Abstract: A method of aerating or distributing nutrients in a saline aquaculture system is described herein. The method includes acquiring a second set of environmental condition data on a computing device using a sensor coupled to a platform, such that the platform is configured to grow a salt-tolerant plant therein; comparing the second set of environmental condition data to a first set of environmental condition data acquired at a previous time point; determining a change in one or more of an amount of oxygen, nutrients, or carbon dioxide in a liquid around or on the platform; and when one or more of reduced oxygen, reduced nutrients, or increased carbon dioxide is detected, activating an aeration device.

Abstract: Generating a user interface visualizing a table data structure. A table data structure comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns is accessed. A column to use for sorting each row into a different region of the user interface is identified. Region characteristics, usable for matching which row(s) is to be visualized within a corresponding region, are identified. Each region is associated with a different subset of row(s) that are to be visualized within the region. Each subset comprises rows having a value that matches the region characteristics of the associated region at an intersection between the column and the row in the table data structure. A visual representation of each row is displayed within the user interface. The display includes a visual arrangement of each visual representation into a corresponding region. Each visual representation is arranged within the region the row associated with the visual representation belongs.

Abstract: Processes for producing 2,5-dichlorophenol and 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid are described. Various processes for isomerizing 2,4-dichlorophenol over a zeolite catalyst to form 2,5-dichlorophenol are provided. Processes for preparing 2,5-dichlorophenol including hydroxylating 1,4-dichlorobenzene are also described. The present invention also relates to processes for producing 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid.

Abstract: A downhole assembly of an artificial lift system includes: an adapter for connection to production tubing; a receptacle shaft; an up-thrust bearing; a centrifugal pump; and a down-thrust bearing. The receptacle shaft has a latch profile for receiving a latch fastener of a drive coupling and a torsional profile for mating with the coupling to longitudinally and torsionally connect thereto. The up-thrust bearing includes: a thrust driver longitudinally and torsionally connected to the receptacle shaft; and a thrust carrier connected to the adapter. The centrifugal pump includes: a diffuser connected to the adapter; a pump shaft torsionally connected to the receptacle shaft; and an impeller connected to the pump shaft. The down-thrust bearing includes: a thrust driver longitudinally and torsionally connected to the pump shaft; and a thrust carrier connected to the adapter.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for supporting complex transfer functions on an image processor. One of the methods includes traversing, by each execution lane of an image processor using a shift-register array, a respective local support region and storing input pixels encountered during the traversal into local memory of the image processor. Each execution lane obtains from the local memory of the image processor one or more input pixels according to a complex transfer function. Each execution lane computes a respective output pixel for the kernel program using one or more input pixels obtained from the local memory according to the complex transfer function.

Abstract: Musical attribution is performed in a two-dimensional (2D) digital representation. A piece of music representing a musical score is inputted. An abstracted representation of blanks of the score, called a digital audio canvas, is produced. Interactive, dynamic attribution is performed by a user to bring to life the musical score of abstracted blanks. Instrumentation selection, relative volume, scale selection, and score tempo are all musical attributes that are conveyed to the score of abstracted blanks. The score of the digital audio canvas is played back using the attributed blanks. The playback of the score is enabled by selecting appropriate abstracted blanks. The appropriate abstracted blanks are included among other blanks for increased educational and enjoyment value. The modified score is converted back into the format of the original inputted piece of music.

Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions. The processor is programmed to receive data indicating a contaminant on a sensor window of a vehicle; determine a combination of an air pressure setting of an air source and a liquid pressure setting of a liquid source to remove the contaminant from the sensor window; and set the air source to the air pressure setting and the liquid source to the liquid pressure setting.

Abstract: A steering gear includes a housing defining a chamber. A piston divides the chamber into first and second chamber portions. The piston is moveable along a linear axis relative to the housing upon pressurization of fluid in one of the first and second chamber portions. A pressure relief vents pressurized fluid from one of the first and second chamber portions to one other of the first and second chamber portions upon movement of the piston to a predetermined position. The pressure relief assembly includes a first valve at a first end of the pressure relief assembly and a second valve at a second end of the pressure relief assembly. The pressure relief assembly is axially movable relative to the piston to adjust the position of the first valve and the second valve relative to the piston.

Abstract: A system on a chip may include a plurality of data plane processor cores sharing a common instruction set architecture. At least one of the data plane processor cores is specialized to perform a particular function via extensions to the otherwise common instruction set architecture. Such systems on a chip may have reduced physical complexity, cost, and time-to-market, and may provide improvements in core utilization and reductions in system power consumption.

Abstract: Modular flow control systems include several differently-shaped structures to achieve desired flow characteristics in fluid flow. Systems include one or many plates held in desired positions by a retainer within the flow. The plates are uniquely shaped based on their position, or vice versa, to shape flow in a desired manner. The plates may fill an entire flow area or may extend partially throughout the area. Plates can take on any shape and are useable in systems installed in any type of flow conduit. When used in a PCCS upper manifold in a nuclear reactor, a chevron plate directly below the inlet divides flow along the entire upper manifold. Perforated plates allow flow to pass at ends of the PCCS upper manifold. The plates can be installed along a grooved edge during an access period and held in static position by filling the length of the PCCS upper manifold.

