Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing time series of noisy images of a same area, the method comprising: generating a set of time series of images from an input image time series by combining by first linear combinations each pixel of each image of the input image time series with selected neighboring pixels in the image and in an adjacent image of the input image time series; applying filtering operations in cascade to the set, each filtering operation combining each pixel of each image of each time series of the set by second linear combinations with selected neighboring pixels in the image and in an adjacent image in each time series of the set; performing an image combination operation to reduce each time series of the set to a single image; introducing a model image of the area as a filtered image in the set; and combining each image in the set into an output image, by third linear combinations.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for frequency-drift correction. The method includes receiving, by a sample-correction interface circuit, a digitized signal, receiving, by the sample-correction interface circuit, information associated with a crystal temperature, generating, by the sample-correction interface circuit, an uncorrected sample based on the digitized signal, generating, by the sample-correction interface circuit, crystal drift data associated with the digitized signal and the information associated with the crystal temperature, and sending, by the sample-correction interface circuit, at least one of the uncorrected sample or the crystal drift data to a memory.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and methods for providing water to a user for consumption. Systems of the present disclosure can include a water management system including one or more a water treatment flow path for receiving source water, disinfection unit(s), additive unit(s), sensor(s) for maintaining various water conditions. Additionally, water management, treatment and/or storage systems including controller(s) and associated methods of operating are also described for dispensing water to a user.

Abstract: This disclosure is related to materials with highly stable and reversible water sorption and retention properties, as well as formulations and methods for their manufacture and uses. Composite materials of the present disclosure can avoid weeping or leakage of liquid water at wide ranges in ambient relative humidities so as to be suitable for a variety of applications including thermal management, thermal energy storage, atmospheric water generation and dehumidification systems. Composites disclosed herein can comprise an ionomeric material and in some embodiments, a hygroscopic or deliquescent salt. Furthermore, composites disclosed herein can also include a water vapor permeable or support polymer material providing support for reversible expansion or volume changes during water vapor sorption/desorption cycling via porous and/or elastic character, thereby avoiding mechanical restriction that could cause weeping or leakage of liquid water.

Abstract: Methods and means for evaluating and summarizing physical quality metrics associated with stretch films and other plastics are provided. According to one aspect of the invention, a processor- or computer-enabled business method such as a software program or mobile application capable of calculating and comparing stretch film data and conveying easily understood summaries of film characteristics and cost impacts associated therewith is provided. According to a second aspect, the system and method provides a vast plurality of film performance metrics, costs factor, environmental impacts, and so, calculated and presented in a dashboard-type user interface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for producing Phyla dulcis plants and plant parts that are substantially camphor-free and also have an increased level of hernandulcin. Phyla dulcis plants and plant parts, as well as compositions comprising the same, are also provided herein. The present disclosure provides methods that utilize the regulation of the terpenoid biochemical pathways of P. dulcis as opposed to previous methods that depend on chemical synthesis or genetic, enzyme, microbial, and plant tissue engineering.

Abstract: Solvent free epoxy systems are disclosed that can include a hardener compound H comprising: a molecular structure (R1—(Y1)n), wherein R1 is an ionic moiety, Y1 is a nucleophilic group, n is a between 2 and 10; and an ionic moiety A acting as a counter ion to R1; and an epoxy compound E comprising: a molecular structure (R2—Z1)n), wherein R2 is an ionic moiety, Z1 comprises an epoxide group, n is a between 2 and 10, and an ionic moiety B acting as a counter ion to R2. In embodiments, the epoxy compound E and/or the hardener H is comprised in a solvent-less ionic liquid. The systems can further include accelerators, crosslinkers, plasticizers, inhibitors, ionic hydrophobic and/or super-hydrophobic compounds, ionic hydrophilic compounds, ionic transitional hydrophobic/hydrophilic compounds, biological active compounds, and/or plasticizer compounds. Polymers made from the disclosed epoxy systems and their methods of use are described.

Abstract: Water generation systems and methods of generating water from air are disclosed herein. Systems for generating water from air can comprise a solar thermal unit comprising a hygroscopic material, composite or assembly configured to capture water vapor from air during a loading cycle and release water vapor to a working fluid during an unloading cycle. Water generation systems can further include a condenser for condensing water vapor from the working fluid to produce water. Methods for generating water from air disclosed herein can comprise receiving a system operational parameter from a loading and/or unloading cycle. Methods of operation can also include determining a loading and/or unloading system operational setpoint based on the system operational parameter. During a loading cycle, the method includes flowing ambient air through the hygroscopic material, composite or assembly to capture water vapor from air.

Abstract: In a method for enhancing localized delivery of a diagnostic or therapeutic agent using focused ultrasound (FUS), ultrasound-controllable drug carriers are administered into a blood vessel. Each drug carrier comprises an ultrasound-sensitive microbubble loaded with the diagnostic or therapeutic agent. The drug carriers are aggregated inside the vessel both along a radial direction and a longitudinal direction by application of an aggregation FUS sequence. Subsequently the diagnostic or therapeutic agent is released from the drug carriers by application of an uncaging FUS sequence. The aggregation and uncaging sequences are applied using FUS below a threshold power level such that harmful cavitation is avoided, as evidenced by the absence of broadband emissions and preferably non-integer harmonics from an emission spectrum of the drug carriers. Thereby damage to the vasculature by the FUS sequence is avoided.

