Abstract: A cache may store critical cache lines and non-critical cache lines, and may attempt to retain critical cache lines in the cache by, for example, favoring the critical cache lines in replacement data updates, retaining the critical cache lines with a certain probability when victim cache blocks are being selected, etc. Criticality values may be retained at various levels of the cache hierarchy. Additionally, accelerated eviction may be employed if the threads previously accessing the critical cache blocks are viewed as dead.

Abstract: Provided is an adhesive composition having high holding power. Provided is an adhesive composition comprising a ring-opened copolymer containing a structural unit derived from a monocyclic olefin and a structural unit derived from a polycyclic olefin; and a tackifying resin.

Abstract: A device, kit, and method for aspirating graft tissue and delivering the graft tissue to a target delivery site. An injector comprises a cylinder and a plunger that is both linearly and rotatably advanceable and retractable within the cylinder. A kit comprises an injector, a cartridge, and a cartridge coupling element that connects the cartridge to the injector. The kit may also include a container that is configured to retain a cartridge and to facilitate connection between the injector and the cartridge. The container includes at least one fluid barrier that prevents spillage of storage solution from the container when the injector is at least partially inserted into the well of the container.

Abstract: A system includes a computing system, a snap rivet, and a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA). The computing system includes a chassis. The snap rivet includes a rivet and a cap, and the cap is secured to the chassis. The PCBA includes a pin base. The pin base has a washer portion with a hole. The pin base is configured to receive the cap through the hole. The cap protrudes through the hole and mechanically engages the rivet to secure the PCBA to the chassis. The snap rivet provides for tool-less installation and removal of the PCBA from the chassis of the computing system.

Abstract: A controller of a machine tool determines in accordance with a machining program whether a first tool post is used to machine an unfinished workpiece. When the unfinished workpiece needs machining before terminating a continuous machining and when the controller determines that the first tool post is used to machine the unfinished workpiece W2, the controller simultaneously advances a first system and a second system in accordance with the machining program while preventing machining a workpiece held by the first spindle. When the controller determines that the first tool post is not used to machine the unfinished workpiece, the controller stops the first system and advances the second system in accordance with the machining program.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for preventing graft versus host disease (GVHD) or allograft rejection in subjects receiving donor cells. Also disclosed are methods enhancing regulatory T (Treg) cells for use in preventing GVHD. Also disclosed are methods of suppressing alloreactive donor cells in a subject receiving transplant donor cells that involves adoptive transfer of the treated Treg cells. Also disclosed are enhanced Treg cells produced by the disclosed methods that have been engineered to express chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) polypeptide cells.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for dirty write on power off are described. In an example, the described techniques may include writing memory cells of a device according to one or more parameters (e.g., reset current amplitude), where each memory cell is associated with a storage element storing a value based on a material property associated with the storage element. Additionally, the described techniques may include identifying, after writing the memory cells, an indication of power down for the device and refreshing, before the power down of the device, a portion of the memory cells based on identifying the indication of the power down for the device. In some cases, refreshing includes modifying at least one of the one or more parameters for a write operation for the portion of the memory cells.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an automated urinary output monitoring system including an automated urinary output monitoring device. The automated urinary output monitoring device includes a load cell assembly, a mounting system having a buffering region configured to reduce vibrations through the automated urinary output monitoring device and allow axial rotation of the automated urinary output monitoring device around a lateral axis, a mounting region configured to couple the automated urinary output monitoring device to a surface, a fluid collection bag attachment, and a console in communication with the load cell assembly.

Abstract: A personal defense device for projecting a lachrymator agent includes an L-shaped housing, which defines a barrel and a grip. A valve is positioned in the barrel proximate to the grip, which extends from a first end of the barrel. A channel extends from the valve to a second end of the barrel. A cavity extends into the grip and is in fluidic communication with the valve. The grip selectively engages a cannister, which contains a lachrymator agent, that is inserted into the cavity. The cannister is removably engaged to the L-shaped housing and an outlet of the cannister is operationally engaged to the valve. A trigger is engaged to the L-shaped housing and operationally engaged to the valve can be triggered to actuate the valve. The lachrymator agent is dispensed from the cannister through the channel toward a target that is in substantial alignment with the barrel.

Abstract: A method of automatically generating AutoCAD drawings includes: generating a data sheet by using only input data which is necessary for generating drawings of a heat exchanger and obtained from strength calculation data provided by a strength calculation program; loading the data sheet by a loading unit; and generating AutoCAD drawings of the heat exchanger by activating an automatic AutoCAD drawing generation interface by a user's selection, the automatic AutoCAD drawing generation interface being activatable only after the data sheet may be loaded, wherein the input data includes both machine data and thermal data.

