Abstract: A method is provided to produce a multi-modality image of a surgical scene comprising: capture light reflected from the surgical scene; producing first image information corresponding to a first modality image; producing second image information corresponding to a second modality image; selecting a portion of the second image modality based at least in part upon anatomical structure information included within the selected portion; and producing simultaneously within a display at least a portion of the first modality image of the surgical scene and the selected portion of the second modality image.

Abstract: A smart injection system includes at least one mobile device and at least one injection device with electronics that can be used by a user. The mobile device is configured to wirelessly receive information regarding a glycemic state of the user, use this information to automatically calculate medication doses to be administered, and to transmit the calculated doses to the injection device.

Abstract: The synthesis of chemical compounds having a dihydrobenzoxepine structure. In particular, a process for preparing chemical compounds having a 2,5-dihydro-benzoxepine structure by photochemical rearrangement from chemical compounds having a chromene structure. The process including a step of irradiating with ultraviolet radiation a solution in a solvent of the chemical compounds having a chromene structure.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to systems and methods for generating a communication associated with or based on optimization data. Generating a communication may include (i) receiving first data associated with a first computing device or a first computing device user; (ii) generating at least two of: verification data, consistency data, and activity data; and (iii) generating optimization data.

Abstract: Described is a method of manufacturing a road comprising providing a binder comprising a plastic source, the plastic source comprising 15 to 40% by weight of a plastic that comprises a styrene unit, 20 to 45% by weight of a second plastic source being (1) a plastic having a styrene unit or (2) a styrene monomer, 5 to 35% by weight of an acrylate monomer, 5 to 30% by weight of a multifunctional monomer, and a promotor and cross linkercombining the binder with an aggregate to coat said aggregate, the aggregate having a moisture content of less than 6% by weight, provided a moisture control aid is also present, or less than 3% by weight moisture if a moisture control aid is not present, laying the mixture onto a roading base course at a thickness of between 50 to about 200 mm; and compacting the layer.

Abstract: A process of decorating a watch component with a white coating. The process includes preparing the watch component, depositing in a deposition chamber a metal adhesion layer over the entire watch component via physical vapor deposition, depositing an aluminum diffusing layer over the entire component under a flow of a reactive gas so that the aluminum layer is deposited in the form of a faceted crystalline structure, via physical vapor deposition, reducing or stopping the flow of the reactive gas when the diffusing layer has reached the desired thickness in order to terminate the layer with a thin layer of pure aluminum, and depositing a transparent protective layer via atomic thin-film deposition.

Abstract: A fracture fixation system includes a fixation element and a peg. The fixation element has a plate and a barrel, the plate having an outer surface and an inner surface for placement against an exterior surface of a bone, and the barrel extending along a barrel axis and having a peripheral wall protruding from the inner surface of the plate, the fixation element defining a passage through the plate and the barrel that extends along the barrel axis, wherein at least a portion of an inner surface of the peripheral wall of the barrel has a figure-8 shape in a plane perpendicular to the barrel axis. The monolithic peg extends along a peg axis and is configured for insertion into the passage, wherein a body of the peg has an outer surface defining a figure-8 shape in a plane perpendicular to the peg axis.

Abstract: A wireless latch assembly comprises a latch for latching a secure space; a display configured to display information; a sensor port for coupling a sensor to the assembly and for receiving a signal corresponding to a condition associated with the secure space; a wireless transceiver for performing wireless communication with one or more wireless components external to the assembly; a processor coupled to the display and to the wireless transceiver for displaying information relating to operation of the assembly and the condition associated with the secure space, receiving a plurality of credentials relating to access to the secure space, detecting a user credential for access to the secure space, comparing the user credential to the plurality of credentials to determine when the user credential is valid, and enable operation of the latch to permit access to the secure space.

Abstract: A measurement apparatus for determining a bending moment acting on a rotor shaft of a rotary-wing aircraft as well as to a method of operating such a measurement apparatus. The measurement apparatus includes a processing system and a sensor arrangement that is mounted to a rotor blade which is attached to the rotor shaft. The sensor arrangement includes a sensor that generates a signal in response to a force or moment acting on the rotor blade. A cable transmits the signal from the sensor to the processing system, and the processing system determines the bending moment acting on the rotor shaft based on the signal from the sensor.

Abstract: In a general aspect, ionizing radiation is generated using laser light. In some aspects, an apparatus for generating ionizing radiation includes a laser configured to generate a pulse of laser light and a gas medium that has an interaction region therein. The apparatus also includes an optical element that has a reflective surface. The reflective surface defines a focal point in the interaction region of the gas medium. The reflective surface is configured to receive the pulse of laser light and focus the pulse of laser light at the focal point. In many variations, the pulse of laser light is configured to generate a plasma in the interaction region when focused at the focal point by the reflective surface. In these variations, the gas medium is configured to emit an ionizing radiation from the interaction region in response to the plasma being generated therein. The ionizing radiation includes electron radiation.

