Abstract: A gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes an engine control configured to monitor and control operation of the gas turbine engine in real-time and a communication adapter that includes a housing and a plurality of antennas in the housing. The communication adapter is configured to establish communication with the engine control and wireless communication with an offboard system external to the aircraft through at least one of the antennas of the communication adapter. The housing includes a metal chassis with a non-conductive substrate between the metal chassis and the antennas. The antennas are partitioned into two or more portions. A communication interface of the communication adapter is configured to establish wireless communication through the antennas using two or more different wireless communication protocols.

Abstract: Radio-frequency splitter circuits, devices and methods. In some embodiments, a power splitter can include an input port, a first output port and a second output port. The power splitter can further include a first signal path implemented between the input port and the first output port, and a second signal path implemented between the input port and the second output port. Each of the first and second signal paths can include a variable capacitance configured to provide a plurality of capacitance values that result in different frequency responses of the respective signal path.

Abstract: A system includes an engine control configured to control a gas turbine engine and a means for wirelessly communicating with an offboard system and communicating with the engine control by establishing communication with the engine control on a first communication bus using system credential authentication, establishing communication between the engine control and a data storage system on a second communication bus, establishing wireless communication with the offboard system using system credential authentication, and providing access from the offboard system to the engine control and from the engine control to the data storage system to enable one or more updates of the data storage system by the offboard system based on service credential authentication.

Abstract: A filling, coating or spread for use in food applications comprising a structured fat system, wherein the structured fat system comprises from 10 w/w % to 90 w/w % of a lipid and from 10 w/w % to 90 w/w % of an edible porous particle, wherein the lipid is present as a continuous phase in said structured fat system. The use of a structured fat system for reducing the trans- and saturated fat content of a filling, coating or spread, wherein the structured fat system comprises from 10 w/w % to 90 w/w % of a lipid and from 10 w/w % to 90 w/w % of an edible porous particle, wherein the lipid is present as a continuous phase in said structured fat system.

Abstract: A data request workflow system comprises vehicle operational data. A file delivery request comprises a data request for a subset of the vehicle operational data. A file processing system receives the vehicle operational data and includes at least one set of predefined file editing rules. The file processing system automatically applies at least one set of predefined file editing rules to filter out a predefined sub-set of the vehicle operational data and to automatically edit data that is part of the data request per predefined criteria for each type of vehicle operational data to provide a converted data file to be transmitted to a user that submitted the file delivery request.

Abstract: An inline muffler for use with a positive airway pressure (PAP) apparatus. The muffler may provide an expansion chamber with baffles that capture acoustic energy using, for instance, a disruptive gas flow path to effectively reduce downstream noise associated with a flow of pressurized gas produced by the PAP apparatus. In some embodiments, the muffler is constructed of two mostly identical halves with baffle segments being integrally formed therewith.

Abstract: A communication adapter of a gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes a housing configured to be coupled to the gas turbine engine, a plurality of antennas integrated in the housing, a memory system and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to establish communication with an engine control mounted on the gas turbine engine, establish wireless communication between the communication adapter and an offboard system external to the aircraft through at least one of the antennas integrated in the housing of the communication adapter, and authenticate communication requests at the communication adapter for data sent between the offboard system and the engine control.

Abstract: A communication adapter of a gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes a communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate with an offboard system and to communicate with an engine control of the gas turbine engine. The communication adapter also includes a memory system and processing circuitry configured to receive one or more configuration items from the offboard system, confirm an authentication between the communication adapter and the engine control, apply a cryptographic algorithm using one or more parameters received and cryptographic information to decrypt the one or more configuration items, wherein the cryptographic information includes a combination of received cryptographic information and previously stored cryptographic information, and transfer the one or more configuration items to the engine control based on the authentication.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of forming a sensing device for supporting a plurality of nanopores upon an array of wells. The method involves providing a substrate, said substrate having a surface having an array of electrodes located thereon for connecting to or for configuring upon an electronic circuit. Separately, a well array structure is provided, which has an array of walls defining through-holes for defining wells. The substrate and well array structures are aligning said array of electrodes define, at least in part, a portion of the bases of respective wells at the bottom of the through holes. The resulting sensing device overcomes problems with known sensing devices by employing a substrate and/or well array structure, or hybrid thereof, that employs alternative materials or manufacturing processes.

Abstract: A method of operating a communication adapter of a gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes receiving a plurality of time series data at the communication adapter from an engine control of the gas turbine engine. The method also includes recording a plurality of internal sensor data of an internal sensor system of the communication adapter. The method further includes correlating the time series data with the internal sensor data based on an alignment in time to form an enhanced data set and transmitting the enhanced data set from the communication adapter to an offboard system.

