Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure relate to apparatus, systems, and methods of using a transfer chamber. In one or more implementations, gaseous impurities are reduced in a transfer chamber. In one implementation, a method includes receiving user input via a user interface indicating for the substrate processing system to conduct, according to a set of parameters, a service recovery operation that includes, for each cycle of a quantity of pump-purge cycles, operating a vacuum pump according to a base pressure to reduce a quantity of gas in the transfer chamber, then directing a purge gas to the transfer chamber according to a backfill pressure. The method also includes, after the cycles are complete, directing the purge gas into the transfer chamber until a threshold pressure is satisfied, and providing an indication via the user interface that the operation is complete.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for analyzing conditioned cue preference in an animal such as a fruit fly are described.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for analyzing conditioned cue preference in an animal such as a fruit fly are described.

Abstract: Described herein is a coupling device configured to be mechanically coupled to a cap of a container to be in a coupled configuration. Also described herein are a corresponding method and a corresponding system. In one embodiment, the coupling device is used in combination with a crop protection spray system. The coupling device includes a single probe and a first and a second mechanical mechanism. The first and the second mechanical mechanisms are independent from each other. The first mechanism allows drawing the cap and the container towards the coupling device thereby sealing and locking the cap and the coupling device into a desired position. The second mechanism facilitates actually moving the probe thereby lifting the probe with the closure insert into the container. The coupling device may be embodied as a first, second and third tube which are arranged concentrically.

Abstract: Animal sensing systems and methods are described. An animal sensing system can include an input section with an entrance and an output section having at least two output paths each having its own exit. An animal can enter the animal sensing system through the entrance. A sensor within a sensing area of the input section can detect one or more characteristics of the animal, and can communicate the detected characteristic(s) to a central processing unit. The central processing unit can use the received data to classify the animal based on the detected characteristic(s), and then control a directional guide, such as a gate, in the animal sensing system on the basis of the classification, so as to direct the animal within the animal sensing system, such as to allow access to only one of the output paths at a time. The animal may thus be allowed to exit the animal sensing system through only one output path, directing the animal to a desired location based on the classification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a container with a side wall of plastic encloses a container volume. Horizontally oriented grooves spaced vertically apart from one another are formed in the side wall, and the grooves include first grooves for stiffening the side wall. The first grooves have a first groove depth and are configured such that a projection protruding into the enclosed container volume is formed in the inner surface of the side wall. The grooves also include second grooves having a second groove depth. The first groove depth is greater than the second groove depth. The first and second grooves are arranged such that at least one second groove is in each case arranged in the vertical direction between two first grooves. The subvolumes enclosed by two horizontal planes, which are defined by two adjacent grooves, and the side wall are in each case identical.

Abstract: Animal sensing systems and methods are described. An animal sensing system can include an input section with an entrance and an output section having at least two output paths each having its own exit. An animal can enter the animal sensing system through the entrance. A sensor within a sensing area of the input section can detect one or more characteristics of the animal, and can communicate the detected characteristic(s) to a central processing unit. The central processing unit can use the received data to classify the animal based on the detected characteristic(s), and then control a directional guide, such as a gate, in the animal sensing system on the basis of the classification, so as to direct the animal within the animal sensing system, such as to allow access to only one of the output paths at a time. The animal may thus be allowed to exit the animal sensing system through only one output path, directing the animal to a desired location based on the classification.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing an organosilicon component from a mixture are disclosed. The method and apparatus employ a copolymer of a di-alkenyl functional aromatic hydrocarbon and a polyorganosiloxane as the sorbent.

Abstract: Methods of analyzing cardiac and/or pulmonary activity of an animal involving the use of video under infrared illumination, and systems for monitoring cardiac and/or pulmonary activity of an animal, are described.

Abstract: A method comprises: splitting laser light into sample light, reference light, and monitor light; routing the reference light into a reference arm of an OCT interferometer; routing the monitor light into a monitor device, which generates at least one optical monitor signal representing at least one time-dependent property of the monitor light; generating at least one electric monitor signal from the at least one optical monitor signal; illuminating in a point-shaped manner a sample with sample light, wherein the illumination point is guided on the surface of the sample along a predetermined trajectory; superimposing the light scattered by the sample with the reference light emerging from the reference arm to generate an electric OCT signal; wherein the at least one electric monitor signal and the electric OCT signal are AD-converted in alternating sequence, in each case equidistantly in time, to form a single digital data stream.

