Abstract: A system and method for more granular keyword generation wherein the keyword generation may be used for content syndication or other activities. The keyword generation may be performed using a plurality of artificial intelligence models including a topic classifier, a keyword scorer and a keyword ranker and recommender. The keyword generation system and method may discover keywords weighted by business categories.

Abstract: A method of making chlorofluorohydrocarbons including, contacting, a fluorinated hydrocarbon reagent in the vapor phase, with hydrogen chloride (HCl). The reaction is conducted in the presence of an effective amount of a catalyst, at an elevated temperature sufficient to effect hydrochlorination to form a reaction mixture including a chlorofluorohydrocarbon.

Abstract: A multipurpose relocatable structure according to various embodiments comprises: (1) a floor; (2) a framework secured adjacent the floor, the framework comprising: (a) a plurality of corner posts, (b) a pair of upper end posts, and (c) a pair of upper side posts; (3) a ceiling pan secured adjacent the framework; (4) a plurality of walls secured adjacent the framework; and (5) a door comprising an access opening and a hatch disposed adjacent the access opening to selectively prevent passage of a person through the access opening.

Abstract: A head unit system for controlling motion of an object includes a secondary object sensor, shear thickening fluid (STF), and a chamber configured to contain a portion of the STF. The chamber further includes a front channel and a back channel. The head unit system further includes a piston housed at least partially radially within the piston compartment and separating the back channel and the front channel. The piston includes a first piston bypass and a second piston bypasses to control flow of the STF between opposite sides of the piston. The chamber further includes a set of fluid manipulation emitters to control the flow of the STF to cause selection of one of a variety of shear rates for the STF within the chamber.

Abstract: A cartridge of an e-vaping device includes a housing extending in a longitudinal direction, a reservoir in the housing, a heater in the housing, and an absorbent material at least partially surrounding the sinusoidal shaped member. The reservoir is configured to store a pre-vapor formulation. The heater has a sinusoidal shaped member translating about an elliptical shape to define a channel there through. The absorbent material is in fluid communication with the reservoir.

Abstract: A spectacle eyewear device and methods for using a spectacle eyewear device to attenuate glare experienced by a person while driving a car during nighttime hours. The lenses of the spectacle eyewear device provide spatially non-uniform light attenuation using an optical filtering material that is gradiently disposed along an gradient axis oriented between 10 degrees to 30 degrees away from the vertical axis of the lenses. In some variations the average visible light transmittance in a first quadrant of the lenses is less than 30 percent and is greater than 70 percent in a second quadrant. In some variations the lenses comprise a selectively disposed blue-light reflective coating. In some variations the spectacle eyewear device is configured for use on urban city streets and freeways. In some variations the spectacle eyewear device is configured for use on country roads and two-lane highways.

Abstract: A reference buffer circuit for buffering a reference voltage is disclosed. The reference buffer circuit includes an input circuit that may generate a replica of the reference voltage. A feedback circuit may generate a charging current using a current mirror circuit and a bias current. A value of the charging current may be greater than a value of the bias current. The feedback circuit may provide a buffered version of the reference voltage at a reference node using the charging current and the replica voltage. An output stage circuit may sink a compensation current from the reference node.

Abstract: An electrical assembly for an AC network, including a first subcircuit electrically connected, in series, between first and second electrical points of connection. The first subcircuit includes a capacitor means, a first reactor means, and a second reactor means, in series with each other. A first switching means is electrically connected in parallel with the first reactor means. A second switching means is electrically connected in parallel with the second reactor means. A second subcircuit is electrically connected in parallel with the capacitor means, and includes a varistor means. A third subcircuit is electrically connected in parallel with the second subcircuit and includes a third reactor means and a third switching means. The first, second, and third switching means can be configured to providing a multifunctionality to the electrical assembly.

Abstract: A computing system is provided for risk management. The computing system includes processing circuitry configured to receive input of a control opportunity score, a numerical status score, and one or a plurality of risk impact values for a respective plurality of target objectives for a given risk, calculate a residual risk value for the given risk based on the control opportunity score and an inherent risk value, calculate a relative risk value for the given risk based on the residual risk value, the numerical status score, and the one or the plurality of risk impact values, generate a prompt including the relative risk value and a description of the given risk, input the prompt into a generative model to generate a recommendation for mitigating the given risk, and output the recommendation generated by the generative model.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for managing demand-response programs and events. The systems disclosed include an energy management system in operation with an intelligent, network-connected thermostat located at a structure. The thermostat controls an HVAC system to cool the structure using a demand response event implementation profile over the demand response event period. The thermostat can also receive a requested change to the setpoint temperatures defined by the demand response event implementation profile and access a determination of an impact on energy shifting that would result if the requested change is incorporated into the demand response event implementation profile. This determination can be communicated to the energy consumer.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing variables of a kiln are provided (e.g., to determine a kiln output product state of a kiln and to manage a mode of operation of the kiln apparatus or an associated subsystem based on the determined kiln output product state). Any suitable kiln model(s) may be trained and utilized in conjunction with any suitable kiln apparatus monitoring data that may be indicative of any suitable characteristic(s) of any suitable kiln apparatus(es) and/or any suitable kiln material monitoring data that may be indicative of any suitable characteristic(s) of any suitable kiln material(s) of the kiln apparatus(es) and/or any suitable external environment monitoring data that may be indicative of any suitable characteristic(s) of any suitable environment(s) external to the kiln apparatus(es) in order to predict or otherwise determine automatically a kiln output product state of a kiln in a particular environment.

