Abstract: A motion system for a vehicle includes: a profile generation module configured to obtain a current reference velocity, a current reference acceleration, a target velocity and a target acceleration for the vehicle, and based on the current reference velocity, current reference acceleration, target velocity and target acceleration, to generate a speed profile including determining a first nonlinear section and second nonlinear section of the speed profile, where the first nonlinear section is associated with acceleration, where the second nonlinear section is associated with deceleration, and where the speed profile includes acceleration of the vehicle from the current reference velocity to the target velocity; and a vehicle motion control module configured, based on the speed profile, to control one or more actuators of the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of reducing urea concentration in a reverse osmosis permeate, the method comprising: treating feed water of a reverse osmosis process with hypobromite to provide hypobromite-treated feed water with reduced urea concentration relative to the untreated feed water, optionally reducing residual oxidizing halogen species in the hypobromite-treated feed water with a reducing agent, activated carbon, ultraviolet (UV) light, or a combination thereof, adding an oxidative biocide to the hypobromite-treated feed water to provide biocide-treated feed water, and contacting the biocide-treated feed water with a reverse osmosis membrane to provide the reverse osmosis permeate.

Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to roadway design and traffic control systems and methods for connected and automated vehicle and highway (CAVH) systems, and particularly, but not exclusively, to systems and methods for controlling switching of vehicles between automated mode and human-driven mode, systems and methods for vehicle merging, diverging, and overtaking on automated lanes of multiple lane highways, systems and methods for emergency management and roadside assistance on automated lanes, and/or systems and methods for managing automated vehicle lanes on urban major and minor expressways.

Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate a combined user representation. For example, a process may include obtaining a first user representation of at least a first portion of a user generated via a first technique in a first physical environment. The process may further include obtaining a second user representation of at least a second portion of the user, the second user representation being generated by a second technique based on second image data obtained in a second physical environment. The process may further include obtaining a hair representation of the user of at least a third portion of the user, the hair representation being generated via a third technique based on the second image data The process may further include generating combined user representation based on the first user representation, the second user representation, and the hair representation.

Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to roadway design and traffic control systems and methods for connected and automated vehicle and highway (CAVH) systems, and particularly, but not exclusively, to systems and methods for controlling switching of vehicles between automated mode and human-driven mode, systems and methods for vehicle merging, diverging, and overtaking on automated lanes of multiple lane highways, systems and methods for emergency management and roadside assistance on automated lanes, and/or systems and methods for managing automated vehicle lanes on urban major and minor expressways.

Abstract: This application describes example voltage regulating apparatuses, chips, power supplies, and electronic devices. In one example, an apparatus includes: a voltage input interface (10), which is used to receive an input voltage; a current determination component (20), which is electrically connected to the voltage input interface (10) and is used for determining a regulating current according to the input voltage and the amount of change between the input voltage and an adjacent input voltage of a previous moment; a controller (30), which is electrically connected to the current determination component (20) and is used to output a control signal according to the regulating current; and a voltage output interface (40), which is electrically connected to the voltage input interface (10), the current determination component (20) and the controller (30) and is used to output a target voltage according to the control signal and the input voltage.

Abstract: A serial hybrid vehicle is disclosed. The serial hybrid vehicle includes a first vehicle having a first drive system, a second vehicle having a second drive system and a tow hitch for mechanically coupling the second vehicle to the first vehicle for towing by the first vehicle. A communication path is established between the second vehicle and the first vehicle. A processor at the second vehicle receives a signal transmitted from the first vehicle to a communication device of the second vehicle via the communication path, determines an instruction for operating the second vehicle from the signal, and operates the second drive system along with the first drive system based on the instruction to operate the first vehicle and the second vehicle as the serial hybrid vehicle.

Abstract: A motion system for a vehicle includes: an arbitration module configured to arbitrate a request and one or more constraints received from each of multiple feature requesting modules to generate a resultant request and one or more resultant constraints; a profile generation module configured to determine whether to modify at least one of the resultant request and the one or more resultant constraints, and output i) the resultant request or a modified version of the resultant request as a first profile request, and ii) the one or more resultant constraints or a modified version of the one or more resultant constraints as one or more profile constraints; and a vehicle motion control module configured, based on the first profile request and the one or more profile constraints, to control one or more actuators of the vehicle.

Abstract: A motion system for a vehicle includes: a profile generation module configured to obtain a current reference velocity, a current reference acceleration, a target velocity and a target acceleration for the vehicle, and based on the current reference velocity, current reference acceleration, target velocity and target acceleration, to generate a speed profile including determining a first nonlinear section and second nonlinear section of the speed profile, where the first nonlinear section is associated with acceleration, where the second nonlinear section is associated with deceleration, and where the speed profile includes acceleration of the vehicle from the current reference velocity to the target velocity; and a vehicle motion control module configured, based on the speed profile, to control one or more actuators of the vehicle.