Abstract: A method of controlling an LED display device comprising an variable-wavelength LED comprises the steps of: providing a power supply to the variable-wavelength LED; and controlling the power supply to vary the peak emission wavelength of the LED within the emission wavelength range. A method of controlling a display device to reproduce a particular spectrum of light is provided.

Abstract: A method for uplink data transmission, implemented in an apparatus at a boundary between a first passive optical network and a second passive optical network and having a receive protocol stack and a transmit protocol stack. Data is received at a physical layer of the receive stack in a first uplink optical burst originating from the second passive optical network. The method includes in series, at a sublayer of the transport layer of the receive stack, referred to as an encapsulation level, transmitting the data directly to a service layer of the transmit stack, without processing by sublayers above the encapsulation level in the receive stack; successively processing in the transmission stack, by the service layer, by a transport layer and by a physical layer; and transmitting the data in a second uplink optical burst to the first passive optical network.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system, computer-implemented method, and computer-program product includes a dynamic data packet routing service receiving, via a network, one or more cascading parameters and inputs for constructing a cascading data packet and identifying a set of networked entity nodes arranged in a defined order, where the one or more cascading parameters includes routing sequence parameters and one or more temporal threshold parameters; configuring, by a microservice, the cascading data packet based on the one or more cascading parameters, where the configuring includes encoding for the cascading data packet a set of dynamic routing instructions based on the routing sequence parameters and a set of temporal thresholds based on the one or more temporal threshold parameters; storing, to a memory, the cascading data packet and the configuration of the cascading data packet; and transmitting the cascading data packet to a first networked entity node of the set.

Abstract: An authentication method includes registering in an authentication service associated with an application, a ID of a wearable device, disposing the wearable device proximate to a smart device that does not have the application, to provide the ID and an identifier for the application, wherein the smart device stores a document, receiving in the authentication service from the smart device, a communication including the ID, the identifier, and the document, wherein the smart device receives the application in response to the identifier, determining in the authentication service, whether an authentication service is approved in response to the ID, digitally signing in the authentication service, the document to form a digitally signed document, in response to the document and to determining that the authentication service is approved, outputting with the authentication service, the digitally signed documents to the smart device.

Abstract: A method is provided to produce a multi-modality image of a surgical scene comprising: capture light reflected from the surgical scene; producing first image information corresponding to a first modality image; producing second image information corresponding to a second modality image; selecting a portion of the second image modality based at least in part upon anatomical structure information included within the selected portion; and producing simultaneously within a display at least a portion of the first modality image of the surgical scene and the selected portion of the second modality image.

Abstract: A robotic system includes a base movable relative to a floor surface and a controllable arm extending from the base. The arm is configured to support and move a tool. The arm has a powered joint operable to position and/or orient the tool. The robotic system further includes a positioning indicator. A processor operates the positioning indicator to direct a manual repositioning of the base relative to the floor surface while the processor is operating the powered joint to maintain the position and/or orientation of the tool during the manual repositioning.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are described herein for determining lane information. For instance, a method for determining lane information is provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to liposomes, methods of producing liposomes, and methods of loading cell-derived liposomes with cargo molecules. The invention extends to such liposomes per se, and to the use of these liposomes as cellular delivery systems for the delivery of biologically and therapeutically active payload molecules, such as small molecules, RNAi molecules (e.g. siRNA), bioactive proteins, genome editing tools (e.g. Cas9) and drugs into cells for treating a range of disorders. The liposomes may also be used in a range of diagnostic and theranostic applications. The invention extends to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such liposomes, including populations of extracellular vesicles (EV), exosomes and to fusion proteins.

Abstract: A magnetic bearing for supporting the movement of a piston sliding into a cylinder comprised in a compressor. The piston comprises a first rod that connects the piston to a cross-head of the compressor and an extension rod, which is connected to the first rod. The magnetic bearing comprises a first group of magnets arranged on a first side of the extension rod of the piston, a second group of magnets arranged on a second side of the extension rod of the piston, wherein the magnetic forces exerted by the first group of magnets and the second group of magnets respectively allow the piston to be supported during its movement. The present disclosure also concerns a method of assembling a magnetic bearing.

Abstract: A multi-piston disengagement system for a vehicle brake mechanism includes an annular housing. The annular housing includes a main axis defining an axial direction and an axial opposite direction, and a plurality of housing sections. Each of the plurality of housing sections includes a pressure chamber arranged to be filled with a fluid and an actuating arrangement. The actuating arrangement includes a first piston assembly having a first piston that, when subjected to a hydraulic pressure, is movable in a first actuation stroke to introduce a first actuating force into a brake device of the vehicle brake mechanism, and a second piston assembly having a second piston that, when subjected to a hydraulic pressure, is movable in a second actuation stroke to introduce a second actuating force into the brake device of the vehicle brake mechanism.