Abstract: A real-time survey system can monitor real-time event and interaction data generated as a user interacts with an application. Using the event data in combination with static user attributes, the survey system can identify a subset of microsurveys a user is eligible to receive or participate in. Identifying eligibility can include applying one or more filters based on user attributes as well as detecting a triggering event that signals real-time relevance of the survey to the user's actions. If the user is eligible for multiple surveys, the survey system can select a single survey to send to the user. Surveys can be presented to users directly using the real-time survey system instead of via an alternate delivery method, such as email. After collecting survey data, survey system can automatically analyze survey responses, including by performing machine learning based thematic analysis on freeform text responses.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes a flexible enclosure. The RF receiving coil assembly also includes an RF coil disposed within the flexible enclosure, wherein the RF coil comprises a plurality of flexible loops having a malleable conductor. The RF receiving coil assembly further includes at least one cutout in the flexible enclosure located outside an area where the RF coil is disposed within the flexible enclosure. The at least one cutout is configured to provide a handle for handling the RF receiving coil assembly.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method of cold-forming a glass article are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the method includes bending a glass sheet over the chuck such that a first major surface of the glass sheets conforms to a bending surface of the chuck. In one or more embodiments, the method includes adhering a frame to the second major surface of the glass sheet such that at least one spacer is positioned between the glass sheet and the frame.

Abstract: A method of producing a syngas composition includes hydrolyzing a metal halide salt to form a hydrohalic acid and a hydroxide salt of the metal in the metal halide salt. The metal includes an alkaline earth metal or an alkali metal. The method includes reacting the hydrohalic acid with a metal carbonate salt, wherein the metal carbonate salt is a carbonate salt of the alkaline earth metal or alkali metal, to form CO2 and the metal halide salt. At least some of the metal halide salt formed from the reacting of the hydrohalic acid with the metal carbonate salt is recycled as at least some of the metal halide salt in the hydrolyzing of the metal halide salt to form the hydrohalic acid and the hydroxide salt. The method also includes electrolytically converting the CO2 and the water into the syngas composition including carbon monoxide and hydrogen.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for providing interactive notification panels to a user. A bot apparatus receives a notification from an application program and transforms the notification into one or more interactive notification panels configured to receive user inputs and/or to provide an output to at least one user input. Based on at least one user input, the bot apparatus transmits data to the application program, which causes the application program to perform one or more actions.

Abstract: A method of producing vehicles comprises: in a vehicle production process, manufacturing vehicle components of different types, and assembling the vehicle components to form vehicles; creating a set of vehicle records, each being a record of one of the vehicles entering active service; performing vehicle repairs on a subset of the vehicles after they have entered active service; creating a respective record of each of the vehicle repairs, each of which comprises or indicates a vehicle age or usage value, and records a vehicle component fault identified in the vehicle repair; receiving at a data processing stage the vehicle records and vehicle repair records, wherein a predictive algorithm executed at the data processing stage processes the received records so as to, for each type of vehicle component: 1) identify a respective set of the vehicle repair records relating to that type of vehicle component, and 2) use the respective set of vehicle repair records to predict a respective number of or resource value

Abstract: A superconductor system is provided that includes a superconductor device comprising a plurality of superconductor layers and dielectric layers interleaved with the plurality of superconductor layers, wherein at least one superconductor layer is a ground plane. The superconductor device further includes superconductor circuitry that resides within one or more of the plurality of superconductor layers, and one or more active moats extending through the plurality of superconductor layers and the dielectric layers, wherein at least one flux vortex caused by cryogenic cooling can be removed from at least one of the plurality of superconductor layers into the one or more active moats by the activating and deactivating of the one or more active moats.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for lighting control are described. An apparatus may include a processor, memory, a power component, a set of control buttons, and one or more radio components for lighting control. The apparatus may be a light control device associated with a home or automation system. The light control device may be a light switch cover with a cover plate that encapsulate a light switch. The light switch cover may have a radio, a battery, and control circuitry for lighting control.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical formulation for parental use comprising testosterone cypionate with a concentration of 200 mg/mL, benzyl benzoate with a concentration of 25%-35% v/v, cottonseed oil, and a preservative. A pharmaceutical product comprising a vial containing said formulation. A kit which comprises said pharmaceutical product and a package insert that is free of instructions to warm and shake the vial.

