Abstract: A cutting system for a header of an agricultural machine includes a knife guard having a plurality of guards that are spaced apart by a guard pitch, and a knife section that is configured to move with respect to the knife guard for cutting crop material. The knife section includes a plurality of knives that are spaced apart by a knife pitch. The guard pitch is neither equal to nor is a whole number multiple of the knife pitch.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preventing or reducing low speed pre-ignition in an engine lubricated with a formulated oil. The formulated oil has a composition comprising at least one oil soluble or oil dispersible cobalt-containing compound.

Abstract: A method comprising: receiving, by a first storage node, an instruction to designate a first device file as the first storage node's primary device file for accessing a storage device designating, by the first storage node, the first device file as the first storage node's primary device file for accessing the storage device, the first device file being designated as the first storage node's primary device file for accessing the storage device in response to the first instruction; receiving, at the first storage node, an I/O command that is associated with the storage device; making a first attempt to complete the I/O command by using the first device file, detecting, by the first storage node, an error that is generated in response to the first attempt; designating, by the first storage node, a second device file as the first storage node's primary device file for accessing the storage device.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine and a transmission having an input shaft operably coupled to the engine, an output shaft operably coupled to wheels of the vehicle, a primary pump, and a secondary pump. The primary and secondary pumps are each configured to supply pressurized fluid to a valve body of the transmission. A controller is programmed to, in response to a loss of pressure of the primary pump and a speed of the output shaft exceeding a first threshold, shift the transmission to a neutral state, energize the secondary pump once the transmission is in the neutral state, and command the engine to idle speed.

Abstract: One example method includes determining a fall through threshold value for a cache, computing a length ‘s’ of a sequence that is close to LRU eviction, and the length ‘s’ is computed when a current fall through metric value is greater than the fall through threshold value, when the sequence length ‘s’ is greater than a predetermined threshold length ‘k,’ performing a first shift of an LRU position to define a protected queue of the cache, initializing a counter with a value of ‘r’, decrementing the counter each time a requested page is determined to be included in the protected queue, until ‘r’=0, and performing a second shift of the LRU position.

Abstract: A method for automatically controlling a height of a harvesting implement of an agricultural vehicle relative to a ground surface includes receiving height data from a plurality of height sensors spaced apart relative to the harvesting implement with a known spatial relationship and analyzing the height data in combination with position data associated with the known spatial relationship of the plurality of height sensors to establish a correlation between the height data and the position data. In addition, the method includes determining at least one control output for controlling an operation of a height cylinder and a tilt cylinder provided in operative association with the harvesting implement based on the established correlation, and controlling the operation of the height cylinder and/or the tilt cylinder based on the control output(s) to adjust the vertical positioning and/or the lateral tilt of the harvesting implement relative to the ground surface.

Abstract: A threshing and separating system for an agricultural harvester includes a concave having a plurality of perforations; a rotor having an outer surface and at least partially enclosed by the concave; and a plurality of rasp bars connected to the outer surface of the rotor, each rasp bar having a working surface defining a working angle relative to a tangent of the outer surface. At least one of the rasp bars is an adjustable rasp bar with an adjustable working surface pivotably coupled to the rotor. The system further includes an actuator coupled to the adjustable rasp bar and configured to selectively pivot the adjustable working surface to adjust the working angle of the adjustable rasp bar.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adaptive scan control. In one embodiment, a method for a computing device communicatively coupled to an imaging system includes, selecting a scan protocol, displaying an adaptive scan protocol graphical user interface (GUI) on a display device coupled to the computing device, adjusting one or more parameters of the scan protocol in response to user input to the adaptive scan protocol GUI, updating a visual representation of the scan protocol displayed via the adaptive scan protocol GUI in correspondence to the adjustment of the one or more parameters of the scan protocol, and storing the adjusted scan protocol in memory of the computing device.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to the treatment of diseases or conditions characterized by the buildup of fatty tissue, or hyperphagia, such as Prader-Willi syndrome, obesity, metabolic syndrome, type II diabetes, etc. A composition containing a monoclonal antibody directed against gastric inhibitory polypeptide is administered. This results in a reduced rate of weight gain, weight loss, and/or reduction in fatty tissue, and a marked decrease in lipid synthesis and accumulation.

Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01077012. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01077012. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01077012 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01077012 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: A portable structure has a main body and a plurality of telescopic beams. The main body includes a plurality of stacking modules. The plurality of stacking modules are configured to move between a collapsed position and an uncollapsed position. Each of the plurality of stacking modules has an inner surface and an outer surface. The plurality of stacking modules include a bottom stacking module and a top stacking module. The bottom stacking module is selectively and slidably disposed within the top stacking module. The top stacking module has a plurality of holes formed therethrough. The bottom stacking module is nested within the top stacking module, where the plurality of stacking modules are in the collapsed position. The bottom stacking module is unnested from the top stacking module, where the plurality of stacking modules are in the uncollapsed position.

Abstract: Embodiments can provide a wearable device for nicotine cessation behavioral support, comprising a top surface; a first surface; a second surface; an underside surface; a communication device; one or more buttons; an internal storage medium; and a power supply; wherein the one or more buttons are configured to log a NRT use event to the internal storage medium when depressed and subsequently released within a predetermined timeframe; wherein the one or more buttons are configured to log a tobacco use event to the internal storage medium when depressed and released at a time longer than the predetermined timeframe; wherein the one or more buttons, when depressed, are configured to log a craving event to the internal storage medium, wherein an intensity of the craving event is determined by a time duration between depression and release of the one or more buttons.

Abstract: Protective display cases for collectibles, such as trading cards, rare coins and comic books. Such collectibles are often graded to increase their value, where the collectible is labelled and contained within a sleeve (i.e., a clear plastic sleeve). The protective display case includes a first compartment sized and shaped to receive and at least partially enclose the collectible and a first portion of the sleeve holding the collectible without obscuring visibility of the collectible, a second compartment adjoining the first compartment and sized and shaped to receive and at least partially enclose the label and a second portion of the sleeve holding the label without obscuring visibility of the label, a first end proximate the first compartment; and a second end proximate the second compartment, opposite the first end.

Abstract: Methods and apparati for securely transferring application storage keys in an application in a trusted computing environment, when the trusted computing base is modified. In an apparatus embodiment of the present invention, a computing device comprises: a protected partition in which an application can execute without attack from outside a trusted computing base of the partition; and a storage key derivation module which provides a first storage key to said application, where the value of the first storage key is derived from a computation dependent upon a first version of the trusted computing base that is launched on the platform.

Abstract: Systems and methods for starting an engine that is incorporated into a hybrid vehicle driveline are described. In one example, a torque converter clutch is fully opened if a threshold amount has transpired after a request for torque converter clutch slip is requested but not delivered. Further, the torque converter clutch may be fully opened if a commanded torque converter clutch torque capacity is less than a threshold torque capacity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coherent detection array and methods of multiplexing for signal readout of the coherent detection array. The coherent detection array may be implemented on a photonic integrated circuit (PIC). It may comprise a plurality of coherent detection units coupling with connecting waveguides and electrical conducting paths, wherein the electrical conducting paths may manifest as readout channels for multiplexing electrical signals. The detection units may be configured to include free-space-to-waveguide couplers, optical couplers, and photodetectors. The coherent detection array enables multiplexing methods that may leverage extra degrees of freedom of the coherent detection array. These methods may include those enabled by the local oscillator and those related to the properties and responses of the components of the PIC-based detection array.

Abstract: Implementations are provided herein for encoding and transmitting streaming data from a client application to a server for storage without prior knowledge of the size of the streaming data. A header can be sent that includes a batch size chunk size. Raw streaming data can be packaged into the chunk. Chunks can be packaged and sent at any time prior to filling up with streaming data, by padding the chunk and including a footer that delineates the amount of raw stream data in the chunk. Chunks that are full can have a footer that delineates the entire chunk is raw stream data. It can be appreciated that you do not need to buffer data on the client side as chunks do not need to be full to send. Latency on processing streaming data can also be reduced by limited or eliminated buffering.