Abstract: A modular vehicle management system includes a vehicle management board configured to interface with any of a plurality of vehicle-specific boards. The vehicle management board includes connectors configured to receive operational data from a vehicle-specific board and to send control data to the vehicle-specific board. The vehicle management board includes processors configured to receive the operational data, generate the control data, and send the control data to the vehicle specific board. The vehicle-specific board includes connectors configured to interface with computing devices, connectors configured to interface with the connectors on the vehicle management board to convey operational data and receive control data, and connectors configured to interface with controllers of the vehicle.

Abstract: A static arm platform for mounting onto a static arm includes a rigid saddle adapted for releasable mounting down onto the static arm, at a desired location along the static arm dictated by a pre-chosen static arm cross section profile formed as lower cut-outs in a pair of gusset plates mounted at each end of the saddle between a pair of rigid flanks extending down the sides of the saddle. The lower cut-outs snuggly fit onto and over the static arm at the desired locations on the static arm to resist a rotation of the saddle relative to the static arm when a lineman is standing on one of a pair of foot decks mounted at the lower ends of the rigid flanks, wherein the rigid flanks define a static arm receiving cavity to envelope the static arm when the static arm platform is mounted on the static arm.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for preparing the LpxC hydroxamic acid inhibitor, (R)-4-(4-(4-(2H-1,2,3-triazol-2-yl)phenyl)-2-oxopyridin-1(2H)-yl)-N-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-(methylsulfonyl) butanamide (1) from a novel intermediate compound (rc1) and stereoisomers thereof.

Abstract: A method includes sending an enumeration of a resource unit of the computing device to a first computing system tenant and to a second computing system tenant. The enumeration is sent through a first protocol and indicating a managing protocol associated with managing the resource unit. The method further includes receiving a first request from the first computing system tenant to reserve the resource unit. The first request is received through the managing protocol. The method further includes receiving a second request from the second computing system tenant to reserve the resource unit. The second request is received through the managing protocol. The method further includes sending, to the second computing system tenant, an indication that the resource unit is reserved by the first computing system tenant. The indication is sent through the managing protocol.

Abstract: A storage device may include at least one storage medium, and a controller that may include at least one processor configured to perform an update operation associated with a reclaim unit handle that references at least one reclaim unit of the at least one storage medium, read, based on the update operation, data from a first reclaim unit of the at least one storage medium, and write, based on the update operation, the data to a second reclaim unit of the at least one storage medium. Based on the update operation, the second reclaim unit may be associated with the reclaim unit handle. The first reclaim unit may be associated with the reclaim unit handle. The reclaim unit handle may be a first reclaim unit handle, and the first reclaim unit may be associated with a second reclaim unit handle.

Abstract: A camera is configured for use with a removable camera lens cover, which can be secured to or removed from the camera by a user without the use of a tool set. The mechanism which allows the lens cover to be secured to and removed from the camera includes a set of wires embedded into the lens cover and a set of wedges protruding from the lens wall of the camera. To secure the lens cover to the camera, the lens cover is placed onto the front of the camera and rotated until the wires align with corresponding wedges, securing the wires underneath the tapered surface of the wedges. To remove the lens cover from the camera, a force is applied outward and normal to the lens cover, causing the wires to flex outward and enabling the rotation and removal of the lens cover from the camera.

Abstract: A computer system for validating trays loaded with products receives at least one image of products in at least one tray of a plurality of trays in an imaging area. A type of the products in the at least one tray is determined based upon the at least one image. The type of products in the at least one tray is compared to at least one order. A confirmation or error is indicated based upon the comparison. In some examples, the products are bakery products of different types loaded in plastic, stackable bakery trays. In one example method, a plurality of stacks of loaded bakery trays are imaged from a front or rear of the trays. In another example method, the plurality of stacks are imaged from overhead as the trays are loaded onto the stacks.

Abstract: Recycle fiber bleaching includes an oxygen pre-treatment to activate the fiber for further bleaching. A preferred method of making a high brightness papermaking pulp from recycled cellulose fiber includes: (a) pre-treating a first recycled cellulosic fiber mix with oxygen, said first recycled cellulosic fiber mix having a first high Kappa number prior to pre-treatment and a reduced Kappa number after pre-treatment that is lower than said first high Kappa number; and (b) blending the pre-treated first recycled cellulosic fiber mix with the reduced Kappa number with a second recycled cellulosic fiber mix having a second Kappa number lower than the first high Kappa number of the first recycled cellulosic fiber mix; and (c) oxidatively bleaching the blended recycled cellulosic fiber mix of step (b); and optionally (d) reductively bleaching the blended recycled cellulosic fiber mix of step (c).

Abstract: The present application discloses method of controlling plant pathogen(s), e.g. fungal and bacterial pathogens, on a plant, wherein a composition comprising Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FCC1256 deposited as ATCC No. PTA-122162 is applied to the plant, in particular to over-ground parts of the plant. The composition may comprise iturin and fengycin in a relative weight ratio of 1.3:1.0 to 3.0:1.0. The application also discloses an agricultural composition comprising the novel strain, a carrier, a surface-active agent and optionally a buffer, and a corresponding concentrate.

