Abstract: A particle delivery system of an agricultural row unit includes a first particle belt configured to receive a particle from a particle metering and singulation unit, a second particle belt configured to receive the particle from the first particle belt and to expel the particle to a trench in soil, and a particle transfer assembly configured to facilitate transfer of the particle from the first particle belt to the second particle belt. The first particle belt is configured to accelerate the particle to a target particle transfer speed, and the second particle belt is configured to accelerate the particle to a target particle exit speed greater than the target particle transfer speed.

Abstract: A particle delivery system of an agricultural row unit includes a particle disc configured to receive a plurality of particles from a particle metering and singulation unit, and a particle belt configured to receive each particle of the plurality of particles from the particle disc and to expel the particle to a trench in soil. The particle disc is configured to accelerate each particle of the plurality of particles to a target particle transfer speed.

Abstract: A particle delivery system of an agricultural row unit includes a particle belt configured to be disposed apart from a particle metering and singulation unit and a particle acceleration system configured to apply a force to a particle to accelerate the particle from the particle metering and singulation unit and to guide the particle toward the particle belt. The particle belt is configured to receive the particle accelerated from the particle metering and singulation unit, and the particle acceleration system is configured to apply the force to the particle to accelerate the particle from the particle metering and singulation unit to the particle belt, such that a particle speed of the particle reaches a target particle speed, is within a target percentage of a belt speed of the particle belt, or both, as the particle reaches the particle belt.

Abstract: A particle delivery system of an agricultural row unit includes a particle belt housing having a particle engagement aperture configured to receive a particle and a particle exit aperture configured to expel the particle toward a trench in soil. The particle delivery system includes a particle belt having a particle engagement section configured to receive the particle via the particle engagement aperture and a particle exit section configured to expel the particle via the particle exit aperture. The particle exit section is positioned adjacent to the particle exit aperture, the particle belt extends generally parallel to the trench at the particle exit section, the particle engagement section is positioned adjacent to the particle engagement aperture, and the particle belt at the particle engagement section extends at an angle between zero degrees and ninety degrees relative to the particle belt at the particle exit section.

Abstract: A particle delivery system of an agricultural row unit includes a particle belt having a particle engagement section configured to receive a particle from a particle metering and singulation unit and a particle exit section configured to expel the particle toward a trench in soil. The particle delivery system includes an air flow system configured to establish an air flow toward the particle engagement section of the particle belt to accelerate the particle toward the particle belt, such that a particle speed of the particle reaches a target particle speed, is within a target percentage of a belt speed of the particle belt, or both, as the particle reaches the particle engagement section of the particle belt. The air flow toward the particle engagement section is a substantial portion of a total air flow established by the air flow system relative to other sections of the particle belt.

Abstract: A particle delivery system of an agricultural row unit includes a particle metering and singulation unit configured to meter a plurality of particles from a particle storage area and a particle belt disposed a selected distance apart from the particle metering and singulation unit. The particle belt is configured to receive the plurality of particles from the particle metering and singulation unit. The selected distance between the particle metering and singulation unit and the particle belt enables the plurality of particles to accelerate under an influence of gravity to a particle speed at the particle belt within a target percentage of a belt speed of the particle belt.

Abstract: A particle delivery system of an agricultural row unit includes a shuttle track configured to be disposed adjacent to a particle metering and singulation unit, shuttles movably disposed along the shuttle track, and a track belt disposed inwardly of the shuttle track. Each shuttle is configured to receive a particle from the particle metering and singulation unit at a particle reception section of the shuttle track and release the particle toward a trench in soil at a particle deposition section of the shuttle track. The track belt includes paddles, and each paddle is configured to move a respective shuttle along a particle transfer section of the shuttle track from the particle reception section to the particle deposition section.

Abstract: A particle delivery system of an agricultural row unit includes an inner particle belt having a base and a plurality of flights extending outwardly from the base. Each pair of opposing flights of the plurality of flights is configured to receive a particle from a particle metering and singulation unit, and each flight is configured to rotate relative to the base. The particle delivery system includes an outer particle belt having a plurality of apertures, where each flight of the plurality of flights extends through a respective aperture of the plurality of apertures, and the outer particle belt is configured to drive rotation of the flight relative to the base as the inner particle belt and the outer particle belt rotate, such that rotation of the flight relative to the base accelerates the particle toward a trench in soil.

Abstract: A particle delivery system of an agricultural row unit includes a particle belt housing configured to be disposed adjacent to a particle metering and singulation unit and a particle belt disposed within the particle belt housing. The particle belt includes a base, a plurality of flights extending from the base, a particle engagement section configured to receive a particle from the particle metering and singulation unit, and a particle exit section configured to expel the particle toward a trench in soil. The particle delivery system includes a flex system coupled to the particle belt housing proximate to the particle exit section of the particle belt, where the flex system is configured to drive each flight of the plurality of flights to temporarily flex, such that the flight drives the particle to accelerate through the particle exit section in response to straightening of the flight.

