Abstract: Object-shifting mechanisms, control systems for object-shifting mechanisms, and methods of manufacturing, assembling, and using the same. The object-shifting mechanism can include a base, a frame, at least one pickup device, at least one actuator, and a control system that is used to control operation of different components of the object-shifting mechanism and/or associated systems. In addition, methods of using a object-shifting mechanism to engage, shift, position, and release a component during an assembly and installation process are also disclosed. In addition, methods of manufacturing, configuring, and integrating object-shifting including in different manufacturing operations are also disclosed.

Abstract: A cryogenic-fluid compression apparatus having a compression chamber, an intake system, a piston, a discharge orifice in communication with the compression chamber and designed to enable the egress of compressed fluid, the piston comprising a tubular portion mounted about a static central guide connected to the static structure, the apparatus having a sealing system formed between the central guide and the tubular portion of the piston, the compression chamber being delimited by the tubular portion of the piston and a terminal end of the central guide, the central guide being connected to the static structure via a support part received in a longitudinal opening formed in the body of the piston and enabling the relative longitudinal sliding of the piston about the support part. The invention also relates to a filling station comprising such an apparatus.

Abstract: A propagation-defective, replication-competent RNA replicon derived from the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that comprises a polynucleotide sequence SEQ_ID 2 or a variant of SEQ_ID 2 having at least 80% identity, more preferably 85% identity, even more preferably at least 90% identity, and even more preferably 91% or 92% or 93% or 94% or 95% or 96% or 97% or 98% or even up to 99% identity with respect to the SEQ_ID 2 polynucleotide sequence, wherein the variant of SEQ_ID2 does not comprise sequences suitable for expressing an ORF8 protein, wherein the ORF8 protein is encoded by a gene having at least 80% identity to the sequence of SEQ_ID36, methods of preparation thereof and the use in vaccine compositions.

Abstract: Object-shifting mechanisms, control systems for object-shifting mechanisms, and methods of manufacturing, assembling, and using the same. The object-shifting mechanism can include a base, a frame, at least one pickup device, at least one actuator, and a control system that is used to control operation of different components of the object-shifting mechanism and/or associated systems. In addition, methods of using a object-shifting mechanism to engage, shift, position, and release a component during an assembly and installation process are also disclosed. In addition, methods of manufacturing, configuring, and integrating object-shifting including in different manufacturing operations are also disclosed.

Abstract: RNA replicon derived from a coronavirus with complete or partial deletion of: the gene encoding the E protein and at least 4 genes encoding genus accessory proteins selected from: 3, 4a, 4b and 5, in the case of MERS-CoV. Method of preparation thereof, and their use in vaccine compositions.

Abstract: A method and system for conducting routine maintenance for an autonomous vehicle. The method includes collecting and calculating internal variables of the autonomous vehicle with a processor, evaluating the internal variables of the autonomous vehicle with the processor, and determining if routine maintenance is necessary. External variables are evaluated to determine optimal times for routine maintenance. The vehicle user is informed if routine maintenance is necessary, and a period of time is proposed for performance of the routine maintenance. The vehicle user is requested to confirm that routine maintenance should be attended to at the proposed time.

Abstract: Various disclosed embodiments include illustrative door assemblies, vehicles, and methods of assembling door assemblies. In an illustrative embodiment, a door assembly has a right horizontal track, a left horizontal track, a counterbalance assembly having a right end and a left end, a right connector plate, and a left connector plate. The right connector plate is configured to be connected to the right horizontal track and to the right end of the counterbalance assembly. The left connector plate is configured to be connected to the left horizontal track and to the left end of the counterbalance assembly.

Abstract: A monoblock concrete crosstie for railway tracks that achieves a high performance in operation includes a steel structure that is formed from ultra-resistant high strength steel plates embedded in a concrete element and having pre-stressed cold rolled wires with ends that form button head knots which are anchored to the steel plates. The crosstie includes rail seats with a convex channeled formation that is mateable with an extending member of a faceplate wherein the railseat has a width less than the width of the faceplate, and a center of the face plate has a first distance from a center of the concrete element and a center of the rails seat has a second distance from the center of the concrete element, the first distance greater than the second distance.

Abstract: Bacterial strain Bacillus amyloliquefaciens QV15 (CECT 9371), a microorganism from the group of Gram+bacteria, genus Bacillus, a stimulant for the secondary metabolism of phenolic compounds, enhancer of the extracts from raspberry and strawberry fruit and leaf for the enzymes related to regulation of blood glucose (alpha-glucosidase), hypertension (angiotensin-converting enzyme, ACE) and inflammation (cycloxygenase, COX2). This strain has been isolated from the rhizosphere of Pinus pinea, in nutrient agar (PCA), and has been characterized from a morphological, biochemical and genetic point of view by sequencing of the 16s gene. It can be used to enhance the properties of the extracts as regards the application thereof to enzymes related to metabolic syndrome, or in order to modify secondary metabolism to enhance phenolic compounds in plant species of agronomic, pharmacological and food interest, and to obtain a greater quantity of active substances and/or novel foods with a standardized phenol content.