Abstract: In example embodiments, specialized machine learning techniques may be utilized to automatically create summaries for viewers based at least partially on viewer intent. Viewer intent refers to the intention of the viewer with respect to performing a particular action in a computer system, namely what the viewer is attempting to accomplish. In some example embodiments, this viewer intent may be expressed in the form of a plurality of different intent categories, each providing, at a high level, what the viewer intends to accomplish. Examples of such categories in a social networking service include “job seeker,” “information gatherer,” “salesperson,” and “recruiter.

Abstract: A voltage adjustment apparatus, a chip, a power source, and an electronic device. The apparatus comprises: a voltage input module, used for receiving an input voltage; a current determining module, electrically connected to the voltage input module and used for determining an adjustment current on the basis of the input voltage and a load current; a control module, electrically connected to the current determining module and used for outputting a control signal on the basis of the adjustment current; and a voltage output module, electrically connected to the voltage input module, the current determining module, and the control module, and being used for outputting a target voltage on the basis of the control signal and the input voltage.

Abstract: The compositions and methods disclosed relate to the removal of a metal from a medium, such as an aqueous medium. The aqueous medium may be, for example, wastewater, such as wastewater from the microelectronics industry. Blended compositions were discovered to be synergistically favorable for lowered toxicity and increased coagulating ability in the chemical precipitation of metal contaminants. Compositions may include, for example, polymeric DTC and TMT. Target metals may include, for example, heavy metals, such as copper, nickel, and mercury.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of monitoring and controlling biocides in an aqueous medium, methods of manufacturing the compositions, and various oxidizing biocide compositions suitable for use in aqueous medium treatment processes. Methods include adding a first oxidizing biocide at a first injection point upstream of a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane inlet, adding a second oxidizing biocide at a second injection point upstream of the RO membrane inlet, obtaining a first sample of the aqueous medium from a first location downstream of the first and second injection points and upstream of the RO membrane inlet, and obtaining a second sample of the aqueous medium from a second location downstream of the first location but immediately upstream of the RO membrane. Methods may also include measuring free residual oxidant concentration, total residual oxidant concentration, and oxidation-reduction potential of the first and second samples and adjusting biocide addition based on the measurements.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a deep machine learning model ranks cohorts of users as well as cohorts of products in a single ranking. When utilized to determine which cohort members to display to a user, the system selects one user cohort and one product cohort as the “best” (e.g., the top ranked user cohort and the top ranked product cohort). This ranking may be based on a number of contextual and non-contextual features, including viewer features (characteristics of the user operating the user interface), viewee features (characteristics of or related to the litem that the user is viewing, such as the characteristics of another user whose profile the user is viewing), and viewer-viewee relationship features (indications about how the viewer and viewee are related, such as common schools, locations, places of employment, etc.).

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatic processing of input medical images are provided. A set of input medical images acquired at a plurality of locations on a patient is received. For each respective location of the plurality of locations, an image quality score is determined for each input medical image of the set of input medical images acquired at the respective location and one of the input medical images acquired at the respective location is selected based on the image quality scores. The selected input medical images are processed to correct for errors. One or more regions of interest are segmented from the processed selected input medical images. One or more hemodynamic measures are calculated from the processed selected input medical images based on the segmented one or more regions of interest. The calculated one or more hemodynamic measures are output.

Abstract: A method of reducing silica fouling in an aqueous system is provided. The method includes adding a composition including a ferric salt and a magnesium salt to an aqueous medium to precipitate silica in the aqueous medium and form a precipitated silica. The method also includes removing at least a portion of the precipitated silica from the aqueous medium to form an aqueous supernatant.

Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to roadway design and traffic control systems and methods for connected and automated vehicle and highway (CAVH) systems, and particularly, but not exclusively, to systems and methods for controlling switching of vehicles between automated mode and human-driven mode, systems and methods for vehicle merging, diverging, and overtaking on automated lanes of multiple lane highways, systems and methods for emergency management and roadside assistance on automated lanes, and/or systems and methods for managing automated vehicle lanes on urban major and minor expressways.

Abstract: A method of reducing silica fouling in an aqueous system is provided. The method includes adding a composition including a ferric salt and a magnesium salt to an aqueous medium to precipitate silica in the aqueous medium and form a precipitated silica. The method also includes removing at least a portion of the precipitated silica from the aqueous medium to form an aqueous supernatant.

Abstract: A solid, non-phosphorus water treatment composition can be used for cooling water treatment applications. The composition can include a polycarboxylic acid, a polymeric dispersant, a soluble corrosion inhibitor, and a fluorescent tracer. The composition can define a solid that is devoid of phosphorus and has a pH effective such that, when the composition is dissolved in water at a concentration of 2 weight percent to form a solution, the solution has a pH within a range from 1 to 5.

Abstract: A voltage adjustment apparatus, a chip, a power source, and an electronic device. The apparatus comprises: a voltage input module, used for receiving an input voltage; a current determining module, electrically connected to the voltage input module and used for determining an adjustment current on the basis of the input voltage and a load current; a control module, electrically connected to the current determining module and used for outputting a control signal on the basis of the adjustment current; and a voltage output module, electrically connected to the voltage input module, the current determining module, and the control module, and being used for outputting a target voltage on the basis of the control signal and the input voltage.