Abstract: Within many applications impulse radio based ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) transmission offers significant benefits for very short range high data rate communications when compared with existing standards and protocols. In many of these applications the main design goals are very low power consumption and very low complexity design for easy integration and cost reduction. Digitally programmable IR-UWB transmitters using an on-off keying modulation scheme on a 0.13 microns CMOS process operating on 1.2V supply and yielding power consumption as low as 0.9 mW at a 10 Mbps data rate with dynamic power control are enabled. The IR-UWB transmitters support new frequency hopping techniques providing more efficient spectrum usage and dynamic allocation of the spectrum when transmitting in highly congested frequency bands. Biphasic scrambling is also introduced for spectral line reduction.

Abstract: The present specification discloses an entertainment/educational system having one or more interactive stations having associated systems comprising apparatus and activities that demonstrate various physical phenomenon. Each interactive station comprises a different system featuring differing apparatus that provides users the ability to form various types and numbers of bubbles that the users can experience and interact with. User progression and interaction with a particular set of/order of interactive stations is correlated with lessons about physical phenomena exemplified by the bubbles made at a particular station of the total stations visited. The lessons may be further enhanced by information provided to users via a poster, handout, booklet or other informative media or information provided by a guide/attendant escorting user(s) through the set of stations.

Abstract: A modular adhesive insert for a construction anchor allows for controlled dispersion of adhesive in a pre-formed bore, and multiple insert screens to be attached to each other to create many sizes of screens. The insert comprises an end cap and also includes an abutment structure. The insert includes a housing with a first end and a second end, the first end including a first set of connection structures, the second end including a second set of connection structures, the housing including a plurality of shutters between the first end and the second end, each of the shutters adapted to vary a size of an opening associated with each said shutter.

Abstract: A mount for a mobile device on an internal display screen of an automobile. A housing defines a volume and has a device side attachment surface and a back surface. The housing also has an attachment extension to couple to the internal display such that the device side attachment surface has a permanently fixed orientation relative to the attachment extension. The housing contains a wireless charger and a first arrangement of magnetic material. The magnetic material exposes a pattern of magnetic fields at the device side attachment surface. The attachment extension has a display screen coupling surface with an arcuate contour that substantially mates with a contour of the internal display screen.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods, compositions, kits and uses of medicaments for treating or ameliorating the symptoms of age disease in a human or animal, or for treating or ameliorating the symptoms of a viral disease, or for inhibiting or suppressing entry or replication of a virus in a cell, or for suppressing an inflammatory response or a cytokine storm. These purposes can be achieved with formulations of agents for inhibiting or suppressing expression of TGF-?. More particularly, this invention discloses compositions, methods and uses for anti-TGF-? agents, such as antisense oligonucleotides against TGF-?, artemisinin, or a combination thereof, in a regimen for age disease.

Abstract: An arthroplasty system may include an arthroplasty prosthesis with a joint-facing side having an articular surface and a bone-facing side having a prosthesis attachment feature, a bone anchoring component, and a component attachment feature configured to translatably couple the bone anchoring component to the prosthesis attachment feature. In a first unlocked configuration, the component attachment feature and the prosthesis attachment feature may be translatably coupled with each other enabling the bone anchoring component to translatably move with respect to the bone-facing side of the arthroplasty prosthesis. In a second locked configuration, at least one of the component attachment feature and the prosthesis attachment feature may expand and secure a relative position of the component attachment feature to the prosthesis attachment feature and prevent the bone anchoring component from translatably moving relative to the bone-facing side of the arthroplasty prosthesis.

Abstract: System and method for adjusting side mirrors capture, by a primary camera, a facial image of a driver; estimate a 3D eye location with respect to a 3D coordinate of the primary camera based on the captured facial image; map the estimated 3D eye location to a respective set of pitch and yaw of the side mirror based on a look up table; and rotate the side mirror to a target position in accordance with the respective set of pitch and yaw. The lookup table includes a plurality of rows, each containing a pair of a key and a set of values. The key is a set of three parameters of 3D line of locations where the driver can observe an optimal view behind the vehicle, and the set of values includes a set of pitch and yaw of the side mirror corresponding to the 3D line of locations.

Abstract: A system and methods for supporting minimally invasive surgery, involving a control module configurable to: receive an initial MRI image from an MRI imaging device; transmit the initial MRI image to a planning module configured to determine a surgical plan; receive the surgical plan from the planning module; transmit the surgical plan to a guidance module configured to operate with a medical instrument and the MRI imaging device, the medical instrument configured to couple with an MRI micro-coil, and the MRI imaging device configured to operate with the MRI micro-coil; and receive, in real-time, a subsequent MRI image from the MRI imaging device operating with the MRI micro-coil during guidance of the medical instrument.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display apparatus including a plurality of display modules, and a hinge assembly connecting the plurality of display modules, wherein the hinge assembly comprises a pair of brackets rotatably coupled to each other to adjust an angle between the plurality of display modules, a moving block is mounted on each of the pair of brackets to be coupled to the display module, and the moving block is configured to slidingly move with respect to the bracket to adjust a spacing between the plurality of display modules. With this structure, the angle between the plurality of display modules may be variously varied according to an installation environment.

