Abstract: An armrest for a seat may comprise paneling and an easy hook assembly. The easy hook assembly may include a flange and a keyhole protrusion. The flange and the keyhole protrusion may each extending beyond an exterior surface of the paneling. The flange and the keyhole protrusion may allow the armrest to be installed after the paneling is attached.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting baseline wander is disclosed. The method and apparatus may include generating filtered signals by filtering input signals using a filter circuit. An equalizer circuit using the filtered signals may generate output signals. Feedback networks may be configured to couple a respective output signal to a corresponding filtered signal.

Abstract: Apparatuses and Methods for sorting a data set. A data storage is divided into a plurality of buckets that is each associated with a respective key value. A plurality of stripes is identified in each bucket. A plurality of data stripe sets is defined that has one stripe within each respective bucket. A first and a second in-place partial bucket radix sort are performed on data items contained within the first and second data stripe sets, respectively, using an initial radix. Incorrectly sorted data items in the first bucket are grouped by a first processor and incorrectly sorted data items in the second bucket are grouped by a second processor into a respective incorrect data item group within each bucket. A radix sort is then performed using the initial radix on the items within the respective incorrect data item group. A first level sorted output is produced.

Abstract: Compounds as inhibitors of Activating Transcription Factor 6 (ATF6) are provided. The compounds may find use as therapeutic agents for the treatment of diseases or disorders mediated by ATF6 and may find particular use in the treatment of viral infections, neurodegenerative diseases, vascular diseases, or cancer.

Abstract: The embodiments described herein are directed a device for conditioning gas comprising an inlet for receiving fuel. The device includes an injector for injecting an oxygen source into the fuel, a heating component for heating the fuel, a conditioner unit, and a cooling component. The device further comprises an outlet for feeding conditioned gas into an engine. The embodiments are also directed to a method for conditioning gas.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for performing node failovers may include: (1) initiating, during a failover of a first node to a second node, a grace period for the first node and the second node; (2) writing a new lock, indicating an internet protocol (IP) address, to a memory device of the second node, while maintaining: (A) an old lock of the IP address in a memory device of the first node, and (B) locks of nodes other than the first and second nodes; (3) transferring the old lock from the first node to the new lock of the second node, where requests to change the locks of nodes other than the first and second nodes are denied during transferring; and (4) stopping the grace period. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: An aerosol delivery device is provided. The aerosol delivery device comprises a control component and a digital compass. The digital compass includes a multi-axis magnetometer configured to measure a magnetic field in an environment of the aerosol delivery device, and generate a corresponding signal that indicates a direction and strength of the magnetic field. The control component or the digital compass are configured to control operation of at least one functional element of the aerosol delivery device based on the direction and strength of the magnetic field indicated by the corresponding signal, or a direction of the aerosol delivery device relative thereto. Control of the at least one functional element includes output of the direction and strength of the magnetic field or the direction of the aerosol delivery device for presentation by a display.

Abstract: A camera calibration system according to an exemplary embodiment includes a first camera capturing the surroundings of a vehicle; a second camera capturing the surroundings of the vehicle and having an overlapping field of view that overlaps with a field of view of the first camera; and a controller configured to receive a first image obtained by the first camera and a second image obtained by the second camera, detect a plurality of calibration markers positioned in the overlapping field of view in the first image and assign a tag to each of the plurality of calibration markers detected in the first image, detect a plurality of calibrate markers positioned in the overlapping field of view in the second image and assign a tag to each of the plurality of calibrate markers detected in the second image, and calibrate the field of view of at least one of the first camera and the second camera based on the tag assigned to each of the plurality of calibration markers detected in the first image and the tag assigned

Abstract: An emergency monitoring and, communication system comprises a plurality of exit devices located throughout a building and each locally capable of ascertaining an emergency event in vicinity of its location. The exit devices communicate their locations and emergency events. Each of the plurality of exit devices is equipped with an emergency sensor, a location sensor, a communication module, and a controller. A display screen and a speaker may be included in the exit device to be utilized for providing visual and audible signals, respectively. Each exit devise is, capable of receiving the location coordinates from the other exit devices in the system, ascertaining at least one of a safe pathway and an unsafe pathway, and further communicating them to a hand-held device to be displayed utilizing a programing application included in the hand-held device.

Abstract: A monitoring system operable to monitor an oilfield additive system having multiple components. The oilfield additive system is operable to transfer an additive-containing substance for injection into a wellbore. The monitoring system includes sensors each associated with, and operable to generate information related to an operational parameter of, a corresponding one of the oilfield additive system components. The monitoring system also includes a monitoring device in communication with the sensors and operable to record the information generated by the sensors to generate a database. The database includes information indicative of maintenance aspects of the oilfield additive system and/or the oilfield additive system components.

