Abstract: A frame assembly for a hose deployment/retrieval system, comprising pair of distal vertical arms and a pair of proximal vertical arms. Horizontal beams connect the distal vertical arms and the proximal vertical arms at a top and bottom portion of the vertical arms. A cross beam is fixedly coupled across the proximal vertical arms adjacent to an attachment plate coupled to a back side of the proximal vertical arms. A second cross beam is coupled to a different portion of the proximal vertical arms at a height that is adjacent a height of the top of the attachment plate.

Abstract: A lip balm applicator product comprises upper and lower portions that are connectable together to define the applicator product being of a substantially spherical shape. A support platform is located in the lower portion and accommodates a quantity of lip balm having an arcuate surface. A lip balm comprises a composition of waxes and oils in solid form and formed to have an arcuate surface. The composition is formed to have the arcuate surface using a hot pour process. A method of manufacturing a lip balm comprises providing a receptacle having a concave arcuate surface. A lip balm material in a heated, liquefied phase is poured into the receptacle. Once poured, the heated, liquefied phase is allowed to solidify such that a surface of the solidified lip balm material has an arcuate configuration that corresponds to the concave arcuate surface of the receptacle.

Abstract: A shin guard has a padded protective guard that includes a leg portion that fits over a lower leg of the user, and a foot portion that fits over a foot of the user. A pair of open, adjustable leg straps are provided on the leg portion for securing the leg portion onto the lower leg of the user. A mid-foot closed loop strap is provided on the foot portion for extending beneath the foot of the user's foot. An open, adjustable heel strap is also provided on the foot portion that may be adjusted between an open position and a closed position, the open, adjustable heel strap having hooks and loops fasteners for securing the open, adjustable leg strap in the closed position securely around the heel of the user.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating inflammatory diseases, such as arthritis or traumatic injury, using lipophilic siRNA conjugates that can bind to albumin. An example method includes administering to a subject an effective amount of a conjugate, optionally in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein the conjugate includes a siRNA capable of inhibiting expression of a protein associated with the inflammatory disease; a lipophilic ligand capable of binding albumin; and a linker attaching the siRNA to the lipophilic ligand, the linker including a branching molecule attached to the siRNA, and a hydrophilic spacer attaching the branching molecule to the lipophilic ligand.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for generating a multisignature transaction for a blockchain comprising: receiving a first output and a non-signature portion of a first input, the first input comprising an outpoint to a first spendable transaction output encoding a multisignature requirement; electronically signing the first output and the non-signature portion of the first input, thereby generating a signature for satisfying the multisignature requirement when included with: (i) an associated sighash single flag, and (ii) at least one other signature; receiving a second output and a non-signature portion of a second input, the second input comprising an outpoint to a second spendable transaction output encoding a signature requirement requiring at least one signature; and electronically signing the second output and the non-signature portion of the second input, thereby generating a signature for at least partially satisfying the signature requirement when included in a signature portion with an associated sig

Abstract: A cap guard includes an annular collar having a collar sidewall, a connecting rim extending from an upper portion of the collar sidewall, and an open top; the collar sidewall having a collar internal snap bead extending around the collar sidewall interior and the connecting rim having an external snap bead extending partially around the connecting rim exterior, the connecting rim external snap bead having at least one break and the break having a distance D; an annular over cap having an over cap sidewall and a closed top surface; an alignment snap bead around the over cap sidewall internal surface, the alignment snap bead having a length L1 equal to or less than the distance D; one or more securing snap beads around the over cap sidewall internal surface separate from the alignment snap bead, each securing snap bead having a length L2 greater than the distance D.