Abstract: Solvent free epoxy system that includes: a hardener compound H comprising: a molecular structure (Y1—R1—Y2), wherein R1 is an ionic moiety Y1 is a nucleophilic group and Y2 nucleophilic group; and an ionic moiety A acting as a counter ion to R1; and an epoxy compound E comprising: a molecular structure (Z1—R2—Z2), wherein R2 is an ionic moiety, Z1 comprises an epoxide group, and Z2 comprises an epoxide group; and an ionic moiety B acting as a counter ion to R2. In embodiments, the epoxy compound E and/or the hardener H is comprised in a solvent-less ionic liquid. The systems can further include accelerators, crosslinkers, plasticizers, inhibitors, ionic hydrophobic and/or super-hydrophobic compounds, ionic hydrophilic compounds, ionic transitional hydrophobic/hydrophilic compounds, biological active compounds, and/or plasticizer compounds. Polymers made from the disclosed epoxy systems and their methods of used.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for controlling treatment of water with ozone. The systems and methods can utilize one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules that are configured to store computing instructions. Execution of the instructions can cause the one or more processing modules to perform acts of: generating ozone; and applying the ozone to water. The act of generating the ozone can include: controlling a quantity of the ozone generated; and controlling when the ozone is generated.

Abstract: A system including a turbine engine configured to generate rotor power and produce an engine air flow. The system is configured to provide rotor power to one of more shaft-driven lift fans to generate a first thrust on an aircraft body and provide a gas flow to one or more gas-driven lift fans to generate a second thrust on the aircraft body. The gas flow may be at least a portion of the engine air flow produced by the turbine engine. The turbine engine may be configured to exhaust another portion of the engine air flow through a jet nozzle to generate an engine thrust. In examples, the system includes at least a second turbine engine. The one of more shaft-driven lift fans and/or one of more gas-driven lift fans be powered by the turbine engine, the second turbine engine, or both the turbine engine and the second turbine engine.

Abstract: A system including a turbine engine configured to generate rotor power and produce an engine air flow. The system is configured to provide rotor power to one of more shaft-driven lift fans to generate a first thrust on an aircraft body and provide a gas flow to one or more gas-driven lift fans to generate a second thrust on the aircraft body. The gas flow may be at least a portion of the engine air flow produced by the turbine engine. The turbine engine may be configured to exhaust another portion of the engine air flow through a jet nozzle to generate an engine thrust. In examples, the system includes at least a second turbine engine. The one of more shaft-driven lift fans and/or one of more gas-driven lift fans be powered by the turbine engine, the second turbine engine, or both the turbine engine and the second turbine engine.

Abstract: A method includes receiving first position data from at least one of a TOF sensor or a LIDAR. The first position data is representative of a position of a human within a hazardous environment. The method further includes receiving second position data associated with a plurality of wearable sensors associated with a plurality of personnel. The method further includes comparing the first position data to the second position data to identify a match between the first position data and the second position data. The method further includes sensing a signal to an alert device associated with the hazardous environment such that the alert device issues an alert in response to the first position data failings to match the second position data.

Abstract: A method for virtual try-on of user-wearable items is provided. The method includes capturing, in a client device, a first image of a user, the first image including a reference token for a user-wearable item and displaying, in the client device, images of multiple user-wearable items for the user, receiving an input from the user, the input indicative of a selected user-wearable item from the user-wearable items on display. The method also includes segmenting the first image to separate the reference token from a background comprising a portion of a physiognomy of the user, replacing a segment of the reference token in the first image with an image of the selected user-wearable item in a second image of the user, and displaying, in the client device, the second image of the user.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a gaming system, device, and method supportive of an enhanced electronic gaming machine “Out of Service” mode. A gaming system, device, and method are provided that receive a user input that invokes, for a player, a service mode for a gaming device during a gameplay session, place the gaming device into the service mode, generate an electronic record based on invoking the service mode for the player, and output a notification based on placing the gaming device into the service mode. The electronic record may include a set of parameters associated with the service mode. The notification may include information describing at least a portion of the electronic record.

Abstract: This disclosure details thermal management systems with two or more cooling loops for thermally managing multiple components of an electrified vehicle. An exemplary thermal management system may include a deaeration device that is fluidly connected to two or more cooling loops (e.g., a traction battery pack loop, a power electronics loop, etc.). The deaeration device is configured to allow for deaeration of the two or more cooling loops while reducing coolant transfer and heat transfer between the two or more cooling loops.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing time series of noisy images of a same area, the method comprising: generating a set of time series of images from an input image time series by combining by first linear combinations each pixel of each image of the input image time series with selected neighboring pixels in the image and in an adjacent image of the input image time series; applying filtering operations in cascade to the set, each filtering operation combining each pixel of each image of each time series of the set by second linear combinations with selected neighboring pixels in the image and in an adjacent image in each time series of the set; performing an image combination operation to reduce each time series of the set to a single image; introducing a model image of the area as a filtered image in the set; and combining each image in the set into an output image, by third linear combinations.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a gaming system, device, and method supportive of an enhanced electronic gaming machine “Out of Service” mode. A gaming system, device, and method are provided that receive a user input that invokes, for a player, a service mode for a gaming device during a gameplay session, place the gaming device into the service mode, generate an electronic record based on invoking the service mode for the player, and output a notification based on placing the gaming device into the service mode. The electronic record may include a set of parameters associated with the service mode. The notification may include information describing at least a portion of the electronic record.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for controlling treatment of water with ozone. The systems and methods can utilize one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules that are configured to store computing instructions. Execution of the instructions can cause the one or more processing modules to perform acts of: generating ozone; and applying the ozone to water. The act of generating the ozone can include: controlling a quantity of the ozone generated; and controlling when the ozone is generated.