Abstract: A molded drawer guide for seating of a drawer within a cabinet. The molded drawer glide having an attachment portion configured as a pad opposite a spacing portion, and with a gliding portion therebetween, all unitary and having a common downwardly facing bottom surface to seat on an upwardly facing horizontal surface of a cabinet at the drawer opening. The gliding portion being rounded for receiving lower side panel margins of the drawer. The attachment portion pad for receiving a single fastener for attachment to the cabinet. The spacing portion having a vertical face to abut a vertical surface of the cabinet at the drawer opening thereby in conjunction with the single fastener stabilizing the positioning of the drawer guide on the cabinet and having the fastener connection between the guide and the cabinet displaced horizontally from the gliding portion that the drawer side panels seat upon.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 12140044 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 12140044, to the plants of soybean cultivar 12140044, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 12140044, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 12140044. 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 12140044. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 12140044, 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 12140044 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: An adaptable connector for connecting a drain assembly for draining an urostomy bag to urostomy bags having different drain outlet configurations. The drain assembly includes a flexible conduit connected to the adaptable connector and a discharge valve connected with a distal end of the flexible conduit from the connector. The flexible conduit includes sufficient length and sufficient flexibility to permit an urostomy bag wearer to position the discharge valve into a discharge position outside of the urostomy bag wearer's clothing for discharge of urine waste from the urostomy bag.

Abstract: Protective sleeves, kits-of-parts for manufacturing sleeves, and methods for manufacturing sleeves are provided. An exemplary protective sleeve includes an inlet end connector; intermediate linking connectors; and an outlet end connector. The intermediate linking connectors are interconnected in a series from the inlet end connector to the outlet end connector; and the inlet end connector, the intermediate linking connectors, and the outlet end connector comprise fire-resistant material.

Abstract: A fabric control protocol (FCP) and packet forwarding mechanisms are described that maximize utilization of bandwidth within massive, large-scale data centers having multi-stage data center switch fabric topologies, such as topologies that include a third switching layer formed by super spine switches. Automatic generation of data plane forwarding information referred to as FCP path information enumerates, for each data processing unit (DPU), the available FCP paths. The FCP path information may be based on unique combinations of peak points of the switch fabric for a given DPU with FCP colors assigned to network links that are used to multi-home the DPU to the switch fabric.

Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for dynamic Network-Based Media Processing (NBMP) image retrieval. A call for a function from among a function group is received. The function call corresponds to an NBMP request to a workflow manager. A determination is made as to whether an image associated with the received function call is static or dynamic. A pointer to the image is returned based on the image being determined to be dynamic.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for external control testing of an assay system.

Abstract: A ophthalmic laser-assisted corneal lenticule extraction procedure that uses wavefront measurements to guide the formation of the corneal lenticule. The wavefront map measured from a free eye using a wavefront aberrometer is registered to the cornea of a docked eye based on comparisons of iris images and corneal markings. The docked-eye cornea-registered wavefront map is then corrected to be consistent with the Munnerlyn formula for the spherical power, and adjusted for any physician adjustments and/or myopia error due to a flat add in the lenticule, using Zernike polynomials. The corrected and adjusted wavefront map is then used to calculate the profiles of the bottom and top lenticule incisions in the applanated cornea, where higher-order components in the wavefront map are distributed to the bottom lenticule incision alone and lower-order components in the wavefront map are distributed to both the bottom and the top lenticule incision.

Abstract: A load control system may include control-target devices, control-source devices, and a system controller. The control-target devices may enter an association mode to associate with control-source devices. The control-target device may receive an identifier from the control-source device and store the identifier in memory when the control-target device to associate the control-target device and the control-source device. The system controller may retrieve the association information from the control-target device after integration into the load control system. The system controller may receive association information that is defined using other association procedures, such as an association procedure performed on a network device and uploaded to the system controller. The system controller may maintain the association information defined using the different association procedures after the system controller is integrated into the load control system.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, process, or machine for forming a container for containing a cold fluid. The container includes a sidewall construct that includes an inner sidewall extending at least partially around an interior of the container, an outer sleeve attached to the inner sidewall, and a cavity defined between the inner sidewall and the outer sleeve. The container also includes a closed bottom defining a bottom of the interior of the container, and insulating features that include the cavity and a plurality of annular bands, each annular band of the plurality of annular bands includes a spacer that extends in the cavity from the inner sidewall to the outer sleeve. Adjacent bands define a respective pocket of a plurality of pockets in the cavity such that the insulating features maintain a desired temperature of the cold fluid.

