Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for predictive maintenance. A method may include receiving operation data associated with one or more injection systems, wherein the operation data includes one or more operation parameters associated with one or more operations of the one or more injection systems; determining one or more prediction scores for the one or more injection systems based on the operation data, wherein the one or more prediction scores include one or more predictions of one or more operation failures or misuses for the one or more injection systems; and providing maintenance data associated with the one or more operation failures or misuses, wherein the maintenance data is based on the one or more prediction scores.

Abstract: A polymer electrolyte can be formed from (e.g., by polymerizing) a mixture that includes oligomer(s), additive(s), solvent(s), salt(s), and/or any suitable components. The polymer electrolyte can further or alternatively include monomer(s) (e.g., a stiffening monomer that in solution or incorporated into a cured polymer modifies a mechanical property such as flexural modulus of the battery cell; adhesion monomers such as a monomer that interacts with one or more surface within a battery to modify or improve adhesion of the electrolyte and the surface; etc.).

Abstract: A stripper element for use with stripping heads includes a one-piece, formed, generally cylindrical elastomer body having a top, a bottom, a central longitudinal through passage defining an inside surface, and an outer surface. The elastomer body includes an upper cylindrical portion and a lower truncated cone portion, the upper cylindrical portion including a cylindrical lip configured to seal against an inside surface of a stripper head. A one-piece, formed, flexible sheet insert (metal, fabric, or combination thereof) is positioned within at least a portion of either the upper cylindrical portion, the lower truncated cone portion, or both of the one-piece, formed, generally cylindrical elastomer body, the one-piece, formed, flexible sheet insert including a plurality of slots or through holes therein. Methods of making the stripper elements.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive pressure breathing circuit and a method for ventilating a patient. The breathing circuit can be used in any type of pressurized breathing therapy including, for example, continuous positive air (way) pressure (CPAP) therapy and bilevel positive air pressure therapy where the inspiratory and expiratory pressures differ.

Abstract: A method of implementing a carrier aggregation system is disclosed, including providing a first front-end circuit block including one or more power amplifiers associated with a high band, providing a second front-end circuit block including one or more power amplifiers associated with a low-band, providing a third front-end circuit block including one or more power amplifiers associated with a mid-band, and providing a power management device including a first DC-DC converter coupled to a first output voltage line, a second DC-DC converter coupled to a second output voltage line, the first DC-DC converter and the second DC-DC converter coupled to a third output voltage line configured to provide a combined output voltage from the first DC-DC converter and the second DC-DC converter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a handle, in particular a release handle, for a coupling device, in particular for a fifth wheel assembly, wherein the handle is configured to trigger a locking and/or opening of the coupling device, wherein the handle includes an end portion at a free axial end of the handle where at least the end portion of the handle is configured to actively emit light, and/or wherein the handle includes a signal portion that includes a light emitting element configured to emit a light signal, and/or wherein the handle includes a light guiding portion configured to guide light.

Abstract: An ice cream making assembly includes a mixing bowl having an outer housing and an inner liner defining a wall cavity therebetween. The mixing bowl further includes a radiator fin unit received within a portion of the wall cavity and a phase-change medium filling a further portion of the wall cavity surrounding at least a portion of the radiator fin unit. The radiator fin unit defines an outer chamfer extending generally along an outer cross-sectional profile of the wall cavity and a tapered inner profile extending along inner cross-sectional profile of the wall cavity and in at least partial contact with the inner liner. The assembly further includes a dasher including first and second mixing arms extending outwardly from an anchor end of the axle and upwardly and outwardly to generally follow an angled inner profile of the food-product receiving cavity defined by the liner.

Abstract: An apparatus, in accordance with one aspect of the present invention, includes a magnetic head having an array of transducers, the transducers comprising data elements, at least two first servo readers positioned toward a first end of the array and at least two second servo readers positioned toward a second end of the array. The array is symmetrical about a centerpoint of the array, such that a distance between a center of an innermost one of the first servo readers and a center of the data element closest thereto is the same as a distance between a center of an innermost one of the second servo readers and a center of the data element closest thereto, and such that a distance between a center of an outermost one of the first servo readers and the center of the data element closest thereto is the same as a distance between a center of an outermost one of the second servo readers and the center of the data element closest thereto.

