Abstract: A coupler for a beverage keg has a coupler body, a first inlet for connection to the beverage keg, a second inlet for receiving compressed gas, a gas outlet adjacent the first inlet, a cleaning fluid port for connection with a flow of cleaning fluid, and a beverage port for fluid connection with a beverage dispenser. A valve has first and second valve members. The first valve member is axially movable within the coupler body between a first position in which a fluid flowpath between the second inlet and the gas outlet is closed and a second position in which a fluid flowpath between the second inlet and the gas outlet is open.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a waveguide chip may include applying at least one higher refractive index material to a portion of a dielectric material, the dielectric material having a first portion and a second portion, the second portion having a higher profile than the first portion and the higher refractive index material being applied to the second portion; and presenting a light beam via the higher refractive index material to self-assembled crystal grown on a growth plane on the first portion of the oxide via the higher refractive index material arranged above the growth plane on the second portion of the dielectric material.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for calibrating performance parameters of an aircraft during a phantom fuel procedure, including determining an independent fuel weight parameter during operation of the aircraft value based on output of fuel level sensors of a fuel quantity subsystem coupled to the aircraft flight control system, receiving a zero fuel weight parameter, receiving a fuel weight parameter corresponding to a weight of fuel onboard the aircraft and a phantom fuel value, determining a gross weight parameter based on the zero fuel weight, determining a fuel consumption parameter value of the aircraft based on output of fuel flow sensors coupled to the aircraft flight control system, updating the gross weight parameter during operation of the aircraft based on the fuel weight parameter and the fuel consumption parameter value, and determining performance parameter for the aircraft during operation of the aircraft based on the gross weight parameter.

Abstract: The invention relates to agents which prevent or reduce the interaction between actin and one or more of its interacting partners, for use in treating or preventing metastatic cancer in a subject in need thereof. The invention also relates to a method of treating or preventing metastatic cancer, or a method of preventing or reducing epithelial cell to endothelial cell adhesion, comprising administering an agent which prevents or reduces the interaction between actin and one or more of its interacting partners.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining whether a subject who has been diagnosed with cancer is likely to develop, or is likely to have developed, a metastasis, wherein the method comprises detecting the level of membrane-bound actin in a sample obtained from the subject. The invention also relates to methods and markers to diagnose, prognose, monitor and/or stage cancer, in particular metastatic cancer.

Abstract: A handheld wood thread cutting tool with an elongated shank formed with a planar surface and including a first end and a second end with a length substantially longer than its width. The first end has a first wood thread cutting edge aligned substantially in parallel relative to a first vertical plane perpendicular to the planar surface and passing through the length of the elongated shank from the first end to the second end. The second end has a second wood thread cutting edge aligned substantially parallel to a second vertical plane perpendicular to the planar surface and running through the width of the elongated shank from a first side wall to a second side wall. A ball handle is affixed between the first and the second end.

Abstract: A reservoir provided in a hard-point fixture is pre-loaded with a curable adhesive, where the reservoir is protected from the curing radiation. The fixture is placed on a target surface and the adhesive is extruded from the reservoir into a space between the fixture and the target surface. An irradiating device to cure the adhesive is provided in the fixture and activated to couple the fixture to the surface. Once the curing process is complete, the fixture is released from the placement system leaving the fixture affixed to the target surface.

Abstract: A handheld wood thread cutting tool with an elongated shank formed with a planar surface and including a first end and a second end with a length substantially longer than its width. The first end has a first wood thread cutting edge aligned substantially in parallel relative to a first vertical plane perpendicular to the planar surface and passing through the length of the elongated shank from the first end to the second end. The second end has a second wood thread cutting edge aligned substantially parallel to a second vertical plane perpendicular to the planar surface and running through the width of the elongated shank from a first side wall to a second side wall. A ball handle is affixed between the first and the second end.

Abstract: A method for generating control data is a method for generating control data for manufacturing a product having a designated shape using an additive manufacturing technology. The control data includes a path of a nozzle for supplying a material. The method for generating the control data includes: determining a cutting path for cutting the designated shape by a tool; and determining the path of the nozzle by reproducing the cutting path temporally reversely.

Abstract: A hard-point fixture placement system places a fixture that is pre-loaded with a curable adhesive by mechanically extruding the adhesive between the fixture and a target surface to which the fixture is to be attached. The placement system includes an irradiating device to cure the adhesive. The hard-point fixture stores the adhesive in a reservoir that is protected from the curing radiation. Once the curing process is complete, the fixture is released from the placement system leaving the fixture affixed to the target surface.

Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) models are switched, tuned and retrained. This process may be performed with respect to systems having artificial intelligence engines in connection with video cameras and associated video data streams. An AI model is obtained for a video camera based on, for example, historic video streams from the camera for the past day, week, month, year, or any other time period. The AI model is then modified for the camera after the system obtains, for example, data internal to the video camera, data external to the video camera and data related to objects of interest for the video camera. As the AI model is modified, a processor associated with the system may adopt linear regression algorithms to regress conditions to the modified model and other available models.

Abstract: An object size model filters false positive results in systems using artificial intelligence engines in connection with video cameras and associated video data streams. The system obtains a video data stream and accesses an object size model that has been previously computed for the camera from which the video data stream is obtained. An object is detected in the video stream and a preliminary identification thereof is made. A size range for the identified object is calculated using the object size model. The object size range is compared to an observed size of the object. If observed size of the object is not within the size range for the identified object, the object is deemed to be a false positive.

Abstract: Changes in sizes of objects over long periods of time are detected. The objects may be detected in the field of view of a camera that is used in systems having artificial intelligence engines in connection with video cameras and associated video data streams. A video processor identifies different elements in the video stream. Segments are created around the different elements identified. The video processor identifies an algorithm for each segment. An object is identified in the video stream. The video processor uses the created segments and the identified algorithms to detect changes in the object over time.

Abstract: Signal-to-noise ratios are calculated for cellphones in a process that may be implemented in processing elements of the cellphones or in a SIM card. A signal for a cellular device is obtained, such as a voice stream, a message, or a data stream. The voice stream, for example, may be received as a part of a telephone call, as part of a voicemail message, as part of a VoIP call, or as part of a video messaging service, etc. The noise data is determined in the signal using a machine learning algorithm. The cellphone may include a model based on the identification of signals as desired signals or as noise. The model on the cellphone may be learned and updated incrementally, based on the identification of new signals as desired signals or as noise and based on the identification of signals by other systems.

Abstract: Segments are generated with respect to images and rules are correlated to the segments. The images may be associated with the field of view of a camera that is used in systems having artificial intelligence engines in connection with video cameras and associated video data streams. A video processor identifies element in a video stream, examples of which include various regions in a view, such as sky, vegetation, buildings, etc. The elements may be identified based on elements that were previously identified for other cameras and can be updated in response to the view changing. Segments are created around the different identified elements. Rules are assigned to the segments. The rules and segments may be stored for later reference when analyzing events within the view of the video camera.

Abstract: Multiple input feeds are used to make a pathway determination in systems using artificial intelligence engines in connection with video cameras, associated video streams, and other sensors. The system obtains a video stream and information specifying a location of the video stream. An event is detected in the video stream, such as movement of an individual, movement of an automobile, criminal activity, an emergency situation, etc. The system also obtains a detection signal and location thereof, such as information from a sensor in a heat detecting device, a sound detecting device, or a camera. Based on the foregoing information, the system identifies a possible future location for an event, such as the movement of the detected individual, automobile, etc.

Abstract: An interactive virtualization management system provides an assessment of proposed or existing virtualization schemes. A Virtual Technology Overhead Profile (VTOP) is created for each of a variety of configurations of host computer systems and virtualization technologies by measuring the overhead experienced under a variety of conditions. The multi-variate overhead profile corresponding to each target configuration being evaluated is used by the virtualization management system to determine the overhead that is to be expected on the target system, based on the particular set of conditions at the target system. Based on these overhead estimates, and the parameters of the jobs assigned to each virtual machine on each target system, the resultant overall performance of the target system for meeting the performance criteria of each of the jobs in each virtual machine is determined, and over-committed virtual machines and computer systems are identified.

Abstract: A flowable material delivery trailer is equipped to deliver flowable material (e.g. water, inert gas or other fluid, or flowable solid), preferably at a high pressure and a low flow rate, particularly in hazardous situations, for example in firefighting and in washing difficult to access areas or things (e.g. high voltage transmission towers, transformers on high voltage power lines, insulators on high voltage power lines, signs, street lights and other elevated surfaces). The trailer may comprise a plurality of detachable nozzles, which may be operated independently and simultaneously. The trailer is operable by a single operator under a variety of environmental conditions, and is capable of effectively managing flows to conserve flowable material during operation.

Abstract: A reservoir provided in a hard-point fixture is pre-loaded with a curable adhesive, where the reservoir is protected from the curing radiation. The fixture is placed on a target surface and the adhesive is extruded from the reservoir into a space between the fixture and the target surface. An irradiating device to cure the adhesive is provided in the fixture and activated to couple the fixture to the surface. Once the curing process is complete, the fixture is released from the placement system leaving the fixture affixed to the target surface.