Abstract: Provided is an axial flux motor including a rotor having a wound ribbon core, the wound ribbon core including a metal amorphous nanocomposite material. The axial flux motor further includes a stator assembly spaced apart from the rotor along a rotation axis of the rotor. The stator assembly includes a body including a metal amorphous nanocomposite material and a plurality of permanent magnets substantially free of rare-earth materials. The plurality of permanent magnets is arranged on the body of the stator assembly.

Abstract: A dose cup assembly that results in less particles in a process chamber is disclosed. The dose cup assembly includes a faceplate attached to a back wall of the process chamber, and having an opening; an aperture plate defining a plurality of slots; and a tunnel having walls and sidewalls and having a proximal end and a distal end, located between the faceplate and the aperture plate, such that the proximal end is nearer to the faceplate and the distal end is nearer to the aperture plate; wherein at least one of the faceplate, the walls, the sidewalls or the aperture plate has one or more exposed outer surfaces that comprise silicon. The exposed outer surfaces may be silicon. In some embodiments, the faceplate, the walls, the sidewalls or the aperture plate may be graphite, aluminum, or stainless steel which is coated with silicon or silicon carbide.

Abstract: A stopper is configured to be disposed within a medical cartridge includes a shell defining a cavity and an exterior surface sized and shaped to fit inside the medical cartridge and an insert configured to be inserted into the cavity, where the insert includes an electronic device having a sensor configured to generate a sensing signal. The shell is configured to be advanced into the medical cartridge by a plunger to apply pressure to a substance contained in the medical cartridge and the shell is configured to pass the sensing signal therethrough. The sensor is configured to be responsive to the position of the stopper in the medical cartridge.

Abstract: Systems and methods for the intravascular treatment of clot material within a blood vessel of a human patient are disclosed herein. A method in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, positioning a distal portion of a catheter proximate to the clot material within the blood vessel. The method can further include coupling a pressure source to the catheter via a tubing subsystem including a valve or other fluid control device and, while the valve is closed, activating the pressure source to charge a vacuum. The valve can then be opened to apply the vacuum to the catheter to thereby aspirate at least a portion of the clot material from the blood vessel and into the catheter.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for customer engagement include: receiving a first product search query from a visitor identified in a visitor session, wherein the first product search query includes at least a visitor identifier associated with customer segments; returning first product search results based on the first product search query; updating, after the first product search query, the customer segments associated with the visitor identifier based on real time evaluation of visitor characteristics and/or actions; receiving a second product search query that is the same as the first product search query from the visitor, wherein the second product search query includes at least the visitor identifier associated with the updated customer segments; and returning second product search results based on the second product search query that is different from the first product search results.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining characteristics of autonomous devices, identifying a portion of the autonomous devices having relatable characteristics, and assigning a network to the portion of autonomous devices for enabling communications with the portion of autonomous devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for process accelerator (PA) using configurable hardware accelerators is provided. The PA can include a plurality of processing elements (PEs). The PEs of the PA can be used to accelerate a process and/or one or more threads. PEs can include PE local memory which due to the memories' close physical proximity to the PE can result in reduced energy consumption. The plurality of PEs can be daisy-chain connected or DMA mode can be used to write the result of a PE directly into the PE local memory of another PE for further processing.

Abstract: A system is provided for a secure modular cloud-enabled resource exchange apparatus. In particular, the resource exchange apparatus may comprise a security box operatively coupled to one or more modular components, which may include computing components or devices and/or peripherals. The components of the resource exchange apparatus may be secured using security certificates and/or tokens associated with the input and/or output ports of each component. The computing device within the resource exchange apparatus may be communicatively coupled with a cloud server, from which the computing device may retrieve security certificates, configuration parameters, and/or the like. Upon detecting that a component has invalid certificate, the system may automatically disconnect and block the component. In this way, the system may ensure that only authorized devices may be used within the resource exchange apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for fueling. The apparatus 10 comprising a plurality of vessels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 for containing a fuel gas, each vessel of the plurality of vessels being selectively fluidly connectable to at least one receiving vessel 6 and a control means configured to selectively divide the plurality of vessels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 into a plurality of banks each comprising one or more of the plurality of vessels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The control means is further configured to sequentially fluidly connect the plurality of banks to the at least one receiving vessel 6 such that when one of the plurality of banks is fluidly connected to the at least one receiving vessel 6 the one or more of the plurality of vessels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 within that bank are fluidly connected to the at least one receiving vessel 6 but are fluidly isolated from the one or more of the plurality of vessels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 of the remaining ones of the plurality of banks.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system configures one or more robots to perform tasks in an establishment, and assigns to the robots privileges and/or priorities in accordance with a policy. The method also includes detecting a situation in the establishment requiring performance of a task; facilitating the performance of the task by at least one of the robots; and dynamically reprogramming at least one of the robots in response to the situation to perform a specialized task to address the situation. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are provided for processing items within an automated storage and retrieval device. A scanned machine-readable identifier associated with an item is received at an automated storage and retrieval device. A determination is made whether the machine-readable identifier that was scanned is a container identification (ID). The machine-readable identifier is identified based on pre-defined criteria when the machine-readable identifier is determined not to be a container ID. The machine-readable identifier is mapped to an existing order using stored order information. A container ID is created by the fulfillment system and passed back to the automated storage and retrieval device. The item is stored in the automated storage and retrieval device using the created container ID.

