Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for digital control of a milling machine drum to minimize road material milled using complex geometry. A digital representation of a surface and/or subsurface of a road is loaded into a controller. Road defects are identified based on the digital surface, by comparing defect digital characteristics with the digital surface. A minimum removal map can be generated using the defect digital characteristics. A milling tool path can then be generated to minimize material removal, based on the minimum removal map. The mill depth and movement of a mill drum can then be controlled based on the milling tool path.

Abstract: A downhole assembly includes a tubular body having a bore and a downhole tool connected to the tubular body. The downhole assembly also includes a sensor assembly having a carrier and a sensor. A sensor adapter is used to couple the sensor assembly to the tubular body. The sensor adapter includes an adapter body disposed in the bore of the tubular body; an adapter shaft for connection with the carrier; and a plurality of channels formed between the adapter shaft and the adapter body.

Abstract: A badge assembly may include a sensor module configured to mount to a motor vehicle, an electrically conductive member affixed to or integral with a rear surface of a deflectable wall of the sensor module, and a sensor spaced apart from the electrically conductive member and configured to produce a sensor signal, a motor vehicle badge, and a protrusion extending between, and in contact with, an interior surface of the badge and a front surface of the deflectable wall, the protrusion configured to concentrate force, applied by manual contact with the badge, to the deflectable wall to deflect the wall toward the sensor, the sensor producing a detectable change in the sensor signal, for causing a corresponding change in state of an access closure, in response to deflection of the deflectable wall sufficiently to move the electrically conductive member to within a detection proximity of the sensor.

Abstract: A sleeve for placing on a human penis, the sleeve having a flexible sleeve wall having a proximal end and a distal end, the sleeve wall being configured and sized to extend from the just below the corona of the glans of the penis and along the body of the penis towards the base of the penis. The distal end includes a flange that extends radially outwards from an outer surface of the sleeve wall, the flange having an exterior side surface with a curved shape configured to match the shape of the corona of the glans of the penis.

Abstract: 1. Presenting ancestral origin information, comprising: receiving a request to display ancestry data of an individual; obtaining ancestry composition information of the individual, the ancestry composition information including information pertaining to a proportion of the individual's genotype data that is deemed to correspond to a specific ancestry; and presenting the ancestry composition information to be displayed.

Abstract: A handheld object assessment system includes a laser array, a detector array configured to detect reflection of laser emissions, and a control system having a memory and a processor. The control system to: initiate laser emissions at multiple different wavelengths directed towards an object being assessed, detect an amount of the laser emissions at the multiple different wavelengths that were reflected from the object being assessed, determine an amount of laser emissions that were absorbed into the object being assessed at the multiple different wavelengths, determine one or more parameters regarding the object being assessed by comparing the amount of laser emissions that were absorbed and the amount of laser emissions that were reflected, and notify a user of the handheld object assessment system of the one or more parameters of the object being assessed that were determined.

Abstract: A dynamic asphalt paver comprising a plurality of gates for distributing the asphalt on the surface of the sub-base, at least one memory, and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory(s) and the gates. Each gate is configured to independently change the position relative to the surface and distribute asphalt on the surface based on the position. The processor(s) is configured to: receive a digital model of a portion of the sub-base that is to be paved that includes a plurality of cells that correspond to the portion of the sub-base; compare each cell of the digital model to a corresponding desired cell of a plurality of desired cells of a desired digital model of the portion of the sub-base; and adjust a position of each gate in response to comparing each cell of the digital model to a corresponding desired cell of the desired digital model.

Abstract: A substrate for a display article includes (a) a primary surface; and (b) a textured region on at least a portion of the primary surface, the textured region comprising: (i) one or more higher surfaces residing at a higher mean elevation parallel to a base-plane disposed below the textured region and extending through the substrate; (ii) one or more lower surfaces residing at a lower mean elevation parallel to the base-plane that is less than the higher mean elevation; and (iii) a high-index material disposed on each of the one or more lower surfaces residing at the lower mean elevation, the high-index material forming one or more intermediate surfaces residing at an intermediate mean elevation parallel to the base-plane that is greater than the lower mean elevation but less than the higher mean elevation.

Abstract: Independent control loops for mitigating positive and negative mismatch in differential amplifiers are provided. A method includes comparing a first voltage measured at a positive side output of an emitter follower with a reference voltage, resulting in a first voltage difference. The method also includes comparing a second voltage measured at a negative-side output of the emitter follower with the reference voltage, resulting in a second voltage difference. In addition, the method includes independently controlling the positive side and the negative side of the differential amplifier based on the first voltage difference and the second voltage difference.

