Abstract: The disclosure comprises a system for restoring a contaminated soil, the system comprising: a first vessel configured to receive the contaminated soil; an agitator configured to disturb the contaminated soil; a heat source configured to heat the contaminated soil; and a vacuum pump coupled to the first vessel, wherein the coupling enables an evaporated contaminant to escape from the first vessel. The disclosure further comprises a method for restoring a contaminated soil, the method comprising: loading the contaminated soil into a first vessel; applying a heat to the contaminated soil in the first vessel; applying a vacuum pump to the first vessel to reduce a pressure within the first vessel; maintaining the heat and the reduced pressure for a defined duration; agitating the contaminated soil during the defined duration; and removing an evaporated contaminant from the first vessel.

Abstract: A gap blocking system includes a loading platform having a gap separating a first portion of the loading platform from a second portion of the loading platform. A ride vehicle is coupled to a transport extending through the gap. The gap blocking system also includes a panel assembly coupled to the loading platform and comprising a plurality of panels, wherein each panel of the plurality of panels is coupled to a respective biasing mechanism coupled to the first portion of the loading platform and configured to bias each panel towards a closed configuration in which each panel extends radially away from the first portion of the loading platform.

Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing emergency response protocols and providing incident data to field responders are provided herein. In one example, a method for providing incident data to one or more field responders includes receiving notification criteria associated with a field response provider and receiving incident data regarding an incident. The method also includes determining, based on the notification criteria and the incident data, at least one target field responder to receive the incident data and transmitting the incident data to a graphical user interface executed on a computing device associated with an emergency communication center (ECC), wherein the ECC controls dispatch of field responders to incidents. The method further may include transmitting the incident data to the at least one target field responder prior to the at least one target field responder being dispatched to the incident by the ECC.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, devices, subsystems, and systems for holographically displaying three-dimensional objects are provided. In one aspect, a system includes: a display having a plurality of display elements and a driving device coupled to the driving device and configured to: obtain a hologram for the display, wherein the hologram comprises, for each display element of the plurality of display elements, a respective sum of electromagnetic (EM) field contributions of a plurality of primitives corresponding to at least one object to the display element; and generate, for each display element of the plurality of display elements, a respective modulation control signal based on the respective sum of EM field contributions of the plurality of primitives to the display element.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, devices, subsystems, and systems for holographically displaying three-dimensional objects are provided. In one aspect, an optical device includes: an optical guiding device configured to guide light to propagate along a first direction within the optical guiding device, the light including multiple colors of light; an in-coupling diffractive structure configured to diffract the light to propagate in the optical guiding device; and a plurality of out-coupling diffractive structures arranged downstream of the in-coupling diffractive structure along the first direction and configured to diffract at least part of the light out of the optical guiding device along a second direction different from the first direction. The optical device can be configured for at least one of: color crosstalk suppression among the multiple colors of light, display zero order light suppression, dispersion compensation, or ambient light blocking.

Abstract: A system for providing and managing an automated agent. The automated agent may interact with a customer and utilize rules and instructions to determine a response to the customer and actions to perform. The customer interactions by the automated agent are driven by a set and/or subset of instructions that can be analyzed before each automated agent response or action. The subset of instructions, customer conversational input, and other content can be processed by a machine learning model, which may be implemented as a large language model (LLM).

Abstract: A wearable haptic device and system for providing spatiotemporal cues are disclosed. The system includes a wearable haptic device and a controller. The wearable haptic device includes a fluidic circuit having, at least one fluidic capacitor, wherein each of the at least one fluidic capacitor comprises an inflatable cell formed from a portion of a first material sheet bonded to a portion of a second material sheet to form a hermetic bond, at least one channel fluidically connected to the fluidic capacitor, each of the at least one channel is configured to convey a pressurized fluid to the at least one fluidic capacitor, a master valve, fluidically connected to the at least one channel, and a fluid source fluidically connected to the at least one fluidic capacitor via the at least one channel. The controller sends and receives signals to deliver pressurized fluid to the at least one fluidic capacitor.

Abstract: A flake measurement system of an oilseed crush operation includes a sampling system to collect an oilseed flake from the oilseed crush operation and place the oilseed flake on a supporting surface, and an imaging system to determine a thickness of the oilseed flake, with the imaging system including an imaging device to capture an image of a surface of the oilseed flake, the imaging system to process the image to identify a local minima region of the surface of the oilseed flake, and the imaging system to determine the thickness of the oilseed flake based on displacement of the local minima region relative to the supporting surface.

Abstract: A system for generating instructions based on part from human training materials, wherein the generated instructions are used to train automated agents. The training materials may include training manuals, knowledge-base documents, articles, and other content. The training materials are processed and converted to a format that is digestible by a machine learning model. The processed training materials can be submitted as a prompt, along with role information and prompt instruction information. The prompt instructions provided with the role and training materials may direct the machine learning model to find relevant generated instructions from the provided training materials. The machine learning model processes the prompt and outputs extracted instructions from the content. The instruction document may be stored in a vector database for later use.

