Abstract: A saddle includes a main body, a protecting layer, a sensing module, a base cover and a bow element. An inside of the main body defines an accommodating space. A rear end of the bottom surface of the main body is recessed inward to form a notch. The protecting layer is attached to a top of the main body. The sensing module is disposed in the accommodating space through the notch. The sensing module includes a circuit board and a barometric pressure sensor. The barometric pressure sensor is disposed on a top surface of the circuit board. The barometric pressure sensor and the main body are separated by the accommodating space. The base cover is disposed to the bottom surface of the main body. Atop surface of the base cover extends upward to form a fastening pillar. The fastening pillar is inserted into the accommodating space.

Abstract: A bed system includes a support platform and a plurality of legs supporting the support platform. Each leg of the plurality of legs includes a force sensor that is configured to sense a force applied to the leg.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a tilt rotor is provided. The apparatus includes a thrust command generator configured to generate a first collective pitch angle based on a throttle command, a rotation speed compensator configured to generate a compensation value based on a rotation speed of the motor, a compensation weight generator configured to generate weight values according to a flight speed, a collective pitch angle command generator configured to generate a collective pitch angle adjustment command of the rotor blade of the motor, based on the first collective pitch angle and a first compensation value being obtained by multiplying the compensation value by a preset conversion ratio and a first weight value, and a motor controller configured to generate a motor control command based on a second compensation value being obtained by multiplying the compensation value by a second weight value and the first collective pitch angle.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include Hericium erinaceus fungus designated as strain M2-102-10 as deposited with the ATCC Patent Depository under the Budapest Treaty (10801 University Blvd, Manassas, VA 20110), on Nov. 7, 2023, with the unofficial ATCC Patent Deposit Designation No. PTA-127680 and the official deposit date of ______ and the official Patent Deposit Designation No. ______. In some embodiments, the improved Hericium erinaceus fungus designated as strain M2-102-10 is characterized by having optimized concentrations of bioactive compounds. In some embodiments, a Beta-glucan concentration is 20 percent or greater.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aerosol generating device including: a housing including an air flow passage; a sensor deformable by an air flow in the air flow passage, and including a resistor having a resistance value that varies according to a degree of deformation of the sensor; and a processor electrically connected to the sensor, and configured to: measure the resistance value of the resistor; and detect a puff based on the measured resistance value being maintained at or above a first threshold value during a first time interval.

Abstract: A system, method and/or kit for assembling multiple different children's accessories using shared or modular components or parts to assembly multiple different accessory modalities or configurations. In example embodiments, the multiple different accessory modalities or configurations may include one or more of a gym or play mat, a play gym, an activity jumper, an activity center, a play table, and/or a playhouse.

Abstract: Methods of forming an article of footwear using a multipart strobel structure and a resulting article of footwear comprising an upper with a transition strip are described. The transition strip that has an outer perimeter edge, an inner perimeter edge, and a width between the outer perimeter edge and the inner perimeter edge, with the inner perimeter edge defining an internal opening of the transition strip, and the inner strobel that has an outer perimeter edge. The inner strobel is positioned in an overlapping relationship with the transition strip and temporarily attached.

Abstract: A sous vide cooker having a housing, a bulkhead attached to the housing to form a first cavity, a heat sink attached to the bulkhead to form a second cavity, and a skirt attached to the bulkhead to form a third cavity below the heat sink. A TRIAC is physically attached in conductive thermal communication to the heat sink in the second cavity. The cooker also has a motor, an impeller located in the third cavity, a drive shaft extending through at least the heat sink and into the third cavity and operatively connecting the motor to the impeller, and a heating element located within the third cavity.

Abstract: An exemplary treatment system can be provided which can include a laser system configured to emit at least one laser beam, and an optical system configured to focus the laser beam(s) to a focal region at a selected distance from a surface of a tissue. The focal region can be configured to illuminate at least a portion of a target. The optical system can cause an irradiation energy transferred to the focal region of the laser beam(s) to (i) generate a plasma in a first region of the tissue adjacent to the target, and (ii) avoid a generation of a plasma in a second region of the tissue. The optical system has a numerical aperture that is in the range of about 0.5 to about 0.9. An exemplary method can also be provided to control such treatment system.

Abstract: A group head (20) for an espresso machine (10), the group head (20) comprising: a group head bracket (36) for detachable engagement with a portafilter (30) holding a puck (22) of ground coffee in a filter basket (64) to dispense an espresso coffee; a conduit (34) for receiving a flow of water to the portafilter (30); and, a heater (32) mounted in the group head (20) to heat the flow of water to the portafilter (30).

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for sequential deployment of a cardiac implant such as a prosthetic heart valve using a catheter system with an elongated shaft with a deployment assembly one end and a handle on the other end. The deployment assembly may include a one or more sleeves and anchor supports that maintain the cardiac implant in a partially collapsed state. The handle may include a first actuator and a second actuator each designed to rotate with respect to a body of the handle. The first actuator may be rotated to cause the elongated shaft to arch. The second actuator may be rotated in a locked position to cause the deployment assembly to rotate or move axially or may be rotated in an unlocked position to cause the sleeve and anchor support on the deployment assembly to move thereby permitting the cardiac implant to expand to an expanded state.

