Abstract: An apparatus and method for stabilizing a ladder having rung steps extending between opposing side rails. The apparatus includes a support member configured to mount to at least one of the side rails of the ladder, and a pair of outrigger arms mounted to the support member. The outrigger arms are extendable between a storage position and an extended outrigger position.

Abstract: A computing system for predicting substitute or missing parts of an assembled product is provided, including a processor configured to execute a model training program configured to generate a component graph including a respective node for each of a plurality of component IDs of the assembled product of a computing system. The component graph includes node embeddings for each node, in which the node embeddings are computed such that nodes with similar features are closer in a node embedding space than nodes with dissimilar features. The processor is further configured to execute an embeddings comparison algorithm to compare embeddings of the component IDs to thereby identify a substitute component ID for a target node on the graph, and execute a life cycle analysis (LCA) program configured to compute an LCA result using an LCA algorithm based at least upon the substitute component ID.

Abstract: Some variations provide a process for producing an alternative tobacco product from leafy edible biomass, comprising: introducing leafy edible biomass and a liquid solvent mixture to an extraction vessel, wherein the liquid solvent mixture contains a solvent and an anti-solvent; extracting one or more compounds from the biomass into the liquid solvent mixture, to generate a first phase and a second phase; recovering solvent from the second phase, thereby generating recovered solvent; removing one or more compounds from the recovered solvent, thereby generating purified recovered solvent; recycling the purified recovered solvent back to the extraction vessel; drying the first phase to remove residual solvent, thereby generating dried extracted biomass solids and a vapor of the residual solvent; condensing vapor of the residual solvent, thereby generating condensed recovered solvent; recycling the condensed recovered solvent back to the extraction vessel; and recovering the dried extracted biomass solids as an

Abstract: A method includes receiving audio data encoding an utterance and obtaining a set of bias phrases corresponding to a context of the utterance. Each bias phrase includes one or more words. The method also includes processing, using a speech recognition model, acoustic features derived from the audio to generate an output from the speech recognition model. The speech recognition model includes a first encoder configured to receive the acoustic features, a bias encoder configured to receive data indicating the obtained set of bias phrases, a bias encoder, and a decoder configured to determine likelihoods of sequences of speech elements based on output of the first attention module and output of the bias attention module. The method also includes determining a transcript for the utterance based on the likelihoods of sequences of speech elements.

Abstract: Systems and methods for deferring interactions with web data. An example computer-implemented method includes displaying, by a web browser, a web page; receiving, by a web browser, a selection of a quick note link displayed within the web browser; receiving a payload of the quick note link, the payload including note properties for generating a note; based on receiving the payload of the quick note link, launching a browser-based notes application within the web browser; transmitting the payload to the browser-based notes application to cause a new note to be created; and displaying the note within the web browser concurrently with the web page.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a dry end unit, a wet end unit comprising a terminal-compression plate, an insulator plate, and a base plate, and a plurality of fuel cells disposed between the dry end unit and the wet end unit. Each of the plurality of fuel cells includes a perimeter area that surrounds the plurality of fuel cells. The terminal-compression plate functions as a compression plate and a terminal plate, and where the base plate is used to uniformly compress the plurality of fuel cells through the insulator plate and the terminal-compression plate.

Abstract: The present disclosure, in an embodiment, is a facility that includes a device configured to generate a beam having an energy range of 5 MeV to 500 MeV, a first radiation shielding wall surrounding the device, a second radiation shielding wall surrounding the first radiation shielding wall, radiation shielding fill material positioned between the first radiation shielding wall and the second radiation shielding wall forming a first barrier. In embodiments, the radiation shielding fill material includes at least fifty percent by weight of an element having an atomic number from 12 to 83, and a thickness of the first barrier is 0.5 meter to 6 meters.

Abstract: An air supply device for a fuel cell system having an electrically driven flow compressor with an electric motor driving a shaft includes first and second compressors independently controllably coupled to the shaft by respective coupling devices. The first compressor has a feed line from which a feed bypass line branches off at a branch point and opens to an inlet side of the second compressor with a control element arranged in the branch, and with the first compressor having a compressor outlet that opens into a compressor outlet line that is connectable to the feed bypass line via a connection line controllable by means of a control unit. The compressors may be operated individually or together with flow arranged in parallel or in sequence when operating together, and may have different operating maps and mass airflow capabilities.

Abstract: A trolling head includes first and second body portions. Each body portion includes a first end and a second end with a body portion thru-hole therebetween. Each body portion includes a mating surface extending from the first end to the second end. Each body portion includes a groove disposed within the mating surface, which extends from the first end to the second end. The mating surfaces of the first and second body portions are configured to attach together such that the grooves of the first and second body portions align to form a tunnel. The tunnel extends from the first ends to the second ends of the first and second body portions and is sized to receive a fishing line therethrough. The body portion thru-holes of the first and second body portions also align to form a trolling head thru-hole sized to receive a fish eye mimic therein.

Abstract: A mounting device for a directional component, such as a forward-facing transducer or sonar. The mounting device can have a housing portion and a pole portion. The housing portion can include a main body positioned between a top cover and a bottom cover. The main body can have an interior sidewall. A portion of the interior sidewall can have a gear portion. The pole portion can have a gear interface portion that interfaces with the gear portion of the interior sidewall of the main body. As the main body rotates around an axis, the gear portion can turn the gear interfacing portion of the pole portion around the pole axis. The gear ratio can allow for the pole to rotate a rate at least two times greater than the rotation of the main body.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for using full waveform inversion for imaging surveyed mediums are provided. The full waveform inversion uses a Sifrian functional to fully leverage Hessian information and update a model by augmenting and assembling data derived from the Sifrian functional when equilibrated. The Sifrian inversion produces high resolution images of the surveyed medium typically only seen with full Hessian inversions and can produce such images without requiring supercomputer computation power or extremely long computation time.