Abstract: Fluorinated ionomers (i.e., ion conducting polymers) that include a fluorinated polymer backbone with covalently bound pendent groups that include heteropolyacid (HP A) groups, or salts thereof, and perfluorosulfonic acid (PF SA) groups, or salts thereof, as well as polymer electrolyte membranes, fuel cells, and methods.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides embodiments of a composition comprising post-consumer recycled resin comprising: at least 50 weight percent polyolefin, having an initial limonene level of at least 5 ppm; virgin ethylene-based polymer; and at least one odor-active zeolite, wherein the odor-active zeolite has an FAU crystal structure, an MFI crystal structure, and/or a beta crystal structure and a Si/Al molar ratio from 1 to 100, wherein the composition has a reduced limonene level of less than 3 ppm. The present disclosure also provides embodiments of a method of reducing taste and/or odor in a post-consumer recycled (PCR) resin-containing composition.

Abstract: Acquiring 3D MRI data using spiral-in-out encoding trajectories includes calculating a variable flip angle RF series for use as refocusing pulses, wherein the RF series includes a plurality of refocusing RF pulses. A spoiler gradient waveform is applied along the spoiler gradient direction, wherein the computer alternately adds and subtracts partition encoding waveforms to the spoiler gradient waveform. The method reads MRI data from each encoding step during an MRI sequence. The MRI sequence inserts a spiral-in gradient before a first refocusing RF pulse from the RF sequence, overlaps a pre-winder lobe for the encoding trajectory with the spoiler gradient waveform having the partition encoding waveforms added therein, and overlaps a rewinder lobe for the encoding trajectory with the spoiler gradient waveform having the partition encoding waveforms subtracted there from.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes an engine core with a combustor; a turbine including turbine blades; a compressor as a source of cooling air for the turbine blades; and an inducer to accelerate and direct the cooling air onto the turbine blades, and a modulating valve to allow or block cooling air flow into a subset of airflow passageways of the inducer; and a fuel management system to provide fuel to the combustor. The fuel management system includes a primary fuel-oil heat exchanger and a secondary fuel-oil heat exchanger through which oil and the fuel flow, to transfer heat between the oil and the fuel. A method of operating the engine includes using the modulating valve to adjust the cooling air flow based on turbine inlet temperature; and transferring 200-600 kJ/m3 of heat to the fuel from the oil in the primary fuel-oil heat exchanger at cruise conditions.

Abstract: A structuring fabric for use in a machine to produce a structured fiber web, such as a structured tissue fiber web, has a machine direction, a cross machine direction, and a thickness direction. The structuring fabric includes a woven base fabric with a web facing side and a machine side. A plurality of structuring beads of polymeric material are formed on the web facing side of the woven base fabric, the structuring beads being suitable to provide a visible structure to the fiber web that is produced on the structuring fabric. The structuring beads rest on an upper foundation surface of corresponding sublayer beads of polymeric material. The sublayer beads thereby provide a foundation for the structuring beads. There is also described a production method for producing such a structuring fabric.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of tissue assessment includes obtaining a plurality of input data samples, each input data sample being representative of tissue in one of multiple views, determining a set of sparse codes for each input data sample of the plurality of input data samples, determining a reconstruction error for the set of sparse codes relative to each dictionary of a set of machine-learned composite dictionaries, and providing the tissue assessment in accordance with the machine-learned composite dictionary in the set of machine-learned composite dictionaries having a minimum reconstruction error of the determined reconstruction errors. Each machine-learned composite dictionary includes a plurality of constituent dictionaries, each constituent dictionary of the plurality of constituent dictionaries being associated with a respective one of the multiple views.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to processing captured images. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for processing captured images of objects at a product storage facility including a trained machine learning model; and a control circuit. The control circuit may group a plurality of product identifiers into one or more clusters based on at least one of visual similarity of corresponding images, textual similarity of corresponding associated descriptions, and associated relationships between product identifiers of the plurality of product identifiers; determine clusters having common elements that are at least within a similarity threshold of each other; merge the clusters with the common elements; and generate a mapping dataset used to retrain the trained machine learning model to identify a plurality of objects. The mapping dataset may include a plurality of associations of associated product identifiers to a single object.

