Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for treating cardiac conditions and other diseases. In particular, the disclosure provides compositions and methods for the delivery of sodium channels. The compositions are particularly suitable in gene therapy applications and for cardiac tissue patch implantations.

Abstract: A dilation catheter includes a shaft and an expandable element. The shaft includes a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion includes a tip and a bend. The tip is sized and configured to pass through an isthmus of a Eustachian tube (ET). The bend is proximal to the tip. The bend is formed at an angle configured to provide insertion of the tip into the isthmus of the ET via an ear canal associated with the ET. The expandable element is disposed at the distal portion of the shaft. The expandable element is configured to transition between a non-expanded state and an expanded state. The expandable element in the non-expanded state is configured for insertion into the ET via the isthmus. The expandable element in the expanded state is configured to dilate the ET.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a shaft, an expandable dilator, and at least one ventilation pathway. The shaft defines a longitudinal axis and includes a distal and proximal ends with at least one shaft lumen. The expandable dilator includes body with its own proximal and distal ends. The body is configured to transition between a contracted state and an expanded state. The body is configured to dilate a Eustachian tube of a patient in the expanded state. The at least one ventilation pathway is configured to provide ventilation from the distal end of the body to the proximal end of the body when the body is in the expanded state. In some examples, the ventilation pathway includes a set of transversely oriented vent openings formed through the shaft. In some other examples, the ventilation pathway includes a space defined between one or more radially outwardly protruding features of the expandable dilator.

Abstract: System and method for adjusting side mirrors capture, by a primary camera, a facial image of a driver; estimate a 3D eye location with respect to a 3D coordinate of the primary camera based on the captured facial image; map the estimated 3D eye location to a respective set of pitch and yaw of the side mirror based on a look up table; and rotate the side mirror to a target position in accordance with the respective set of pitch and yaw. The lookup table includes a plurality of rows, each containing a pair of a key and a set of values. The key is a set of three parameters of 3D line of locations where the driver can observe an optimal view behind the vehicle, and the set of values includes a set of pitch and yaw of the side mirror corresponding to the 3D line of locations.

Abstract: A system for generating an advanced surround view for a vehicle includes a plurality of cameras to generate image data. Sensors are configured to determine kinematic data of the vehicle. Kinematic data are also obtained by a visual odometry module and/or a deep-vision mechanism. A processor is configured to process image data captured by the plurality of cameras to generate a 360-degree surround view layer representative of a surrounding area. The processor is further configured to construct an improved bicycle kinematic model for processing kinematic data to generate an under-chassis layer representative of an area under the vehicle. The processor is further configured to generate a 3D vehicle model layer and overlay objects layer. Display screens display a GUI of combined scene of the 360-degree surround view layer, under-chassis layer, 3D vehicle model layer and overlay objects layer as would be viewed from a virtual camera viewpoint.

Abstract: A method for adjusting a side mirror of a vehicle includes capturing, by a primary camera provided in front of a driver of the vehicle, a facial image of the driver; estimating a 3D eye location with respect to a 3D coordinate of the primary camera based on the captured facial image; mapping the estimated 3D eye location to a respective set of pitch and yaw angles of the side mirror based on a lookup table; and rotating the side mirror to a target position in accordance with the respective set of pitch and yaw angles. The lookup table includes a plurality of rows, each row containing a pair of a key and a set of values. The key is a 3D eye location, and the set of values includes a set of pitch and yaw angles of the side mirror corresponding to the 3D eye location.

Abstract: Method of analysis text message syntactically and by content, which entails: step 1; Split syntaxes (made available to subscribers by the network operator) into tokens to store in a Syntax Trie; step 2. Pre-process an incoming text from a subscriber; step 3. Split the text (pre-processed in Step 2) into tokens; step 4. Look up paths that include the tokens (obtained in Step 3) in the Syntax Trie (initialized in Step 1); step 5: Return the look-up result, which is the path in the Syntax Trie that best reflects the user intent.

Abstract: A question and answer (Q&A) system is enhanced to support natural language queries into any document format regardless of where the underlying documents are stored. The Q&A system may be implemented “as-a-service,” e.g., a network-accessible information retrieval platform. Preferably, the techniques herein enable a user to quickly and reliably locate a document, page, chart, or data point that he or she is looking for across many different datasets. This provides for a unified view of all of the user's (or, more generally, an enterprise's) information assets (such as Adobe® PDFs, Microsoft® Word documents, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, Google Docs, scanned materials, etc.), and to be able to deeply search all of these sources for the right document, page, sheet, chart, or even answer to a question.

Abstract: A robotic labeling system includes a package locating system, a package identification system having a scanning device configured to scan an identification tag on the package to identify an orientation of the package in the labeling station, and a label application system including a label printer and a label applicator. The label printer prints at least one label for the package. The label applicator includes a multi-axis robot having an arm movable in three-dimensional space. The label applicator has a portrait end effector coupled to the arm configured to transport the label from the label printer to the package in a portrait orientation. The label applicator has a landscape end effector coupled to the arm configured to transport the label from the label printer to the package in a landscape orientation. The label applicator is operated based on the orientation of the package in the labeling station as determined by the scanning device.

Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling a drilling operation in a subterranean formation are disclosed. The method includes generating a simulated well log based, at least in part, on a subset of an MWD log from a horizontal well, wherein the subset of the MWD log is for measured depths between a starting measured depth and an ending measured depth. The method further includes monitoring and/or controlling a drilling operation based, at least in part, on the simulated well log.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus can be used to turn an existing 240 VAC or 480 VAC/600 VAC outlet into two or more time-sharing, i.e., one operating at a time, outlets. An AC switch box with two time-sharing outlets can be made with either a mechanical switch for switching which load receives power, or automatically, by a microcomputer system, for example. In the automatic AC switch box, the non-favored outlet may be typically powered on unless a load is detected at the favored/default outlet, when power to the non-favored outlet is automatically disconnected until the load is reduced or eliminated.

Abstract: An article of manufacture for providing a rolling truck bed tray with a folding end is disclosed. The article includes a main tray component with a width that fits within the bed of a pickup truck, a folding extension component coupled to the main tray component by one or more hinges, and a plurality of casters coupled to an underside of the main tray component and the underside of the folding extension component. The folding extension component has an open position in which the main tray component and folding extension component are oriented at a common height above the bed of the pickup truck and a closed position in which the folding extension component is oriented on top of the main tray component.

Abstract: A CVG having first and second degenerate resonator modes with each a damping rate; drive circuits for causing the resonator to oscillate in the first and second modes in response to first and second drive signals; first and second sense circuits for generating first and second sense signals in response to the resonator oscillating in the first and second modes; a signal processing circuit having control loops for generating the first and second drive signals based on the first and second sense signals; and first and second damping feedback circuits for generating first and second damping feedback signals proportional to the first and second damping rates; an adding the damping feedback signals to the first and second drive signals.

Abstract: An article of manufacture for providing a foldable rolling truck bed tray with a folding end is disclosed. The article includes a main tray component with a width that fits within the bed of a pickup truck, a folding extension component coupled to the main tray component by one or more hinges, and a plurality of casters coupled to an underside of the main tray component and the underside of the folding extension component. The folding extension component has an open position in which the main tray component and folding extension component are oriented at a common height above the bed of the pickup truck and a closed position in which the folding extension component is oriented on top of the main tray component.

Abstract: An article of manufacture for providing a rolling truck bed tray with a folding end is disclosed. The article includes a main tray component with a width that fits within the bed of a pickup truck, a folding extension component coupled to the main tray component by one or more hinges, and a plurality of casters coupled to an underside of the main tray component and the underside of the folding extension component. The folding extension component has an open position in which the main tray component and folding extension component are oriented at a common height above the bed of the pickup truck and a closed position in which the folding extension component is oriented on top of the main tray component.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments may provide a framework to implement an omnichannel relevance analysis system. In response to a request to obtain an omnichannel relevance for a product, the system identifies a set of relevancy attributes and domain priorities and obtains product data sets associated with a set of platforms through which the product is made available. Using these product data sets, the system generates an omnichannel relevance index to indicate a position of the product in relation to sets of other products made available within the set of platforms.

Abstract: A driving support apparatus according to the invention estimates the position of a moving body by controlling a position estimation unit when the tracking-target moving body leaves a first area or a second area to enter a blind spot area and detects the position of the moving body by controlling a position detection unit when the moving body leaves the blind spot area to enter the first area or the second area. In this manner, the trajectory of the tracking-target moving body is calculated so that the trajectory of the moving body detected in the first area or the second area and the trajectory of the moving body estimated in the blind spot area are continuous to each other and driving support is executed based on the calculated trajectory of the tracking-target moving body.

Abstract: A driver assistance device for a vehicle, the driver assistance device includes one or more processors configured to: compute a perceptual risk estimate value indicating a characteristic of driving operations of a driver of a vehicle when the vehicle nears a target present in a direction of travel of the vehicle and the driver performs deceleration; decide a driver assistance method to be applied to the driver based on the perceptual risk estimate value that is computed; and execute the driver assistance method that is decided.

Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus of a vehicle includes a processor configured to calculate a risk sensitivity index on risk avoidance of a driver of the vehicle with respect to a target existing around the vehicle, diagnose a change in the calculated risk sensitivity index, and notify the driver of information on the diagnosed change in the risk sensitivity index.

Abstract: A RF power generator has a RF power source configured to generate an output signal. A power splitter is configured to receive the output signal and generate a plurality of split signals. A demagnetizing circuit is configured to receive the plurality of split signals. The demagnetizing circuit is configured to include a plurality of inductances corresponding to the plurality of split signals. The plurality of inductances is configured to reduce the effects of mutual impedance of an ICP chamber in series with the plurality of inductances so that a ratio between a pair of the plurality of split signals varies substantially linearly as one of the pair of the plurality of split signals is varied.