Abstract: One or more maps are obtained by an agricultural work machine. The one or more maps map one or more agricultural characteristic values at different geographic locations of a field. An in-situ sensor on the agricultural work machine senses an agricultural characteristic as the agricultural work machine moves through the field. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts a predictive agricultural characteristic at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the values in the one or more maps and the agricultural characteristic sensed by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for controlling distributed energy resources. Controllers in a peer-to-peer network are configured to act as a dispatch handler for electrical buses connected to respective set of power assets and loads. The controllers are configured to broadcast micro-grid configuration information over the peer-to-peer network to each controller. Each controller is configured to determine a segmentation of the electrical buses into isolated micro-grids; and assign a controller as a supervisor for each of the isolated micro-grids. The controllers are configured such that supervisor controller assigned to isolated micro-grid is configured to determine dispatch commands for power assets associated with the isolated micro-grid to handle load requirements and broadcast the determined dispatch commands over the peer-to-peer network.

Abstract: An elbow configured to connect to a positive pressure ventilation mask and to a ventilator circuit that provides a source of pressurized air. The elbow includes an access valve that opens to provide access to the mouth of the patient without removing the mask and seals from ventilator pressure pushing the valve to the closed position.

Abstract: An ASG system for polygeneration with CC includes a devolatilizer that pyrolyzes solid fuel to produce char and gases. A burner adds exothermic heat by high-pressure sub-stoichiometric combustion, a mixing pot causes turbulent flow of the gases to heat received solid fuel, and a riser micronizes resulting friable char. A devolatilizer cyclone separates the micronized char by weight providing micronized char, steam and gases to a gasifier feed and oversized char to the mixing pot. An indirect fluid bed gasifier combustion loop includes a gasifier coupled to the gasifier feed, a steam input to provide oxygen for gasification and to facilitate sand-char separation, and an output for providing syngas. A burner provides POC to a mixing pot which provides hot sand with POC to a POC cyclone via a riser, where the POC cyclone separates sand and POC by weight and provides POC and sand for steam-carbon reaction.

Abstract: An ASG system for polygeneration with CC includes a devolatilizer that pyrolyzes solid fuel to produce char and gases. A burner adds exothermic heat by high-pressure sub-stoichiometric combustion, a mixing pot causes turbulent flow of the gases to heat received solid fuel, and a riser micronizes resulting friable char. A devolatilizer cyclone separates the micronized char by weight providing micronized char, steam and gases to a gasifier feed and oversized char to the mixing pot. An indirect fluid bed gasifier combustion loop includes a gasifier coupled to the gasifier feed, a steam input to provide oxygen for gasification and to facilitate sand-char separation, and an output for providing syngas. A burner provides POC to a mixing pot which provides hot sand with POC to a POC cyclone via a riser, where the POC cyclone separates sand and POC by weight and provides POC and sand for steam-carbon reaction.

Abstract: An elbow configured to connect to a positive pressure ventilation mask and to a ventilator circuit that provides a source of pressurized air. The elbow includes an access valve that opens to provide access to the mouth of the patient without removing the mask and seals from ventilator pressure pushing the valve to the closed position.

Abstract: A positive pressure ventilation (PPV) elbow connects to a PPV mask and a source of pressurized air from a ventilator. The elbow and includes an access valve that opens to provide access to the mouth of the patient without removing the mask and self-seals under pressure from the ventilator.

Abstract: A positive pressure ventilation (PPV) appliance module includes an adapter that couples to a port on an NIV mask and an appliance for performing a respiratory care procedure. The adapter is configured to form a PPV seal with the port of the PPV mask and also form a PPV seal with the appliance. The PPV appliance module allows clinicians to perform procedures through the NIV mask without disrupting the therapeutic pressure.

Abstract: A thermal conveyance system and process for absorbing, transporting, storing, and recovering thermal energy (both hot and cold energy) over a wide range of temperatures from up to 2,100° F., or higher, or cool energy at subzero temperatures in inert and stable particles without the need to maintain a minimum temperature or requiring high system pressures. The process involving the transferring thermal energy to a first transfer fluid and recovering thermal energy from a second transfer fluid wherein the first and the second transfer fluids comprise a two phase thermal media including a gaseous carrier containing a quantity of micron to millimeter sized solid particles.

Abstract: A micro-grid system for providing power to a load includes a plurality of gensets and energy storage units (ESU) in parallel. An asset management controller is configured to determine a genset cost function for the gensets based on at least an efficient load factor, and determine an ESU cost function based on at least the a discharge power loss (DPL) and a charge power loss (CPL). The AMC assigns a priority to each ESU and each genset based on the cost function and selectively activates the power supplies based on the priority and a power demand of the load and a reserve. The AMC determines an available reserve among activated power supplies then selectively distributes the load among activated power supplies and reserve among the available reserve.

