Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for implementing authentication control protocols via components of entity device. In particular, the system may be configured to determine initiation of a resource interaction by a user at an entity device, control one or more components of the entity device to cause the entity device to capture a real-time image of the user, compare the real-time image captured via the entity device with an updated enhanced user image stored in a data file of the user, in response to comparing the real-time image with the updated enhanced user image, determine if the real-time image matches the updated enhanced user image, and implement one or more authentication control protocols based on determining if the real-time image matches the updated enhanced user image.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for identifying and redirecting incoming unauthorized data access requests. The system is configured for continuously monitoring one or more incoming data access requests from one or more sources, identifying that a data access request of the one or more incoming data access requests is an unauthorized request, redirecting the data access request to a controlled environment, performing one or more actions in the controlled environment to capture one or more interactions associated with the data access request within the controlled environment, and automatically generating one or more controls to secure a real-time environment based on the one or more interactions captured within the controlled environment.

Abstract: A flow regulation system for regulating a flow of a fluid from a fluid reservoir is disclosed having a fluid reservoir container, an effluent conduit adapted to discharge fluid from the fluid reservoir container, and a fluid turbine disposed in the effluent conduit. A generator is operatively connected to the fluid turbine for converting mechanical energy of the fluid turbine to electrical energy, and a power conditioning module is energized by the generator to alter voltage and current characteristics of electricity generated by the generator. A load manager is provided to monitor operational characteristic of the flow regulation systems.

Abstract: Described herein are, inter alia, electrodes for use in energy storage devices, such as a cathode or anode in a battery. An electrode may include a substrate which serves as a reaction site that occur during electrochemical cycling of an energy storage device. In some embodiments, an electrode can undergo intercalation chemistry, conversion chemistry, plating-stripping/deposition-dissolution chemistry, or combinations thereof. A film and/or additive may be provided in an electrode in order to mitigate side reactions and/or electrochemical passivation reactions. An electrode may include one or more materials that (i) electrochemically reduce a portion of the electrolyte to a gas during electrochemical cycling, (ii) suppress generation of hydrogen gas by increasing a hydrogen evolution overpotential, (iii) constrain gas after formation, and/or (iv) catalyze oxidation of a gas back into an electrolyte. An electrode may include one or more electroactive materials in addition to a substrate.

Abstract: Magnetic particle actuating systems may include a magnet system configured to generate a magnetic field that includes a field-free region. A corresponding control system can be configured to control the magnet system to create a field-free region at least partially matching a target region. An excitation system can be configured to generate an excitation field to cause actuation of magnetic nanoparticles in an actuation region.

Abstract: The present invention relates (i) to a method for producing a doped copper-tetraammine-salt-based hydrogenation catalyst suitable for the hydrogenation of an aromatic nitro compound such that an aromatic amine is obtained, the hydrogenation catalyst comprising copper in metal form or in oxidic form and a doping metal selected from iron, cobalt, manganese, vanadium, zinc or a mixture of two or more thereof in metal form or in oxidic form on a carrier, the carrier comprising silicon dioxide shaped bodies and/or silicon carbide shaped bodies, (ii) to a doped copper-tetraammine-salt-based hydrogenation catalyst obtainable using the aforementioned method according to the invention, and (iii) to a method for producing an aromatic amine, comprising the hydrogenation of an aromatic nitro compound in the presence of a doped copper-tetraammine-salt-based hydrogenation catalyst comprising copper in metal form or in oxidic form and comprising a doping metal in metal form or in oxidic form on a carrier as hydrogenation ca

Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a body, a controller supported by the body, a drive supporting the body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface in response to commands from the controller, and a pad holder attached to an underside of the body to hold a removable cleaning pad during operation of the robot. The pad includes a mounting plate and a mounting surface. The mounting plate is attached to the mounting surface. The robot includes a pad sensor to sense a feature on the pad and to generate a signal based on the feature, which is defined in part by a cutout on the card backing. The mounting plate enables the pad sensor to detect the feature. The controller is responsive to the signal to perform operations including selecting a cleaning mode based on the signal, and controlling the robot according to a selected cleaning mode.

Abstract: Systems and techniques for wireless implantable devices, for example implantable biomedical devices employed for biomodulation. Some embodiments include a biomodulation system including a non-implantable assembly including a source for wireless power transfer and a data communications system, an implantable assembly including a power management module configured to continuously generate one or more operating voltage for the implantable assembly using wireless power transfer from the non-implantable assembly, a control module operably connected to at least one communication channel and at least one stimulation output, the control module including a processor unit to process information sensed via the at least one communication channel and, upon determining a condition exists, to generate an output to trigger the generation of a stimulus.

Abstract: Systems and methods for process tending with a robot arm are presented. The system comprises a robot arm and robot arm control system mounted on a self-driving vehicle, and a server in communication with the vehicle and/or robot arm control system. The vehicle has a vehicle control system for storing a map and receiving a waypoint based on a process location provided by the server. The robot arm control system stores at programs that is executable by the robot arm. The vehicle control system autonomously navigates the vehicle to the waypoint based on the map, and the robot arm control system selects a target program from the stored programs based on the process location and/or a process identifier.

