Abstract: The present invention relates to cultivated cucumber plants comprising modifications in their genome, whereby the modifications confer reduced susceptibility to internal fruit rot symptoms caused by Didymella bryoniae, and to methods for generating such plants, and their use.

Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.

Abstract: Centrifugal clutch mechanisms, and transmissions and lawnmowers having centrifugal clutch mechanisms are provided. A centrifugal clutch mechanism includes a clutch bell comprising an annular wall and a circular ring extending away from the annular wall to define an internal cavity, wherein the circular ring comprises an inward facing surface defining a drive surface. The centrifugal clutch mechanism also includes a plurality of centrifugal weights disposed in the internal cavity and an inward biasing element engaged with the centrifugal weights. The inward biasing element biases the centrifugal weights towards a disengaged position in which the centrifugal weights do not interface with drive surface, and upon application of a sufficient centrifugal force, the centrifugal weights are configured to transition to an engaged position in which the centrifugal weights interface with the drive surface.

Abstract: Centrifugal clutch mechanisms, and transmissions and lawnmowers having centrifugal clutch mechanisms are provided. A centrifugal clutch mechanism includes a clutch bell comprising an annular wall and a circular ring extending away from the annular wall to define an internal cavity, wherein the circular ring comprises an inward facing surface defining a drive surface. The centrifugal clutch mechanism also includes a plurality of centrifugal weights disposed in the internal cavity and an inward biasing element engaged with the centrifugal weights. The inward biasing element biases the centrifugal weights towards a disengaged position in which the centrifugal weights do not interface with drive surface, and upon application of a sufficient centrifugal force, the centrifugal weights are configured to transition to an engaged position in which the centrifugal weights interface with the drive surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a chip package assembly that includes a package substrate coupled with an integrated circuit die, a stiffener attached to a top surface of the package substrate, and a connector assembly integrated with the stiffener. Both the connector assembly and the stiffener are disposed at a peripheral area of the top surface. The connector assembly includes a bracket and a connector. The connector is configured to connect with one or more optical cables or electrical connectors. The bracket may be formed by a cavity in the stiffener. The bracket may be attached to the top surface of the package substrate. The stiffener may be coupled with the bracket directly or via the connector. Additionally, a frame coupled to the stiffener or a PCB board may be used to secure the bracket in place.

Abstract: Centrifugal clutch mechanisms, and transmissions and lawnmowers having centrifugal clutch mechanisms are provided. A centrifugal clutch mechanism includes a clutch bell comprising an annular wall and a circular ring extending away from the annular wall to define an internal cavity, wherein the circular ring comprises an inward facing surface defining a drive surface. The centrifugal clutch mechanism also includes a plurality of centrifugal weights disposed in the internal cavity and an inward biasing element engaged with the centrifugal weights. The inward biasing element biases the centrifugal weights towards a disengaged position in which the centrifugal weights do not interface with drive surface, and upon application of a sufficient centrifugal force, the centrifugal weights are configured to transition to an engaged position in which the centrifugal weights interface with the drive surface.

Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.

Abstract: An adhesive film includes a first (meth)acrylate copolymer containing at least 55 weight percent (wt. %) of linear or branched alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer units, from 15 to 40 wt. % of (meth)acrylic acid monomer units, and 0.1 to 5 wt. % of monomer units of a crosslinking monomer having more than one (meth)acrylate group. If the first (meth)acrylate copolymer comprises 15 wt. % (meth)acrylic acid monomer units, the first (meth)acrylate copolymer comprises at least five wt. % monomer units of a high Tg monomer. The adhesive film comprises not more than five wt. % of a further (meth)acrylate copolymer comprising from 0.1 to 15 wt. % of (meth)acrylic acid monomer units. The adhesive film can be a multilayer adhesive assembly including a first layer of the first (meth)acrylate copolymer and a second adhesive layer adjacent to the first layer. A process for making and a system including the adhesive film and a primer are also described.

Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.

Abstract: A source wafer for use in a micro-transfer printing process. The source wafer comprising: a wafer substrate; a photonic component, provided in a device coupon, the device coupon being attached to the wafer substrate via a release layer; and one or more etch stop layers, located between the photonic component and the wafer substrate.

Abstract: A system of object detection for a trailer. In one example, the system includes a camera configured to capture images of the trailer, where the images include an object other than the trailer. The system also includes a sensor configured to capture sensor data, a display configured to display images from the perspective of the camera, and a controller on the vehicle. The controller includes an electronic processor configured to receive the image data from the camera, receive the sensor data from the sensor, determine a blind spot, analyze the sensor data for radar data associated with the object, calculate the position of the object relative to the blind spot and the trailer, determine that the object is within the blind spot using an object detection algorithm, and in response to the determining that the object is within the blind spot, generate an augmented image.