Abstract: A vehicle including a seatbelt retractor having a frame and a spool. The spool has a first end and a second end each rotatably supported by the frame. The spool is elongated along an axis from the first end to the second end. The seatbelt retractor includes a slider slidably engaged with the frame. The slider is slidable from an undeployed position to a deployed position. The seatbelt retractor includes a post supported by the slider and moveable with the slider between the undeployed position and the deployed position. The post is engaged with the spool in the deployed position and disengaged with the spool in the undeployed position. The seatbelt retractor includes a locking device operatively coupled between the spool and the post to engage the spool with the post.

Abstract: A foot pad removably attachable to a machine and that Fluid Level supports the machine for operation in a fluid. The foot pad includes a support frame, a skirt coupled to the support frame, a bellows coupled to the skirt, a plenum arranged to move within the skirt, a seal between the plenum and the skirt, and a flexible bellows that allows the foot pad to be secured to, or within, a substrate. The skirt includes an edge that can be embedded in a penetrable substrate. The plenum is configured to pump the fluid into or out of a volume formed by a space below the plenum, the interior of the skirt, and the substrate, thus compressing or decompressing the fluid in the space inside the skirt. The foot pad may also include a rolling, flexible diaphragm to seal the space between the plenum and the skirt, wherein the rolling diaphragm minimized the wear compared to other seal mechanisms. The flexible bellows may include a set of radial ridges that aid in sealing the footpad to the substrate.

Abstract: A surgical marking device includes cylindrical body having a top edge and a bottom edge, an inner ring mounted concentrically within the cylindrical body, and an ink pad on a bottom edge of the cylindrical body, the ink pad being configured to hold a quantity of ink for application to a body of a patient.

Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for processing chemicals may include reacting a feed stream in the presence of a catalyst to form a product stream, passing the catalyst to a regenerator, removing olefins from a supplemental fuel stream to form an olefin depleted supplemental fuel stream, passing the olefin depleted supplemental fuel stream to the regenerator, combusting the olefin depleted supplemental fuel stream in the regenerator to heat the catalyst, and passing the heated catalyst to the reactor. The supplemental fuel stream may include at least 90 mol. % of the combination of hydrogen, methane, and nitrogen. The supplemental fuel stream may include from 0.1 mol. % to 10 mol. % olefins. The olefin depleted supplemental fuel stream may include less than or equal to 50% of the olefins present in the supplemental fuel stream prior to the olefin removal.

Abstract: A chair is disclosed for providing water and air adjustable massage. The massage chair includes a surface that is easy to clean, and water-filled rollers within the chair to apply a massaging effect to the body of the user thereon. Each water-filled roller incorporates a foam inner roller that is surrounded by either a cylindrical water-filled wrap or water-filled inserts. The massage chair incorporates a leg section to perform a percussive and vibrating massage on the legs of the user thereon. The massage chair has the ability to recline and to apply heat and/or cooling to the user thereon. The massage chair incorporates auto-sensing controls, massage pattern software, and Cloud Control Software that enables the owner in a commercial environment to establish the time for use, frequency, and price for the massage session.

Abstract: A RNN-T model includes a prediction network configured to, at each of a plurality of times steps subsequent to an initial time step, receive a sequence of non-blank symbols. For each non-blank symbol the prediction network is also configured to generate, using a shared embedding matrix, an embedding of the corresponding non-blank symbol, assign a respective position vector to the corresponding non-blank symbol, and weight the embedding proportional to a similarity between the embedding and the respective position vector. The prediction network is also configured to generate a single embedding vector at the corresponding time step. The RNN-T model also includes a joint network configured to, at each of the plurality of time steps subsequent to the initial time step, receive the single embedding vector generated as output from the prediction network at the corresponding time step and generate a probability distribution over possible speech recognition hypotheses.

Abstract: A vehicle comprising: a seat including a seat bottom and a seatback. The seat bottom defines a pelvic-seating area. A includes an exterior-door panel and a door-trim panel supported by and fixed to the exterior-door panel vehicle-inboard of the exterior-door panel. The door includes a window-regulator assembly between the exterior-door panel and the door-trim panel. The window-regulator assembly includes a panel supported by and fixed to the exterior-door panel and a window-regulator motor supported by the panel. The door-trim panel has a vehicle-inboard face and recessed wall recessed vehicle-outboard of the vehicle-inboard face defining a map pocket. The map pocket is adjacent to the seat. The window-regulator assembly includes a polymeric block attached to and supported by the panel. The map pocket is between the polymeric block and the pelvic-seating area when the door is in the closed position.

Abstract: A robotic process automation compares an incoming digital video feed with a dictionary of saved images. A host computer may process the digital video output of a target computer, for example, using a video capture card. An incoming video frame as received from the target computer may be matched, by the host computer, to an image stored in the host computer's dictionary. Average hashes of the incoming frame and the image in the dictionary may be calculated. If the difference between the two hashes falls within a predefined range set by the user, a keystroke may be sent.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a system and method for operating a surface pressure washer with a wand component. The method may include the steps of cleaning a first surface through a first fluid path, where the first fluid path includes a pump, a pressure regulating valve, a diversion block, and a spray gun, while spray nozzles are not discharging fluid to a second surface, actuating a valve connected to the diversion block, thereby reducing the pressure available to the first fluid path and creating a second fluid path, where the second fluid path includes the pump, the pressure regulating valve, the diversion block and the spray nozzles, where the spray nozzles are configured to rotate above the second surface when the second fluid path is open, and cleaning a second surface underneath the pressure washer system through the second fluid path.