Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tube assembly includes surrounding an outer surface of a cured rubber hose with a thermoplastic layer, the cured rubber hose extending along a length between a first end and a second end and having a first shape along its length, the thermoplastic layer surrounding the cured rubber hose along at least a portion of the length. The cured rubber hose surrounded with the thermoplastic layer is molded into a second shape different than the first shape. The cured rubber hose is retained in the second shape by the thermoplastic layer. A tube assembly includes a cured rubber hose and thermoplastic layer surrounding the rubber hose along at least a portion of the length of the cured rubber hose. The cured rubber hose has been cured in a first shape along its length and the thermoplastic layer retains the cured rubber hose in a second shape.

Abstract: In variants, a method for automated gamete selection can include: sampling a video of a scene having a plurality of gametes, tracking each gamete across successive images, and determining attribute values for a gamete, and selecting the gamete. The attribute values can be determined using a model trained to predict the attribute values for the gamete based on a video.

Abstract: In variants, a method for automated gamete selection can include: sampling a video of a scene having a plurality of gametes, tracking each gamete across successive images, and determining attribute values for a gamete, and selecting the gamete. The attribute values can be determined using a model trained to predict the attribute values for the gamete based on a video.

Abstract: In variants, a method for automated gamete selection can include: sampling a video of a scene having a plurality of gametes, tracking each gamete across successive images, and determining attribute values for a gamete, and selecting the gamete. The attribute values can be determined using a model trained to predict the attribute values for the gamete based on a video.

Abstract: A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) transducer includes a substrate and a pair of electrodes supported by the substrate. The pair of electrodes are configured as a bias electrode-sense electrode couple. A moveable electrode of the pair of electrodes is configured for vibrational movement in a first direction during excitation of the moveable electrode. The pair of electrodes are spaced apart from one another by a gap in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The moveable electrode includes a cantilevered end, the cantilevered end being warped to exhibit a resting deflection along the first direction.

Abstract: In variants, a method for automated gamete selection can include: sampling a video of a scene having a plurality of gametes, tracking each gamete across successive images, and determining attribute values for a gamete, and selecting the gamete. The attribute values can be determined using a model trained to predict the attribute values for the gamete based on a video.

Abstract: An acoustic sensor device comprises a package and a substrate disposed in the package. The acoustic sensor device also comprises a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) transducer formed in the substrate, the MEMS transducer i) comprising a cantilever structure and ii) having a first acoustic impedance and at least two sound ports positioned on the package on opposing sides of the MEMS transducer. The at least two sound ports coupling the MEMS transducer to an ambient environment via respective acoustic channels formed in the package, wherein the at least two sound ports are positioned on the package in a manner that ensures that the respective acoustic channels have a combined second acoustic impendence that is less the first acoustic impedance of the MEMS transducer.

Abstract: A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) transducer includes a substrate and a pair of electrodes supported by the substrate. The pair of electrodes are configured as a bias electrode-sense electrode couple. A moveable electrode of the pair of electrodes is configured for vibrational movement in a first direction during excitation of the moveable electrode. The pair of electrodes are spaced apart from one another by a gap in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The moveable electrode includes a cantilevered end, the cantilevered end being warped to exhibit a resting deflection along the first direction.

Abstract: A device includes a housing, an acoustic sensor disposed within the housing, the acoustic sensor comprising a microelectrornechanical (MEMS) transducer, a first port in the housing establishing a first acoustic path for air flow to the MEMS transducer, and a second port in the housing establishing a second acoustic path for air flow to the MEMS transducer. The first and second acoustic paths have an equal path length.

Abstract: A mobile device sends to a radio communicatively coupled to the mobile device, an instruction to monitor a frequency band. It is determined that the frequency band is jammed by a jamming source. The mobile device receives, from the radio, signal waveform information corresponding to the frequency band that is received by the radio from a 360 span about the radio. Based on the waveform information a direction of the jamming source is determined. The mobile device presents on a display device information that indicates that the frequency band is being jammed, and a direction of the jamming source with respect to a current location of the radio.

