Abstract: A fighting glove includes a first padding section and a second padding section disposed in a dorsal side of a user's hand, and a strapping section configured to secure the glove to the user's hand. The first padding section includes multiple impact absorption layers, multiple slip layers, and a contour layer, which are each partially bonded to each other. In particular, the hand regions of the layers are securely attached to each other, and the hand body regions of the layers are not attached to each other such that the hand body regions of the layers are free to move independently from each other. Further, the fighting glove includes an exterior layer formed by a single fabric material in each of the inner side and the outer side of the exterior layer to mitigate the glove from forming protrusions or rough features on the exterior layer of the glove.

Abstract: The invention relates to AAV gene therapy vectors containing novel deoxyribonuclease (DNase) transgene for delivery and expression of an enzyme which has a deoxyribonuclease (DNase) activity for enhanced clearance of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) accumulated intravasculary and/or extravasculary for treatment of various diseases and conditions, including cancer and neurodegeneration.

Abstract: A zinc-air battery includes an air cathode, a zinc anode, an electrolyte, and a housing, wherein the zinc-air battery includes a carbon dioxide scrubbing agent. A packaging for a zinc-air battery, wherein the packing includes a chamber having a carbon dioxide scrubbing agent, and the chamber is configured to contain the zinc-air battery during storage.

Abstract: A load control device for controlling the power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load is able to receive radio-frequency (RF) signals from a Wi-Fi-enabled device, such as a smart phone, via a wireless local area network. The load control device comprises a controllably conductive device adapted to be coupled in series between the source and the load, a controller for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive and non-conductive, and a Wi-Fi module operable to receive the RF signals directly from the wireless network. The controller controls the controllably conductive device to adjust the power delivered to the load in response to the wireless signals received from the wireless network.

Abstract: A resealable confectionery product for selective dispensing of a flowable edible liquid confection from a liquid confection reservoir chamber upon actuation from user pressure of a plunger element within the reservoir chamber through a dispensing aperture integrated into a collar that sealing engages the chamber and establishes a seat for a solid confectionery product where the integrated dispensing aperture is disposed adjacent at least a portion of the solid confectionery product whereupon upon application of user pressure on the plunger element, liquid confection is dispensed onto the solid confectionery product surface, and a solid confectionery product cover which when engaged with the collar seals the dispensing aperture to prevent further dispensing of the liquid confection.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for locking laces are provided. The system includes a lace lock and a shoelace. The shoelace has toggles at respective first and second ends of the shoelace, which toggles are moveable from a first position to a second position. The lace lock has a unitary body that engages the toggles of the shoelaces in the second position to secure both ends of the shoelace in the unitary body in a fixed position between the opposing toggles without any portion of the shoelace hanging out of the unitary body.

Abstract: A joist is disclosed. The joist includes a first leg portion, a second leg portion, and a central portion, wherein each of the first leg portion and the second leg portion define a first side, a second side, and a distal side, and one or more stiffeners defined within each of the first side, the second side, and the distal side of the first leg portion and the second leg portion.

Abstract: A hermetically sealable transfer vessel provides a cover, base, drive system, and sample platform. The cover and base may form a sealed space around the sample platform. A transparent window may be provided for the cover. The drive system provides a securing mechanism that allows the cover to be opened and closed. A mechanical lift is provided that allows the sample platform to be adjusted vertically. The transfer vessel is suitable for several mainstream analytical instruments, including focus ion beam (“FIB”) instruments. The transfer vessel allows samples to be analyzed by multiple analytical instruments, thereby allowing multi-physics characterizations on an individual sample.

Abstract: A laser tape measure device has a casing comprised of a first housing and a second housing. A laser ranging device is arranged toward and is attached to the first housing. An upper interior plate is arranged between the first housing and the second housing, and is attached to the second housing to form a chamber for the laser ranging device. A tapeline structure is arranged toward and fastened to the second housing and includes a tapeline wheel upon which a measuring tape is wound. A lower interior plate is attached to and covers only the bottom of the tapeline wheel and forms a lower part of a tapeline cavity. No portion of the upper interior plate extends into the tapeline cavity and no portion of the lower interior plate extends into an upper part of the tapeline cavity.

Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods determining a root cause of an outage of a dependent service. A method includes detecting an outage of a dependent service, determining a first service dependency of the dependent service, and identifying one or more instances of the first service dependency by accessing a service provider of the first service dependency. The method also includes collecting one or more service level indicators (SLIs) for one or more instances of the first service dependency and determining a health status of the instances of the first service dependency using the SLIs. The method further includes determining a root cause for the outage of the dependent service based on the health status of the instances of the first service dependency.

