Abstract: A system and method providing a dental patient user interface to allow a patient to accurately scan existing patient dentures to provide a digital image for use by a provider to assess the needs and interests of the patient prior to a visit to then provide treatment facilitating/smile preview devices for use at the initial visit.

Abstract: A method for operating a computing system including one or more processors to provide a visual display of received audible broadcast information on an aircraft. Embodiments include receiving an audible aviation broadcast, translating the broadcast into text data, extracting one or more information elements from the text data, and displaying the one or more information elements in graphical form on a visual display in the aircraft. Some embodiments include displaying the information elements in text form along with associated descriptors of the information elements. Examples of the audible aviation broadcasts include an Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) broadcast, Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) broadcast, Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) broadcast, Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) broadcast, Significant Meteorological Information (SIGMET) and Airman's Meteorological Information (AIRMET) broadcast.

Abstract: A method for providing a streaming display with surrounding aircraft information on an aircraft. The method includes receiving a streaming image from a camera on the aircraft, receiving navigation information representative of the location and orientation of the aircraft, and receiving surrounding aircraft information associated with each of one or more surrounding aircraft. Based upon the navigation information and the surrounding aircraft information, a location of each surrounding aircraft with respect to the streaming image is determined. A surrounding aircraft identifier for each surrounding aircraft, and a surrounding aircraft-annotated streaming image based upon the streaming image are generated. The surrounding aircraft-annotated image includes each surrounding aircraft identifier, and each surrounding aircraft identifier is at a location in the surrounding aircraft-annotated streaming image corresponding to the location of the associated surrounding aircraft.

Abstract: An ear-wearable electronic hearing device comprises a housing configured to be worn on, in or about an ear of a wearer, a power source disposed in the housing, and audio processing circuity disposed in the housing and operably coupled to an acoustic transducer. A microphone array comprises a plurality of microphones disposed in or on the housing and operatively coupled to the audio processing circuitry. The microphone array comprises a particular microphone comprising a mechanical feature that causes the particular microphone to exhibit an acoustic-to-mechanical characteristic that differs from that of other microphones of the microphone array, wherein the different acoustic-to-mechanical characteristic provides for increased wind noise suppression by the particular microphone relative to that achievable by the other microphones.

Abstract: An electrified powertrain for a vehicle includes first and second electric motors, first and second gearbox assemblies, a coupling assembly and a controller. The first electric motor includes a first stator, a first rotor and a first output shaft. The second electric motor includes a second stator, a second rotor and a second output shaft. The first gearbox assembly operably connects the first output shaft with a first drive axle that drives a first drive wheel. The second gearbox assembly operably connects the second output shaft with a second drive axle that drives a second drive wheel. The coupling assembly has a first stub shaft, a second stub shaft, a collar and an actuator. The coupling assembly is movable between an unlocked position wherein the first and second stub shafts are disconnected and a locked position wherein the first and second stub shafts are fixed for concurrent rotation.

Abstract: A light emitting device comprising a germanium first layer; a nucleation layer; a buffer layer comprising a III-V composition; and an active layer. The sum product of As concentration and layer thickness in each of the layers is less than 20%. This enables the devices to be fabricated in an environment which must be free, or substantially free, of arsenic.

Abstract: A layered structure comprising a substrate having a first deformation. Also one or more device layers forming a device and having a second deformation. A deformation control layer which is pseudomorphic with respect to the substrate and having a third deformation. The deformation control layer is selected such that a sum of the first, second and third deformations matches a target level of deformation. Advantageously the layered structure has a controlled, known deformation which can be compressive, tensile or zero.

Abstract: A method is described for retrofitting a hydrogen production unit, said hydrogen production unit having, a purification unit that separates the hydrogen-enriched gas into a hydrogen product stream and an off-gas stream, said method comprising the steps of: (a) installing a gas-heated reformer, and installing a carbon dioxide removal unit; (b) feeding a mixture of hydrocarbon and steam the gas-heated reformer, (c) combining the gas recovered with a second gas recovered and using the combined synthesis gas to heat reformer tubes in the gas-heated reformer; (d) recovering a cooled gas and passing the cooled gas to the water gas shift unit; (e) feeding the gas to the carbon dioxide removal unit to produce a carbon dioxide stream and a crude hydrogen stream, and; (f) passing the crude hydrogen stream to the purification unit. The invention further includes a process and system for producing hydrogen using the production unit.

Abstract: A method may include determining inventory item information associated with an inventory item to be stowed in an inventory system that comprises a plurality of moveable inventory holders. The method may also include determining inventory holder information that characterizes one or more properties of a moveable inventory holder of the plurality of moveable inventory holders. The moveable inventory holder may include a plurality of inventory bins. The method may also include determining, using a machine learning model, a set of candidate inventory bins of the plurality of inventory bins based on the inventory item information and the inventory holder information. The method may also include providing for presentation a set of cues corresponding to the set of candidate inventory bins.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for enabling a user to formulate and execute a query against a corpus of documents and do so in a computationally efficient and scalable manner

Abstract: Aspects of the invention are directed to coil positioning apparatuses, systems, and methods of employing the same. One portable head coil apparatus is provided for use with a magnetic resonance imaging system. The portable head coil apparatus includes a base having at least one coil array comprising at least two coil elements. The base is positionable relative to the patients head and has a receiving portion defining a receiving surface positionable adjacent the patient positioning device. The portable head coil apparatus includes an extension movable relative to the base and having at least one coil array comprising at least two coil elements. The extension defines an inner surface having a curvature the degree of which is greater than that of the receiving surface of the base. The inner surface of the extension and the receiving surface of the base together at least partially define an imaging region therebetween.

