Abstract: A method includes receiving, from a camera disposed on a robotic device, a two-dimensional (2D) image of a body of an actor and determining, for each respective keypoint of a first subset of a plurality of keypoints, 2D coordinates of the respective keypoint within the 2D image. The plurality of keypoints represent body locations. Each respective keypoint of the first subset is visible in the 2D image. The method also includes determining a second subset of the plurality of keypoints. Each respective keypoint of the second subset is not visible in the 2D image. The method further includes determining, by way of a machine learning model, an extent of engagement of the actor with the robotic device based on (i) the 2D coordinates of keypoints of the first subset and (ii) for each respective keypoint of the second subset, an indicator that the respective keypoint is not visible.

Abstract: Both Bluetooth-compatible and Bluetooth Low Energy-compatible transceivers are selectively used when supporting wireless communications between two electronic communication devices such as a so-called smartphone and a hands-free accessory. During a first operating state the devices use Bluetooth and during a second operating state the devices use Bluetooth Low Energy. By one approach the first operating state correlates to when a first one of the devices is actively engaged in telephony and the second operating state correlates to when that first device is not actively engaged in telephony.

Abstract: Error correction and detection may be performed across multiple dimensions of memory storage, such as across two or more complete memory devices, as well as within individual pages of memory within a single memory device. Error correction and detection performed across two or more complete memory devices may mitigate single event functional interrupts that affect a complete memory device. Error detection and correction performed within individual pages of memory may be used to mitigate single event upset induced single and multiple bit flips within a page of a memory device. A parallel or serial block code, such as a parallel or serial block Reed-Solomon code or any other type of error correcting code, may be used for error correction and detection performed across two or more complete memory devices or within individual pages of memory within a single memory device.

Abstract: Both Bluetooth-compatible and Bluetooth Low Energy-compatible transceivers are selectively used when supporting wireless communications between two electronic communication devices such as a so-called smartphone and a hands-free accessory. During a first operating state the devices use Bluetooth and during a second operating state the devices use Bluetooth Low Energy. By one approach the first operating state correlates to when a first one of the devices is actively engaged in telephony and the second operating state correlates to when that first device is not actively engaged in telephony.

Abstract: A method of measuring creep strain in a gas turbine engine component, where at least a portion of the component has a material disposed thereon, and where the material has a plurality of markings providing a visually distinct pattern. The method may include capturing an image of at least a portion of the markings after an operational period of the gas turbine engine, and determining creep strain information of the component. The creep strain information may be determined by correlating the image captured after the operational period to an image captured before the operational period.

Abstract: A method of documenting animal treatment, comprising the steps of: —downloading an electronic report form from a server via a network; —when an animal is treated, entering information on the treatment into the report form, said information identifying the type of treatment and including at least a unique identifier of the treatment act; and—starting a software program that automatically sends data that have been entered into the report form to a plurality of remote databases via the network and causes the data to be entered into the databases and further controls a writer to write a copy of the report, which copy is a certificate that proves sending of the data to the databases.

Abstract: A method of measuring creep strain in a gas turbine engine component, where at least a portion of the component has a material disposed thereon, and where the material has a plurality of markings providing a visually distinct pattern. The method may include capturing an image of at least a portion of the markings after an operational period of the gas turbine engine, and determining creep strain information of the component. The creep strain information may be determined by correlating the image captured after the operational period to an image captured before the operational period.

Abstract: A method of documenting animal treatment, comprising the steps of:—downloading an electronic report form from a server via a net-work;—when an animal is treated, entering information on the treatment into the report form, said information identifying the type of treatment and including at least a unique identifier of the treatment act; and—starting a software program that automatically sends data that have been entered into the report form to a plurality of remote databases via the network and causes the data to be entered into the databases and further controls a writer to write a copy of the report, which copy is a certificate that proves sending of the data to the databases.

Abstract: In order to minimize a clearance between a turbine and its housing, and thus, improve the efficiency of a turbine engine, an abradable coating can be applied to an inner surface of the turbine housing. However, there are no known abradable coatings that can be applied to a housing that is subjected to temperatures between 950–1500° F. for extended periods of time. The apparatus of the present disclosure includes a housing including a 950–1500° F. section in which at least one rotating blade row is positioned. The rotating blades and the 950–1500° F. section each includes a surface being comprised of a relatively non-abradable material. The surface of the housing comprised of the relatively non-abradable material is covered by a 950–1500° F. relatively abradable coating that includes a metallic matrix and at least one of a thermoplastic and dry lubricant. The metallic matrix is 55–85% of the coating by volume.

Abstract: A lead locking device has a lead engaging member with a mandrel extending along a lumen and attached to the distal end of the lead engaging member such that it extends beyond the proximal end of the lead engaging member. The lead locking device also has a loop handle attached to the proximal end of the mandrel. The lead engaging member has a first configuration which is narrower than a second configuration and is sufficiently long to extend along substantially the entire length of a lead to be removed from a patient's body. At the distal end, a spring coil is disposed around a tapered section of the mandrel to improve tracking of the lead locking device through the inner lumen of a pacing or defibrillator lead.

Abstract: In order to minimize a clearance between a turbine and its housing, and thus, improve the efficiency of a turbine engine, an abradable coating can be applied to an inner surface of the turbine housing. However, there are no known abradable coatings that can be applied to a housing that is subjected to temperatures between 950-1500° F. for extended periods of time. The apparatus of the present disclosure includes a housing including a 950-1500° F. section in which at least one rotating blade row is positioned. The rotating blades and the 950-1500° F. section each includes a surface being comprised of a relatively non-abradable material. The surface of the housing comprised of the relatively non-abradable material is covered by a 950-1500° F. relatively abradable coating that includes a metallic matrix and at least one of a thermoplastic and dry lubricant. The metallic matrix is 55-85% of the coating by volume.