Abstract: The present disclosure includes a system and method for monitoring degradation of a high temperature composite component (HTC). The HTC is defined by a volume that includes a matrix material and a fiber formed from at least one of ceramic and carbon material. One or more electrical conductors are disposed within the volume and connected directly or indirectly to a monitoring system.

Abstract: The application relates to an assembly for controlling detonation wave mode of a rotating detonation combustion chamber, which includes an inner barrel, an outer plate and at least one sectoral direction-changing block. The outer plate is sleeved outside the inner barrel. An annular cavity is formed between the outer plate and the inner barrel. At least one groove is arranged on one side of the outer plate close to the inner barrel. The groove wall comprises an arc edge and a straight edge. The groove is connected with the annular cavity. The sectoral direction-changing blocks are arranged in the grooves in one-to-one correspondence. An arc edge of the sectoral direction-changing block is positioned far away from the inner barrel.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a coated reinforcing fiber for use in Ceramic Matrix Composites, the method comprising pre-oxidizing a plurality of silicon-based fibers selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide (SiC) fibers, silicon nitride (Si3N4) fibers, SiCO fibers, SiCN fibers, SiCNO fibers, and SiBCN fibers at between 700 to 1300 degrees Celsius in an oxidizing atmosphere to form a silica surface layer on the plurality of silicon-based fibers, forming a plurality of pre-oxidized fibers; applying a rare earth orthophosphate (REPO4) coating to the plurality of pre-oxidized fibers; and heating the plurality of REPO4 coated pre-oxidized fibers at about 1000-1500 degrees Celsius in an inert atmosphere to react the REPO4 with the silica surface layer to form a rare earth silicate or disilicate. The pre-oxidizing step may be 0.5 hours to about 100 hours. The heating step may be about 5 minutes to about 100 hours.

Abstract: Transportation systems have artificial intelligence including neural networks for recognition and classification of objects and behavior including natural language processing and computer vision systems. The transportation systems involve sets of complex chemical processes, mechanical systems, and interactions with behaviors of operators. System-level interactions and behaviors are classified, predicted and optimized using neural networks and other artificial intelligence systems through selective deployment, as well as hybrids and combinations of the artificial intelligence systems, neural networks, expert systems, cognitive systems, genetic algorithms and deep learning.

Abstract: A method for transfecting microorganisms comprises inoculating a growth media consisting of at least one of sterile LB media and tryptic soy broth with microorganism cells (cells) consisting of at least one of E.coli (DH5?), C. lytica, or B. subtilus, Pichia pastoris; growing the cells at between 28-40° C. to achieve a desired cell density; harvesting the cells; adding a protein ionic liquid consisting of at least one of green fluorescent protein (GFP), ferritin, rabbit IgG antibodies, and photosystem II from spinach ionic liquid to the cells; suspending the cells in the protein ionic liquid; freezing the suspended cells between ?20 to ?212° C.; and removing at least 99% of water from the frozen suspended cells to make a cell powder. The cell powder may be reconstituted in Tris HCl buffer and mixed to obtain uniform cell suspension; and centrifuged to obtain cell pellet.

Abstract: Systems and methods for transaction platforms include various systems interacting with each other and transacting in various ways. A method for configuring and launching a marketplace includes: identifying, by a processing system having one or more processors, an opportunity to facilitate configuration of a new marketplace; receiving marketplace opportunity data, wherein the marketplace opportunity data includes information related to a set of assets of one or more types; determining configuration parameters to be implemented in the new marketplace; determining the feasibility of implementing the configuration parameters in the new marketplace; determining data resources to support the new marketplace; determining an architecture of the new marketplace; determining the configuration of the data resources in a data model for the marketplace; configuring a marketplace object; connecting selected data resources to populate the marketplace object; and launching the new marketplace.

Abstract: Systems and methods for transaction platforms include various systems interacting with each other and transacting in various ways. A method for configuring and launching a marketplace includes: identifying, by a processing system having one or more processors, an opportunity to facilitate configuration of a new marketplace; receiving marketplace opportunity data, wherein the marketplace opportunity data includes information related to a set of assets of one or more types; determining configuration parameters to be implemented in the new marketplace; determining the feasibility of implementing the configuration parameters in the new marketplace; determining data resources to support the new marketplace; determining an architecture of the new marketplace; determining the configuration of the data resources in a data model for the marketplace; configuring a marketplace object; connecting selected data resources to populate the marketplace object; and launching the new marketplace.

Abstract: Systems and methods for transaction platforms include various systems interacting with each other and transacting in various ways. A method for configuring and launching a marketplace includes: identifying, by a processing system having one or more processors, an opportunity to facilitate configuration of a new marketplace; receiving marketplace opportunity data, wherein the marketplace opportunity data includes information related to a set of assets of one or more types; determining configuration parameters to be implemented in the new marketplace; determining the feasibility of implementing the configuration parameters in the new marketplace; determining data resources to support the new marketplace; determining an architecture of the new marketplace; determining the configuration of the data resources in a data model for the marketplace; configuring a marketplace object; connecting selected data resources to populate the marketplace object; and launching the new marketplace.