Abstract: A cross reality system that provides an immersive user experience by storing persistent spatial information about the physical world that one or multiple user devices can access to determine position within the physical world and that applications can access to specify the position of virtual objects within the physical world. Persistent spatial information enables users to have a shared virtual, as well as physical, experience when interacting with the cross reality system. Further, persistent spatial information may be used in maps of the physical world, enabling one or multiple devices to access and localize into previously stored maps, reducing the need to map a physical space before using the cross reality system in it. Persistent spatial information may be stored as persistent coordinate frames, which may include a transformation relative to a reference orientation and information derived from images in a location corresponding to the persistent coordinate frame.

Abstract: A buoyant wave energy device is disclosed that incorporates an open-bottomed tube of substantial length in which is partially enclosed a first body of water that oscillates in response to wave action. The device incorporates a buoy to which an upper end of the tube is connected and inside of which is trapped a second body of water of substantial mass. A differential phase in the oscillations of the water trapped in the tube, and the oscillations of the buoy of augmented mass, result in the periodic compression of a pocket of air trapped at the top of the tube, and in the subsequent expulsion of pressurized air through a turbine, thereby generating electrical power.

Abstract: A bottle assembly has a bottle and a removable cap. The cap includes a nozzle and a vent arrangement. The vent arrangement can include a vent conduit that extends into an air cavity present at the bottom of the bottle assembly when the bottle assembly is inverted. The vent arrangement allows for pressure equalization within the bottom assembly in response to liquid being dispensed from the bottle assembly to permit high flow rates of the dispensed liquid without squeezing of the bottle.

Abstract: A system comprising a client device and a server network, the client device configured to receive a query; transmit the query; receive a populated response; and display the populated response. The server network may be configured to receive the query; tokenize the query; generate an intent-match likelihood for each of a plurality of supported question intents; classify the query based on the intent-match likelihoods; evaluate each of the intent-match likelihoods to a confidence threshold; extract, via a Named Entity Recognition model, one or more entities from the query; determine one or more entity values for each of the one or more entities; query the at least one database to incorporate intent to the one or more entities and the one or more entity values; populate a response template with the one or more entity values and one or more specifics; and store the query and the populated response.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, compositions, and kits for isolating target nucleic acids below a target size from a sample comprising nucleic acid components. In some embodiments, the methods involve one or more aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) compositions, at least one solid phase medium, and at least one buffer. Some embodiments provide a kit comprising one or more ATPS compositions, at least one solid phase medium, and at least one buffer. Other embodiments provide methods for diagnosing a disease or condition using the methods described herein.

Abstract: A pressure-regulating buoyant hydrodynamic pump is disclosed that floats adjacent to a surface of a body of water over which waves tend to pass. In response to wave-induced movements of the device, water is drawn into a mouth at a lower end of an injection tube, and water is ejected from a mouth at an upper end of the injection tube. The ejected water is deposited into an interior of the hollow buoy thereby augmenting a water reservoir therein. And water flows from the water reservoir to and through a water turbine, thereby energizing a generator, power electronics, and an electrical load. A novel water-turbine effluent buffering tube, or chamber, smooths pressure variations felt across the water turbine.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, compositions, and kits for concentrating and purifying at least one target analyte from a clinical biological sample. In some embodiments, the methods involve one or more aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) compositions and at least one solid phase medium. Some embodiments provide a kit comprising one or more ATPS compositions, a binding buffer; and a solid phase medium. Other embodiments provide methods of treating cancers or infectious diseases in a patient in need thereof.

Abstract: A fluid sensor for sensing a concentration or composition of a fluid, the sensor comprising a first temperature sensing element located on or within a first dielectric membrane and a second temperature sensing element located on or within a second dielectric membrane. An output circuit is configured to measure a differential signal between the first temperature sensing element and the second temperature sensing element. The fluid sensor comprises a first region configured to be exposed to the fluid, and a second region configured to be isolated from the fluid, where the first dielectric membrane is located in the first region, such that in use, the first dielectric membrane is exposed to the fluid, and wherein the second dielectric membrane is located in the second region such that in use, the second dielectric membrane is isolated from the fluid.

Abstract: A laminous processed manway cover gasket includes an insert and a plurality of ePTFE layers of membranes wrapping the insert to result in isolation of the insert. In example, the isolation may result from a laminous, thermo-mechanical process that fuses together each ePTFE layer of membrane of the plurality of ePTFE layers of membranes.

Abstract: A modular lens system for use with a camera system and connected therewith. The lens system including modular sections configured to include one or more lenses and/or an aperture. The one or more lenses are controlled by one or more motors to enhance focus, softness, and/or size and other optical characteristics.

Abstract: This invention, in embodiments, relates to non-asphaltic coatings for roofing materials, to roofing materials made therefrom and to methods of preparing such coatings and roofing materials. By blending thermoplastic polymers with appropriate fillers and/or recycled materials, a composition is produced that can be pressed into a desired shape, or that can be additionally mixed with oils, resins and/or waxes to provide a liquid that can be poured onto an appropriate substrate.