to a circumferential slot defined in at least a circumferential portion of a circumferential interior surface of a casing of the turbomachine. A plurality of sensors is coupled to the mounting member and configured to measure an operational parameter of the turbomachine.

Abstract: An image sensor may include an image sensor pixel array. The image sensor pixel array may include active image sensor pixels that generate image data based on incident light and reference pixels that are optically black for generating reference data for noise compensation. Sets of reference pixels in the same row may be coupled to respective shared readout paths in a source follower binning configuration. The shared readout path may be could to downstream readout circuits. The use of shared readout paths for the reference pixels can reduce the number of reference pixel readout paths. If desired, pixel circuitry may be implemented on a first die, while readout circuitry and at least a portion of the reference pixel readout paths may be implemented on a second die mounted to the first die.

Abstract: Merchandise content is aggregated from numerous merchant sources and presented on computing devices of individual users. Users are able to purchase select individual merchandise items by performing a simplified action, such as a screen tap on a touchscreen device. When the user performs the action, a series of actions are performed programmatically and/or automatically on behalf of the user to initiate and complete the transaction for the selected merchandise item from the merchant source.

Abstract: In some general aspects, a surface of a structure within a chamber of an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source is cleaned using a method. The method includes generating a plasma state of a material that is present at a location adjacent to a non-electrically conductive body that is within the chamber. The generation of the plasma state of the material includes electromagnetically inducing an electric current at the location adjacent the non-electrically conductive body to thereby transform the material that is adjacent the non-electrically conductive body from a first state into the plasma state. The plasma state of the material includes plasma particles, at least some of which are free radicals of the material. The method also includes enabling the plasma particles to pass over the structure surface to remove debris from the structure surface without removing the structure from the chamber of the EUV light source.

Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering a product design associated with a foldable or other type of product are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may display a foldable product within a product preview area, where the electronic device may animate the foldable product going from a folded state to an unfolded state, and vice-versa. In animating the foldable product, the electronic device may adjust the product within the product preview area and adjust a viewpoint so that the product is accurately and effectively reflected within the product preview area for a user to make an informed decision on whether to purchase the product.

Abstract: A cooking system is provided. In one embodiment, the cooking system includes a housing having a first internal heating compartment having a first opening, and a second internal heating compartment having a second opening. A first heating element is configured to heat the first internal heating compartment, and a second heating element is configured to heat the second internal heating compartment. The system further includes a door assembly having a first door configured to cover the first opening, a second door configured to cover the second opening, a first frame member, and a second frame member. The second door is pivotally arranged relative to the first door and is configured to selectively allow access to the second internal heating compartment while the first door covers the first opening, and the second door selectively locks to the first frame member and the second frame member.

Abstract: A reflector unit may behave as a retroreflector to reflect light of a selected color. The reflector unit may comprise a plurality of reflector elements having a first side configured to reflect light of a first color and a second side configured to reflect light of a second color. In response to receiving a signal (e.g., indicating a bi-directional vehicle has changed a direction of travel), the reflector unit may cause the reflector elements to rotate and expose a different side of the reflector elements depending on the direction of travel.

Abstract: A battery which has electrodes and electrolyte inside a rigid outer container is fitted with a sensor device in the form of a strap at the exterior of the container. The strap has a strain gauge secured to the strap to observe strain on stretching the strap. The strap incorporates a tightening mechanism for reducing a length of the strap. After the strap has been put in place at the exterior of the container, the tightening mechanism is used to pull the strap taut with a length of the strap pressing against the exterior of the container. The strain gauge may be used to monitor expansion of the outer container during charging and thus indicate state of charge or to monitor expansion during the working life of the battery and this indicates its state of health. The sensor devices may be used for a large number of batteries storing electricity on grid scale, with electronics attached to each strap communicating wirelessly with a battery management system.

Abstract: A patient interface, such as a nasal cannula, including a body to be positioned upon a user (preferably such as a user's face), the body including at least one (and preferably a pair of) nasal prong(s), the or each nasal prong including a lumen capable of being fluidly connected thereto for fluid communication with a supply of breathable gas, the or each nasal prong to be in a configuration either inserted into, or to direct a flow of gas toward, a nare or the nares of the user's nose, wherein the body includes at least one element responsive to force(s) or movement(s), or both, experienced by at least a first region of the patient interface.

Abstract: An extrusion assembly for a micro puree machine is disclosed. The extrusion assembly includes a plunger drive inhibitor configured to restrict input torque applied to the extrusion assembly from transferring to the extrusion drive train and the extrusion plunger. The plunger drive inhibitor may be implemented with various mechanisms, including a slip clutch assembly (with or without a frictional cone brake), a torsion spring, and/or an automated slip clutch assembly configured to cut power to the extrusion drive train when slipping of the clutch plates is detected.

Abstract: Circuitry including cache storage and control circuitry is provided. The cache storage includes an array of random access memory storage elements, and is configured to store data in multiple cache sectors, each cache sector including a number of cache storage data units. The control circuitry is configured to control access to the cache storage including, for example, accessing the cache storage data units in the cache sectors. After accessing a cache storage data unit in a cache sector, the energy requirement and/or latency for the next access to a cache storage data unit in the same sector is lower than the energy requirement and/or latency for the next access to a cache storage data unit in a different same sector.

Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method to detect particular Domain Name System (DNS) misuse, wherein the method includes obtaining monitored network data. The monitored network data includes respective instances of request traffic. The request traffic is associated with DNS requests that request resolution of a name that belongs to at least one identified domain. Each DNS request is sent from a source address of one or more stub resolver; the source address of the stub resolver may be spoofed. Each instance of request traffic includes the source address, the name for which DNS resolution is requested to be resolved, and the at least one identified domain associated with a corresponding DNS request. The method further includes tracking over time, using a probabilistic algorithm, an approximation of a first cardinality of names belonging to a selected domain of the at least one identified domain included in the instances of request traffic.