Abstract: Adaptable manufacturing systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed. An apparatus for manufacturing a product in accordance with the present disclosure may include a design apparatus, an assembly apparatus, and a control apparatus, coupled to the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus. The control apparatus receives input information from the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus. The control apparatus provides output information for altering at least one parameter used by at least one of the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus in the manufacture of the product.

Abstract: A method for training an artificial neural network including classifiers for material characterization. The method includes obtaining functional data having phase and amplitude, registering functional data by phase-amplitude separation and statistical analysis on the phase-amplitude separated data with an elastic distance to produce aligned functional data, performing dimensional reduction on the aligned functional data to produce a dimensional representation of the functional space, performing, by a computer system, a training operation to train an artificial neural network based on the dimensional representation of the functional space. A method and system for material characterization is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds having Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, processes for their preparation, and methods of treating and preventing HIV infection by their administration.

Abstract: A cordless compressor has an air storage tank, a pump, a motor for driving the pump, and a controller circuit electrically connected to the motor. A pressure switch assembly is connected to the controller circuit. The pressure switch assembly has first and second pressure switches for sensing pressure within the air storage tank. The controller circuit controls de-activation of the motor depending upon status of the first and second pressure switches.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a stretchable tubular device (1) comprising at least one layer (Lx) of a stretchable polymer, a power supply (2) and a set of electrodes (3a, 3b) connected to said power supply (2). The power supply can supply at least a first level of voltage (V1) to the electrodes so as to modify the natural force (F0) of the stretchable layers to a modified force (F1). The present invention also covers a process for manufacturing such a tubular device and its use as a medical implant.

Abstract: A DC/DC converter comprising a first charge pump circuit including first MOS transistors including first depletion MOS transistors, an oscillating circuit connected to the charge pump circuit only at the gates of some at least of the first MOS transistors, including the first depletion MOS transistors.

Abstract: A DC/DC converter comprising a first charge pump circuit including first MOS transistors including first depletion MOS transistors, an oscillating circuit connected to the charge pump circuit only at the gates of some at least of the first MOS transistors, including the first depletion MOS transistors.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tri-surface table tennis table and method of use, the tennis table comprising a configuration achieved placing three regulation tennis table surfaces next to each other to form a symmetrical arrangement, so that two of each surface's vertexes touch another surface's vertex, with each two touching vertexes forming a 120° angle. The invention also comprises a triangular surface that fits in the hole created in the center of the tri-surface configuration to form a smooth surface holding the three tennis table surfaces together, and a trilateral net structure further comprising three pieces of net, each piece of net having an inner end and an outer end, wherein the three inner ends are attached to one another and centered on the tri-surface table tennis table and the outer ends are one hundred twenty degrees apart, running to the three touching vertexes of the three playing surfaces.

Abstract: An electronic assembly is fabricated by tinning a solder to the electrical bonding pads of a printed circuit board, and applying an adhesive, preferably a filled polyurethane adhesive, to the component that is to be bonded to the printed circuit board. The component is contacted to its bonding location on the printed circuit board, and the electrical contact on the component is contacted to the tinned bonding pads. The assembly is heated in a single solder temperature/time reflow cycle to simultaneously cure the adhesive and solder the electrical contacts to the bonding pads.

Abstract: A teaching device assists a child in learning to put on shoes correctly by rewarding the child when the shoes are put on correctly. A telescoping enclosure has a movable upper section with footprints on the upper section. The footprints are shaped to conform to right and left shoes, and additional symbols may be applied to the footprints. The child's shoe will have a shorting bar to cooperate with an electric grid on one of the footprints. As a result, when the shoes are on correctly, the shorting bar will engage the electric grid so a circuit will be completed, and entertainment will be provided in the form of light and/or sound play.