Abstract: A glass article comprises a film layer deposited on a glass substrate. The film layer has a melting point less than 450° C. and comprises a thickness and a primary surface. The primary surface defines at least one elevated surface protruding relative to the at least one relief surface. The elevated surface forms a periodic pattern defined by an etch mask, and the relief surface is defined as an inverse pattern of the etch mask. The duration of an etching process applied to the film layer defines a ratio of a first area of the elevated surface to a second area of the relief surface.

Abstract: A badge assembly may include a badge having a display surface and an opposite mounting surface, and a sensor module mountable to a motor vehicle and including a deflectable wall with an electrically conductive film affixed thereto, and at least one sensor spaced apart from the electrically conductive film and configured to produce at least one sensor signal. The badge is mounted to the deflectable wall with at least one protrusion extending between and in contact with the mounting surface and the deflectable wall. The at least one protrusion concentrates force applied to the display surface of the badge to the deflectable wall to cause the deflectable wall to deflect toward the at least one sensor to produce a detectable change in the at least one sensor signal, the detectable change in the at least one sensor signal causing a change of state of the access closure.

Abstract: Presenting ancestral origin information, comprising: receiving a request to display ancestry data of an individual; obtaining ancestry composition information of the individual, the ancestry composition information including information pertaining to a proportion of the individual's genotype data that is deemed to correspond to a specific ancestry; and presenting the ancestry composition information to be displayed.

Abstract: A substrate for a display article includes (a) a primary surface; and (b) a textured region on at least a portion of the primary surface, the textured region comprising: (i) one or more higher surfaces residing at a higher mean elevation parallel to a base-plane disposed below the textured region and extending through the substrate; (ii) one or more lower surfaces residing at a lower mean elevation parallel to the base-plane that is less than the higher mean elevation; and (iii) a high-index material disposed on each of the one or more lower surfaces residing at the lower mean elevation, the high-index material forming one or more intermediate surfaces residing at an intermediate mean elevation parallel to the base-plane that is greater than the lower mean elevation but less than the higher mean elevation, the high-index material comprising an index of refraction that is greater than the index of refraction of the substrate.

Abstract: A downhole assembly includes a tubular body having a bore and a downhole tool connected to the tubular body. The downhole assembly also includes a sensor assembly having a carrier and a sensor. A sensor adapter is used to couple the sensor assembly to the tubular body. The sensor adapter includes an adapter body disposed in the bore of the tubular body; an adapter shaft for connection with the carrier; and a plurality of channels formed between the adapter shaft and the adapter body.

Abstract: A downhole assembly includes a tubular body having a bore and a downhole tool connected to the tubular body. The downhole assembly also includes a sensor assembly having a carrier and a sensor. A sensor adapter is used to couple the sensor assembly to the tubular body. The sensor adapter includes an adapter body disposed in the bore of the tubular body; an adapter shaft for connection with the carrier; and a plurality of channels formed between the adapter shaft and the adapter body.

Abstract: A photonic lantern includes three or more optical fibers housed within a glass capillary, each optical fiber includes a core and a cladding. The photonic lantern tapers between a first and second end such that a diameter of the glass capillary is greater at the first end than the second end and the cladding of at least two of the three or more optical fibers comprises an up-down doped cladding doped with a dopant combination that includes an up-dopant and a down-dopant. The up-dopant increases and the down-dopant decreases the effective refractive index of the up-down doped cladding. The dopant combination decreases a material viscosity of the up-down doped cladding such that a difference in the effective refractive index between a silica cladding and the up-down doped cladding is greater in a tapered region and at the second end than at the first end.

Abstract: Reactions, reagents and process conditions for the preparation of methyl 3-bromo-2-(2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1h-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-1-yl)propanoate.

Abstract: A medical device for placing on a human penis, e.g., post penile enhancement procedure, includes a flexible sleeve having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being sized and dimensioned to be positioned over the base of the penis, the sleeve being configured and sized to extend from the base of the penis and along the body of the penis, the distal end being sized and dimensioned to terminate just below the corona of the glans of the penis. The distal end may include a flange that extends radially outwards from an outer surface of the sleeve, and a thickness of the sleeve spaced away from the flange along a longitudinal axis of the sleeve may be about 4 mm-5 mm.

Abstract: A fire-retardant material comprising from 25 to 50 wt % base oil, from 0.5 to 2.5 wt % polymer, from 0.1 to 1.0 wt % antioxidant, and from 50 to 75 wt % flame retardant.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments concern methods, apparatus, systems and computer program products for determining and displaying pedigrees based on IBD data. Some implementations use a probabilistic relationship model to obtain various likelihoods of various potential relationships based on pairwise IBD data and pairwise age data. Some implementations build large pedigrees by combining smaller pedigrees. Some implementations display pedigree graphs with various features that are informative and easy to understand.