Abstract: The hook helper device includes a securing body, with a securing loop extending outwardly from a first end of the securing body. At least one magnet is located within the securing body to contact a ferromagnetic surface and hold the hook helper device in place, along with the connected hook. Connecting the hook helper device to a hook is a matter of passing the securing loop through a closed loop on the hook until at least a length of the securing loop longer than a circumference of a securing body extends through the closed loop, then moving the second end of the securing body and the securing body itself through the securing loop until the securing loop extends around the hook. The hook helper device can be left in place during other operations or removed.

Abstract: A roof ladder anchor apparatus including a base plate and a U-shaped ladder ridge hook is disclosed. The base plate may include a base plate top surface and a base plate bottom surface. The base plate bottom surface may include a non-slip grip material. The U-shaped ladder ridge hook may be attached to the base plate top surface and may be configured to secure a ladder bottom portion when a ladder may be placed on the apparatus. The apparatus may further include a first handle and a second handle that may be attached to the base plate top surface. The first handle and the second handle may be disposed in proximity to base plate opposite edges.

Abstract: This document relates to devices employing imaging devices, such as cameras and improved camera performance. In one example the device includes an optical element and a sensing element configured to sense light passing through the optical element. This example includes a set of MEMS actuators configured to be individually selectively controlled to create six degrees of freedom (6DoF) movement between the sensing element and the optical element.

Abstract: A grease includes a perfluoropolyether oil copolymer and a thickener mixed with the copolymer. The copolymer includes about 20 mol % to about 80 mol % of —CF2CF2O— units, about 20 mol % to about 80 mol % of —CF(CF3)CF2O— units, and about 0 mol % to about 45 mol % of one or more additional perfluoroalkyleneoxy units. The copolymer has a viscosity index in the range of about 120 to about 220. The copolymer has an average TFEO run length of less than about 6. A process of forming a grease includes mixing a perfluoropolyether oil copolymer with a thickener to form the grease.

Abstract: A network system that provides logic-based parameters for dynamic digital construction of hierarchical process flows. The hierarchical arrangement organizes a process flow into enterprise hierarchy structures. The system will automatically capture rules and objectives configured in a rules database and apply the rules and objectives across the process flows. The system provides further a dynamic creation of an activity description when an input activity description corresponds to description data established within the system; displaying one or more catalog elements based on the determined correspondence of the activity description to the description data established within the system for selection by a user, generating a suggested rewritten activity description based on the description data established within the system based on the selection by the user, and displaying the suggested rewritten activity description in a graphical user interface for selection by the user.

Abstract: System and method are provided that allow a command center video wall and the video data it displays to be reproduced in a head-mounted display while maintaining integrated control of the video switching infrastructure and enabling secure transport of the display sources and control data between the hardware headend of the command center and the application.

Abstract: Information about vent fluid flow through a confined spaces in multiple processing facilities is sensed and transmitted to a remote location. Sensing includes obtaining a pressure differential of vent fluid flow across a filter or at different locations along a length of a flow line. The sensed information is transmitted using wireless communication means. The vent fluid flow sensed at the multiple facilities is monitored at the remote location, and a need for corrective action is determined based on monitoring the flow. Monitoring units are used to transmit the vent fluid flow information, one or more of which are disposed at each processing facility. The monitoring units are transported in a transportation unit, which is equipped to secure multiple monitoring units within and protect the units from damage during transit. When venting at a particular processing facility is completed, the monitoring unit is transported to different processing facility.

Abstract: This document describes systems directed at a lip feature in tube packaging structures. In aspects, a system includes a sleeve portion having a hollow tube structure. The system also includes an open-faced enclosure (a box) configured to be slidably placed inside the sleeve portion such that at least a portion of the open-faced enclosure is disposed within the sleeve portion. The system further includes a lip feature configured to fold from a first position to a second position such that when the open-faced enclosure is slidably placed inside the sleeve portion, the lip feature folds from the first position to the second position and reverts back to the first position once the open-faced enclosure is at least partially disposed within the sleeve portion. Through such techniques, the lip feature can prevent boxes from falling out of tube structures.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a dual-pathway model that includes a deterministic word graph that operates in parallel with a semantic autocomplete model. The system generates outputs first using the deterministic word graph, and the system then uses the output of the deterministic word graph to determine whether to invoke the functionality of the semantic autocomplete model. By doing so, the semantic autocomplete model is used only sparingly, thus reducing aggregate latency in the system, but still allowing for increased scalability and customizability in the overall system as the deterministic word graph and the semantic autocomplete model may be updated and trained in parallel in the dual-pathway model.

