Abstract: A casting assembly includes at least a first body and a second body. The first body can be a core and the second body can be a shell. The first body has a first interior surface and a first exterior surface. The second body has a second interior surface spaced from a second exterior surface. A portion of the second interior surface is spaced from and facing the first exterior surface. The first body having a casting hollow, where the casting hollow is at least partially defined by the first interior surface.

Abstract: A data processing system implements obtaining, at a file services platform, first mapping information by mapping files, folders, or a combination thereof stored on each of a plurality of client devices associated with a first user. The data processing system further implements synchronizing the first mapping information with the plurality of client devices, receiving a first request for a first file from a first client device of the plurality of client devices, where the first file stored locally on a second client device of the plurality of client devices. The data processing system further implements requesting that the second client device upload an instance of the first file to the file services platform; receiving the instance of the first file from the second client device; and causing the first client device to download the instance of the first file from the file services platform to the first client device.

Abstract: An ear tip includes a body configured to be mounted onto an earbud. The body includes a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a first wall extending between the first and second ends. The first wall defines and surrounds a hollow passage that is configured to conduct sound waves. The first wall is configured to engage a nozzle on the earbud. The first wall includes a ring that is formed of a rigid material and engages the nozzle. The ring includes at least one C-shaped member with at least one gap and a compliant material is molded around the ring and fills the gap.

Abstract: Provided is an osteotome handpiece that may be driven by compressed gas. In an embodiment, a spherical piston may be movable inside a cylinder having a liner, which may be made of a low-friction material such as a fluoropolymer. The spherical piston may impact a blade holder that transmits force to a blade. A piston return spring may be provided, along with a piston washer to avoid any possible outward deformation of the spring. The blade holder may be retained by a split and threaded retaining collar. Single-stroke or multi-stroke operation may be chosen by the user. The device has long-operating low-maintenance advantages.

Abstract: A light-emitting user input device can include a touch sensitive portion configured to accept user input (e.g., from a user's thumb) and a light-emitting portion configured to output a light pattern. The light pattern can be used to assist the user in interacting with the user input device. Examples include emulating a multi-degree-of-freedom controller, indicating scrolling or swiping actions, indicating presence of objects nearby the device, indicating receipt of notifications, assisting pairing the user input device with another device, or assisting calibrating the user input device. The light-emitting user input device can be used to provide user input to a wearable device, such as, e.g., a head mounted display device.

Abstract: A casting assembly includes at least a first body and a second body. The first body can be a core and the second body can be a shell. The first body has a first interior surface and a first exterior surface. The second body has a second interior surface spaced from a second exterior surface. A portion of the second interior surface is spaced from and facing the first exterior surface. The first body having a casting hollow, where the casting hollow is at least partially defined by the first interior surface.

Abstract: A method for rendering linked content in a first document is described. A first user entry of a first link in the first document is received at a computing device. The first link refers to a first set of content having a source location that is external to the first user entry. The first set of content is displayed with a first display format of the source location in a user interface that displays the first document. Displaying the first set of content includes retrieving, by the computing device, the first set of content using the first link. Displaying the first set of content also includes updating the user interface to display both the first set of content and a second set of content that is distinct from the first set of content.

Abstract: Chemical flashings for track assemblies and mount assemblies employed in solar power installations are disclosed. In some embodiments, a track assembly having a base, a pair of rails, a sealant receiving cavity and a round groove extending into the base from the bottom of the base, and a compressible round seal disposed within the base extending past the bottom is disclosed. In some embodiments, a mount assembly having a vertical structure, a sealant receiving cavity and a round groove extending into the base from the bottom of the base, a compressible round seal disposed within the base extending past the bottom, and an excess sealant cavity is disclosed.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes obtaining a first latch for a first node within a tree data structure; copying a first version number of the first node; unlatching the first node; copying the first node; latching the first node a second time after completing the copying; copying a second version number of the first node; and performing one or more actions in response to a comparison of the first version number and the second version number.

Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag includes a power harvesting circuit that operates generate power for the RFID tag from a continuous wave of a radio frequency (RF) signal. The RFID tag further includes a tuning circuit that is tuned based on a capacitance setting, where the capacitance setting is indicative of a power level of the power. The RFID tag further includes a processing module operably coupled to the tuning circuit, where the processing module operates to generate the capacitance setting to obtain a desired power level for the power.

Abstract: An adaptive billboard frame mount system, and methods of use thereof, that is configured to mount to a plurality of fixedly positioned pre-existing poles. The billboard frame mount system includes a frame assembly and a plurality of mount assemblies configured to be coupled to the plurality of fixedly positioned pre-existing poles and the frame assembly such that a formed frame of the frame assembly can be positioned in a display plane that is oriented at a desired angle relative to vertical.

Abstract: A turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section, and an airfoil with an outer wall defining a pressure side and a suction side and extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a mean camber line. A first thickness is defined between the pressure side and the suction side at a first location along the mean camber line.

Abstract: A system and method for testing effectiveness of in-the-ear (ITE) hearing protection devices (HPD) while inserted in a user's ears include a headset having circumaural earcups positionable over the user's ears and programmed to sequentially generate sound at a plurality of frequencies and store the user's hearing threshold at each frequency. The user's values are compared to associated reference values for the ITE hearing protection devices and a processor generates an audio, visual, and/or haptic signal indicative of the ITE HPD effectiveness based on the comparisons. The headset may be used as a secondary or supplemental HPD in combination with the ITE devices. The stored user values at each frequency may be used to automatically compensate ambient sounds for the response of the ITE HPDs and any pre-existing user hearing deficiencies to improve speech intelligibility and situational awareness while wearing the devices.

Abstract: A system for generating a user interface described herein can include a processor to detect a type of the system based on hardware components residing within the system or coupled to the system and determine a user interface manager to execute based on the type of the system. The processor can also execute the user interface manager to generate a user interface for the system, wherein the type of the user interface manager comprises a plurality of rules to indicate a layout of the user interface.

Abstract: A wireless communication system receives a registration cause for a User Equipment (UE) from a user data system. The wireless communication system generates a network message that indicates the registration cause for the UE. The wireless communication system transfers the network message that indicates the registration cause to the UE. The wireless communication system receives a registration request from the UE that indicates the registration cause. In response, the wireless communication system registers the UE to use the wireless communication system based on the registration cause.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to ingest data objects from a flat file server for use in one or more system operations including providing a renderable data object to a user and updating a data item database. As described, the ingestion system includes an ingestion module, a flat file module, a compliance module, and a deduplication module wherein the modules together ingest a flat file data object, parse and process a renderable data object from the flat file data object, and store the renderable data object in a renderable object database.

Abstract: An embodiment may receive a transaction from an account associated with a user; associate a transfer group parameter with the transaction; create a set of transfers to a set of connected accounts using the transfer group parameter, a secret key, and a single-use token, the token associated with a first system and generated using information from the user, wherein the set of transfers is identifiable by the transfer group parameter and linked together for tracking a service associated with the transfer group parameter and the set of transfers; in response to a determination that the secret key is valid and is associated with a second system, execute the transaction using the single-use token and the secret key; and transmit a portion of the set of transfers to each account of the set of connected accounts to perform the service associated with the transfer group parameter and the set of transfers.

Abstract: A turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section, and an airfoil with an outer wall defining a pressure side and a suction side and extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a mean camber line. A first thickness is defined between the pressure side and the suction side at a first location along the mean camber line.

Abstract: A variable guide vane assembly is provided for a turbine defining a core air flowpath. The variable guide vane assembly includes an airfoil band defining a flowpath surface and a cavity. The variable guide vane assembly further includes an airfoil including a first end extending at least partially into the cavity of the airfoil band and an opposite second end, the airfoil extending generally along an axis between the first end and the second end and being moveable generally about the axis relative to the airfoil band. The variable guide vane assembly further includes a sealing element operable to form a seal between the first end of the airfoil and the airfoil band.