Abstract: A pocket-sized apparatus for carrying out bioimpedance measurements at home includes: a closed box-like casing (1), which contains a printed circuit board (2), an microprocessor integrated control unit (3), and an integrated circuit bioimpedance meter device (4), interfaced to the integrated control unit (3). A plurality of electrodes (11), arranged outside said casing (1) carry electrical signals to/from the bioimpedance meter device (4); a multi-pin connector (7), secured to the printed circuit board (2) and electrically connected to the control unit (3) and the bioimpedance meter device (4), can also be connected to a dedicated charging cable. Status indicator means (8) are also provided, which are driven by the control unit (3) and visible from outside the casing (1). An application for a portable personal terminal (20) connects (10) with the control unit (3) and acquires data produced by the bioimpedance meter device (4) for display.

Abstract: New soybean varieties designated ‘21787372’, ‘21782295’, ‘21782273’, ‘21781564’, ‘21781566’, ‘21781287’, ‘21798709’, ‘21799943’, ‘21799932’, ‘21799142’, ‘21799952’, ‘21799081’, ‘21800259’, ‘22148380’, ‘22148379’, ‘22158650’, ‘22158651’, ‘22158652’, ‘22148494’, ‘22151827’, ‘22151311’, ‘22151333’, ‘22151340’, ‘22158985’, ‘22158988’, ‘22149902’, ‘22159297’, ‘22151569’, ‘22149937’, ‘22159355’, ‘22151686’, ‘22151688’, ‘22225582’, and ‘22251930’ are soybean varieties exhibiting stability and uniformity.

Abstract: An electric vehicle has a frame configured with a cell module , a front anti-crash module and a rear module, each having a reticular structure formed by high-strength steel arms, welded together and each having a hollow structure with a quadrangular cross-section. A front axle unit and a rear axle unit each including an electric drive motor are associated with the front frame module and the rear frame module. The frame has a floor, which acts as a container for a battery pack for the electric drive motors of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method for making intermediate compounds suitable for making muscenone, the compositions made by said methods, the various uses of said compositions, and enzyme variants useful in said methods.

Abstract: An ultrasonic sensing system including a plurality of ultrasonic transducers for placement on a human body proximate a blood vessel, a hardware controller for controlling operation of the plurality of ultrasonic transducers, and a digital processing module for processing the reflected ultrasonic signals. The plurality of ultrasonic transducers includes a first subset of ultrasonic transducers, wherein the ultrasonic transducers of the first subset are arranged linearly and a second subset of ultrasonic transducers, wherein the ultrasonic transducers of the second subset are arranged linearly, wherein the first subset of ultrasonic transducers is positioned parallel to the second subset of ultrasonic transducers at a fixed separation distance.

Abstract: A device for validating flexible documents comprises an input portion, an output portion and an intermediate portion interposed between the input portion and the output portion, through which each of the flexible documents is moved by means of movement members along a movement direction, the at least one sensor positioned at the intermediate portion and a deflector element, conformed as a laminar element, which protrudes from a bottom of the intermediate portion and is configured to deflect the dynamics of the flexible document so as to bring it against the at least one sensor.

Abstract: A thermal enclosure assembly for a vehicle includes a container disposed in a compartment of the vehicle that selectively couples with a wall of the compartment. The container is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A tray couples with the wall and pivots between a folded position and an unfolded position to selectively enclose the container with the wall. The container is configured to move between the retracted position and the extended position when the tray is in the unfolded position.

Abstract: Embodiments include methods for a user equipment (UE) configured to operate in a cell of a wireless network. Such methods include receiving, from a network node of the wireless network, one or more configurations for UE operation in the cell and determining one or more of the following information associated with at least the received configurations and with UE data traffic: UE energy efficiency (EE), and quality-of-service (QoS). Such methods also include sending, to the network node, the determined information or one or more indications thereof. In some embodiments, such methods also include receiving, from the network node, a further configuration for UE operation in the cell. Other embodiments include complementary methods for a network node, as well as UEs and network nodes configured to perform such methods.

Abstract: Embodiments include methods for a source donor centralized unit (CU) in an integrated access backhaul (IAB) wireless network. Such methods include determining that traffic between the source donor CU and a top-level IAB node in the wireless network needs to be offloaded to a target donor CU in the wireless network. Such methods include sending, to one or more descendant nodes of the source donor CU, a first indication that at least one configuration for traffic between the source donor CU and at least one IAB node is suspended, in association with migration of the top-level IAB node from the source donor CU to the target donor CU. Other embodiments include complementary methods for a target donor CU and for an IAB node, as well as CUs and IAB nodes configured to perform such methods.

Abstract: A method (1800) by a network node (160) operating as a first donor node for a wireless device (110) includes transmitting (1802), to the second donor node (160), a first message requesting a revocation of traffic offloading from the first donor node to the second donor node. Likewise, a network node (160) operating as the second donor node receives the first message requesting the revocation of traffic offloading from the first donor node to the second donor node.

