Abstract: A detection system configured to detect water in a fan case includes a heater, a monitoring camera, and a computing device. The heater is configured to apply heat to the fan case. Any water within the fan case generates a local transient thermal gradient in response to the applied heat. The monitoring camera is positioned proximate the fan case and configured to acquire a plurality of images of the heated fan case. The computing device is configured to: receive the plurality of images from the monitoring camera and analyze the plurality of images to detect the water in the fan case.

Abstract: To set data breakpoints on properties and certain other functions, constituent data locations (CDLs) that can contribute to computation of the property value or other function result are identified, and respective constituent data breakpoints are added at one or more CDLs by data breakpoint adder code. Each constituent data breakpoint will suspend execution of an inspectable software in response to occurrence of a CDL data entry. The CDLs are identified by CDL identifier code using static data flow analysis, enhanced interpretation, or disassembly, with recursion as appropriate. Kernel or runtime routines, and other routines designated as known, can be excluded from the CDL search. Data locations marked read-only, or that are effectively read-only because they will not be written, can also be excluded.

Abstract: An example method includes: determining a period of natural oscillation of a floating ground station in an airborne wind turbine with an aerial vehicle coupled to the ground station via a tether, and wherein each natural-oscillation period comprises forward and backward displacement of the floating ground station with respect to the aerial vehicle; and operating the aerial vehicle to fly in a substantially circular path with a looping period that matches the natural-oscillation period of the floating ground station, and a looping phase that aligns with the oscillation phase of the floating ground station such that movement of the aerial vehicle on a downstroke portion the circular path corresponds to forward displacement of the floating ground station, and movement of the aerial vehicle on an upstroke portion the circular path corresponds to reverse displacement of the floating ground station.

Abstract: An example method includes: determining wave data corresponding to a floating ground station of an airborne wind turbine, wherein an aerial vehicle is coupled to the floating ground station via a tether; determining, based on the wave data, an oscillation profile of the floating ground station; and operating the aerial vehicle to fly in a closed path with: (a) a looping period that matches the period of wave-influenced oscillation of the floating ground station, and (b) a looping phase that aligns with the oscillation phase of the floating ground station such that movement of the aerial vehicle on a downstroke portion of the closed path corresponds to forward displacement of the floating ground station, and movement of the aerial vehicle on an upstroke portion the closed path corresponds to reverse displacement of the floating ground station.

Abstract: Processing circuitry comprising: a reference node for connection to a reference voltage source so as to establish a local reference voltage signal at the reference node; a signal processing unit connected to the reference node and operable to process an input signal using the local reference voltage signal, wherein the signal processing unit is configured to draw a current from the reference node at least a portion of which is dependent on the input signal; and a current-compensation unit connected to the reference node and operable to apply a compensation current to the reference node, wherein the current-compensation unit is configured, based on an indicator signal indicative of the input signal and/or of the operation of the signal processing unit, to control the compensation current to at least partly compensate for changes in the current drawn from the reference node by the signal processing unit due to the input signal.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a first user in an input image, accessing social data of the first user in the input image, where social data comprises information from a social graph of an online social network, selecting, based on social data of the first user in the input image, a mask from a set of masks, where the mask specifies one or more mask effects, and for each of the input images, applying the mask to the input image. The set of masks may comprise masks previously selected by friends of the first user within the online social network. The selected mask may be selected from a lookup table that maps the social data to the selected mask.

Abstract: Examples include a spar buoy for use in water, the spar buoy including a bottom section configured to be completely submerged and having a first average diameter, the bottom section including an anchor cable attachment device, a top section configured to be partially submerged, the top section including an aerial tether attachment device, an intermediate section configured to be completely submerged and having a second average diameter that is greater than the first average diameter, where the intermediate section is disposed between the bottom section and the top section, the intermediate section including a buoyancy chamber having a first density less than the water, and a ballast material disposed in the bottom section and having a second density greater than or equal to the water, where the spar buoy is configured to exhibit a particular buoyancy-to-weight ratio and a particular moment ratio when in the water.

Abstract: Omics patient data are analyzed using sequences or diff objects of tumor and matched normal tissue to identify patient and disease specific mutations, using transcriptomic data to identify expression levels of the mutated genes, and pathway analysis based on the so obtained omic data to identify specific pathway characteristics for the diseased tissue. Most notably, many different tumors have shared pathway characteristics, and identification of a pathway characteristic of a tumor may thus indicate effective treatment options ordinarily not considered when tumor analysis is based on anatomical tumor type only.

Abstract: A computer system is provided that includes a cloud platform that includes a plurality of nodes. Each node includes a processor configured to run virtual machines. The cloud platform includes a fault condition injection engine configured to generate fault conditions on selected nodes of the plurality of nodes. The computer system further includes a user interface system configured to receive user input of fault condition experimentation parameters from a user for a target virtual machine associated with the user. The cloud platform allocates a set of nodes of the plurality of nodes for a controlled sandbox environment configured to run the target virtual machine of the user. The fault condition injection engine generates fault conditions on the allocated set of nodes based on the fault condition experimentation parameters.

