Abstract: The subject invention provides fluorophore-quencher nucleic acid molecules comprising relaxed or supercoiled DNA molecules, and their use in rapid and efficient high-throughput screening (HTS) assays to screen and identify compounds that inhibit DNA gyrases. These compounds can be used as antibiotics for treating bacterial infections, especially, multidrug resistant bacterial infections.

Abstract: A method for an auxiliary device of an auxiliary resonant commutated pole inverter (ARCPI) to determine a boosting time of the ARCPI is provided. The auxiliary device includes an auxiliary switch path that uses a resonant inductor with at least one saturable inductor. The method includes: calculating, by a processor of the auxiliary device, a first boosting time in the auxiliary switch path based on a theoretical resonance inductance and a voltage that are applied to the resonant inductor; determining, by the processor, a second boosting time in the auxiliary switch path based on a look-up table; and determining, by the processor, the boosting time in the auxiliary switch path based on the first boosting time and the second boosting time. The method further includes controlling, by the processor, boosting current of the ARCPI based on the boosting time in the auxiliary switch path.

Abstract: Devices, assemblies and methods for fixing a telecommunications cable. In certain embodiments, a cable fixation unit that can clamp a cable jacket also includes legs having feet that are mountable to a slotted support structure by inserting the feet into the support structure's slots in a sequence of motions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a glue-down decorative floor covering system. The invention also relates to a glue-down floor covering realized by a plurality of tiles of the glue-down floor covering system according to the invention. The invention further relates to a tile for use in a glue-down floor covering system according to the invention.

Abstract: A decorative panel includes a core provided with an upper side and a lower side; a decorative top structure affixed on the upper side of the core; a first panel edge including a first coupling profile, and a second panel edge including a second coupling profile being designed to engage interlockingly with the first coupling profile of an adjacent panel, both in horizontal direction and in vertical direction. The core includes an alloy of a polymer matrix and elastic particles dispersed in the matrix. The elastic particles are bond to the polymer matrix. The elastic particles are entirely made of elastic material. The polymer matrix includes thermoplastic material.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing personalized or customized decorative laminated panels, in particular decorative floor panels, wall panels, or ceiling panels, for composing a decorative surface covering, in particular a decorative floor covering, wall covering, or ceiling covering. A computer system and a non-transitory computing device-readable medium having executable instructions to cause one or more processors to perform the method according to the invention. A personalized or customized decorative laminated panel, in particular a decorative floor panel, a wall panel, or a ceiling panel, for composing a decorative surface covering, in particular a decorative floor covering, a wall covering, or a ceiling covering in particular obtained by applying the method according to the invention.

Abstract: A dispensing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes multiple dosing stations each having an output opening, multiple fall ducts mounted to a mounting beam of a fall duct conveyor and multiple collectors connected to a collector conveyor. Each fall duct includes a first part and an opposing second part detachably connected to the first part, the second part having multiple inlet openings that align with the output openings of the dosing stations, wherein the first and second parts define a space for solids falling from the dosing stations. The collector conveyor moves the collectors together with the fall ducts moved by the fall duct conveyor, wherein the collectors collect the solids falling from the dosing stations.

Abstract: A method is provided for filling a bag-on-valve can with a hypochlorous acid solution, including: providing a hypochlorous acid manufacturing apparatus having an anolyte storage tank in which the hypochlorous acid solution is stored; providing a bag-on-valve canning apparatus having a fluid inlet; connecting a pipe between the anolyte storage tank of the hypochlorous acid manufacturing apparatus and the fluid inlet on the bag-on-valve canning apparatus in order to provide the hypochlorous acid solution directly from the hypochlorous acid manufacturing apparatus to the bag-on-valve canning apparatus; providing a bag-on-valve can having a can in which a bag and a valve are disposed, wherein the valve seals the bag during non-use, the bag-on-valve can further including an actuator for actuating the valve; and filling the bag with the hypochlorous acid solution provided through the pipe. An apparatus is also disclosed for producing and canning a hypochlorous acid solution.

Abstract: An icemaker includes a casing that receives water from a water supply and is in thermal communication with an evaporator of a sealed system that chills the casing to freeze the water. An auger is mounted within the interior volume and is rotatable to scrape the ice from the casing and urge it through an extruder to form nugget ice. A BLDC motor is mechanically coupled to the auger to selectively rotate the auger. A controller determines a target speed of the auger based at least in part on the ice production parameter, and operates the BLDC motor to rotate the auger at the target speed. The BLDC motor with the speed-closed control loop can provide the constant speed and enough torque to prevent the ice maker from freezing. The controller can adjust the PWM and the voltage will be adjusted slightly, then the torque will be adjusted accordingly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a panel, in particular a floor panel, comprising a at least one first coupling part and at least one second coupling part connected respectively to opposite edges of the core, which first coupling part comprises an upward tongue, at least one upward flank lying at a distance from the upward tongue and an upward groove, which second coupling part comprises a downward tongue, at least one downward flank lying at a distance from the downward tongue, and a downward groove, wherein the upward tongue is provided with a first locking element; wherein the downward flank is provided with a second locking element, wherein the downward tongue is provided with a third locking element, wherein the upward flank is provided with a fourth locking element.