Abstract: A gaussian frequency shift keying (GFSK) detector comprising a multi-symbol detector; at least three Viterbi decoders, and a timing adjustment module. The multi-symbol detector receives a series of samples representing a received GFSK modulated signal which comprises at least three samples per symbol; and generates, for each set of samples representing an N-symbol sequence of the GFSK modulated signal, at least three sets of soft decisions values, each set of soft decision values indicating the probability that the N-symbol sequence of samples is each possible N-symbol pattern based on a different one of the at least three samples of a symbol being a centre sample of the symbol. Each Viterbi decoder generates, for each N-symbol sequence, a path metric for each possible N-symbol pattern from a different set of soft decision values according to a Viterbi decoding algorithm.

Abstract: A silage with increased digestibility is produced from a corn hybrid that includes both brown midrib (bmr) and floury traits. A growing ration comprises such silage. A finishing ration comprises such silage. A method of increasing the meat quantity of a silage-fed animal comprises providing a silage produced from a corn hybrid that includes brown midrib (bmr) and floury traits, and feeding the animal with an animal feed composition that comprises the silage.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an agricultural implement system includes a product tank configured to carry a product during farming operations. The product tank includes a quick fill port system. The quick fill port system includes a first wall defining a first opening leading to an inside of the product tank. The quick fill port system further includes a first cover member disposed on the first opening and configured to at least partially cover and to uncover the first opening, wherein the first opening comprises a first size larger than a diameter of a product dispenser configured to be inserted into the first opening.

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device can include an electronic component. The electronic device can include a shaped body in which the electronic component is at least partially embedded, the shaped body comprising a base portion and a plurality of heat-dissipating projections extending outwardly therefrom. In some embodiments, the electronic device can include a passive electronic device, such as an inductor or transformer.

Abstract: A communications connection system includes an adapter module defining at least first and second ports and at least one media reading interface mounted at one of the ports. The first adapter module is configured to receive a fiber optic connector at each port. Some type of connectors may be formed as duplex connector arrangements. Some types of adapters may include ports without media reading interfaces. Some types of media reading interfaces include contact members having three contact sections.

Abstract: The present invention relates to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) which binds the cancer antigen disialoganglioside (GD2). T cells expressing such a CAR are useful in the treatment of cancerous diseases such as neuroblastoma.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for decoding LDPC code provide that an LDPC code may be represented as a Tanner graph comprising bit nodes and check nodes and connections between them. A configurable LDPC decoder supporting many different LDPC codes having any sub-matrix size includes several independently addressable memories which are used to store soft decision data for each bit node. The decoder further includes a number P of check node processing systems which generate updated soft decision data. The updated values are then passed back to the memories via a shuffling system. If the number of check nodes processed in parallel by the check node processing systems is PCNB (where P?PCNB) and the soft decision data for a bit node is of word size q bits, the total width of the independently addressable memories is larger than PCNB*q bits.

Abstract: A pig loader device can include a breech assembly having a chamber body, a ramrod compartment, a breech, and a neck. A ramrod having a push plate, a rod, and a breech plate may be disposed within the ramrod compartment and configured to slideably traverse the ramrod compartment and the breech. In use, the device can be connected to an ancillary pipe via the neck, and a pig may be placed within the breech and aligned be to be slid within the breech and neck upon engagement with the ramrod to facilitate pigging operations of a pipeline. The ramrod may then be forced forward to an extended position, thereby urging the pig through the neck to be seated within the pipe. The device may then be detached from the pipe to enable continued pigging operations.

Abstract: A GNSS correlator comprises a buffer and a processing unit. The buffer is configured to store input data representing sample values of a GNSS signal captured over a pre-defined time window. The processing unit is configured to receive one or more correlation parameters in a control signal, and, in a first pass, read the input data from the buffer and perform a first correlation operation on the input data, and, in a second pass, re-read the same input data from the buffer and perform a second correlation operation on the same input data, wherein the second correlation operation is different to the first correlation operation.

Abstract: A particle delivery assembly of an agricultural row unit includes a first particle tube and a sensor housing coupled to the first particle tube. The sensor housing is configured to receive a particle from the first particle tube and to house a sensor configured to detect the particle. The particle delivery assembly includes a second particle tube coupled to the first particle tube and to the sensor housing and configured to receive the particle from the sensor housing and to expel the particle toward a trench in soil. Additionally, the particle delivery assembly includes a coupling mechanism extending between the second particle tube and the first particle tube along the sensor housing. The coupling mechanism is configured to couple the second particle tube to the first particle tube and to at least partially secure the sensor housing between the first particle tube and the second particle tube.

Abstract: A particle delivery assembly of an agricultural row unit includes a particle tube configured to receive a particle and to deliver the particle toward a trench in soil. The particle tube includes a first body portion, a second body portion, and a hinge coupled to the first body portion and to the second body portion. The hinge is configured to enable the first body portion and the second body portion to pivot relative to one another between an open position of the particle tube and a closed position of the particle tube.