Abstract: A device adapted for examining and detecting foreign objects in a flat plate-shaped material comprises a transport device for transporting a flat plate-shaped material to be examined through the device in a transport direction. The device comprising a first X-ray source and a second X-ray source adapted for, in operation, emitting a first X-ray beam and a second X-ray beam. The device comprising a first sensor unit and a second sensor unit arranged to detect the first and second X-ray beam. The first and second sensor unit being adapted for detecting data indicative of the presence and the indirect or direct position in the transport direction of a foreign object in a flat plate-shaped material. The first and second sensor unit comprise or are connected to a data processing unit adapted for processing the detected data to determine the presence of a foreign object in the flat plate-shaped material.

Abstract: Systems and methods using IOT input to validate a loan guarantee are disclosed. An example system may include an Internet of Things (IoT) data input circuit to interpret a loan guarantee parameter; an IoT data collection circuit to collect data using at least one algorithm that is configured to monitor IoT information collected from and about an entity involved in a loan in response to the loan guarantee parameter; and a guarantee validation circuit to validate a guarantee for the loan in response to the monitored IoT information.

Abstract: An example data collection system in an industrial environment includes a data collector in communication with a number of input channels for acquiring collected data. The system includes a data storage that stored the collected data as a number of data pools. The system includes a self-organizing data marketplace engine that receives the data pools, and that is organized based on training a marketplace self-organization with a training set, and further based on feedback from measures of marketplace success with respect to the data pools.

Abstract: A cover for an aircraft opening or equipment formed from a collapsible material having programmable magnets encapsulated on at least one edge portion to adhere the cover to an aircraft surface is provided. The programmable magnets have a close field strength sufficient to maintain the cover in place during high winds while not damaging the aircraft surface coatings during installation and removal while not interfering with electric signals or nearby electrical equipment.

Abstract: A system for monitoring and controlling a business process involving a plurality of workstations or/and computerized services, the system comprising apparatus for receiving messages exchanged between the plurality of workstations or computerized services and having content, and for deriving from the content of the messages, monitoring information regarding the single business process.

Abstract: A rider interface for a vehicle includes a data processor configured to facilitate communication between a rider using the rider interface and the vehicle, the vehicle and the rider interface communicating location and orientation of the vehicle. An augmented reality system with a display is disposed to facilitate presenting an augmentation of content in an environment of the rider using the rider interface, the augmentation responsive to a registration of the communicated location and orientation of the vehicle, wherein at least one parameter of the augmentation is determined by machine learning on at least one input relating to at least one of the rider and the rider interface.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for automatic entity classification based on social media data is disclosed. An example system may include a social network data collection circuit to collect information about at least one entity involved in a bond transaction, and a condition classifying circuit to classify a condition of the at least one entity in accordance with a model and based on information from the social network data collection circuit, where the model is trained using a training data set of a plurality of outcomes related to the at least one entity. The system may further include an automated bond management circuit to manage an action related to the bond in response to the classified condition of the at least one entity.

Abstract: A dynamic heterogeneous network for transmitting media. The network has plural sources sending signals through various links and routers to plural destinations. Upon identifying a bottleneck link the network matches actual demand rate to actual service rate. A buffer setpoint is established to accommodate the difference between the demand rate and the service rate. The network determines an epoch having a penalty for deviation from the buffer setpoint. The rate allowance is reallocated to reduce the media bottleneck.

Abstract: A deformable yet mechanically resilient microcapsule having electrical properties, a method of making the microcapsules, and a circuit component including the microcapsules. The microcapsule containing a gallium liquid metal alloy core having from about 60 to about 100 wt. % gallium and at least one alloying metal, and a polymeric shell encapsulating the liquid core, said polymeric shell having conductive properties.

Abstract: A cycloidal diffractive waveplate based star simulator generates a star field with very high precision star locations and accurate brightness. The present disclosure provides a star simulator that allows for a large FOV, modular, multi-star simulator capable of very high precision dynamic star locations for testing of high accuracy, large FOV star trackers. The system is composed of a light source, a polarization grating-based image [1], and an opto-mechanical system for steering the light. The light is projected onto a diffuse screen where the light is scattered, creating a functional point source at the screen. A star tracker or other device under test views the screen which has a multitude of projected spots (each with its own light source and beam steering device) positioned in a star field distribution appropriate for the simulated viewing direction.

Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring a plurality of components of a pump in an industrial environment include a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of a plurality of input sensors operationally coupled to the pump and communicatively coupled to the data acquisition circuit; a data processing circuit structured to utilize at least one of the plurality of detection values to perform at least one noise processing operation on at least a portion of the plurality of detection values; a signal evaluation circuit structured to determine a pump performance parameter in response to the noise processed plurality portion of the plurality of detection values; and a response circuit structured to perform at least one operation in response to the pump performance parameter.

Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein reduce numerous active regulators (e.g., to only one) used in previous circuits that require regulated current and still accomplish the current regulation provided to each load by means of an array of autotransformers, and if required, rectifiers, and filters. Therefore, in an exemplary embodiment, there is eliminated the numerous active regulators by replacing them with simple passive components and an active regulator.