Abstract: A bearing, including: an inner ring defining a first groove; an outer ring including a radially inner surface, the radially inner surface facing an axis of rotation of the bearing and defining a second groove and a third groove; a cage radially disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring; a plurality of balls retained by the cage, and disposed in the first groove, and in the second groove; and a preloaded resilient washer assembly including a rigid washer and a resilient washer including a radially outermost surface disposed in the third groove. The resilient washer urges the rigid washer away from the outer ring in an axial direction parallel to an axis of rotation of the bearing.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of activating immune cells. The method includes providing a population of immune cells and contacting the population of immune cells with a first agent and a second agent. The first agent includes an immune cell activator attached to a first binder moiety, and the second agent includes at least one capture oligomer. The at least one capture oligomer is capable of associating with the first binder moiety. Also provided are kits for activating immune cells.

Abstract: A lubricant formulation for an electric or hybrid vehicle includes a base oil, or a blend thereof, one or more additives, and a molybdenum amine complex, such as diisotridecylamine molybdate, are provided. Lubricant formulations can be characterized by one of: improving electric motor protection when a voltage is applied to an electrode in the presence of a formulation comprising the diisotridecylamine molybdate additive as compared to a fluid lacking the diisotridecylamine molybdate additive; maintaining the electrical resistance slope of a formulation comprising the diisotridecylamine molybdate additive as compared to a fluid lacking the diisotridecylamine molybdate additive; the formulation forming a protective film on copper surfaces; a change in color of the formulation indicating contact load, temperature, time, or viscosity change.

Abstract: A case for an electronic device includes a panel having a plurality of turned edges. Certain of the plurality of turned edges comprise different heights that may expose certain elements or portions of the corresponding electronic device. The panel may further comprise an opening for exposing a speaker, microphone, camera, audio jack, button, tab or other element of the electronic device.

Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for fabricating an acoustic metamaterial is provided. In an embodiment, a method for fabricating an acoustic metamaterial includes determining at least one tuned physical property for each of a plurality of micro-resonators according to a desired acoustic property of the acoustic metamaterial. For a particular physical property, a value of the tuned physical property for at least one of the plurality of micro-resonators is different from a value of the tuned physical property for at least one other of the plurality of micro-resonators. The method also includes additively forming the acoustic metamaterial such that the acoustic metamaterial comprises a first structure and the plurality of micro-resonators embedded within the first structure. Forming the acoustic metamaterial is performed such that an actual physical property of each of the plurality of micro-resonators is equal to a corresponding tuned physical property for each of the plurality of micro-resonators.

Abstract: A microfluidic device comprises a first substrate and a second substrate, a gasket spacing the first substrate from the second substrate to define a fluid chamber between the first substrate and the second substrate, and at least one port for introducing a fluid sample into the fluid chamber. An inner edge face of the gasket defines a lateral boundary of the fluid chamber. A plurality of independently addressable array elements are provided on a surface of the first substrate facing the fluid chamber, and at least one circuit element is disposed on a surface of the second substrate facing the fluid chamber. The gasket is configured to provide a conductive path between a circuit element disposed on a surface of the second substrate facing the fluid chamber and an associated terminal.

Abstract: A conduit level for determination of conduit bend angles includes a frame supporting a plurality of bubble levels at various angular orientations. The frame has first and second opposite sides, a bottom edge extending along an axis, a top edge, and a front end edge connecting the bottom edge and the top edge. Each of the bubble level sensors has a unique angular orientation relative to the axis of the bottom edge of the frame. The frame includes at least one bubble viewing slot allowing a user to view the plurality of bubble levels in edgewise viewing directions facing the top edge and the front edge of the frame, and a plurality of bubble viewing windows allowing the user to view the plurality of bubble levels in a sidewise viewing direction facing at least one of the sides of the frame.

Abstract: A bearing, including: an inner ring defining a first groove; an outer ring including a radially inner surface, the radially inner surface facing an axis of rotation of the bearing, defining a second groove, and defining at least one third groove; a cage radially disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring; a plurality of balls retained by the cage, and disposed in the first groove, and in the second groove; an annular sleeve including a first portion disposed in the third groove; and a resilient element urging the outer ring and the annular sleeve away from each other parallel to the axis of rotation of the bearing.

Abstract: A sheet 200 for an array of vacuum apertures 152 in a substrate support unit 150 of a printer is provided. The sheet 200 comprises a plurality of valves 202 formed into the sheet 200. The sheet 200 is made from a resilient material. Each valve 202 comprises a valve head 204 for sealing a vacuum aperture 152 in the substrate support unit 150, and a valve lever arm 206 for permitting movement of the valve head 204 towards and away from the vacuum aperture 152 in order to open and close the valve 202.

Abstract: A substrate support system 10 for a conveyor printer is provided, comprising a support unit 100 comprising a plurality of vacuum apertures 108 arranged for fluidic communication with a source of negative pressure. The support unit 100 also comprises at least one air bearing 114 arranged for fluidic communication with a source of positive pressure. The air bearing 114 comprises porous media 116. The substrate support system 10 also comprises a conveyor belt 150 arranged over the support unit 100 for supporting a substrate 170 to be printed on. The conveyor belt 150 comprises a plurality of belt apertures. The vacuum apertures 108 are arranged to convey a negative pressure through the belt apertures for retaining the substrate 170 on the conveyor belt 150. The at least one air bearing 114 is arranged to convey a positive pressure to support the conveyor belt 150.

