Abstract: Provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for preparing pharmaceutical compositions comprising coated API. Excess coating material that is not bound to coated API may be removed by a sieving process. Coating and dosing ratios can also be optimized to minimize the amount of excess unbound coating material. Additionally, the compositions can be formulated to preserve the functional coating of coated API and to minimize aeration of API when mixed into suspension.

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle can include a perception sensor and one or more processors. The processors can be configured to automatically control the autonomous vehicle to an energy supply station to resupply the autonomous vehicle; detect an arrival of the autonomous vehicle at the energy supply station; detect a calibration target; collect data from the perception sensor corresponding with the calibration target; and calibrate the perception sensor based on the collected data.

Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for determining states of traffic lights and managing behavior of an automated vehicle approaching an intersection. An autonomy system applies an object recognition engine trained to recognize a traffic light, and identify and confirm the state of the traffic light. A first neural network trained for object detection recognizes a traffic light and defines a bounding box around the recognized traffic light. A second neural network receives the region of the image bounded by the box as constituting the traffic light and “reads” the light. The automated vehicle uses other information, such as states of pedestrian traffic lights, detection of objects in and near the intersection, and glare on one or more cameras, to supplement its determination of the right of way through the intersection. The autonomy system generates a driving instruction based on the traffic light combined.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein include hardware and software components for hosting a multi-vehicle tool that configures and tracks test scenarios of an ego vehicle. Sensors mounted to the ego other traffic vehicles generate sensor data, including geolocation data, which the vehicles transmit to a system hosting the multi-vehicle tool. The multi-vehicle tool uses the sensor inputs to generate a user interface allowing an administrator to monitor the vehicles during testing. The multi-vehicle tool detects when the sensor data satisfies a configurable bail threshold and transmits a notification to an administrator to abort the test or transmits instructions to the ego vehicle to abort the test.

Abstract: When III-V semiconductor material is bonded to an oxide material, water molecules can degrade the bonding if they become trapped at the interface between the III-V material and the oxide material. Because water molecules can diffuse readily through oxide material, and may not diffuse as readily through III-V material or through silicon, forcing the III-V material against the oxide material can force water molecules at the interface into the oxide material and away from the interface. Water molecules present at the interface can be forced during manufacturing through vertical channels in a silicon layer into a buried oxide layer thereby to enhance bonding between the III-V material and the oxide material. Water molecules can be also forced through lateral channels in the oxide material, past a periphery of the III-V material, and, through diffusion, out of the oxide material into the atmosphere.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein systems and methods for detecting fluid leaks for an automated vehicle using image data. The automated vehicle includes a camera at or near the front of the chassis and a camera at or near the rear of the chassis. Each camera captures images of a road surface beneath vehicle as the vehicle passes a road surface. The cameras store images of the road surface into a log with timestamp or location stamp, by mapping the image to a location in the world. An algorithm de-warps the images to correct for lensing. Using the locations data, computer vision, and/or object recognition, a processor extracts features, overlays the images, and compares the features to identify differences between the images indicating dripping fluid. Multi-image comparisons avoid false positives. The processor may recognize that image features indicate fluid leaks based on characteristics of spots (e.g., color, location, size) or other features.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein include an automated vehicle having a pitot tube mounted to a side-view mirror of the automated vehicle. The pitot gathers samples of wind speed information for calculating three-dimensional wind measurements using the information gathered by the pitot tube. The pitot tube is installed at an area that offers the pitot tube access to outside “clean air,” undisturbed by the vehicle's movement. A controller and/or driving software ingest the three-dimensional wind measurements and generate driving tasks of the automated vehicle based upon the three-dimensional wind measurements.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein include a system of fluid-delivery hardware, including tubes, valves, and pumps that deliver samples of fluid gathered from various exposed locations of a vehicle to commonly located gas analysis sensors. A durable sensor housing contains the gas sensors and is situated in a confined location of the vehicle, which is environmentally isolated and physically partitioned from the sample locations exposed to potentially deleterious environments. For a given sample location, a tube and valves gather and channel fluid samples from the sample location towards the sensor housing at the confined location. A pump forces air outwards to purge debris in the tube or tube inlet, and draws air inward through the tube towards the sensor housing for delivery to the sensors.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to oral dosage forms and processes for producing the oral dosage forms. The dosage forms include an Epinephrine hormone or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, an antioxidant, and a chelating agent. The antioxidant can be sodium metabisulfate and the chelating agent can be edetate disodium (“EDTA”).

Abstract: An apparatus for mechanically splitting materials has a body with a cutting element arranged relative thereto. The cutting element has at least one cutting surface oriented vertically. The splitting apparatus has the cutting element applying an upward pressure against the material which is split when a separate downward force is applied to the material. The body of the splitting apparatus also has a safety element to protect the user from the cutting element; an elongate supporting element to distance the safety element from either or both the cutting element and a surface on which the splitting apparatus is used; a stabilizing element to stabilize the splitting apparatus relative to a surface on which the splitting apparatus is used; and optionally a deflecting element to deflect split materials away from the cutting element and container element to contain therewithin split materials produced during the splitting.

