Abstract: A helical strake pole system that includes a tubular pole having a longitudinal axis and threaded attachment points. The system further includes a helical strake fin disposed circumferentially around a portion of the tubular pole along the longitudinal axis. The system further includes couplers disposed on the tubular pole. The couplers are configured such that each coupler has a first portion with a slot configured to receive an upper portion of the helical strake fin and a second portion configured to removably coupled to a threaded attachment point of the tubular pole. In addition, each coupler is configured to position a portion of the helical strake fin substantially perpendicular to a surface of the tubular pole.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method for electroplating (or electrodeposition) a transition metal oxide composition that may be used in gas sensors, biological cell sensors, supercapacitors, catalysts for fuel cells and metal air batteries, nano and optoelectronic devices, filtration devices, structural components, and energy storage devices. The method includes electrodepositing the electrochemically active transition metal oxide composition onto a working electrode in an electrodeposition bath containing a molten salt electrolyte and a transition metal ion source. The electrode structure can be used for various applications such as electrochemical energy storage devices including high power and high-energy primary or secondary batteries.

Abstract: A coherent light source provides spontaneous emission (Dicke superradiance/subradiance) using a dilute and optically thin cloud of disordered atoms. The coherent light source provides improved noise statistics over that of a laser and, accordingly, may be used in sensitive interferometric applications such as light gyroscopes.

Abstract: A processing device includes: a first receiving unit configured to receive one or more inputs for a video game console from a handheld video game controller using a first communication protocol; and a first transmitting unit configured to transmit the one or more inputs to the video game console using a second communication protocol, where communication using the second communication protocol has a longer range than communication using the first communication protocol.

Abstract: A cleaning system for an oven having shelves which provide for distributed jets of heated air, allows water accumulation within the shelves during cleaning by reducing airflow through the shelf, and then provides rapid expulsion of the water in cohesive streams after accumulation to provide high inertial cleaning.

Abstract: A system and methods for queuing processing jobs. The system is configured to receive a processing job associated with a user; score the processing job; apply one or more bounds; add the processing job to a queue; order the queue based on scores of processing jobs in the queue; and sample processing jobs from the queue for dispatch for processing. Sampling the jobs from the queues can comprise updating scores, updating application of bounds, and updating ordering of the queue; reading a batch of processing jobs from a top of the queue; attempting to dispatch the processing jobs of the batch for processing; removing from the queue any dispatched processing jobs; increasing the batch size by a constant factor; determining whether a maximum batch size is reached, or all processing jobs in the queue were in the batch.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a metal component includes performing a test stamping process on a test sheet metal blank, generating a strain map of the test sheet metal blank for the test stamping process, generating a lubrication program based on the strain map, applying lubrication to the sheet metal according to the lubrication program, and stamping the sheet metal to form the metal component. The lubrication program is configured to control a lubrication system to apply lubrication to sheet metal in a non-uniform distribution across the sheet metal. The non-uniform distribution correlates to the strain map.

Abstract: A bezel is provided for a multi-sensor device having a cover and a printed circuit board including a plurality of sensors. The bezel comprises a soft, flexible or resilient body including a first side and a second side, and a plurality of openings for the plurality of sensors or components thereof. The plurality of openings extend between the first and second sides. The first side is adjacent to the cover, and the second side is adjacent to the printed circuit board. The body can be a gasketing body to prevent unwanted materials from entering the housing of the multi-sensor device, and to dampen unwanted vibrations.

Abstract: Techniques for using soft-barrier hints are described. An example includes a synchronous microthreading (SyMT) co-processor coupled to a logical processor to execute a plurality of microthreads, with each microthread having an independent register state, upon an execution of an instruction to enter into SyMT mode, wherein the SyMT co-processor is further to support a soft-barrier hint instruction in code which when processed by a microthread is to pause execution of the microthread to be resumed based at least in part on a data structure having at least one entry, the entry to include an instruction pointer of the soft-barrier hint instruction and a count of microthreads that have encountered the soft-barrier hint instruction at the instruction pointer.

Abstract: Contextual data is received and processed that characterizes a current state of people, processes, and technology resources of an entity. In addition, data comprising desired adversarial effects against the entity and received and processed. A computer-implemented effect and uncertainty strategy application programming interface (API) generates an effect-web plan the based on the contextual data and desired effects requirements. The effect-web plan includes a plurality of effects, actions and task plans to implement the desired adversarial effects. Thereafter, available human-machine team-systems to execute the effect-web plan are determined. The generated effect-web plan can be deployed by multiple selected team-systems. Data characterizing a multi-order impact of the deployment of the effect-web plan on the entity can be monitored. The generated effect-web plan can be modified and deployed based on the monitoring so as to increase a likelihood of an occurrence and success of the desired adversarial effects.

