Abstract: Representative embodiments set forth herein disclose techniques for implementing improved links between paths of one or more file systems. According to some embodiments, techniques are disclosed for establishing a system volume and a data volume within a container. According to other embodiments, techniques are disclosed for establishing a link from a source path of a system volume within a container to a target path of a data volume within the container. According to yet other embodiments, techniques are disclosed for determining whether to allow a file system operation on a data volume of a container based on at least determining whether a target path is associated with a reference to a source path.

Abstract: The tool comprises-: a support comprising at least a lower surface intended to rest on the ground; a lifting system, carried by the support, the lifting system having at least a movable extraction member able to cooperate with the seismic apparatus and an actuator able to actuate the extraction member to lift the seismic apparatus out of the ground, the distance separating vertically the lower surface from the lifting system being at most 2 m.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for promoting more desirable fluid flow within a section of pipe between upstream and downstream transducers in a fluid meter (e.g., a water or gas meter). To create better fluid flow characteristics, an insert may be installed within the section of pipe. The insert may be configured with an upper portion and a lower portion that are connected in the manufacturing process. The insert may include mirror supports configured to result in low pressure drop and stable flow conditions. The mirror supports (upstream and downstream) reflect the ultrasonic signals sent between the upstream and downstream piezo transducers. A fluid stabilizer may be connected to one of the upper portion or the lower portion of the insert. The fluid stabilizer may include a conical central portion and four blades to smooth fluid flow between the transducers and associated mirrors.

Abstract: An ultrasonic system for treating a submerged surface of a target structure, the system including: an ultrasonic generator for generating electrical energy to drive first and second ultrasonic transducers, the electrical energy including at least two different frequencies including a first and second operation frequency; first ultrasonic transducers configured to be mounted as a first array to the target structure, and connectable to the ultrasonic generator and operable to generate a first ultrasound signal from the first operation frequency; and second ultrasonic transducers configured to be mounted as a second array to the target structure, and connectable to the ultrasonic generator and operable to generate a second ultrasound signal from the second operation frequency, wherein the first and second ultrasonic transducers are spaceable from one another to produce guided ultrasonic waveforms through the target structure including heterodyned frequencies from the first ultrasound signal and the second ultras

Abstract: A method of forming a diamond composite body and the diamond composite body. A first single crystal diamond body is provided, which contains nitrogen and has a uniform strain such that over an area of at least 1×1 mm, at least 90 percent of points display a modulus of strain-induced shift of NV resonance of less than 200 kHz, wherein each point in the area is a resolved region of 50 ?m2. The first single crystal diamond body is treated to convert at least some of the nitrogen to form at least 0.3 ppm nitrogen-vacancy, NV?, centres. A CVD process is used to grow a second single crystal diamond body on a surface of the first single crystal diamond body. The second single crystal diamond body has an NV concentration less than or equal to 10 times lower than the NV? concentration in the first single crystal diamond body.

Abstract: An isolated expression enhancer active in a plant, portion of a plant or plant cell, the expression enhancer is provided. The isolated expression enhancer may be selected from the group consisting of nbEPI42 (SEQ ID NO:1); nbSNS46 (SEQ ID NO:2); nbCSY65 (SEQ ID NO:3); nbHEL40 (SEQ ID NO:4); and nbSEP44 (SEQ ID NO:5). Methods for using the isolated expression enhancer are also provided.

Abstract: Single crystal CVD diamond material comprising a total nitrogen concentration of at least 5 ppm and a neutral single substitutional nitrogen. Ns0, to total single substitutional nitrogen, Ns, ratio of at least 0.7. Such a diamond is observed to have a relatively low amount of brown colouration despite the relatively high concentration of nitrogen A method of making the single crystal diamond is also disclosed, the method including growing the CVD diamond in process gases comprising 60 to 200 ppm nitrogen, in addition to a carbon-containing gas, and hydrogen, wherein the ratio of carbon atoms in the carbon-containing gas to hydrogen atoms in the hydrogen gas is 0.5 to 1.5%.

Abstract: A method and a system determine a subsequent number of guided vehicles occupying a track section of a railway network. The system has a trackside device configured for controlling and managing a movement authority of a guided vehicle for a track section and at least one neighboring trackside device. Each neighboring trackside device is configured for controlling and managing a movement authority for a directly neighboring track section. The trackside device is configured for calculating the subsequent number of guided vehicles from a number of guided vehicles occupying the track section previously determined by the trackside device and information received from each neighboring trackside device regarding a number of guided vehicles entering, from the track section. The directly neighboring track section is controlled by the neighboring trackside device and a number of guided vehicles leaving the directly neighboring track section for the track section.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-loop plate heat exchanger, including: a plurality of heat exchange plates arranged in a stacked manner; heat exchange channels formed between adjacent heat exchange plates in the plurality of heat exchange plates; and port channels extending through the heat exchange plates and respectively used for inflow and outflow of a heat exchange medium, at least one of the port channels including at least two fluid channels which are separated from each other and used for inflow or outflow of at least two of multiple loops of refrigerant. The at least two fluid channels share one of the port channels, and the at least two fluid channels are arranged side by side in the radial direction of the port channel.

