Abstract: An automated system is presented for unit testing an application in a mainframe execution environment. The system includes a test configurator, a stub setup routine and an interceptor routine. The test configurator is configured to receive and parse a test input file, where the test input file includes a record for a particular file accessed by the application using the given type of file system. Upon reading the record, the test configurator calls the stub setup routine. The stub setup routine is associated with the given type of file system and creates an object for the particular file in the mainframe execution environment, such that the object is instantiated from a class representing the given type of file system. The interceptor routine is accessible by the application. In response to a given command issued by the application for the given type of file system, the interceptor routine operates to interact with methods provided by the object.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are presented for enhancing the acquisition speed or performance of Fourier domain optical coherence tomography. In preferred embodiments a plurality of wavelength combs containing interleaved selections of wavelengths from a multi-wavelength optical source are generated and projected onto a sample. In certain embodiments the wavelength combs are projected simultaneously onto a plurality of regions of the sample, while in other embodiments the wavelength combs are projected sequentially onto the sample. Light in the wavelength combs reflected or scattered from the sample is detected in a single frame of a sensor array, and the detected light processed to obtain a tomographic profile of the sample. In preferred embodiments the wavelength comb generator comprises a wavelength interleaver in the form of a retro-reflective prism array for imparting different displacements to different selections of wavelengths from the optical source.

Abstract: A tracheostomy tube assembly comprises an outer tracheostomy tube (1) and an inner cannula (20) fitted in the tube. The machine end of the inner cannula has a collapsible region (22) formed by a plurality of curved or bent struts (26) extending parallel with one another between a machine end collar (28) and a patient end collar (27). The struts (26) carry outwardly-projecting catches (23) arranged to engage a rib (24) extending around the inside of a hub (16) at the machine end of the tube and thereby resist removal of the cannula from the tube. The inner cannula (20) is removed by twisting the machine end collar (28) so that the struts (26) collapse inwardly and thereby disengage the catches (23) from the rib (24).

Abstract: A titanium alloy composition is provided. In weight percent (wt. %), the alloy includes 5.7 to 8.0% vanadium, 0.5 to 1.75% aluminum, 0.25 to 1.5% iron, 0.1 to 0.2% oxygen, up to 0.15% silicon, up to 0.1% carbon and less than 0.03% nitrogen is provided. In one form, the titanium alloy has a 0.2% yield strength between 600 to 850 MPa, an ultimate tensile strength between 700 to 950 MPa, a percent elongation to failure between 20 to 30%, a percent reduction in area between 40 to 80%, a Charpy U-notch impact energy between 30 to 70 J, and/or a Charpy V-notch impact energy between 40 to 150 J.

Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic indole derivatives of general formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A and L are as defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds, and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of hyperproliferative disorders, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.

Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for measuring dissolved oxygen of an aqueous sample, including: introducing an aqueous sample into a measurement device comprising at least two dissolved oxygen sensors, wherein at least one of the at least two dissolved sensors comprises a trend sensor and at least another of the at least two dissolved sensors comprises a reference sensor; measuring a first value of dissolved oxygen using the trend sensor, wherein the trend sensor samples at a trend frequency; measuring a second value of dissolved oxygen from a reference sensor, wherein the reference sensor samples at a reference frequency, the reference frequency being less than the trend frequency; and correcting the first value of dissolved oxygen based upon the second value of dissolved oxygen. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: A fiber optic cable includes a plurality of optical fibers and an optical sensor. The optical sensor includes a first optical coupler and a first mirror. The first optical coupler is coupled to a first of the optical fibers and to a second of the optical fibers at a first sensor takeout location. The first mirror is coupled to the first of the optical fibers at a second sensor takeout location. The first sensor takeout location is longitudinally offset from the second sensor takeout location.

Abstract: A system for performing industrial automation control may include an audio device that receives audio data from an element in an industrial automation system. The audio device may determine orientation data based on the audio data. In addition, the audio device may determine an automation command to control a machine in the industrial automation system based on the audio data and the orientation data. After determining the automation command, the audio device may implement a first control action for the machine based at least in part on the automation command, where the first control action causes the machine to adjust an operation.

Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a management controller configured to provide out-of-band management of the information handling system. The management controller may be configured to receive a user instruction to deploy the information handling system. Without any additional user instructions, the management controller may be configured to: access a configuration file specifying attributes of the deployment; based on the configuration file, update at least one firmware of the information handling system; based on the configuration file, configure at least one information handling resource of the information handling system; and based on a location specified by the configuration file, install an operating system onto a physical storage resource of the information handling system.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are presented for obtaining high-resolution 3-D images of a sample over a range of wavelengths, optionally with polarisation-sensitive detection. In preferred embodiments a spectral domain OCT apparatus is used to sample the complex field of light reflected or scattered from a sample, providing full range imaging. In certain embodiments structured illumination is utilised to provide enhanced lateral resolution. In certain embodiments the resolution or depth of field of images is enhanced by digital refocusing or digital correction of aberrations in the sample. Individual sample volumes are imaged using single shot techniques, and larger volumes can be imaged by stitching together images of adjacent volumes.

