Abstract: A system includes a transmitting horn coupled to a first robotic arm and positionable in immediate non-contacting proximity to a transparency, and configured to emit an emitted signal comprising a focused energy beam for impingement on the transparency. The system further includes a receiving horn coupled to a second robotic arm and positionable relative to the transmitting horn in immediate proximity to the transparency, and configured to receive a received signal comprising at least a portion of the emitted signal after transmission through or reflection off of the transparency. The system also includes a processor configured to move the first robotic arm and the second robotic arm in a coordinated manner along a preprogrammed measurement path, and determine at least one transparency characteristic based on an analysis of the received signal.

Abstract: An ostomy device includes a base portion and an inflatable member. The portion includes a tubular body extending from a first end to a second end. The portion is sized, shaped, and configured to be received within an opening of an abdominal wall to connect an end of an intestine to the opening of the abdominal wall to form a stoma. The member is coupled to the portion. The member defines a hole extending therethrough. The hole is configured to receive a portion of an intestine proximate the stoma therethrough. In an operative configuration, the member movable between a deflated configuration, in which the stoma is maintained in an open position, and an inflated configuration, in which the member expands to decrease a size of the hole such that a radial inward pressure is applied to a portion of the intestine received therein to close the stoma.

Abstract: A locking assembly (10) for a medical device (1), the device (1) adapted to adjust the position of an upper teeth engagement member to a lower teeth engagement member, the device (1) having a plate, an elongate recess and a block slidable along said recess to adjust the position of the members relative to each other; the locking assembly (10) including: a screw having an elongate shaft having a thread extending substantially towards one end and a head at the other end, the thread adapted to engage the block, the head having at least one engagement member; and a cap having a corresponding at least one engagement member in use to lock the engagement members together to inhibit said screw from rotating in said block.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for a device including a functional circuit, a power monitor circuit, and a controller. The functional circuit can be configured to perform a function. The power monitor circuit can collect power usage data of the functional circuit. The controller can transmit the power usage data to a master control device, and receive an instruction provided by the master control device. The instruction is generated based on the power usage data of the functional circuit and related to the function. Based on the instruction received from the master control device, the controller can adjust the function performed by the functional circuit.

Abstract: An embodiment includes a method to increase the efficiency of security checkpoint operations. A security checkpoint kiosk serves as a Relying Party System (RPS). The RPS establishes a secure local connection between the RPS and a User Mobile-Identification-Credential Device (UMD). The RPS sends a user information request to the UMD, via the secure local connection, seeking release of user information associated with a Mobile Identification Credential (MIC). The RPS obtains authentication of the user information received in response to the user information request. The RPS retrieves user travel information based on the user information. The RPS determines that the user travel information matches the user information. When the user travel information matches the user information, the RPS approves the user to proceed past the security checkpoint kiosk.

Abstract: This document describes electrical device adjustment tools. In one aspect, an electrical device adjustment tool includes a first member including a first handle end, a first pivot hole, and a first jaw end including a first base section and a first grasping section which connect to form a first L-shaped notch. The electrical device adjustment tool includes a second member including a second handle end, a second pivot hole, a pivot indentation which provides a range of movement for the first member with respect to the second member, and a second jaw end including a second base section and a second grasping section which connect to form a second L-shaped notch. The electrical device adjustment tool includes a bar extending transversely through the first pivot hole and the second pivot hole. The first member is operable to pivot within the pivot indentation relative to the second member around the bar.

Abstract: A storytelling interface comprising a map panel and a genealogy panel, and methods for using the same, are described. The storytelling interface facilitates dynamic and automatic scaling and relocation of the map panel based on a user's location within the genealogy panel, which facilitates a continuous scrolling operation to navigate between different sections of the genealogy panel. The storytelling interface facilitates a user receiving, viewing, and interacting with DNA and ethnic communities results determined from DNA testing, and allows a user to navigate through pertinent communities in both time and/or space.

Abstract: An insole (2) has a heel region (8), an arch region (6) and a forefoot region (4). A pod (10) comprising an encapsulated liquid is partially embedded in a foam layer in the heel region (8). The impact of foot strike can lead to large forces on joints in the body. The insole (2) with the pod (10) reduces the impact of foot strike and therefore can lessen the impact of steps on the body.

Abstract: A system (700) and method (720) for enabling a vehicle (710) utilizing electrical propulsion to selectively commence a re-charging session based on one or more variables determined by an assigning authority (1105 that is connected to the vehicle through a mobile network (1110) is disclosed herein. The system (1100) comprises an assigning authority engine (1105), a mobile device (110) for an electric vehicle (1000), and a charging station (715).

