Arnold & Siedsma

A fuse wire including an electrically conductive core, a tin coating surrounding the electrically conductive core, and an enamel coating surrounding the tin coating. The enamel coating may be formed of one of polyesterimide, polyurethane, and polyester and may have a cut-through temperature in a range of 265 degrees Celsius to 350 degrees Celsius.

An image processing method and an apparatus are provided. The image processing method performed by a computing device including a processor and a memory includes configuring, by the processor, a convolutional layer or a transposed convolutional layer as a first convolutional layer; setting, by the processor, a filter; performing, by the processor, a convolutional operation or a transposed convolutional operation by applying the filter to weight of the first convolutional layer and generate a second convolutional layer; and performing, by the processor, a convolutional operation or a transposed convolutional operation by applying the second convolutional layer to an input tensor and outputting a result.

A kit for the treatment of cyanide poisoning includes a pharmaceutical composition of hydroxocobalamin and/or pharmaceutically acceptable hydroxocobalamin salts. This composition is formulated for mucosal, nasal, or pulmonary administration. The kit may also contain additional therapeutic agents such as sodium thiosulfate, amyl nitrite, sodium nitrite, and 4-dimethylaminophenol. The pharmaceutical composition can be provided in single-dose or multi-dose containers, with instructions for use in a drug delivery device for effective treatment.

A multicore optical fiber assembly is provided. The multicore optical fiber assembly may include an optical fiber, having a fiber diameter, a plurality of active cores, arranged within the optical fiber, and extending along a length of the optical fiber, and an energy blocker disposed within the optical fiber, and extending along the length of the optical fiber. As such, the energy blocker may be disposed between a first active core of the plurality of active cores, and a second active core of the plurality of active cores, where the energy blocker is arranged to block energy transfer from the first active core to the second active core.

A data analysis method based on a regression model, performed by a computing device including one or more processors and a memory, includes preparing/generating, by the processor, a regression model that includes an encoder and a predictor and that is trained using a proxy including data point having a predetermined distribution, receiving, by the one or more processors, input data, and performing, by the one or more processors, an inference corresponding to a task to be analyzed on the input data through the regression model, the inference performed by the regression model based on the input data.

Aspects of the present disclosure include systems for detecting and classifying a cancerous cell in a whole blood sample in a flow stream. Systems according to certain embodiments include a light source configured to irradiate cells of a whole blood sample in a flow stream, a light detection system comprising a photodetector capturing an image of light emitted from the irradiated cells and a processor having memory operably coupled to the processor where the memory includes instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to apply a neural network to the captured image to detect a presence of a cancerous cell in the whole blood sample having a minimum concentration of the cancerous cell and determine a classification of the cancerous cell of a plurality of classifications. In some instances, the neural network is trained using images of a sample tagged with a fluorophore ground truth marker. Methods for using the subject systems to detect and classify cancerous cells in a whole blood sample are also described. Non-transitory computer readable storage media are also provided.

An optical sensing element may include: a substrate; a first silicon semiconductor layer on the substrate in a first direction; a second silicon semiconductor layer on the substrate in the first direction, and spaced apart from the second silicon semiconductor layer in the first direction; and a germanium semiconductor layer between the first silicon semiconductor layer and the second silicon semiconductor layer, the germanium semiconductor layer comprising germanium, wherein the first silicon semiconductor layer comprises: a first region comprising an intrinsic silicon semiconductor, a second region comprising a silicon semiconductor doped with a first conductivity type dopant, and wherein the germanium semiconductor layer comprises an intrinsic germanium semiconductor, and an entirety of the intrinsic germanium semiconductor of the germanium semiconductor layer does not include a dopant.

The garbage collecting security control system comprises an operator antenna (P₀) associated with an operator (O), vehicles antennas (Pi, P₂, ... P_n) in a refuse collecting vehicle (V), a control unit for determining antenna positions (x₀, y₀, z₀; x₁, y₁, z₁; x₂, y₂, z₂; ... x_n, y_n, z_n), a critical region (A) defined by vehicle antenna positions (x₁, y₁, z₁; x₂, y₂, z₂; ... x_n, y_n, z_n), and for determining an action based on the operator antenna position depending on a distance (d) from the operator antenna (P₀) to a line (i) passing through vehicle antenna positions (x₁, y₁, z₁; x₂, y₂, z₂; ... x_n, y_n, z_n) and/or a distance (D₁, D₂, ... D_n) from the operator antenna (P₀)to the vehicle antennas (P₁, P₂, ... P_n).

The invention relates to a loading system (4) provided with a limiter (22) with activation threshold, collector (16) and refuse truck (2) provided therewith, and method for limiting a lifting and tilting movement of a container (6). The loading system (4) comprises:- a lifting and tilting mechanism (18) for performing a lifting and tilting movement of the container (6) for the purpose of emptying it into the collector (16);- a limiter (22) connected operatively to the lifting and tilting mechanism (18) and configured to limit the tilting movement of the container (6) when it is being emptied into the collector (16), the limiter (22) comprising a limiting element (24) movable between a rest position and a limiting position, and a hydraulic activating mechanism for actuating the limiting element (24) between the rest position and the limiting position, wherein the master-slave connection is provided with an activation threshold for initiating a movement of the limiting element (24).

A processor-implemented method includes according to a learned policy, determining, based on input data, a movement path of an agent, in response to the agent finishing moving, obtaining feedback determined based on whether a target point is reached, and based on the feedback, updating a parameter of the learned policy.