Abstract: A method and system for supplying power at a voltage selected from a plurality of voltages. Power is initially received at a first voltage. Embodiments communicate with an AC adapter to get device identification and see if the AC adapter supports other voltages. If so, embodiments communicate with the AC adapter to get more information about the adapter and identify what voltages the adapter is capable of providing. If one of the voltages would allow an information handling system to operate more efficiently, embodiments negotiate a power supply contract to operate at a second voltage. When the information handling system powers down, the system resets to operation at the initial voltage.

Abstract: Superabsorbent fibers (SAF) in a feed stream is converted into soluble polymers in an extensional flow device. The total energy used to degrade the SAF into soluble polymers is less than about 50 MJ/kg SAF.

Abstract: A biopsy marker may include three shaped portions arranged sequentially along an axis, each shaped portion having a first surface and a second surface parallel to the first surface. A first narrow portion connects a first of the three shaped portions to a second of the three shaped portions. A second narrow portion connects the second of the three shaped portions to a third of the three shaped portions. The first narrow portion is twisted about the axis such that the first surface of the first shaped portion is at a first angle to the first surface of the second shaped portion. The second narrow portion is twisted about the axis such that the first surface of the second shaped portion is at a second angle to the first surface of the third shaped portion.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for forming a layered composite structural member may include reducing post-consumable material in size into smaller particles, forming the smaller particles into a core layer of material, and coupling the core layer of material to at least one layer of laminate material.

Abstract: An optical waveguide adapter assembly comprises a solid core optical waveguide extending between a free end and a coupled end and having a solid waveguiding core with an associated first optical mode field size; a hollow core optical waveguide extending between a free end and a coupled end and having a hollow waveguiding core with an associated second optical mode field size; and an optical mode field adapter extending between a first end and a second end and having a waveguiding core configured to change an optical mode field of a waveguided optical signal substantially between the first optical mode field size at the first end of the optical mode field adapter and the second optical mode field size at the second end of the optical mode field adapter.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for using a sweep gas to collect and recover leaked gas. In some embodiments, Helium or Hydrogen is stored in an inner conduit. As light Helium or Hydrogen leaks through the inner conduit, a sweep gas flows through an annular space between the inner conduit and an outer conduit to collect the Helium or Hydrogen. Then, the Helium or Hydrogen is separated from the rest of the sweep gas where the Helium or Hydrogen can be stored again or distributed and sold. In other embodiments, the annular space is between a liner and a steel pipe, and a sweep gas through the annular space protects the steel pipe from Hydrogen that leaks from the liner into the annular space. The embodiments described herein greatly lower the cost for storing or transporting gas such as Helium or Hydrogen at a much higher volume scale.

Abstract: An absorbent article having improved handling of body exudates. The absorbent article can minimize the amount of body exudates in contact with a wearer's skin and can minimize the incidence of leakage of body exudates from the absorbent article.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to the scalable synthesis of carbonaceous perimorphic materials, including carbonaceous perimorphic frameworks, on recyclable templates, and using recyclable process liquids. The present disclosure also demonstrates novel perimorphic architectures. In particular, perimorphic frameworks comprising synthetic anthracitic networks are demonstrated. Using these methods, three-dimensional architectures constructed from graphenic carbon can be scalably produced.

Abstract: A capped bisphenol polyether oligomer including a reactive end group, wherein the capped bisphenol polyether oligomer further includes a repeating unit derived from: a bisphenol monomer, a benzylic dihalide, a tertiary cycloalkyl dihalide, or a combination thereof; and optionally, the capped bisphenol polyether oligomer further includes a branching agent.

Abstract: The invention is directed to fentanyl analogues and a conjugate comprising same, as well as a method of inducing an immune response against fentanyl.