Abstract: A soil modeling and mapping framework for use in precision agriculture analyzes remotely-sensed data pertaining to characteristics of one or more agricultural fields, and determines optimal sampling locations from information in remotely-sensed information, terrain derivatives and satellite imagery, to develop a customized sampling design for modeling soil properties in such agricultural fields that optimized for the particular landscape in such fields. The soil modeling and mapping framework then analyzes soil samples collected based on the customized sampling design in machine learning-based models that predict soil properties in sampled, semi-sampled, and unsampled target fields. The predicted soil properties are used to develop highly-accurate maps of soil properties such as fertility maps, which may further be used for defining and creating one or more management zones with recommendations for applying the right amount of nutrients at variable rates in the correct areas.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a heater assembly for an electronic heating device includes a heating element and a support. The heating element includes a planar portion, a first lead, and a second lead. The planar portion includes a filament. The filament defines an air channel through the planar portion. The filament includes a plurality of curves. At least one of the curves has a tip thereon. At least one of the first lead portion, the second lead portion, or both the first lead portion and the second lead portion are generally coplanar with the planar portion of the heating element. The heating element is in contact with the support such that the tip of the at least one of the curves rests thereon.

Abstract: A mat comprising a first side and a second side opposite the first side is disclosed. The mat has a body with a thickness defined between the first side and the second side and a width defined between a first edge and a second edge. A plurality of fortifying members can be positioned between the first side and the second side extend within the body substantially vertically with respect to the width. A lip can extend from the body of the mat and have a first rib having a first rib thickness. A first channel portion can have a first channel thickness whereby the first rib thickness is greater than the first channel thickness.

Abstract: The technology relates to detection of a nearby occluded object based on illumination emitted from that object. Illumination by the occluded object of one or more areas in the surrounding area, for instance by headlights of an occluded vehicle, is detected by a perception system of a self-driving vehicle. The self-driving vehicle can classify the detected object to determine whether the illumination is caused by a vehicle or other road user, or from objects in the surrounding environment. Illumination data and other information can be evaluated by the self-driving vehicle, for instance to identify a type of the object, a location of the object along a roadway, to disambiguate the direction of travel of the other object, etc. As a result, the self-driving vehicle may infer the behavior of the other object and modify its own driving operations to account for the other object's presence and likely behavior.

Abstract: Polymer modified asphalt compositions for roofing applications and related systems and methods are provided. A polymer modified asphalt composition comprises at least 80% by weight of an asphalt based on a total weight of the polymer modified asphalt composition, a polyolefin having a number average molecular weight of at least 25 kDa, and an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer.

Abstract: A vehicle and liner assembly including for a recreational vehicle. In another embodiment of the invention, a trailer and liner combination, is provided that includes a vehicle having a housing with a front end, a rear end, a top, a bottom, a pair of sidewalls, and a door providing access to a cargo area defined by the housing. A frame assembly is provided wherein, the housing is mounted on and supported by the frame assembly. The cargo area has a floor and walls, and a liner is attached to at least one of the floor or the walls. The liner has a first face including projections extending therefrom that are also attached to a second face. In one embodiment, the liner includes an integral hatch for ease of accessing the underside of the vehicle.

Abstract: A system and method for operating a hybrid 4G satellite network. The method includes providing a NGSG including a satellite AS/NAS stack, a terrestrial 4G stack and a relay to connect the satellite AS/NAS stack and the terrestrial 4G stack; transporting a 4G traffic between a 4G UE and the NGSG using a satellite air interface; utilizing a terrestrial network between the NGSG and a 4G CN to transport the 4G traffic; and mapping, with the relay, the 4G traffic between the satellite AS/NAS stack and the terrestrial 4G stack and vice versa, where the satellite air interface is better suited for satellite communications than the terrestrial network. A system and method for multiplexing a first-generation UE and a second-generation UE on a satellite channel.

Abstract: An electrical power converter can include a plurality of layers disposed on a substrate. An emitter, including a first semiconductor junction that is formed at an interface between a first pair of adjacent layers, can produce light in response to a first electrical signal. An absorber, including a second semiconductor junction that is formed at an interface between a second pair of adjacent layers, can absorb at least some of the light. Circuitry can produce a second electrical signal in response to the absorbed light. The second electrical signal can be substantially proportional to the first electrical signal and can be electrically isolated from the first electrical signal. Because the light can remain within the layers during use, the electrical power converter can have a higher efficiency than a comparable device that propagates the light through at least one interface between air and a semiconductor material.