Abstract: Structures and protocols are presented for signaling a status or decision (processing or transmitting a medical record or other resource, e.g.) conditionally. Such signaling may be partly based on one or more symptoms, regimen attributes, performance indicia (compliance indications, e.g.), privacy considerations (patient consent, e.g.), contextual considerations (being in or admitted by a care facility, e.g.), sensor data, or other such determinants. In some contexts this may trigger an incentive being manifested (as a dispensation of an item, e.g.), an intercommunication (telephone call, e.g.) beginning, a device being configured (enabled or customized, e.g.), data distillations being presented or tracked, or other such results.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to techniques for allowing a data storage system to be able to flush data to underlying storage when the bandwidth is high without excessively impacting the maximum latency. This may be accomplished by utilizing asynchronous flushing and by throttling incoming writes by preventing too many asynchronous flushes from happening when the amount of available cache space is too small. In addition, an improved system employing Copy on First Write (CoFW) may initiate write throttling only once the amount of available write cache drops below a dynamically-calculated threshold that accounts for an amount of space actually needed to store CoFW buffers. In addition, only a portion of the write caching process is placed under the protection of a mutex or a spinlock, allowing a significant portion of the write caching for any given write operation to be performed without needing the mutex or spinlock, allowing some increased parallelization.

Abstract: A system for repairing a meniscus includes a suture that includes a first anchor, a second anchor, and a flexible portion connecting the first anchor and the second anchor. The flexible portion includes a self-locking slide knot between the first anchor and the second anchor. The system also includes a needle having a longitudinal extending bore and an open end. The bore is configured to receive the first anchor and the second anchor. The system further includes a body portion operatively connected to the needle at a distal end of the body portion. The body portion has a lumen. The system also includes a pusher configured to rotate and slide within the lumen of the body portion and the longitudinal extending bore of the needle. The pusher has first and second stop surfaces, each of which is constructed and arranged to engage a proximal end of the body portion.

Abstract: An accessory support for a vehicle cargo area includes a guide assembly adapted to provide vertical and lateral adjustability and at least one support member slidably carried by the guide assembly. The guide assembly includes a first pair of guide rails each including one or more vehicle z-axis oriented guide channels and a second pair of guide rails each including one or more vehicle y-axis oriented guide channels.

Abstract: A tool (10) includes a base (12) made of contact and projection woven, metallic, compression screens (16, 18) secured to each other. A plurality of linear projections (30) extend away from the base (12). A shortest distance between adjacent linear projections (30) may be between about 20 ?m and about 20 mm. The tool (10) is forced upon an uncompressed galvanic pellicle (52) so that the projections (30) compress and bond connected areas (56) of the pellicle (52) to a conductive surface (54) to form an electrode (50).

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 86411138 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 86411138, to the plants of soybean cultivar 86411138, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 86411138, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 86411138. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 86411138. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 86411138, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 86411138 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: One inch paver tiles may now be set over a concrete pad for use by vehicular traffic. The method and dry concrete mix may be used to overlay concrete driveways. The paver tiles may be laid over a dry concrete mix comprising a latex polymer, Portland cement, sand and a hydration control agent. After laying the paver tiles in a field over the concrete mix in the dry state, a border of paver tiles or other material may be laid in a wet concrete mix prior to hydrating the field paver tiles. The dry concrete mix cures after hydration to form a strong layer adhering the paver tiles to the concrete pad for use by vehicular traffic.

Abstract: A barbed suture including a body with barbs on the periphery, a pointed end, and an anchor at one end to resist movement of the suture in the direction of the pointed end is provided. One or more limbs on the anchor may be provided, which may be arcuate, of varying lengths, and of varying distribution about the periphery of the suture body. Other anchor designs are provided. Methods of placing single-directional and bi-directional barbed sutures to approximate the tissue on each side of a wound and to position and support tissue in the absence of a wound, as in cosmetic surgery, are provided, and may include terminal J-stitches or S-stitches. Methods of placement may be made with sharp, pointed ends, which may be needles, or insertion devices. Sinusoidal patterns of sutures that have amplitudes generally perpendicular to the resultant holding force of the suture are provided.

Abstract: A wearable vital sign monitor. The wearable vital sign monitor includes a band, where the band secures the wearable vital sign monitor relative to a user. The band includes an interior surface, the interior surface being the surface closest to the skin of the user and an exterior surface, the exterior surface opposite the interior surface. The wearable vital sign monitor also includes a first sensor array. The first sensor array is attached to the band and includes at least two sensors. The wearable vital sign monitor further includes a second sensor array. The second sensor array is attached to the band a fixed distance from the first sensor array and includes at least two sensors. The wearable vital sign monitor additionally includes an electronics module. The electronics module is configured to receive a first signal from the first sensor array, receive a second signal from the second sensor array, and transmit the sensor data to an external device.

Abstract: A motor vehicle body has an underbody and a link, which at one end is pivotably connected to the underbody and at another end carries a wheel. The connection to the underbody includes an underbody-side bearing support, in which a link-side pin engages.