Abstract: A multimedia communication system for enabling an end user computing device to render a moving image on a display device. The system has an image render command generator that is arranged to provide an image rendering command that is executable by a web browser of the end user computing device to cause the end user computing device to render the moving image on a frame-by-frame basis from a still image in multimedia content by slicing the still image into a plurality of rows or columns of pixels and modifying a subset of the plurality of rows or columns of pixels between frames, and a multimedia content packager arranged to assemble a multimedia content package having the multimedia content, including the still image and the image rendering command.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include systems, structures, circuits, and methods providing integrated circuit (IC) packages or modules having a transformer with first and second spiral coils disposed on or adjacent to a substrate, each including one or more coil portions on one or multiple levels and having varying distances to an aperture or coil-origin region. A portion of a soft ferromagnetic core of the transformer can pass through the aperture or be adjacent to the coil origin region. The IC packages and modules may include various types of circuits; in some examples, IC packages or modules may include a galvanically isolated gate driver or other high voltage circuit.

Abstract: Wearable devices, systems, and methods can be used to provide therapy to users and/or to monitor various physiological parameters of the user.

Abstract: A system comprises a power-over-ethernet (POE) network switch; an intelligent power distribution hub and gateway (IPDHG) configured to communicate with the POE network switch; a rechargeable battery configured to be recharged by the POE network switch; and one or more low duty cycle devices configured to communicate with the IPDHG, wherein the one or more low duty cycle devices are charged by the rechargeable battery.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a sequence of acoustic frames and generating, by a first encoder, a first higher order feature representation for a corresponding acoustic frame in the sequence of acoustic frames. The method also includes generating, by a first pass transducer decoder, a first pass speech recognition hypothesis for a corresponding first higher order feature representation and generating, by a text encoder, a text encoding for a corresponding first pass speech recognition hypothesis. The method also includes generating, by a second encoder, a second higher order feature representation for a corresponding first higher order feature representation. The method also includes generating, by a second pass transducer decoder, a second pass speech recognition hypothesis using a corresponding second higher order feature representation and a corresponding text encoding.

Abstract: A measurement gauge for a stator that includes a height gauge part having at least one base surface, legs, and a height checking surface. The base surface faces in a first direction to define a base plane configured to abut an end surface of a core of the stator. The legs are spaced apart in a circumferential direction about an axis and extend in the first direction from the base surface. The legs are configured to be received in holes defined by the core of the stator. The height checking surface is parallel to the base plane and spaced apart therefrom by a predetermined distance. The height checking surface having an annular shape disposed about the axis.

Abstract: Systems and methods utilize a data change repository that supplements existing data in a database by storing various data labels for each record. Each data label comprises a first data characteristic comprising a stateless value and a second data characteristic that comprises a modification characteristic of the stateless value. The systems and methods may then use these additional labels to identify and/or validate the underlying data. As the labels are used for the identification and/or validation (as opposed to the underlying data itself), the systems and methods do not affect, and function despite, security protocols, access restrictions, and/or viewing rights.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for making CF3CF?CHF. The process involves reacting CF3CClFCCl2F with H2 in a reaction zone in the presence of a catalyst to produce a product mixture comprising CF3CF?CHF. The catalyst has a catalytically effective amount of palladium supported on a support selected from the group consisting of alumina, fluorided alumina, aluminum fluoride and mixtures thereof and the mole ratio of H2 to CF3CClFCCl2F fed to the reaction zone is between about 1:1 and about 5:1. Also disclosed are azeotropic compositions of CF3CClFCCl2F and HF and azeotropic composition of CF3CHFCH2F and HF.

Abstract: A topography apparatus may be coupled to an e-vaping device, within an interior defined by a housing of the e-vaping device, such that the topography apparatus may be coupled to an e-vaping device that may generate vapor independently of the topography apparatus. The topography apparatus may generate and communicate vapor topography data associated with vapor generation by the e-vaping device without altering an external appearance or vapor-generation performance of the e-vaping device. The topography apparatus may be detachably coupled to the interior of the e-vaping device. The topography apparatus includes an interface assembly configured to couple with a power supply, control circuitry, and/or sensor of the e-vaping device. Such coupling may include coupling with internal power or communication conduits of the e-vaping device, such that the topography apparatus taps into power and/or communication lines of the e-vaping device without requiring modification of the circuitry of the e-vaping device.

Abstract: A vehicle system is provided that optimizes vehicle operation by utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning and providing dynamic changes to the vehicle characteristics. The vehicle system includes one or more sub-systems controlled by a vehicle operating system utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning.