Abstract: The present disclosure describes a contactor device which may include a housing including a tank and a lid, wherein there is a seal between the tank and the lid, at least one liquid inlet, at least one gas inlet, a bed of a contact medium contained within the tank and positioned over a barrier having a plurality of through holes, at least one liquid outlet, at least one gas outlet, and a guide plate positioned to prevent the liquid from reaching the gas outlet. Methods of operating a contactor device are also described and may include methods of capturing and converting carbon dioxide to commercially useful materials.

Abstract: A network filter request arbiter is provided. An interface (e.g., user interface and/or programmatic interface, such as an application programming interface (API)), is for configuring and automatically implementing one or more filters in an internal and/or external network. The filters may be used to stop distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks and/or prevent malicious network traffic from reaching a target network or target device(s) within the target network. Filters implemented in a target network may also be distributed to other (e.g., upstream) networks. The distributed filters may similarly be used to stop DDOS attacks and/or prevent malicious network traffic from being carried by the networks and from reaching a target network or target device(s) within the target network.

Abstract: A system for calibrating one or more optical sensors on a sewing machine includes one or more optical sensors and one or more processors of the sewing machine. The optical sensors are arranged to collect data from one or more features of one or more predefined regions. The processors are for processing the data and are configured to: receive the data; detect and recognize the one or more features of the one or more predetermined regions from the data; calculate one or more accuracy indicators of the one or more features from the data as compared to a known feature; compare the value of the one or more accuracy indicators to one or more indicator thresholds; and adjust a parameter of at least one of the optical sensors based on the comparison between the one or more accuracy indicators and the one or more indicator thresholds.

Abstract: A computer that includes a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to determine a first prediction with a machine learning system based on receiving a first image from a first camera and determine a second prediction with a machine learning system based on receiving a second image from a second camera. When the first prediction does not equal the second prediction within a user determined tolerance, determine color consistency based on comparing pixel values from the first image with a threshold determined based on previously determined pixel values, determine color correction parameters by determining pixel statistics based on pixel values from the first image to include in an image signal processing system and apply the color correction parameters to a third image from the first camera by receiving the third image at the image signal processing system.

Abstract: A trigger assembly for a 1911 format pistol comprising of a trigger bow having a forward portion defining a first threaded portion, a threaded fastener having a second threaded portion mateable with the first threaded portion, and a trigger shoe configured to operably engage the threaded fastener to secure the trigger shoe to the trigger bow.

Abstract: An attachable trash receptacle for supporting a container includes a depositing wall connected to one or more additional walls. The depositing wall and the one or more additional walls have interior surfaces and exterior surfaces. The interior surfaces define a receptacle for receiving an object. The depositing wall includes an edge defining a depositing opening contiguous with the receptacle. The interior surfaces include a ridge configured to support at least a portion of the container.

Abstract: Methods and systems for modifying tissue use a pressurized fluid stream carrying coherent light energy. The methods and systems may be used for resecting and debulking soft and hard biological tissues. The coherent light is focused within a stream of fluid to deliver energy to the tissue to be treated.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a current picture, a first reference picture, and a second reference picture. The method includes obtaining a plurality of predefined weighting patterns, each weighting pattern being signaled as an index value and selecting a weighting pattern based on a predetermined condition. The method includes deriving a first weight to be applied to a first sub-block in the first reference picture and a second weight to be applied to a second sub-block in the second reference picture based on the index value corresponding to the selected weighting pattern. The method includes assigning the first weight to the first sub-block and the second weight to the second sub-block based on the selected weighting pattern. The method includes decoding the current block by a weighted bi-prediction based at least on the first sub-block weighted by the first weight and the second sub-block weighted by the second weight.

Abstract: A customized highlight sequence depicting multiple events, and based on a user's personal characteristics, interests, and/or preferences, is generated and presented. The events can be sporting events, entertainment events, and/or the like. For example, in the context of sporting events, a determination is made as to what types of sports, teams, leagues, players, plays, and/or the like are of interest to the user. In at least one embodiment, the amount of time available to the user can be obtained, so that the length of the highlight sequence can be tailored to the available time. A customized highlight sequence is then generated and presented, containing those specific portions of the sporting events that are likely to be of interest, arranged in a manner that is likely to be entertaining to the user and comports with the time restrictions.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system, computer-implemented method, and computer-program product includes receiving, via a graphical user interface, a request to generate an initial design of experiment plan based on one or more experiment factors; generating a first plan settings container object that represents the initial design of experiment plan in computer memory; and instantiating, within the graphical user interface, a plan explorer section that includes a plan settings graphical entry that displays a graphical representation of a plan factors data object and a plan model data object associated with the first plan settings container object.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of producing a fluoroolefin comprises coupling 3,3-dichloro-1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane (CF3—CF2—CHCl2) in a liquid phase in the presence of a catalyst to form a composition comprising 1,1,1,2,2,5,5,6,6,6-decafluoro-3-hexene (CF3CF2CH?CHCF2CF3). In another embodiment, a method of producing a fluoroolefin comprises coupling 1,1,1-trichloropentafluoropropane (CF3—CF2—CCl3) in a vapor phase in the presence of a first catalyst to form a composition comprising 3,4-dichloro-1,1,1,2,2,5,5,6,6,6-decafluoro-3-hexene (CF3—CF2—CCl?CCl—CF2—CF3). The method may further include forming the CF3—CF2—CCl3 in a vapor phase from CF3CF2CHmCl3-m and chlorine (Cl2). The method may further include hydrodechlorinating the 3,4-dichloro-1,1,1,2,2,5,5,6,6,6-decafluoro-3-hexene with hydrogen (H2) in a vapor phase in the presence of a second catalyst to form a composition comprising CF3CF2CH?CHCF2CF3 and 3-chloro-1,1,1,2,2,5,5,6,6,6-decafluoro-3-hexene (CF3CF2CCl?CHCF2CF3).

