Abstract: Autonomous detection of damage in a polymer coating is described by utilizing microcapsules in a polymer coating having free and/or residual amines. The microcapsules contain a color indicator, such as 2?,7?-dichlorofluorescein (DCF), bromophenol blue (BPB) or fluorescamine, which is reactive with the free and/or residual amines present in the polymer coating. For coatings without the presence of free and/or residual amines, a color indicator microcapsule can be combined with a second type of microcapsule filled with a base. When sufficient damage is inflicted to the coating, the microcapsules in and/or around an area of the damage will rupture, and the color indicator will react with the free and/or residual amines or the base to autonomically indicate the area in which the coating has been damaged.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to compositions comprising polymer bottle brush and comb networks and methods of making polymer networks. Specifically, the disclosed polymer networks are prepared by polymerizing a siloxane monomer in the presence of a crosslinker. Alternatively, the disclosed polymer networks can be prepared by polymerizing a siloxane monomer in the presence of a radical initiator. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

Abstract: A method for producing a foam body for a pressure or hydraulic accumulator has a bubble- or diaphragm-shaped, elastically flexible separating layer (12) separating gas and liquid chambers from each other within an accumulator housing. The production method includes introducing a flowable, preferably liquid, foam material into the pressure accumulator with the foam material being at least partially surrounded by the separating layer (12), curing the foam material in the hydraulic accumulator, and building up a pressure gradient in which the visibly curing foam material expands the separating layer (12) from an originally partially filled starting state in the direction of an end state in which the accumulator is finally filled with the cured foam (38).

Abstract: An instrument modeled after a hi hat hi-hat consisting of wood, metal (or other material) and linked material, creating a complex sound effect when closed together, and an “808” (i.e. Roland “808” or similar) snare drum sound when struck with drumstick is disclosed. This invention allows drummers to create complex sounds using the hi-hat pedal (or other mounting device), to lower the Top Hi-hat toward the Bottom Hi-hat and cause the linked material to connect with the “bottom hi-hat.” The claimed device also replaces the standard electronic pad (such as but not limited to the Roland SPDS sampler pad) that recreated the famous “808” (i.e. Roland “808” or similar) handclap sound. Variations of the invention is meant to be used either alongside the traditional metal hi-hat or in lieu of the traditional metal hi-hat.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for tracking and validating behavior and communication patterns of sensors connected to an Internet-of-Things (“IoT”) network. Preferably, trusted IoT sensors monitor communication patterns exhibited by other trusted and/or untrusted sensors. An untrusted monitored sensor may be assigned a trusted status based on applying artificial intelligence and/or machine learning algorithm to monitored and/or historical communication patterns exhibited by the monitored sensor. A trusted group of sensors may continue to grow by adding other trusted sensors. If a compromised sensor is detected, a silo may be erected around the compromised sensor. The silo may include disconnecting the compromised sensor from the network. After erecting the silo, communication patterns exhibited by the compromised sensor may be continue to be monitored. After a pre-determined time period the compromised sensor may be reassigned a trusted status or purged from the trusted group and/or network.

Abstract: A masking device for covering a masking area includes a first member having a first tab portion and a first base portion. The masking device also includes a second member having a second tab portion and a second base portion. A pull tab of the masking device includes the first tab portion coupled to the second tab portion. The masking device further includes a third member having a member connection surface and a masking connection surface. The member connection surface is opposite the masking connection surface. A base of the masking device includes the first base portion, the second base portion, and the third member. A first adhesive couples the member connection surface of the third member to the first base portion and to the second base portion. The masking connection surface of the third member is made to removably attach to the masking area.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a finished part includes generating or creating a master pattern using an additive manufacturing process, and the master pattern corresponds in shape to the finished part. A shell is created by applying one or more layers of one or more coating materials to the master pattern. The master pattern is then dissolved while the master pattern is in the shell to create a cavity in the shell that corresponds in shape to the finished part. A molten material is then poured into the cavity of the shell. The molten metal is allowed to cool and to harden and/or to reach a determined temperature such that the molten metal becomes the finished part. The shell is then removed from around the finished part.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for treating conditions and/or disorders related to hyperglycemia. Such conditions and/or disorders related to hyperglycemia include, but are not limited to, type I, II diabetes mellitus, gestational diabetes, other forms diabetes, and disorders related thereto. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of using (R)-(+)-verapamil or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and an ?-glycosidase inhibitor in the treatment of conditions and/or disorders related to hyperglycemia.