Abstract: This invention discloses an approach of achieving bio-based carbon negative topcoats by developing a plant-based non-isocyanate polyurethane coating. Both bio-based contents and carbon dioxide are used as feeding materials in resin synthesis and formulations, yielding durable topcoats with low environmental footprints.

Abstract: An electrophoretic medium comprises a plurality of core-shell particles and a non-polar fluid. The core-shell particles comprise an organic pigment particles core and a shell comprising a metal oxide layer and a silane layer. The metal oxide layer may have a thickness of 0.4 to 2 nm. It may be formed using a fluidized bed reactor by inserting the organic pigment into the reactor as a powder bed, contacting the powder bed with a gaseous stream comprising a metal oxide precursor and an inert gas, and contacting the powder bed with a gaseous stream of a reagent and an inert gas. The silane layer is formed from a silane compound comprising a first functional group, wherein the first functional group reacts with the metal oxide.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a mass spectrometry tag may comprise a linker region, a mass balance region, and a reporter region. The mass spectrometry tag may be configured to fragment in a mass spectrometer via an energy dependent process to produce multiple reporter molecules. For example, the reporter region of the tag may be configured to produce at least two reporter molecules via fragmentation. In some embodiments, one or more regions of the tag may comprise at least one heavy isotope. In some such embodiments, the ability to fragment into multiple reporter molecules as well as the placement and/or number of heavy isotope(s) allows the mass spectrometry tag to be distinguished from other similar mass spectrometry tags. In some such embodiments, the ability to distinguish between tags having the same or substantially similar total mass to charge ratio and reporter region mass may allow the system to have a greater multiplexing capacity than conventional systems.

Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein an alpha-amylase and optionally a thermostable protease, pullulanase and/or glucoamylase are present and/or added during liquefaction, wherein a cellulolytic composition is present and/or added during fermentation or simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. The invention also relates to a composition suitable for use in a process of the invention.

Abstract: A transmitter for an inground operation includes an antenna and a sensor section for generating sensor data. An antenna driver selectively drives the antenna to emit a locating signal such that the locating signal carries the sensor data. A processor controls the antenna driver to transmit the locating signal during a normal mode and to enter a sleep state that disables at least the sensor section and the antenna driver such that the locating signal is not transmitted responsive to detecting that the transmitter is inactive. The processor can enter a snooze mode from the normal mode by disabling the antenna driver so that the locating signal is not transmitted, without disabling the sensor section, and the snooze mode requires less power than the normal mode but more power than the sleep state.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for isolating L-glufosinate from a composition comprising L-glufosinate and glutamate are provided. The method comprises converting the glutamate to pyroglutamate followed by the isolation of L-glufosinate from the pyroglutamate and other components of the composition to obtain substantially purified L-glufosinate. The composition comprising L-glufosinate and glutamate is subjected to an elevated temperature for a sufficient time to allow for the conversion of glutamate to pyroglutamate, followed by the isolation of L-glufosinate from the pyroglutamate and other components of the composition to obtain substantially purified L-glufosinate. The glutamate alternatively may be converted to pyroglutamate by enzymatic conversion. The purified L-glufosinate is present in a final composition at a concentration of 90% or greater of the sum of L-glufosinate, glutamate, and pyroglutamate.

Abstract: An EV charging skid for mounting at least one EV charger having a first portion of a charger attachment system includes a base frame having a top with a first frame opening and a frame internal space configured to accommodate wiring, the top including a first portion of a plate attachment system, a first adapter plate configured to close the first frame opening, wherein the first adapter plate is generally planar and customized for a specific EV charger model via at least a power aperture for a power connector, an optional ethernet aperture for an ethernet connector, and a second portion of the charger attachment system, wherein the first adapter plate includes a second portion of the plate attachment system, and wherein the plate attachment system is configured to allow the first adapter plate to be attached to the base frame in different azimuthal orientations.