Abstract: An electrospun onlay for rotator cuff repairs and related procedures. The onlay includes an aperture and a conduit extending towards the aperture, wherein a longitudinal axis of the conduit is aligned with the aperture. The aperture and the conduit are configured to receive one or more surgical sutures therethrough. The scaffold is electrospun from one or more biocompatible polymers. In use, the onlay serves as a tissue growth scaffold to facilitate tendon-bone reattachment.

Abstract: A collection crucible for use in a phase separation system, the collection crucible comprising: a body having a sidewall portion extending along a longitudinal axis. The body at least partially defines a cavity and an aperture extending to the cavity. The cavity is tapered along the longitudinal axis. The collection crucible further includes an ejector at least partially positioned in the aperture. The ejector is movable along the longitudinal axis between a first position and a second position to facilitate removal of collected material in the collection crucible.

Abstract: A cushioning material includes fibers that define a fiber network and a foam material suspended within the fiber network.

Abstract: The present disclosure is a straw filler system that has a first motor and a straw filler device. The straw filler device has a fill cap fixedly coupled to a base forming an internal cavity. The base has a plurality of external openings on its periphery for receiving a plurality of straws and holding the plurality of straws in place while being filled with a viscous material, and the plurality of external openings are in fluid communication with a plurality of internal openings within the internal cavity via a plurality of respective channels. The straw filler system further has a motor hub fixedly coupled to the first motor and rotatably coupled to the base, the motor hub configured for axially rotating the straw filler device so that centrifugal force forces the viscous material to travel from the cavity to the plurality of straws.

Abstract: A plurality of optical excitation ultraviolet light wavelength bands is scanned on a wound sample. The material sample exhibits optical spectral characteristics along the light wavelength spectrum. Excitation response wavelengths emitted by the wound sample are captured in response to the plurality of optical excitation ultraviolet light wavelength bands. The capturing is accomplished using an image sensor. Output values of a plurality of pixels of an image from the image sensor are measured. The image represents excitation response wavelengths captured by the image sensor. The measuring detects optical spectral characteristics of the wound sample, and the optical spectral characteristics are in response to the plurality of optical excitation light wavelength bands. An output signature indicative of composition of a condition of the wound sample is provided, wherein the condition of the wound sample provides a metric of wound monitoring.

Abstract: The described invention provides an endovascular device comprising a tube comprising at least one side-hole, a first segment comprising a primary opening and a second segment. The side-hole and the first segment form a working lumen. The second segment forms a support lumen where the support lumen is effective: (i) to provide stability to the working lumen of the endovascular device; (ii) to anchor the endovascular device within a blood vessel; (iii) to prevent catheter coil prolapse due to a counterforce against the endovascular device by one or more additional endovascular devices being delivered through the endovascular device to a more distal location or by a prolapsed coil tail of the endovascular device; and (iv) to facilitate placement of the second endovascular device distally.

Abstract: A method of operating an autonomous vehicle. The method includes collecting user data regarding a user of the autonomous vehicle and analyzing the user data to assign a pickup score to the user for determining when to relocate the autonomous vehicle from a first parking location. The autonomous vehicle is directed to relocate from the first parking location when the pickup score exceeds a predetermined threshold. A second parking location and a parking position are determined for the autonomous vehicle at a pickup location based on the user data when relocating the autonomous vehicle to pick up the user.

Abstract: Chemical compositions may be used to dissolve coatings and at least partially encapsulate potentially hazardous fibers or potentially hazardous particles in the coating. The chemical composition for use in the removal of a textured or smooth surface comprising asbestos may comprise an aqueous solution comprising a surfactant package and triethyl phosphate. In certain embodiments, the surfactant package may comprise an alcohol ethoxylate surfactant and sodium lauryl sulfate.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein allow vehicles in specific areas to create secure and encrypted breadcrumbs indicating paths along which they have traveled. The breadcrumbs may be created using sensor data from connected vehicle platforms. These breadcrumbs include information about the road surface, wheel traction, vehicle velocity, and observed event data using the platform's camera lenses and computer vision. Vehicles can record these breadcrumbs and assign a location to which the breadcrumbs should be mapped in the system.

Abstract: A data analytics system configured to perform operations is disclosed. The operations can include creating, in response to instructions received from a user, a first pipeline. This pipeline can be configured to extract data from an append-only first data store, extract identifying characteristics from the extracted data, provide the identifying characteristics to an identity service, and receive a tenancy identifier from the identity service. The pipeline can further be configured to create a data object in a second data store using the extracted data; create a tenancy object in a metadata store, the tenancy object associated with the data object, the metadata store implementing a hierarchical data object ownership graph; and associate the tenancy object with a parent object in the hierarchical data object ownership graph. The data analytics system can then tear down the first pipeline.