Abstract: A system comprising: an actuator; a signal generator configured to apply an electric signal to the actuator to expand and contract the actuator; an optical fibre associated with the actuator, the optical fibre configured to lengthen when the actuator expands and shorten when the actuator contracts; a coherent light source configured to transmit a coherent light through the optical fibre to provide illumination during the lengthening and shortening of the optical fibre.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining a composition of a replacement therapy treatment is presented, the apparatus at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive a user input wherein the user input comprises at least an identifier and a constitutional history of the user, generate a first condition descriptor as a function of the user input, determine a composition of a replacement therapy treatment as a function of the first condition descriptor, wherein the determination comprises training a first machine-learning process using user training data, wherein the user training data correlates user inputs to compositions of the replacement therapy treatment and determining the composition as a function of the user input and the first machine learning process, and output the composition of the replacement therapy treatment as a function of the determination.

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining whether a transaction between a consumer and a retailer qualifies for the consumer to receive an offer to send a gift received as a result of the transaction to a separate recipient. A gifting service system receives order confirmation details associated with the transaction, and assesses a variety of information from various sources to determine if the transaction qualifies for the offer. If so, the offer to send a gift is presented to the consumer. Once the consumer accepts the offer, the gifting service system obtains various selections and items of information, and sends a gift notification to an intended recipient. The gifting service system interacts with the recipient to obtain various selections and items of information to facilitate delivery of the gift to the recipient.

Abstract: Authentication elements that can be physically associated with objects in order to authenticate the objects are provided. An authentication element encodes at least a portion of an authentication code. In some embodiments, an authentication element is readable using x-rays, radio waves (e.g., in combination with a magnetic field), sound waves, or a combination thereof. An authentication code may be known only to a certain individual or organization. An authentication code may be distinct in some manner, for example, may be unique or correspond to a certain individual or organization. In some embodiments, a composite authentication element is used, for example, for a set of objects where each object is physically associated with a distinct portion of the composite authentication element. An authentication element (or composite authentication element) may be a passive element, for example that does not contain any circuitry and/or antenna.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for task management can include managing performance of a task on a message by a plurality of circuits. In some aspects, the task can comprise a sequence of processings to be performed on the message and each circuit of the plurality of circuits performing a processing of the sequence of processings. In some aspects, the method can include routing, based on the sequence, a first information regarding the task to a first circuit of the plurality of circuits to perform a first processing of the sequence of processings on the message; receiving, from the first circuit, an output of the first processing; and routing, based on the sequence of processings identified for the task, a second information regarding the task to a second circuit of the plurality of circuits to perform a second processing that follows the first processing in the sequence of processings.

Abstract: An algae cultivation system includes generating a translating hydraulic jump wave that travels across a gas-liquid interface of an algae cultivation fluid contained in the algae cultivation system. The translating hydraulic jump wave has Froude number greater than 1.

Abstract: The inventors discovered a battery treatment and a battery with an atomic layer deposition (ALD) coating on a graphite powder in the anode that leads to superior properties enabling a short treatment time and excellent stability. A superior anode material is obtained by atomic layer deposition (ALD) onto graphite and/or silicon-graphite powder. Powder compositions and methods of forming them are described.

Abstract: A focal plane array includes a mosaic integrated circuit device having a plurality of discrete integrated circuit tiles mounted on a motherboard. The focal plane array includes an optically continuous detector array electrically connected to the mosaic integrated circuit device with an interposer disposed therebetween. The interposer is configured to adjust a pitch of the continuous detector array to match a pitch of each of the plurality of discrete integrated circuit tiles so that the optical gaps between each of the plurality of integrated circuit tiles on the motherboard are minimized and the detector array is optically continuous, having high yield over the large format focal plane array.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are provided for using linked documents. A system may receive, from a computing device, a request for a document. Content of the document may be defined based on state information and stateless information. A system may determine a local replica of the document in a local database. The local replica of the document may be linked to a primary replica of the document. The local replica of the document may include a snapshot of the primary replica of the document. The primary replica of the document may be stored in a remote database which may be accessible through a remote server. The system may subscribe to the primary replica of the document through the remote server, and may provide access to the document to the computing device based at least in part on the subscription to the primary replica of the document.

Abstract: One or more controllers, after activation of a vehicle, may charge and discharge a traction battery according to power limits that are based on polarization voltages describing internal states of the traction battery and that are a function of polarization voltages present at a last deactivation of the vehicle and decay values having time constants that are based on a state of charge of the traction battery and a temperature associated with the traction battery.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for compresses a machine learning model having a plurality of parameters. In one aspect, one of the methods includes obtaining trained values of a set of parameters for at least a portion of a machine learning model; identifying one or more dense ranges for the trained values; determining a least number of bits required to represent each trained value within the one or more dense ranges; identifying a second format having a range that is smaller than a range of the first format; and generating a compressed version of the at least a portion of the machine learning model.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for verifying the provenance of a digital object generated by a neural network, such as an image or audio object. Also methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs, for training a watermarking neural network and a watermark decoding neural network. The described techniques make efficient use of computing resources and are robust to attack.