Abstract: An example system provides a multi-stage workflow processing and analysis platform. The system may access first data associated with a patient and provide, for display on a client device, a graphical user interface that displays workflow elements and data points of the first data. In some instances, the system may receive, via the graphical user interface, an input relating a workflow element with a data point associated with the patient, which workflow element may define an action. The system may execute the workflow including the action defined by the workflow element, receive second data based on the workflow, and provide a graphical interface displaying the first data and the second data on the client device.

Abstract: A notification system includes at least one memory in which a program is stored and at least one processor combined with the at least one memory. The at least one processor is configured to execute, by executing the program, an acquisition process of acquiring at least one physical quantity from among acceleration, lateral acceleration, jerk, and vibration amplitude of a truck bed, and a notification process of sending a notification to a remote driving operator in response to a fact that the physical quantity exceeds a first threshold value set for each type of physical quantity.

Abstract: A battery pack and an electrical consumer are provided. The battery pack includes multiple battery cells, a box, and a handle. The box defines a first accommodation cavity and a second accommodation cavity, the second accommodation cavity is defined at a side of the first accommodation cavity, the multiple battery cells are accommodated in the first accommodation cavity, at least one reinforcing portion is disposed in the second accommodation cavity, and the at least one reinforcing portion protrudes from a top of the second accommodation cavity towards a bottom of the second accommodation cavity. The handle includes a handle body and a connecting portion. The connecting portion is connected with the handle body, the connecting portion defines at least one top-open groove at a top of the connecting portion, and the connecting portion is disposed in the second accommodation cavity.

Abstract: A structure for damping at a fluid manifold assembly for an engine is generally provided. The fluid manifold assembly includes a first walled conduit defining a first fluid passage therewithin. A flow of fluid defining a first frequency is permitted through the first fluid passage. A second walled conduit includes a pair of first portions each coupled to the first walled conduit. A second portion is coupled to the pair of first portions. A second fluid passage is defined through the first portion and the second portion in fluid communication with the first fluid passage. The flow of fluid is permitted through the second fluid passage at a second frequency approximately 180 degrees out of phase from the first frequency.

Abstract: A suction position adjustment device of a component mounter which includes a head having multiple pickup members and that executes simultaneous suction control for substantially simultaneously picking up multiple components with the multiple pickup members by moving the head to a target position that is determined to locate the multiple pickup members on the multiple components supplied from multiple feeders to a supply position. The suction position adjustment device includes an imaging device configured to image the supply position of the feeder from above, a display device, and a control device. The control device configured to control the imaging device so that an upper surface, at the supply position, in the multiple feeders of adjustment targets is captured and display, on the display device, captured multiple upper surface images and multiple pointers superimposed on the multiple upper surface images, when the target position is adjusted.

Abstract: According to a manufacturing method of an electrolytic capacitor according to an embodiment, a fiber film, which serves as a separator, is formed on a surface of a substrate, which serves as an electrode, by ejecting a material liquid against the substrate. When the fiber film is formed, thicker fiber is formed at end parts of the substrate in a width direction, compared to a center part of the substrate in the width direction.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, devices and computer programs are provided for integrity-preserving document processing. At a first layer, a first hash is generated over at least one first data object of a document and associated given random data. The first hash value is set as a leaf to an existing sparse hash tree (SHT). An updated root of the updated SHT is calculated. At a second layer, a current block is generated including a second hash value over at least the existing root of the existing SHT and at least one digital signature of the existing root of the existing SHT, at least one digital signature of at least the updated root of the updated SHT and the updated root of the updated SHT. A third hash value over current block is generated and, at a third layer, registered with a timestamp service or a blockchain.

Abstract: A vane pump includes: a suction port configured to guide working oil to a pump chambers; a discharge port configured to guide the working oil discharged from the pump chambers; and a notch formed from an opening edge portion of the suction port towards a reversing direction of a rotation direction of a rotor, wherein the pump chambers each communicates with the suction port through the notch during a course of the transition from the state, in which the pump chamber is in communication with the discharge port, to the state, in which the communication with the discharge port is shut off, as the rotor is rotated.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes: a first lens, a second lens, a third lens having positive refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially arranged from an object side, and the imaging lens system satisfies OAL/imgH/2<0.6, where OAL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane, and imgH is equal to half a diagonal length of the image plane.

Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of communicating with an information processing apparatus includes a reception unit that receives a predetermined instruction, an output unit that outputs a predetermined two-dimensional code based on the received predetermined instruction, a control unit that, based on the received predetermined instruction, causes the communication apparatus to start an operation in a predetermined mode for receiving predetermined information for connecting to an external access point that is external to the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus from the information processing apparatus having read the predetermined two-dimensional code, and a connection unit that, in a case that the predetermined information is received from the information processing apparatus having read the predetermined two-dimensional code, connects the external access point and the communication apparatus to each other based on the predetermined information.

Abstract: A system and method for scoring contract entities is disclosed. The system obtains past performance data associated to an account comprising historical data associated with the account for a predefined time period and determines a data field associated with the contract entity. The system may further retrieve customer management data associated with the contract entity and detect a purchasing behavior associated with the account. Further, the system may determine a cohort comprising a subset of contract entities grouped therein, wherein the contract entity is grouped in the cohort based on the purchasing behavior. The system may then calculate, based at least on the grouping of the contract entity in the cohort, an impact score, and a prospect score for the contract entity.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 01150116 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 01150116, to the plants of soybean cultivar 01150116, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 01150116, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 01150116. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 01150116. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 01150116, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 01150116 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A battery includes a battery cell stack disposed within a housing such that a gap exists between the battery cell stack and an inner surface of the housing. The battery cell stack includes a plurality of battery cells that each include a positive electrode tab and a negative electrode tab electrically coupled to an electrode assembly and extending from the electrode assembly outside of a case. The positive electrode tabs and/or the negative electrode tabs of the plurality of battery cells extend into the gap between the battery cell stack and the inner surface of the housing. A filler material fills the gap and provides a thermally conductive pathway between the positive electrode tabs and/or the negative electrode tabs of the plurality of battery cells and the inner surface of the housing. The filler material includes a thermally conductive particulate component distributed throughout a polymeric matrix component.

Abstract: A conveyance apparatus includes: a conveyance member including a reception surface configured to receive an article; a movable member connected to a lower surface of the conveyance member; and a driving device configured to move the movable member in one axial direction along a conveyance direction of the conveyance member.

Abstract: A semiconductor die includes a semiconductor substrate, an interconnect structure, and a conductive bump. The interconnect structure is disposed on and electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate. The interconnect structure includes stacked interconnect layers. Each of the stacked interconnect layers includes a dielectric layer and an interconnect wiring embedded in the dielectric layer. The interconnect wiring of a first interconnect layer among the stacked interconnect layers further includes a first via and second vias. The first via electrically connected to the interconnect wiring. The second vias connected to the interconnect wiring, and the first via and the second vias are located on a same level height. The conductive bump is disposed on the interconnect structure. The conductive bump includes a base portion and a protruding portion connected to the base portion, and the base portion is between the protruding portion and the first via.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for data collection for non-terrestrial networks (NTN). One aspect provides a method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes transmitting an indication of a capability of the UE to connect to a network via both terrestrial network (TN) cells and non-terrestrial network (NTN) cells and transmitting one or more data collection reports in accordance with the indicated capability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the synthesis of capsaicin derivatives, specifically to the synthesis of 6-heptyne derivatives of capsaicin.

Abstract: A system and associated methods for organizing, representing, finding, discovering, and using data. Embodiments represent information and data in the form of a data structure termed a Feature Graph, that includes nodes and edges, where the edges serve to connect a node to one or more other nodes. A node in a Feature Graph may represent a variable, such as a measurable object, characteristic, or factor of a study. An edge in a Feature Graph may represent a measure of a statistical association between a node and one or more other nodes. Datasets that demonstrate or support the statistical association or measure the associated variable may be accessed through an identifier in a Feature Graph. An application may traverse a Feature Graph and aggregate and process data associated with a set of nodes or edges.

Abstract: A substrate fixing device includes a baseplate, an electrostatic attraction member, and an electrode pin. The baseplate includes a metallic member in which a through hole is famed. The electrostatic attraction member is over a surface of the baseplate and includes an attraction electrode. The electrode pin is inserted through the through hole to be connected to the attraction electrode. A recess communicating with the through hole is formed in the surface of the metallic member with the through hole being within the recess in a plan view from a direction perpendicular to the surface of the metallic member.

Abstract: A gas amount prediction method predicts an amount of gas generated in a factory, and includes a generation amount calculation step of calculating a generation amount of actually usable gas by using a learning model that has learned a relationship between a generation amount of the gas and a use amount of the gas in past operation data.

Abstract: A pressure gauge with divisional scale includes a piston tube, a piston, an elastic member, a rotating member and a pointer connected with the rotating member. The piston has plural transmission portions and is slidably disposed in the piston tube. The elastic member is disposed inside the piston tube and abutted against the piston. The rotating member has plural gears sequentially and respectively engaged with the transmission portions when the piston slides so as to drive the pointer to swivel, thereby achieving a pressure gauge with a single pointer indicating multiple pressure ranges.

