Abstract: A vibration dampening system includes a vibration dampening element for a turbine nozzle or blade. A body opening extends through the turbine nozzle or blade, e.g., through the airfoil among potentially other parts of the nozzle or blade. A vibration dampening element includes a plurality of stacked damper pins within the body opening. The damper pins include an outer body having an inner opening, a first end surface and an opposing second end surface; and an inner body nested and movable within the inner opening of the outer body. The end surfaces frictionally engage to dampen vibration. The inner body has a first central opening including a first portion configured to engage an elongated body therein and an outer surface configured to frictionally engage a portion of the inner opening of the outer body to dampen vibration.

Abstract: Porous and microporous parts prepared by additive manufacturing as disclosed herein are useful in medical and non-medical applications. The parts are prepared from a composition containing both a solvent soluble component and a solvent insoluble component. After a part is printed by an additive manufacturing process it is exposed to solvent to extract solvent soluble component away front the printed part, resulting in a part having surface cavities.

Abstract: Dialyzer systems can consolidate multiple technologies and functionalities of blood treatment systems in a significantly integrated fashion. For example, this disclosure describes dialyzer systems that include a magnetically driven and magnetically levitating pump rotor integrated into the dialyzer. Such a dialyzer can be used with treatment modules that include a magnetic field-generating pump drive unit. In some embodiments, the dialyzers include pressure sensor chambers with flexible membranes with which corresponding pressure transducers of the treatment modules can interface to detect arterial and/or venous pressures.

Abstract: In connection with a data distribution architecture, client-side “deduplication” techniques may be utilized for data transfers occurring among various file system nodes. In some examples, these deduplication techniques involve fingerprinting file system elements that are being shared and transferred, and dividing each file into separate units referred to as “blocks” or “chunks.” These separate units may be used for independently rebuilding a file from local and remote collections, storage locations, or sources. The deduplication techniques may be applied to data transfers to prevent unnecessary data transfers, and to reduce the amount of bandwidth, processing power, and memory used to synchronize and transfer data among the file system nodes. The described deduplication concepts may also be applied for purposes of efficient file replication, data transfers, and file system events occurring within and among networks and file system nodes.

Abstract: The invention refers to a device for inhibiting the neural activity of a carotid sinus nerve (CSN) or carotid body of a subject, the device comprising: one or more transducers configured to apply a signal to the CSN or associated carotid body of the subject, optionally at least two such transducers; and a controller coupled to the one or more transducers, the controller controlling the signal to be applied by the one or more transducers, such that the signal inhibits the neural activity of the CSN or carotid body to produce a physiological response in the subject, wherein the physiological response is one or more of the group consisting of: an increase in insulin sensitivity in the subject, an increase in glucose tolerance in the subject, a decrease in (fasting) plasma glucose concentration in the subject, a reduction in subcutaneous fat content in the subject, and a reduction in obesity in the subject.

Abstract: A liner element for lining a vertical grinding mill agitator including one or more primary mounting portions configured to releasably mount the liner to a shaft of the agitator; and one or more secondary mounting portions configured to releasably mount one or more wear members to the liner. A liner segment including the liner element and at least one wear member is also disclosed.

Abstract: Porous and microporous parts prepared by additive manufacturing as disclosed herein are useful in medical and non-medical applications. The parts are prepared from a composition containing both a solvent soluble component and a solvent insoluble component. After a part is printed by an additive manufacturing process it is exposed to solvent to extract solvent soluble component away from the printed part, resulting in a part having surface cavities.

Abstract: A liner element for lining a vertical grinding mill agitator including one or more primary mounting portions configured to releasably mount the liner to a shaft of the agitator; and one or more secondary mounting portions configured to releasably mount one or more wear members to the liner. A liner segment including the liner element and at least one wear member is also disclosed.

Abstract: Porous and microporous parts prepared by additive manufacturing as disclosed herein are useful in medical and non-medical applications. The parts are prepared from a composition containing both a solvent soluble component and a solvent insoluble component. After a part is printed by an additive manufacturing process it is exposed to solvent to extract solvent soluble component away from the printed part, resulting in a part having surface cavities.

Abstract: Porous and microporous parts prepared by additive manufacturing as disclosed herein are useful in medical and non-medical applications. The parts are prepared from a composition containing both a solvent soluble component and a solvent insoluble component. After a part is printed by an additive manufacturing process it is exposed to solvent to extract solvent soluble component away from the printed part, resulting in a part having surface cavities.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mill liner assembly for a grinding mill, comprising: a mill liner which comprises a wear surface and an opposite inner surface that is arranged in use to be mounted in opposed relation to an interior surface of a shell of the grinding mill, a liner sensor which is embedded within the mill liner; and a control or power arrangement configured to control or power the liner sensor, the control or power arrangement being also embedded in the mill liner.

