Abstract: Disclosed are novel forms of operable and fixed windows capable of at least one or more of: producing an electrical current utilizing a transparent or semi-transparent solar collecting coating or film on a pane, and selectively changing one or more of opacity and tint of one or more electrochromatic layers in the window. Some embodiments disclose a scaffold assembly to enclose the perimeter of the substrate and one or more transparent solar cells or electrochromatic layers, or transparent solar cells and electrochromatic layers. Various structural and electrical configurations are disclosed satisfying kinematic demands of operable windows. Wired and wireless configurations of the windows are contemplated as are self-powered versions whereby the transparent solar collector or wireless power powers electrochromatic functions. Also disclosed are self-powered and self-contained glaze units with control wirelessly or from user interface controls on an indoor facing pane.

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 includes a non-linear centerline or a curved portion, where the casting hollow is at least partially defined by the first interior surface.

Abstract: A method for modeling a new design for electromagnetic effects includes identifying, with a model based system engineering tool, an area of interest in the new design where a lightning strike may occur. The new design includes structural features and electromagnetic features. The method further includes generating, with an electromagnetic effects solver tool and a structural solver tool, a design model for the area of interest in the new design, extracting design parameters from the design model, and generating a reduced order model by processing the design parameters, test results, and simulation results with a modeling tool. The reduced order model couples the structural features with the electromagnetic features. The test results are determined by tests of known designs. The simulation results are determined by simulations of known models. The method further includes storing the reduced order model in a storage medium that is readable by a statistical modeling tool.

Abstract: A storage and display assembly for a shaving razor system. The assembly comprising has a case with a top portion and a bottom portion. The top and bottom portions being coupled together so as to be movable relative to one another between a closed position and an open position. The top and bottom portions, when in the closed position, define an inner cavity sized to receive the shaving razor system. A securement cover associated with the top and bottom portions to maintain the top and bottom portions in the to be moved to the open position. The securement cover comprises at least one of product indicia closed position. The securement cover being removable from the case to allow the top and bottom portions or product imagery.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an evaporative emissions system of a vehicle. In an exemplary embodiment, the evaporative emissions system includes an engine; a fuel tank configured to provide fuel for the engine; a plurality of sensors configured to generate sensor data for the evaporative emissions system; a carbon canister configured to capture carbon emissions from the fuel tank; a first valve disposed between the carbon canister and the engine; a second valve disposed between the fuel tank and the carbon canister; and one or more processors that are configured to at least facilitate selectively controlling opening and closing of the first and second valves, to thereby control carbon emissions from the carbon canister and maintain performance of the engine, using the sensor data.

Abstract: Systems and method for routing data packets in ring network. A data packet being transmitted to a destination node may be received by a first structure at a first node. The first node may determine a number of hops the data packet will traverse as it is transmitted from the first node to the destination node and compare the determined number of hops to a threshold hop value to determine whether the number of hops is equal to or less than the threshold hop value. If the number of hops is greater than the threshold, the data packet may be transmitted to a dimension queuing structure for a first virtual channel within a second node, otherwise, the data packet may be transmitted to a dimension queuing structure for a second virtual channel or a turn queuing structure within the second node.

Abstract: Fibrous structures containing one or more particles, and methods for making same are provided.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer comprising a hydrolysable polymer backbone, the polymer backbone comprising: (i) monomer units comprising a hydrophobic side chain; (ii) monomer units comprising a side chain comprising a polyamine group and a polyalkylene oxide group; and, optionally, (iii) monomer units comprising a side chain comprising a polyamine group without a polyalkylene oxide group, as well as a method of preparing said polymer, and a method of delivering a nucleic acid and/or polypeptide to a cell using the polymer.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods of treating multiple sclerosis. Also provided are pharmaceutical products containing ponesimod, instructions for use of ponesimod, methods for selling a drug product containing ponesimod, and methods for reducing clinical management events before or during treatment of multiple sclerosis.