Abstract: A platform and components for an automated consumer retail utility marketplace are provided, including components for machine learning, components for gamification, and components for supporting a related consumer mobile application that enables improved visibility and control by a consumer over its interaction with energy markets.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for gathering research data indicating exposure to media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first wireless receiver to access a first modulated audio signal via a wireless data connection from a media device using a wireless communication protocol, the first modulated audio signal associated with the media, the first wireless receiver to output a baseband audio signal corresponding to the first modulated audio signal. The example apparatus includes a first wireless transmitter to modulate the baseband audio signal to form a second modulated audio signal, the first wireless transmitter to transmit the second modulated audio signal to wireless headphones using the wireless communication protocol.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame configured to pivot relative to a support surface through both positive and negative roll angles and a wheel support coupled to the frame. The wheel support includes an axle mounting portion. An axle defining an axis of rotation is mounted to the wheel support at the axle mounting portion. A downforce generating system is mounted to the wheel support between the frame and the axle mounting portion. The downforce generating system includes a wing support mounted to the wheel support and a downforce generating wing pivotally mounted to the wing support. The downforce generating wing includes an aerodynamic surface having a leading edge. The downforce generating system is configured to maintain a substantially horizontal orientation of the leading edge relative to the support surface as the frame pivots between the positive and the negative roll angles.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of treating a cellular proliferative disorder (e.g., cancer) comprising administering: (a) an anti-human PD-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof; and (b) an Immunoconjugate of Formula (I): wherein: Ab is an antibody that binds to Trop-2; and n is an integer from 1 to 10. Also disclosed are therapeutic combinations and kits containing such agents for the treatment of cancers.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for facilitating an integrated autonomous vehicle signal quality-based review recommendation system. In some aspects, an embodiment includes receiving performance results corresponding to tests performed using simulated mileage accumulation of at least one simulated autonomous vehicles (AV); filtering the tests based on validity information of the tests, wherein the tests that are identified as invalid are discarded; filtering the performance results of the tests identified as valid based on performance criteria to provide a set of selected tests; performing a sensitivity analysis on the set of selected tests to determine a trustworthiness signal for each selected test in the set of selected tests; and ranking and recommending one or more of the selected tests in the set of selected tests using a centralized ranking technique that considers the performance results and the trustworthiness signal of the selected tests.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method using a charge collection antenna in a wearable device to collect charge variation based on a user's jawbone and muscle motion. The collected charge variation may be used to determine an on-body status of the wearable device. For example, in wireless earbuds, information acquired from a charge collection antenna may be used to determine whether the earbud is worn in-ear by the user. The collected charge variation may also be used to detect jaw motion by the user.

Abstract: A windshield mounting assembly for mounting a windshield on a roll-over protection system (ROPS) of a utility terrain vehicle consists of a four-piece frame for holding the windshield. A top frame member pivotally attaches to a top portion of the ROPS, allowing the windshield to move between a closed position and an open position. A latch attached to a bottom windshield frame member has a free end biased towards a mount connected to a dashboard of the utility terrain vehicle. The mount includes a first location and a second location spaced from the first location where the free end of the latch can engage the mount to secure the windshield in the closed or the open position.

Abstract: Rotating a casing during a cementing operation to ensure efficient displacement of cement slurry. More specifically, embodiments are directed towards a sub and rotating tool that are positioned above a first cement operation, wherein the rotating tool is positioned in a kickoff point or build section of a horizontal well.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a product includes forming a first mixture of PVC fragments and cellulosic fragments, heating the first mixture at a temperature and duration sufficient to melt at least a portion of the PVC fragments, and cooling the first mixture until the melted PVC fragments resolidify.

Abstract: A suspension includes inner magnets coupled to an inner cylindrical member and outer magnets coupled to an outer cylindrical member that circumscribes the inner cylindrical member. The inner magnets are stacked on top of one another in an axial direction and include a first set having a first polarity alternately arrayed with a second set having a second polarity. The outer magnets are stacked on top of one another in the axial direction and include a first set having the first polarity alternately arrayed with a second set having the second polarity. Each inner magnet in the first set is radially aligned with an outer magnet in the second set and each inner magnet in the second set is radially aligned with an outer magnet in the first set to provide an attractive electromagnetic field between the magnets that passively absorbs axial displacement between the inner and outer cylindrical members.

Abstract: A method of manufacture for highly recyclable beverage pods, wherein the method includes providing a beverage pod having a cavity and an interior surface within the cavity, placing a filter disc into the cavity of the beverage pod, adhering a formed filter material within the cavity of the beverage pod, filling the formed filter material adhered to the interior of the cavity with beverage material, having a headspace atmosphere, modifying the headspace atmosphere within the cavity, sealing the cavity with an airtight lid, and discharging the beverage pod into a secondary packaging operation, producing a highly recyclable beverage pod containing a cavity with a shell, a filter disc disposed within the cavity, a formed filter material adhered to an interior surface of the cavity, a beverage material within the formed filter material, and an airtight lid configured to seal the filter disc, the formed filter material, and the beverage material.