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a 3D model of upper teeth (U1) of a patient (P) and a 3D model of lower teeth (L1) of the patient (P1), and receiving a plurality of 2D images, each image representative of at least a portion of the upper teeth (U1) and lower teeth (L1) of the patient (P). The method also includes determining, based on the 2D images, a spatial relationship between the upper teeth (U1) and lower teeth (L1) of the patient (P).

Abstract: According to an aspect of an embodiment, a multi-zone audio amplifier may include an audio manager, a data bus, and multiple amplifiers coupled to the data bus. The audio manager may obtain audio inputs representative of sound to be played at an audio output device, from an audio source via a network. The multiple amplifiers may provide audio outputs representative of the sound to multiple zones, each zone corresponding to one or more different audio output device for playback of the sound. The multiple amplifiers may receive the audio inputs from the audio manager via the data bus.

Abstract: According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method may include receiving, at an embedded computing device of a multi-zone audio amplifier system, audio inputs from audio sources. The method may further include mapping the audio inputs to an zone for the audio inputs to be available for the zone, in which the zone represents a location having a speaker configured for playback of sound. A particular audio input may be selected from the audio inputs for transmission to the zone, where such selection may be based on a priority policy. The embedded computing device may transmit the particular audio input to the zone using an amplifier associated with the zone. The method may further include causing the speaker to play the particular audio input.

Abstract: A system may include an embedded computing device and amplifiers coupled to the embedded computing device. The embedded computing device may cause a user interface to be displayed on a mobile device via a mobile application. The user interface may show a list of zones and a list of audio inputs. The embedded computing device may obtain a user input via the user interface. The user input may indicate relationships between the audio inputs and the zones. The zones may represent physical locations. Each of the physical locations may include an audio output device configured to play sound. The embedded computing device may map the relationships between the audio inputs and the zones based on the user input. The amplifiers may obtain a portion of the audio inputs based on the relationships. The amplifiers may also provide the portion of the audio inputs to the audio output device.

Abstract: According to an aspect of an embodiment, thermal management system for an audio amplifier system may include a heatsink and an active thermal management system. The heatsink may be coupled to an enclosure housing the audio amplifier system and an amplifier of the audio amplifier system. The heatsink may be configured to passively dissipate heat generated in the amplifier to the enclosure and provide structural support for the enclosure. The active thermal management system may include a temperature sensor configured to generate temperature data, a fan configured to provide air to the audio amplifier system to lower temperature measured using the temperature sensor and an embedded computing device configured to obtain the temperature data from the temperature sensor and control the fan based on the temperature data.

Abstract: A system includes a robotic arm of a robotic device, an imaging device coupled to the robotic arm, and a processor configured to control movement of the robotic arm to move the imaging device along a preprogrammed measurement path of a transparency while prompting the imaging device to record images of localized portions of the transparency. The processor is configured to determine one or more localized transparency characteristics based on an analysis of the images of the localized portions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for a device including a functional circuit, a power monitor circuit, and a controller. The functional circuit can be configured to perform a function. The power monitor circuit can collect power usage data of the functional circuit. The controller can transmit the power usage data to a master control device, and receive an instruction provided by the master control device. The instruction is generated based on the power usage data of the functional circuit and related to the function. Based on the instruction received from the master control device, the controller can adjust the function performed by the functional circuit.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to compounds that include a first chelating ligand selective for 89Zr linked by a linker group to a second chelating ligand selective for a radionuclide other than 89Zr. Also disclosed are complexes, pharmaceutical agents and compositions comprising the compounds. The disclosure also provides methods for the use and production of the compounds, complexes, pharmaceutical agents and compositions.

Abstract: Embodiments include an ingestible capsule comprising a housing including a therapeutic payload carrying compartment; a power supply; a release mechanism; and a sensing mechanism, the sensing mechanism being sensitive to an environment external to the housing; the ingestible capsule being configured for passage through a GI tract of a subject mammal, during which passage: the sensing mechanism is configured to output a signal varying according to a GI tract environment, wherein the sensing mechanism comprises one or more sensors from among: a VOC gas sensor; a TCD gas sensor; a reflectometer formed by a transmission antenna of the ingestible capsule connected in series with a directional coupler configured to measure a reflected signal from the transmission antenna; and an accelerometer; the release mechanism is configured to cause a therapeutic payload to be released into the GI tract from the therapeutic payload carrying compartment at a release timing determined according to the output signal.