Abstract: An article of apparel includes a composite material. The composite material includes a pliable first layer and a resilient second layer, where the first and second layers are secured to each other via a patterned strand network. In forming the composite material, the second layer is stretched and maintained under tension while the first layer is secured to the second layer via the patterned strand network. The tension on the second layer is then released, resulting in contraction of the second layer in relation to the first layer and an outward buckling or protrusion of the first layer in relation to the second layer to form protruding cells along the composite material that are bounded by portions of the patterned strand network. The patterned strand network can be formed using embroidery with one or more auxetic patterns in the stitching.

Abstract: Embodiments of a combustor assembly for a turbine engine are generally provided. The combustor assembly includes a first separable portion defining a dome assembly, and a second separable portion defining a deflector assembly. The first separable portion and the second separable portion are coupled together at a fitted interface.

Abstract: A system and method by which energy from ocean waves is converted into hydrogen, and that hydrogen is used to manifest electrical and mechanical energies by an energy consuming device. A portion of the generated electrical power is communicated to water electrolyzers which produce oxygen and hydrogen from water as gases. At least a portion of the generated hydrogen gas is transferred to a transportation ship via a hose-carrying, remotely operated (or otherwise unmanned) vehicle, and subsequently transferred to an energy-consuming module or infrastructur, where a portion of the hydrogen is consumed in order to manifest a generation of electrical energy, a mechanical motion, and/or a chemical reaction.

Abstract: A catheter system for pressure wave and inertial impulse generation for intravascular lesion disruption at a treatment site includes a catheter including an elongate shaft and balloon coupled to the elongate shaft. The catheter system includes a light guide disposed along the elongate shaft and at least partially within the balloon, where the light guide is in optical communication with a light source and a balloon fluid. The catheter can include a first focusing element located at a distal portion of the light guide and in optical communication with the light source. The first focusing element can direct light from within the light guide to a first location at a first distance away from the distal portion of the light guide to initiate plasma formation in the balloon fluid away from the distal portion and to cause rapid bubble formation, thereby imparting pressure waves at the treatment site.

Abstract: Methods of analyzing nucleic acids of a cell are provided.

Abstract: A buoyant hydrodynamic pump is disclosed that can float on a surface of a body of water over which waves tend to pass. Embodiments incorporate an open-bottomed tube with a constriction. The tube partially encloses a substantial volume of water with which the tube's constriction interacts, creating and/or amplifying fluid-flow oscillations therein in response to wave action. Wave-driven oscillations result in periodic upward ejections of portions of the water inside the tube that can be collected in a reservoir that is at least partially positioned above the mean water level of the body of water, or pressurized by compressed air or gas, or both. Water within such a reservoir may return to the body of water via a turbine, thereby generating electrical power (making the device a wave engine), or the device's pumping action can be used for other purposes such as water circulation, propulsion, dissolved minerals extraction, or cloud seeding.

Abstract: Described herein are methods of assaying a biological sample, including adding a solvent to a composition of the biological sample to generate a mixture of an organic layer and an aqueous layer. The organic layer contains at least one lipid. The aqueous layer contains at least one metabolite. Also, described herein are methods of assaying a biological sample, including performing mass spectrometry on at least a portion of an organic layer to identify at least one lipid. Also, described herein are methods of assaying a biological sample, including performing mass spectrometry on at least a portion of an aqueous layer to identify at least one metabolite. Also, described herein are apparatus and kits for assaying a biological sample including at least one protein and at least one lipid or metabolite.

Abstract: A memory device includes a memory array comprising a plurality of memory planes, wherein the plurality of memory planes are arranged in a plurality of independent plane groups, and wherein each of the plurality of independent plane groups comprises one or more of the plurality of memory planes. The memory device further includes a plurality of independent analog driver circuits coupled to the memory array, wherein a respective one of the plurality of independent analog driver circuits is associated with a respective one of the plurality of independent plane groups. The memory device further includes a common analog circuit coupled to the memory array, wherein the common analog circuit is shared by the plurality of independent analog driver circuits and the plurality of independent plane groups.

Abstract: A barrier door system configured to be positioned at an opening within an interior of an aircraft. The barrier door system comprises a door that is movable between a stowed position away from the opening and a deployed position that extends across the opening. A lock is mounted to the door and configured to lock the door in the deployed position with the lock configured to be immediately movable from a locked position to an unlocked position from a forward side of the door and to delay moving from the locked position to the unlocked position from a rear side of the door.

Abstract: A barrier door system to control movement of persons through an opening in an interior space of an aircraft. The barrier door system having a frame with outer members that extend around a gap. A barrier door has a first panel and a second panel that are pivotally connected together with the barrier door pivotally connected to the frame. The barrier door is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The stowed position includes the first panel and the second panel folded together in an overlapping configuration and positioned in the gap in the frame and away from the opening. The deployed position includes the first panel and the second panel positioned away from the gap and extending across the opening.

Abstract: A storage device may include at least one storage medium, and a controller that may include at least one processor configured to perform an update operation associated with a reclaim unit handle that references at least one reclaim unit of the at least one storage medium, read, based on the update operation, data from a first reclaim unit of the at least one storage medium, and write, based on the update operation, the data to a second reclaim unit of the at least one storage medium. Based on the update operation, the second reclaim unit may be associated with the reclaim unit handle. The first reclaim unit may be associated with the reclaim unit handle. The reclaim unit handle may be a first reclaim unit handle, and the first reclaim unit may be associated with a second reclaim unit handle.