Abstract: A computer implemented method of identifying changes in a subject's heart or an adjacent region over time. The method comprising: receiving a set of imaging data relating to a subject's heart that has been obtained at a plurality of points in time; generating an anatomical model of the subject's heart for each of the images in the set of imaging data so as to provide a set of anatomical models of the subject's heart corresponding to the plurality of points in time; and aligning each of the anatomical models in the set of anatomical models relative to one another so as to provide a set of aligned data of the subject's heart. The aligned data are for identifying changes in at least one region of the subject's heart by comparing the anatomical models in the set of aligned anatomical models using a machine learning model.

Abstract: An adhesive system comprising a tape and an activator, wherein the activator includes an oxidizing agent and is a liquid at normal temperature and pressure; and wherein the tape includes a curable adhesive free-standing film adjacent to a curable foam support layer, wherein the curable adhesive free-standing film comprises: a) a film-forming polymer or oligomer; b) a species comprising unsaturated free-radically polymerizable groups, which may be a) or a species other than a); and c) a transition metal cation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system and computer-implemented method for enabling correction of a segmentation of an anatomical structure in 3D image data. The segmentation may be provided by a mesh which is applied to the 3D image data to segment the anatomical structure. The correction may for example involve a user directly or indirectly selecting a mesh part, such as a mesh point, that needs to be corrected. The behaviour of the correction, e.g., in terms of direction, radius/neighbourhood or strength, may then be dependent on the mesh normal direction, and in some embodiments, on a difference between the mesh normal direction and the orientation of the viewing plane.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with a movable carrier on which a plurality of forming stations for forming the plastic preforms into the plastic containers is arranged, wherein the forming stations each have valve arrangements for applying a flowable medium to the plastic preforms in order to expand them, and wherein each valve arrangement has at least two controllable valve devices, having movable piston devices which can switch the valve devices between at least two valve positions, characterized in that the device has a monitoring device for checking a state of wear of at least one of the valve devices. The monitoring device has at least one detection device which is configured for detecting the state of wear of the valve device optically and without contact.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for service policy orchestration in a communication network. An orchestration of a distributed event policy may be initiated at a service policy execution factory (SPEF). The initiating may include selecting a service event object with an associated unique service instance identifier and an associated unique service event identifier; defining service requirements that may include or relate to one or more of type of an event, a criticality, a lifetime, and generic service execution rule(s); including the service requirements in the service event object; and sending the service event object and the unique service instance ID to a service policy orchestration factory (SPOF) for performing one or more actions relating to the orchestration of the distributed event policy. In response to receiving an SPOF feedback message that indicates a successful updating of the event repository, the orchestration of the distributed event policy may be terminated.

Abstract: An optoelectronic device. The optoelectronic device comprising: a silicon-on-insulator platform, including: a silicon waveguide located within a silicon device layer of the platform, a substrate, and an insulator layer between the substrate and the silicon device layer; and a III-V semiconductor based device, located within a cavity of the silicon-on-insulator platform and including a III-V semiconductor based waveguide, coupled to the silicon waveguide; wherein the III-V semiconductor based device includes a heater and one or more electrical traces, connected to the heater, wherein the one or more electrical traces extend from the III-V semiconductor based device to respective contact pads on the silicon-on-insulator platform.

Abstract: Heat-sealing tool for sealing plastic films, having a sealing tape made of an electrically conductive material. A width of the sealing tape is 2 mm to 1000 mm, a length of the sealing tape is 2 mm to 2000 mm and a thickness of the sealing tape is 0.1 mm to 4 mm, and a largest surface of the sealing tape is provided with a plurality of recesses, in which a sum of cross-sectional areas of the recesses in a cross-sectional plane aligned parallel to the largest surface amounts to a maximum of 50 percent of an area of the largest surface.

Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.

Abstract: A contactor includes a housing having a wall defining a cavity and a cover closing the cavity. The contactor includes a first fixed contact and a second fixed contact received in the cavity. The contactor includes a movable contact movable within the cavity between a mated position and an unmated position. The movable contact engages the first and second fixed contacts to electrically connect the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact in the mated position. The contactor includes a coil assembly in the cavity operated to move the movable contact between the unmated position and the mating position. The contactor includes a thermal absorber thermally coupled to the first fixed contact to reduce an operating temperature of the first fixed contact. The thermal absorber includes a phase change material element configured to absorb heat from the first fixed contact.