Abstract: A technique for managing an airspace used by a fleet of UAVs includes presenting a user interface (UI) adapted for creating an airspace restriction based on non-digitized information available to a human supervisor and input into the UI by the human supervisor, soliciting with a selectable field of the UI a restriction type for the airspace restriction from a plurality of available restriction types, soliciting with duration fields of the UI start and end times for the airspace restriction, soliciting with location fields of the UI a location of the airspace restriction, creating a new entry for the airspace restriction in a restriction data store based on the selectable, duration, and location fields, and creating a new flight mission or altering an existing flight mission based upon the airspace restriction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making a sugar beet derived product, said method comprising the steps of obtaining sugar beet pieces by peeling and cutting sugar beet; heat treating the sugar beet pieces; reducing the size of the sugar beet pieces; forming a sugar beet paste from the sugar beet pieces; and pasteurizing the sugar beet paste.

Abstract: A holding device holds an optical component having an optical surface with a polygonal border and having a cylindrical substrate body with a cylinder lateral wall with a polygonal cross section corresponding to the border of the optical surface. The holding device has a holding frame. At least two bearing bodies of the holding device make bearing contact with the lateral wall of the substrate body by way of bearing portions of the lateral wall. At least one pressing body of the holding device exerts a bearing pressure that presses the substrate body against the bearing body. The holding device can securely hold optical components having an optical surface with a polygonal border and having a cylindrical substrate body and moreover enables positionally accurate mounting.

Abstract: A water analyzer for a swimming pool or spa includes an indicator, which may be utilized for providing information to a user. The information provided to the user may include, but is not limited to, water characteristic information, environmental information, and/or information about the water analyzer. A method of analyzing water of a swimming pool or spa may include providing a water analyzer within the swimming pool or spa and controlling an indicator on the water analyzer to provide information to a user.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an applicator for cosmetics comprises: a generally cylindrical body having a proximal end and a distal end; a first concave application zone on a side of the cylindrical body between the proximal end and the distal end; a second convex application zone on an opposite side of the first application zone, wherein the second application zone extends between the proximal end and the distal end, and transitions into a tip at the distal end; and the tip of the applicator is formed between the first application zone and the second application zone, wherein the tip extending along the outer diameter of the cylindrical body on the side of the first application zone, the tip extending along a length of the cylindrical body being distal from the first application zone.

Abstract: A monitoring system to monitor cargo on a vehicle. The monitoring system includes cameras configured to capture images of the cargo while on the vehicle with the cameras aligned to capture images of the cargo from different views. A computing device includes processing circuitry configured to process the images received from the cameras. The computing device is configured to: identify a base of the cargo; track a location of the cargo within the vehicle based on a position of the base within the images; determine that the cargo is a pallet; and determine a volume of the pallet.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a lubrication system. The lubrication system includes a bulkhead arranged around an axle and in contact with a seat of a central housing, the bulkhead comprising an entrance diameter larger than an exit diameter, wherein the entrance diameter is positioned near a pinion head bearing and the exit diameter is positioned near a pinion tail bearing.

Abstract: A system for processing a product the product being in a gaseous state when at a pressure of 1 bar and a temperature of 283K, said system comprising: at least one liquid product reservoir, a main circuit for extracting a main product in the liquid state from the liquid product reservoir, and a recovery circuit comprising at least one thermal compressor configured to compress a gas at least in part by raising the temperature of said gas or of an intermediate agent such as a metal hydride, by means of a cold source and a hot source, and transfer means for transferring a recovery product resulting from evaporation within the liquid product reservoir to one of said at least one thermal compressor, the cold source of at least one of said thermal compressors being configured to receive cold energy from said main circuit.

Abstract: A method for lifting a wind turbine rotor blade using a lifting yoke including a main body attached to a rope-like lifting means, wherein the main body is attached to the rotor blade, wherein at least two gyroscopic stabilization units each arranged laterally offset to the lifting means at the main body and/or the rotor blade are used, wherein the gyroscopic stabilization units each include a rotating member with a deflectable rotational axis, wherein the rotating members apply an adjustable stabilizing torque in at least one stabilizing torque direction in dependence of a disturbance movement of the lifting yoke and/or the rotor blade at least temporarily during lifting is provided.