Abstract: A power rail for powering a power driver assembly includes a rail member extending between a front end and a rear end. The rail member has a track including a channel between an upper support beam and a lower support beam. The track extends between the front end and the rear end. The track configured to receive a driver circuit card of the power driver assembly. The power rail includes a power contact having a base coupled to the rail member. The power contact includes a cable termination terminated to a power cable. The power contact includes a mating beam extending from the base into the channel. The mating beam has a mating interface configured to be mated to a power pad of the driver circuit card when the driver circuit card is plugged into the track of the rail member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to natural aqueous essence compositions comprised of flavor and aroma constituents from hops. The invention also relates to methods for adding flavor and aroma to beers, ciders, meads, or other fermented beverages, as well as other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages such as seltzers, flavored waters, and teas where a hop-derived flavor and aroma is desired. The aqueous essence compositions are comprised of compounds that are naturally present in hops or in beer and/or result from processes that occur during brewing or in the aqueous processing of hop cones, hop pellets, or other solids separated from the hop plant (Humulus lupulus). The present invention also relates to the process by which aroma and flavor components are released and isolated from hops in a process that involves steam stripping, concentration, and collection of valuable aroma- and flavor-active hop constituents.

Abstract: A composition for treating a textile fabric to impart an odor control property is provided. The composition has a synergistic effect on controlling odor of a textile fabric for an extended number of home launderings. The composition comprises a urethane based binder dispersion or a urethane precursor in addition to a metal oxide. The composition comprises a blocked isocyanate binder and a metal oxide.

Abstract: Systems and method for routing data packets in ring network. A data packet being transmitted to a destination node may be received by a first structure at a first node. The first node may determine a number of hops the data packet will traverse as it is transmitted from the first node to the destination node and compare the determined number of hops to a threshold hop value to determine whether the number of hops is equal to or less than the threshold hop value. If the number of hops is greater than the threshold, the data packet may be transmitted to a dimension queuing structure for a first virtual channel within a second node, otherwise, the data packet may be transmitted to a dimension queuing structure for a second virtual channel or a turn queuing structure within the second node.

Abstract: An electrical power connector includes a connector housing having a slot at a mating end of the connector housing configured to receive a power distribution assembly. The electrical power connector includes power contacts received in the connector housing configured to be is coupled to a power distribution contact of the power distribution assembly. The electrical power connector includes a monitoring device having a monitoring circuit, a monitoring sensor coupled to the monitoring circuit, and a monitoring transmitter coupled to the monitoring circuit. The monitoring sensor is coupled to the power contact to monitor an operating characteristic of the power contact. The monitoring circuit receives sensor signals from the monitoring sensor and the monitoring transmitter transmits monitoring signals from the monitoring circuit based on the operating characteristic of the power contact to a monitoring network remote from the electrical power connector.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes a connector housing having a cavity and a card slot at a front configured to receive a module circuit board of the pluggable module. The card edge connector includes a contact assembly received in the cavity having a contact positioner holding contacts in a contact array. The contacts are arranged in pairs. Each contact includes a mating end, a terminating end, and an intermediate portion held by the contact positioner. The mating ends extend into the card slot for mating to corresponding signal pads on the module circuit board. The card edge connector includes a shield structure having ground shields located between the pairs of the contacts. The ground shields include ground beams that extend into the card slot for mating to corresponding ground pads on the module circuit board.

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 blood vessel is temporarily distanced from an anchor while the anchor is being driven into tissue of a subject. A delivery tool can be used to deliver the anchor to the tissue and to drive the anchor into the tissue. A vessel-protection device can be advanced transluminally into the blood vessel, and used to temporarily distance the blood vessel from the anchor while the anchor is driven into the tissue by the delivery tool. Other embodiments are also described.

Abstract: Fibrous structures containing one or more particles, and methods for making same are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for connecting processors using twisted torus configurations. In some implementations, a cluster of processing nodes is coupled using a reconfigurable interconnect fabric. The system determines a number of processing nodes to allocate as a network within the cluster and a topology for the network. The system selects an interconnection scheme for the network, where the interconnection scheme is selected from a group that includes at least a torus interconnection scheme and a twisted torus interconnection scheme. The system allocates the determined number of processing nodes of the cluster in the determined topology, sets the reconfigurable interconnect fabric to provide the selected interconnection scheme for the processing nodes in the network, and provides access to the network for performing a computing task.

Abstract: Oral care compositions and/or unit-dose oral care compositions with a metal ion source. Oral care compositions and/or unit-dose oral care compositions with a high average metal ion uptake.