Abstract: A battery with passive fire suppression capabilities includes a housing, a battery cell stack disposed within an interior of the housing, and a fire suppression material disposed within the interior of the housing. The battery cell stack includes a plurality of battery cells, with each of the plurality of battery cells including a nonaqueous electrolyte. When the fire suppression material is exposed to the nonaqueous electrolyte, the fire suppression material is configured to retain the nonaqueous electrolyte within the interior of the housing.

Abstract: A disinfection light source comprises one or more disinfection light emitters and electronics conducting electric power to the disinfection light emitters to drive them to emit light. The electronics include a safety interlock circuit that includes: an ammeter measuring electric current flowing through the one or more disinfection light emitters; an analysis circuit analyzing the electric current measured by the ammeter; a timer circuit configured to run while the analysis circuit detects a high irradiation condition; and a switch to interrupt the conduction of the electric power to the one or more disinfection light emitters in response to the timer circuit running and reaching a delay interval of the timer circuit. The analysis circuit may comprise a comparator comparing the electric current measured by the ammeter with an electrical reference value, and the timer circuit then runs while the comparator indicates the electric current exceeds the electrical reference value.

Abstract: A system for providing resource material to a customer service representative [CSR], including a database storing a plurality of resources associated with one or more customer service contexts, a memory storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to analyze an on-going communication including a customer service request received from a customer; determine a context of the request based on the analysis and historical data associated with the customer determined to be associated with the communication, automatically identify, based on the context of the request, a resource in the database associated with the determined context; and display, via a user interface in real-time during the communication, the resource associated with the customer service request.

Abstract: A first wireless device receives, from a second wireless device, a first medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) requesting for an inter-UE coordination between the first wireless device and the second wireless device, wherein the first MAC CE indicates a start time and an end time of a selection window for a resource selection procedure of the second wireless device to select resources for one or more sidelink transmissions by the second wireless device. The first wireless device selects a preferred resource set or a non-preferred resource set during the selection window. The first wireless device transmits, to the second wireless device, a second MAC CE indicating the preferred resource set or the non-preferred resource set for the second wireless device to select resources for the one or more sidelink transmissions. The first wireless device receives the one or more sidelink transmissions.

Abstract: A valve assembly for use with an unmanned aerial vehicle is provided and includes an inlet tube, a shuttle, a base plate, a screw assembly, and a spacer block. The shuttle is partially disposed within the inlet tube and is configured to be placed in a first position where the shuttle abuts the inlet tube and a second position where the outer surface is disposed in spaced relation to the inlet tube. The base plate extends between a first end portion that defines a cavity therein and a second end portion. The screw assembly is disposed within the cavity of the base plate and is coupled to a portion of the shuttle. The spacer block is interposed between the second end portion of the inlet tube and the first end portion of the base plate and is configured to maintain the inlet tube and the base plate in spaced relation.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to macrocyclic urea compounds which are agonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the potential prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.

Abstract: A state change device may be electrically connected to a switched receptacle, or to both the switched and unswitched receptacles, of an outlet. The state change device may generate a change of state signal when power is applied to, or removed from, the switched receptacle. The state change device may wirelessly communicate the signal. The state change device may include a load control circuit that may be configured to control the amount of power delivered to an electrical load that is electrically connected to the state change device. The state change device may receive commands directed to the load control circuit. The state change device may be deployed in a load control system and may operate as a control entity, such that the state change device may issue commands to one or more load control devices, responsive to the application or removal of power at the switched receptacle.

Abstract: A method may include receiving, by an access and mobility management function (AMF) from a core network node, a request message. The request message may indicate a request for a notification of an altitude change of a wireless device and may also indicate a threshold for determining the altitude change. The method may also include sending, by the AMF to a base station, a location reporting request associated with altitude of the wireless device. The method may further include receiving, by the AMF, a location report associated with the altitude of the wireless device. The method may additionally include sending, by the AMF to the core network node, a report message notifying the altitude change of the wireless device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a necklace belt for a pet. More particularly, when a wearable sensor device for monitoring a bio-signal of the pet is coupled to the necklace belt for a pet and the necklace belt is worn around the pet, the necklace belt is easily and solidly bent according to a form of a body part of the pet, locked, not overturned on the body part of the pet, and not released even with repeated movements.

Abstract: An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a polymer matrix and one or more flavorants and/or active ingredients embedded in the polymer matrix. The polymer matrix can include a copolymer of ethylene and one or more vinyl monomers or zein. For example, the polymer can be ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and/or ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer. In some cases, the oral product can include tobacco and/or nicotine.