Abstract: The present invention relates to process for the continuous manufacture of Statins or salts thereof. The present invention relates to process for the continuous manufacture of Atorvastatin or a salt thereof. The present invention relates to a continuous manufacturing process for the crystallization of Atorvastatin calcium. The present invention also relates to a continuous manufacturing process for the crystallization of Atorvastatin calcium Form I.

Abstract: A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) transducer includes a substrate and a pair of electrodes supported by the substrate. The pair of electrodes are configured as a bias electrode-sense electrode couple. A moveable electrode of the pair of electrodes is configured for vibrational movement in a first direction during excitation of the moveable electrode. The pair of electrodes are spaced apart from one another by a gap in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The moveable electrode includes a cantilevered end, the cantilevered end being warped to exhibit a resting deflection along the first direction.

Abstract: An example medical apparatus includes a tubular structure. The tubular structure includes an echogenic layer that is a multiphase polymer composite. The multiphase polymer composite includes a polymer matrix phase, a first non-polymeric phase including gas voids entrapped within the polymer matrix phase, and a second non-polymeric phase including particles embedded within the polymer matrix phase. Catheters having respective echogenic layers are also described.

Abstract: In variants, a method for automated gamete selection can include: sampling a video of a scene having a plurality of gametes, tracking each gamete across successive images, and determining attribute values for a gamete, and selecting the gamete. The attribute values can be determined using a model trained to predict the attribute values for the gamete based on a video.

Abstract: In variants, a method for automated gamete selection can include: sampling a video of a scene having a plurality of gametes, tracking each gamete across successive images, and determining attribute values for a gamete, and selecting the gamete. The attribute values can be determined using a model trained to predict the attribute values for the gamete based on a video.

Abstract: In variants, a method for DFI-based gamete selection can include: sampling a video of a scene having a plurality of gametes, tracking each gamete across successive images, and determining attribute values for a gamete, and selecting the gamete. The attribute values can be determined using a model trained to predict the attribute values for the gamete based on a video.

Abstract: In variants, a method for automated gamete selection can include: sampling a video of a scene having a plurality of gametes, tracking each gamete across successive images, and determining attribute values for a gamete, and selecting the gamete. The attribute values can be determined using a model trained to predict the attribute values for the gamete based on a video.

Abstract: A vibration transducer module for detecting a vibratory signal, comprising a base, a spring connected to the base at a first location, a mass mechanically coupled to the spring at a second location remote from the first location, and a wall configured to position a first wall electrode and a second wall electrode a selected distance from the first location, the conductive element positioned and sized to contact the first wall electrode and the second wall electrode. The mass comprises a conductive element, and an energy harvester to provide a first voltage signal. The energy harvester may comprise a piezoelectric material or be construct as a SAW device. The module may be combined with a rectifier and an oscillator to form a vibration sensor.

Abstract: A polyarylene sulfide (PAS) foam layer that circumscribes a hollow inner tube and may have a 50% or greater density reduction relative to the density of an un-foamed PAS polymer material and/or a 50% or greater thermal conductivity reduction relative to the thermal conductivity of an un-foamed PAS polymer material and/or 50% or greater thermal effusivity reduction relative to the thermal effusivity of an un-foamed PAS polymer material. The PAS foam layer may have a low density (e.g., less than 0.67 g/cc) and/or a low thermal conductivity (e.g., anywhere from 0.017 W/(m-K) to 0.145 W/(m-K)) and/or a low thermal effusivity (e.g., less than 316 Ws1/2/m2/K, optionally anywhere from 38 Ws1/2/m2/K to 316 Ws1/2/m2/K) even at high temperatures (e.g., above 400 degrees Fahrenheit (° F.) (about 204 degrees Celsius (° C.)). Such a PAS foam layer may have characteristics appropriate for use as part of a steam hose.

Abstract: An electrostatic transducer includes a substrate oriented in a plane, a fixed electrode supported by the substrate, and a moveable electrode supported by the substrate, spaced from the fixed electrode in a first direction parallel to the plane, and configured for movement in a second direction transverse to the plane, such that an extent to which the fixed and moveable electrodes overlap changes during the movement. The fixed and moveable electrodes comprise one or more of a plurality of conductive layers, the plurality of conductive layers including at least three layers. The fixed electrode includes a stacked arrangement of two or more spaced apart conductive layers of the plurality of conductive layers.