Abstract: A system for recycling energy in a production plant comprises a distillation device configured to generate a heated vapor in response to distillation and a system configured to recycle heat from the heated vapor back into the production plant. The system for recycling heat can comprise a fin-fan heat exchanger and a compressor or a heat pump with a heat exchanger configured as an evaporator and a heat exchanger configured as a condenser.

Abstract: This disclosure describes methods to separate solids from liquids in a production facility. A process separates components in a defiber process stream by using two or more mechanical devices to separate the solids from the liquids based on density differences. The process produces animal feed products having a protein content ranging from approximately 45% to approximately 64%.

Abstract: This disclosure describes methods to separate solids from liquids in a production facility. A process separates components in the process stream by applying non-condensable media to create density differences and then using a mechanical device to separate the solids from the liquids based on the density difference. The process produces the liquids and solids, which may be further processed to create valuable animal feed products.

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle platform system and method configured to perform various in-season management tasks, including selectively applying fertilizer, mapping growth zones and seeding cover crop within an agricultural field, while self-navigating between rows of planted crops and beneath the canopy of the planted crops on the uneven terrain of an agricultural field, allowing for an ideal in-season application of fertilizer to occur once the planted crop is well established and growing rapidly, in an effort to limit the loss of fertilizer.

Abstract: Generating a recipe for a polishing process includes receiving a target removal profile that includes a target thickness to remove for a plurality of locations spaced angularly around a center of a substrate, storing a first function providing substrate orientation relative to the carrier head over time, storing a second function defining a polishing rate below a zone of the zone as a function of one or more pressures of one or more zones from a plurality of pressurizable zones of the carrier head that are spaced angularly around the center of the substrate, and for each particular zone of the plurality of zones, calculating a recipe defining a pressure for the particular zone over time.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to personalized spatial audio profiles and providing personalized spatial audio.

Abstract: A system for measuring the conductivity of a flexible media positioned between a conductive backing and a conductive roller, wherein the conductive roller contacts the flexible media in a roller contact region. A pressure control mechanism presses the conductive roller against the second surface of the flexible media with a specified contact pressure, and a motion control system provide a relative motion between the conductive roller and the flexible media. A resistance measuring system connected to the conductive roller and the conductive backing measures the conductivity of the flexible media within the roller contact region. A data recording system records the measured conductivity of the media as a function of position.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include semiconductor devices with electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection of the transistor devices. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate, where a transistor device is provided on the semiconductor substrate. In an embodiment, the semiconductor device further comprises a stack of routing layers over the semiconductor substrate, and a diode in the stack of routing layers. In an embodiment, the diode is configured to provide electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection to the transistor device.

Abstract: An image analysis security apparatus includes a content delivery network, an image analyzer and a scan engine. The content delivery network receives an image file, quarantines the file and classifies the file with an operating system. The image analyzer receives the file and classifies the file with an image type. The scan engine loads security modules based on the operating system and the image type, communicates with a vulnerability database to receive vulnerability updates, communicates with a cyber threat intelligence database to receive collection analysis relating to unauthorized accesses to data that occurred within a predetermined time period and communicates with an open-source intelligence database to receive public data for intelligence objectives. The scan engine scans and labels the image file using the security modules in tandem with the information received from the databases.

Abstract: This disclosure describes energy efficient process to distill a process stream in a production facility. A process uses multiple effect evaporators, ranging from one evaporator to eight evaporators in each effect. The process arrangement shows an example of four effect evaporators, with a zero-effect evaporator having a single evaporator, a first-effect evaporator having a set of three evaporators, a second-effect evaporator having a set of three evaporators, and a third-effect evaporator having a set of evaporators to create condensed distillers solubles.

Abstract: A seat system for a vehicle including a seat back assembly, a seat base assembly, and a headrest assembly. Each of the assemblies may include at least one formed part for providing comfort to an occupant of the seat system. A coated forming tool for producing the formed part of the seat system may be a mold assembly or a printing machine configured to form at least a portion of the formed part of the seat system. The coating of the coated forming tool comprises at least one of a nonstick or ecological material, and more preferably a polytetrafluroethylene (PTFE) material.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems provide a surgical access device comprising an internal retractor device integrated with or coupled to a body wall or wound retractor. The wound retractor retracts an opening in a body wall into a body cavity, while the internal retractor permits a user to control the positions of internal structures within the body cavity, thereby permitting a user to define a surgical field. Embodiments of the internal retractor are adjustable.

