Abstract: A micro puree machine including a housing, a power shaft, a bowl assembly and a platform. The power shaft extends from the housing. The bowl assembly including at least one locking bowl element. The platform includes at least one complementary locking platform element that is configured to engage the at least one locking bowl element such that rotation of the bowl assembly relative to the platform is prevented at times the bowl assembly is positioned thereon. The platform is rotatable from a first position to a second position relative to the housing such that the platform raises the bowl assembly towards the power shaft during the rotation of the bowl assembly and platform. The raising of the bowl assembly facilitates connection between the power shaft and a blade assembly that is positioned in a lid assembly on the bowl assembly.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to targeted delivery of a cold slurry underneath a patient's skin to improve the cosmetic appearance of the skin. The “target” tissue can be muscle tissue that when cooled cannot contract and cause wrinkles/lines in the skin to appear. The target tissue can also be adipose tissue that causes overlying tissue to sag and form wrinkles/lines. The cold slurry induces apoptosis, and reduces the size of the tissue, and causes the connective tissue supporting the skin to thicken and tighten, thereby reducing wrinkles/lines. Skin can also be tightened with cold slurry injected into the dermis layer of the skin or within the layers of the oral mucosa making a cold slurry treatment ideal for reducing the appearance of baggy skin after a patient loses weight and or for treating obstructive sleep apnea. Cold slurry can also be used to treat cellulite and acne.

Abstract: Methods and systems for generating a recovery scheduling solution in response to a scheduling disruption are disclosed.

Abstract: A robotic surgical tool includes an elongate shaft, an end effector arranged at a distal end of the shaft and including opposing first and second jaws, and an articulable wrist that interposes the end effector and the distal end, the wrist including a linkage providing one or more lateral arms receivable within a corresponding one or more grooves defined in the first and second jaws, wherein mounting the linkage to the first and second jaws at the corresponding one or more groove generates a jaw pivot where the first and second jaws pivot between open and closed positions.

Abstract: This invention relates to a treatment method and apparatus directed to improving water quality, increasing net energy production, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions without employing bioreactor processing for waters containing suspended organic solids, PPCPs, PFAS, negative colloids, heavy metals, phosphates, nitrates, carbonates, silicates, chlorides and sodium ions. It employs SO2, sulfites and bisulfites to self-agglomerate suspended organic solids with sorbed PFAS and PPCPs, and acid leach heavy metals into solution. Subsequent liming filtration separates of metal hydroxides and insoluble calcium salts while chemically conditioning the separated organic solids for gasification or burning. The second filtrate is then exposed to ultra violet light for pathogen disinfection, and exciting sulfites to remove nitrates, and degrade PFAS and PPCPs to form a disinfected metal free salt balanced reclaimed wastewater with reduced PFAS, PPCPs, pathogens and negligible nitrogen and phosphorous.

Abstract: An engine assembly includes a small air-cooled engine and a dry sump lubrication system including an external oil reservoir, wherein the dry sump lubrication system has an overall oil capacity that provides at least five hundred hours of engine oil life.

Abstract: A method of task-adaptive pre-processing (TAPP) for neural image compression is performed by at least one processor and includes generating a substitutional image, based on an input image, using a TAPP neural network, and encoding the generated substitutional image to generate a compressed representation, using a first neural network.

Abstract: Mechanisms that facilitate location and alignment of grow towers for one or more processing operations. In one implementation, the alignment mechanism comprises a track including an alignment feature and one or more engagement actuators. The alignment feature is configured to engage features of a track-contacting face of a grow tower. The engagement actuators press the grow tower against the track, causing the alignment feature to engage the grow tower and align it along the track to facilitate processing operations.

Abstract: A method of determining reactivity of a nuclear reactor by a reactivity computer may include receiving a neutron detector response for a discrete period of time, performing a statistical check on the neutron detector response, determining if the neutron detector response is acceptable based on the statistical check, and calculating reactivity using a prior delayed neutron concentration if the neutron detector response is not acceptable and using a newly calculated delayed neutron concentration if the neutron detector response is acceptable.

Abstract: A capsule for an aerosol-generating device may include a housing defining inlet openings, outlet openings, and a chamber between the inlet openings and the outlet openings. The chamber may have a longest dimension extending from at least one of the inlet openings to a corresponding one of the outlet openings. An aerosol-forming substrate may be disposed within the chamber of the housing. A heater may extend into the housing from an exterior thereof. The heater includes a first end section, an intermediate section, and a second end section. The intermediate section may be disposed within the aerosol-forming substrate in the chamber. An aerosol-generating device may include the capsule, a mouthpiece, and a device body, wherein the mouthpiece is configured to engage with the capsule, and the device body is configured to receive and retain the capsule and the mouthpiece.

Abstract: A concentrate vapor delivery system places a viscous concentrate at an optimal location for vaporization while simultaneously protecting the heating elements that enable vaporization from damage. Concentrate is positioned proximate to the heating source on a delivery apparatus whereby heat from the heating source liquefies the concentrate. Upon liquification the concentrate flows along the delivery device toward the heating source and into an environment of higher temperature, eventually vaporizing thereby releasing the desired vapor effect.

