Abstract: A fluid sensor for sensing a concentration or composition of a fluid, the sensor comprising: a semiconductor substrate comprising a first etched portion and a second etched portion; a dielectric region located on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the dielectric region comprises a first dielectric membrane located over the first etched portion of the semiconductor substrate, and a second dielectric membrane located over the second etched portion of the semiconductor substrate; two temperature sensing elements on or within the first dielectric membrane and two temperature sensing elements on or within the second dielectric membrane; an output circuit configured to measure a differential signal between the two temperature sensing elements of the first dielectric membrane and the two temperature sensing elements of the second dielectric membrane; wherein the first dielectric membrane is exposed to the fluid and the second dielectric membrane is isolated from the fluid.

Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and programming for facilitating real-time determination of a process completion likelihood. In some embodiments, data including an update to a system, the update occurring at a first time, wherein updates to the system are permitted until an expiration time may be obtained, a set of fixed descriptors of the system may be retrieved and/or received, and a set of status updates describing the system at prior times may be obtained. Each status update of the set of one or more status updates includes at least (i) an update to the first system and (ii) a time that the respective status update occurred. Based on the data, the fixed descriptors, and the status updates, using a trained machine learning model, a failure/success score indicating a likelihood that, at the expiration time, the system satisfies a threshold condition may be computed and stored in memory.

Abstract: A fluid sensor for sensing a concentration or composition of a fluid, the sensor comprising: a semiconductor substrate comprising a first etched portion and a second etched portion; a dielectric region located on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the dielectric region comprises a first dielectric membrane located over the first etched portion of the semiconductor substrate, and a second dielectric membrane located over the second etched portion of the semiconductor substrate; two temperature sensing elements on or within the first dielectric membrane and two temperature sensing elements on or within the second dielectric membrane; an output circuit configured to measure a differential signal between the two temperature sensing elements of the first dielectric membrane and the two temperature sensing elements of the second dielectric membrane; wherein the first dielectric membrane is exposed to the fluid and the second dielectric membrane is isolated from the fluid.

Abstract: We disclose herein a fluid sensor for sensing a concentration or composition of a fluid, the sensor comprising a semiconductor substrate comprising a first etched portion, a dielectric region located on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the dielectric region comprises a first dielectric membrane located over the first etched portion of the semiconductor substrate, a heating element located within the first dielectric membrane, and a first temperature sensing element spatially separated from the heating element. The fluid sensor further comprises a second temperature sensing element within the dielectric membrane, or the heating element may be further configured to operate as a second temperature sensing element.

Abstract: Disclosed is an enhanced trauma bandage suitable for use as a compression dressing, the structure including an elastic bandage roll, a pass-through structure attached to one end of the elastic bandage roll, a pass-through structure having both an opening and a bandage guide structure at one edge of the opening; a support surface on a lower surface of the pass-through structure; and an absorbent pad removably attached to the lower surface of the pass-through structure.

Abstract: An endpoint in a network may make posted or non-posted write requests to another endpoint in the network. For a non-posted write request, the target endpoint provides a response to the requesting endpoint indicating that the write request has been serviced. For a posted write request, the target endpoint does not provide such an acknowledgment. Hence, posted write requests have lower overhead, but they suffer from potential synchronization and resiliency issues. While non-posted write requests do not have those issues, they cause increased load on the network because such requests require the target endpoint to acknowledge each write request. Introduced herein is a network operation technique that uses non-posted transactions while maintaining a load overhead of the network as a manageable level. The introduced technique reduces the load overhead of the non-posted write requests by collapsing and reducing a number of the responses.

Abstract: A fixture mount assembly for coupling with a support includes a fixture mount configured for mounting one or more fixtures on a support. The fixture mount includes a fixture body surrounding a wiring cavity, and one or more fixture coupling features extending from the fixture body. A grasping clamp is coupled with the fixture body. The grasping clamp is configured to grasp the support in an installed configuration.

Abstract: An endpoint in a network may make posted or non-posted write requests to another endpoint in the network. For a non-posted write request, the target endpoint provides a response to the requesting endpoint indicating that the write request has been serviced. For a posted write request, the target endpoint does not provide such an acknowledgment. Hence, posted write requests have lower overhead, but they suffer from potential synchronization and resiliency issues. While non-posted write requests do not have those issues, they cause increased load on the network because such requests require the target endpoint to acknowledge each write request. Introduced herein is a network operation technique that uses non-posted transactions while maintaining a load overhead of the network as a manageable level. The introduced technique reduces the load overhead of the non-posted write requests by collapsing and reducing a number of the responses.

Abstract: A quantum dot structure and a method for producing a quantum dot structure are disclosed. In an embodiment the quantum dot structure includes a core comprising a III-V-compound semiconductor material, an intermediate region comprising a III-V-compound semiconductor material at least partially surrounding the core, a shell comprising a III-V-compound semiconductor material at least partially surrounding the core and the intermediate region and a passivation region comprising a II-VI-compound semiconductor material at least partially surrounding the shell.