Abstract: Proposed are a lid opener and an automatic cooking appliance having the same. The lid opener includes a main pivot rod having a first fixing pin and a second fixing pin, and a moving pivot rod which is coupled to the first fixing pin and rotates. A lid is opened vertically upward by using the moving pivot rod pinned to the first fixing pin for an initial period of time t1 for which the lid is opened from a container, and after that, the lid is opened by rotating the main pivot rod relative to the second fixing pin. When opening the lid from the container by applying the automatic appliance having a simple structure, the lid is opened vertically upward at an initial state such that steam inside the container is released and liquid sticking to the lower surface of the lid falls into the container.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for sequential deployment of a cardiac implant such as a prosthetic heart valve using a catheter system with an elongated shaft with a deployment assembly one end and a handle on the other end. The deployment assembly may include a one or more sleeves and anchor supports that maintain the cardiac implant in a partially collapsed state. The handle may include a first actuator and a second actuator each designed to rotate with respect to a body of the handle. The first actuator may be rotated to cause the elongated shaft to arch. The second actuator may be rotated in a locked position to cause the deployment assembly to rotate or move axially or may be rotated in an unlocked position to cause the sleeve and anchor support on the deployment assembly to move thereby permitting the cardiac implant to expand to an expanded state.

Abstract: A system, computer readable medium, apparatus and/or method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reconstruction that mitigates local blurring caused by static off-resonance and concomitant fields. The MRI reconstruction system may use phantom-based gradient impulse response function (GIRF) measurements and analytic expressions to predict the concomitant fields. GIRFs capture gradient delays, eddy current effects, and mechanically induced field oscillations. For each gradient axis, a MR system is perturbed with a set of input gradients. Gradients predicted with phantom-based GIRFs can better estimate concomitant fields than nominal gradients. A novel image reconstruction method incorporates higher-order Maxwell fields and GIRF trajectory corrections and may be treated as “invisible” field probes that require no special hardware but GIRFs measured with phantom-based methods and an analytic model of concomitant fields that depends on coil geometry and severity of gradient non-linearity.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for evaluating the control logic of an exoskeleton, wherein the method includes acquiring, by a human modeling module, characteristic data of a human model, acquiring, by a device modeling module, characteristic data of an exoskeleton, verifying, by a controllability determination module, a controllability that represents whether control is performable on a target body motion based on the characteristic data of the human model and the characteristic data of the exoskeleton, performing, by a simulation module, the target body motion based on a result verification of the controllability and acquiring simulation data generated during performance of the target body motion, and analyzing, by a performance evaluation module, the simulation data.

Abstract: A transparent-ultrasonic-sensor-based optical-ultrasonic integrated endoscopic probe according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: an optical fiber laser unit for emitting light; a transparent ultrasonic sensor, which is arranged between an object to be measured and the optical fiber laser unit to transmit, therethrough, the light emitted from the optical fiber laser unit, coaxially aligned with the light emitted from the optical fiber laser unit, radiating ultrasonic waves at the object, and receiving reflected ultrasonic waves; and a camera for acquiring an image of the object through the transparent ultrasonic sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sleeve gastrectomy aid device including: a guide configured to be inserted into a stomach of a patient; an expander configured to be disposed outside the guide and have a volume that changes according to an amount of air therein; a first measurer configured to measure a pressure applied to the expander and have a shape that changes in accordance with a change in the volume of the expander; and a monitor configured to be connected to the first measurer and provide resection position information through a value of the pressure measured by the first measurer.

Abstract: Wax-based compositions for making barrier layers used in oral treatment devices are thermally stable when formed into a flat sheet or three-dimensional article to a temperature of at least 45° C. and are plastically deformable at room temperature (25° C.). The wax-based compositions include a wax fraction homogeneously blended with a polymer fraction. The wax fraction includes at least one wax and the polymer fraction includes at least one polymer selected such that, when the at least one wax and at least one polymer are homogeneously blended together, they yield a wax-based composition having the desired properties of thermal stability and plastic deformability. Barrier layers and oral treatment devices made from such wax-based compositions are dimensionally stable to a temperature of at least 40° C. without external support and can be plastically deformed in a user's mouth to become at least partially customized to the size and shape of user's unique dentition.

Abstract: An electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) holster including a locking mechanism and an image capture device is described herein. The image capture device is configured to capture image data relating to a connector face of the charging connector when the charging connector is inserted into the holster. The image data is then analyzed to determine if a physical abnormality is present on the charging connector (for example, damage to the charging connector or debris lodged in the charging connector. If a physical abnormality is detected, the locking mechanism is actuated to lock the charging connector to the holster until maintenance is performed on the charging connector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for alleviating or treating hair loss through the inflammation amelioration of human dermal papilla cells and peripheral cells and the inhibition of 5?-reductase expression, the pharmaceutical composition comprising genistein and kaempferol as active ingredients.