Abstract: Power transmission systems with cooling mechanisms, and methods of operating the same, are described. A power transmission system can include multiple support tower assemblies. Each of the support tower assemblies includes a support tower. One or more of the support tower assemblies includes a termination (i.e., a connection point via which electrical current and/or coolant can enter the transmission line and/or exit the transmission line). The power transmission system also includes multiple conductor assemblies suspended above a surface of the earth. Each conductor assembly includes an electrical conductor and is positioned between, and mechanically supported by, a pair of the support towers. The power transmission system also includes a coolant supply system that delivers a coolant fluid, during operation of the power transmission system, to at least one of the terminations, for cooling of the conductor assemblies.

Abstract: Generating quantum service definitions from executing quantum services is disclosed. In one example, a processor device of a quantum computing system executes a quantum service comprise one or more qubits. The processor device (e.g., by executing a quantum analysis service (QAS)) receives a request to profile the quantum service. Based on the request, the processor device obtains service metadata corresponding to the quantum service. A quantum service definition that defines one or more features of the quantum service is then generated based on the service metadata, and the quantum service definition is stored on a persistent data store. In this manner, quantum service definitions may be partially or wholly reverse-engineered for quantum services for which original quantum services definitions are unavailable or inaccessible.

Abstract: A telemetry manager collects in-band telemetry data and out-of-band telemetry data for an application from a plurality of telemetry sources associated with a plurality of different hardware components in a system. The telemetry manager identifies a subset of hardware components in the plurality of hardware components of the system used to handle workloads of the application and correlates the telemetry data associated with the workloads handled by the subset of hardware components. The telemetry manager triggers a reconfiguration of at least one of the application or the subset of hardware components based on the correlation of the telemetry data.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a mechanism to solve the portfolio construction problem with nonconvex penalties and constraints that are separate across assets. This problem may be viewed as a special case of the separable-affine problem, i.e., the problem of minimizing a separable objective function with affine equality constraints.

Abstract: Robotic systems and associated methods are described herein. The robotic system may collect measurements from various sensors corresponding to motion of the robotic system, the surrounding environment of the robotic system, or both. The robotic system may generate measurement data based on the collected measurements. Measurements from a particular sensor may be processed in conjunction with different sensors of the robotic system, which may facilitate more accurate or more useful measurement data. The systems and methods of the present disclosure enable the detection, labeling, and locating of features in real time or near real time using the robotic system with little or no reliance on human interaction to detect and map the features. The disclosure provides enhanced accuracy and efficiency as it enhances the functionality and reduces the reliance on human detection of features.

Abstract: Environmentally-clean wildfire inhibitor liquid biochemical solutions produced from an aqueous mixture of alkali metal salt derived from a non-polymerized saturated carboxylic acid such as benzoic acid, and dissolved in water along with a dispersing and coalescing agent, realized as an ester of a non-polymerized saturated carboxylic acid, and dissolved in the water to provide a liquid fire inhibitor solution that can be sprayed on combustible surfaces to form thin alkali metal salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces when and as water molecules in the liquid fire inhibitor evaporate to the environment during drying operations, to inhibit fire ignition, flame spread and smoke development.

Abstract: Environmentally-clean wildfire inhibitor liquid biochemical solutions produced from an aqueous mixture of alkali metal salt derived from a non-polymerized saturated carboxylic acid such as lactic acid, and dissolved in water along with a dispersing and coalescing agent, realized as an ester of a non-polymerized saturated carboxylic acid, and dissolved in the water to provide a liquid fire inhibitor solution that can be sprayed on combustible surfaces to form thin alkali metal salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces when and as water molecules in the liquid fire inhibitor evaporate to the environment during drying operations, to inhibit fire ignition, flame spread and smoke development.

Abstract: A protective glove is provided which comprises a glove body, outer padding configured to be attached to the glove opposite a dorsal side thereof and a guard structure shaped to be operatively interposed between the outer padding and the dorsal side of the glove body and to cover at least a portion of the dorsal side. The guard structure, glove body and outer padding are configured to be secured together in a sandwiched configuration so that the glove body and/or outer padding can be attached to the guard structure with first and/or second securing systems incorporating a plurality of socket and fastening lug formations.

Abstract: A simple and elegant sliding entry/exit system for a boat that mounts below a pontoon boat deck or other similar boat structure. The system has a slide track assembly and a fold-down step assembly. The fold-down step assembly includes a sliding frame that slides along a slide track and pivots to a pre-set step pitch orientation where the step can be folded out of a compact seated position within the sliding frame to provide a generally horizontal surface for entering or exiting the boat. The system can easily be folded back up to provide a compact and low-profile stowaway position underneath the boat deck that is out of the way and does not impact boating activities.

Abstract: Environmentally-clean wildfire inhibitor liquid biochemical solutions produced from an aqueous mixture of alkali metal salt derived from a non-polymerized saturated carboxylic acid such as a caproic acid, and dissolved in water along with a dispersing and coalescing agent, realized as an ester of a non-polymerized saturated carboxylic acid, and dissolved in the water to provide a liquid fire inhibitor solution that can be sprayed on combustible surfaces to form thin alkali metal salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces when and as water molecules in the liquid fire inhibitor evaporate to the environment during drying operations, to inhibit fire ignition, flame spread and smoke development.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for optical detection having fast recovery from high amplitude input signals. In embodiments, a LIDAR system includes a photoreceiver to receive a return signal, and a circuit to modulate a gain of the photoreceiver over an acquisition window for the return signal, wherein the acquisition window contains time T0, and wherein the gain at time T0 is at a minimum for the acquisition window. In embodiments, the time T0 is at the beginning of the acquisition window.

