Abstract: An X-ray detector is provided. The X-ray detector includes multiple detector sub-modules. Each detector sub-module includes a semiconductor layer and multiple detector elements. A first detector element of the multiple detector elements includes a first electrode disposed on a first doped implant and a second detector element of the multiple detector elements includes a second electrode disposed on a second doped implant. The first and second detector elements are disposed on the semiconductor layer adjacent to each other with a gap therebetween. Each detector sub-module also includes wiring traces extending from one or more detector elements of the multiple detector elements to readout circuitry. The wiring traces are routed within the gap between the first and second electrodes. The first doped implant extends underneath a portion of the wiring traces is configured to shield the wiring traces from electrical activity occurring underneath due to absorption of an X-ray.

Abstract: A cooking appliance gas burner system includes a gas burner adapted to receive gas flow from a gas feed line via a venturi. A flow sensor includes a gas flow input in fluid connection with the venturi and configured to measure pressure at the venturi. The flow sensor further includes a differential pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure differential at the venturi between a maximum burner air/gas mixture flow rate and a user input burner air/gas mixture flow rate that is input by a user as a requested percentage of the maximum burner air/gas mixture flow rate. A proportional valve is configured to modulate the air/gas mixture flow rate into the gas burner. A controller is configured to read burner air/gas mixture flow rates from the flow sensor and regulate the burner air/gas mixture flow rate via the proportional valve based upon a user-defined input.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds that can act as inhibitors of the Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1/nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (“KEAP1/NRF2”) protein-protein interaction, and methods of using the compounds to treat and prevent diseases and disorders, such as COPD, multiple sclerosis, and diabetes, and in the promotion of wound healing. The compounds described herein can include compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: formula (I), wherein the substituents are as described.

Abstract: A reusable container includes a container portion and a microcontroller device. The microcontroller device includes a microcontroller and a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device is configured for wireless communication with a local area network including at a least a first radio receiver or the first radio receiver and a first computer. The local area network is external to the reusable container. The local area network is configured to determine location data corresponding to a location of the container based on at least a location of the radio receiver or the first computer. The microcontroller is configured to store the location data.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fabrication and use of a phase-contrast imaging detector that includes sub-pixel resolution electrodes or photodiodes spaced to correspond to a phase-contrast interference pattern. A system using such a detector may employ fewer gratings than are typically used in a phase-contrast imaging system, with certain functionality typically provided by a detector-side analyzer grating being performed by sub-pixel resolution structures (e.g., electrodes or photodiodes) of the detector. Measurements acquired using the detector may be used to determine offset, amplitude, and phase of a phase-contrast interference pattern without multiple acquisitions at different phase steps.

Abstract: An X-ray detector is provided. The X-ray detector includes multiple detector sub-modules. Each detector sub-module includes a semiconductor layer and multiple detector elements. A first detector element of the multiple detector elements includes a first electrode disposed on a first doped implant and a second detector element of the multiple detector elements includes a second electrode disposed on a second doped implant. The first and second detector elements are disposed on the semiconductor layer adjacent to each other with a gap therebetween. Each detector sub-module also includes wiring traces extending from one or more detector elements of the multiple detector elements to readout circuitry. The wiring traces are routed within the gap between the first and second electrodes. The first doped implant extends underneath a portion of the wiring traces is configured to shield the wiring traces from electrical activity occurring underneath due to absorption of an X-ray.

Abstract: Chemical flashings for track assemblies and mount assemblies employed in solar power installations are disclosed. In some embodiments, a track assembly having a base, a pair of rails, a sealant receiving cavity and a round groove extending into the base from the bottom of the base, and a compressible round seal disposed within the base extending past the bottom is disclosed. In some embodiments, a mount assembly having a vertical structure, a sealant receiving cavity and a round groove extending into the base from the bottom of the base, a compressible round seal disposed within the base extending past the bottom, and an excess sealant cavity is disclosed.

Abstract: A drilling tool system includes a drilling tool collar having at least one recess and a sleeve disposed around the drilling tool collar, wherein the sleeve comprises at least one slot configured to align with the at least one recess. The drilling tool system further includes an inner key disposed within the at least one recess, an outer key secured within the at least one slot and at least partially disposed within the at least one recess, and at least one fastener configured to drive the inner key in a first lateral direction and the outer key in a second lateral direction to secure the inner key against a first lateral surface and the outer key against a second lateral surface, and wherein securing the inner key and the outer key restrains rotational movement of the sleeve with respect to the tool collar.

Abstract: A golf ball dispenser includes: a receptacle configured to hold multiple golf balls; a passageway connecting an outlet of the golf dispenser with the receptacle; a gateway coupled between the passageway and the receptacle to restrict a passage of the multiple golf balls into the passageway, the gateway being selectively moveable to allow a golf ball to pass into the passageway for delivery to a tee area; and a display device embedded in the golf ball dispenser to present at least information regarding the golf ball in flight after the golf ball is hit from the tee area. Further, methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for use with such golf ball dispensers, can control holding and dispensing of golf balls at a golf facility, e.g., a driving range.

