Abstract: A vented grooved foam liner cap system for attachment to a container, including a vented foam liner having a grooved distal side that can be actuated from an open state to a sealed state within a cap of a container by a sealing mechanism. A method of equilibrating pressure and sealing a container, by venting contents of a container through the vented grooved foam liner cap system attached to the container, and after the contents have cooled to a desired temperature, stopping venting, thereby providing pressure equilibration to the container, and sealing the container by activating a sealing mechanism in the vented grooved foam liner cap system.

Abstract: A method of forming a three-dimensional memory device includes forming a first-tier alternating stack of first insulating layers and first sacrificial material layers, forming first-tier memory openings, first-tier support openings, and first-tier moat trenches through the first alternating stack using a same etching step, forming a first dielectric moat structure in the first moat tier-trenches and first support pillar structures in the first-tier support openings during a same deposition step, forming memory stack structures in the first-tier memory openings, forming backside trenches through the first-tier alternating stack after forming the first dielectric moat structure, replacing portions of the first sacrificial material layers with first electrically conductive layers through the backside trenches, and forming at least one through-memory-level interconnection via structure through the first vertically alternating sequence of first insulating plates and first dielectric material plates surrounded by t

Abstract: Battery charge function may be in an LED driver which eliminates the duplication of line interface circuitry. A single line interface circuit provides the input power conversion for both the battery charge function and normal operation of the LED driver. During a loss of power, the LEDs may be controlled using power from the battery backup module.

Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for coding video data. Video data is received. One or more transform cores corresponding to a transform associated with the video data are identified. The one or more transform cores include one or more of a line graph transform (LGT) and a discrete cosine transform (DCT) The video data is decoded based on the identified transform core. The transform cores correspond to one or more from among an 8-bit transform core and a 10-bit transform core. The transform corresponds to one or more from among a 2-point transform, a 4-point transform, an 8-point transform, a 16-point transform, a 32-point transform, and a 64-point transform.

Abstract: A detonation system for a perforating gun assembly. The detonation system includes a tandem sub having a first end and a second opposing end. Each of the first and second ends is connected to a respective perforating gun. The tandem sub has an inner bore, and a switch housing residing within the inner bore. The tandem sub also has an addressable switch residing within the switch housing with the switch being configured to receive instruction signals from a surface by means of an electric line. The addressable switch is in communication with a signal transmission pin and a detonator pin. The detonator pin sends a detonation signal from the addressable switch to a detonator in an adjacent perforating gun. The wiring connections for the pins may be pre-assembled before the perforating guns are delivered to the field.

Abstract: An exemplary system, method, and computer-accessible medium for classifying data associated with an application performance management (“APM”) agent(s) deployed on a server(s), can include, for example, receiving first information related to data to be read by the APM agent(s) located at the server(s), generating second information by assigning a score to the first information using machine learning procedure(s), classifying the data based on the second information. A data plugin(s) associated with the data can be determined based on the classification. A determination can be made as to whether the data is labeled as a data type. The second information can be generated based on (i) a log(s) associated with the data, (ii) transaction data associated with the data, (iii) server metrics associated with the data, (iv) a time stamp(s) associated with the data, (v) infrastructure data associated with the data, (vi) domain knowledge, or (vii) environment knowledge.

Abstract: Techniques to suggest chemical compounds with a desired flavor profile or that can be used to recreate functional properties of a target chemical compound, using artificial intelligence, are disclosed. An artificial intelligence model is trained on source chemical compounds with known flavors. The artificial intelligence model learns relationships between the source chemical compounds and their known flavors and generates source chemical compound projected embeddings and true flavor projected embeddings. From either the source chemical compound projected embeddings or the true flavor projected embeddings, one or more chemical compounds for the identified target chemical compound or the identified desired flavor profile may be determined based on a similarity search.

Abstract: Implementations of a semiconductor device may include a semiconductor die including a first largest planar surface, a second largest planar surface and a thickness between the first largest planar surface and the second largest planar surface; and one of a permanent die support structure, a temporary die support structure, or any combination thereof coupled to one of the first largest planar surface, the second largest planar surface, the thickness, or any combination thereof where the semiconductor die may be coupled with one of a substrate, a leadframe, an interposer, a package, a bonding surface, or a mounting surface. The thickness may be between 0.1 microns and 125 microns.

Abstract: Provided is a switchable Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) illuminating device. The device may include a CCT switching unit, forming electrical connection with a drive power source, and a bulb shell, at least one filament being arranged inside the bulb shell, the filament including a substrate, and a first light-emitting unit group and a second light-emitting unit group arranged on the substrate and forming electrical connection with the CCT switching unit. Each of the first light-emitting unit group and the second light-emitting unit group comprises one or more light-emitting unit, the first light-emitting unit group and the second light-emitting unit group are connected in parallel and conducting directions thereof are opposite, and when one of the first light-emitting unit group and the second light-emitting unit group is in a positive ON status, the other is in a negative OFF status.

Abstract: A retractable entry/exit system for a boat that mounts below a swim platform or other similar boat structure. The system has a main frame, a linkage, a number of step assemblies and a single actuator. The actuator is configured to move the linkage to selectively extend or retract the step assemblies. When retracted, the system is folded into a compact arrangement under the mounting structure. When extended, the step assemblies extend beyond the mounting structure, where they can be used to conveniently enter and exit the boat or as a place to rest, lounge, sit or otherwise enjoy the water. The linkage may include a bell crank assembly with integral linkage arms, as well as a pair of supplemental linkage arms. The linkage arms may be disposed toward opposite sides of the system and may be operatively coupled to step brackets that support opposite ends of each step assembly.