Abstract: A digital compensation system for a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier module is disclosed. The digital compensation system includes an RF power amplifier having a first input, a first output, and a first bias input, wherein the RF power amplifier is configured to receive an RF signal at the first input and generate an amplified version of the RF signal at the first output. The digital compensation system also includes compensation circuitry coupled between the first input and the first output and a bias output coupled to the RF power amplifier, wherein the compensation circuitry is configured, in response to the RF signal, to generate or adjust a bias signal at the first bias input to correct dynamic bias errors caused by amplification variations that have time constants.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include transmitting first payload data to a first communication device via a first link, subsequent to the transmitting of the first payload data, obtaining a first indication that a handover is being negotiated between the first communication device and a second communication device, based on the first indication, placing, at a processing system, the first link in an inactive state, based on the first indication, storing second payload data in a buffer, and responsive to obtaining a second indication that the second communication device has accepted the handover: activating, at the processing system, a second link between the processing system and the second communication device, obtaining the second payload data from the buffer, and transmitting, based on the activating of the second link, the second payload data obtained from the buffer to the second communication device via the second link. Other aspects are disclosed.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to the communication between server systems located in different network regions. For example, in some embodiments, a first server system located in a first network region may receive a request to perform a first operation for a user, where the request includes an alias value for the user. The first server system may determine, based on the alias value, that the user is not associated with the first network region. In response, the first server system may access an alias map that specifies encoded versions of alias values that are in use across multiple different network regions and, using the alias map, determine that the user is associated with a second network region. The first server system may then route a communication corresponding to the request to a second server system that is located in the second network region.

Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for service creation and management. A processor can detect an event relating to a service, and access a service creation database to identify a recipe associated with the service. The recipe can define a resource to be used to provide the service. The processor can access an inventory to determine if the resource is available, identify a service control to control the service, instruct an infrastructure control to allocate virtual machines to host components of the service, and issue instructions to the service control. The instructions can instruct the service control to load service functions to the virtual machines.

Abstract: An exercise bar is provided. The exercise bar includes a handle tube with a longitudinal interior bore. The handle tube has a first end and a second end. A center shaft has an outer surface. The center shaft is fitted through the longitudinal interior bore exposing a first end portion of the center shaft at the first end of the handle tube and exposing a second end portion of the center shaft at the second end of the handle tube. A sensor is disposed on a mounting section of the outer surface of the center shaft between the first and second portion of the center shaft. A processor is disposed in an interior of the exercise bar. The sensor is in electronic communication with the processor in the exercise bar.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for activating conveyor belt roller assemblies by lowering and extending wearstrips to selectively lower the conveyor belt to place the conveyor belt roller assemblies into contact with actuating rollers. A wearstrip module housing the wearstrips includes an upper support upon which the wearstrips are mounted that is longitudinally and vertically movable relative to a lower support fixed relative to the actuating rollers. Mounting brackets rotatably mount the lower support and actuating rollers in a fixed position and orientation.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transmitting a first identifier associated with a processing system to a communication device, transmitting first data to the communication device, obtaining, from the communication device and based on the transmitting of the first identifier and the first data, a first directive, wherein the first directive directs the processing system to utilize a first radio access technology for a first communication session, and utilizing, based on the first directive, the first radio access technology for the first communication session. Other embodiments are disclosed.