Abstract: A method of operating an evaporation pump system in a chamber at partial vacuum is provided. The method includes heating a getter source to form a getter vapour; depositing the getter vapour onto a first target surface arranged within the chamber to form a getter layer; and providing a replenished target surface within the chamber, and onto which the getter vapour can be deposited, by at least partially removing, from the first target surface, the getter layer and any chemisorbed, and/or physisorbed products present within the getter layer, said step being carried out within the chamber; and/or arranging a second target surface within the chamber, wherein, the getter source comprises lithium.

Abstract: A method of repairing an electroactive laminate is disclosed. The method can include locating a defect in the electroactive laminate and laser ablating around the defect using laser pulses in a pattern, where a first laser pulse is followed by a second laser pulse in succession, and wherein the pattern comprises a space between any two laser pulses being fired in succession, and wherein the pattern comprises overlapping pulses between a pulse fired in a first circumferential pass and a pulse fired in a second circumferential pass.

Abstract: An enamel paste composition includes: glass frit; a pigment; an organic carrier medium; and an oxygen source material to facilitate clean removal of the organic carrier medium components during firing, wherein the oxygen source material includes a combination of: (i) a first oxygen source material which releases oxygen at a temperature of less than 350° C.; and (ii) a second oxygen source material which releases oxygen at a temperature of greater than 350° C. The first oxygen source material can be magnesium peroxide and the second oxygen source material can be barium peroxide. The enamel paste composition is utilized to form enamel coated products without requiring a pre-firing step.

Abstract: A video server machine initiates an analysis of a video stream to be provided to a player device, and the initiated analysis may be configured to detect an optically readable code appearing within the video stream. The video server machine initiates provision of the video stream to the player device during or after the analysis that is configured to detect the optically readable code within the video stream. In response to the optically readable code being detected, the video server machine generates a command to control the player device, and the generated command indicates the screen location of the optically readable code detected by the analysis. The video server machine then controls the player device by providing the generated command to the player device, and the provided generated command causes the player device to present an interactive region at the screen location of the optically readable code.

Abstract: A mobile feed control and/or monitoring system for an animal feeder may include one or more of a feed control unit or a feed level sensing unit. One of the feed control unit or the feed level sensing unit may include a network communication device configured to provided a cellular network connection to a cloud network accessible from a user device. The other one of the feed control unit or the feed level sensing unit may be configured to send data locally to the one of the feed control unit or the feed level sensing unit including the network communication device which may send data to the user device. The feed control unit may be configured to control a state of a dispenser of the animal feeder. The feed level sensing unit may be configured to sense an amount of feed remaining in a hopper of the animal feeder.

Abstract: Resonator and filter devices and methods of fabrication. A resonator chip includes a substrate, a piezoelectric plate, and an acoustic Bragg reflector between the substrate and a back surface of the piezoelectric plate. A conductor pattern on a surface of the piezoelectric plate includes a first plurality of contact pads and an interdigital transducer (IDT). The acoustic Bragg reflector is configured to reflect the shear primary acoustic mode. An interposer has a second plurality of contact pads on a back surface. A seal connects a perimeter of the piezoelectric plate to a perimeter of the interposer. Each contact pad of the first plurality of contact pads is directly connected to a respective contact pad of the second plurality of contact pads.

Abstract: A comb for mounting to a hair-care appliance configured to supply a heated airflow. The comb includes a housing defining an inlet for receiving an airflow from the appliance when mounted thereto and an outlet fluidly connected to the inlet for discharging the airflow. The comb further includes first and second tooth structures mounted to the housing, each tooth structure comprising a row of teeth extending longitudinally across the outlet. The comb also includes a trigger operatively connected to the first or second tooth structure and configured such that depressing the trigger provides relative longitudinal movement between the teeth of the first tooth structure and the teeth of the second tooth structure from a retracted position for receiving a tress of hair between teeth of the first and second tooth structures to an extended position for clamping the tress of hair between teeth of the tooth structures.

Abstract: Described herein are dressings, compositions, and formulations for wound healing. These dressings, compositions, and formulations contain at least one quaternary ammonium polymer, quaternary ammonium copolymer, quaternary ammonium interpenetrating polymer network, quaternary ammonium polyelectrolyte complex, quaternary ammonium blend, or quaternary ammonium composite with broad spectrum antimicrobial properties.

Abstract: A reduction in wake effects in large wind farms through wake-aware control can improve farm efficiency. The wake of a wind turbine presents complications for nearby turbines, depending on the atmospheric conditions, turbine characteristics, and turbine siting. The nascent field of wind farm flow control seeks to reduce the deleterious effects of the wake momentum deficit by leveraging the turbine as a flow actuator though the intelligent scheduling of either the blade pitch, rotor speed, or nacelle yaw.

Abstract: An assembly for determining the electrical angle of a rotor in an electrical machine is provided, such as a wind turbine generator. The assembly includes: (a) an encoder having an encoder wheel configured to contact a surface of the rotor to obtain relative rotor rotation information based on rotation of the encoder wheel, (b) an electrical angle observer configured to provide an absolute electrical angle, and (c) a processing device coupled to communicate with the encoder and the electrical angle observer and configured to determine the electrical angle of the rotor based on the relative rotor rotation information and the absolute electrical angle. Furthermore, a wind turbine generator including such an assembly, and a method of determining the electrical angle of a rotor in an electrical machine, such as a wind turbine generator, are provided.

Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system includes an engine, a rotation speed sensor, and a controller. The engine includes a rotational assembly. The rotational assembly includes a bladed turbine rotor and a shaft configured for rotation about a rotational axis. The rotation speed sensor is disposed at the rotational assembly. The rotation speed sensor is configured to measure a rotation speed of the rotational assembly. The controller is configured to monitor a rotational parameter of the rotational assembly while the rotational assembly is rotating. The rotational parameter is determined using the measured rotation speed from the rotation speed sensor. The controller is further configured to cause the processor to identify a presence or an absence of a rubbing condition for the rotational assembly by comparing the rotational parameter to an identification threshold for the rotational parameter.

Abstract: There is provided an aerosol provision arrangement (100) comprising: an aerosol provision device comprising control circuitry (112, 212) for controlling an activation state of the aerosol provision device; and, a biometric detector (120, 220) arranged to detect a property associated with a user (130, 230, 250, 304, 326) of the aerosol provision device and provide a signal (140, 240, 260) to the control circuitry (112, 212), wherein the control circuitry (112, 212) is arranged to change an activation state of the aerosol provision device upon receiving a signal (140, 240, 260) from the biometric detector (120, 220) associated with an authorised user and wherein the biometric detector (120, 220) uses nodal point identification.

Abstract: Provided are organic compounds comprising a boron atom which is part of two 6-membered rings which are fused together and to which at least three further 6-membered aromatic rings are fused. Also provided are formulations comprising these organic compounds. Further provided are organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) as well as related consumer products that utilize these organic compounds.

Abstract: Provided is an oligonucleotide modulator for preventing or treating dystrophin-deficient-related disorders (DDD) including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). The oligonucleotide modulator comprises a sense nucleic acid strand and an antisense nucleic acid strand, wherein the sense nucleic acid strand and the antisense nucleic acid strand are independently an oligonucleotide strand of 16 to 35 nucleotides in length, in which one nucleotide strand has at least 75% base homology or complementarity to a target selected from a promoter region of a target gene UTRN.

Abstract: A first aspect provides concepts for handling coded layer video sequence boundaries in multilayered video bitstreams having inter-layer references. A second aspect provides concepts for handling, signaling and deriving of picture output timing, e.g. with respect to an access unit specific signaling and an output layer specific signaling of a number of repetitions of a picture output.

Abstract: A method for annotating pet health-related sensor data includes receiving from one or more sensors activity data indicative of one or more movements of a pet, determining a behavior of the pet based on the activity data, receiving contextual data associated with the pet from a user device, determining a temporal relationship between at least one data point of the behavior of the pet and at least one data point of the contextual data, determining a correlation between the behavior of the pet and at least one data point of the contextual data based on the temporal relationship, and providing a user interface for display on the user device. The user interface includes at least one graphic depicting the behavior annotated with the contextual data determined to be correlated with the behavior.

Abstract: A cash trapping monitor apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a monitor printed circuit board (PCB) interposed between a shutter assembly PCB and a dispenser/recycler PCB. The monitor PCB is connected/interfaced to a time-of-flight (TOF) sensor and an ultrasonic sensor both of which are situated behind a shutter blade in a media chute of a media handling device. Blade states reported by the shutter are changed by the monitor PCB before reporting to the dispenser/recycler PCB when distance measurements provided by the sensors indicate a cash trapping device is present in the chute, indicate that the shutter blade is missing, and/or indicate an original shutter blade was replaced with a different shutter blade.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for removing moisture from within an enclosure associated with a heat source. The device comprises a desiccant material in a chamber and a first port between the chamber and an outside environment outside. The device includes a second port between the chamber and the enclosure, having a first barrier extending across the second port and comprising an air-impermeable water vapour-permeable moisture transport layer and a second barrier extending across the second port. In use, water vapour within the enclosure permeates through the moisture transport layer and into the chamber, where it is adsorbed by the desiccant material. The desiccant material can be regenerated by heating the device, using the associated heat source. Pressure within the chamber promotes flow of vapour through the first port. Heat is conducted to the first barrier via the second barrier to prevent or reduce condensation.

Abstract: Airbags deployable along a height of a traveler in a vehicle and methods for using the same are provided.

Abstract: A cleaner assembly for an apparatus for making pouch products includes a cleaner roller and a poker roller. The cleaner roller may counter rotate with a rotatable drum of the apparatus, in contact with an upper surface of a first elastic layer on the rotatable drum, and at a greater tangential speed than at least one surface of an outer circumferential surface of the rotatable drum or an upper surface of the first elastic layer. The poker roller includes projections that are each configured to extend into one or more divots of the rotatable drum. The poker roller may counter rotate with the rotatable drum and at a same tangential speed as the at least one surface such that the projections extend into and out of separate, respective divots of the rotatable drum based on the counter rotation of the poker roller and the rotatable drum.