Abstract: A decorative PCM floor panel, in particular a floor panel, including a core provided with an upper side and a lower side. A decorative PCM floor covering, including a plurality of, preferably interconnected, floor panels according to the invention.

Abstract: A portable pump is provided for negative pressure wound therapy for drawing a vacuum from a wound site via a tube. The pump includes an inlet configured to attach the tube from the wound site; a canister in fluid communication with the inlet for collecting fluids drained from the wound site; and a manually-actuated pump mechanism for creating the vacuum. The pump mechanism includes a vacuum chamber in fluid communication with the canister; a piston disposed in the vacuum chamber; and a pump handle coupled to the piston to move the piston in the vacuum chamber between first and second positions to create the vacuum. The pump handle moving between a retracted position and an extended position. The piston is in the first position when said pump handle is in the retracted position and is in the second position when said pump handle is in the extended position.

Abstract: A panel including a centrally located core, at least one first coupling part and at least one second coupling part connected respectively to opposite edges of the core, which first coupling part includes an upward tongue, at least one upward flank lying at a distance from the upward tongue and an upward grooved formed in between the upward tongue and the upward flank wherein the upward groove is adapted to receive at least a part of a downward tongue of a second coupling part of an adjacent panel; which second coupling part includes a downward tongue, at least one downward flank lying at a distance from the downward tongue, and a downward groove formed in between the downward tongue and the downward flank, wherein the downward groove is adapted to receive at least a part of an upward tongue of a first coupling part of an adjacent panel.

Abstract: A method for separating a lead radioisotope from a mixture comprising the lead radioisotope and a radioisotope of radium or thorium is provided, along with a system comprising a plurality of chromatographic columns. The system can include a first cartridge having a lead-complexing media that preferentially binds the lead radioisotope over radioisotopes of radium or thorium, and a second cartridge having a weak cationic exchange media, where a pH of a loading solution used to load the second cartridge is pH2L, and a pH of an eluent used to elute the lead radioisotope from the second cartridge is pH2E, and pH2L is greater than pH2E. The system can also comprise further third and fourth cartridges with chromatographic media to extract and purify the lead radioisotope, to provide a purified solution of lead radioisotope that can be used for medical and other purposes, such as in the labeling of radiopharmaceutical compounds.

Abstract: Techniques regarding post polymerization modifications to polycarbonate polymers via a flow reactor are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a cyclic carbonate monomer that can be employed to facilitate polymerization of one or more polycarbonate platforms susceptible to post polymerization modification. For instance, one or more embodiments can regard a cyclic carbonate molecular backbone covalently bonded to an aryl halide functional group via in accordance with a chemical structure selected from the group consisting of: In the chemical structures, “R1” can be selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a functional group comprising a first alkyl group; “L” can represent a linkage group, comprising: a second alkyl group and an end group having at least one member selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom; and “A” can represent the aryl halide functional group.

Abstract: A carbon fiber structure that achieves the strength and durability of steel tower alternatives at 90% less weight and a lower total installed cost. The mass production process provides affordable carbon fiber telecommunication towers that are engineered for peak strength to weight performance. The composite non-corrosive, non-rusting towers are easy to install and transport to remote locations and have lower maintenance than alternatives. The tapered monopole series provides a wide array of tower options that are all engineered for unparalleled strength to weight characteristics. The carbon fiber structures provide an aesthetical, lightweight, minimum base width, that are transportation friendly with sections that can be nested inside themselves to optimize.

Abstract: A radio frequency filter includes bulk acoustic resonator chips that each include a substrate; a piezoelectric plate that includes multiple separate plates; and a conductor pattern on the piezoelectric layer and including an interdigitated transducer (IDT) with interleaved fingers on the piezoelectric layer opposite the substrate. The filter further includes an interposer having a surface facing the piezoelectric layer of each of the plurality of bulk acoustic resonator chips; a conductor pattern on the surface of the interposer; a conductive metal bump between the piezoelectric layer and the interposer that electrically connects the plurality of bulk acoustic resonator chips to the interposer; and a cover bonded to the substrates of the plurality of bulk acoustic resonator chips and to the interposer, wherein the cover seals an interior of the plurality bulk acoustic resonator chips.

Abstract: A fiber optic system includes an enclosure and a mounting bracket that cooperate to define a mechanical coupling interface including a slide interface and a snap-fit interface. The slide interface allows the enclosure to mount to the bracket along a first dimension and retains the enclosure at the bracket along second and third dimensions that are transverse to the first dimension and transverse to each other. The snap-fit interface, once triggered, retains the enclosure at the bracket along the first dimension.

Abstract: Resonator devices and filter devices are disclosed. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate and a piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces separated by a piezoelectric plate thickness greater than or equal to 50 nm and less than or equal to 200 nm. An acoustic Bragg reflector is between the substrate and the back surface of the piezoelectric plate. A conductor pattern including an interdigital transducer (IDT) is on the front surface of the piezoelectric plate.