Abstract: A multi-functional hand-held apparatus comprising a housing and a brush to be used jointly for bathing a person, wherein the housing comprising a chamber or a container capable of holding and squirting water or a fluid through tubes or one or more pores toward a person's hair with a directional orientation toward a back of a person's head and away from a person's face. The multi-functional hand-held apparatus comprising a series of combs or the one or more bristles for rinsing hair and pulling water or the fluid and shampoo or bubbles through the person's hair. Further provided are methods for squirting fluid, such as water, with a directional orientation onto a person's head and removing soap, foam, bubbles or excess water with a brush including one or more bristles that may be curved to conform with a person's head.

Abstract: A composite material for use, for example, as an orthopedic implant, that includes a porous reinforced composite scaffold that includes a polymer, reinforcement particles distributed throughout the polymer, and a substantially continuously interconnected plurality of pores that are distributed throughout the polymer, each of the pores in the plurality of pores defined by voids interconnected by struts, each pore void having a size within a range from about 10 to 500 ?m. The porous reinforced composite scaffold has a scaffold volume that includes a material volume defined by the polymer and the reinforcement particles, and a pore volume defined by the plurality of pores. The reinforcement particles are both embedded within the polymer and exposed on the struts within the pore voids. The polymer may be a polyaryletherketone polymer and the reinforcement particles may be anisometric calcium phosphate particles.

Abstract: Effervescent self-emulsifying drug delivery system formulations for oral administration of water-insoluble cannabinoids are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for controlling a convoy including a pilot vehicle and a driverless vehicle is presented. It includes electronically tethering the driverless vehicle to the pilot vehicle by establishing communication between a pilot vehicle control module and a driverless vehicle control module. It further includes receiving a longitudinal control user input in the pilot vehicle control module and communicating a longitudinal motion request from the pilot vehicle control module to the driverless vehicle control module, the longitudinal motion request being indicative of the longitudinal control user input. It finally includes controlling a propulsion and braking system of the driverless vehicle in response to the longitudinal motion request received from the pilot vehicle and controlling a propulsion and braking system of the pilot vehicle, while tethered to the driverless vehicle, to maintain a target longitudinal clearance from the driverless vehicle.

Abstract: A manually-operated window treatment system may include a roller tube, a covering material, and a semi-rigid chain assembly. The covering material may be attached to the roller tube and may be operable between a raised position and a lowered position via rotation of the roller tube. The semi-rigid chain assembly may be configured to be operated by a user to rotate the roller tube. The semi-rigid chain assembly may be configured to limit the size of a loop that can be formed by the semi-rigid chain assembly. The semi-rigid chain assembly may be operatively coupled to a drive pulley of the window treatment system. The semi-rigid chain assembly may include flexible outer housing and a stiffening rod. The flexible housing may surround and operate along the stiffening rod. The hollow chain may include multiple links that are connected together to form a continuous loop.

Abstract: An approximating anchor device, corresponding kits, and methods for implementing the device are described herein. In one embodiment, the approximating anchor device includes a first cylindrical fastener defining a first set of cross lumens, each of the first set of cross lumens extending substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the first cylindrical fastener, a second cylindrical fastener defining a second set of cross lumens, each of the second set of cross lumens extending substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the second cylindrical fastener, and a string running through the first set of cross lumens of the first cylindrical fastener and the second set of cross lumens of the second cylindrical fastener. Tightening of the string will draw the first cylindrical fastener and the second cylindrical fastener towards each other.

Abstract: A folding stand with a pivoting securing mechanism to secure an object to the stand is disclosed. The stand may include two rails in the same horizontal plane and a securing mechanism that pivots about an axis which is perpendicular to that horizontal plane. The securing mechanism may be positionable in a locked and an unlocked position. The securing mechanism may include one or more arms that extends over a portion of the object in the locked position.

Abstract: A sensor system includes a pump, a valve supplied from the pump, a sensor fixed relative to the pump, a nozzle supplied from the valve and aimed at the sensor, and a computer communicatively coupled to the pump, the valve, and the sensor. The computer is programmed to instruct the pump to operate; while the pump is operating, instruct the valve to close; receive data from the sensor while the pump is operating and the valve is instructed to be closed; and set a flag upon determining, based on the data received from the sensor, that the nozzle is outputting fluid onto the sensor.

Abstract: An apparatus for limiting pipette motion, the apparatus comprising: (1) a stand for controlling spatial positions; (2) a mechanism for temporally coupling the pipette with the stand; the orientation or the movement of the pipette being restricted by the stand as predetermined for (a) limiting the insertion depth of the pipette tips into sample containers, (b) restricting unwanted movements or rotations of the pipette, or (c) maintaining the desired alignments of the pipette tips with the sample containers. Methods of limiting pipette motion or rotation are also provided.