Abstract: The disclosure describes methods and compositions for reducing the duration of hyperglycemia and treating diabetes and complications thereof. A human subject with hyperglycemia is administered insulin, a water-based beverage, and a sodium salt formulation sufficient to accelerate said subject's return to a non-hyperglycemic state. This process can be repeated multiple times within a given time period.

Abstract: An organic EL display device (100) includes an element substrate including a substrate, a plurality of organic EL elements supported by the substrate and respectively located in the plurality of pixels, and a bank layer (48) defining each of the plurality of pixels; and a thin film encapsulation structure (10) covering the plurality of pixels. The bank layer has an inclining surface enclosing each of the plurality of pixels. The thin film encapsulation structure includes a first inorganic barrier layer (12), an organic barrier layer (14) including a plurality of solid portions in contact with a top surface of the first inorganic barrier layer and distributed discretely, and a second inorganic barrier layer (16) in contact with the top surface of the first inorganic barrier layer and top surfaces of the plurality of solid portions of the organic barrier layer.

Abstract: An alert communication device, an alert activation device, and an alert management system are provided. The alert management system may include one or more alert communication devices communicatively coupled to one or more other alert communication devices and configured to provide one or more of a visual alert and an audio alert and one or more alert activation devices communicatively coupled to at least one alert communication device of the one or more alert communication devices.

Abstract: Provided a two-dimensional photonic crystal device in which are inserted three waveguides and one resonant cavity by the creation of linear and local defects. Due to the photonic band gap related to the photonic crystal, electromagnetic signals are confined to the interior of waveguides and resonant cavity. By exciting dipole modes in the resonant cavity, with orientation that depends on the intensity of the applied DC magnetic field, the present circulator device can provide the nonreciprocal transmission of signals in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions. It can fulfill the isolation function and it is fork-shaped, providing greater flexibility in the design of integrated optical communication systems.

Abstract: Provided is a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes: a core portion configured to have a cooling water channel provided therein; a housing configured to have a concave shape to have the core portion inserted thereinto so that the core portion is housed therein and have one side provided with an air inlet into which air is introduced and the other side provided with an air outlet through which the air is discharged; and a sealing member configured to be interposed between an outer side of the core portion and an inner side of the housing to seal between the core portion and the housing, thereby preventing air from being bypassed between the core portion and the housing to improve heat exchange efficiency and heat exchange performance.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a self-luminous display panel, includes: preparing a substrate; forming banks above the substrate; detecting a bank having a defect portion; determining, with respect to the detected bank, only one of two adjacent spaces as a repair target space; forming a dam structure in the repair target space; and forming light-emitting layers. The banks are elongated and extend in a column direction, and are arranged in a row direction with spaces therebetween. The two adjacent spaces are each located between the detected bank and an adjacent bank. The dam structure is located within a predetermined distance from the defect portion, and at least partially surrounds the defect portion or is composed of a pair of dam elements disposed with the defect portion therebetween in the column direction. The light-emitting layers are formed by applying inks to the spaces between the banks. The inks contain self-luminous materials.

Abstract: Lutetium oxide-based scintillator materials, as well as corresponding methods and systems, are described.

Abstract: A child restraint includes a juvenile vehicle seat and an energy-absorption apparatus coupled to the juvenile vehicle seat. The energy-absorption apparatus is configured to absorb external energy associated with an external impact force applied to the energy-absorption apparatus.