Abstract: Described herein is a cladding fixing system for affixing a cladding structure to a load-bearing substrate of a building having an insulation material, the total cross section of thermally conductive elements of the cladding fixing system extending from the insulation abutting surface of the base plate 100% or more of the insulation material body thickness is 500 mm2 or less per square metre of insulation material when installed, a cladding system including the cladding fixing system and an insulation material body, a method of attaching a cladding structure to a load-bearing substrate of a building using the cladding fixing system and system described herein and a building with a cladding system installed.

Abstract: A vehicle hitch and a vehicle hitch system are provided. The vehicle hitch includes a frame, a receiver, a mount, a receiver locking mechanism and a mount locking mechanism. The frame is configured to be mounted to a vehicle member. The receiver includes an upper body rotatably coupled to the frame, and a lower body that defines an opening and an inner cavity. The mount is slidingly disposed within the inner cavity. The receiver locking mechanism is configured to secure the receiver in stowed and deployed positions with respect to the frame. The mount locking mechanism is configured to secure the mount in retracted and extended positions with respect to the receiver. The vehicle hitch system includes a vehicle hitch and a vehicle bumper that includes a cover that defines an opening, and a motorized panel configured to cover and uncover the opening.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an interaction identifier by a processor and in response to an input entered by a user at a first user interface of a mobile device. The input is associated with a frame within a page displayed at the first user interface. The method further includes receiving interaction information and application deeplinking purchase information associated with the purchase identifier and determining a uniform resource identifier (URI) of a second user interface at the mobile device. The second user interface is different from the first user interface. The method includes sending a signal, based on the URI, to cause the second user interface to be rendered at the mobile device with the interaction information pre-populated to complete an interaction requested by the user.

Abstract: The present invention provides for the integration of drug dispersion methods into a drug or medicine delivery system. The drug dispersion methods used include shear (e.g., air across a drug, with or without a gas assist), capillary flow or a venturi effect, mechanical means such as spinning, vibration, or impaction, and turbulence (e.g., using mesh screens, or restrictions in the air path). These methods of drug dispersion allow for all of the drug in the system to be released, allowing control of the dosage size. These methods also provide for drug metering, fluidization, entrainment, deaggragation and deagglomeration. The present invention also provides for the integration of a drug sealing system into the device. The drug sealing system provides a way of blocking the migration of drug from one area of the package to another.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an interaction identifier by a processor and in response to an input entered by a user at a first user interface of a mobile device. The input is associated with a frame within a page displayed at the first user interface. The method further includes receiving interaction information and application deeplinking purchase information associated with the purchase identifier and determining a uniform resource identifier (URI) of a second user interface at the mobile device. The second user interface is different from the first user interface. The method includes sending a signal, based on the URI, to cause the second user interface to be rendered at the mobile device with the interaction information pre-populated to complete an interaction requested by the user.

Abstract: A method for monitoring ozone generation in an oxygen containing gas within a chamber in an ozone generator in which ozone is generated comprising: sensing with a sensor a parameter within the chamber with time; wherein the parameter is selected from the group consisting of sound and electromagnetic radiation and estimating an amount of ozone generated with time as a function of the parameter sensed by the sensor.

Abstract: A vehicle door assembly including: a first door; a second door, wherein both the first door and the second door are pivotable between an open configuration and a closed configuration with respect to a chassis of a vehicle; and a structural member, wherein the structural member is deployable from the first door and behind the second door at a junction between the first door and the second door when in the closed configuration. Each of the first door and the second door is pivotable to the open configuration and to the closed configuration regardless of the other of the first door or the second door being in the open configuration or in the closed configuration. Also, the structural member is pivotably deployed. The structural member is constrained by a track structure coupled to the chassis of the vehicle at a top portion and at a bottom portion of the structural member.

Abstract: Systems and methods for distribution, storage, transport, administration and/or disposal of one or more therapeutic or diagnostic agents are disclosed. A storage device configured to connect to a delivery system for delivering the therapeutic or diagnostic agent has a housing with a chamber, a vessel having an access port positioned within the chamber. The door is movable relative to the housing between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position, the door covers an opening in the housing to enclose the chamber, and, in the open position, the door reveals the opening for accessing the access port of the vessel. The door is moveable between the closed position and the open position in response to actuation by an access mechanism of the delivery system.