Abstract: PYY analogs are disclosed that include modifications that increase half-life when compared to native, human PYY, as well as additional modifications that increase potency and selectivity to the NPY2 receptor. Pharmaceutical compositions also are disclosed that include one or more of the PYY analogs described herein in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods of making and using the PYY analogs also are disclosed, especially for treating obesity and obesity-related diseases and disorders such as type II diabetes mellitus.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to an improved processes for the preparation of a cyclic dinucleotide which is useful as a STING agonist of the following formula (I), involving the use of compounds A and B.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, devices, subsystems, and systems for holographically displaying three-dimensional objects are provided. In one aspect, a device includes a plurality of elements arranged in rows and columns and a controller coupled to the plurality of elements, the controller comprising a plurality of driving circuits and a plurality of row scanners. Each of the plurality of elements is coupled to a respective driving circuit of the plurality of driving circuits. The plurality of row scanners include a row scanner having a series of selectors that are arranged in a column between two adjacent columns of elements, each selector of the series of selectors being configured to select a corresponding row of elements through corresponding driving circuits coupled to the corresponding row of elements.

Abstract: A method for making smart glasses includes obtaining a monocoque temple pre-form made as a one-piece seamless shell structure with shell walls enclosing a hollow compartment. The hollow compartment has an open end and a bottom opposite the open end. The method further includes inserting a first pre-assembled smart glasses components module into the hollow compartment through the open end of the hollow compartment and disposing the first pre-assembled smart glasses components module at a bottom of the hollow compartment. The method further includes inserting a second pre-assembled smart glasses components module through the open end of the hollow compartment, electrically connecting the second pre-assembled smart glasses components module to the first pre-assembled smart glasses components module, and attaching the monocoque temple pre-form to a frame of the smart glasses.

Abstract: A shingle coating asphalt composition is provided that is produced from a paving grade asphalt. The asphalt composition comprises a paving-grade asphalt that has been modified with one or more polymer additives; and a secondary additive comprising one or more of a viscosity reducing agent, a wax, a salt of a fatty acid ester, and an amide of a fatty acid. The shingle coating asphalt coating composition is used to make a shingle. The shingle includes a substrate, the asphalt, and roofing granules.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, devices, subsystems, and systems for holographically displaying three-dimensional objects are provided. A system includes a display and a controller. The display includes: a backplane having a plurality of circuits and a plurality of display elements arranged on the backplane. The plurality of display elements form an irregular pattern. Each of the plurality of display elements is coupled to a respective circuit of the plurality of circuits. The controller is coupled to the display and configured to transmit at least one control signal to at least one display element of the display for modulating at least one property of the at least one display element.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, devices, subsystems, and systems for holographically displaying three-dimensional objects are provided. In one aspect, a device includes: an optical guiding device configured to guide light to propagate along a first direction within the optical guiding device, an in-coupling diffractive structure configured to diffract the light to propagate in the optical guiding device, and one or more out-coupling diffractive structures arranged downstream the in-coupling diffractive structure along the first direction and configured to diffract at least part of the light out of the optical guiding device along a second, different direction. The in-coupling diffractive structure is configured to cause a first optical dispersion for the light, and at least one out-coupling diffractive structure is configured to cause a second optical dispersion for the light.

Abstract: A system for implementing strobing of existing vehicle hazard lights including an interface to a vehicle wiring harness configured to receive input to an existing vehicle flasher module, and a strobing circuit that responds to an activation signal from the vehicle wiring harness that is indicative of a hazard flasher deployment event by producing an electrical output through the interface to the vehicle wiring harness that causes a strobing of existing vehicle hazard lamps.

Abstract: Techniques for controlling optical behavior of a multi-view display apparatus comprising a first layer comprising first optical elements and a second layer comprising second optical elements.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure advantageously provide semiconductor devices CFET in particular and methods of manufacturing such devices having a fully strained superlattice structure with channel layers that are substantially free of defects and release layers having a reduced selective removal rate. The CFET described herein comprise a vertically stacked superlattice structure on a substrate, the vertically stacked superlattice structure comprising: a first hGAA structure on the substrate; a sacrificial layer on a top surface of the first hGAA structure, the sacrificial layer comprising silicon germanium (SiGe) having a germanium content in a range of from greater than 0% to 50% on an atomic basis; and a second hGAA structure on a top surface of the sacrificial layer. Each of the first hGAA and the second hGAA comprise alternating layers of nanosheet channel layer that comprise silicon (Si) and nanosheet release layer that comprise doped silicon germanium (SiGe).

Abstract: An air venting system includes, among other things. A box of a truck. The box provides a cargo area. The system further includes a cab back panel of the truck. The cab back panel has an exposed section that provides a front wall of the cargo area. The cab back panel has a hidden section outside the cargo area. An air extractor is held within the hidden section of the cab back panel.