Abstract: Implantable graft-port systems, devices, and methods for establishing access to a fluid-filled internal body space of a patient including the patient's vascular system for blood treatments are described herein. A port device includes a substantially flat surface. The surface is oriented proximal to and substantially parallel with the patient's skin when the device is subcutaneously implanted. The port device includes a tapered seat disposed in a center of the surface and configured to receive a tip of an access tube. The tapered seat is configured to receive the tip of the access tube therethrough. A lid is configured to couple to the substantially flat surface of the port device and includes a guide configured to engage the tip of the access tube and to facilitate percutaneous introduction of the access tube toward the tapered seat irrespective of an introduction angle. The guide includes a continuous sequence of fluted features.

Abstract: A compression nut assembly is provided including a base nut and a compression nut. The base nut includes a base shaft having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior surface of the base shaft includes a plurality of internal threads extending in a first handedness direction. The compression nut includes a compression shaft having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The exterior surface of the compression shaft includes a plurality of external threads extending in the first handedness direction and engagable with the internal threads of the base shaft. The interior surface of the compression shaft includes a plurality of internal threads extending in a second handedness direction opposite the first handedness direction.

Abstract: A suppressor for a firearm has a body defining an internal volume, a baffle in the body and defining a baffle aperture on a bore axis, a piston element including a mount facility configured for connection to the barrel, the piston element defining a piston bore registered with the bore axis, and the piston element operable to reciprocate with respect to the body along the bore axis between a rest position in which the piston element contacts the baffle and a recoil position in which the piston element is away from the baffle. There may be a spring interfacing the piston element and the body and be operable to bias the piston element to the rest position. There may be a second spring operable to interface the body and the piston element only when the piston element is in a range of positions proximate the recoil position.

Abstract: The invention comprises a method of sequestering or otherwise mineralizing carbon dioxide. The method comprises delivering a natural or man-made carbonatable mineral from one or more of hyaloclastite, volcanic glass, volcanic ash, fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, iron slag, steel slag, a zeolite, or any other mineral with a sufficient quantity of carbonatable elements and/or a high porosity structure, such as zeolite, to a mill capable of fracturing and reducing the particle size of the carbonatable mineral and/or zeolite; processing the carbonatable mineral and/or zeolite in the mill so that the processed carbonatable mineral and/or zeolite has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to 100 ?m; and exposing the carbonatable mineral and/or zeolite to carbon dioxide in gaseous, liquid or solid form during or after the particle reduction process.

Abstract: The cooling systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to cooling electronic equipment in data centers or any other applications that have high heat rejection temperature and high sensible heat ratio.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to features of a telecommunication enclosure. Example features can include mounting plate attachment features, housing latching features, housing hinge features and fiber routing features.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating virtualized application programming interface (API) endpoints. In some aspects, the system, in response to receiving a user request to generate a virtualized API endpoint for an API, generates a template data structure for a request to the API based on initial metadata for the API. The system, based on the template data structure, generates the virtualized API endpoint for the API. The system, in response to receiving a user request to deploy the API in a test environment, retrieves updated metadata for the API from an API source repository. The system compares the updated metadata to the initial metadata to determine whether there is a difference greater than a threshold. The system, in response to determining that the difference is not greater than the threshold, returns a static response to a request to the API based on the virtualized API endpoint.

Abstract: A petroleum coke carbon capture and sequestration method is provided which includes processing the petroleum coke into a petroleum coke particulate, treating the petroleum coke particulate to recover components such as Vanadium, preparing a slurry including the petroleum coke particulate, and injecting the slurry into an underground area. The underground area could be a live crude oil extraction well, where it could displace crude oil, an underground storage facility, a salt formation, or the like.

Abstract: A method of managing a condition of a shared ride provided using an autonomous vehicle (AV) is described and includes determining individual preferences for the condition expressed by passengers participating in the shared ride; determining a consensus preference for the condition based on the individual preferences; and applying the consensus preference for the condition for at least a portion of the shared ride, wherein the applying the consensus preference for the condition comprises managing settings of the AV, including settings of a cabin of the AV.

Abstract: A system and method for converting a common hydrogen-based input fluid into an output fluid comprising an overabundance of hydrogen H1 atoms is disclosed. This conversion occurs in the absence of elevated temperatures or pressures, so that the resulting output fluid is suitable for shipping or storage at Standard Temperature and Pressure (STP). A vaporizer system and method for transforming the output fluid into H2 gas is also disclosed.