Abstract: One aspect of the instant application provides techniques to reduce the amount of crosstalk on single-ended signals in the pin field region of an integrated circuit device on a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB can include a plurality of layers and an array of vias comprising a plurality of rows configured to route signals across layers. An inner layer of the PCB can include first and second signal traces positioned between first and second adjacent rows of the vias, the first signal trace positioned adjacent to the first row and the second signal trace positioned adjacent to the second row. The first signal trace can include at least one curved segment that curves around a substantial portion of a corresponding via in the first row such that separation between the first and second signal traces varies along the curved segment.

Abstract: A method for adjusting a side mirror of a vehicle includes capturing, by a primary camera provided in front of a driver of the vehicle, a facial image of the driver; estimating a 3D eye location with respect to a 3D coordinate of the primary camera based on the captured facial image; mapping the estimated 3D eye location to a respective set of pitch and yaw angles of the side mirror based on a lookup table; and rotating the side mirror to a target position in accordance with the respective set of pitch and yaw angles. The lookup table includes a plurality of rows, each row containing a pair of a key and a set of values. The key is a 3D eye location, and the set of values includes a set of pitch and yaw angles of the side mirror corresponding to the 3D eye location.

Abstract: The invention offers an ultracapacitor-based power system solution with four main functional blocks which are power conditioning block, monitoring block, charge-discharge block and protection block. The proposed system has the advantage of working well in the environment of vibration, high temperature, has a large capacity to provide a large amount and radiates less heat compared to systems using traditional batteries. In addition, the system has functions to protect and stabilize the output voltage, and the operating parameters of the system is monitored continuously.

Abstract: A microporous wick and a method for non-thermal solar desalination is disclosed, which includes placing a capillary wick in a brine containing sodium chloride (NaCl), the capillary wick comprising a plurality of bonded aluminum nitride (Al—N) microparticles and illuminating the capillary wick with a light source.

Abstract: The present invention features methods for treating, stabilizing, preventing, and/or delaying cancer by administering nanoparticles that comprise rapamycin or a derivative thereof. The invention also provides compositions (e.g., unit dosage forms) comprising nanoparticles that comprise a carrier protein and rapamycin or a derivative thereof. The invention further provides combination therapy methods of treating cancer comprising administering to an individual an effective amount of nanoparticles that comprise rapamycin or a derivative thereof and a second therapy.

Abstract: A knee joint prosthesis system for implantation in a first knee joint of a patient. The first knee joint has a condition. The knee joint prosthesis system includes a tibial baseplate component, a femoral component having a femoral articulation surface, and a tibial insert. The tibial insert includes a tibial articulation surface configured to articulate with the femoral articulation surface. The tibial articulation surface includes a medial tibial compartment asymmetrical to a lateral tibial compartment. The tibial articulation surface is shaped to cooperate with the femoral articulation surface to adapt kinematics of the first knee joint having the condition and the tibial articulation surface is also suitable for implantation in a second knee joint on a second side, the second knee joint lacking the condition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a housing of an electric machine (1), comprising a hollow cylindrical housing element (5), in particular housing jacket, and at least one housing cover (6), which is attached to the end of the housing element (5), a cooling channel (8) being formed in the housing, the housing element (5) having at least two cooling channel sections (8.1) of the cooling channel (8), which each extend from a channel end opening (13) in an end face (11) of the housing element (5) in an axial direction relative to a housing axis (100) into the housing element (5). Two adjacent cooling channel sections (8.1) are flow-connected to each other via a deflection section (8.2) formed in the housing cover (6).

Abstract: A protector for a wheel is formed from a plurality of segments. Each segment is formed from a synthetic material and has an arcuate distal edge of a first radius, the distal edge forming a lip to engage a distal edge of the wheel. Each segment has at least two spoke adjacent edges and an arcuate proximal edge with a second radius less than the first radius. In some embodiments, the proximal edge defines a hook to engage an inner recess of the wheel. Each spoke adjacent edge is configured to reside near a spoke of the wheel during use. In some embodiments, a protrusion extended from the lip serves as a pinch point when a tire deforms during an impact event.

Abstract: An arthroplasty system for replacing a natural articular surface on a bone may include an arthroplasty prosthesis and a bone anchoring component. The arthroplasty prosthesis may include a joint-facing side having an articular surface and a bone-facing side having a first adjustable attachment feature. The bone anchoring component may include a bone engagement surface securable to a resected surface of the bone and a second adjustable attachment feature. The first adjustable attachment feature may be configured to movably mate with the second adjustable attachment feature to movably couple the bone anchoring component to the bone-facing side of the arthroplasty prosthesis.

Abstract: A method for replacing a natural articular surface on a bone may include movably mating a first adjustable attachment feature of an arthroplasty prosthesis with a second adjustable attachment feature of a bone anchoring component to movably couple the bone anchoring component to a bone-facing side of the arthroplasty prosthesis, securing a bone engagement surface of the bone anchoring component to a resected surface of the bone, and replacing the natural articular surface on the bone with an articular surface on a joint-facing side of the of the arthroplasty prosthesis.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions related to treating or preventing seizures. In some aspects, provided herein are methods of treating or preventing seizures in a subject by administering to the subject a composition comprising Parabacteroides and Akkermansia bacteria.