Abstract: A battery assembly includes at least one enclosure structure that is thermoformed about a battery assembly of a battery pack. A method of enclosing a battery assembly can include placing a sheet of material adjacent a battery assembly of a battery pack; and thermoforming the sheet of material about the battery assembly to provide an enclosure structure for the battery assembly.

Abstract: A computer system outputs audio content via one or more audio output devices. If the audio content includes information that enables spatialization of the audio content, the system outputs the audio content in a simulated three-dimensional environment, including, if the audio content corresponds to a first category of content, causing the one or more audio output devices to simulate production of the audio content in a first virtual space, and if the audio content corresponds to a second category of content, causing the one or more audio output devices to simulate production of the audio content in a second virtual space that has different simulated acoustic properties than simulated acoustic properties of the first virtual space.

Abstract: The present invention provides a surgical training device for training laparoscopic first entry surgical techniques. The training device includes a simulated abdominal wall that is penetrable with an optical trocar. A receptacle containing a tissue simulation is located inside the receptacle. The tissue simulation is observable via scope placed inside the optical trocar. Upon penetration of the one or more of the simulated abdominal wall and receptacle, the tissue simulation appears to translate distally relative to the simulated abdominal wall. The distal translation is effected by a variety of ways including the release of negative pressure inside the receptacle upon penetration and the expansion of an elastic wall of the receptacle with the introduction of fluid under pressure into the receptacle.

Abstract: A sensor includes a microcontroller coupled to a sensing oscillator, a reference oscillator, an environmental sensor, and a communication medium. The sensing oscillator may be less than two inches long and contain a component that changes in oscillation frequency in response to an aerosol particle, liquid-borne analyte, and/or chemical vapor attaching, depositing, and/or interacting with an outer surface of the component. The reference oscillator and environmental sensor may be used to calibrate the sensing oscillator. Data from the sensing oscillator, the reference oscillator and/or the environmental sensor is transferred to an external source by the communication medium.

Abstract: The disclosure presents methods for monitoring of thermal activities within a vehicle's battery pack, using sparse sensors throughout the battery pack. The sparse sensors can be thermal sensors. Situations where a thermal sensor is in the location of a thermal event as well as where there is no thermal sensor in the region of a thermal event are contemplated. Each thermal sensor tracks temperature changes in specified regions of the battery, facilitating an overview of the pack's thermal health. By analyzing data from multiple thermal sensors, the system can help to identify areas that exhibit temperature deviations. If fluctuations beyond predetermined thresholds are detected, data can be routed to external systems, allowing for an external evaluation and response.

Abstract: The present invention provides a surgical training device for training laparoscopic first entry surgical techniques. The training device includes a simulated abdominal wall that is penetrable with an optical trocar. A receptacle containing a tissue simulation is located inside the receptacle. The tissue simulation is observable via scope placed inside the optical trocar. Upon penetration of the one or more of the simulated abdominal wall and receptacle, the tissue simulation appears to translate distally relative to the simulated abdominal wall. The distal translation is effected by a variety of ways including the release of negative pressure inside the receptacle upon penetration and the expansion of an elastic wall of the receptacle with the introduction of fluid under pressure into the receptacle.

Abstract: A computer system displays a first view of a three-dimensional environment, including a first user interface object, that when activated by a user input meeting first criteria, causes performance of a first operation. While displaying the first view, the computer system detects first movement of a hand in a physical environment, and in response, changes an appearance of the first user interface object in the first view based on the first movement, including: in accordance with a determination that the first movement meets the first criteria requiring the hand move in a first manner, performing and indicating performance of the first operation; and in accordance with a determination that the first movement does not meet the first criteria, moving the first user interface object away from a position in the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a location of the hand in the physical environment without performing the first operation.