Abstract: A modular cargo system for an off-road vehicle includes a triangular center case between a right side case and a left side case, each having a base attached downwardly to a platform on the vehicle while also defining a floor plane for resting on a flat floor surface. The side cases include non-parallel side walls, each defining an interior space large enough to hold a rider's helmet. Each case includes a handle on a hinged lid, enabling the side case to be carried with a single hand while the lid is closed. The hinge is on a leading side wall of the cases, latched on a trailing side wall of the cases, and clips to hold the side cases downward to the platform are on the trailing side walls.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, A compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, (I) wherein: Z is a group of formula: (II) wherein P and Q are each independently CR12R13; or one of P and Q is NR14 and the other is CR12R13; the group X—Y is —NHSO2— or —SO2NH—; R1 is H, CN or alkyl; R2 is selected from COOH and a tetrazolyl group; R3 is selected from H, Cl and alkyl; R4 is selected from H and halo; R5 is selected from H, alkyl, haloalkyl, SO2-alkyl, Cl, alkoxy, OH, CN, hydroxyalkyl, alkylthio, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl and haloalkoxy; R6 is H; R7 is selected from H, CN, haloalkyl, halo, SO2-alkyl, heteroaryl, SO2NR16R17, CONR10R11 and alkyl, wherein said heteroaryl group is optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from alkyl, halo, alkoxy, CN, haloalkyl and OH; R8 is selected from H, alkyl, haloalkyl and halo; R9 is H or halo; and R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R

Abstract: Medical devices and related methods are described. The medical device includes a handle including a movable body, a shaft extending from a distal end of the handle, a first fitting coupled to the shaft, and a second fitting distal to the first fitting and concentrically coupled to the shaft. The second fitting includes a first hole and a second hole. The first hole receives a portion of the shaft, and the second hole is aligned with the first fitting. A third fitting surrounds the shaft, the first fitting, and the second fitting. The third fitting includes a distal face, a third hole, and a fourth hole. The third hole receives a distal portion of the shaft, and the fourth hole is aligned with the second hole and a wire. A proximal portion of the wire is coupled to the first fitting.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions relating to administering light enriched for UV-B to a plant material to improve subsequent plant performance.

Abstract: An expandable member for use in moulding a receptacle in a cavity of a mould includes a neck portion and a main body portion. The neck portion defines an opening of the expandable member, and has a first width. The main body portion has a second width different to the first width, and has a wall having a thickness that varies along a length of the wall.

Abstract: Methods of reducing calculation time for inverse kinematics for a robotic arm are presented. An analytical solver is used based on design values for a robot type to generate an analytical solution of joint parameters to achieve a desired location of a tool center point of the robot type, wherein the robotic arm has the robot type. The analytical solution of joint parameters is provided as a seed value to a numerical solver for the robotic arm of the robot type. A numerical solution is determined using the numerical solver and the seed value, the numerical solution comprising joint parameters for the robotic arm to achieve the desired location of a tool center point of the robotic arm.

Abstract: Mobile automatic switching power backup systems, power distribution enclosures, and related methods of assembly and use are provided herein. A mobile automatic switching power backup system can include a power distribution enclosure having a frame including a platform and exterior walls that form an enclosure with an interior and an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) unit comprising batteries secured within the interior of the power distribution enclosure, and a control panel within the power distribution enclosure for housing controls of the power backup system. An automatic transfer switch (ATS) unit can be located within the control panel and operably connected to the UPS unit. Electrical connectors can be in operable communication with the ATS unit. One or more heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) units can also be provided within the power distribution enclosure.

Abstract: The invention provides stable coronavirus spike proteins. Immunogenic compositions comprising same and the methods of using these immunogenic compositions are also provided.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to track and classify objects. An example apparatus for use with an aircraft includes interface circuitry communicatively coupled to an image sensor, the image sensor to capture images, machine readable instructions, and programmable circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to pre-process the images to identify potential targets, filter, based on the identified potential targets, at least one of the images to determine a presence of a persistent object therein, characterize a looming characteristic of the persistent object, and classify the persistent object based on the looming characteristic meeting or exceeding a looming characteristic threshold.

Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a frame, a support surface, a caregiver control panel, a patient control panel, and a controller. The caregiver control panel includes a lock out control that, when manually activated by a caregiver, locks out one or more particular controls on the patient control panel. The controller is also adapted to automatically lock out the one or more particular controls, irrespective of the state of the lock out control, in response to a triggering event. The triggering event may include one or more of the following: the arming of an exit detection system, the arming of a monitoring system, the passage of a predetermined time period, the use of a scale, the zeroing of the scale, the receipt of a fall risk score for the patient, etc. The caregiver control panel may allow the caregiver to select what patient controls are automatically locked out.

Abstract: A method of moulding a receptacle is described. The method comprises providing a mould, providing a partially formed receptacle within the mould, providing an expandable member (in a first configuration) within the partially formed receptacle, moving the expandable member (in the first configuration) into contact with a base of the partially formed receptacle such that the expandable member deforms toward a periphery of the base of the partially formed receptacle, and inserting fluid into the expandable member to expand the expandable member from the first configuration to a second configuration more expanded than the first configuration so as to urge the partially formed receptacle against an inner surface of the mould during a process to form the receptacle from the partially formed receptacle.