Abstract: Disclosed are artificial intelligence (AI) based systems and methods for characterizing corneal shape abnormalities. The methods and systems of the present disclosure utilize AI models comprising neural networks for disease classification based on maps of corneal shape, thickness, and reflectance. These methods may be used to differentiate corneas having keratoconus from other conditions which may cause distortion of corneal shape, such as warpage of the cornea. The present system is amenable to automation and may be implemented in an integrated system or provided in the form of software encoded on a computer-readable medium.

Abstract: A controller for controlling flow of coolant to one or more components of a vehicle is disclosed. The controller determines respective amounts of heat expected to be rejected by the one or more components of the vehicle in a steady state of operation at current operating conditions of the one or more components, and generates a feedforward flow control signal based at least in part on the determined amounts of heat and a target temperature for the one or more components. The controller generates a controller output signal based at least in part on the feedforward control signal, and provides the controller output signal to the cooling system to control flow of coolant to the one or more components of the vehicle from the cooling system in accordance with the determined amounts of heat expected to be rejected by the one or more components of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method and a device are disclosed for partitioning a widened area of a limited traffic lane bounded by two edges, and through which a vehicle can be driven by a driver in an automated manner along a reference path, said vehicle comprising a lateral positioning aid with respect to the reference path. The method comprises detecting a lane split, determining a widened area (204), determining a plurality of reference paths, and partitions the widened area into a plurality of sub-areas according to the determined reference paths.

Abstract: A vehicle including a chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis, the cab having a front face, a body coupled to the chassis, and a shroud coupled to the cab such that an internal volume is defined between the cab and the shroud, the shroud at least partially defining: a first inlet positioned along a front side of the shroud and in fluid communication with the internal volume, and a second inlet arranged such that airflow along the front face of the cab enters the internal volume through the second inlet.

Abstract: A system for protecting an operator on an aerial work platform from a crushing hazard includes a sensor, such as opto-electric sensor, positionable adjacent the control panel area. A control system is programmed to control operation of the driving components based on signals from the sensor.

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a fleet of self-driving vehicles are disclosed. The system comprises one or more self-driving vehicles having at least one sensor for collecting current state information, a fleet-management system, and computer-readable media for storing reference data. The method comprises autonomously navigating a self-driving vehicle in an environment, collecting current state information using the vehicle's sensor, comparing the current state information with the reference data, identifying outlier data in the current state information, and generating an alert based on the outlier data. A notification based on the alert may be sent to one or more monitoring devices according to the type and severity of the outlier.

Abstract: Methods are provided for extracting one or more neutrophil serine proteases (NSPs), e.g., neutrophil elastase (NE), proteinase 3 (PR3), cathepsin G (CatG), neutrophil serine protease 4 (NSP4), or a combination thereof, from a sample comprising white blood cells (WBCs) obtained from a subject. The extraction methods feature the use of nonionic surfactants and two or more cycles of repeated lysis of WBCs and their residuals. Also provided are methods for treating dipeptidyl peptidase 1 (DPP1)-mediated conditions in a patient with compositions comprising certain N-(1-cyano-2-phenylethyl)-1,4-oxazepane-2-carboxamide compounds of formula (I), including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that reversibly inhibit (DPP1) activity. The treatment methods provided herein use the concentration of active NSPs extracted from a patient's WBC sample as a biomarker to guide the selection of, or adjustment to, an effective dosage of the compounds of formula (I).

Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive data recorded in a plurality of vehicles, the data including a plurality of decisions about activating a feature of the vehicles and values of a plurality of variables; receive a plurality of decision scores indicating whether the respective decision was optimal according to the data recorded in the respective vehicle; determine an uncertainty function indicating an uncertainty of a likely value of the decision score based on the values of the variables; determine a set of conditions for the variables based on the uncertainty function; and transmit an instruction to the vehicles to record and upload data when the values of the variables satisfy the set of the conditions.

Abstract: A protective mesh system for distributing electrical power. The protective mesh system may include a body that supports and positions a protective mesh within its outer edges. The protective mesh may be of a single polarity and includes conductors and circuit opening devices. The protective mesh may provide for connecting to one or more power devices. One or more connectors may be electrically connected to the protective mesh and positioned along one or more of the edges of the body. The connectors may provide for connecting to an external power source.

Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes detecting actions taken by users in a computer-implemented matching system and, for each of the detected actions, storing data indicative of the detected action. The method further includes filtering the stored data in accordance with at least one filter selected by an administrator of the computer-implemented matching system and creating a user action log from the filtered stored data. The user action log includes all of the stored data that matches the selected at least one filter. The at least one filter may include log start time, log end time, type of action, user ID, target user ID, and/or site type. The detected action may include viewing another user's profile, changing the user's own profile, sending a message to another user via the computer-implemented matching system, and/or performing a matching search using the computer-implemented matching system.