Abstract: Provided herein are interleukin 7 (IL-7) binding proteins, pharmaceutical compositions and their use in the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition.

Abstract: A vector friendly instruction format and execution thereof. According to one embodiment of the invention, a processor is configured to execute an instruction set. The instruction set includes a vector friendly instruction format. The vector friendly instruction format has a plurality of fields including a base operation field, a modifier field, an augmentation operation field, and a data element width field, wherein the first instruction format supports different versions of base operations and different augmentation operations through placement of different values in the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field, and wherein only one of the different values may be placed in each of the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field on each occurrence of an instruction in the first instruction format in instruction streams.

Abstract: A brake actuator control system for a vehicle includes: a request module configured to determine a braking request for brake actuators of the vehicle; a front bias module configured to, based on one or more operating parameters, determine a front bias for front ones of the brake actuators associated with front ones of wheels, respectively; a rear bias module configured to, based on the front bias, determine a rear bias for rear ones of the brake actuators associated with rear ones of wheels, respectively; a control module configured to: based on the braking request and the front bias, determine a front braking request; actuate the front ones of the brake actuators based on the front braking request; based on the braking request and the rear bias, determine a rear braking request; and actuate the rear ones of the brake actuators based on the rear braking request.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention there is provided an auto-injector. The auto-injector includes a housing configured to receive or couple to a syringe; a plunger disposed within the housing; a drive means configured to rotate the plunger; a first screw thread arrangement configured to, during an insertion phase, cause axial movement of the plunger upon rotation of the plunger by the drive means; and a second screw thread arrangement configured to, during a delivery phase subsequent to said insertion phase, cause axial movement of the plunger upon rotation of the plunger by the drive means, wherein a thread pitch of the first screw thread arrangement is different from a thread pitch of the second screw thread arrangement.

Abstract: A system for detecting actuator misconfiguration in a vehicle includes actuators and a control module. Each actuator is assigned a unique identifier. The control module includes interface ports in communication with the actuators via serial data links. Each interface port is in communication with two of the actuators. Each actuator is in communication with two of the interface ports. The control module is configured to receive a message from an actuator installed at a location of the vehicle, the message including the unique identifier assigned to the actuator, compare the received unique identifier assigned to the actuator to a stored identifier specific to the location of the vehicle, and in response to the received unique identifier being different than the stored identifier, transmit an error signal indicating a failure associated with the actuator. Other examples systems and methods for detecting actuator misconfiguration in vehicles are also disclosed.

Abstract: An encrypted rolling code, a plurality of differing data bit order patterns, and a plurality of differing data inversion patterns are provided. Based on the encrypted rolling code, patterns are selected from one or more of the plurality of differing data bit order patterns and the plurality of differing data inversion patterns. At least a part of the encrypted rolling code is transmitted to a movable barrier operator using the selected patterns as transmission characteristics.

Abstract: A guard for protecting an object with a front panel that extends between front legs, a rear panel that extends between rear legs, a top panel coupled to the upper portion of the guard extending across a space between the front and rear panels, where the front and rear panels are rotatable around an axis of rotation through an angle of rotation extending between at least 0 and 45 degrees.

Abstract: Provided herein are interleukin 7 (IL-7) binding proteins, pharmaceutical compositions and their use in the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition.

Abstract: A retrofitted door for retrofitting an appliance. The retrofitted door includes a frame having multiple attachment structures and a glass panel system attached to the frame. The glass panel system includes a mounting frame including attachment members that engage corresponding ones of the multiple attachment structures and a glass panel attached to the mounting frame and facing away from the frame and facing away from the cavity when the retrofitted door is at a closed position.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to drug-containing particles comprising one or more cannabinoids and a porous solid carrier. In embodiments, the one or more cannabinoids are adsorbed onto and/or in a porous solid carrier. In embodiments, the drug-containing particles exhibit improved solubility and bioavailability, among other beneficial properties. Methods of preparation and pharmaceutical compositions are also described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for augmenting neural networks with an external memory. One of the methods includes providing an output derived from the neural network output for the time step as a system output for the time step; maintaining a current state of the external memory; determining, from the neural network output for the time step, memory state parameters for the time step; updating the current state of the external memory using the memory state parameters for the time step; reading data from the external memory in accordance with the updated state of the external memory; and combining the data read from the external memory with a system input for the next time step to generate the neural network input for the next time step.