Abstract: Systems and techniques for determining and using multiple types of offsets for providing wafers to a wafer support of a wafer station of a semiconductor processing tool are disclosed; such techniques and systems may use an autocalibration wafer that may include a plurality of sensors, including a plurality of edge-located imaging sensors that may be used to image fiducials associated with two different structures located in a selected wafer station.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for determining magnetic resonance images showing different contrasts in an examination. Magnetic resonance data for all magnetic resonance images are acquired using the same acquisition technique and the magnetic resonance images are reconstructed from their magnetic resonance data sets using at least one reconstruction algorithm. The reconstruction comprises at least one de-noising step. After acquisition of the magnetic resonance data, at least one noise strength measure is determined for the magnetic resonance data sets for each contrast, and de-noising strengths for the de-noising step are chosen individually for each contrast depending on the respective at least one noise strength measure.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for timestamping events on edge devices. A trusted source measures the latency to the edge device and the edge device's clock offset, and stores the information at the trusted source for later use. The trusted source sends the latency and the device's clock offset to the edge device for later use. The trusted source or the edge device adjusts a timestamp generated at the edge device using an estimated clock offset. The estimated clock offset is determined by extrapolation or interpolation from measured clock offsets.

Abstract: A method for monitoring and controlling an environment of an internal space including: providing conditioned air to the internal space using a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system; detecting one or more environmental parameters within the internal space using at least one sensor; receiving a report request from an individual through a computer application of a computing device, the report request includes a focus area selection that selects one or more focus areas, wherein the one or more focus areas include at least one of an indoor air quality, a thermal comfort, or an airborne transmission; generating a performance report for the focus area based on at least the environmental parameters and specifications of the HVAC system, the performance report evaluating at least a performance of the HVAC system; and displaying the performance report on the computing device.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a pharmaceutical composition containing nicotinamide (NAM) and/or pyruvate as a neuroprotective medicament or gene therapy in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, in particular axon degeneration of neuronal tissue in ocular-related neurodegeneration diseases including glaucoma.

Abstract: The extruder screw comprises a screw body (2) coated by an external functionalization coating (4), and also at least partially coated by a wear detection-quantification coating (5) arranged between the external surface (3) of the screw body (2) and the external functionalization coating (4), and detectable with respect to the external functionalization coating (4).

Abstract: A filling apparatus (10) for filling capsules with powdered substances for pharmaceutical or parapharmaceutical use or the like, includes a body-machine (12) inside which the mechanical and electrical and/or electronic components are housed which are adapted to operate an operating unit (14) comprising a body (18) supporting a rotating table (19) adapted to receive capsules to be filled with a powdered product from a capsule feeding station (22), move them in the direction of a filling station (24) functional for filling said capsules with the powdered product and eject them once filled at an ejection station (26), the apparatus in which the filling station (24) includes a tamping filling unit (40) or a dosing filling unit (42) which are interchangeable with respect to the body-machine for a variation of the filling configuration of the capsules with the powdered product.

Abstract: An absolute distance measuring method and device including a transmission unit having a laser array comprising multiple measurement laser emitters arranged along a laser array axis and a receiver unit having at least one receiver array comprising multiple measurement receivers arranged along a receiver array axis for measuring of an absolute distance based on a respective detected transmission beam and the principle of time-of-flight. The laser array comprises at least a first reference laser emitter and the receiver array comprises at least a first reference receiver. The reference laser emitter and reference receiver define an internal absolute distance reference beam path for calibration of the device with respect to said measuring of absolute distance.

Abstract: An outlet valve for an ostomy appliance comprises an axle defining a hollow bore for receiving a liquid output from the ostomy appliance. The axle comprises a curved lateral wall. An outlet element comprises a cap arranged concentrically with the axle and an outlet tube affixed to the cap. A valve opening is defined in the curved lateral wall. The cap is rotatable around the axle to move from a closed configuration in which the valve opening is not in liquid communication with the outlet tube to an open configuration in which the valve opening is in liquid communication with the outlet tube. The outlet valve further comprises an outlet element seal configured to provide: sealing between the cap and the axle around a circumference of the axle; and sealing between the valve opening and the intake opening when the outlet element is in the closed configuration.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional object from particulate material.

Abstract: An array of spin qubits relies on a gradient magnetic field to ensure that the qubits are separated in frequency in order to be individually addressable. Furthermore, a strong magnetic field gradient is required to electrically drive the EDSR of the qubits. Quantum dot devices and related methods and systems that integrate magnetic materials in the gates to provide a gradient magnetic field are disclosed. Magnetic materials in different gates may be of different heights to improve frequency separation of neighboring qubits. Unlike previous approaches to quantum dot formation and manipulation, various embodiments of the quantum dot devices disclosed herein may enable improved control over magnetic fields and their gradients to realize better frequency targeting of individual qubits, help minimize adverse effects of charge noise on qubit decoherence and provide good scalability in the number of quantum dots included in the device.