Abstract: Apparatus comprising: a sleeve adapted to be slid over the exterior of an endoscope; an aft balloon secured to the sleeve; an inflation/deflation tube carried by the sleeve and in fluid communication with the interior of the aft balloon; a pair of hollow push tubes slidably mounted to the sleeve, the pair of hollow push tubes being connected to one another at their distal ends with a raised push tube bridge, the raised push tube bridge being configured to nest an endoscope therein; and a fore balloon secured to the distal ends of the pair of hollow push tubes, the interior of the fore balloon being in fluid communication with the interiors of the pair of hollow push tubes, wherein the fore balloon is capable of assuming a deflated condition and an inflated condition, and further wherein (i) when the fore balloon is in its deflated condition, an axial opening extends therethrough, the axial opening being sized to receive the endoscope therein, and (ii) when the fore balloon is in its inflated condition, the ax

Abstract: A wireless sensor includes a radio frequency (RF) front end, a sensing element, and a processing module. The RF front end sends a coded digital value to a sensing computing device via an RF signal. The sensing element senses an environmental condition of an item. The processing module determines an effect on an operational parameter of an RF front end of the wireless sensor as a result of the sensing element sensing the environmental condition. The processing module also adjusts tuning of the RF front end to mitigate the effect on the operational parameter and equates an amount of adjusting of the tuning of the RF front end to the coded digital value.

Abstract: Partial integrated core-shell investment casting molds that can be assembled into complete molds are provided herein. Each section of the partial mold may contain both a portion of a core and portion of a shell. Each section can then be assembled into a mold for casting of a metal part. The partial integrated core-shell investment casting molds and the complete molds may be provided with filament structures corresponding to cooling hole patterns on the surface of the turbine blade or the stator vane, which provides a leaching pathway for the core portion after metal casting. Core filaments that can be used to supplement the leaching pathway, for example in a core tip portion of the mold are also provided herein.

Abstract: First k-space data are received for a MRI examination of a subject in a first field of view (FOV), and second k-space data are received for a second field of view that is adjacent to or overlaps the first field of view. Alternatively, second k-space data, comprising phase and/or slice oversampling k-space data of the first field of view are retrieved from a non-transitory data storage medium. The first k-space data are reconstructed by using at least a portion of the second k-space data as phase and/or slice oversampling to generate a first extended image of a first extended field of view that encompasses the first field of view and extends into the second field of view. The first extended image is cropped to the first field of view to generate an image of the first field of view for the first MRI examination.

Abstract: In a medical workspaces management method, a user identified in a users database (52) is authenticated. At a server computer (10), a virtual session is created including running instances (16) of a plurality of medical applications on the server computer with the instances associated with the authenticated user. Using at least one locating service (20), a current medical content presentation device (30, 32) is identified which is proximate to the authenticated user. At the server computer, a set of rules is applied to determine content of the instances to be presented. This content is pushed from the server computer to the current medical content presentation device. At the current medical content presentation device, the pushed content is presented on a display (40, 42) of the current medical content presentation device.

Abstract: Verification, validation, and updating (VVU) systems and methods for updating a data item database are described. The VVU system includes a user interface, a rendering module, and a verification module, which together present a data item to a user and update a data item database according to various factors described herein.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for displaying information for an aircraft on a display device in a flight deck of the aircraft. A computer system in the aircraft displays a dynamic home page in a graphical user interface on the display device in the flight deck of the aircraft. The information in the dynamic home page is based on the information used to operate the aircraft during a current phase of flight. The computer system changes the information in the dynamic home page as the current phase of flight changes or non-normal conditions occur during operation of the aircraft.

Abstract: A drill collar having at least one pocket for receiving at least one component. The at least one pocket includes a rectangular portion that extends from a first end to a second end. The rectangular portion also includes a base surface. Each of the first and the second ends includes a transition surface extending from the base surface to a pair of shoulder surfaces and a channel. The pair of shoulder surfaces and a surface of the channel are parallel to the base surface. The channel extends to an end pocket that can be in communication with an aperture.

Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag includes a power harvesting circuit that operates generate power for the RFID tag from a continuous wave of a radio frequency (RF) signal. The RFID tag further includes a tuning circuit that is tuned based on a capacitance setting, where the capacitance setting is indicative of a power level of the power. The RFID tag further includes a processing module operably coupled to the tuning circuit, where the processing module operates to generate the capacitance setting to obtain a desired power level for the power.

Abstract: An analytical device comprising A) A first sealed compartment comprising an extraction solvent or extraction reagent within the device wherein the first compartment comprises a seal over an opening, B) A second compartment comprising an opening, wherein the opening of the second compartment is aligned with the opening of the first compartment, C) A reaction region comprising one or more reaction reagents wherein at least a portion of the reaction region is located below at least a portion of the first or second compartment and is configured to receive liquid flowing from the first or second compartment. D) A first fluid passage connecting the first or second compartment to the reaction region wherein the first fluid passage comprises a first surface energy gradient coating, E) A detection region comprising one or more detection agents wherein the detection region is located downstream of the reaction region and is configured to receive liquid flowing from the reaction region.