Abstract: An automatic roll change system for a stretch wrapping machine may include multiple mechanically-actuated load stations capable of being actuated by a common actuator assembly, as well as pivotable support members for use in positioning packaging material in a tortuous path for loading into a packaging material dispenser.

Abstract: A product includes a nanostructure having a core and a shell. The core has a coercive field of at least 3 kOe and the shell has a saturation magnetization of at least 50 emu per gram. A product includes a nanostructure having a core and a shell. The shell has a coercive field of at least 3 kOe and the core has a saturation magnetization of at least 50 emu per gram. A method includes forming core/shell nanostructures and forming millimeter wave absorbers including the core/shell nanostructures and a support structure.

Abstract: A computing device is provided, including memory storing a cost function of a plurality of variables. The computing device may further include a processor configured to, for a stochastic simulation algorithm, compute a control parameter upper bound. The processor may compute a control parameter lower bound. The processor may compute a plurality of intermediate control parameter values within a control parameter range between the control parameter lower bound and the control parameter upper bound. The processor may compute an estimated minimum or an estimated maximum of the cost function using the stochastic simulation algorithm with the control parameter upper bound, the control parameter lower bound, and the plurality of intermediate control parameter values. A plurality of copies of the cost function may be simulated with a respective plurality of seed values.

Abstract: A system and method include scanning a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device through a range of orientations corresponding to a scanning zone while emitting light pulses from the LIDAR device. The method also includes receiving returning light pulses corresponding to the light pulses emitted from the LIDAR device and determining initial point cloud data based on time delays between emitting the light pulses and receiving the corresponding returning light pulses and the orientations of the LIDAR device. The initial point cloud data has an initial angular resolution. The method includes identifying, based on the initial point cloud data, a reflective feature in the scanning zone and determining an enhancement region and an enhanced angular resolution for a subsequent scan to provide a higher spatial resolution in at least a portion of subsequent point cloud data from the subsequent scan corresponding to the reflective feature.

Abstract: A wheel end component monitoring system includes at least one wheel end component and an aggregator system operably connected to the at least one wheel end component. The wheel end component includes a component body and a sensor assembly configured to detect an input associated with the component body, output sensor data representative of the detected input, and transmit the sensor data. The aggregator system is configured to receive position information for the wheel end component from a user interface, receive identification information for the wheel end component from the wheel end component, associate the position information with the identification information for the wheel end component, receive the sensor data from the wheel end component, associate the sensor data with the position information for the wheel end component, and output the sensor data together with the associated position information for the wheel end component.

Abstract: A new device executing an application on a new central processing unit (CPU), determines whether the application is for a legacy device having a legacy CPU. When the new device determines that the application is for the legacy device, it executes the application on the new CPU with selected available resources of the new device restricted to approximate or match a processing behavior of the legacy CPU.

Abstract: A modular electroencephalograph (EEG) system comprises a carrier board comprising one or more electrode connectors, one or more power supplies, and one or more analog-to-digital converter (ADC) modules. Each of the ADC modules comprises multiple input channels, input signal routing, at least one instrumentation power supply, configuration switches for the at least one instrumentation power supply and the input signal routing, an ADC, a programmable gain amplifier, and an ADC communications bus. Each of the one or more ADC modules electrically connects to one of the one or more electrode connectors and one of the one or more power supplies of the carrier board. An embedded computer is configured to run a real time operating system (RTOS), wherein each ADC communications bus of the one or more ADC modules is electrically connected to the embedded computer via a serial interface.

Abstract: A connector assembly comprising a shielding shell, a heat dissipating module and a clip. The shielding shell comprises a top wall and two side walls. The heat dissipating module comprises a thermal conducting plate which is provided to a top wall of the shielding shell. Side edges of the thermal conducting plate comprise rearward stopped portions toward the rear. The clip comprises an elastic pressing portion which presses against a top surface of the thermal conducting plate and outer side plates which are assembled to the corresponding side walls of the shielding shell. The outer side plate comprises a rearward displace limiting portion. The rearward displace limiting portion cooperates with the corresponding rearward stopped portion of the thermal conducting plate so as to limit relative displacement of the thermal conducting plate relative to the shielding shell toward the rear. Therefore, it may prevent the thermal conducting plate from disengaging.

Abstract: An audio system comprises an array of transparent piezoelectric transducers on a transparent surface. Each transparent piezoelectric transducer includes one or more piezoelectric layers and one or more conductive layers that are substantially transparent to visible light. A transparent piezoelectric transducer may include, e.g., a first conductive layer, a first piezoelectric layer on the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer on the first piezoelectric layer. Or in another example, the transparent piezoelectric transducer includes many (e.g., 20-30) piezoelectric layers and many (e.g., 20-30) conductive layers.

Abstract: The invention discloses a light up buckle for use with a dog collar. This buckle design comprises a Plastic Computer Board (PCB) which incorporates LED's, a mini-USB port, a switch and a rechargeable battery. The lithium-ion battery is housed within the buckle assembly and is protected from water by means of rubber seals when the buckle is in the closed or locked position. The main components are molded from translucent plastic, to allow the LED's to illuminate the assembly when switched on. There are multiple settings for the LED's to allow for a steady illumination or various flashing/pulsing settings. The buckle is intended for illumination at night to aid the visibility of an owner's canine that wears the buckle on the collar. The buckle can be fitted onto a collar strap or body harness and so has multiple uses and applications. The buckle design is rounded and has smooth edges to ensure no discomfort is experienced by the canine.