Abstract: A method for processing channel state information (CSI) for a non-serving cell is disclosed. The method includes receiving downlink control information (DCI) for triggering an aperiodic CSI report; determining whether the aperiodic CSI report is an aperiodic CSI report for the non-serving cell; and determining that a CSI computation delay requirement for the aperiodic CSI report corresponds to a predefined first CSI computation delay requirement, based on a determination that the aperiodic CSI report belongs to the aperiodic CSI report for the non-serving cell, where the first CSI computation delay requirement is greater than or equal to a second CSI computation delay requirement corresponding to a serving cell.

Abstract: A tag communication device includes a communication device and one or more control processors configured to cause the communication device to transmit a first command for notifying selection of a wireless tag including an identification code including a mask pattern that is a part of the common portion of identification codes. The one or more control processors are configured to cause the communication device to transmit a second command for requesting a response to the selected wireless tag and to cause the communication device to transmit a third command for requesting rewriting to the wireless tag that transmits data in response to receiving the data transmitted from one wireless tag. The one or more control processors are configured to cause a repeat of transmission of the second command if a third command is transmitted until the third commands are transmitted to each of a predetermined number of the wireless tags.

Abstract: A combined vessel comprises a stripping section for removing acid gases from a sour water stream and a direct contact heat exchanger section for heating a graywater stream in order to improve heat and mass transfer in the treatment and recycle of water streams for a gasification process.

Abstract: An overlapping assembly substrate structure for semiconductor light emitting devices, includes a first assembly substrate structure and a second assembly substrate structure disposed spaced apart from each other. The first assembly substrate structure can include a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart by a first distance and a first partition wall having a circular first assembly hole to accommodate a semiconductor light emitting device having a circular shape. Further, the second assembly substrate structure can include a third electrode and a fourth electrode spaced apart by a second distance greater than the first distance and a second partition wall having an elliptical second assembly hole to accommodate a semiconductor light emitting device having an elliptical shape.

Abstract: A method includes causing a computer of a communication terminal to perform a process including acquiring, in response to receipt of a beacon signal transmitted from a vending machine, identification information and type information of a plurality of drinks from the vending machine by using short-range wireless communication; acquiring preference information on drinks of a user of the communication terminal; generating, based on the identification information, the type information, and the preference information, a push notification screen that recommends at least one drink that matches a preference of the user indicated by the preference information from among the plurality of drinks stored in the vending machine indicated by the identification information; and displaying the push notification screen on a display of the communication terminal.

Abstract: An example method includes obtaining raw telematics data from a vehicle trip; comparing bounding boxes associated with respective intersections to the raw telematics data points from the vehicle trip in order to isolate points that are within bounding boxes associated with intersections and validating that the raw telematics data points within a bounding box associated with an intersection are associated with an actual traversal of the intersection by comparing a line created by combining the raw telematics data points within the bounding box to a spatial average line for other trips through the intersection. For each intersection, an a determining, for each intersection, an average acceleration of the portion of the vehicle trip through the intersection may be compared to the average acceleration of trips through the intersection by other vehicles in order to determine a measure of safety associated with the portion of the vehicle trip through the intersection.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for establishing fraud detection system for authorizing payment for consumer transactions based on a user's tender-switching or transaction abandonment practices. One method includes: receiving transaction history of a user, the transaction history including a first payment vehicle and a second payment vehicle; determining, of the received transaction history, one or more instances of switching from one the first payment vehicle to the second payment vehicle; and determining a user-specific fraud threshold score for the user, based on the determined instances of switching from the first payment vehicle to the second payment vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electric vehicle charging control device and method thereof capable of changing a charging method according to the temperature of a battery mounted in an electric vehicle to maximize the efficiency of fast charging while preventing battery deterioration and accidents. The electric vehicle charging control device may be formed in the electric vehicle and include a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of a battery to be charged and generate temperature information, a processor, and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory may be configured to store program commands that are executable by the processor, and cause the processor to perform fast charging of the battery by using a maximum current value that maintains a temperature less than a present second threshold temperature when the temperature information is greater than or equal to a preset first threshold temperature.