Abstract: A flight management system includes a display for displaying a user interface and a processor coupled with the display and configured to receive flight plan information regarding a flight plan of an aircraft and aircraft status information from an aircraft monitoring system. The processor generates an alert indicating a deviation from the flight plan based on a comparison of the aircraft status information to the flight plan information, and provides the alert on a portion of the user interface displaying information indicative of the aircraft status information. The alert provides one or more user interface controls configured to enable a pilot to interact with the portion of the user interface displaying the information indicative of the aircraft status information to at least one of view additional information regarding the difference between the status information and the flight plan information and modify the flight plan of the aircraft.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a circuit configured to initialize a read operation to read one or more requested data segments of a respective data unit having a plurality of data segments. Based on a number of failed data segments of the requested data segments and an erasure capability of an outer code error correction scheme, the circuit may perform erasure recovery to recover the failed data segments. Based on the number of failed data segments, the erasure capability of the outer code error correction scheme, and a threshold value, the circuit may perform iterative outer code recovery to recover the failed data segments.

Abstract: An ASG system for polygeneration with CC includes a devolatilizer that pyrolyzes solid fuel to produce char and gases. A burner adds exothermic heat by high-pressure sub-stoichiometric combustion, a mixing pot causes turbulent flow of the gases to heat received solid fuel, and a riser micronizes resulting friable char. A devolatilizer cyclone separates the micronized char by weight providing micronized char, steam and gases to a gasifier feed and oversized char to the mixing pot. An indirect fluid bed gasifier combustion loop includes a gasifier coupled to the gasifier feed, a steam input to provide oxygen for gasification and to facilitate sand-char separation, and an output for providing syngas. A burner provides POC to a mixing pot which provides hot sand with POC to a POC cyclone via a riser, where the POC cyclone separates sand and POC by weight and provides POC and sand for steam-carbon reaction.

Abstract: A hybrid micro-grid system for providing power to a load connected to a common bus. The system includes at least one renewable power source, at least one genset, at least one energy storage unit, and an asset management controller operatively coupled to the power sources supply power to the common bus. The AMC is configured to determine a renewable cost function, a genset cost function, and a storage cost function, then assigns a priority of each power source based on the corresponding cost function. The AMC determines a cascade of the power sources based on the determined priority and selectively distributes a power demand of the load between each power source based on the determined cascade.

Abstract: A garment comprising a right leg passageway and a left leg passageway and a trunk portion. The trunk portion has an opening with an edge there through with an associated flap which overlaps the edge of the trunk portion. The trunk portion has at least one coupling strip placed adjacent the edge of the trunk portion opening. The flap has a coupling strip and an absorbent area having an absorbent material being fixedly attached to the absorbent area.

Abstract: A micro-grid system for providing power to a load includes a plurality of gensets and energy storage units (ESU) in parallel. An asset management controller is configured to determine a genset cost function for the gensets based on at least an efficient load factor, and determine an ESU cost function based on at least the a discharge power loss (DPL) and a charge power loss (CPL). The AMC assigns a priority to each ESU and each genset based on the cost function and selectively activates the power supplies based on the priority and a power demand of the load and a reserve. The AMC determines an available reserve among activated power supplies then selectively distributes the load among activated power supplies and reserve among the available reserve.

Abstract: A hybrid micro-grid system for providing power to a load connected to a common bus. The system includes at least one renewable power source, at least one genset, at least one energy storage unit, and an asset management controller operatively coupled to the power sources supply power to the common bus. The AMC is configured to determine a renewable cost function, a genset cost function, and a storage cost function, then assigns a priority of each power source based on the corresponding cost function. The AMC determines a cascade of the power sources based on the determined priority and selectively distributes a power demand of the load between each power source based on the determined cascade.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for implementing sector management in drives having multiple modulation coding. A circuit may be configured to generate a data sector having a first number of bits based on a first modulation encoding scheme associated with a first location of a data storage medium, determine a difference between the first number of bits and a second number of bits corresponding to a second modulation encoding scheme associated with a second location of the data storage medium, append a number of padding bits to the data sector based on the difference, and store the data sector to the second location of the data storage medium. The data sector may be a sector reallocated from the first location to the second location. The data sector may also be an intermediate parity sector stored to a media cache region of the data storage device.

Abstract: A positive pressure ventilation (PPV) appliance module includes an adapter that couples to a port on an NIV mask and an appliance for performing a respiratory care procedure. The adapter is configured to form a PPV seal with the port of the PPV mask and also form a PPV seal with the appliance. The PPV appliance module allows clinicians to perform procedures through the NIV mask without disrupting the therapeutic pressure.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relates to compositions and methods of preventing and/or treating itch in a subject using a therapeutically effective amount of a MRG receptor antagonist. e.g., a tripeptide QWF. In one embodiment, the itch is a non-histamine mediated itch.