Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hearing device comprising a housing accommodating an acoustic transducer inside an inner volume of the housing, the acoustic transducer having an oscillator element configured to generate sound waves, the housing accommodating the acoustic transducer inside an inner volume of the housing. The hearing device further comprises a sound outlet configured to release sound waves from the inner volume into an ear canal. The hearing device may also comprise a microphone configured to be acoustically coupled to the ear canal, and an active feedback control circuit configured to provide an active feedback control signal to modify the sound waves generated by the acoustic transducer.

Abstract: Systems and methods for two-way communication with a hearing device are disclosed. In one embodiment, an accessory for communication with a hearing device includes an acoustic filter, and a microphone configured as an acoustic receiver (RX) for acoustic signals from a speaker of the hearing device via the acoustic filter. The acoustic filter is configured to operate at at least one resonance frequency. The accessory is in acoustic and magnetic communication with the hearing device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reactor and to a method for continuous polymerization, in which said reactor for the continuous production of polymers, particularly synthetic rubbers, contains at least one substantially tubular reactor housing (4), wherein said reactor housing (4) has a drive shaft (30) that is connected to at least one agitator (38) arranged such that it can rotate inside the reactor housing (4), and the agitator contains at least one, and preferably two, three or four helical mixing elements (24) which are designed to be preferably close to the wall or to come into contact with the wall.

Abstract: Hearing devices, configured to fit within the ear canal, having a hearing device core defining an exterior surface with a medial end and a medial corner, and including a battery, a microphone and a receiver, at least one seal, defining a seal compliance, carried on the hearing device core, and a medial bumper, defining a medial bumper compliance that is greater than the seal compliance, carried on the hearing device core.

Abstract: A method for obtaining new plant growth data according to an experimentation objective, the method including defining an experimentation objective; defining a set of experimentation alternatives; obtaining a data set of experimentation alternative conditions; obtaining a trained plant growth model including plant growth model parameters; defining an experimental design utility function based on the experimentation objective; selecting an experimentation plan from the set of experimentation alternatives by using the trained plant growth model, the experimental design utility function, and the data set of experimentation alternative conditions; and performing the selected experimentation plan to obtain new plant growth data.

Abstract: A hearing device includes an acoustic transducer having a membrane configured to generate sound waves, a housing enclosing a first chamber and a second chamber acoustically coupled by the membrane, a sound outlet configured to release sound waves from the first chamber into the ear canal, and an acoustic port acoustically coupling the second chamber to an ambient environment outside the ear canal.

Abstract: A method of generating an annotated synthetic training data for training a machine learning module for processing an operational data set includes creating a first procedural model for the object, the first procedural model having a first set of parameters relating to the object; creating a second procedural model for the background, the second procedural model having a second set of parameters relating to the background; creating the task environment model pertaining to the machine learning task using the first and the second procedural models; creating a synthetic data set using the task environment model; and allocating at least one parameter of the first set of parameters as an annotation for the simulation data to generate the annotated synthetic training data.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of skin conditions associated with dysbiosis. Skin conditions associated with dysbiosis for treatment using compositions and methods described herein include atopic dermatitis, eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, rosacea, and acne. Compositions include single or more than one strain of healthy donor derived bacteria for administration to provide therapy for skin conditions associated with dysregulated microbiota. Such compositions include gram negative and/or gram positive bacteria.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of skin conditions associated with dysbiosis. Skin conditions associated with dysbiosis for treatment using compositions and methods described herein include atopic dermatitis, eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, rosacea, and acne. Compositions include single or more than one strain of healthy donor derived bacteria for administration to provide therapy for skin conditions associated with dysregulated microbiota. Such compositions include gram negative and/or gram positive bacteria.

