Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis and an electric axle assembly coupled to the chassis. The electric axle assembly includes a first electric motor, a second electric motor, a drive differential configured to combine a first input torque from the first electric motor and a second input torque from the second electric motor and to drive an output shaft using the combined torque, and a first axle coupled to a first tractive element configured to be driven by the output shaft to propel the vehicle.

Abstract: A tribological system includes a tribological contact area including a first tribological contact surface of a first mechanical component and a second tribological contact surface of a second mechanical component, the first and second mechanical components being in relative motion with respect to each other; an external circuit connected to the first and second mechanical components and providing Joule heating; and an additive in contact with the tribological contact area, the additive having a first viscosity in a first state before the external circuit is activated, a second viscosity in a second state when the external circuit is activated to produce Joule heating, and a third viscosity in a third state when the external circuit is deactivated after activation, the second viscosity being lower than the third viscosity.

Abstract: A system for detecting phishing websites accesses a website that comprises a plurality of images. The system extracts the plurality of images from the website. The system generates a hash value for each image from the plurality of images. Each hash value uniquely identifies its corresponding image. The system generates a first overall hash value for the website by hashing the generated hash values. The first overall hash value represents a signature of the website. The system compares the first overall hash value with a second overall hash value that is associated with a phishing website. The system determines whether the first overall hash value corresponds to the second overall hash value. If it is determined that the first overall hash value corresponds to the second overall hash value, the system determines that the website is associated with the phishing website.

Abstract: A gas injector for injecting a gaseous fuel. The gas injector includes: a magnetic actuator including an armature, an internal pole, and a coil; a closing element, which unblocks and closes a gas path at a valve seat, the armature being connected to the closing element; and at least one sealing device for sealing a space in the gas injector, the sealing device including a flexible sealant and at least one stiff intermediate element joined to the sealant, the at least one intermediate element being welded to a further component of the gas injector, the flexible sealant and the intermediate element being made from at least one first material, and the further component including a second material at least at the surface, and the at least one first material of the flexible sealant and of the intermediate element differing from the second material.

Abstract: A method for analyzing an image of a tissue section may include obtaining a plurality of image locations, each corresponding to a different one of a plurality of biological structures; obtaining a plurality of locations of a first biomarker in the image; and calculating a distance transform array for at least a portion of the image that includes the plurality of seed locations. The method may include, for each of the plurality of seed locations and based on information from the first distance transform array, detecting whether the first biomarker is expressed at the seed location, and storing, to a data structure associated with the seed location, an indication of whether expression of the first biomarker at the seed location was detected. The method may include detecting, based on the stored indications, co-localization of at least two phenotypes in at least a portion of the tissue section.

Abstract: A gas injector for injecting a gaseous fuel. The gas injector includes a magnetic actuator having an armature, an inner pole, and a coil; a closing element, which releases and closes a gas path at a valve seat, the armature being connected to the closing element; a sealed lubricant chamber, which is filled with a lubricant and in which the armature is situated, the lubricant ensuring a lubrication of the armature; and a first flexible sealing element and a second flexible sealing element, which seal the lubricant chamber from the gas path.

Abstract: Systems and methods for P2P transaction functionality include payment collection from a third party source. A system includes at least one processor and a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the at least one processor to perform operations including receiving transaction information from a vendor where a card was used and analyzing the transaction information. The operations also include sending one or more requests for repayment to one or more P2P service systems, receiving repayment information, regarding one or more repayments, from the one or more P2P service systems and, based on the repayment information, applying the one or more repayments to the transaction performed on the card.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to interactive training, and in particular, to methods and systems for computerized interactive skill training. An example embodiment provides a method and system for providing skill training using a computerized system. The computerized system receives a selection of a first training subject. Several related training components can be invoked, such as reading, watching, performing, and/or reviewing components. In addition, a scored challenge session is provided, wherein a training challenge is provided to a user via a terminal, optionally in video form.

Abstract: Augmented reality systems and methods for creating, saving and rendering designs comprising multiple items of virtual content in a three-dimensional (3D) environment of a user. The designs may be saved as a scene, which is built by a user from pre-built sub-components, built components, and/or previously saved scenes. Location information, expressed as a saved scene anchor and position relative to the saved scene anchor for each item of virtual content, may also be saved. Upon opening the scene, the saved scene anchor node may be correlated to a location within the mixed reality environment of the user for whom the scene is opened. The virtual items of the scene may be positioned with the same relationship to that location as they have to the saved scene anchor node. That location may be selected automatically and/or by user input.

Abstract: A method for determining a direction of travel and/or a change in position and/or a speed of a driverless transport vehicle (1), which has an optical sensor (8) directed to a ground (10), on which the driverless transport vehicle (1) is traveling, wherein a) measurement data is acquired by means of the optical sensor (8), and b) the direction of travel of the driverless transport vehicle (1) and/or a change in position and/or a speed of the driverless transport vehicle (1) is/are determined by an evaluation unit (6) in the driverless transport vehicle (1) based on the acquired measurement data. A driverless transport vehicle and a method for operating a driverless transport vehicle are also provided along with a driverless transport system.

Abstract: A device for estimating the thickness of rigid material in a tooth covering the pulp of the tooth. The device comprises a light source arrangement configured to emit light at a first wavelength and light at a second wavelength onto the tooth and a sensor arrangement for measuring the intensity of light reflected and scattered from the tooth corresponding to the first and second wavelengths. The device also comprises a processor configured to receive a first intensity map corresponding to the first wavelength and a second intensity map corresponding to the second wavelength from the sensor arrangement, analyze the first intensity map and the second intensity map to asses the amount of light reflected and scattered from the tooth corresponding to the first wavelength and the second wavelength and estimate an indication of thickness for the rigid material covering the pulp of the tooth based on the analysis.