Abstract: A lid for an assay. The lid including a peg coupled to the lid. The peg including a first end coupled to the lid, a second end opposite the first end, a longitudinal axis that extends between the first end and the second end, a first portion extending from the first end towards the second end and having a first outer dimension, a second portion extending from the second end towards the first end and having a second outer dimension, and a third portion positioned between the first portion and the second portion, the third portion having a third outer dimension that is smaller than the first outer dimension and greater than the second outer dimension, a surface of the third portion defining a step between the first end and the second end.

Abstract: A burner includes an atomizing chamber, a flame tube in front of the atomizing chamber adapted to direct combusting fuel introduced by the atomizing chamber along an interior of the flame tube, and a controller. The controller is programmed to independently control rate of fuel flow to the atomizing chamber, rate of atomizing air flow to the atomizing chamber, and rate of combustion air to the flame tub. The controller is also programmed to perform operations including regulating, based on output of a gas sensor, at least the rate of combustion air to the flame tube to substantially maintain a first predetermined amount of excess air in the flame tube.

Abstract: The present application discloses a multi-media interactive story-telling system that provides natural conversational interactions between a human user and a contributor who appears in multi-media recordings. The multi-media interactive story-telling system includes an intake device for recording interview sessions in which a contributor tells a life story about her life experience. The contributor may rely on a script when creating the life story. The multi-media interactive story-telling system further comprises storage devices for storing the recorded interview sessions and processors for organizing the recorded interview sessions. The multi-media interactive story-telling system further comprises an interactive device for retrieving and playing a recorded interview session in response to a query from a user.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser with a fluid pump for dispensing fluid on movement of an actuator, and an air pump for delivering a stream of air through at least one sound generator on movement of the actuator. The sound generator produces at least two sounds as the actuator is moved from a first position to a second position, with each sound produced in a different time period during a cycle of operation, or differing from the other sound in respect of one or more detectable sound characteristics, such as duration, frequency, temporal alignment, amplitude, and/or timbre. The time period of each sound is a function of the relative location of the actuator between the first and second positions.

Abstract: A transistor package includes a power transistor chip having first and second opposite sides. The first side has source, drain, and gate electrode metallizations. A multi-layer laminate substrate includes: a first structured metal layer facing the first side of the chip and electrically connected to the source electrode metallization, the drain electrode metallization, and the gate electrode metallization; a second structured metal layer having a source package terminal pad, a source sense package terminal pad, a drain package terminal pad, and a gate package terminal pad; at least one insulating layer between the structured metal layers; and vias running through the insulating layer and connecting segments of the first structured metal layer to the terminal pads of the second structured metal layer.

Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing ozone containing foam. The dispenser comprises an ozone generating chamber having an air inlet in communication with a source of air and an air outlet. The ozone generating chamber contains a corona discharge generator that generates a corona discharge to produce: (a) ozonated air, by converting oxygen in the air into ozone, and (b) an ionic wind. The ionic wind draws the air from the air source into the ozone generating chamber through the air inlet, and expels the ozonated air from the ozone generating chamber through the air outlet. A foam generator receives the ozonated air expelled from the ozone generating chamber and mixes the ozonated air with a foamable liquid to generate the ozone containing foam.

Abstract: A canopy with a deployable structure is provided. An apparatus can include a canopy that includes a structure. The structure can be deployed over at least one portion of an object. The apparatus can include a fabric that is coupled to the structure. The structure can deploy the fabric over the at least one portion of the object.

Abstract: A piston pump for dispensing fluid from a reservoir, an improved vacuum relief arrangement in which a passageway for flow of air from the atmosphere into the reservoir is provided at least in part through a piston-forming element of the piston pump.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a pump mechanism that dispenses a dose of fluid when a movable pump member of the pump mechanism is moved between an extended position and a retracted position. A pump engagement body engages with the movable pump member for effecting movement of the movable pump member. A first cam surface and a second cam surface are connected to the pump engagement body, at least one of the first cam surface and the second cam surface comprising an adjustable cam surface whose location relative to the pump engagement body is selectively adjustable. A camming body engages with the first cam surface and the second cam surface to effect movement of the pump engagement body, and a dose adjustment mechanism allows the location of the adjustable cam surface relative to the pump engagement body to be selected.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel microbial polycultures of two or more cell strains, capable of producing flavanones, flavonoids, and anthocyanidin-3-O-glucosides, and methods of use thereof. Also disclosed is a microbial cell capable of producing phenylpropanoic acids, and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: A pump assembly for dispensing flowable materials including a piston chamber-forming member providing an annular chamber about a center post and an annular piston-forming member reciprocally slidable in the annular chamber to dispense flowable material outwardly annularly about the center post.