Abstract: A method to address memory in nodes of a distributed memory system includes partitioning the memory in each node into one or more memory blocks available for a global memory pool. The method also includes combining, in response to a request to address memory in the global memory pool, a global bit from a global page table with a physical address to generate a global virtual address. The global bit indicates whether the memory is local or remote. The method also includes translating, using global access tuple (GAT) tables, the global virtual address to a global physical address, and addressing a memory block in the global memory pool based on the global physical address.

Abstract: An expandable introducer sheath with an interlock dilator. The present technology provides an expandable sheath with a step feature inside its distal opening, and a dilator with an interlock that includes a catch surface configured to engage with the step feature and resist further relative movement so that the body of the dilator is prevented from exiting the distal end of the expandable sheath. This interlocking engagement may allow the dilator to be used to extend and maintain tension on the expandable sheath during insertion into a patient, and then to be retracted from the expandable sheath by pulling the dilator in the opposite direction. The present technology also provides a dilator hub with a spring mechanism configured to achieve and maintain a desired tension on the expandable sheath and to prevent overextension of the expandable sheath when the dilator is being inserted into the expandable sheath.

Abstract: A pagewide printhead for redundant printing has first and second rows of printhead chips mounted on a common ink manifold. The ink manifold has four ink supply channels for supplying ink to the first and second rows of printhead chips. Dedicated ink outlets interconnect one ink supply channel of the ink manifold with two color channels in each printhead chip.

Abstract: A recoil assembly for a rifle includes a barrel assembly, a bolt, bolt actuator, and a buffer assembly. The barrel assembly includes a barrel secured to a barrel extension. The barrel assembly is slidably received in the receiver and the barrel extension is coupled to a hydraulic buffer assembly located below the barrel extension. The hydraulic buffer assembly is configured and arranged to arrest rearward movement of the barrel assembly when the rifle is fired. An op-rod spring is coupled to an op rod extending that can be actuated by a gas piston assembly on the barrel. The op-rod spring is configured and arranged to arrest rearward movement of the bolt assembly.

Abstract: A hand tool may include a head having a bell and a face for delivering an impact, and a handle operably coupled to the head and extending linearly away from the head along an axis. The handle may include a grip portion proximate to a distal end of the handle. The grip portion may include a core material, an anti-vibration layer disposed around a periphery of the core material in a radial direction substantially perpendicular to the axis, and an outer layer disposed around a periphery of the anti-vibration layer. The anti-vibration layer is made of a first elastomeric polymeric material and the outer layer may be made of a second elastomeric polymeric material. The first elastomeric polymeric material may be softer than the second elastomeric polymeric material. A maximum acceleration ratio between the head and the handle is 0.075.

Abstract: An obturator (2) for a tracheostomy tube (1) has a shaft (20) with a bullet-shape nose (24) at its patient end and a clip (21) at its machine end with arms (34) engaging recesses (15) on a coupling (13) at the machine end of the tube (1). The clip (21) is rotatably mounted with the shaft (20) by means of an engaging spigot (135) and aperture (213) and is retained angularly by dimples (219) on the clip engaged with recesses (141) on the obturator shaft. The obturator (2) is released from the tube (1) by twisting the clip against the retention of the dimples with the recesses and without applying any twisting force to the patient end of the obturator or tube.

Abstract: A method and system for composite molding, and the method includes additively manufacturing a mold shell that includes a part forming cavity. The method includes filling at least a portion of the mold shell with a strengthening agent. The method includes hardening the strengthening agent to form a mold, and laying-up a composite material on the part forming cavity. The method includes curing the mold to form a composite part.

Abstract: Systems and methods for assessing and presenting aviation-focused weather information are provided. One computer-implemented method comprises receiving, at one or more processors, weather information for a select geographic location and a select time period, the select time period comprising a plurality of consecutive hours, and the weather information including general weather conditions and aviation-specific weather conditions for each of the hours; and displaying, on a display unit of an electronic device, a weather forecast user interface configured to present the weather information, wherein the weather forecast user interface comprises a first region configured to depict one or more of the aviation-specific weather conditions for each hour of the select time period using color-coding or shading associated with the corresponding aviation-specific weather condition.