Abstract: There is provided herein a curable polysiloxane composition comprising a reactive polysiloxane having the general structural formula (I): as described herein. There is provided a method of making the polysiloxane. In addition, there is provided a curable composition including the polysiloxane.

Abstract: The invention describes compositions that include amine-containing silsesquioxane or an amine-containing alkyltrialkoxysilane and a thermoplastic elastomer as well as methods of preparation of the compositions that are useful as self-bonding adhesives for various substrates.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of analyzing a sporting activity comprising receiving location data associated to a first player; receiving location data associated to a game object; receiving location data associated to a second player; determining a relative location of the first player in (5) relation to the game object location and the second player location, at least partly from the received location data associated to the first player, the game object and/or the second player; comparing the determined relative location of the first player with a set of reference relative locations of the first player; and determining a match between the determined relative location of the first player and at least one reference relative location of the first player. Other aspects of the (10) invention provide a classification system.

Abstract: A thixotropic agent comprised of a gel which is comprised of a polymeric organic material cross-linked with certain boehmite aluminas having a crystallite size of less than about 100 ? as measured on the 120 plane.

Abstract: A process for preparing a rubber composition comprises: (a) forming a mixture of: (i) at least one thiocarboxyl-functional hydrolyzable silane, (ii) at least one rubber containing carbon-carbon double bonds, (iii) at least one silane-reactive filler, (iv) at least one activating agent, and (v) water; (b) mixing the composition formed in step (a) under reactive-mechanical-working conditions and in the absence of vulcanizing agent(s); (c) adding at least one vulcanizing agent (vi) to the composition of step (b); (d) mixing the composition of step (c) under non-reactive-mechanical-working conditions; and, (e) optionally, curing the rubber composition of step (d).

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a container system that includes a lid, a first rail coupled to the lid, and a second rail coupled to the lid. A measuring scoop is configured to couple to the lid with the first and second rails. The measuring scoop includes a cup portion with a front rim, and a handle portion coupled to the cup portion. The front rim of the cup portion couples to the first rail and the handle portion couples to the second rail.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for analysing an activity session. Data from a monitoring device worn by a user of the system for example is received over a period of time or distance and a classification system of the invention is utilized in real time or post session to determine the activities performed by the user during the session. The data collected relates to multiple parameters monitored during the activity session. The classification system defines an activity using a set of threshold criteria for a combination of parameters and therefore identifies a particular activity performed during the activity session when a combination of monitored parameters satisfies the threshold criteria for a particular activity. Determining the activities performed in this way allows for more useful interpretation of the data which in turn leads to more effective coaching advice and feedback for the user.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a small volume sampling device having a deformable fluid reservoir and a stem. The sampling device includes a plurality of volumetric fluid loading indicia increasing from the closed end of the deformable fluid reservoir to the open end of the deformable fluid reservoir adjacent the stem. The sampling device has an improved hold-up volume when sampling small volumes of fluid.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for collecting and projecting light into a specified target illuminance. A lens may be mounted or otherwise paired to a carrier to form a lens/carrier combination, which may then be mounted to a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) containing a light emitting diode (LED). The lens/carrier combination may establish an optimum optical relationship between the LED and the lens, such that a predetermined photometric distribution of the LED is collected by the lens, while the remaining photometric distribution of the LED is rejected by the carrier. The lens may include a first pair of opposing surfaces forming a first focus and a second pair of opposing surfaces forming a second focus. The first and second foci may cause light to be subtended into one or more of collimated light focused light, diffused light, and shifted light. The carrier may include an obstruction extending toward the PCBA.

Abstract: A method of producing functionalized surface-modified alumina by adding an organic modifier comprising acrylic acid to alumina and drying the alumina to covalently bond the organic modifier to the surface of the alumina. The functionalized surface-modified alumina being uniformly dispersible in organic polymer to form single crystallites of functionalized surface-modified alumina in the polymer.

