Abstract: A liner for a car seat, stroller seat or other similar seat for a child can have cool water circulating therethrough to help keep the child cool. The liner includes a tube disposed throughout the liner that is interconnected to a cooling chamber. A pump, typically disposed in the cooling chamber, can be used to circulate the cool fluid through the tube in the liner.

Abstract: A system and method for obtaining multispectral images of fresh meat at predetermined wavelength bands at a first time, subjecting the images to analysis in an image analysis system comprising a computer programmed to perform such analysis, and outputting a forecast of meat tenderness at a later point in time. Predetermined key wavelength bands are precorrelated with a high degree of prediction of meat tenderness and/or other properties of meat and are used in the multispectral system and method. A system and method for determining the key wavelengths is also disclosed. The multispectral imaging system and method is suitable for use in an industrial setting, such as a meat processing plant. The system and method is useful in a method for determining quality and yield grades at or near the time of imaging in lieu of visual inspection with the unaided human eye, increasing efficiency and objectivity.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for pre-ignition control. A pre-ignition mitigating enrichment is deactivated in response to a tip-out but reactivated in response to a subsequent tip-in. By preemptively enriching the engine, repeated pre-ignition due at subsequent tip-ins is reduced.

Abstract: A system and method for obtaining multispectral images of fresh meat at predetermined wavelength bands at a first time, subjecting the images to analysis in an image analysis system comprising a computer programmed to perform such analysis, and outputting a forecast of meat tenderness at a later point in time. Predetermined key wavelength bands are precorrelated with a high degree of prediction of meat tenderness and/or other properties of meat and are used in the multispectral system and method. A system and method for determining the key wavelengths is also disclosed. The multispectral imaging system and method is suitable for use in an industrial setting, such as a meat processing plant. The system and method is useful in a method for determining quality and yield grades at or near the time of imaging in lieu of visual inspection with the unaided human eye, increasing efficiency and objectivity.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for identifying and differentiating knock and pre-ignition using a plurality of knock sensors distributed along an engine block. By dynamically adjusting cylinder-specific assignment of the knock sensors for knock detection and pre-ignition detection based on operating conditions of each cylinder, knock and pre-ignition is more reliably identified and distinguished.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for identifying and differentiating knock and pre-ignition using a plurality of knock sensors distributed along an engine block. By dynamically adjusting cylinder-specific assignment of the knock sensors for knock detection and pre-ignition detection based on operating conditions of each cylinder, knock and pre-ignition is more reliably identified and distinguished.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for analyzing material properties of an object using hyperspectral imaging. An exemplary method includes obtaining a hyperspectral image of an object; analyzing the hyperspectral image according to an algorithm; and correlating data obtained from the analysis with material properties of the object.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for identifying and differentiating knock and pre-ignition using a plurality of knock sensors distributed along an engine block. By dynamically adjusting cylinder-specific assignment of the knock sensors for knock detection and pre-ignition detection based on operating conditions of each cylinder, knock and pre-ignition is more reliably identified and distinguished.

Abstract: A system and method for obtaining multispectral images of fresh meat at predetermined wavelength bands at a first time, subjecting the images to analysis in an image analysis system comprising a computer programmed to perform such analysis, and outputting a forecast of meat tenderness at a later point in time. Predetermined key wavelength bands are precorrelated with a high degree of prediction of meat tenderness and/or other properties of meat and are used in the multispectral system and method. A system and method for determining the key wavelengths is also disclosed. The multispectral imaging system and method is suitable for use in an industrial setting, such as a meat processing plant. The system and method is useful in a method for determining quality and yield grades at or near the time of imaging in lieu of visual inspection with the unaided human eye, increasing efficiency and objectivity.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for identifying and differentiating knock and pre-ignition using a plurality of knock sensors distributed along an engine block. By dynamically adjusting cylinder-specific assignment of the knock sensors for knock detection and pre-ignition detection based on operating conditions of each cylinder, knock and pre-ignition is more reliably identified and distinguished.

Abstract: Chemokine receptor antagonists, in particular, 3,7-diazabicyclo[3.3.0]octane compounds according to formula (I) are antagonists of chemokine CCR5 receptors which are useful for treating or preventing an human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, or treating AIDS or ARC. The invention further provides methods for treating diseases that are alleviated with CCR5 antagonists. The invention includes pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the compounds for the treatment of these diseases. The invention further includes processes for the preparation of compounds according to formula I.

Abstract: A side-impact threat assessment system that uses at least one ultrasonic sensor is provided. A method of detecting a potential side-impact collision on a host vehicle is also provided. The method calls for using at least one ultrasonic sensor for presence detection and for providing sensed data used in estimating closing velocity.

Abstract: Chemokine receptor antagonists, in particular, 3,7-diazabicyclo[3.3.0]octane compounds according to formula (I) wherein R1-R3 and Ar are as defined herein are antagonists of chemokine CCR5 receptors which are useful for treating or preventing an human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, or treating AIDS or ARC. The invention further provides methods for treating diseases that are alleviated with CCR5 antagonists. The invention includes pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the compounds for the treatment of these diseases. The invention further includes processes for the preparation of compounds according to formula I.

Abstract: This invention relates to piperidine derivatives of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein useful in the treatment of a variety of disorders, including those in which the modulation of CCR5 receptors is implicated. Disorders that may be treated or prevented by the present derivatives include HIV and genetically related retroviral infections (and the resulting acquired immune deficiency syndrome, AIDS), rheumatoid arthritis, solid organ transplant reject (graft vs. host disease), asthma and COPD.

Abstract: A magnetoresistive continuous seat track position sensor system to determine longitudinal movement of the seat along a length of a track is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises a magnetic array in a fixed position and having a width and a length along said seat track length. The array is equipped with a plurality of magnets arranged along the length of said array. The magnets have a polarity oriented at an angle ? relative to each other. The system further includes a magnetoresistive sensor in spaced apart close proximity to the magnetic array. In one embodiment, the magnetoresistive sensor is movable relative to the array. Movement of the sensor relative to the array creates a sensor signal indicative of the longitudinal position of said seat in said track to control auxiliary safety features.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a printed circuit board (PCB) has a first side and a second side. The second side is opposite the first side. The PCB has a plurality of first contacts that provide an interface to a tester. The PCB also has a plurality of second contacts. The second contacts are provided on the second side of the PCB and provide an interface to probes of a probe layout. The PCB also has a plurality of electrical routes, with at least some of the electrical routes coupling multiple ones of the second contacts to single ones of the first contacts.

Abstract: A method of testing for shorts between nodes of a circuit assembly includes parsing circuit design data to identify positional data for nodes of a circuit assembly, and using the positional data to classify ones of the nodes as members of a supernode, where each member of the supernode is unlikely to be shorted to any other member of the supernode. Tests for shorts in a set of nodes that includes the supernode and a plurality of other nodes of the circuit assembly are then conducted, by iteratively i) stimulating a particular one of the set of nodes, and ii) while stimulating the particular node, grounding at least one other node in the set of nodes and monitoring a current flow through the particular node. When stimulating or grounding a supernode, all of the nodes that are members of the supernode are stimulated or grounded. If a current flow is detected through one of the stimulated nodes, the circuit assembly is indicated to be defective. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Abstract: This invention relates to piperidine derivatives of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein useful in the treatment of a variety of disorders, including those in which the modulation of CCR5 receptors is implicated. Disorders that may be treated or prevented by the present derivatives include HIV and genetically related retroviral infections (and the resulting acquired immune deficiency syndrome, AIDS), rheumatoid arthritis, solid organ transplant reject (graft vs. host disease), asthma and COPD.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for analyzing material properties of an object using hyperspectral imaging. An exemplary method includes obtaining a hyperspectral image of an object; analyzing the hyperspectral image according to an algorithm; and correlating data obtained from the analysis with material properties of the object.

Abstract: Compounds represented by Formula I: which are useful as are alpha-1A/B adrenoceptor antagonists, to methods of treating conditions associated with the activity of alpha-1A/B adrenoceptors, and to methods of making said compounds, wherein Ar, Z, R, R?, R5 and R10 are as defined herein.