Abstract: Provided herein are a fused polycyclic compound, and an electronic device having at least one organic layer comprising the fused polycyclic compound as an electroactive compound.

Abstract: Described are examples for recommending increase in worker instance count for an availability zone in a cloud-based computing platform. A machine learning (ML) model can be used to predict a time series forecast of a workload for the availability zone in a future time period. A predicted number of worker instances to handle the predicted workload can be computed, and if the number of worker instances in the availability zone is less than the predicted number of worker instances, a recommendation to increase the number of worker instances in the availability zone can be generated.

Abstract: Digesting poly(ethylene terephthalate) includes combining poly(ethylene terephthalate) with a solvent that includes one or more long chain alcohols to yield a reaction mixture, and heating the reaction mixture to a temperature between about 20° C. and about 300° C. to yield a product including one or more alkyl terephthalates.

Abstract: Methods, devices, kits and compositions for detecting the presence or absence of one or more tapeworm coproantigens in a sample are disclosed herein. The methods, devices, kits and compositions of the present invention may be used to confirm the presence or absence of tapeworm in a fecal sample from a mammal and may also be able to distinguish between different tapeworm species and in the presence of one or more infections with helminths (such as roundworm, hookworm, whipworm and heartworm), Giardia and parvovirus. Confirmation of the presence or absence of tapeworm in the mammal may be made, for example, for the purpose of selecting an optimal course of treating the mammal and/or for the purpose of determining whether the mammal has been rid of the infection after treatment has been initiated.

Abstract: A method for operating a multi-door oven apparatus is provided. In one example, the method comprises moving, by a mechanical device, a first oven door along a first path in a first direction orthogonal to a side surface of an oven, the side surface comprising an entrance to the oven. The method further comprises moving, by the mechanical device, the first oven door along a second path in a second direction parallel to the side surface, wherein moving the first oven door along the second path comprises moving the first oven door past a second oven door.

Abstract: In some implementations, an integrated lighting device includes a housing that includes a lighting unit, a power supply, an antenna, and a controller. A high-voltage power cable provides high-voltage power from a high-voltage power source to the integrated lighting device. The power supply receives the high-voltage power and converts the high-voltage power into low-voltage power. The controller receives low-voltage power from the power supply, provides the low-voltage power to the lighting unit, receives control signals from the antenna that have been wirelessly received from a remote control source, and based on the control signals, provides corresponding lighting control commands to the lighting unit. The lighting unit generates lighting effects based on the lighting control commands provided by the controller, using the low-voltage power provided by the controller.

Abstract: In some examples, a system derives a first representation of an assembly of components based on a first source of information, and derives a second representation of the assembly of components based on a second source of information that is of a different type than the first source of information, where the second representation includes any or a combination of an indication of a source of a respective component of the assembly of components, or placement location information of a component in the assembly. The system compares the first representation to the second representation to identify a deviation between the first representation and the second representation, the deviation corresponding to an alteration of the assembly of components.

Abstract: Techniques regarding the composition and/or structure of oven walls are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise an oven with a heat source configured to heat a hollow space within the oven. The oven further can comprise an oven body that can define the hollow space. Also, the oven body can comprise a plurality of connected sides, wherein one or more of the connected sides comprise a plurality of carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: Techniques for performing fine-scale movement tracking of underwater objects are described. A computing device or system may receive timestamps corresponding to acoustic signals detected using an underwater acoustic receiver. The device or system may select a period of a known acoustic transmitter, and generate raw image data plotting the timestamps as graphical elements with respect to a first axis corresponding to linear time, and a second axis having a magnitude corresponding to the selected period. A first machine learning (ML) model may process the raw image data to generate segmented image data include a subset of the graphical elements determined to correspond to the selected period. A portion of the segmented image data, including the graphical elements, may be input to a second ML model to generate image data comprising a subset of the graphical elements corresponding to the selected period.

Abstract: A hood for use in a kitchen includes a hood body that includes an inlet, a chamber, and two outlets and is configured to function as a duct system to guide kitchen effluent to flow into the hood from the inlet, through the chamber, and out of the hood from the two outlets. The hood includes a blower assembly that include a motor and a blower wheel, which includes primary blades configured to pull the kitchen effluent from the inlet into the chamber and secondary blades configured to pull an ambient air flowing through a rear side of the hood adjacent to the motor and into the chamber. The blower assembly is configured to disperse the kitchen effluent and the ambient air radially outward in a direction perpendicular to a center axis of the blower wheel such that the kitchen effluent is expelled away from the motor.

Abstract: A control system includes a controller that may determine whether a second speed limit, which is less than or equal to a first speed limit, is in effect for a segment of the route. The controller may switch one or more operational settings of a vehicle from the first speed limit to the second speed limit, and may operate the vehicle at the first speed limit outside of the segment of the route and operate the vehicle at or below the second speed limit while the vehicle is approaching or within the segment of the route.

Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for the conversion of chlorophyll-derived phytol into useful and economically viable surfactants. The provided compositions utilize the hydrophobic phytol structure and added functional groups to increase hydrophilicity at one end of the molecule.

Abstract: A system and method includes a first control system having one or more processors onboard a lead vehicle of a vehicle system that includes the lead vehicle and a remote vehicle. The second control system automatically restricts movement of the vehicle system based on a location of the vehicle system. The processors detect a signal instance of an operator actuating an input device, and communicate a vehicle information request message to the second control system. The second control system communicates a list of vehicle identifiers, that includes a vehicle identifier associated with the remote vehicle, to the processors. The processors communicate a wireless linking message, including a request to establish a communication link, to the remote vehicle based on the vehicle identifier associated with the remote vehicle.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments for server-side scene change content stitching. An example embodiment operates by providing first content for display on a display device. A point in a timeline of the first content when second content is to be displayed is identified. A scene change in the first content closest to the point in the timeline is identified. A first frame having a distance X prior to the scene change is identified, and the first content for display. The second content is provided for display on the display device beginning at the scene change. At a conclusion of the second content, the display is paused, and seeking and decoding the first content to the scene change by decoding the first content to the identified first frame plus the distance X is performed. The decoded first content, from the scene change, is provided to the display device for display.

Abstract: The present invention relates to magnetic structures for wireless power transfers systems. In particular the invention relates to improved magnetic and ferrite layouts as well as pad designs and methods of predicting and preventing thermal failure of high-power ferrite structures. In part it relates to a wireless power transfer pad magnetic structure comprising at least two adjacent blocks are spaced apart by an inter-section spacing configured to reduce circulating flux in the layer. In part it relates to a wireless power transfer pad magnetic structure comprising a first surface configured to locate nearer a wireless power transfer coil than a second surface wherein the relative magnetic permeability of the magnetic structure increases with distance from the first surface. In part it relates to a method of preparing a magnetically permeable block for a wireless power transfer pad, the method comprising: thermally pre-cracking the magnetically permeable block.

Abstract: An airborne grapple saw system includes a suspension assembly, a hydraulic power pack assembly, and a grapple saw head assembly. The suspension assembly is configured to be suspended from an aerial vehicle. The hydraulic power pack assembly is operatively coupled with the suspension assembly. The grapple saw head assembly is operatively coupled with the hydraulic power pack assembly. The grapple saw head assembly is configured to freely rotate about a vertical axis an unlimited number of revolutions. The grapple saw head assembly includes a saw and first and second grapple arms. The grapple arms are pivotable between an open configuration, where the grapple arms are configured to obtain and release the vegetation, and a closed configuration, where the grapple arms are configured to securely retain the vegetation.

Abstract: A fan drive gear system for a turbine engine includes a carrier that supports rotation of the plurality of intermediate gears and is configured for rotation about the axis. A rotating oil inlet and rotating gutter are attached to the carrier. A transfer bearing is fixed to a static engine structure and engaged to communicate oil to the rotating oil inlet. A static baffle that is disposed radially outward of the transfer bearing and configured to direct oil that is expelled from the transfer bearing into the rotating gutter.

Abstract: Methods and systems of displaying a first string of characters and a second string of characters on an electronic display in a manner to reduce interference between the first and second strings, where a layout of displayed content is preserved, the method including steps of receiving a first string of characters, receiving a second string of characters, identifying a first character in the first string that interferes with a second character in the second string, receiving a modified character corresponding to the first character, rendering the first string and the second string for display, and displaying the first string and the second string on an electronic display. In some embodiments, airspace scaling or deemphasis is used to generate modified characters.

Abstract: A spacer assembly and method for using same to fix a first component to a second component are provided. The method includes positioning the first and second spacer segments between the first and second components, the first and second spacer segments each including an inner face, an opposite outer face, and an exterior surface extending along a longitudinal axis between the inner face and the outer face. The exterior surfaces of the first and second spacer segments are coaxially aligned and secured by a securing device such that the inner faces of the first and second spacer segments define supplementary non-perpendicular angles relative to the longitudinal axis and the outer faces of the first and second spacer segments are parallel to one another. The securing device and the first and second spacer segments are removed after the first component is mechanically coupled to the second component.

Abstract: One or more methods for treating a tissue site comprises collecting a tissue sample that has keratinoytes and placing the tissue sample in a cartridge that has a well plate, positioning the cartridge within a base unit that has a tissue disaggregator, activating the base unit to rotate the well plate to align wells in the well plate with the tissue sample and the tissue disaggregator, operate the tissue disaggregator to separate the tissue sample to form a regenerative epidermal suspension, and provide the regenerative epidermal suspension to a tissue site to enhance healing of the tissue site.