Abstract: Methods and apparatus to prevent trailer sway are disclosed. An example apparatus to prevent trailer sway of a trailer coupled to a vehicle includes prediction circuitry to predict, based on sensor data from one or more sensors of the vehicle, whether a trailer sway condition associated with the vehicle is likely to occur, and control activation circuitry to, in response to the prediction that the trailer sway is likely to occur, activate at least one vehicle control of the vehicle to prevent the trailer sway condition from occurring, the at least one vehicle control to include applying torque to at least one of one or more trailer wheels of the trailer or one or more vehicle wheels of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present device is a microchannel separator that uses a separation driving force created by an electric field. An ionic fluid flows through the microchannels and is subjected to an electric field by two spaced apart parallel electrodes possessing an electric charge. The ions in the ionic fluid are attracted towards the charged electrodes and thus are concentrated in the region of flow near the charged electrodes and depleted from the central region of flow between the charged electrodes. The charged electrodes are insulated from the ionic fluid by an impermeable barrier which prevents arcing and adherence of the ions to the charged electrodes. After a sufficient length of passage of the ionic fluid through a main channel two blocking plates separate the flow into a central and two outer output channels. The central channel draws a portion of the ionic fluid from the central region of the main channel that has fewer ions than the ionic fluid in the regions near the charged electrodes.

Abstract: A system for creating a plurality of client mailers for a plurality of clients of a communication service provider having an account database storing client account data related to one or more services provided by the communication service provider to each client during a billing cycle includes first and second assembly modules. The first assembly module is operable to receive common data and variable data. The common data comprises data to be included in each client mailer, and the variable data is used for selecting client account data specific to each client for inclusion into the client mailer. The first assembly module is further operable to generate advisement data based on the client account data specific to the client and the variable data and store the common data, the selected client account data, and the advisement data in a mailer template file.

Abstract: The present device is a microchannel separator that uses a separation driving force created by an electric field. An ionic fluid flows through the microchannels and is subjected to an electric field by two spaced apart parallel electrodes possessing an electric charge. The ions in the ionic fluid are attracted towards the charged electrodes and thus are concentrated in the region of flow near the charged electrodes and depleted from the central region of flow between the charged electrodes. The charged electrodes are insulated from the ionic fluid by an impermeable barrier which prevents arcing and adherence of the ions to the charged electrodes. After a sufficient length of passage of the ionic fluid through a main channel two blocking plates separate the flow into a central and two outer output channels. The central channel draws a portion of the ionic fluid from the central region of the main channel that has fewer ions than the ionic fluid in the regions near the charged electrodes.

Abstract: A system for creating a plurality of client mailers for a plurality of clients of a communication service provider having an account database storing client account data related to one or more services provided by the communication service provider to each client during a billing cycle includes first and second assembly modules. The first assembly module is operable to receive common data and variable data. The common data comprises data to be included in each client mailer, and the variable data is used for selecting client account data specific to each client for inclusion into the client mailer. The first assembly module is further operable to generate advisement data based on the client account data specific to the client and the variable data and store the common data, the selected client account data, and the advisement data in a mailer template file.