Abstract: The present invention relates to analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) circuitry. In particular, the present invention relates to ADC circuitry configured to use successive approximation to arrive at a multi-bit digital value representative of an analogue input value.

Abstract: The present invention concerns compositions and methods for inhibition of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), such as that associated with use of long-acting progestin-only contraceptives (LAPCs). An aspect of the invention concerns compositions comprising chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2 (CCL2), or a biologically active fragment thereof, which may administered to subjects for inhibition of AUB. Another aspect of the invention concerns methods for inhibiting AUB, comprising administering an effective amount of CCL2, or a biologically active fragment thereof, to a subject in need thereof. Another aspect of the invention concerns a kit for inhibiting AUB.

Abstract: The present invention relates to semiconductor integrated circuitry, and in particular to such circuitry where one or a plurality of similar or identical operating units are each operable to carry out an operation dependent on a reference signal. One example of such an operating unit is a sub-ADC unit of analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) circuitry, which employs one or more such sub-ADC units to convert samples of an input analogue signal into representation digital values. Where there are a plurality of sub-ADC units, they may each convert samples of an input analogue signal into representative digital values. They may also operate in a time-interleaved manner so that their conversion rate (from sample to digital value) can be lower than the overall sample rate by a factor of the number of sub-ADC units.

Abstract: A method for controlling an energy generation and storage system using a multi-layer architecture is provided. The method includes determining, by one or more control devices, a power or energy generation for the energy generation and storage system at a first layer of the multi-layer architecture. The method includes determining, by the one or more control devices, a power or energy set point for the system at a second layer of the multi-layer architecture. The method includes controlling, by the one or more control devices, the energy generation and storage system based, at least in part, on the power or energy setpoint.

Abstract: A plant injector which includes a first arm and second arm, with the first arm and the second arm being rotatably coupled at a pivot, and with each of the first arm and the second arm have a handle end and a distal end. A lance being coupled to the distal end of the first arm, the lance having at least one aperture connecting an outer surface of the lance to an inner conduit of the lance, wherein the lance comprises a pointed end and a supply end.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying an emotion associated with an identified first object in one or more input images, selecting, based on the emotion, a mask from a set of masks, where the mask specifies one or more mask effects, and for each of the input images, applying the mask to the input image. Applying the mask includes generating graphical features based on the identified first object or a second object in the input images according to instructions specified by the mask effects, and incorporating the graphical features into an output image. The emotion may be identified based on graphical features of the identified first object. The graphical features of the identified object may include facial features. The selected mask may be selected from a lookup table that maps the identified emotion to the selected mask.

Abstract: Techniques for determining a virtual machine configuration based on garbage collection characteristics are disclosed. GC characteristics associated with GC cycles executed on a memory allocated for execution of an application are obtained. A relationship between GC variables is determined based on the GC characteristics collected over a time period of interest. A target GC characteristic is input to the GC variable relationship to determine an expected GC characteristic. The target GC characteristic may be, for example, a target cumulative pause time per a time interval. A virtual machine configuration is determined based on the expected GC characteristic. The virtual machine configuration is applied to a virtual machine executing the application.

Abstract: A system to meter multiple agricultural products according to an independently prescribed rate for each in a variable-ratio blend of the agricultural products from a single opener in a plurality of such systems and openers across an applicator such as a drill. Bulk storage compartments associated with the applicator deliver multiple agricultural products to metering assemblies mounted in clusters or pods across the applicator. The agricultural products are fed from the metering assemblies, via a flow re-director, into a manifold, and then into a corresponding single opener having conduits to transport the agricultural product into the soil. Controllers independently regulate metering by the metering assemblies. The flow re-director and manifold provide blending of combinations of the agricultural products for each opener according to a field prescription.

Abstract: A computer implemented method is disclosed comprising programming to generate, spawn, or invoke a mother script in a virtual computing environment residing on a physical server that dynamically generates, spawns, or invokes at least one virtual machine embedded with one or smart contracts. One or more rules may be used to govern the smart contracts and are received from a blockchain network in the form of one or more virtual atoms, where each virtual atom is dynamically generated, spawned, or invoked by a daughter script. The rules may executed to form an automated self-executing contract over a smart contract network that is in data communication with a blockchain network exchange and wherein the one or more virtual atoms are destroyed by themselves.

Abstract: Omics patient data are analyzed using sequences or diff objects of tumor and matched normal tissue to identify patient and disease specific mutations, using transcriptomic data to identify expression levels of the mutated genes, and pathway analysis based on the so obtained omic data to identify specific pathway characteristics for the diseased tissue. Most notably, many different tumors have shared pathway characteristics, and identification of a pathway characteristic of a tumor may thus indicate effective treatment options ordinarily not considered when tumor analysis is based on anatomical tumor type only.