Abstract: Implantable medical devices have zones of high in vivo stability that are adjacent to zones of relatively low in vivo stability, so that when these medical devices are implanted into a host, the zones of low in vivo stability degrade first and allow the formation of independent segments of relatively intact high in vivo stability bands that are sufficiently small that they may pass from the host in a non-harmful manner.

Abstract: A physically unclonable function (PUF) includes an array of differential PUF bits arranged in rows and columns, wherein each differential bit is located at an intersection of a row and a column, and includes a first PUF cell coupled to a corresponding first bit line and first source line and a second PUF cell coupled to a corresponding second bit line and second source line. The PUF includes a source bias transistor coupled between each corresponding first source line and a first power supply terminal and between each corresponding second source line and the first power supply terminal, wherein a gate electrode of each of the source bias transistors is coupled to a second power supply terminal, and a corresponding set of margin transistors coupled in parallel with each source bias transistor, wherein a gate electrode of each margin transistor is coupled to receive a corresponding margin setting control signal.

Abstract: A method and system to control a rotor system includes automatically changing a rotor speed of the rotor system of the tiltrotor aircraft while moving the rotor system from a first position and a first rotor speed to a second position and a second rotor speed over a time period in accordance with an acceleration-rate profile that varies over the time period using a controller communicably coupled to the rotor system of the tiltrotor aircraft.

Abstract: A physically unclonable function (PUF) includes an array of differential PUF bits arranged in rows and columns, wherein each differential bit is located at an intersection of a row and a column, and includes a first PUF cell coupled to a corresponding first bit line and first source line and a second PUF cell coupled to a corresponding second bit line and second source line. The PUF includes a source bias transistor coupled between each corresponding first source line and a first power supply terminal and between each corresponding second source line and the first power supply terminal, wherein a gate electrode of each of the source bias transistors is coupled to a second power supply terminal, and a corresponding set of margin transistors coupled in parallel with each source bias transistor, wherein a gate electrode of each margin transistor is coupled to receive a corresponding margin setting control signal.

Abstract: A method and system to control a rotor system includes providing a controller communicably coupled to the rotor system, and automatically changing a rotor speed of the rotor system from a first rotor speed in a first flight mode to a second rotor speed in a second flight mode over a time period using the controller in accordance with an acceleration-rate profile that varies over the time period.

Abstract: A data processing system and method for generating a digital code for use as a physically unclonable function (PUF) response is provided. The method includes activating a plurality of word lines for a read operation. A first bit line is coupled to a first input of a comparator during the read operation. A second bit line is coupled to a second input of the comparator during the read operation. A current is generated on each of the first and second bit lines. The currents on the first and second bit lines are converted to voltages. The voltage on the first bit line is compared to the voltage on the second bit line. A logic bit is output from the comparator as part of the digital code, a logic state of the logic bit is determined in response to the comparison. By selecting multiple word lines to determine a PUF response, noise immunity is improved.

Abstract: Porous and microporous parts prepared by additive manufacturing as disclosed herein are useful in medical and non-medical applications. The parts are prepared from a composition containing both a solvent soluble component and a solvent insoluble component. After a part is printed by an additive manufacturing process it is exposed to solvent to extract solvent soluble component away from the printed part, resulting in a part having surface cavities.

Abstract: A data processing system and method for generating a digital code for use as a physically unclonable function (PUF) response is provided. The method includes activating a plurality of word lines for a read operation. A first bit line is coupled to a first input of a comparator during the read operation. A second bit line is coupled to a second input of the comparator during the read operation. A current is generated on each of the first and second bit lines. The currents on the first and second bit lines are converted to voltages. The voltage on the first bit line is compared to the voltage on the second bit line. A logic bit is output from the comparator as part of the digital code, a logic state of the logic bit is determined in response to the comparison. By selecting multiple word lines to determine a PUF response, noise immunity is improved.

Abstract: A liner element for lining a vertical grinding mill agitator including one or more primary mounting portions configured to releasably mount the liner to a shaft of the agitator; and one or more secondary mounting portions configured to releasably mount one or more wear members to the liner. A liner segment including the liner element and at least one wear member is also disclosed.