Abstract: An expandable member for use in moulding a receptacle in a cavity of a mould includes a neck portion, a main body portion, and a base portion. The neck portion defines an opening of the expandable member, and the neck portion has a first width. The main body portion is proximal to the neck portion, and has a second width different to the first width. The base portion is located at an opposite end of the main body portion to the neck portion, and has a third width greater than the second width.

Abstract: A method for data loading of an image in quantum machine learning includes encoding, in N qubits, an input (pxy, x, y) of a grayscale image having Nx pixels on the x-axis and Ny pixels on the y-axis in a matrix product state using a plurality of tensors, wherein N=log2(NxNy), 1?x?Nx, 1?y?Ny, 0<pxy?1, and x, y?, and applying, on the N qubits, quantum circuits implementing the plurality of tensors, each of the quantum circuit comprising CNOT gates.

Abstract: A robotic drill system and a method of drilling with a robotic drill system. This includes inserting a tool head of the robotic drill within a hole of a drill template along an initial insertion trajectory with a robotic manipulator arm that is moved by at least one robotic actuator for causing robotic insertion of the tool head. In response to sensing binding of the tool head to a wall of the hole while inserting the tool head along the initial insertion trajectory, the disclosure includes stopping robotic insertion of the tool head and activating a self-centering device of the tool head to reorient the tool head to a corrected alignment of the tool head axis relative to the hole. The self-centering device may include an expandable collet.

Abstract: A phase change thermal storage unit having has at least one conformational feature selected from (i) a fill port located proximate a corner of the of the panel, (ii) internal contouring that alters the thickness of the phase change material retention chamber for creating an average thickness of the chamber within a central portion of the chamber which is less than the average thickness of the chamber within a peripheral portion of the chamber, and (iii) fingertip indentation handles proximate each and every edge.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions relating to administering light enriched for UV-B to a plant material to improve subsequent plant performance.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to systems and methods for classifying an object in an image using a quantum convolutional neural network (QCNN). A method includes receiving the image; compressing, using an autoencoder, the image by extracting a plurality of features; encoding the plurality of features into quantum states by applying a quantum feature map corresponding to a quantum circuit unique to the image, where parameters of the quantum circuit depend on pixel values in the image; inputting the encoded plurality of features into the QCNN that is trained to detect the object and generate a classification of the object; and outputting the classification of the object generated by the QCNN.

Abstract: Described herein are home compostable adhesives composed of a polyester. The adhesives described herein have widespread commercial applicability as a compostable alternative to current non-biodegradable adhesives such as, for example, pressure sensitive adhesives. In one aspect, the polyester includes a plurality of residues of a diol selected from the group consisting of 1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol, or a combination thereof; a plurality of residues of a first dicarboxylic consisting of succinic acid; a plurality of residues of a second dicarboxylic consisting of glutaric acid; and a plurality of residues of a sugar.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, Formula (I), wherein, the group X—Y is —NHSO2—; Z is a monocyclic or polycyclic cycloalkyl group or a monocyclic or polycyclic heterocycloalkyl group, each of which is optionally substituted by one or more groups selected from haloalkyl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl and —(CR16R17)mR18, where m is 0 to 6; L is a direct bond or a group (CR14R15)n, where n is 1 or 2; R1 is H, CN, Cl or F or alkyl; R2 is selected from COOH and a tetrazolyl group; R3 is selected from H, halo, alkoxy and alkyl; R4 is selected from H and halo; R5 is selected from H, alkyl, haloalkyl, SO2-alkyl, Cl, alkoxy, OH, CN, hydroxyalkyl, alkylthio, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl and haloalkoxy; R6 is H; R7 is selected from H, CN, haloalkyl, halo, SO2-alkyl, SO2NR12R13, heteroaryl, CONR10R11 and alkyl, wherein said heteroaryl group is optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from alkyl, halo, alkoxy, CN,

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, wherein: the group X—Y is —NHSO2— or —SO2NH—; Z is a monocyclic aryl or heteroaryl group, each of which is optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from alkyl, cycloalkyl, halo, alkoxy, CN, haloalkyl and OH; R1 is H or alkyl; R2 is selected from COOH and a tetrazolyl group; R3 is selected from H, Cl and alkyl; R4 is selected from H and halo; R5 is selected from H, alkyl, haloalkyl, SO2-alkyl, Cl, alkoxy, OH, CN, hydroxyalkyl, alkylthio, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl and haloalkoxy; R6 is H; R7 is selected from H, CN, haloalkyl, halo, SO2-alkyl, SO2NR12R13, heteroaryl, CONR10R11 and alkyl, wherein said heteroaryl group is optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from alkyl, halo, alkoxy, CN, haloalkyl and OH; R8 is selected from H, alkyl, haloalkyl and halo; and R9 is H, alkyl or halo; R10 and R11 are each independently H or alkyl; and R12