Abstract: A method of determining a position of at least one transceiver node comprises, anchor node by anchor node, transmitting respective positioning frames suitable for reception by a transceiver node and by the other anchor nodes. The transceiver node receives the positioning frames transmitted by the anchor nodes and ascertains respective times of reception for each. A solver stage determines the coordinates (xs, ys, zs) of the respective transceiver node and the time ts of transmission of the first positioning frame by an anchor node of first rank in the positioning sequence by numerically solving a non-linear system of at least five equations.

Abstract: A throttle body fuel injection system including a throttle body with at least one air intake, a fuel injector coupled to the throttle body at a fuel port and an annular ring coupled to the cylindrical inner wall of the air intake. The annular ring includes a primary fuel discharge orifice adjacent to the fuel port and a plurality of secondary fuel discharge orifices arranged radially around the annular ring for spraying atomized fuel into the air intake.

Abstract: The present invention includes a method of activating irisin by administering to an individual in need of such treatment a composition comprising irisin-activating ingredients, thus increasing the conversion of white fat to BAT, and consequently, increasing metabolic rate and promoting weight loss. In an embodiment, the composition includes a Gynostemma pentaphyllum extract, a Polygonum cuspidatum root extract, capsaicinoids, and grains of paradise or constituents thereof. The composition may optionally comprise additional ingredients to activate the increased BAT, thus further increasing metabolic rate and furthering weight loss.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein are directed toward alterable tokens. The alterable token may include a base including an RFID pattern. The base may include an electrical contact electrically coupled to the RFID pattern. The alterable token may include a rotatable body mounted to the base. The body may include first and second RFID tags. The body may include a first electrical contact coupled to the first RFID tag and a second electrical contact coupled to the second RFID tag. The body may be rotatable to a first and a second position. The RFID pattern may be electrically coupled to the first RFID tag when the first electrical contact contacts the electrical contact of the base in the first position. The RFID pattern may be electrically coupled to the second RFID tag when the second electrical contact contacts the electrical contact of the base in the second position.

Abstract: Methods and systems for resource and organization achievement are described. In one embodiment, outcome data associated with a resource may be received. The outcome data may include an outcome time period, an outcome title, an outcome priority, an outcome status, and an outcome access level. The outcome status may identify progress by the resource toward an outcome. The outcome access level may define resource access to an outcome item. The outcome data may be stored in a database. A display of an outcome item associated with the resource may be generated based on at least a portion of the outcome data. The outcome item may represent the outcome for the resource. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.

Abstract: A process and composition for the hydrosilylation of an unsaturated compound comprising reacting (a) a silyl hydride with (b) an unsaturated compound in the presence of (c) a platinum compound and (d) a cyclodiene, with the proviso that when the unsaturated compound is a terminal alkyne, the silyl hydride is other than a halosilane. The process and composition optionally comprise an inhibitor (e). The process and composition may be employed to form a variety of hydrosilylation products.

Abstract: A brake caliper is provided with a timing and retraction controller that that adjusts brake timing, eliminates parasitic brake losses and dampens out-of-plane vibration between the brake pad and rotor. The brake caliper includes a housing disposed over a brake rotor; first and second opposing brake pads extendably and retractably mounted on opposite sides of the caliper housing, brake pistons that extend and retract the brake pads into and out of frictional engagement with the rotor, and brake pad timing and retraction controllers disposed on opposite sides of the caliper housing. Each controller includes a Belleville spring or other resilient member with a short compression travel limited to between about 1.50 mm and 0.025 mm.

Abstract: An integrated optical coupler device comprising, on a substrate surface: an integrated optical coupling grating extending in lateral directions parallel to the substrate surface and which, by diffraction at its grating structures, either converts electromagnetic waves, guided parallel to the substrate surface, of at least two waveguide modes of integrated optical waveguides into fiber modes propagating perpendicularly to the substrate surface, or converts electromagnetic waves, propagating perpendicularly to the substrate surface, of a fiber mode into electromagnetic waves, propagating parallel to the substrate surface, of at least two waveguide modes, and a first conductor pair, connected to the coupling grating and formed by a first and a second integrated optical waveguide, through which, in mutually opposite first and second directions parallel to the substrate surface, electromagnetic waves of at least two waveguide modes can be conducted to the coupling grating or can be conducted away from the coupling