Abstract: An equipment panel includes one or more trays disposed within a chassis, Each tray has a two-layer termination region. Certain trays have a two-layer splice region. The splice region can be used to optically couple preterminated fibers within the tray to a trunk cable. Alternatively or in addition, the splice region can be used to fix broken fiber connections. A cable anchor and fanout arrangement mounts to the chassis as a unit.

Abstract: A system and associated computer executable code generating software to generate web applications, mobile applications, and application programming interface applications.

Abstract: An internally-constructed permissions graph database enabling a user to construct and alter the graph database permissions within the graph database. Edge permissions define whether a one node can View, Edit, or Manage another node. A node can view another node if there is at least one edge path connecting the nodes having a “View” permission. Similarly, a node can “Edit” or “Manage” another node if there is at least one edge path connecting the nodes having allowing “Edit” and/or “Manage” permissions, respectively. If a contiguous path of permission edges does not exist from the “caller node” to the “requested node” to be acted upon, then permission to perform the desired action or operation on that node is not granted. Edges have permissions, and Nodes have properties. A “Caller Node” makes Requests upon and “Requested Node,” which are limited by edge permissions.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining a source training dataset that includes a plurality of source training images and obtaining a target training dataset that includes a plurality of target training images. For each source training image, the method includes translating, using the forward generator neural network G, the source training image to a respective translated target image according to current values of forward generator parameters. For each target training image, the method includes translating, using a backward generator neural network F, the target training image to a respective translated source image according to current values of backward generator parameters. The method also includes training the forward generator neural network G jointly with the backward generator neural network F by adjusting the current values of the forward generator parameters and the backward generator parameters to optimize an objective function.

Abstract: An artificial neural network includes an input layer, a first intermediate layer and at least one further intermediate layer, as well as an output layer, wherein the input layer comprises a plurality of neurons, the first intermediate layer a first number of neurons and the further intermediate layer a further number of neurons, wherein the first number is greater than the further number.

Abstract: A cage includes a cage housing forming an inner area with internal walls that define an upper port and a lower port. Each of the ports include a cap that forms a keyway. The cap in an upper bay can extend from the upper bay in a direction that is opposite a direction the cap in the lower port extends. The cage may include a plurality of spring fingers therein which engage with a conductive bezel. The cage provides EMI shielding for the plug connector.

Abstract: A Universal Serial Bus controller including a Vconn switch having a current controlled architecture, and method for operating the same are provided. Generally, the Vconn switch includes first and second transistors coupled in series between a Vconn terminal and a communication channel (CC) terminal, a replica switch including a source coupled to the Vconn terminal, a replica current generator including a first input coupled to a drain of the replica switch and a second input coupled to a drain of the first transistor, and a resistance control module coupled to an output of the replica current generator and including an output coupled to a gate of the second transistor. The replica current generator is operable to match a current through the replica switch to that supplied through the first and second transistors to the CC terminal, and the resistance control module is operable to control resistance of the Vconn switch.

Abstract: An enhanced wood product includes a wooden board or plank having a length and at least three sides, the sides defining a polygonal cross section along the length of the wooden board or plank. A polyurethane-urea coating on at least two of the sides very substantially increases the strength of the wood product and various products made with coated wood.

Abstract: A bug screen for mounting to a grille of a vehicle comprises a membrane disposed in a frame. At least one slot is disposed on the frame, and at least one platform is disposed on the grille. At least one extension is disposed on the at least one platform. A leg is included in the at least one extension. The leg projects perpendicularly from the at least one platform and has an end opposite to the at least one platform. A barb is disposed on the end of the leg. A sloping surface is disposed on the barb, and the sloping surface passes through the at least one slot on the frame to mount the bug screen to the grille.

Abstract: A ladder including sensors, a controller, and output signals to alert the user to operating conditions and to aid the user in the safe operation of the ladder.

Abstract: In aspects of managing touch inputs based on device movement, a wireless device has a display screen to display a user interface that includes selectable elements, which are selectable to initiate respective device application actions. The wireless device implements an input control module that can determine the wireless device is in a stationary position based on sensor inputs. The input control module can receive a touch input on a selectable element of the user interface, and detect whether the wireless device has been moved from the stationary position substantially incident to the touch input being received. The input control module can then disregard the touch input if the wireless device has been moved from the stationary position substantially incident to the touch input being received, or initiate processing the touch input if the wireless device has not moved from the stationary position substantially incident to the touch input being received.