Abstract: An optical sensor system may include optical fibers having at least one corresponding optical sensing element configured to reflect light; a laser configured to output light of a discrete wavelength and to change the discrete wavelength through a sequence; an optical network connecting the laser to the optical fibers, and configured to split the output light so that a split portion of the output light is transmitted through an optical fiber of the optical fibers to the at least one corresponding optical sensing element which may reflect at least a portion of the split portion; an optical sensor configured to obtain information about of the reflected light and to output data corresponding to the information about the reflected light; and a processor configured to: obtain, from the optical sensor, the data corresponding to the information about the reflected light in correspondence with discrete wavelengths of the sequence.

Abstract: A system for protecting access to digital documents may include a blockchain network and a stamp generation node. The stamp generation node may receive a digital document and access parameters from a first user node. A unique identifier for the document may be generated and recorded on the blockchain with the access parameters. A QR code encoding a URL for accessing the document may be generated and embedded in the document. A shortened URL corresponding to the encoded URL may be generated and transmitted to a second user node. When accessed, the shortened URL may cause the stamp generation node to verify the access parameters on the blockchain and grant or deny access to the document based on the verification.

Abstract: A computerized method comprising receiving, by a simulator logic, inputs including: (i) at least one circuit-level characteristic, and (ii) an architectural description of a neural network, modeling, by the simulator logic, execution of the neural network described in the inputs to obtain results representative of what an analog implementation of the neural network would produce, and determining, by the simulator logic, an accuracy of computational analog elements within the analog implementation of the neural network based on the results obtained during modeling of the neural network is described. In some embodiments, the circuit-level characteristic includes thermal or flicker noise, an inaccuracy of weights between nodes within the neural network, or a frequency response variations of an integrated circuit. Additionally, the circuit-level characteristic can be obtained through simulation of an integrated circuit based on technology-specific measurements of the integrated circuit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to reduced chlorin analogues and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and compositions comprising reduced chlorin analogues and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. Reduced chlorin analogues and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are suitable for use in photodynamic therapy, cytoluminescent therapy and photodynamic diagnosis, for example, for treating or detecting a tumour, or for antiviral treatment. The present invention also relates to the use of reduced chlorin analogues and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in the manufacture of a phototherapeutic or photodiagnostic agent, and to a method of photodynamic therapy, cytoluminescent therapy or photodynamic diagnosis, for example, for treating or detecting a tumour, or for antiviral treatment.

Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a shaft, an ultrasonic transducer, a waveguide acoustically coupled with the ultrasonic transducer and extending distally through the shaft, and an end effector arranged at a distal end of the shaft. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade acoustically coupled with the waveguide, a clamp arm movable relative to the ultrasonic blade for clamping tissue, and an RF electrode operable to seal tissue with RF energy. The ultrasonic transducer is operable to drive the waveguide and the ultrasonic blade with ultrasonic energy. The surgical instrument further includes an ultrasonic electrical circuit operable to energize the ultrasonic transducer, and an RF electrical circuit operable to deliver RF energy to the RF electrode. A return path of the ultrasonic electrical circuit and a return path of the RF electrical circuit pass through a shared electrically conductive element.

Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of formula (I), wherein R1a, R1b, R2a, R2b, Z, R3 to R5, A, p, L, U, V and W have the meanings given in the claims and specification, their use as inhibitors of mutant Ras family proteins, pharmaceutical compositions and preparations containing such compounds and their use as medicaments/medical uses, especially as agents for treatment and/or prevention of oncological diseases.

Abstract: A patient data charting device configured to automatically capture electronic patient care record (ePCR) data from a caregiver is provided. The device includes a memory storing an ePCR including a plurality of data fields, an output device, a microphone configured to acquire speech, and a processor. The processor is configured to convert the speech to text, identify a first value of a data field of the plurality of data fields based on the text, populate the first data field with the first value, generate a prompt that requests a second value of a second data field of the plurality of data fields based on the first data field, and present the prompt to the caregiver via the output device.

Abstract: A filter for filter air for an internal combustion engine and methods of operation are described herein. The air precleaner is configured to use electrostatic attraction or repulsion to move ionized particles towards an inner wall of the air precleaner, where the particles eventually exit the air precleaner through a particle exhaust. The particles are ionized using a positive charge plate and a negative charge plate. The positive charge plate creates a positive charge field, creating positive ions that ionize particles in the air with a positive charge. The negative charge plate creates a negative charge field, creating negative ions that ionize particles in the air with a negative charge. The air precleaner can also include a cyclonic section that causes the air to rotate about a central axis of the air precleaner, imparting a centripetal force on the particles. The centripetal force and the electrostatic force act together to filter the air.

Abstract: Methods of bracing high aspect ratio (HAR) structures include coating the HAR structures with stimulus responsive polymers (SRP) films followed by baking the SRP films at a temperature above the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the SRP film and below the degradation temperature of the SRP. In some embodiments, the SRP film includes a plasticizer.