Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a locking turnplate includes a cylinder body having a cylinder chamber. A piston is received in the cylinder chamber and a mid-plate is disposed above the cylinder chamber of the cylinder body. A top plate is supported above the mid-plate by a bearing assembly including a plurality of spaced ball bearings. A bushing is fixedly attached to the top plate and extends through an aperture in the mid-plate. The bushing includes a flange that engages a bottom shoulder of an aperture of the cylinder body, wherein applying a pressure to the cylinder chamber presses the piston toward the mid plate and causes the cylinder body to pull downward on the bushing and the top plate in order to compress the ball bearings and prevent the top plate from moving relative to the mid plate.

Abstract: A method for attenuating performance degradation of an IEEE 802.1 hybrid wired/wireless time sensitive network (TSN) in terms of time synchronization and quality of service (QOS) scheduling. The method makes it possible to attenuate the impact of clock drift on AS and the impact of clock jump on Qbv scheduling. The method comprises two mechanisms that consist (i) in grouping together the nodes of the network into subdomains and assigning a redundant grandmaster per subdomain; and (ii) in coordinating the TSN switches of a subdomain before applying corrected Qbv scheduling.

Abstract: A vibratory screening machine includes replaceable screen assemblies. Compression mechanisms are used to secure replaceable screen assemblies to the vibratory screening machine. Each compression mechanism applies a force to a replaceable screen assembly that includes both a horizontal component and a downward vertical component. Each replaceable screen assembly is typically substantially flat prior to installation on a vibratory screening machine. The force applied to a screen assembly by one or more compression mechanisms causes the screen assembly to be pushed into engagement with underlying concave support members such that the screen assembly itself assumes a concave shape with the center of the screen assembly being lower than the side edges. The vertical downward component of the force helps to secure the screen assembly to the screening machine.

Abstract: A container may include a generally hollow body configured for holding a liquid and including a spout. A spout cap may be configured for removable engagement with the spout. The spout cap may include an inner boss and an outer boss in fluid communication with the inner boss. The inner boss may include an annular skirt disposed within an interior space of the spout cap. The outer boss may be configured to receive a connector of a hose assembly. A filter may have a connecting portion configured for removable insertion into the inner boss. The filter and the spout cap may form a fluid flow path from the body through the spout. Related filters, hose assemblies, and kits are also described.

Abstract: Techniques are described for computer-implemented techniques for managing various aspects of the cardiac care pathway using machine learning. According to an embodiment, a method can include training an outcomes forecasting model to predict patient outcomes resulting from undergoing a cardiac valve procedure using multi-modal training data for a plurality of different patients, wherein the training comprising separately training different machine learning sub-models of the forecasting model to predict preliminary patient outcome data and mapping the preliminary patient outcome data to the patient outcomes, resulting in a trained version of the outcome forecasting model. The method further includes applying the trained version of the outcomes forecasting model to new multi-modal data for a new patient to predict the patient outcomes for the new patient resulting from undergoing the cardiac value procedure.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support noise indicator intermediated signal demodulation. An apparatus for wireless communication may include a communication interface configured to receive a noise indicator that indicates a transmitter noise associated with a transmitter. Additionally, the apparatus may include a processor system configured to demodulate, based on a noise covariance matrix, a signal received from the transmitter. The noise covariance matrix may be based on the noise indicator.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are polyester-polyols comprising subunits from succinic acid, a linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid with at least 9 carbons, and a C2-C6 diol, wherein the polyester-polyol has a viscosity of less than 2400 cP at 55° C., and thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) prepared from the same, as well as methods of preparation of the polyester-polyols and TPUs, methods of their use, and products containing the same.

Abstract: Antibody formulations and methods of making and using such formulations are provided herein. The formulation can be for intravenous administration. In some embodiments, the formulation is for subcutaneous administration. In some embodiments, the formulation comprises an anti-C5 antibody, such as eculizumab.

Abstract: An injection device includes: a housing configured to accommodate a medicament container filled with the medicament, a drive mechanism, and a fastener. The housing includes a sidewall with a recess. The drive mechanism is operably engageable with the medicament container for injecting the dose of the medicament. The fastener is arranged inside the recess and protrudes outwardly from an outside surface of the housing. The fastener includes a fastening structure complementary shaped to a counter fastening structure of a counter fastener of a supplementary device for fastening and/or fixing the supplementary device in a predefined position to the housing.

Abstract: A receptacle connector includes a receptacle housing having a mounting base at a rear configured to be mounted to a host circuit board. The receptacle connector includes a housing insert received in the receptacle housing. The housing insert includes a slot that receives a pluggable module. A flexible circuit is received in the receptacle housing and has a mating end in the housing insert for mating engagement with the pluggable module and a terminating end extending from the receptacle housing for termination to the host circuit board. A flexible circuit support is used to support the flexible circuit in the receptacle housing with support elements engage the flexible circuit to press the circuit conductors into mating engagement with the contacts of the pluggable module.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology may provide localized environmental input sensing for electronic devices. Localized environmental input sensing may include obtaining local lighting condition estimates for one or more local portions of a physical environment. The local lighting conditions may include ambient light levels and/or a light direction of a directional light source. The one or more local portions of the physical environment may be determined based on an identification of a salient region of the physical environment to a user of an electronic device.