Abstract: A data request workflow system comprises vehicle operational data. A file delivery request comprises a data request for a subset of the vehicle operational data. A file processing system receives the vehicle operational data and includes at least one set of predefined file editing rules. The file processing system automatically applies at least one set of predefined file editing rules to filter out a predefined sub-set of the vehicle operational data and to automatically edit data that is part of the data request per predefined criteria for each type of vehicle operational data to provide a converted data file to be transmitted to a user that submitted the file delivery request.

Abstract: A system includes an engine manufacturer database communicatively coupled to a blockchain database through a network and a ground station configured to wirelessly communicate with a communication adapter of a gas turbine engine of an aircraft. The communication adapter includes a communication interface configured to communicate with an engine control of a gas turbine engine. The system is further configured to monitor the blockchain database for a configuration update associated with the aircraft and update the engine manufacturer database based on the configuration update. The system is further configured to command a synchronization of the configuration update from the engine manufacturer database to a communication adapter of the gas turbine engine tracked by the engine manufacturer database and transmit the configuration update wirelessly to the communication adapter through the communication interface to update a data storage unit of the gas turbine engine with the configuration update.

Abstract: Examples described herein provide a method that includes receiving engine data from a sensor associated with the engine. The method further includes associating a header with the engine data to generate packaged engine data. The method further includes transmitting the packaged engine data to an aircraft communication unit, wherein the header provides for the aircraft communication unit to transmit the packaged engine data to a ground station communication unit via a communication protocol.

Abstract: Examples described herein provide a method for assigning tasks to processors of a multi-core processor associated with a gas turbine engine. The method includes assigning a first processing core of the multi-core processor to perform a first type of tasks having a first safety level. The method further includes assigning a second processing core of the multi-core processor to perform a second type of tasks having a second safety level, the second safety level being different than the first safety level. The method further includes executing a first core task of the first type of tasks on the first processing core. The method further includes executing a second core task of the second type of tasks on the second processing core.

Abstract: A device for producing a pattern combination on a clothing includes the following: a rotary screen, a cylindrical jacket surface with a perforation pattern that defines a first pattern component. Material in the liquid or pasty state is pressed through the perforations of the jacket surface of the rotary screen and deposited on the surface of the clothing in order to produce the first pattern component on a surface of the clothing, while the rotary screen, rotating several times about a longitudinal axis thereof, rolls on the surface of the clothing in at least one path that continuously revolves on the surface of the clothing at least once. At least one device produces, synchronously and/or simultaneously, a second pattern component, which device is connected indirectly or directly to the rotary screen. The device for producing the pattern combination also includes a post-run system.

Abstract: A communication adapter of a gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes a communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate with an offboard system and to communicate with an engine control of the gas turbine engine. The communication adapter also includes a memory system and processing circuitry configured to receive an engine control update request from the offboard system, confirm an authentication between the communication adapter and the engine control, transfer one or more configuration items received at the communication adapter from the offboard system to the engine control based on the authentication, and transmit an update completion confirmation of the engine control from the communication adapter to the offboard system based on a confirmation message from the engine control.

Abstract: A communication adapter of a gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes an internal sensor system including a plurality of sensors within the communication adapter, a memory system, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to receive a plurality of time series data at the communication adapter from an engine control during operation of the gas turbine engine, record a plurality of internal sensor data versus time in the memory system based on the internal sensor system until an end condition is met, correlate the time series data with the internal sensor data based on an alignment in time to form an enhanced data set, and transmit the enhanced data set from the communication adapter to an offboard system based on a transmit condition.

Abstract: A communication adapter of a gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes an internal sensor system including a plurality of sensors within the communication adapter, a memory system, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to receive a plurality of time series data at the communication adapter from an engine control during operation of the gas turbine engine, record a plurality of internal sensor data versus time in the memory system based on the internal sensor system until an end condition is met, correlate the time series data with the internal sensor data based on an alignment in time to form an enhanced data set, and transmit the enhanced data set from the communication adapter to an offboard system based on a transmit condition.

Abstract: The present invention provides an isolated lyssavirus phosphoprotein (P-protein) comprising one or more amino acid substitutions in a signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1) interacting surface of the P-protein.

Abstract: Described herein is a crystalline fat comprising a powder density ranging from about 0.04 g/mL to about 0.40 g/mL at room temperature and at least 50% of particles have a particle size ranging from 10 to 50 ?m in diameter. Also described herein is a shortening comprising crystalline fat having a powder density ranging from about 0.04 g/mL to about 0.40 g/mL at room temperature and at least 50% of particles have a particle size ranging from 3 to 60 ?m in diameter and a liquid oil; wherein the crystalline fat ranges from about 25 wt % to about 99.9 wt % and the liquid oil ranges from about 0.1 wt % to about 75 wt %.