Abstract: A brake actuator control system for a vehicle includes: a maximum load module configured to determine maximum clamping loads of brake actuators, respectively, of the vehicle, the brake actuators configured to, independently of each other, slow rotation of wheels, respectively, of the vehicle; a limit module configured to set a load limit to a minimum one of the maximum clamping loads of the brake actuators; a target load module configured to limit a target load for the brake actuators to less than or equal to the load limit; and a power control module configured to apply power to electric motors of the brake actuators, respectively, based on the target load.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a masking material having excellent peeling properties even if the drying step is reduced, preferably without the drying step. There is provided a curable composition comprising: (A1) a prepolymer represented by (Formula1): (CH2?C(R1)—CO—O—R2—O—CO—NH—R3—NH—CO)n—R4 wherein each of R is independently a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, each of R2 is independently an aliphatic group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, each of R3 is independently an aromatic or aliphatic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms and R4 is an aromatic or aliphatic group having a number average molecular weight at least 500 and having a polycarbonate backbone and/or a polyester backbone and n is an integer from 2 to 4 and (A2) a non-polymer represented by (Formula2): (CH2?C(R5)—CO—O—R6—O—CO—NH)m—R7 wherein each of R5 is independently a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, each of R6 is independently an aliphatic group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A vector friendly instruction format and execution thereof. According to one embodiment of the invention, a processor is configured to execute an instruction set. The instruction set includes a vector friendly instruction format. The vector friendly instruction format has a plurality of fields including a base operation field, a modifier field, an augmentation operation field, and a data element width field, wherein the first instruction format supports different versions of base operations and different augmentation operations through placement of different values in the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field, and wherein only one of the different values may be placed in each of the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field on each occurrence of an instruction in the first instruction format in instruction streams.

Abstract: An oil debris monitoring sensor includes a multiple of passages within the housing, each of the multiple of passages surrounded by a set of coils to detect a particle. A method for determining a presence of a particle in a system includes a) installing a single sensor in-line with an oil flow path; b) communicating oil through a multiple of passages within the housing of the single sensor; c) detecting a particle through the single sensor; and d) isolating the particle to one of the multiple of passages within the sensor housing.

Abstract: A dual-plenum fractal (DPF) showerhead for distributing different semiconductor processing gases across a semiconductor wafer during processing operations is provided. The DPF showerhead may have a plurality of layers, each featuring a pattern of gas distribution features, with the gas distribution features on each layer generally being similar in shape to the gas distribution features on the layer immediately upstream therefrom but smaller in size. Such a “fractal”-like structure to the gas flow passages provides very uniform processing gas delivery across the surface of a semiconductor wafer during processing operations, thereby enhancing wafer uniformity.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a cassette stack comprising a plurality of battery cell cassettes, each of the cassettes including a plurality of support structures. Each support structure comprises an electrically and thermally conductive frame for receiving at least one battery cell having a first terminal and a second terminal, and a heat pipe. The first terminal is electrically coupled to the frame when the at least one battery cell is mounted in the frame. The heat pipe provides thermal conductivity between the frame and a cooling surface. A method of cooling an electric vehicle including a battery pack comprises aligning the battery pack and a cooling structure, moving the cooling structure into contact with the electric vehicle, and circulating coolant through the cooling structure.

Abstract: A receptacle system for a sweeper that includes a bin with a base and sidewalls that together define a receptacle space that receives items released from the sweeper, an insert attached to the bin where an upper portion of the insert slopes upward from a front side towards a rear side of the receptacle system when the insert is attached to the bin with tracks defined in the upper portion for the wheels of the sweeper to roll along the slope to position the sweeper above the bin, and where the insert covers a portion of the receptacle space, where the insert defines an opening such that items released by the sweeper pass through the opening when the wheels of the sweeper are positioned on the tracks of the insert.

Abstract: A propulsion system for an aircraft includes a hydrogen fuel system, a water recovery system and a water pressure and quantity monitoring system. The water recovery system uses a condenser to extract water from an exhaust gas flow. The water pressure and quantity monitoring system measures water pressures and quantities at various locations in the water recovery system to assess the health and efficiency of the water recovery/supply system and the propulsion system.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for monitoring component wear to prevent premature component failure. A control system for a system having one or more mechanical or electronic components may include a life manager that monitors accumulated wear of the one or more components. The life manager may provide an alert and/or limit system operations when the accumulated wear exceeds a limit. The limit may be dynamically determined based on an operating age of the component. The limit may also be defined as a matrix of limits, each defined for a range of a particular operating condition of the component. Operating conditions may include an applied torque range for a vehicle wheel or a thermal cycle temperature range for an electronic switching component.