Abstract: Described herein is a coupling device configured to be mechanically coupled to a cap of a container to be in a coupled configuration. Also described herein are a corresponding method and a corresponding system. In one embodiment, the coupling device is used in combination with a crop protection spray system. The coupling device includes a single probe and a first and a second mechanical mechanism. The first and the second mechanical mechanisms are independent from each other. The first mechanism allows drawing the cap and the container towards the coupling device thereby sealing and locking the cap and the coupling device into a desired position. The second mechanism facilitates actually moving the probe thereby lifting the probe with the closure insert into the container. The coupling device may be embodied as a first, second and third tube which are arranged concentrically.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a processing system for processing a number of cryptocurrencies, the processing system comprising a merchant terminal configured to generate transaction information as a basis for the generation of transactions with one of the cryptocurrencies, and an automatic transaction handling processor configured to process transactions generated based on the transaction information and to automatically split and/or redistribute transferred coins and/or assets based on a predetermined transfer policy. Further, the present disclosure provides a respective method.

Abstract: Animal sensing systems and methods are described. An animal sensing system can include an input section with an entrance and an output section having at least two output paths each having its own exit. An animal can enter the animal sensing system through the entrance. A sensor within a sensing area of the input section can detect one or more characteristics of the animal, and can communicate the detected characteristic(s) to a central processing unit. The central processing unit can use the received data to classify the animal based on the detected characteristic(s), and then control a directional guide, such as a gate, in the animal sensing system on the basis of the classification, so as to direct the animal within the animal sensing system, such as to allow access to only one of the output paths at a time. The animal may thus be allowed to exit the animal sensing system through only one output path, directing the animal to a desired location based on the classification.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring time-dependent properties of light during scanning swept-source optical coherence tomography, having the steps: a. generating laser light having wavelengths that change on a time-dependent basis and a predetermined sweep duration; b. splitting the laser light into sample light, reference light, and monitor light; c. routing the reference light into a reference arm of an OCT interferometer; d. routing the monitor light into a monitor device, which generates at least one optical monitor signal representing at least one time-dependent property of the monitor light; e. generating at least one electric monitor signal from the at least one optical monitor signal with a light detector; f. illuminating in a point-shaped manner a sample with sample light, wherein the illumination point is guided on the surface of the sample along a predetermined trajectory; g.

Abstract: An apparatus and methods for high-speed non-linear spectrally encoded multi-photon imaging that are particularly suited for use in two photon fluorescence and fluorescence lifetime imaging. The system is capable of optical image compression and scale invariant digital zoom. A wavelength agile laser with digitally synthesized electro-optic modulation in a master oscillator-power amplifier configuration is combined with spectral encoding to eliminate the speed limitations of inertial scanning. The technique for fast two photon fluorescent imaging with simultaneous lifetime imaging independently detects the location, amplitude and lifetime of fluorescent emission by synthesizing a sequential excitation beam via digital electro-optic modulation of a quasi-CW swept source followed by time encoded detection. For fluorescent imaging, spectral and temporal mappings are employed separately, with quasi-CW spectral encoding used for pumping and time encoding for constructing the image at fluorescence wavelength.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for maintaining the synchronism of a Fourier Domain Mode Locked (FDML) laser, the FDML laser comprising at least one dispersion-compensated resonator with at least one variably wavelength-selective optical filter, the laser light circulating in the resonator at a circulation frequency, and the wavelength selectivity of the filter being repeatedly modified at a syntonising rate, the FDML laser being synchronous when the syntonising rate is an integral multiple of the circulation frequency.

Abstract: A plug-in system for a wired charging process for charging an electrical energy store of an at least partially electrically operated device includes a charging socket positioned on the electrically operated device. The plug-in system has a charging device with a charging plug which can be extended towards the charging socket using a translational movement. The charging socket has a cover for protecting contact parts of the charging socket from environmental influences. The charging plug is designed to produce, as a result of the translational movement, one or more reclosable contact part openings in the cover, through which openings contact parts of the charging plug can be guided during the translational movement in order to form pairs of galvanically conductive connections to the corresponding contact parts of the charging socket.

Abstract: In a distributed data processing and deduplication system comprising a plurality of clients and servers, a traditional client library on each client is replaced by a small kernel library and a separate client library which may be either on the client or on a separate server. The kernel library receives an initialization API call from an application on the client, determines the appropriate version of the client library for that application, and directs the initialization call to that client library. The client library returns to the kernel library a list of function pointers to code that implements functions called by the application, and dynamically redirects function API calls from the application to the code. By storing the client library at one central location and updating that one version for changes to hardware and software, multiple client systems may be updated automatically upon initialization to use the new version of the client library.

Abstract: Simulation of a complex system involves representing the complex system in a plurality of simulation building blocks, each simulation building block is associated with a subsystem of the complex system. Each simulation building block includes at least one client-side simulation component and a server-side simulation component. During the simulation a user interaction is detected by a client-side simulation component, the complex system is simulated in server-side simulation components on the basis of the user interaction. Simulation data for the subsystem is generated by the server-side simulation components, and the subsystem is represented by the corresponding client-side components based on the simulation data.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing an organosilicon component from a mixture are disclosed. The method and apparatus employ a copolymer of a di-alkenyl functional aromatic hydrocarbon and a polyorganosiloxane as the sorbent.