Abstract: A monoblock concrete crosstie for railway tracks that achieves a high performance in operation includes a steel structure that is formed from ultra-resistant high strength steel plates embedded in a concrete element and having pre-stressed cold rolled wires with ends that form button head knots which are anchored to the steel plates. The crosstie includes rail seats with a convex channeled formation that is mateable with an extending member of a faceplate wherein the railseat has a width less than the width of the faceplate, and a center of the face plate has a first distance from a center of the concrete element and a center of the rails seat has a second distance from the center of the concrete element, the first distance greater than the second distance.

Abstract: A computing system includes at least one processor and memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing system to identify configuration data that defines computing functionality of a first service instance assigned to an end user tenant in the computing system, generate a test tenant comprising a second service instance provisioned with computing resources that are configured based on the configuration data, detect a technical issue in the first service instance, and generate the technical issue in the second service instance.

Abstract: A method and system for conducting routine maintenance for an autonomous vehicle. The method includes collecting and calculating internal variables of the autonomous vehicle with a processor, evaluating the internal variables of the autonomous vehicle with the processor, and determining if routine maintenance is necessary. External variables are evaluated to determine optimal times for routine maintenance. The vehicle user is informed if routine maintenance is necessary, and a period of time is proposed for performance of the routine maintenance. The vehicle user is requested to confirm that routine maintenance should be attended to at the proposed time.

Abstract: A monoblock concrete crosstie for railway tracks that achieves a high performance in operation includes a steel structure that is formed from ultra-resistant high strength steel plates embedded in a concrete element and having pre-stressed cold rolled wires with ends that form button head knots which are anchored to the steel plates. The crosstie includes rail seats with a convex channeled formation that is mateable with an extending member of a faceplate wherein the railseat has a width less than the width of the faceplate, and a center of the face plate has a first distance from a center of the concrete element and a center of the rails seat has a second distance from the center of the concrete element, the first distance greater than the second distance.

Abstract: A computing system includes at least one processor and memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing system to identify configuration data that defines computing functionality of a first service instance assigned to an end user tenant in the computing system, generate a test tenant comprising a second service instance provisioned with computing resources that are configured based on the configuration data, detect a technical issue in the first service instance, and generate the technical issue in the second service instance.

Abstract: A test tenant generation system comprises, in one example, a scheduling component configured to define a deployment schedule for deploying a plurality of test tenants, and a tenant deployment component configured to deploy the plurality of test tenants to a computing system based on the deployment schedule.

Abstract: A monoblock concrete crosstie for railway tracks that achieves a high performance in operation includes a steel structure that is formed from ultra-resistant high strength steel plates embedded in a concrete element and having pre-stressed cold rolled wires with ends that form button head knots which are anchored to the steel plates. A faceted geometry allows optimal material usage and in turn increases the crosstie-ballast interlocking and stability with respect to the support surface.

Abstract: A test tenant generation system comprises, in one example, a scheduling component configured to define a deployment schedule for deploying a plurality of test tenants, and a tenant deployment component configured to deploy the plurality of test tenants to a computing system based on the deployment schedule.

Abstract: A wireless communication device (e.g., operative within a wireless local area network (WLAN)) coordinates with another wireless communication device to determine which communication parameter(s) to use in at least one FTM frame exchange. In an example of operation, the wireless communication device includes a communication interface and a processor such that the processor receives, via the communication interface, a fine timing measurement (FTM) request frame from the other wireless communication device. The FTM request frame specifies at least one preferred communication parameter for the at least one FTM frame exchange. The processor then determines, based on the FTM request frame, information related to the at least one preferred communication parameter. The wireless communication device generates and transmits a response to the FTM request frame to the other wireless communication device that confirms or overrides the at least one preferred communication parameter.

Abstract: A monoblock concrete crosstie for railway tracks that achieves a high performance in operation includes a steel structure that is formed from ultra-resistant high strength steel plates embedded in a concrete element and having pre-stressed cold rolled wires with ends that form button head knots which are anchored to the steel plates. A faceted geometry allows optimal material usage and in turn increases the crosstie-ballast interlocking and stability with respect to the support surface.

Abstract: A monoblock concrete crosstie for railway tracks that achieves a high performance in operation includes a steel structure that is formed from ultra-resistant high strength steel plates embedded in a concrete element and having pre-stressed cold rolled wires with ends that form button head knots which are anchored to the steel plates. A faceted geometry allows optimal material usage and in turn increases the crosstie-ballast interlocking and stability with respect to the support surface.