Abstract: Presented herein is an electronic gaming device comprising a first axle with a first center cubelet rotatably coupled to the first axle, a first sensor operatively coupled to the first axle to detect rotation of the first cubelet, and responsive to detecting rotation of the first cubelet, transmit a first signal, a second axle with a second center cubelet rotatably coupled to the second axle, a second sensor operatively coupled to the second axle to detect rotation of the second cubelet, and responsive to detecting rotation of the second cubelet, transmit a second signal, a third axle with a third center cubelet rotatably coupled to the third axle, a third sensor operatively coupled to the third axle to detect rotation of the third cubelet, and responsive to detecting rotation of the third cubelet, transmit a third signal, a plurality of interchangeable cubelets positioned about the first, second, and third axle such that mechanical rotation of a set of the interchangeable cubelets having a common plane cause

Abstract: A method for displaying information includes receiving measurements, with respect to an invasive probe inside a body of a subject, of probe parameters consisting of a force exerted by the probe on tissue of the subject and temperatures measured by sensors of the probe; and responsively to the measurements, displaying in a single map on a display screen a graphical representation of a distribution of the temperatures in a vicinity of the probe and superimposing thereon a vector representation of the force, wherein the single map includes a color map based on an auto-adjust color scale. In some embodiments, the auto-adjust color scale includes a selected color that represents a maximum temperature equal to a maximum measured temperature increased by a predetermined number of degrees. In some embodiments, the auto-adjust color scale includes a selected color that represents a minimum temperature equal to a measured tissue temperature before ablation.

Abstract: A transaction lifecycle monitoring system generates reports indicating the current status of transactions at multiple transaction processing steps. The report is generated from data generated by multiple transaction processing systems. Each transaction processing system may use a different identifier to identify the transaction. The transaction lifecycle monitoring system maintains mappings between different identifiers used by the various processing systems to identify the same transaction. The report may include a timeline with geometric shapes corresponding to processing steps in the transaction's lifecycle. The status of the transaction at each processing step may be indicated by a visual property (e.g., color) of the corresponding geometric shape.

Abstract: A system is disclosed, comprising: a wireless fronthaul access point coupled to a radio mast and in communication with a remote baseband unit, the wireless fronthaul access point further comprising a first millimeter wave wireless interface; and an antenna-integrated radio for providing access to user equipments (UEs), mounted within line of sight on the radio mast with the wireless fronthaul access point, the antenna-integrated radio further comprising: a second millimeter wave wireless interface configured to receive the digital I and Q signaling information from the remote baseband unit wirelessly via the wireless fronthaul access point, wherein the wireless fronthaul access point thereby wirelessly couples the remote baseband unit and the antenna-integrated radio.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for reducing the nitrogen content in a hydrocarbon feed comprising nitrogen compound. The process comprises mixing the hydrocarbon feed containing nitrogen compounds with at least one adsorbent and stirring at a temperature in the range of 25° C. to 80° C. for a pre-determined time period. The adsorbents of the present disclosure are efficient for the removal of refractory organic nitrogen compounds in the range of 0.01 ppm to 10 ppm. The process of the present disclosure is simple and use inexpensive adsorbent and requires mild operation conditions.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for managing snapshots of a file system. In accordance with one implementation, the method includes receiving, by a processing device, a request to access a snapshot of a file system and in response to determining that the requested snapshot is active, providing, to the user account, access to the requested snapshot. The method also includes in response to determining that the requested snapshot is inactive: activating the requested snapshot, providing to the user account, after the activating, access to the requested snapshot; and in response to determining, after the activating, that a number of active snapshots exceeds a threshold number of active snapshots, selecting an active snapshot and deactivating the selected active snapshot, wherein the threshold number of active snapshots corresponds to a limit on resources of the file system that are devoted to active snapshots.

Abstract: Formulations, are used for eye treatments, e.g., cross-linking treatments. For example, a therapeutic formulation includes a photosensitizer and delivery agent(s), wherein the delivery agent(s) include at least one of: anesthetic agent(s), analgesic agent(s), tonicity agent(s), or shear-thinning, or viscosity-increasing agent(s). In another example, a method includes applying preparatory formulation(s) to increase a permeability of a corneal epithelium, and applying therapeutic formulation(s) to the epithelium, where the preparatory formulation(s) include zinc metalloproteinase, copper metalloproteinase, papain, bromelain, actinidin, ficain, N-acetylcysteine, ambroxol, carbocisteine, and/or erdosteine.

Abstract: A catheter having an ablation electrode with at least one microelectrode configured to sense monophasic action potential signals and a force sensor configured to sense contact force of the microelectrode against tissue surface, may be used to acquire pre-ablation MAP signals with monophasic characteristics and post-ablation MAP signals to determine presence or absence of monophasic characteristics in the latter in assessing quality or success of ablation procedure and lesion formation.

Abstract: A catheter is described with an end effector having densely arrayed electrodes on three loops which are arrayed in various planar configurations when the end effector is unconstrained. The end effector has first, second and third loop members, each loop member includes two spines and a connector that connects the two spines to define a loop extending away from a tubular member of the catheter such that the first, second and third loop members are configured so that each connector of each of the first, second and third loop members is in contact with only one connector of the adjacent loop member.

Abstract: A carrier for reversibly immobilizing one or more objects is disclosed. The carrier comprises a frame having a major axis, a top surface, a bottom surface, and one or more openings through the frame along the major axis. The carrier also comprises a film comprising a thermoplastic elastomer material and having a top surface and a bottom surface. The film is attached to the frame based on thermal bonding of the top surface of the film to the bottom surface of the frame, is under tension along the major axis, and is free to flex at the openings. The top surface of the film comprises one or more exposed top surface portions that are accessible through the openings. The exposed top surface portions exhibit a holding force on stainless steel as per ASTM D1000 that is greater than that of the bottom surface of the film.