Abstract: An apparatus for mechanically splitting materials has a body with a cutting element arranged relative thereto. The cutting element has at least one cutting surface oriented vertically. The splitting apparatus has the cutting element applying an upward pressure against the material which is split when a separate downward force is applied to the material. The body of the splitting apparatus also has a safety element to protect the user from the cutting element; an elongate supporting element to distance the safety element from either or both the cutting element and a surface on which the splitting apparatus is used; a stabilizing element to stabilize the splitting apparatus relative to a surface on which the splitting apparatus is used; and optionally a deflecting element to deflect split materials away from the cutting element and container element to contain therewithin split materials produced during the splitting.

Abstract: In integrated optical structures (e.g., silicon-to-silicon-nitride mode converters) implemented in semiconductor-on-insulator substrates, wire waveguides whose sidewalls substantially consist of portions coinciding with crystallographic planes and do not extend laterally beyond the top surface of the wire waveguide may provide benefits in performance and/or manufacturing needs. Such wire waveguides may be manufactured, e.g., using a dry-etch of the semiconductor device layer down to the insulator layer to form a wire waveguide with exposed sidewalls, followed by a smoothing crystallographic wet etch.

Abstract: The invention relates to a traction or friction measuring apparatus and method of calibration.

Abstract: When III-V semiconductor material is bonded to an oxide material, water molecules can degrade the bonding if they become trapped at the interface between the III-V material and the oxide material. Because water molecules can diffuse readily through oxide material, and may not diffuse as readily through III-V material or through silicon, forcing the III-V material against the oxide material can force water molecules at the interface into the oxide material and away from the interface. Water molecules present at the interface can be forced during manufacturing through vertical channels in a silicon layer into a buried oxide layer thereby to enhance bonding between the III-V material and the oxide material. Water molecules can be also forced through lateral channels in the oxide material, past a periphery of the III-V material, and, through diffusion, out of the oxide material into the atmosphere.

Abstract: When III-V semiconductor material is bonded to an oxide material, water molecules can degrade the bonding if they become trapped at the interface between the III-V material and the oxide material. Because water molecules can diffuse readily through oxide material, and may not diffuse as readily through III-V material or through silicon, forcing the III-V material against the oxide material can force water molecules at the interface into the oxide material and away from the interface. Water molecules present at the interface can be forced during manufacturing through vertical channels in a silicon layer into a buried oxide layer thereby to enhance bonding between the III-V material and the oxide material. Water molecules can be also forced through lateral channels in the oxide material, past a periphery of the III-V material, and, through diffusion, out of the oxide material into the atmosphere.

Abstract: Provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for preparing pharmaceutical compositions comprising coated API. Excess coating material that is not bound to coated API may be removed by a sieving process. Coating and dosing ratios can also be optimized to minimize the amount of excess unbound coating material. Additionally, the compositions can be formulated to preserve the functional coating of coated API and to minimize aeration of API when mixed into suspension.

Abstract: In integrated optical structures (e.g., silicon-to-silicon-nitride mode converters) implemented in semiconductor-on-insulator substrates, wire waveguides whose sidewalls substantially consist of portions coinciding with crystallographic planes and do not extend laterally beyond the top surface of the wire waveguide may provide benefits in performance and/or manufacturing needs. Such wire waveguides may be manufactured, e.g., using a dry-etch of the semiconductor device layer down to the insulator layer to form a wire waveguide with exposed sidewalls, followed by a smoothing crystallographic wet etch.

Abstract: A method of treating a spinal column shape deformation includes fixing at least two fixation screw assemblies to respective vertebrae, sliding a rod between the arm extensions on each of the fixation screw assemblies, swinging the channels of the screw assemblies relative to the fixation screws so that the channels become less inclined to the axes of the fixation screws, and so that the rod is located generally posteriorly of the spinal column, locking the channel against swinging relative to the screw, rotating the rod about its axis relative to at least one of the channels, and locking the rod against movement relative to the channel.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for mechanically splitting materials, including a body with a cutting element arranged relative thereto. The cutting element includes at least one cutting surface oriented vertically. The splitting apparatus includes the cutting element applying an upward pressure against the material which is split when a separate downward force is applied to the material. The body of the splitting apparatus also includes a safety element to protect the user from the cutting element; an elongate supporting element to distance the safety element from either or both the cutting element and a surface on which the splitting apparatus is used; a stabilizing element to stabilize the splitting apparatus relative to a surface on which the splitting apparatus is used; and optionally a deflecting element to deflect split materials away from the cutting element and container element to contain therewithin split materials produced during the splitting.