Abstract: A method of implementing a stretched single optical communication span includes receiving one or more optical signals from an optical fiber span having high loss; adding a pilot signal to the one or more optical signals, subsequent to the receiving; and amplifying the one or more optical signals and the pilot signal with a pre-amplifier that is an Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA). Advantageously, the stretched single span operates below a Hazard 1M environment. A node in a stretched single optical communication span includes an optical multiplexer connected to an optical fiber span having high and a pilot signal, and configured to output a combination of one or more optical signals from the optical fiber span and the pilot signal; and a pre-amplifier that is an EDFA configured to receive the output of the optical multiplexer and provide amplification of the one or more optical signals and the pilot signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymeric composition comprising a polymer component A consisting of one or more vinylidene fluoride (VDF) homopolymers in an amount of 90-100% by weight of the polymer component A, and, optionally, of one or more VDF copolymers being present in an amount of 0-10% by weight of the polymer component A, a polymer component B, consisting of one or more (per)fluoropolyethers, in an amount of from 0.05 to 2% by weight based on the weight of polymer component A and a polymer component C, consisting of one or more per(halo)fluoropolymers, in an amount of from 0.1 to 10% by weight based on the weight of polymer component A. The composition is easily processable and have extremely high mechanical properties at elevated temperatures.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power supply apparatus for an electric system including an AC/DC conversion unit electrically connectable to an AC electric power source, said conversion unit being configured to receive an AC input voltage and provide in output a DC charging voltage, a capacitor bank including a plurality of storage capacitors operatively coupled to said conversion unit to be charged in parallel by said conversion unit, each storage capacitor having a first terminal configured to receive a charging current provided by said AC/DC conversion unit, a DC bus electrically connectable to one or more electric loads, said DC bus being configured to feed said electric loads with a DC feeding voltage, and a plurality of current blocking devices electrically connected between said capacitor bank and said DC bus.

Abstract: Implementations described herein relate to a memory device that enables communication between multiple connected host devices. In some implementations, a memory device may receive, from a first host device in communication with the memory device, a send communication command instructing the memory device to transmit data from the first host device to at least a second host device in communication with the memory device. The memory device may receive, from the second host device, a receive communication command instructing the memory device to transmit data to the second host device from at least the first host device. The memory device may transmit a message from the first host device to the second host device based on the send communication command and the receive communication command.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for app launch detection from read chunk analysis are described. Read commands may be received for accessing data stored in a memory system. The read commands may be used to determine a distribution of sizes for associated read data over an interval of time based, at least in part, on receiving the read commands. The memory system may detect the launch of an application based in part on the distribution of the sizes of the read data over the interval of time. Upon detecting the launch of the application, a procedure may be performed to reduce a duration associated with launching the application.

Abstract: The present invention provides ketoreductase variants having activity on both (R)-(?)-1,3-butanediol and (S)-(+)-1,3-butanediol, and the computational methodology for designing the above mentioned ketoreductase variants. The ketoreductase variants disclosed in the present application can catalyze the reaction of synthesizing 4-hydroxy-2-butanone from racemic 1,3-butanediol, which has industrial application prospects.

Abstract: A thermally managed storage system for a vehicle that includes a partition structure that couples with and is expandable in a compartment of the vehicle. The partition structure includes a first wall fixed with the compartment and a plurality of second walls that are each moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. The plurality of second walls forms a space between the first wall and the plurality of second walls in the extended position. A casing is disposed in a space and selectively couples with a climate control system of the vehicle via a fluid connection with the compartment.

Abstract: A method for making a sub-unit of a smoking article, specifically an HNB smoking article, includes preparing a rod segment, of the tobacco industry and wrapping a connecting strip of wrapping material round that rod segment, about a wrapping axis, in such a way that a first portion of the connecting strip is superposed on a first end of the rod segment and a second portion of it is axially protruding from the first end of the rod segment thereby defining a tubular wrapping which encloses a containment chamber. Then a filling material of the tobacco industry is placed inside the containment chamber. The method also includes a step of making a wall, transverse to the wrapping axis, defining an at least partial closure of the containment chamber, specifically by folding an end portion of the second portion the connecting strip.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a composition for use in the treatment of sleep disorder, in particular, in the improvement of sleep quality. Furthermore, the present invention refers to a composition for use in the treatment of mood modulation.

Abstract: Low-level light therapy system with an electrically passive, article of apparel that absorbs an incident spectrum including one or more of a UV wavelength, a visible wavelength, and a near infrared wavelength and emits light having an emission spectrum including visible light radiation and near infrared radiation. Light is emitted from the yarns and a textile material consisting of a network of yarns (as well as the article of apparel made from such a textile material) having an emission spectrum including visible light radiation and near infrared radiation in a direction toward a body of a person. An article of apparel that emits light in the visible/near infrared spectrum, a method of manufacture, and a low-level light therapy method are also disclosed.