Abstract: A method for determining a condition of a quantum computer is described. The method includes the steps of: providing a quantum computing system having a cryogenic chamber with at least one quantum computing chip inside the cryogenic chamber, wherein the at least one quantum computing chip is connected to at least one cable running through the cryogenic chamber; performing a time-domain reflectometry measurement on the cable, thereby obtaining measurement data; and determining a condition of the quantum computing system based on the measurement data obtained from the time-domain reflectometry measurement.

Abstract: A midsole for a shoe, where the midsole is 3D printed from an elastic polymeric material, the midsole comprising: a sole facing surface, a foot facing surface, a plurality of walls that in a first position are substantially perpendicular to the sole facing surface that extend from the sole facing surface to the foot facing surface where each wall has a height, where the plurality walls define a plurality of cells having a central axis that is substantially parallel to the walls and having a radius from a wall to the central axis, where the walls in a second position are configured to elastically deform upon application of an external force so that the deformation provides a change in the radius and/or the height, and where the walls are adapted to return to their first position upon removal of the external force.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to assigning scrambling identifiers to user equipments. A first scrambling identifier can be assigned to each user equipment of a group, such that the first scrambling identifier is the same for each of the user equipments of the group. A second scrambling identifier can be assigned to each of the user equipments of the group, such that the second scrambling identifier is different for each of the user equipments of the group. A selected scrambling identifier can be used to generate a reference signal sequence.

Abstract: Techniques are described for deploying a virtualized computing environment configured in a user-specific configuration, the virtualized network function comprising a plurality of virtual machines. A solution definition file (SDF) identifies a configuration for the deployment. The SDF replaces each secret needed for the deployment with an identifier for the secret. A schema defines a format for each identifier for each secret included in the SDF and a format of the secrets. The secrets and corresponding identifiers are stored in a secure storage. The identifiers are sent to the deployed virtual machines, the identifiers being usable by the virtual machines to obtain the secrets from the secure storage.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing having an external surface configured to be placed on a non-magnetic material over-laying a first device comprising a first ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material. The apparatus further includes a second ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material and/or an electromagnet within the housing. The second ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material and/or the electromagnet is configured to generate an attractive magnetic force with the first device. The apparatus is configured to controllably adjust an attractive magnetic force between the first device and the second ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material and/or the electromagnet along a longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to the surface.

Abstract: The methods and apparatus described enable automatic configuration, or commissioning, of controller devices and load control devices through a low voltage communication network controlled by one or more controller devices. These methods and apparatus further enable expansion of the load control system by connection of additional loads and or load control devices and or controller devices which will reinitialize the low voltage communication network and automatically reconfigure the controller devices and load control devices connected to the network.

Abstract: A position monitoring system for an agricultural system includes a controller having a memory and a processor. The controller is configured to receive a remote sensor signal from a remote sensor indicative of a state of a reference element on one of a work vehicle or an agricultural implement coupled to the work vehicle, determine an orientation of the agricultural implement relative to the work vehicle based at least in part on the remote sensor signal, and output a control signal to control operation of the agricultural system based at least in part on the orientation of the agricultural implement relative to the work vehicle.

Abstract: An oral appliance is provided for delivering a medicament to at least a portion of teeth and/or soft tissue areas inside a mouth. The oral appliance contains an interior surface having a medicament disposed in or on at least a portion of and/or the entire interior surface of the oral appliance. The interior surface of the oral cavity is formed to fit contours of at least the portion of the teeth and/or soft tissue areas inside the oral cavity and is configured for holding the medicament in contact with at least the portion of the teeth and/or soft tissue areas inside the oral cavity to deliver the medicament to strategic areas in need of treatment. In some embodiments, computer, network and computer readable storage media are provided.

Abstract: A system of reusable masking aids usable in a method of spraying a bed-liner on a portion of a vehicle is provided. A method of applying a spray-on bed-liner to a vehicle is also provided. The method makes use of the system of reusable masking aids to make the process of spraying on a bed-liner more efficient, generate less waste, and more apt to subject any part of the method to automation.

Abstract: A blower includes a stationary portion including an inlet and an outlet, a rotating portion provided to the stationary portion, and a motor adapted to drive the rotating portion. The inlet and outlet are co-axially aligned. The stationary portion includes a housing, a stator component provided to the housing, and a tube providing an interior surface. The rotating portion includes one or more bearings that are provided along the interior surface of the tube to support a rotor within the tube. In an embodiment, the blower is structured to supply air at positive pressure.