Abstract: Apparatus can include an input aperture configured to provide an input beam, primary optics configured to collimate the input beam, a grism situated to receive the collimated input beam and to produce a wavelength dispersed beam, and secondary optics configured to receive and direct the wavelength dispersed beam to a detector. Primary optics can include a primary reflector including an off-axis parabolic mirror, wherein the off-axis parabolic mirror is configured to produce the collimated input beam. Secondary optics can include a first secondary reflector and a second secondary reflector, wherein the first secondary reflector is situated to receive and reflect the wavelength dispersed beam to the second secondary reflector and the second secondary reflector is situated to receive and direct the wavelength dispersed beam to the detector.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward a foldable cheer box that may be easily stored or transported while folded in its collapsed configuration and sufficiently rigid to support a cheerleader performing routines when unfolded into its deployed configuration. The cheer box is in the shape of a cuboid having a front, rear, left, right, and top panels. The left and right panels are further divided into two equal subpanels. All of the panels are connected by hinges and drawing the left and right panels together causes the cheer box to fold into its collapsed configuration while separating the left and right panels causes the cheer box to unfold into its deployed configuration. The top panel may be releasably attached to the side panels when the cheer box is in its collapsed configuration for storage and to prevent the cheer box from unfolding into its deployed configuration. The cheer box may be transported by means of hand straps, a shoulder strap, or wheels used in combination with a telescoping handle.

Abstract: A load control system may include control devices for controlling electrical loads. The control devices may include load control devices, such as a lighting device for controlling an amount of power provided to a lighting load, and input devices, such as a remote control device configured to transmit digital messages comprising lighting control instructions for controlling the lighting load via the lighting device. The remote control device may communicate with the lighting device via an intermediary device, such as a hub device. The remote control device may detect a user interface event, such as a button press or a rotation of the remote control device. The remote control device or the hub device may determine whether to transmit digital messages to as unicast messages or multicast messages based on the type of user interface event detected.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for displaying search results on a webpage are disclosed. The search results can be arranged on the webpage using a skip number or a take number. The skip number and take number can determine how many results with a tag are displayed on the webpage.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions, including, hydrogel compositions useful as topical analgesics including cannabinoids, an effective amount of a compound (e.g., psilocybin/psilocin) for treating drug addiction (e.g. opioid addiction) and menthol where the menthol component can be a stabilized menthol composition comprising menthol and at least one menthol stabilizer compound including undecylenic acid methyl ester, undecylenic acid or a salt of undecylenic acid. The present disclosure also disclosure relates to compositions, including, hydrogel compositions useful as topical analgesics including cannabinoids and menthol as well as carboxymethyl cellulose, carrageenan and a cross-linking agent.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for managing vehicle manifest data at a vehicle. Vehicle manifest data is received from a plant operation system at a vehicle manifest data management system of the vehicle. The vehicle manifest data includes a plurality of component identifiers. Each of the component identifiers corresponds to a vehicle component for installation in the vehicle during a vehicle assembly process. The vehicle manifest data includes installation data associated with the installation of each of the vehicle components. A first component identifier associated with a first vehicle component and a first assembly station identifier associated with a first assembly station equipped to install the first vehicle component are received at the vehicle manifest data management system from the plant operation system. The installation data associated with the first vehicle component is transmitted from the vehicle manifest data management system to a station controller of the first assembly station.

Abstract: In one example, an inductive sensor interface circuit includes: a coil driver configured to excite one or more transmit coils to generate a magnetic field at a target; a plurality of input channels for receiving input signals via respective ones of a plurality of receive coils, the input signals responsive to reflections of the magnetic field off the target and encoding information about a position of the target; a position detection processor to decode the information about the position of the target from the input signals; and an amplitude detection processor configured to calculate an amplitude of the input signals and to control a strength of the magnetic field generated by the coil driver based on a difference between the calculated amplitude to a predetermined desired input amplitude.

Abstract: It is emphasized that the Abstract of the Disclosure is provided to comply with 37 C.F.R. § 1.72 (b), requiring an abstract that will allow the reader to quickly ascertain the nature of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. In addition, in the foregoing Detailed Description, it can be seen that various features are grouped together in a single embodiment for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure. This method of disclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed embodiments require more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, novel subject matter lies in less than all features of a single disclosed embodiment. Thus the following claims are hereby incorporated into the Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate preferred embodiment.

Abstract: The technology is generally directed to determining unmet needs in a geographic region. The unmet need may be a failure in that the population of the geographic region is not optimally served by the local points of interest. The unmet needs may be determined based on a failure score. The failure score may be based on navigational routes to the business and/or queries for the. The navigational routes and queries may be aggregated by the type of point of interest to determine a number of factors, such as an average distance traveled, a number of queries, an average computed distance, a time of the navigation or query, etc. The factors may be weighted and used to determine the failure score.

Abstract: A method of designing a building using a design system, is provided. The method comprises: displaying a user interface at a display of the design system, wherein the user interface comprises a design template, wherein the design template is configured with design requirements; receiving a selection of a first virtual building element to be incorporated into the design template; adjusting an intrinsic property of the first virtual building element based on the design requirements of the design template; identifying a second virtual building element in the design template; and based on the relationship between the first virtual building element and the identified second virtual building element, adjusting an intrinsic property of the first virtual building element such that both the first and second virtual building elements meet the design requirements of the design template.