Abstract: A method of assembling a modular space frame support system includes providing a first frame including at least four interconnection structures, at least four joists, and a plurality of interconnection structure brackets. The method further includes providing a second frame including at least four interconnection structures, a plurality of interconnection structure brackets, and at least one of four chords or four joists, each of the interconnection structure brackets coupled between a first end and a second end of a respective one of the interconnection structures. The method further includes providing at least one of a diagonal chord and a vertical support and coupling the at least one of the diagonal chord and the vertical support to at least one of the interconnection structure brackets of the first frame and at least one of the interconnection structure brackets of the second frame.

Abstract: This invention relates to compositions comprising 1,2-dichloro-1,2-difluoroethylene (i.e., CFO-1112) and an additional component. The compositions described herein may be useful, for example, in heat transfer applications.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-program product includes obtaining, via a graphical user interface: an input of a measured unit distribution derived from measurements, by a measuring device, of a plurality of instances of a physical unit; an input of characteristics of the measuring device used in the measurements of the plurality of instances of the physical unit; and an input of a type of distribution for fitting a set of measurement values of the physical unit to a target distribution; computing, via a unit distribution estimation algorithm, an estimated true unit distribution of the plurality of instances of the physical unit based on (a) the input of the measured unit distribution, (b) the input of the characteristics of the measuring device, and (c) the input of the type of distribution; and using quantitative characteristics of the estimated true unit distribution to mitigate binning classification error of the physical units.

Abstract: A capsule for an aerosol-generating device includes a housing. The housing includes an inner frame defining an opening. The housing defines at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet. The capsule also includes an aerosol-forming substrate at least partially within the opening, and a heater supported by the inner frame and extending across at least a portion of the opening. The at least one air inlet, the opening, and the at least one air outlet collectively form at least one airflow pathway through the capsule. The airflow pathway is longer than a thickness of the capsule.

Abstract: An example may include detecting, via a controller, one or more microphones and one or more speakers in an area, measuring, via the one or more microphones, an initial frequency response of an audio signal generated by the one or more speakers inside the area and generating an initial room performance rating, comparing the initial frequency response to a target frequency response, creating audio compensation values to apply to the one or more speakers based on the comparison, and applying the audio compensation values to the one or more speakers.

Abstract: Systems and methods for open-domain dialogue segmentation and state tracking are provided. In particular, a computing device may obtain and analyze a dialogue in near real-time, generate a structured prompt template for a state prediction model based on the dialogue, and generate a structured output using the state prediction model based on the structured prompt template. The structured output includes a turn summary and state labels for each dialogue turn.

Abstract: An exhaust system comprises an engine, a three-way catalytic converter including a first catalyst and a second catalyst, a tailpipe adjacent to the three-way catalytic converter, a first oxygen sensor disposed between the engine and the catalytic converter, a nitrogen oxides (NOx) sensor disposed in the three-way catalytic converter, and an engine control module (ECM) configured to obtain first oxygen sensor data from the first oxygen sensor, second oxygen sensor data from the NOx sensor, and NOx sensor data from the NOx sensor, the ECM being configured to perform catalyst health diagnostic operations and adjust one or more characteristics of the exhaust system based on at least the first oxygen sensor data, the second oxygen sensor data, and the NOx sensor data.

Abstract: A sink apparatus may include a central support member, a forward support member, and a rear support member. The central support member may include an upper engagement member to engage a sink faucet, and a lower engagement member to engage a main sink drain that is in fluid communication with an air conditioner drain line. The forward support member may include a forward engagement member to engage a sink overflow drain that is in fluid communication with the air conditioner drain line. The rear support member may include a rear engagement member to engage a rear wall of a sink. By using the sink apparatus to cover the main sink drain and the overflow sink drain, overflow or escape of debris from the air conditioner drain line through the main sink drain and the overflow sink drain is prevented when compressed air is applied to the air conditioner drain line.

Abstract: A system for use with a mandibular lingual repositioning device has a computing application implementable on a user's personal computing device in operative communication with a managing platform over a communication network. The computing application has a first module configured for entry of a user's biometrics, a second module configured for entry of a user's health/fitness goals, a third module configured for calculating a plurality of variables relative to the user's health/fitness goals. The plurality of variables includes carbohydrates daily intake, protein daily intake, fat daily intake, calories per day, calories per week, basal metabolic rate, ml/hr hydration loss during exercise, active metabolic rate, and a target calorie burn rate. The managing platform has a user interface configured for managing the data from the user's computing application, managing access to the user's computing application, and managing one or more algorithms executable by the third module of the computing application.