Abstract: A steering system for a skid steered vehicle has a variable-speed steering motor, and an asymmetrical steering differential operatively connected to the steering motor and rotatably mounted on a first side of the chassis separately from the propulsion system. The steering differential has a first differential shaft and a second differential shaft, where the asymmetrical differential imparts a greater speed change on the second differential shaft than the first differential shaft. The first differential shaft is connected to a first steering output shaft operatively connected to at least one ground-engaging element on the first side of the vehicle. A speed reducer connecting the second differential shaft to a second steering output shaft operatively connected to at least one ground-engaging element on the second side of the vehicle so that the second steering output shaft experiences the same speed change but in an opposite rotational direction as the first steering output shaft.

Abstract: A method for repairing a component without further damaging the component is provided. A magnetic field is applied to the component via an induction coil thereby causing a temperature of the component to increase. Responsive to the component reaching a desired temperature, the component is repaired via a direct energy deposition process.

Abstract: A method of repairing a stator stage is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving a stator stage including a plurality of stator vanes disposed between an outer diameter and an inner diameter, analyzing the stator stage for defects, determining based on the analysis that there is a first defect on an edge of a first stator vane of the plurality of stator vanes, removing a portion of the first stator vane including the first defect to form a first scallop on the edge of the first stator vane, repairing the first stator vane including filling the first scallop to fill the first stator vane to its original size and shape creating a repaired portion, and performing a blending process to the stator stage including the first stator vane and the repaired portion to smooth the plurality of stator vanes.

Abstract: There is provided a rescue device for rescuing a person suspended from a structure, the rescue device comprising a friction device configured to be coupled to a rope, the friction device comprising an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the amount of friction acting on the rope, and a pulley unit configured to be used with the rope to form a pulley, the pulley unit comprising at least one pulley wheel and a one-way freewheel clutch coupled to the at least one pulley wheel, wherein the one-way freewheel clutch is configured to allow the at least one wheel to rotate in a first rotational direction and prevent the wheel from rotating in a second rotational direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting pathological bone activity in an equine subject using a serum biomarker, and use of the serum biomarker for diagnosing and/or preventing risk of equine bone fracture and/or lameness, particularly in race horses.

Abstract: A method for repairing a stator stage is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving a stator stage including a plurality of stator vanes disposed between an outer diameter and an inner diameter, analyzing the stator stage for defects, determining there is a first defect in a first segment of a the stator stage, the first segment including at least one of a first portion of the outer diameter, a first portion of the inner diameter, or a first stator vane, removing the first segment from the stator stage forming a void in the stator stage, manufacturing a second segment that is the same size as the first segment, attaching the second segment to the stator stage to fill the void, performing a blending process on the stator stage including the second segment to smooth the plurality of stator vanes including the second stator vane.

Abstract: Methods for establishing a second database and maintaining synchronization between a first database and the second database in a data management system are described. According to the method, a snapshot of a state of the first database may be acquired and mounted to a second server. The second database may be restored to the second server based on the mount. The second database may replicate the state of the first database. Synchronization may be enabled between the first database and the second database. One or more metrics associated with replication of data between the databases may be identified. A backup process for transaction logs associated with the first database may be initiated and the transaction logs may be mounted to the second server based on the metrics. One or more transactions may be applied to the second database based on the transaction logs mounted to the second server.

Abstract: A circumferential matrix system having a matrix band and a body, such that the body comprises a handle, a housing and a base, and a spindle within the body is attached to the handle. The matrix band on one end is permanently affixed to the spindle and the matrix band on another end is permanently affixed to an inside wall of the housing. The circumferential matrix system can be tightened around a tooth without the need or use of a retaining ring.

Abstract: An image display device includes a drive circuit substrate, micro LED elements, and a wavelength conversion layer that converts excitation light emitted from the micro LED elements and that emits converted long-wavelength light to a side opposite to the drive circuit substrate, the micro LED elements and the wavelength conversion layer being sequentially stacked on the drive circuit substrate. The micro LED elements include a first multilayer film that reflects the long-wavelength light converted by the wavelength conversion layer.

Abstract: An injector for a combustor of a gas turbine engine is provided with a plurality of first vanes radially arrayed about a central axis of the injector and a plurality of second vanes radially arrayed about the central axis of the injector and disposed radially inward of the plurality of first vanes. A plurality of fuel injection holes are disposed nearer to a trailing edge than to a leading edge of the second vanes for injecting fuel into compressed air passing through over the second vanes. The trailing edge of each of the second vanes includes a non-planar profile configured to induce turbulence in the compressed air to thereby mix the fuel with the compressed air and reduce the surfaces on which undesirable flame anchoring may occur.