Abstract: Examples of methods for object group packings are described herein. In some examples, a method includes ordering objects of a chromosome into a first group and a second group in accordance with a first priority and a second priority. In some examples, the method includes determining, using a genetic procedure in accordance with the first priority and the second priority, a first arrangement within the first group and a second arrangement within the second group to produce a packing in a volume.

Abstract: A continuous wire stent includes a wire bent into a waveform and spirally wrapped into a helix having a plurality of bands that form a hollow cylindrical shape. The waveform includes a plurality of waves, each wave including a first outer crown including a first intrados, a second outer crown including a second intrados facing the first intrados, a first mid-crown disposed between the first outer crown and the second outer crown, a second mid-crown disposed between the second outer crown and an outer crown of a next wave of the waveform, a first strut connecting the first outer crown to the first mid-crown, a second strut connecting the first mid-crown to the second outer crown, a third strut connecting the second outer crown to the second mid-crown, and a fourth strut connecting the second mid-crown to the outer crown in the next wave of the waveform.

Abstract: Examples of methods for object packings are described herein. In some examples, a method includes loading a first object in a first subset of a volume. In some examples, the method includes determining, using a genetic procedure, an arrangement of second objects in a second subset of the volume to produce a packing that includes the first object and the second objects.

Abstract: A method of forming a display article includes dispensing a material onto a first substrate, and pre-curing the material to form a dam. The method includes depositing a liquid optically clear adhesive in a first pattern onto the first substrate such that the first pattern is spaced apart from the dam to form a coated first substrate. The method includes depositing the adhesive in a second pattern onto a second substrate to form a coated second substrate, and flipping the coated second substrate upside down. The method includes translating the coated first and second substrates towards one another to eliminate an air gap, contacting the first pattern and the second pattern at a plurality of single points, and compressing the first pattern and the second pattern to eliminate the air gap and air entrained between the coated first and second substrates.

Abstract: An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein M1 and M2 are each independently a first row transition metal, a second row transition metal, or a third row transition metal in the Periodic Table of Elements; and wherein L1, L2, a1, a2, Ar1, Ar2, R1 to R4, and LK in Formula 1 are as described in the present disclosure.

Abstract: A modular frame system for a sugarcane harvester includes a base frame section having a forward end and an aft end, with the base frame section defining a forward interface portion at the forward end. The system also includes a plurality of interchangeable front frame sections configured to be removably coupled to the base frame section, with each front frame section having a unique frame arrangement as compared to the remainder of the interchangeable front frame sections such that each front frame section is adapted to provide a differing harvesting configuration for the sugarcane harvester when selected for installation on the base frame section. Moreover, each front frame section includes a front end and a rear interface end, with the rear interface ends of the interchangeable front frame sections defining a common interface portion configured to be coupled to the forward interface portion of the base frame section.

Abstract: A structural chassis for an agricultural machine, such as sugarcane and sweet sorghum harvesters, including a removable reservoir to store hydraulic fluid and, therefore, to improve maintenance and increase the useful life and productivity of the agricultural machine. The structural chassis includes a front portion and a rear portion that supports a primary extractor assembly and a hitch for mounting an elevator assembly. The rear portion is configured to form a processing path through side walls provided with openings for mounting lower and upper feed rollers and chopper rollers. The removable reservoir is installed in a housing formed by the side walls. The removable reservoir includes an opening between the primary extractor assembly and the hitch.

Abstract: An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1 wherein, M1 to M4 are each independently a first-row transition metal, a second-row transition metal, or a third-row transition metal; X1 and X2 are each independently C(R5)(R6), Si(R5)(R6), N(R5), O, S, Se, or Te; W1 to W4 are each independently N(R7)(R8), P(R7)(R8), S(R7), a C5-C60 carbocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, or a C1-C60 heterocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a; L1 to L6 are each independently a C1-C30 alkylene group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, a C5-C60 carbocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, or a C1-C60 heterocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, a3 to a6 are each independently an integer from 0 to 3, and R1 to R8 and R10a in Formula 1 are as described herein.

Abstract: A continuous wire stent includes a wire bent into a waveform and spirally wrapped into a helix having a plurality of bands that form a hollow cylindrical shape. The waveform includes a plurality of waves, each wave including a first outer crown including a first intrados, a second outer crown including a second intrados facing the first intrados, a first mid-crown disposed between the first outer crown and the second outer crown, a second mid-crown disposed between the second outer crown and an outer crown of a next wave of the waveform, a first strut connecting the first outer crown to the first mid-crown, a second strut connecting the first mid-crown to the second outer crown, a third strut connecting the second outer crown to the second mid-crown, and a fourth strut connecting the second mid-crown to the outer crown in the next wave of the waveform.

Abstract: An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein M1 and M2 are each independently a Period 1 transition metal, a Period 2 transition metal, or a Period 3 transition metal in the periodic table of elements; and wherein L1, L2, a1, a2, Ar1, Ar2, R1 to R4, and LK in Formula 1 are as described in the present disclosure.

Abstract: An apparatus for sanitizing air includes a reactor, for generating reactive oxygen species from oxygen in air received in the reactor to be sanitized. The reactor includes at least one reaction chamber. The apparatus further includes a reactor clamp configured to support the at least one reaction chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus for sanitizing air including a reaction unit for generating reactive oxygen species from oxygen in the air received in the reaction unit to be sanitized, wherein airborne contaminants in the air to be sanitized are neutralized by the generated concentration of reactive oxygen species before the air is discharged from the reaction unit. The reaction unit may further generate ozone from the oxygen in the air and the generated ozone is discharged with the air from the reaction unit to sanitize surfaces in the environment into which the sanitized air is discharged.

Abstract: Disclosed is a shopping bag handle that can be used with a plurality of bags minimize discomfort to the person carrying the bags. This minimization is accomplished through a design that minimizes shock, prevents contact of the bags handle with the hand of the person carrying the bags and further may use a back of wrist stabilizing surface. When the handle is used with a plurality of bags simultaneously, the chances of the contents of the bags being disgorged while the bags are being transported in a vehicle are greatly minimized.

Abstract: The present invention relates to equipment installed in an intermediary region between a floating production unit at the ocean surface and a wellhead of an oil reservoir on the ocean floor. The equipment, known as a subsurface buoy, is designed to support rigid and flexible production tubes used for the transport of reservoir fluids from the oil well and/or fluids used in support systems for the oil reservoir. Four cylindrical bodies 1, 2, 3, and 4, connected at their extremities, form the body of the subsurface buoy. In each of the vertices of the subsurface buoy, components of a tying and dynamically stabilizing system 13 are rigidly connected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to equipment installed in an intermediary region between a floating production unit at the ocean surface and a wellhead of an oil reservoir on the ocean floor. The equipment, known as a subsurface buoy, is designed to support rigid and flexible production tubes used for the transport of reservoir fluids from the oil well and/or fluids used in support systems for the oil reservoir.