STRONG, FLEXIBLE, AND THROMBUS-FREE WOVEN NANOTEXTILE BASED VASCULAR GRAFTS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20210059807A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-04

    申请号:US17078017

    申请日:2020-10-22

    摘要: The present invention relates to woven tubular nanotextiles, fabrication thereof using a weaving apparatus, and use thereof in vascular graft applications. The woven nanotextile conduit is 0.1 to 50 mm in diameter and includes a multitude of hierarchically arranged nanofibers. They are made from low strength bundled nanoyarns containing thousands of nanofibers with improved mechanical strength. The weaving apparatus interweaves the warp and weft yarns in longitudinal and transverse directions, resulting in a flexible and strong woven product. The physical and biological properties of the woven nanotextile were significantly enhanced when compared to non-woven nanofibrous form and conventional medical textiles. The nanotextile displayed superhydrophilic behavior in an otherwise hydrophobic material and when implanted as a vascular graft was robust, suturable, kink-proof and non-thrombogenic, with complete endothelialization of the graft luminal area.

    Automated drone for harvesting produce

    公开(公告)号:US10555460B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-11

    申请号:US15285970

    申请日:2016-10-05

    发明人: Rao R. Bhavani

    IPC分类号: A01D46/30 A01D46/24

    摘要: A system for harvesting produce from a tree has a drone capable of hovering, a video camera gathering visual data of movement, a cutting implement, a remote control station with a display screen, wireless circuitry, and input mechanisms to control movement of the drone and operation of the cutting implement, and circuitry in the body of the drone enabling two-way communication with the remote control station, transmission of video data from the video camera, and response to commands from the remote control station. The video data from the camera on the drone is displayed on the display screen of the remote control station, and an operator viewing the display screen operates the input mechanisms, maneuvering the drone to position the cutting implement relative to produce in the tree, and triggers the cutting implement by command, severing a stem to separate the produce, causing the produce to fall from the tree.

    SOLAR MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MEASURING SOLAR RADIATION INTENSITY

    公开(公告)号:US20190271756A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-05

    申请号:US16378388

    申请日:2019-04-08

    摘要: A solar monitoring system for measuring solar radiation intensity comprising a tracking unit having two-axis movement comprising, an image capturing head mounted with first and second irradiation measuring units, and a controller. The first irradiation measuring unit comprises a direct normal irradiance (DNI) sensor and the second irradiation measuring unit includes a diffuse horizontal irradiance (DHI) sensor and a global horizontal irradiance (GHI) sensor. The controller receives inputs from the sensors or a software program configured to control orientation of the image capturing head so that the DNI sensor is always exposed to the sun, and the shading disc is always directly between the DHI sensor and the sun.

    Apparatus for power theft detection on an electrical power grid

    公开(公告)号:US10346934B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-09

    申请号:US14719786

    申请日:2015-05-22

    摘要: An apparatus reducing power theft on a micro power grid includes a server connected to the micro power grid, the server including a processor, data repository and software executing on the processor from a non-transitory medium the software enabling collection over time of bi-directional current data from smart distribution nodes connected to identified segments of the micro power grid and from smart meters distributed to one or more client demarcation points on the identified segments, processing of the bi-directional current data to determine power theft event frequency and power theft current information, assigning of a class to the individual ones of identified segments according to results of processing, and resetting of the number of packet transmission hop counts between the smart distribution nodes on identified segments and resetting the time period interval between subsequent power theft check routines for each identified segment based upon the classification data.

    OPTIMIZED ALLOCATION OF TASKS IN HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20190065271A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-28

    申请号:US16108647

    申请日:2018-08-22

    IPC分类号: G06F9/50 G06F9/48 G06F8/41

    摘要: A method and system for automatically optimizing task allocation in heterogeneous computing systems is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of target processing elements and a host processor. The host processor is configured to receive one or more requests from one or more applications for task allocation. During compilation, a virtualizer extracts parameters of kernels of the one or more applications and receives the architectures of the plurality of target processing elements. The virtualizer comprises a device conformability module and a mapping module. The device conformability module provides a prediction on execution time of the kernels for each of the architectures based on the parameters. The mapping module compares the predictions and indicates a ranking of the plurality of target processing elements based on least execution time for each of the kernels and determines a combination of the plurality of target processing elements based on the mapping prediction to optimize the task allocation.

    Vocational Education Portal
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180240351A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-23

    申请号:US15962568

    申请日:2018-04-25

    IPC分类号: G09B5/06 G09B19/00

    CPC分类号: G09B5/06 G09B19/00

    摘要: An educational server system has a computerized server, a plurality of business enterprises in a geographic, a browser-capable computerized appliance, and a user portal accessible by the computerized appliance, including a registration procedure enabling the person to register to services, a content management system (CMS) including aptitude testing for vocational preference, at least one training course compatible with the vocational preference, and vocational aptitude derived from the aptitude testing, wherein the businesses access the CMS via the portal and submit the training courses and employment offers, and the portal enables the person to initiate a search for an employment offer, and wherein the portal is partitioned according to a geography.