Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention include inventive methods for preparing perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In certain embodiments, the method comprises dissolving a functionalized material (e.g., a material that is functionalized with one or more functionalizing compounds) in a solvent, depositing a deposit composition on a perovskite layer where the deposit composition comprises the dissolved functionalized material, heating the deposit composition, and optionally removing some or all of the one or more functionalizing compounds from the deposit composition. Additional embodiments of the invention are also disclosed herein.

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: A gas buster tank system, comprising a self-cleaning tank, wherein the self-cleaning tank comprises a gas buster attachment port, one or more silos, wherein each of the one or more silos comprises a valve, one or more skimmers, an excess water port, excess water piping, a clean water exit port, a circulation inlet port, a circulation piping loop, one or more baffles, an exit line, wherein the exit line comprises one or more pipe arms and a discharge port, and a control system; a gas buster attachment, wherein the gas buster attachment is attached to the gas buster attachment port; a trailer; and a pump trailer, wherein the pump trailer comprises a first pump attached to the circulation inlet port and a second pump attached to the discharge port.

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 tube clamp includes an inner frame, an outer frame, and a plurality of tethers connecting the inner and outer frames to one another. The inner frame is configured to be mounted to a panel. The inner frame includes a pair of side walls and a top wall. The outer frame is configured to clamp at least one tube therein. The outer frame includes an main body and a pair of legs projecting downward from the main body. The tethers include at least one vertical tether that projects upward from the top wall of the inner frame to the main body of the outer frame.

Abstract: A aerosol-generating system includes a liquid storage portion, a liquid pressure sensor within the liquid storage portion, and a control unit that is in communication with the pressure sensor. The aerosol-generating system further includes an atmospheric pressure sensor in communication with the control unit. The atmospheric pressure sensor is configured to sense the atmospheric pressure of the environment. The control unit is configured to receive the pressure signals from the liquid pressure sensor and the atmospheric pressure sensor. The control unit is further configured to determine the fill level of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate based on a comparison of the pressure signals from the liquid pressure sensor and the atmospheric pressure sensor.

Abstract: An EMF shield is disclosed. The EMF shield includes a scattering layer and a reflective layer having an exterior surface and an interior surface opposite the exterior surface. The scattering layer includes a metal coating disposed at the exterior surface. The reflective layer includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side of the reflective layer being coupled to the interior surface of the scattering layer, wherein the reflective layer comprises a dielectric material. The metal coating includes an adhesive coating for coupling to an electronic device. The EMF shield is configured to scatter and reflect the EMF signal. After the EMF signal is initially scattered by the metal coating, the reflective layer causes the EMF signal to reflect.

Abstract: A method can include detecting an amount of a force applied to a brake of a vehicle. The method can also include, after detecting the force applied to the brake of the vehicle, illuminating one or more light emitting devices of the vehicle in a manner indicative of the amount of the force detected to have been applied to the brake of the vehicle. Other embodiments are described.

Abstract: A plural component applicator can include a nozzle attached to a gun body. wherein the gun body comprises a manifold configured to receive a plurality of components based on operation of a trigger assembly. wherein the manifold is configured to separately deliver the plurality of components to a static mixer within the nozzle based on operation of the trigger assembly.

Abstract: A method of depolymerizing includes passing a current through a cathode to form alkoxy anions from an alcohol, the alkoxy anions reacting with a polyester and/or polyurethane to form monomers from the polyester and/or the polyurethane.

Abstract: A portable and retractable fitness mat assembly having a housing, an axle rotatably coupled to and disposed within the housing, and a mat member forming a monolithic body of an elastically deformably material, with an upper mat surface utilized by a user, a lower mat surface configured to be placed on a ground surface, with a first mat end, the mat member directly coupled to the axle, and the mat member operably configured to have a retracted configuration with the mat member rolled around the axle within the housing and a plurality of extended and longitudinally locked configurations along the mat translation path with the mat member disposed in a substantially planar orientation on the ground surface and with each of the plurality of extending and longitudinally locked configurations having approximately 68-84 inches of the mat length extending outwardly from the external housing surface.

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: Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for calibrating a sensing arrangement within an interior compartment of the vehicle. One method involves initiating operation of an interior component of the vehicle, obtaining one or more signals from the sensing arrangement within the interior compartment of the vehicle, wherein a characteristic of the one or more signals is influenced by the operation of the interior component, determining a measured position of the interior component based at least in part on the characteristic of the one or more signals, obtaining a reference position associated with the interior component, and determining a calibration offset for a reference axis associated with the sensing arrangement based on a relationship between the measured position and the reference position, wherein subsequent operation of the vehicle is influenced by the calibration offset associated with the sensing arrangement.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-program product includes obtaining application configuration data; computing, via an execution of a designed experiment, a plurality of application usability tests based on the application configuration data; generating a computer-executable application based at least on the plurality of application usability tests; and deploying the computer-executable application to a target computing environment for execution by one or more users.

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 protective enclosure for an electronic control unit (ECU) to minimize risk of environmental intrusion includes a base portion, a first housing, a second housing, a first gasket, a vibration attenuating insert, a first electrical connector, a second electrical connector, a third electrical connector, and a tether. The first housing is sealably assembled onto the base portion, and the first housing and the base portion define a first chamber to house the telematics module. The second housing and the base portion define a second chamber. The tether attaches the base portion and the second housing.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a personal care device can include a housing, a functional assembly attached to the housing, a motor disposed within the housing and operatively connected to the functional assembly to move one or more components of the functional assembly, and a switch configured to move between at least two states.

Abstract: A video bitstream comprising coded information of a plurality of partial residual blocks of a current block in a current picture is received. Each of the plurality of partial residual blocks indicates a difference between a respective prediction block of the current block and the current block. The plurality of partial residual blocks of the current block is determined based on respective coding parameters. A residual block is determined based on the plurality of partial residual blocks. A prediction block for the current block is determined. The current block is reconstructed based on a combination of the derived residual block and the determined prediction block.

Abstract: Systems and methods relating to full motion video (FMV) routing in one-way transfer (OWT) systems are described herein. The present technology modifies or adds packetized elementary streams (PESs) of video streams, that are sent from the low-trust side of the OWT system, with a global unique identifier (GUID) that is used as an identifier to determine a particular destination on the high-trust side of the OWT system. The enriched video stream is then transmitted through an OWT system that provide high reliability for the enriched video stream. When the enriched video stream is received on the high-trust side, the GUID from the PES is extracted and used to identify destination addresses for destination devices in the high-trust computing environment. The video stream is then delivered to the destination devices having the corresponding destination addresses.

Abstract: A system including one or more processors; and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations: parsing a hypertext markup language source code from text strings of query strings of a webpage containing ingredients for a recipe; extracting, using an iterative process, the ingredients for the recipe from the query strings of the webpage; mapping recipe products based on quantities or units of measure of the ingredients, as extracted, for the recipe; and automatically adding the recipe products to an electronic shopping cart. Other descriptions are disclosed.