Abstract: There is provided a microscope focus control system comprising an illumination source (70) and a polarisation-sensitive detector (66) positioned to receive a reflected beam (40) from an interface (54) having a reference refractive index and configured to detect polarisation components of the reflected beam (40). An elongate aperture (72) is disposed proximal the illumination source (70) to generate a rectangular beam (74) to impinge on the interface (54) and a second aperture (106) is located at a position corresponding to an unfocused region of the reflected beam (40) from the interface (54) so as to direct unfocused reflected light onto the polarisation-sensitive detector (66). Changes in polarisation components of the reflected beam are used to measure of change in position of the interface (54) relative to the objective (50). The reflected beam (40) is generated by Fresnel reflection.

Abstract: A process for preparing a procatalyst for polymerization of olefins, comprising contacting a magnesium-containing support with a halogen-containing titanium compound, and an internal electron donor according to Formula (I), said process comprising the steps of: i) contacting a compound R4zMgX42-z with an alkoxy- or aryloxy-containing silane compound to give a first intermediate reaction product, being a solid Mg(OR1)xX12-x, ii) optionally contacting the solid Mg(OR1)xX12-x obtained in step ii) with at least one activating compound selected from the group formed by activating electron donors and metal alkoxide compounds of formula M1(OR2)v-w(OR3)w or M2(OR2)v-w(R3)w, to obtain a second intermediate product; iii) contacting the first or second intermediate reaction product, obtained respectively in step i) or ii), with a halogen-containing Ti-compound and said compound represented Formula (I), as the internal electron donor.

Abstract: Antennas are provided. An antenna includes an antenna array having a plurality of sub-arrays that each include a plurality of radiating elements. Moreover, the antenna includes a multi-stage beamforming network having a first stage including a plurality of first Butler matrices and a second stage including a plurality of second Butler matrices that are coupled between the first Butler matrices and the sub-arrays. The first Butler matrices are each coupled to each of the second Butler matrices. The second Butler matrices are coupled to the sub-arrays, respectively, without any cables between the second Butler matrices and the sub-arrays.

Abstract: An apparatus for encoding a first channel and a second channel of an audio input signal including two or more channels to obtain an encoded audio signal according to an embodiment includes a normalizer configured to determine a normalization value for the audio input signal depending on the first channel of the audio input signal and depending on the second channel of the audio input signal. Moreover, the apparatus includes an encoding unit configured to generate a processed audio signal having a first channel and a second channel. The encoding unit is configured to encode the processed audio signal to obtain the encoded audio signal.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments pertain to protecting sensitive information. A browser extension associated with a web browser can detect a user entering information associated with the user into an electronic form. The browser extension can monitor the user entering sensitive information into the electronic form and detect that the user has entered sensitive information incorrectly. In response, the browser extension can provide a warning to the user that sensitive information has been incorrectly entered. Instructions can be displayed to a user on how incorrectly entered sensitive information is to be corrected. The incorrectly entered sensitive information is corrected based on a response from the user before the sensitive information propagates beyond the electronic form.

Abstract: Systems and methods of a monitoring node to assist an air navigation service provider (ANSP) in the design of an airspace. The monitoring node collects flight data and performs flight simulations for a large geographic region that is outside of the airspace. The monitoring node receives flight data collected by the ANSP for the airspace. The monitoring node supplements their flight data with the data received from the ANSP and performs flight simulations and generates flight plans for the airspace. The flight simulations and flight plans are transmitted to the ANSP which are then used by the ANSP to design the airspace.

Abstract: A method for particle beam-induced processing of a defect of a microlithographic photomask, including the steps of: a) providing an image of at least a portion of the photomask, b) determining a geometric shape of a defect in the image as a repair shape, with the repair shape comprising a number n of pixels, c) subdividing, in computer-implemented fashion, the repair shape into a number k of sub-repair shapes, with an i-th of the k sub-repair shapes having a number mi of pixels, which are a subset of the n pixels of the repair shape, d) providing an activating particle beam and a process gas at each of the mi pixels of a first of the sub-repair shapes for the purposes of processing the first of the sub-repair shapes, e) repeating step d) for the first of the sub-repair shapes over a number j of repetition cycles, and f) repeating steps d) and e) for each further sub-repair shape.

Abstract: A method of operating a communications device configured to transmit signals to and/or to receive signals from a wireless communications network via a wireless radio interface provided by the wireless 5 communications network is provided. The method comprises receiving, from the wireless communications network, signals on one or more downlink channels, each of the downlink channels being within one of a plurality of downlink transmission occasions, determining, for each of the downlink channels, whether or not the signals have been successfully received by the communications device, and transmitting, to the wireless communications network, an uplink control channel comprising an acknowledgement number indication, wherein the acknowledgement number indication indicates the number of the downlink transmission occasions within which the communications device determines that the signals were successfully received on one of the downlink channels.

Abstract: A geospatial digital encoding, decoding, and mapping system and method for processing and geospatial data to generate a unique geo identification (ID) code for a geospatial object distinctively identifying the geospatial object and for decoding and mapping a unique geo identification code (ID) to a digital representation. The system comprises a geospatial data processing unit for capturing geospatial data associated with a geospatial object, and for extracting a footprint of the geospatial object based on the geospatial data. The system comprises boundary determination unit for identifying a centroid of the footprint and determining relevant boundary for the footprint. The system further comprises geo ID code generation unit for determining an orientation of the boundary and rotating the boundary around the centroid of the footprint.