Abstract: A method of growing single crystal diamond assisted by polycrystalline diamond growth to enhance dimensions and quality of the single crystal diamond includes thermally mating a diamond seed on a top surface of a substrate holder providing a growth surface for a combination of single crystal diamond and polycrystalline diamond. A predetermined temperature difference between the diamond seed and the substrate holder during processing along with the plasma process conditions causes a single crystal diamond growth rate to be different from a polycrystalline growth rate by a predetermined amount. Process gasses are introduced, and a plasma is formed to grow both single crystal diamond and polycrystalline diamond on the growth surface so that the polycrystalline diamond grown adjacent to the single crystal diamond shields side surfaces of the growing single crystal diamond, thereby improving growth quality across the growing single crystal diamond.

Abstract: A system and method for workforce scheduling using dynamic capacity ranges are provided. A capacity model associates distances of locations within a service area from a depot with a series of appointment time windows such that appointment time windows having a relatively greater amount of available worker capacity are associated with a greater range of distances than appointment time windows having a relatively smaller amount of available worker capacity. After a distance from the depot to a location of an appointment to be scheduled is determined, appointment time window suggestions are automatically produced based on which appointment time windows as defined in the capacity model are associated with the location of the appointment to be scheduled. As capacity changes due to bookings, the capacity model is dynamically updated. A system and method for workforce routing, based at least in part on using dynamic capacity ranges, are also provided.

Abstract: In large networks, configuration changes made to the network may have effects the extent of which is not easily foreseen before the configuration change is implemented. For example, the deployment of a new filter to the routers of a network may have the effect of disconnecting a larger portion of the network than was expected, and the recognition and correcting of such unintended effects may occur after a sufficient delay that users of the network may be inconvenienced. As such, a system and method for predicting outcomes of network configuration changes are provided.

Abstract: A base station for reducing power consumption in a radio unit. The base station includes at least one processor configured to trigger at least one power reduction step for the radio unit based on at least one data metric for at least the base station dropping below a threshold. The at least one processor is further configured to reduce a number of frequency carriers that the radio unit wirelessly transmits on in response to the at least one power reduction step being triggered.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mounting assembly for hanging articles, for example, pictures, art, mirrors and the like. A receiver component attaches to a surface (e.g., a wall) and a hook component attached to an article (e.g., a picture frame). The receiver component includes a slot. The hook component includes a tab insertable in the slot. The receiver component attaches to the flat surface by use of adhesive material and/or fasteners. The receiver component may also include marks and a built-in level to allow for precise positioning of the receiver component. The hook component attaches to the article using fasteners in elongated slots thereby allowing precise positioning. Once the hook component is inserted into the receiver component, a user may further adjust the article's horizontal position and angle (e.g., level).

Abstract: A system and methodology for determining the frontal edge of knowledge of an individual in an efficient manner using a hierarchal knowledge data structure is provided. The process (implemented by the system and/or methods) include navigating the branches of the hierarchal knowledge data structure in a statistically efficient manner to assess or determine the knowledge status and skill set of each concept, and wherein less than all the concepts are tested in the hierarchal knowledge data structure.

Abstract: A server system is provided that includes one or more compute nodes that include at least one processor and a host memory device. The server system further includes a plurality of solid-state drive (SSD) devices, a local non-volatile memory express virtualization (LNV) device, and a non-transparent (NT) switch for a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) bus that interconnects the plurality of SSD devices and the LNV device to the at least one processor of each compute node. The LNV device is configured to virtualize hardware resources of the plurality of SSD devices. The plurality of SSD devices are configured to directly access data buffers of the host memory device. The NT switch is configured to hide the plurality of SSD devices such that the plurality of SSD devices are not visible to the at least one processor of each compute node.

Abstract: In some aspects, a diode can include: a substrate and semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, the semiconductor layer being disposed on the substrate and including a drift region; a shield region of a second conductivity type disposed in the semiconductor layer adjacent to the drift region; a first Schottky material disposed on at least a portion of the shield region and on a first portion of the drift region, the first Schottky material defining a first Schottky contact with an upper portion of the drift region; and a second Schottky material disposed on a second portion of the drift region, the second Schottky material being adjacent to the first Schottky material, the second Schottky material defining a second Schottky contact with the upper portion of the drift region, the first Schottky contact having a barrier height that is less than a barrier height of the second Schottky contact.