Abstract: A method for managing data processes in a network of computing resources includes: receiving at least one child request being routed from an intermediary device to at least one corresponding destination device, the at least one child request requesting execution of at least one corresponding child data process, each of the at least one child data process for executing at least a portion of the at least one parent data process from an instructor device, and each of the at least one child request including a destination key derived at least in part from the at least one instructor key; storing the at least one child request in at least one storage device; modifying the at least one child request upon receiving a child request modification signal; and generating signals for communicating the child requests to one or more requesting devices.

Abstract: In one aspect, a system for managing data processes in a network of computing resources is configured to: receive, from an instructor device, a parent request for execution of at least one parent data process executable by a plurality of computing resources at least one computing resource; generate at least one child request for execution of at least one corresponding child data process for routing to at least one corresponding destination device, each of the at least one child data process for executing at least a portion of the at least one parent data process, and each of the at least one child request including a respective destination key derived from at least one instructor key; and route each of the at least one child request to the at least one corresponding destination device. The at least one child request can be obtained by a supervisor server via the routing.

Abstract: There is provided a computer-implemented method for duplicating an application state, the method including: recording one or more point-in-time characteristics of an original application state of an application, the recording including: parsing underlying code for the application to identify (i) a set of state variables that together define the original application state and (ii) a set of logical breadcrumbs identifying a pre-determined number of past actions that led to the original application state; establishing one or more logical anchor points based on the set of state variables; provisioning memory resources to support a duplicate application state; on the provisioned memory resources, initiating a copy of the application; transferring the one or more point-in-time characteristics to the provisioned memory resources, the transferring including: configuring the copy of the application using the one or more point-in-time characteristics to regenerate the original application state on the copy of the appli

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to method of making three-dimensional (3D) objects using an additive manufacturing system wherein the part material comprises a polymeric component comprising at least one poly(ether ether ketone) polymer (PEEK) having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) ranging from 75,000 to 100,000 g/mol (as determined by GPC), for example in the form of filaments or spherical particles, for use in additive manufacturing systems to print 3D objects.

Abstract: An electrical device that comprises a printed circuit board, which has a first mounting surface, a second mounting surface, a mounting edge, and a plurality of mounting pads on the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface, and an electrical component that has a ball grid array. The electrical device further comprises an adaptor, interposed between the mounting edge and the electrical component, and comprising a body, made of an electrically non-conductive material, and a plurality of electrical pins, made of an electrically conductive material and passing at least partially through the body of the adaptor. The first end of each one of the plurality of electrical pins is electrically directly mounted to a corresponding one of the spaced apart solder balls. The second end of each one of the plurality of electrical pins is electrically directly mounted to a corresponding one of the plurality of mounting pads.

Abstract: A lubricant formulation for an electric or hybrid vehicle includes a base oil, or a blend thereof, one or more additives, and a molybdenum amine complex, such as diisotridecylamine molybdate, are provided. Lubricant formulations can be characterized by one of: improving electric motor protection when a volatage is applied to an electrode in the presence of a formulation comprising the diisotridecylamine molybdate additive as compared to a fluid lacking the diisotridecylamine molybdate additive; maintaining the electrical resistance slope of a formulation comprising the diisotridecylamine molybdate additive as compared to a fluid lacking the diisotridecylamine molybdate additive; the formulation forming a protective film on copper surfaces; a change in color of the formulation indicating contact load, temperature, time, or viscosity change.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are magnetic structures in integrated circuit (IC) package supports, as well as related methods and devices. For example, in some embodiments, an IC package support may include a conductive line and a magnetic structure around a top surface of the conductive line and side surfaces of the conductive line. The magnetic structure may have a tapered shape that narrows toward the conductive line.

Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies, and related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. For example, in some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a package substrate having a core substrate with a first conductive structure having a first thickness on the core substrate, and a second conductive structure having a second thickness on the core substrate, where the first thickness is different than the second thickness.

Abstract: Described are techniques for uncertainty-aware anatomical landmark detection, using, for example, a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) anatomical landmark detection agent. For instance, a process can include generating one or more image features for an input medical image using a first sub-network of the anatomical landmark detection agent. A softmax layer of a second sub-network of the anatomical landmark detection agent can generate a plurality of discrete Q-value distributions for a set of allowable actions associated with movement of the agent within the medical image. An anatomical landmark location within the medical image can be predicted using the discrete Q-value distributions. An uncertainty can be determined for the predicted anatomical landmark location, based on an average full width half maximum (FWHM) calculated for the plurality of discrete Q-value distributions.

Abstract: A loading arm assembly for a load-handling vehicle has a main arm and an auxiliary arm. The loading arm assembly is configured for unloading and loading ISO containers and for unloading and loading transportation containers having a hook. The loading arm assembly is improved in that a crossbeam having two corner grippers and furthermore, separately therefrom, a telescopic gripping hook is disposed on the auxiliary arm.