Abstract: A connector for connecting control conductors provided in conduits also containing power conductors, the connector including a first guide for receiving a first at least one control conductor provided in a first conduit also containing at least one power conductor, a second guide for receiving a second at least one control conductor provided in a second conduit also containing at least one power conductor, at least one jumper for electrically connecting the first at least one control conductor and the second at least one control conductor and a housing for containing the first guide, second guide and the at least one jumper.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polypeptide modulators of complement activity, including cyclic polypeptide modulators. Included are methods of utilizing such modulators as therapeutics. Also provided are methods of measuring C5 and related complexes using C5 binding agents.

Abstract: A flat drop cable has notches or other structures for enhancing the stripability of the jacket from the a core of the flat drop cable. The notches can have an angled configuration with surfaces that converge as the notch extends into the jacket. Inner edges of the notches can be positioned along a tear path that intersects the core of the flat drop cable. For example, the notches can be offset from a minor axis of the flat drop cable a sufficient distance such that the notches are positioned outside a central boundary region that extends tangent to sides of the core and parallel to the minor axis of the flat drop cable.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus (10) is described including a dirt collection container (18b) and an inlet passage (99) leading to the dirt collection container (18b) through which dirt-laden air is drawn by a source of suction. The apparatus further includes a moveable blocking member (120) positioned in the passage (99) where the blocking member (120) is moveable between a blocking position, in which the passage (99) is blocked or substantially blocked, and an unblocking position, in which air can pass through the passage (99). The apparatus includes a receiving formation (130) for receiving at least a portion of the moveable blocking member (120) when the blocking member is in its unblocking position.

Abstract: To overcome the difficulties caused by variation in user interfaces from self-service terminal to self-service terminal, a self-service terminal can use a standardized interface device that is compatible with other terminal types and other regions. The interface device can be positioned on a housing and electrically coupled to the housing via a secure physical connection. Media readers can be integrated into the interface device. An encrypted touch-sensitive display can be integrated into the interface device and positioned on a front of the interface device. The touch-sensitive display can show prompts to initiate a transaction at the self-service terminal. The prompts can provide instructions for causing physical media to be read at any one of the media readers to produce identification data. A processor positioned in the housing can receive the identification data from the interface device via the secure physical connection.

Abstract: A method and system of aggregating vehicle data to support vehicle investigations, according to one embodiment. In one embodiment, the method and system provides a vehicle search system. In one embodiment, the vehicle search system receives vehicle data. In one embodiment, the vehicle search system receives search data associated with a target vehicle. In one embodiment, the vehicle search system matches the vehicle data with the search data. In one embodiment, if the vehicle search system matches the vehicle data with the search data, alert data is provided.

Abstract: An electrical box assembly having an electrical box and a cable connector is provided. The cable connector includes a mounting bracket cable retaining member and a cable stop. The mounting bracket is secured to or integral with a side wall of the electrical box. The cable retaining member is secured to the mounting bracket and has a cable gripping portion extending into a cable receiving zone of the box. The cable stop extends from a bottom wall of the electrical box into the cable receiving zone. The cable stop permits one or more electrical wires from an electrical cable to pass through the cable stop while blocking sheathing of the electrical cable from passing through the cable stop.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are presented for multichannel optical coherence tomography. Light from a wavelength tuneable or steppable optical source is separated into one or more sample beams and one or more reference beams, and the one or more sample beams directed onto a sample to form one or more interaction regions. A plurality of returning probe beams are collected and mixed with the one or more reference beams to form an interference pattern comprising a plurality of interferograms having at least two distinct carrier frequencies. The multichannel optical apparatus can be provided with polarisation discrimination by mixing the returning probe beams with two orthogonally polarised reference beams to form one or more interference patterns each comprising a plurality of interferograms having at least two distinct carrier frequencies.

Abstract: A robot arm comprising a joint mechanism for articulating one limb of the arm relative to another limb of the arm about two non-parallel rotation axes, the mechanism comprising: an intermediate carrier attached to a first one of the limbs by a first revolute joint having a first rotation axis and to a second one of the limbs by a second revolute joint having a second rotation axis; a first drive gear disposed about the first rotation axis, the first drive gear being fast with the carrier; a second drive gear disposed about the second rotation axis, the second drive gear being fast with the second one of the limbs; a first drive shaft for driving the first drive gear to rotate about the first rotation axis, the first drive shaft extending along the first one of the limbs and having a first shaft gear thereon, the first shaft gear being arranged to engage the first drive gear; a second drive shaft for driving the second drive gear to rotate about the second rotation axis, the second drive shaft extending along