Abstract: Container for a beverage preparation machine or foodstuff preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or foodstuff material comprises a code encoding preparation information, in particular preparation information for a beverage preparation machine or foodstuff preparation machine to prepare a beverage or a foodstuff with beverage or foodstuff material contained in the container, the code comprising a reference portion and a data portion. The reference portion comprises at least one reference configuration defining a virtual reference line. The data portion comprises a virtual encoding line intersecting the virtual reference line at a virtual intersection point and a sequence of data units comprising at least two data units aligned at a distance from each other along the virtual encoding line for encoding a sequence of operations of the preparation information.

Abstract: A die stack includes: a first die including a first semiconductor substrate; a first redistribution layer (RDL) structure disposed on a front surface of the first die and electrically connected to the first semiconductor substrate; a second die bonded to the front surface of the first die and including a second semiconductor substrate; a third die bonded to the front surface of the first die and including a third semiconductor substrate; a second RDL structure disposed on front surfaces of the second and third dies and electrically connected to the second and third semiconductor substrates; and a through dielectric via (TDV) structure extending between the second and third dies and electrically connected to the first RDL structure and second RDL structure. The second and third dies are disposed in a plane that extends perpendicular to a vertical stacking direction of the die stack.

Abstract: A vibrating actuator includes a vibrator and a contact body. The vibrator includes an elastic body and an electrical-mechanical energy transducer. The contact body is long in a predetermined direction and contacts the vibrator. The vibrator and the contact body are relatively moved in the predetermined direction by vibration of the vibrator. An end portion of the long contact body is covered with a viscoelastic body circumferentially with respect to the predetermined direction.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to identifying Electronic Control Unit (ECU) anomalies in a vehicle. Operations may include monitoring, in the vehicle, data representing real-time processing activity of the ECU; accessing, in the vehicle, historical data relating to processing activity of the ECU, the historical data representing expected processing activity of the ECU; comparing, in the vehicle, the real-time processing activity data with the historical data, to identify at least one anomaly in the real-time processing activity of the ECU; and implementing a control action for the ECU when the at least one anomaly is identified.

Abstract: An attachment device that suppresses a decrease in the detection accuracy of a sensor. This attachment device is designed to attach a sensor to one surface side of a transmission plate such that the sensor can detect a transmitted wave transmitted from the other surface side.

Abstract: A method includes forming a first conductive feature over a substrate, forming an etch-stop layer (ESL) stack over the first conductive feature, forming a first interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer over the ESL stack, forming a patterned ESL having a first opening over the first ILD layer, forming a second ILD layer over the patterned ESL, thereby filling the first opening, forming a patterned HM having a second opening over the second ILD layer, where a width of the second opening is greater than a width of the first opening, performing an etching process to form a first trench in the second ILD layer and a second trench in the first ILD layer, where the second trench exposes the first conductive feature, and subsequently depositing a conductive layer in the first trench and the second trench, thereby forming a second conductive feature interconnecting a third conductive to the first conductive feature.

Abstract: A method for generating a dynamic map, which is performed by a dynamic map generation apparatus, is provided. The method includes arranging point data acquired from a lidar sensor in a plurality of cells included in a voxel, calculating a point occupation frequency change of each of the plurality of cells according to an attribute and a status of each of the plurality of cells, and generating the dynamic map by using, among the plurality of cells, background cells in each of which a value accumulating the point occupation frequency change is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a portable solid-state drive (SSD) module. The portable SSD module includes a case, an SSD, a light-emitting device (LED) module and a main bracket. The case may have a window. The SSD may be arranged in the case. The LED module may be arranged in the case to indicate an operation of the SSD through the window. The main bracket may be arranged in the case to support the LED module. Therefore, the LED module may be readily and firmly combined with the case.

Abstract: A monolithic tissue screw fabricated of a single, unitary piece of material. The monolithic tissue screw has a helical coil portion and screw head portion with a driver aperture passing axially through the screw head portion and a co-axial with the helical coil portion such that a rotational torsional force applied by a mating driver to the driver aperture causes the helical coil portion to rotate about its axis. The helical coil portion engages tissue and draws the helical coil and the screw head portion into the tissue substantially only with the application of the rotational torsional force and substantially without an axial force applied to the tissue screw.

Abstract: In a power supply system, a control device is configured to select one or more target batteries that are to perform requested energy management from a plurality of batteries included in an alternating-current battery string and a direct-current battery string, and perform the requested energy management using the one or more target batteries with the batteries other than the one or more target batteries being disconnected from a circuit.

Abstract: In one aspect, temperature control sheets are described herein. In some embodiments, such a sheet comprises a first film; a second film facing opposition to the first film; and a phase change material (PCM) component disposed in between the first film and the second film. The sheet comprises one or more PCM-containing zones in a lateral plane of the sheet and also comprises one or more PCM-free fold or cut zones or lines in the lateral plane of the sheet.