Abstract: A fixture mount assembly for coupling with a support includes a fixture mount configured for mounting one or more fixtures on a support. The fixture mount includes a fixture body surrounding a wiring cavity, and one or more fixture coupling features extending from the fixture body. A grasping clamp is coupled with the fixture body. The grasping clamp is configured to grasp the support in an installed configuration.

Abstract: A piston assembly for monitoring at least one operating condition of an internal combustion engine and/or piston during use of the piston in the engine, for example during an engine test, is provided. The piston assembly includes an electronic instrumentation unit coupled to the piston for collecting data related to the operating conditions. Instead of a battery or wireless power transfer system, the piston assembly includes a thermoelectric module to provide energy to the electronic instrumentation unit. One side of the thermoelectric module is coupled to an undercrown surface of the piston, which is typically hot due its proximity to the combustion chamber. The opposite side of the thermoelectric module is cooled by a cooling fluid, such as a spray of cooling oil. The temperature flux at the thermoelectric module is converted into electrical energy and used to power the electronic instrumentation unit.

Abstract: A pumping system is provided. The pumping system includes an output conduit, a first sensor, a second second sensor, a feedforward active controller, and a fluid flow normalizer (FFN). The output conduit is associated with an output of a positive displacement pump. The first sensor is configured to measure a fluid flow characteristic (FFC) within the output conduit. The second sensor is configured to measure a phase of the positive displacement pump. The feedforward active controller is configured to receive information related to the FFC, receive information related to the phase of the positive displacement pump, and determine an FFC variability value. The first fluid flow normalizer (FFN) is configured to at least one of add fluid to the output of the positive displacement pump and remove fluid from the output of the positive displacement pump in response to a signal from the feedforward active controller.

Abstract: A fixture mount assembly for coupling with a support includes a fixture mount configured for mounting one or more fixtures on a support. The fixture mount includes a fixture body surrounding a wiring cavity, and one or more fixture coupling features extending from the fixture body. A grasping clamp is coupled with the fixture body. The grasping clamp is configured to grasp the support in an installed configuration.

Abstract: A riser tensioner system has a riser support device, an actuator, and a bearing assembly disposed between the riser support device and the actuator. The bearing assembly is configured to provide at least five degrees of freedom of movement of the riser support device relative to the actuator.

Abstract: A receiver, transmitter and method for early packet header verification are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) receiving a payload flit of a preceding packet and a header flit of a current packet; and (2) using a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) in the header flit to verify the payload flit of the preceding packet and the header flit of the current packet.

Abstract: A receiver, transmitter and method for enabling a replay using a packetized link protocol are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) transmitting a stream of packets including an untagged packet and (2) using synchronized counters to determine a sequence ID of the untagged packet, which is a corrupt/lost packet that needs to be retransmitted.

Abstract: Remotely synchronizing data communicated in an electronic computing system. Ordered writing of a data set of discrete data packets (data) and a following associated semaphore packet (semaphore) from a source electronic device (source) to a bridge interface device (bridge). Relaxed writing of the data set from the bridge to discrete target memory addresses (targets) of a data-consuming electronic device (consumer), wherein the order of the data and the semaphore written to the targets is different than the order of the data and semaphore written with the ordered writing. Monitoring, by the consumer, the relaxed writing of the semaphore to one of the targets. Issuing a synchronization command to the bridge upon detection of the semaphore having been written to the one target. Sending a synchronization confirmation reply from the bridge after all of the data has been written to the targets.

Abstract: A receiver, transmitter and method for early packet header verification are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) receiving a payload flit of a preceding packet and a header flit of a current packet; and (2) using a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) in the header flit to verify the payload flit of the preceding packet and the header flit of the current packet.

Abstract: Remotely synchronizing data communicated in an electronic computing system. Ordered writing of a data set of discrete data packets (data) and a following associated semaphore packet (semaphore) from a source electronic device (source) to a bridge interface device (bridge). Relaxed writing of the data set from the bridge to discrete target memory addresses (targets) of a data-consuming electronic device (consumer), wherein the order of the data and the semaphore written to the targets is different than the order of the data and semaphore written with the ordered writing. Monitoring, by the consumer, the relaxed writing of the semaphore to one of the targets. Issuing a synchronization command to the bridge upon detection of the semaphore having been written to the one target. Sending a synchronization confirmation reply from the bridge after all of the data has been written to the targets.

Abstract: A receiver, transmitter and method for early packet header verification are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) receiving a payload flit of a preceding packet and a header flit of a current packet; and (2) using a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) in the header flit to verify the payload flit of the preceding packet and the header flit of the current packet.