Abstract: A powder laundry detergent formulation is provided having a detergent surfactant; a builder; a polyethylene oxide having a weight average molecular weight, Mw, of 750,000 Daltons to 10,000,000; and a poly(acrylic acid) having a weight average molecular weight, Mw, of 1,000 to 20,000.

Abstract: A drilling rig may include a right substructure, left substructure, and a drill floor. The drill floor may be pivotably coupled to lower boxes of the left and right substructure by struts. The substructures may include hydraulic cylinders positioned to raise the drill floor and a mast coupled to the drill floor into a raised position.

Abstract: Self-consolidating geopolymer compositions utilizing fly ash and inorganic mineral including alkaline earth metal oxide as cementitious reactive components and include cement set retarder. The alkaline earth metal oxide is preferably calcium oxide (also known as lime or quicklime) and/or magnesium oxide. The inorganic minerals including alkaline earth metal oxide have an alkaline earth metal oxide content preferably greater than 50 wt. %, more preferably greater than 60 wt. %, even more preferably greater than 70 wt. %, and most preferably greater than 80 wt. %, for example greater than 90 wt. %. The cementitious reactive powder may optionally also include one or more aluminous cements and one or more source of calcium sulfates. The cementitious reactive powders are activated with an alkali metal chemical activator selected from alkali metal salt and/or alkali metal base. Methods for making the compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a control circuit and a switching circuit. The control circuit is structured to communicate with a real-time-clock battery and to selectively communicate with a vehicle battery. The control circuit is structured in an OFF arrangement when a wake supply voltage is received from the vehicle battery and in an ON arrangement when no wake supply voltage is received. The switching circuit is structured to provide communication between the real-time-clock battery and a real-time-clock power pin of a controller with a voltage drop of about 0.1 volts or less when the control circuit is in the ON arrangement and to inhibit communication between the real-time-clock battery and the real-time-clock power pin when the control circuit is in the OFF arrangement.

Abstract: An expansible, multi-chambered implant for use in a tissue prosthesis receiving cavity including an expansible envelope having a plurality of chambers, wherein the expansible envelope includes a first member, a second member and at least one collapsible partition extending in an interior of the expansible envelope between the first member and the second member, and a filler tube operatively connected to the expansible envelope such that the filler tube includes a plurality of delivery tubes, wherein one of the plurality of delivery tubes is operatively connected to one of the plurality of chambers and another of the plurality of delivery tubes is operatively connected to another of the plurality of chambers in order to independently fill each of the plurality of chambers.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product controls a driving mode of a self-driving vehicle (SDV). One or more processors compare a control processor competence level of an on-board SDV control processor in controlling the SDV to a human driver competence level of a human driver in controlling the SDV while the SDV encounters a current roadway condition which is a result of current weather conditions of the roadway on which the SDV is currently traveling. One or more processors then selectively assign control of the SDV to the SDV control processor or to the human driver while the SDV encounters the current roadway condition based on which of the control processor competence level and the human driver competence level is relatively higher to one another.

Abstract: A computer implemented method performed by an identity verification computing system includes receiving a request to provide an identity verification of a user via an entity computing system, the request including data associated with a user device associated with the user. A user-level profile associated with the user device is accessed. A user-level token is requested from the user device. The user-level token is associated with the user-level profile. The user-level token is received from the user device, and validated. An identity verification approval is transmitted to the entity computing system.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating an output sequence from an input sequence. In one aspect, one of the systems includes an encoder neural network configured to receive the input sequence and generate encoded representations of the network inputs, the encoder neural network comprising a sequence of one or more encoder subnetworks, each encoder subnetwork configured to receive a respective encoder subnetwork input for each of the input positions and to generate a respective subnetwork output for each of the input positions, and each encoder subnetwork comprising: an encoder self-attention sub-layer that is configured to receive the subnetwork input for each of the input positions and, for each particular input position in the input order: apply an attention mechanism over the encoder subnetwork inputs using one or more queries derived from the encoder subnetwork input at the particular input position.

Abstract: An imaging system includes first and second heaters configured to pre-heat a thermochromic coating. The first heater heats at least one of a substrate and the thermochromic coating disposed on the substrate. The second heater heats an ambient environment surrounding the thermochromic coating. The first and second heaters are configured to pre-heat the thermochromic coating to a temperature below a threshold temperature of the thermochromic coating. The system further includes a patterned heater configured to heat the pre-heated thermochromic coating to one or more temperatures above the threshold temperature according to a predetermined pattern.

Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating the sale of an asset having digital title through two separate math-based currency (“MBC”) transactions. The first MBC transaction passes digital title from the seller to the buyer by incorporating the digital title or a pointer to the digital title in the metadata of the first MBC transaction. The second MBC transaction passes funds to the seller from the buyer (either directly or via an intermediary). Accordingly, the ownership chain of the asset can be traced and verified through a MBC blockchain or ledger that serves as a record of all MBC transactions.

Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a sensor control device (200) for a connected lighting system (100), said connected lighting system comprising multiple luminaires (122) arranged in a region, the sensor control device obtaining from received sensor data the occupant locations in sub-regions associated with the sensor data and/or multiple illuminance levels for multiple points in the sub-region, and defines a virtual sensor at a virtual sensor location. The occupancy state and/or illuminance level from the virtual sensor are used to control a luminaire of the multiple luminaires, the luminaire covering the virtual sensor location in the region.

Abstract: A method comprising: obtaining a respective measurement of a beacon signal transmitted wirelessly between the mobile device and each of a plurality of the reference nodes; for each of a plurality of different reference locations within the environment, distinct from the reference nodes, obtaining a corresponding measurement of a test signal previously transmitted or modelled to have been transmitted wirelessly between the reference location and each of the plurality of reference nodes; for each of the reference locations, determining for each of said plurality of beacon nodes a difference between the respective measurement of the beacon signal and the measurement of the test signal; for each of the reference locations, determining a value of a measure of statistical spread in these differences; and estimating the location of the mobile device in dependence on a comparison of the values of the measure of statistical spread determined for the different reference locations.

Abstract: Disclosed are various examples for providing contextual awareness with an internet of things (IoT) infrastructure in an enterprise workspace. IoT devices can connect to a network through a gateway or other edge device enrolled in a management service. The gateway device can provide context-based services defined by the management services to users in an enterprise through interactions with IoT devices. A gateway device can identity managed user devices within a service range of the gateway device. When a managed user device is within the service range of the gateway device, the gateway device can provide a context-based service by interacting with connected IoT devices.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Aspects of the present disclosure provide a UAV that includes at least four arms, each configured with a co-axial pair of contra rotating propellers, wherein each propeller has capability of rotating reversibly with associated reversal of direction of thrust, and an autopilot control system that controls rotational direction and speed of the at least four co-axial pairs of propellers to maintain yaw stability, roll stability and pitch stability of the UAV, wherein in an event of failure of any one co-axial pair out of the at least four co-axial pairs of propellers, the autopilot control system reverses direction of rotation and thereby direction of thrust of at least one propeller of any functional pair.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for interfaces for resolving maintenance activities are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include receiving an indication of a fault associated with an equipment item of a budding, providing an interface via a display, wherein the interface includes a first portion configured to provide information associated with the fault based on the data, a second portion configured to provide navigation to the building, a third portion configured to provide navigation within the building to the equipment item, and a fourth portion configured to display an augmented reality visualization of the equipment item.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to preventing unauthorized access to secured information systems. A computing platform may receive, from an end user desktop computing device, a request to login to a user account associated with a user account portal. In response to receiving the request, the computing platform may generate an authentication token in an authentication database and may send a notification to at least one registered device linked to the user account. After sending the notification, the computing platform may receive, from the at least one registered device, an authentication response message. If the authentication response message indicates that valid authentication input was received, the computing platform may update the authentication token to indicate that the request to login to the user account has been approved. After updating the authentication token, the computing platform may provide, to the end user desktop computing device, access to a portal interface.

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving supply chain states of a plurality of nodes of a supply chain, respectively, where the supply chain states have restricted visibility among the plurality of nodes, determining a modification to a supply chain state of a target node in the supply chain based on a supply chain state of at least one other node in the supply chain, transmitting the determined modification of the supply chain state to the target node, and storing a reason for modifying the supply chain state of the target node via a block included among a hash-linked chain of blocks.

Abstract: A method of performing a built in test on a watchdog circuit including a watchdog timer includes: initiating the built in test with a processor being monitored by the watchdog circuit, wherein initiating includes enabling a watchdog circuit built in test reset inhibit circuit (WD BIT reset inhibit circuit) connected between an output of an active watchdog integrated reset circuit connected to the processor and a reset input of the processor; and ceasing to provide a strobe signal to the active watchdog integrated reset circuit that resets a watchdog counter in the active watchdog integrated reset circuit, the active watchdog integrated reset circuit causing a reset of the processor via its output when the watchdog counter expires by providing a signal to a reset input of the processor.

Abstract: A methods and systems for generating rectified signals are disclosed. For example, a system performing the methods includes a current source rectifier which has a plurality of switches configured to receive an input current from an AC voltage source and to receive a plurality of control signals. The switches are configured to produce a rectified output current based on the input current and the control signals. The system also includes a rectifier controller configured to receive a current sense signal indicative of the rectified output current and to generate the control signals based at least in part on the current sense signal, where the control signals cause the current source rectifier to attenuate at least one of a plurality of harmonic frequencies in the rectified output current.

Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating a transaction between a cardholder, registered with a first payment entity, and a second payment entity other than the first payment entity in cases when the second payment entity promotes an offer which the cardholder wants to avail. The method includes receiving a first service request from a user at a server system associated with the first payment entity. The first service request is a request to avail the offer using a first payment card of the user. The method further includes facilitating authentication of the first service request at the first payment entity. Upon successful authentication, the method includes sending a second service request to second payment entity and receiving approval from the second payment entity for availing the offer. The method further includes receiving a second payment card from second issuing entity, where the second payment card is eligible for availing the offer.