Abstract: A medical instrument assembly including a handle assembly having a first handle portion and a second handle portion proximate the second end, wherein the second handle portion is slidably engaged with the first handle portion. A first localization element is attached to the first handle portion and a second localization element is attached to the second handle portion. A medical instrument is mechanically coupled to the second handle portion and a translation of the second handle portion with respect to the first handle portion causes a coincident and coextensive translation of the medical instrument. The amount of translation of the medical instrument is adapted to be determined by calculating the distance between the first localization element and the second localization element. The first and second localization elements may be electromagnetic sensors which positions may be determined by a navigation system.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to fame constructions comprising a glass substrate and a curved surface defining at least one curvature, wherein the engagement of the glass substrate with the curved surface imparts a curvature on the glass substrate.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided that may be applicable to refrigeration assets, including refrigeration plants and cold-storage facilities comprising large numbers of refrigeration assets. The performance of refrigerators and refrigeration devices may be monitored based on temperature and electrical current and other measurements known or deemed to be correlated with refrigeration performance. Refrigeration assets in need of repair may be identified and a repair process may be specified, classified, managed and optimized. The immediate effectiveness and long-term persistence of repairs may be determined over time. The refrigeration assets may be classified according to reliability, performance, make, model and manufacturer. The effectiveness of repairs may be classified based on measured performance results following repairs.

Abstract: A particulate matter detection device and methods for detecting a particulate matter in the environment. The particulate matter detection device comprising an indicator comprising a detection layer, an optical substance bonded to a detection layer surface, and a graphical target layer viewable through one or more apertures in the detection layer. The adsorption of particulate matter to the optical substance obscures the graphical target layer as viewed through the one or more apertures to indicate the presence of particulate matter. The indicator demountably connected to a support frame comprises a sealed membrane to protect the optical substance. A channeled air modifier forming an enclosure with the support frame discriminates particulate matter from adsorbing onto the optical substance.

Abstract: Described are systems and methods to determine hair patterns presented in content items. The determined hair patterns may be associated with the content items to facilitate indexing, filtering, etc. of the content items based on the determined hair patterns. In exemplary implementations, a corpus of content items may be associated with an embedding vector that includes a binary representation of the content item. The embedding vectors associated with each content item can be provided as inputs to a trained machine learning model, which can process the embedding vectors to determine one or more hair patterns presented in each content item while eliminating the need for performing image pre-processing prior to determination of the hair pattern(s) presented in the content item.

Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods, and devices for enabling conversational bot communications are presented. A marketplace comprising an identity of a plurality of skills may be maintained, each of the plurality of skills associated with a manifest and a conversational bot. A request for execution of a specific skill may be received. A plurality of conversational bots may be identified, each of the plurality of conversational bots being associated with a manifest for executing the specific skill. The plurality of conversational bots may be ranked. The specific skill may be caused to be executed by the highest ranked conversational bot. In some examples, a plurality of highest ranked conversational bots may be surfaced and a bot that is selected may execute the specific skill.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to wind turbine blades that include an additive manufactured system-integrated tip. The disclosed wind turbine blades reduce the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for both new and existing wind turbines.

Abstract: A real-time survey system can monitor real-time event and interaction data generated as a user interacts with an application. Using the event data in combination with static user attributes, the survey system can identify a subset of microsurveys a user is eligible to receive or participate in. Identifying eligibility can include applying one or more filters based on user attributes as well as detecting a triggering event that signals real-time relevance of the survey to the user's actions. If the user is eligible for multiple surveys, the survey system can select a single survey to send to the user. Surveys can be presented to users directly using the real-time survey system instead of via an alternate delivery method, such as email. After collecting survey data, survey system can automatically analyze survey responses, including by performing machine learning based thematic analysis on freeform text responses.

Abstract: A physical card (in some cases without any on-board source of power or computing capabilities) is configured to maintain access information for digital bearer assets. The physical card may include disposed thereon a single address operable to receive digital bearer assets in one or more transactions on a decentralized computing platform, like a blockchain-based decentralized computing platform. Other decentralized computing platforms utilize different address generation protocols, thus preventing use of a single address on those other platforms. A set of addresses is generated, each address corresponding to a given decentralized computing platform. Each address is based on a same underlying key-pair, and a primary address is selected from the set for a given card. The remaining addresses in the set are stored, without storage of the public key or private key, and returned in a response to a request for additional addresses of the currency card.

Abstract: An ultrasound sensing system may include an organ conformable panel to be positioned on an exterior surface of an internal organ and a passive ultrasound detectable marker supported by the organ conformable panel. The organ conformable panel has a first acoustic impedance while the marker has a second acoustic impedance different than the first acoustic impedance.

Abstract: The Interpass: Uninterrupted, Grade-Level Interchange having One-way Approach and Departure Legs is a geometric design for an at-grade interchange of one-way roadways that has no conflict points and which allows uninterrupted, uniform-velocity traffic flow. The subject invention is neither an overpass, nor an underpass, nor an at-grade intersection, nor a grade-separated interchange, and it has comparatively few of the negative qualities associated with those types of roadway junctions. Uninterrupted, grade-level interchanges of the subject design, when connected into a directed transportation network having one-way roadway segments, can constitute the nodes of an intrinsically-safe, grade-level, arterial or collector transportation facility with superior controllability, efficiency and safety, compared to those of traditional facilities.