Abstract: A system for facilitating motion compensation is configurable to access an affine transformation-compensated image. The affine transformation-compensated image is generated by applying affine transformation-based motion compensation to a previous image. The system is further configurable to generate a motion-compensated image by applying optical flow-based motion compensation to the affine transformation-compensated image. The optical flow-based motion compensation utilizes the affine transformation-compensated image and a current image as inputs.

Abstract: A modular shifting system is provided. The modular shifting system comprises a transmission including an input shaft and an output shaft, a transmission housing, gear trains accommodated in the transmission housing and constituting at least two shiftable gear ratios for establishing a transmission ratio between the output shaft and the input shaft, and a shift device for shifting between the at least two gear ratios. The shift device is detachably attached to the transmission housing. The shift device is one of an electrically actuated shift device and a pneumatically actuated shift device. The modular shifting system is configured such that the electrically actuated shift device is interchangeable with the pneumatically actuated shift device and vice versa.

Abstract: A process of producing an article by an extrusion blow molding manufacturing process is provided comprising: melting a copolyester in an extruder to produce a molten copolyester; extruding the molten copolyester through a die to form a tube of molten copolyester parison; clamping a mold having the desired finished shape around the parison; blowing air into the parison causing the parison to stretch and expand to fill the mold to produce a molded article; cooling the molded article; ejecting the article from the mold; and removing excess plastic from the article; wherein the copolyester comprises: at least one terephthalate monomer residue; ethylene glycol residues; a combination of diethylene glycol and at least one glycol residue selected from the group consisting of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues, monopropylene glycol residues, and 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutane diol residues; and a germanium catalyst present in the copolyester at a concentration of about 5 to about 500 ppm based on elemental germa

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided methods, systems, mechanisms, techniques, and apparatuses for presentation of direct accessed storage under a logical drive model; for implementing a distributed architecture for cooperative NVM Data protection; data mirroring for consistent SSD latency; for boosting a controller's performance and RAS with DIF support via concurrent RAID processing; for implementing arbitration and resource schemes of a doorbell mechanism, including doorbell arbitration for fairness and prevention of attack congestion; and for implementing multiple interrupt generation using a messaging unit and NTB in a controller through use of an interrupt coalescing scheme.

Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method for manufacturing an orthopedic implant involves segmenting features in an image of anatomy. Anatomic elements can be isolated. Spatial relationships between the isolated anatomic elements can be manipulated. Negative space between anatomic elements is mapped before and/or after manipulating the spatial relationships. At least a portion of the negative space can be filled with a virtual implant. The virtual implant can be used to design and manufacture a physical implant.

Abstract: A negative pressure dressing includes a first foam section, a second foam section, and a longitudinal seam joining the first foam section to the second foam section. The longitudinal seam has a higher rigidity than the first foam section and the second foam section.

Abstract: A cutting tool includes a base body and a cutting head at least partially disposed within a modular pocket of the base body. The modular pocket is formed by at least one wall section removably attached to the base body. In one variation, a non-removable portion of the base body also forms part of the modular pocket. In another variation, the modular pocket is formed by two removable wall sections on opposite sides of the modular pocket. In yet another variation, the removable wall sections include a clamping portion to exert a downward force on the cutting head to enable mounting the cutting head in the modular pocket using an interference fit.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to certain types of reciprocating positive-displacement pumps (which may be referred to hereinafter as “pods,” “pump pods,” or “pod pumps”) used to pump fluids, such as a biological fluid (e.g., blood or peritoneal fluid), a therapeutic fluid (e.g., a medication solution), or a surfactant fluid. The pumps may be configured specifically to impart low shear forces and low turbulence on the fluid as the fluid is pumped from an inlet to an outlet. Such pumps may be particularly useful in pumping fluids that may be damaged by such shear forces (e.g., blood, and particularly heated blood, which is prone to hemolysis) or turbulence (e.g., surfactants or other fluids that may foam or otherwise be damaged or become unstable in the presence of turbulence).

Abstract: Herein is disclosed a rim for a wheel. the rim comprising a barrel having first and second flanges extending radially outward from opposing edges of the barrel. and the barrel comprising a first bead seat and a second bead seat arranged axially inwardly. respectively. of the first and second flanges, wherein the barrel, and first and second flanges. comprise layers of structural fibres bound in a polymer matrix, wherein a pre-form insert is disposed between layers of the structural fibres. wherein the insert comprises a material which acts to absorb and/or deflect and/or dissipate energy from a load or impact applied axially and/or radially to a rim and/or acts to increase the hoop stiffness of the wheel and wherein the insert has, when viewed in cross-section (with the axis of the rim being parallel to the plane of the cross-section). two elongate portions. with a first elongate portion of the insert extending into one of the first or second flanges.