Abstract: A tree or plant protection mat is provided, comprising: a top layer, having a first perimeter edge; a water-permeable bottom layer, having a second perimeter edge affixed either directly to the first perimeter edge, or indirectly to the first perimeter edge via an intervening sidewall; and a water-absorbing and releasing center layer disposed between the top and bottom layers, and comprising a section having superabsorbent particles and a section not having superabsorbent particles. Other mats and methods are provided.

Abstract: A transaction card assembly may include a card body comprising a first face and a second face opposite the first face; a receiving portion formed on the first face of the card body; and a first removable magnetic strip assembly comprising a first magnetic strip and a first attachment portion. In a first configuration, the first removable magnetic strip assembly may be coupled to the card body via engagement between the first attachment portion and the first magnetic strip, and in a second configuration, the first removable magnetic strip assembly may be uncoupled from the card body by disengagement between the first attachment portion and the first magnetic strip. In the second configuration, the first removable magnetic strip assembly is configured for reuse with an additional card body, the additional card body being different than the card body.

Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method is provided for managing and transferring attire configurations on virtual entities in a virtual design environment. The method includes rendering a virtual entity as a three-dimensional digital model within a virtual entity design computing environment. A user applies multiple attire objects to the virtual entity in a specified sequence, and the system derives object sequencing metadata that records the order of attire application. A transferrable data container is configured to store representations of the attire objects along with the sequencing metadata. This data container enables the attire configuration, including object sequence and placement data, to be transmitted to and rendered in an interactive virtual environment distinct from the design environment, allowing for consistent appearance and behavior across different platforms.

Abstract: A weather detection system for a vehicle includes a weather sensor configured to sense an environmental condition of a region external to the vehicle in an operable state, an actuator for controlling a response to the environmental condition, a network interface configured to access weather data from a vehicle fleet, and control circuitry in communication with the weather sensor and the actuator. The control circuitry is configured to access the weather data via the network interface, compare the weather data to the environmental condition, detect an inoperable state of the weather sensor based on the comparison, and control the actuator based on detection of the inoperable state.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system, computer-implemented method, and computer-program product includes receiving, via a graphical user interface, a request to generate an initial design of experiment plan based on one or more experiment factors; generating a first plan settings container object that represents the initial design of experiment plan in computer memory; and instantiating, within the graphical user interface, a plan explorer section that includes a plan settings graphical entry that displays a graphical representation of a plan factors data object and a plan model data object associated with the first plan settings container object.

Abstract: A system and method of re-identifying players in a broadcast video feed are provided herein. A computing system retrieves a broadcast video feed for a sporting event. The broadcast video feed includes a plurality of video frames. The computing system generates a plurality of tracks based on the plurality of video frames. Each track includes a plurality of image patches associated with at least one player. Each image patch of the plurality of image patches is a subset of the corresponding frame of the plurality of video frames. For each track, the computing system generates a gallery of image patches. A jersey number of each player is visible in each image patch of the gallery. The computing system matches, via a convolutional autoencoder, tracks across galleries. The computing system measures, via a neural network, a similarity score for each matched track and associates two tracks based on the measured similarity.

Abstract: Data are maintained in a distributed computing system that describe a graph. The graph represents relationships among items. The graph has a plurality of vertices that represent the items and a plurality of edges connecting the plurality of vertices. At least one vertex of the plurality of vertices includes a set of label values indicating the at least one vertex's strength of association with a label from a set of labels. The set of labels describe possible characteristics of an item represented by the at least one vertex. At least one edge of the plurality of edges includes a set of label weights for influencing label values that traverse the at least one edge. A label propagation algorithm is executed for a plurality of the vertices in the graph in parallel for a series of synchronized iterations to propagate labels through the graph.

Abstract: A system of a vehicle for processing communication with connected objects is provided. The processing by the system uses a processor of the vehicle and processing and data from one or more servers of a cloud system. The connected objects include objects having communication capabilities that are either fixed at specific locations as infrastructure proximate to where the vehicle is located or locations proximate to where the vehicle is moving. The system includes a global positioning system of the vehicle for generating geo-location for the vehicle and a heading direction. The geo-location is shared with a server of the cloud system using a communications device of the vehicle. The server of the cloud system is configured to receive the geo-location of the vehicle to identify the heading direction of the vehicle. The communications device of the vehicle is configured receive state data from at least one of said connected objects.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods and compositions for treating subterranean formations. The compositions include a surfactant and may optionally include a solvent. The compositions may also include an additional component, such as a biocide, a scale inhibitor, and/or a corrosion inhibitor. The compositions may be used in methods for enhancing gas lift and increasing hydrocarbon production in subterranean formations.