Abstract: Type-C endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) embedded in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were altered to modify the release of retroviral and/or retroviral-like particles in the culture supernatant. Although evidence for the infectivity of these particles is missing, their presence has raised safety concerns. 173 type-C ERV sequences that clustered into functionally conserved groups were identified. Transcripts from one type-C ERV group were identified to be full-length with intact open reading frames, and to have corresponding viral RNA genomes that were loaded into retroviral-like particles. Also, sequence analysis of the genomic RNA from viral particles indicated that they may result from few expressed ERV sequences. Disclosed herein is the disruption/alteration of the gag gene of the expressed ERV group using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing.

Abstract: Disclosed are a header assembly (100) for a heat exchanger and a heat exchanger having the header assembly (100). The header assembly (100) includes: an outer tube (1), the outer tube (1) having a tube wall (11); an inner tube (2), the inner tube (2) being provided in the outer tube (1) and having a tube wall (21) and a through hole (22) penetrating through the tube wall (21) of the inner tube (2), and a cavity (30) being formed between the outer tube (1) and the inner tube (2); and an opening (12) formed in the tube wall (11) a of the outer tube (1) and used for communicating the cavity (30) between the outer tube (1) and the inner tube (2) with a heat exchange g tube. The header assembly (100) and the heat exchanger having the header assembly (100) can improve heat exchange efficiency.

Abstract: A data storage device is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a magnetic media, wherein the head comprises a write coil, a laser configured to heat the magnetic media during a write operation, and a read element. A test pattern is written to the magnetic media by applying a current to the write coil and a first bias to the laser. A second bias is applied to the laser while the head passes over the test pattern, and then the test pattern is read from the magnetic media using the head to generate a first read signal. A first noise power of the first read signal is measured, and at least one parameter of a noise power function is generated based on the first noise power measurement, wherein the noise power function is a function of at least the bias applied to the laser.

Abstract: A data storage device is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a magnetic media, wherein the head comprises a laser and a near field transducer (NFT). A thermal gradient produced in the magnetic media by the NFT is periodically measured, and a failure of the NFT is predicted based on a slope of the thermal gradient measurements.

Abstract: A distribution pipe assembly (1) for a heat exchanger (100), a header assembly (20) having the distribution pipe assembly (1), and a heat exchanger (100). The distribution pipe assembly (1) includes a first distribution pipe, the first distribution pipe comprising: a main wall (10) extending in a first direction (D1) serving as an axial direction, and having a first side (11) in a second direction (D2) perpendicular to the first direction (D1), and a second side (12) in the second direction (D2) opposite the first side (11); and a protruding wall (3) protruding, in the second direction (D2), from the main wall (10). The distribution pipe assembly (1) and the heat exchanger (100) improve heat exchange performance of the heat exchanger (100).

Abstract: A beam-steering engine, comprising an optical element switchable between a first operational mode and a second operational mode, in the first operational mode of the optical element the beam-steering engine is configured to output an input light beam incident on the beam-steering engine along a first propagation direction and in the second operational mode of the optical element the beam-steering engine is configured to output the input light beam incident on the beam-steering engine along a second propagation direction. A transition of the optical element between the first and second operational modes is characterized by a transition time period that varies with a temperature of the optical element. The beam-steering engine further includes a device to control a temperature of the solid-state optical element to maintain the transition time period below a certain limit.

Abstract: A LIDAR apparatus for scanning a scene is provided that includes a transmitter stage, a receiver stage, a beam-steering engine configured to steer the light beam received from the transmitter stage in different directions to scan at least a portion of the scene. The beam-steering engine is responsive to steering commands to produce corresponding deflections of the light beam.

Abstract: A LIDAR apparatus for scanning a scene, comprising a transmitter stage, a receiver stage, a beam-steering engine configured to steer the light beam received from the transmitter stage in different directions to scan at least a portion of the scene, the beam-steering engine being responsive to steering commands to produce corresponding deflections of the light beam and an operation monitor for monitoring a beam-steering function of the beam-steering engine.

Abstract: Methods and systems for wide-angle LiDAR are provided that utilize magnification optics that provide non-uniform resolution in different areas of a Field of View (FoV).

Abstract: Secure secrets can be used, in one embodiment, to generate a master key. In one embodiment, a first secret value, generated and stored in a first secure element, can be used with a user's credential (e.g., a user's passcode) to generate, through a first key derivation function, a second secret value. A master key can then be generated through a second key derivation function based on the second secret value and a derived or stored secret such as a device's unique identifier.

Abstract: A gear sling device comprises a body in the form of a hook with an opening and a gate fixed to the body. The gate is fitted movable with respect to the body between a first position closing the opening and a second position leaving the opening open. The body and gate define a ring. A loop is designed to fix the body to a belt of a harness or to a strap. The loop is partly bounded by the body. The gear sling device comprises a wire-like element fitted sliding inside a through hole passing through the body. The wire-like element extends from the through hole to a pressing area where a first end of the wire-like element pulls on the body. A clamp is configured to block the wire-like element and to define the size of the loop.