Abstract: A plumbing device including a body with at least one inlet and at least one outlet and a number of fluid control mechanisms, wherein each fluid control mechanism performs a different fluid control function compared to the other fluid control mechanisms and wherein the body houses the fluid control mechanisms.

Abstract: In an implementation, a system for registering at least one medical image is provided, the system including a standardization component that may initially adjust the medical image. The system provides a deep learning model that receives the at least one medical image from the standardization component, the deep learning model generating an 3D transform matrix for the at least one medical image relative to a template image based on trained machine learning logic and an interpolation component that receives the 3D transform matrix from the deep learning model and receives the at least one medical image, the interpolation component registering the at least one medical image in three-dimensional space based on the 3D transform matrix.

Abstract: A plant for the production of hydrogen, comprising: a fired reformer containing a plurality of catalyst-containing reformer tubes and having a shell side, operable to produce a crude synthesis gas from a feed stream containing a hydrocarbon and steam; an autothermal reformer arranged to be fed with an oxygen-containing gas and a crude synthesis gas from the fired reformer, operable to produce a reformed synthesis gas; a water-gas shift unit arranged to be fed with a reformed synthesis gas recovered from the autothermal reformer, operable to produce a hydrogen-enriched gas; a carbon dioxide removal unit arranged to be fed with a hydrogen-enriched gas from the water-gas shift unit, operable to produce a crude hydrogen stream and a carbon dioxide stream; a purification unit arranged to be fed with a crude hydrogen stream gas from the carbon dioxide removal unit, operable to produce a hydrogen product stream and an off-gas stream.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting visual findings such as visual anomaly findings in computed tomography (CT) scans. The method includes: receiving a series of anatomical images obtained from a computed tomography (CT) scan of a head of a subject; generating, using the series of anatomical images by a preprocessing layer: a spatial 3D tensor which represents a 3D spatial model of the head of the subject; generating, using the spatial 3D tensor by a convolutional neural network (CNN) model: at least one 3D feature tensor; and classifying, using at least one of the 3D feature tensors by the CNN model: each of a plurality of possible visual anomaly findings as being present versus absent, the plurality of possible visual anomaly findings having a hierarchal relationship based on a hierarchical ontology tree.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for job submission are described. In one embodiment, the jobs are submitted by a job submission service or gateway that schedules large-scale data processing jobs on remote infrastructure. In one embodiment, the method comprises: receiving a request at a proxy service from a client, via a network communication, to submit a job to a cluster; and managing the job externally to the client, including sending a request to an orchestration system to launch an orchestration system job in a container to start the job running on the cluster via a client process run on a job client in the container and provide state information back to the proxy service regarding the orchestration system job.

Abstract: A settlement bot receives a hashlock value from a source entity delegate bot. The hashlock value is based on a secret value. The settlement bot also receives transaction information. The settlement bot generates a set of settlement instructions based on the transaction information. The set of settlement instructions includes one or more smart contracts governing one or more transactions on a distributed ledger. The settlement bot locks an asset in a first HTLC using the hashlock value. The first HTLC is associated with the set of settlement instructions. The settlement bot settles the set of settlement instructions upon receiving the secret value. Settling the set of settlement instructions includes unlocking the first HTLC and executing the set of settlement instructions, which includes transferring the asset to a destination account.

Abstract: A composition is disclosed that contains at least one of cedarwood oil, lemongrass oil, peppermint oil, rosemary oil, and sesame oil, and isopropyl alcohol, and water. Disclosed herein also includes a method of killing pests comprising applying to a surface in need thereof a composition containing at least one of cedarwood oil, lemongrass oil, peppermint oil, rosemary oil, and sesame oil, and isopropyl alcohol, and water.

Abstract: Provided is bicycle handlebar extension apparatus (10) comprising a strut arrangement (12) having a lower end (14) configured to releasably engage a front wheel (34) of a bicycle (8) and an upper end (18) configured to releasably engage a handlebar stem (20) of said bicycle (8). Apparatus (10) also includes a brace (22) hingedly attached at a bottom end (24) thereof to the upper end (18) of the strut arrangement (12), said brace (22) defining at a top end (26) thereof a pivotable receptacle (28) configured to receive handlebars (30). In this manner, the strut arrangement (12) operatively engaged with the front axle (16) and handlebar stem (20) provides stationary stability to the bicycle (8) whilst angles between the strut arrangement (12), brace (22) and receptacle (28) are adjustable to facilitate desired rider ergonomics.