Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a method of refueling an electric watercraft. The method may include detecting, by one or more sensors, an unlock signal as a function of unlocking a first battery pack from a first receiver, receiving, by a computing device, the unlock signal, and disabling, by the computing device, the first battery pack and a second battery pack simultaneously, in response to receiving the unlock signal. Disabling the first battery pack and the second battery pack may further include disabling the first battery pack using a first contactor and the second battery pack using a second contactor. Aspects of the present disclosure may also be direct to a system for refueling an electric watercraft.

Abstract: This disclosure details thermal management systems with two or more cooling loops for thermally managing multiple components of an electrified vehicle. An exemplary thermal management system may include a deaeration device that is fluidly connected to two or more cooling loops (e.g., a traction battery pack loop, a power electronics loop, etc.). The deaeration device is configured to allow for deaeration of the two or more cooling loops while reducing coolant transfer and heat transfer between the two or more cooling loops.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for enabling beta testing of new features within a native application. In one embodiment, a native application executed by a client device may include executable instructions that are activated and executed only upon indication of a user belonging to a beta test group. The client device may receive a signal from a service or content provider that includes test group information indicating whether a user is a member of a test group. The client device may process the received signal to determine whether the user is a member of a test group and, if so, activates and executes certain instructions received as part of the native application that define a user interface enabling access to additional functionality unavailable to a user determined not to be a member of a test group.

Abstract: A crop ramp for use in a combine header is provided. The crop ramp includes a flat section, a curved section, and a flange. The flat section facilitates coupling the crop ramp to a cutterbar of the combine header. The curved section extends from the flat section. The curved section is configured to facilitate transfer of crop to a belt system of the combine header. The crop is transferred in a first direction defined from the flat section to the curved section. The flange extends from the curved section. The flange is configured to hover above the belt system of the combine header to prevent dirt from flowing in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a part includes melting, rapidly solidifying and consolidating pre-alloyed powders using an additive manufacturing process. The method provides a finished part with a microstructure with at least one non-equilibrium phase. The pre-alloyed powders can be powders of aluminum alloyed with iron and molybdenum, and the additive manufacturing process forms a near-net shaped part that can be finished with techniques such as machining, polishing and drilling, among others. The additive manufacturing process can be a laser melting technique such as selective laser melting or laser metal deposition and an average dendrite arm spacing of the rapidly solidified and consolidate pre-alloyed powders is less than 1.0 ?m. Finished parts formed from the aluminum alloy powders alloyed with iron and molybdenum exhibit enhanced strength at elevated temperatures such as an ultimate tensile strength greater than 400 MPa at 300° C. and greater than 350 MPa at 350° C.

Abstract: A method of forming a stamped part includes forming a tailor welded blank by friction stir welding (FSW) a first blank to a second blank, removing a FSW start spot and a FSW stop spot from the tailor welded blank using a machining process such that a finished tailor welded blank is formed and stamping the finished tailor welded blank into the stamped part such that a weld formed by FSW the first blank to the second blank is plastically deformed. The first blank and the second blank can be aluminum alloy blanks and a predetermined amount of material is machined from the FSW start spot and the FSW stop spot, the predetermined amount of material being equal to or greater than a thickness of the first blank and the second blank.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for engineering bacteria to produce sialylated and N-acetylglucosamine-containing oligosaccharides, and the use thereof in the prevention or treatment of infection.

Abstract: Disclosed are processes for producing cultured dairy products, such as yogurt, that are shelf-stable without refrigeration. Such processes can include contacting a milk base having from 0.5 to 1.9 wt. % milk sugar with a lactic acid bacteria culture and aseptically packaging in a container, followed by storage under conditions suitable to result in a pH of less than 4.7.

Abstract: The inventive technology comprises a novel thermal indicator system that incorporates one or more thermogenic compounds that may be applied to a gun component and indicate the temperature of a gun component during and after use. This novel thermal indicator system may indicate the temperature at which the gun component will cause burns, is unsafe to store, or if a pre-determined threshold temperature has been reached resulting in a loss of firing accuracy, as well as imminent, or actual component failure.

Abstract: An enclosure assembly includes a pan that includes at least one shaft opening. A shroud at least partially surrounds the pan. The shroud extends transversely relative to the pan. A skirt surrounds a perimeter of the shroud and is moveable relative to the shroud.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for regulating application of an emergency brake configured to minimize jerk for riders' comfort while assuring safe application of the emergency brake.

Abstract: A power generation system includes one or more micro-turbine electric generators (“MTEGs”). The MTEGs include a housing having an inlet for receiving pressurized gas and an outlet for releasing expanded gas. The MTEGs also include a rotor, a user-replaceable nozzle for directing pressurized gas over blades of the rotor, and a stator for generating alternating current (“AC”) responsive to rotation of the rotor. The power generation system also includes a programmable logic controller (“PLC”) coupled to the MTEGs that operates flow control valves (“FCVs”) coupled to the MTEGs to modulate the flow of gas to the MTEGs to generate output power suitable to support an electrical load. The system also includes power conversion circuitry configured to convert AC generated by the MTEGs to direct current (“DC”) and to provide the DC to an electrical load. The system also includes a skid for mounting multiple and MTEGs and FCVs.