Abstract: Systems and methods for two-way communication with a hearing device are disclosed. In one embodiment, an accessory for communication with a hearing device includes an acoustic filter, and a microphone configured as an acoustic receiver (RX) for acoustic signals from a speaker of the hearing device via the acoustic filter. The acoustic filter is configured to operate at at least one resonance frequency. The accessory is in acoustic and magnetic communication with the hearing device.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for actuating a double-slotted flap movably coupled to an aircraft wing are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises actuating a first panel of the double-slotted flap relative to a structure of the aircraft wing, using motion of the first panel to induce rotation of a slave screw, and using the rotation of the slave screw to actuate the second panel relative to the first panel.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of skin conditions associated the dysbiosis. Further described herein is the use of metabolites for treatment of dysregulated microbiota in a subject. Such metabolites can be produced by microorganisms present in a higher abundance in the skin of healthy subjects as compared to the skin of a subject having dysbiosis of the skin. In addition, compositions and methods provided herein describe the use of metabolites as part of a combination therapy.

Abstract: The invention relates to an efficient process for the preparation of isoolefin polymers such as polyisobutene or butyl rubber by polymerization of a liquid medium comprising the monomer(s) and ethane or carbon dioxide that is substantially dissolved therein.

Abstract: A method is provided of forming a superconductor device interconnect structure. The method comprises forming a first dielectric layer overlying a substrate and forming a superconducting interconnect element in the first dielectric layer. The superconducting interconnect element includes a top surface aligned with a top surface of the first dielectric layer to form a first interconnect layer. The superconductor device interconnect structure is moved into a dielectric deposition chamber. The method further comprises performing a cleaning process on a top surface of the first interconnect layer in the dielectric deposition chamber to remove oxidization from a top surface of the first interconnect layer, and depositing a second dielectric layer over the first interconnect layer in the dielectric deposition chamber.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of skin conditions associated the dysbiosis. Further described herein is the use of metabolites for treatment of dysregulated microbiota in a subject. Such metabolites can be produced by microorganisms present in a higher abundance in the skin of healthy subjects as compared to the skin of a subject having dysbiosis of the skin. In addition, compositions and methods provided herein describe the use of metabolites as part of a combination therapy.

Abstract: This invention relates to a device for insertion of a deep-in-the-canal hearing aid—alternatively designatable as extended wear hearing aid—into an ear canal of an individual user, at a pre-determined insertion depth (d) thereof. The insertion device comprises a customized support comprising an outer profile conforming to the shapes of at least a portion of a conchal cavity and of an ear canal of said individual user; and a guide channel, disposed internal to said outer profile, extending between a lateral entry opening thereof, for loading said hearing aid; and a medial exit opening thereof, for releasing said hearing aid into said ear canal. The present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing an insertion device for inserting a hearing aid deep into an ear canal of an individual hearing aid user, at a pre-determined insertion depth (d) thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reactor and to a method for continuous polymerization, in which said reactor for the continuous production of polymers, particularly synthetic rubbers, contains at least one substantially tubular reactor housing (4), wherein said reactor housing (4) has a drive shaft (30) that is connected to at least one agitator (38) arranged such that it can rotate inside the reactor housing (4), and the agitator contains at least one, and preferably two, three or four helical mixing elements (24) which are designed to be preferably close to the wall or to come into contact with the wall.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of water and solvent-free hydrogenated nitrile rubber polymers, to the hydrogenated nitrile rubbers and the use thereof.

Abstract: A method for operation of a central office point of delivery includes: in response to a pluggable interface module being plugged into an access node port of a line termination node of the central office point of delivery, transmitting, by the line termination node, a request message to a control node of the central office point of delivery, wherein the request message comprises interface module information related to the pluggable interface module, and wherein an activation clearance is requested, via the request message, from the control node; receiving, by the line termination node, from the control node, an acknowledgement message related to the activation clearance requested by the request message, wherein the acknowledgement message corresponds to a verification operation and/or activation clearance operation having been successful; and activating, by the line termination node and/or by the access port node, the pluggable interface module.

Abstract: The present invention relates to specific water and solvent-free nitrile rubbers having specific functional groups and/or end groups, a process for the production thereof and the use thereof.