Abstract: A seating assembly includes a seatback frame movable between a reclined position, an upright position, and a folded position and having opposing sides defining a central space. Each opposing side includes a non-linear front edge and a non-linear rear edge. A pivot assembly includes a first plate pivotally coupled with the seatback frame. The first plate includes a forward stop. A second plate is pivotally coupled with the first plate and is fixedly coupled with a seat base frame. The second plate includes a post configured to selectively contact the forward stop. A panel is configured to be coupled with the seatback frame to cover the central space and form a planar surface along the seatback frame. The panel includes upper retention hooks and side retention hooks configured to be engaged with the seatback frame.

Abstract: A closed wall hold down system is provided including at least one closed wall panel, at least one first tie rod, at least one second tie rod, at least one coupler nut, and at least one ratcheting take-up device. The at least one closed wall panel includes a bottom plate and a top plate. The at least one first tie rod projects through the bottom plate. The at least one coupler nut is coupled to the at least one first tie rod and to a first end of the at least one second tie rod. A second end of the at least one second tie rod extends through the top plate. The at least one ratcheting take-up device engages the second end of the at least one second tie rod. A method of installing the closed wall hold down system is also provided.

Abstract: A robotic surgical tool includes an elongate shaft, an end effector arranged at a distal end of the shaft and including a first jaw providing a first jaw extension and a second jaw providing a second jaw extension, and an articulable wrist that interposes the end effector and the distal end, the wrist including an articulation joint rotatable about a first pivot axis, and first and second pulleys rotatably mounted to the articulation joint at a second pivot axis perpendicular to the first pivot axis, the first pulley interposing the first jaw extension and a first joint portion of the articulation joint, and the second pulley interposing the second jaw extension and a second joint portion of the articulation joint. Joining the first and second joint portions secures the first and second pulleys within the wrist.

Abstract: A method for operating an acetylene hydrogenation unit in an integrated steam cracking-fluidized catalytic dehydrogenation (FCDh) system may include separating a cracked gas from a steam cracking system and an FCDh effluent from an FCDh system into a hydrogenation feed and an acetylene-depleted stream, the hydrogenation feed comprising at least hydrogen, CO, and acetylene. During normal operating conditions, at least 20% of the CO in the hydrogenation feed is from the cracked gas. The method may include contacting the hydrogenation feed with an acetylene hydrogenation catalyst to hydrogenate at least a portion of the acetylene in the hydrogenation feed to produce a hydrogenated effluent. The steam cracking is operated under conditions that increase CO production such that a concentration of CO in the cracked gas is great enough that when a flowrate of the FCDh effluent is zero, a CO concentration in the hydrogenation feed is at least 100 ppmv.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a valve of a tool for use downhole includes changing a flow characteristic of the valve. A load is applied to a first nozzle secured in a housing of the valve via a first release member, wherein a magnitude of the load is greater than a release threshold of the first release member, to release the first release member. The first nozzle is removed from the housing, and a second nozzle is secured in the housing via a second release member.

Abstract: A tonneau cover for a bed of a truck is provided. The tonneau cover includes several improvements including but not limited to a bulkhead panel that is secured to the truck. A first cover panel section pivotably attached to the bulkhead panel. A first intermediate panel section pivotably attached to the first cover panel section and a second panel section. A second intermediate panel section pivotably attached to the second cover panel section and a third panel section. The first cover panel section, the second cover panel section, and the third cover panel section fold to form a stack of cover panel sections which is pivoted upright onto the bulkhead panel which supports the stack of cover panel sections in an upright position. The second intermediate panel section sets upon the bulkhead panel when the stack of cover panel sections is pivoted upright onto the bulkhead panel.

Abstract: Load balancing may include: receiving I/O workloads of storage server entities that service I/O operations received for logical devices, wherein each logical device has an owner that is one of the storage server entities that processes I/O operations directed to the logical device; determining normalized I/O workloads corresponding to the I/O workloads of the storage server entities; determining, in accordance with utilization criteria, imbalance criteria and the normalized I/O workloads, whether to rebalance the I/O workloads of the storage server entities; and responsive to determining to rebalance the I/O workloads of the storage server entities, performing processing to alleviate a detected I/O workload imbalance between two storage server entities. The processing may include moving logical device from a first storage server entity to a second storage server entity; and transferring ownership of the logical device from the first to the second storage server entity.

Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag applicator including a spool system for holding and guiding a tape including a plurality of RFID tags from a first spool to a second spool, an RFID programmer coupled to spool system to send a programming signal to each of the tags passing from the first spool to the second spool, an RFID reader coupled to the spool system for reading a return signal from a programmed RFID tag in order to reject or accept the programmed tag, and an applicator member operatively coupled to the RFID reader to cause an RFID tag to peel away from the tape onto a passing substrate if the RFID tag is accepted by the RFID reader or pass to the second spool if rejected.

Abstract: Methods of inhibiting expansion of cerebral contusion, inhibiting secondary hemorrhage and capillary fragmentation in the brain, reducing pericontusional edema and hemorrhage size in the brain, decreasing water content in a CNS tissue, inhibiting disruption of the blood-brain barrier, inhibiting CNS contusion progression and improving post-contusion motor function, inhibiting microvascular impairment caused by endothelial cell swelling and fragmentation, inhibiting extravasation of blood into the brain parenchyma of a subject, inhibiting endothelial cell breakdown in a brain tissue, inhibiting extravasation of endovascular fluids into the brain's interstitium, decreasing vasogenic edema as measured by T2 flair magnetic resonance imaging, and decreasing matrix metalloprotease concentration in a CNS tissue, by administering a SUR1-TRPM4 channel inhibitor alone or in combination with one or more drugs or agents.