Abstract: A method and system for operating a vehicle that includes an integrated starter/generator and a driveline disconnect clutch is described. In one example, the method estimates engine torque as a function of engine temperature during cold engine starts so that if an estimate of engine torque is in error, the integrated starter/generator may still successfully start the engine.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may access an image to be displayed on a display. The system may perform compensation operations on the display to compensate for degradation effects of the display. The system may determine a change in an electric signal level associated with one or more light-emitting elements of the display. The change may be caused by the compensation operations. The system may determine a wavelength shift of the light-emitting elements of the display. The wavelength shift may be caused by the change of the electric signal level. The system may adjust values of RGB color components of the pixel values of the image based on the wavelength shift of the light-emitting elements of the display. The system may output the pixel values with the adjusted values of the RGB color components to the display.

Abstract: A method of sampling output audio samples includes, during a packet loss concealment event, obtaining a sequence of previous output audio samples. At each time step during the event, the method includes generating a probability distribution over possible output audio samples for the time step. Each sample includes a respective probability indicating a likelihood that the corresponding sample represents a portion of an utterance at the time step. The method also includes determining a temperature sampling value based on a function of a number of time steps that precedes the time step, and an initial, a minimum, and a maximum temperature sampling value. The method also includes applying the temperature sampling value to the probability distribution to adjust a probability of selecting possible samples and randomly selecting one of the possible samples based on the adjusted probability. The method also includes generating synthesized speech using the randomly selected sample.

Abstract: A method includes identifying route data including a threshold arrival time for a route for an autonomous vehicle (AV) and calculating, based on the route data and a fuel-efficient speed value for each segment of the route, an estimated arrival time. Responsive to the estimated arrival time not meeting the threshold arrival time, the method includes identifying at least a subset of segments that each represent a candidate for speed increase, computing, for each segment in the subset and based on the fuel economy data, a correlation metric that indicates a correlation between a change in fuel economy and a change in speed for a corresponding segment in the subset, and increasing, for at least one segment from the subset and based on a respective correlation metric, a fuel-efficient speed value of the corresponding segment from the subset to provide a speed profile reflecting the increased fuel-efficient speed value.

Abstract: A system, including an optical imaging assembly configured to image a sample at an object plane to an image plane; an image sensor arranged at the image plane and configured to capture images of the sample for a field of view of the system; a light source configured to emit light having a wavelength, ?; a spatial light modulator (SLM) arranged to receive the light emitted from the light source and to provide a spatially modulated light pattern; one or more optical elements arranged to receive the spatially modulated light pattern from the SLM and to direct the spatially modulated light pattern to the image plane; and an electronic controller in communication with the image sensor and the spatial light modulator, the electronic controller being programmed to identify one or more targets in the field of view of the optical imaging assembly and to control the spatial light modulator to selectively direct light from the light source to the one or more targets identified by the electronic controller.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for optimizing histogram cumulative distribution function curves. In use, a first cumulative distribution function for a first histogram of a first pixel region of a first image is computed, and a first set of parameters for the first cumulative distribution function is extracted. A second cumulative distribution function for a second histogram of a second pixel region of the first image is computed, and a second set of parameters for the second cumulative distribution function is extracted. An interpolated cumulative distribution function comprising interpolated parameters calculated by interpolating between the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters is created. Additionally, a first equalized pixel in a second image based on a first input pixel in the first image and the interpolated cumulative distribution function is generated.

Abstract: A total-use dispenser for dispensing a fluid product therefrom. A total-use dispenser may have a body forming an enclosure having both a top opening and a bottom outlet and a tapering portion that tapers down toward the bottom outlet and a pump configured in the top opening to dispense the fluid product from the dispenser. The pump may be configured in the top opening to pump air into the rigid body to force fluid product therefrom. The fluid product may be dispensed from a bottom outlet or from a spout coupled with a spout conduit that extends into the squeezable body of the total-use dispenser. The total-use dispenser enables substantially all the fluid product to be dispensed from the enclosure, such as at least 90% by weight, at least 97% by weight and most preferably 99% or more by weight.

Abstract: Described embodiments provide a crimp connector with hooks to hold a flat flexible cable (FFC). The crimp connector includes a bottom body and multiple hooks protruding outward from and coupled to the bottom body to hold the FFC. The crimp connector also includes a top clasp hingably mounted to the bottom body having multiple barbs internally mounted therein. Each of the barbs correspond with an uninsulated flat conductor of the FFC. In response to the top clasp engaging with the bottom body such that a slotted wedge of the top clasp presses the corresponding one of the first and second uninsulated flat conductors against the corresponding barbs, the crimp connector makes an electrical connection between each of the barbs and the corresponding one of first and second uninsulated flat conductors.