Abstract: A reel chock is disclosed according to various embodiments. The reel chock can include a chock body that has a width that extends along a pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot plate attached to the chock body. The pivot plate can be transverse to the pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot arm that is rotatably connected to the pivot plate such that the pivot arm rotates about the pivot axis. The pivot arm can include a fastener portion that extends at least partially over the chock body.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for real-time visualization of a material during ultrasonic non-destructive testing. The system is capable of producing A-scans, B-scans, and C-scans of the test object and automatically highlighting potential foreign objects within the test object based on the scan data. The system includes a graphical user interface (GUI) capable of displaying a three-dimensional (3-D) image of a composite laminate constructed of a series of two-dimensional (2-D) cross sections. In one embodiment, the system includes an artificial intelligence module capable of highlighting foreign objects in order to provide size data, shape data, and/or depth data of the foreign object.

Abstract: Implementations of a method of increasing the adhesion of a tape. Implementations may include: mounting a tape to a frame, mounting a substrate to the tape, heating the tape after mounting the substrate at one or more temperatures for a predetermined period of time, and increasing an adhesion of the tape to the substrate through heating the tape.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for generating and managing a unique secure shell (SSH) key fingerprint for each installation of an SSH key. An SSH key manager may receive metadata for a host machine comprising a machine ID and a plurality of secure shell (SSH) key objects, wherein an SSH key object represents an SSH key for accessing an account on the host machine associated with a user. The SSH key manager may then identify a hash for the SSH key and user ID associated with each SSH key object of the plurality of objects. The SSH key manager may then generate a unique fingerprint for each SSH key object by concatenating the machine ID, user ID and SSH key hash corresponding to the SSH key object. The unique fingerprints may then be stored in a database along with corresponding information from the metadata.

Abstract: Prediction information for a current block in a current picture is decoded, the prediction information indicating whether the current block is coded in matrix based intra prediction (MIP). When the current block is coded in the MIP, an MIP mode index indicating one of a plurality of MIP modes is determined. When the current block is not coded in the MIP and one of a plurality of neighboring blocks is coded in the MIP, an intra prediction candidate mode for the current block is determined to be a Planar intra prediction mode. The current block is reconstructed according to (i) the one of the plurality of MIP modes when the current block is coded in the MIP and (ii) the Planar intra prediction mode when the current block is not coded in the MIP and the one of the plurality of neighboring blocks is coded in the MIP.

Abstract: This document relates to solving challenges associated with solving partial differential equations (PDEs) via numerical simulations relating to natural or physical systems. One example obtains input data relating to a physical system and partitions tensors of a neural network across multiple parallel processors. The example distributes the input data across multiple parallel cloud processing resources for numerical simulations involving partial differential equations to produce corresponding output data. The example trains the neural network across the tensors of the multiple parallel processors with the input data and the output data to produce a surrogate model of the partial differential equations. The example can receive subsequent input data and generate corresponding subsequent output data utilizing the surrogate model.

Abstract: A dump body configured to be retrofitted with a front wall exhaust heating system, the dump body having a first horizontally extending heating conduit on the front face of a front wall; one or more longitudinal body support members extending along a bottom face of a bottom floor and across a transition from the bottom floor to a front wall. Each of the one or more longitudinal body support members having an opening extending through the longitudinal body support member to provide for the fitting of horizontal channel sections for a second horizontally extending heating conduit of a front wall exhaust heating system.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a process enhancement, the apparatus comprising a memory and a processor configured to receive process data, receive user input, determine a plurality of response modules as a function of the user input, determine a modification target as function of the plurality of response modules, wherein determining the modification target includes calculating an importance score for each response module of the plurality of response modules, ranking each response module of the plurality of response modules as a function of the importance score and determining the modification target as a function of the ranking, identify at least a process modification as a function of the process data and the modification target and generate the process enhancement as a function of the at least a process modification.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of inhibiting a viral respiratory disease, comprising: administering to a subject, in need thereof, an effective amount of L. reuteri strain 3632 and/or strain 3630, wherein L. reuteri strain 3632 and/or strain 3630 secrete mersacidin.

Abstract: With reference to the Figures, wherein like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, a vehicle includes a vehicle seat that includes a seatback and a seat bottom that defines an occupant seating area. The seatback includes an inboard bolster and an outboard bolster spaced from the inboard bolster in a cross-seat direction with the occupant seating area between the inboard bolster and the outboard bolster. A arm is rotatably supported by the inboard bolster. The vehicle includes a computer that includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to detect an occupant in the occupant seating area and based on the detection of an occupant in the occupant seating area, rotate the arm toward the occupant seating area in response to detection of certain vehicle impacts.