Abstract: A rotor turning system includes a fixture plate configured for attachment to a gearbox, a locking mechanism configured for attachment to the fixture plate, and a reaction fixture configured for attachment to the locking mechanism. The rotor turning system is configured to permit rotation of the rotor only when rotational torque is applied to the locking mechanism, and this rotation is in only one rotational direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a digital twin interface for managing a wind farm having a plurality of wind turbines. The digital twin interface includes a graphical user interface (GUI) displaying a digital equivalent of the wind farm. For example, the digital equivalent of the wind farm includes environmental information and a digital representation of each of the wind turbines arranged in the wind farm. The interface also includes a control icon arranged with each of the digital representations of the wind turbines. In certain embodiments, the control icons of each wind turbine may correspond to a control dial. More specifically, the control icon of each digital representation of the wind turbines includes information regarding current and optimum operating conditions of the digital wind turbine. The interface also includes one or more control features configured to optimize performance of the wind farm.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a digital system for managing a wind farm having a plurality of wind turbines electrically coupled to a power grid. The system includes a farm-based first communication network having one or more individual wind turbine control systems communicatively coupled to the one or more wind turbines and an overall wind farm control system. The system also includes a cloud-based second communication network communicatively coupled to the first communication network via an industrial gateway. The second communication network includes a digital infrastructure having a plurality of digital models of the one or more wind turbines, wherein the plurality of digital models of the one or more wind turbines are continuously updated during operation of the wind farm via data supplied by the farm-based first communication network.

Abstract: A rotor turning system includes a fixture plate configured for attachment to a gearbox, a locking mechanism configured for attachment to the fixture plate, and a reaction fixture configured for attachment to the locking mechanism. The rotor turning system is configured to permit rotation of the rotor only when rotational torque is applied to the locking mechanism, and this rotation is in only one rotational direction.

Abstract: A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine and a method for increasing a loading capability of a rotor blade within a maximum load limit for a wind turbine are disclosed. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade assembly further includes an extension connected to a surface of the rotor blade, the extension having at least one design characteristic configured for increasing a loading capability of the rotor blade within a maximum load limit for the wind turbine. The design characteristic is one of extension length, extension width, extension curvature, span-wise extension location, chord-wise extension location, or extension angle with respect to a chord line of the rotor blade.

Abstract: A hand-held test meter for use with an analytical test strip (such as an electrochemical-based analytical test strip) in the determination of an analyte (e.g., glucose) in a bodily fluid sample (such as a whole blood sample) includes a housing, a display block, a micro-controller disposed in the housing, a strip detection circuit block disposed in the housing, and a strip port connector with a test strip insertion detector(s). The test strip insertion detector(s) and strip detection circuit block are configured to detect the insertion of an analytical test strip into the strip port connector and send an insertion signal to the micro-controller upon such detection. In addition, the micro-controller is configured to receive the insertion signal, distinguish an orientation of analytical test strip insertion based on at least the insertion signal and signal the display module to display a predetermined message to a user based on the distinguished orientation of analytical test strip insertion.

Abstract: A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine and a method for increasing a loading capability of a rotor blade within a maximum load limit for a wind turbine are disclosed. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade assembly further includes an extension connected to a surface of the rotor blade, the extension having at least one design characteristic configured for increasing a loading capability of the rotor blade within a maximum load limit for the wind turbine. The design characteristic is one of extension length, extension width, extension curvature, span-wise extension location, chord-wise extension location, or extension angle with respect to a chord line of the rotor blade.

Abstract: Methods and systems to provide for safeguards in the insulin dosing calculation as part of the diabetes management. The system or method provides a warning if the person with diabetes is calculating a dosing regimen outside of a preselected time period in which certain dosing parameters are customized to the preselected time period.

Abstract: Described herein are various methods to ensure safety and the compliance of therapeutic diabetes protocols. The method can be achieved by performing safeguards against hypoglycemia of the user prior to any change in basal insulin dosage based on the plurality of data.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for defining and executing dynamic applications are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, an electronic library of work management entities is provided. In various embodiments, components are also provided to enable definition of a plurality of record types, definition of a plurality of relationships between selected ones of the work management entities and the record types, including one or more parent-child, reference and reciprocal relationships between selected ones of the record types, to form a dynamic application. In various embodiments, the components are also configured to enable definition of one or more capabilities for a record type, data phasing and workflow manage for the various record types. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for defining and executing dynamic applications are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, an electronic library of work management entities is provided. In various embodiments, components are provided to enable definition of a plurality of record types, definition of a plurality of data phases for a business lifecycle, behaviors of the record types and selected ones of the work management entities in the various data phases, and workflow rules for the record types and the work management entities to flow through the data phases. The selected ones of the work management entities, the record types, the data phases, behaviors of the record types and the selected ones of the work management entities in the various data phases, and workflow rules for the record types and the selected ones of the work management entities to flow through the data phases, form a dynamic application. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.

Abstract: A system and method of providing a user interface jump list application is disclosed, which reduces multiple functions into a single user interface function for electronic devices such as portable or mobile devices having computing and communication capabilities. First, the user interface jump list application provides a list of applications executing in the background on the electronic device. Second, the user interface application provides for the ability for the user to close, kill or quit (by giving an instruction) the application running in the background without having to activate or launch that application. The user interface application indicates applications that are active in a different font so the user can easily differentiate an application that is active from one that is not. The user interface application additionally provides a list of important or favorite applications for quick access and a list of recently used applications for quick access.

Abstract: In a method for removing an organic film such as photoresist from a wafer, the wafer is placed into a chamber. A liquid including an acid, such as sulfuric acid is applied to the surface of the wafer. Sulfur trioxide is supplied into the chamber. Alternatively, fuming sulfuric acid may be used. The wafer may optionally be spinning in the chamber. The liquid forms a liquid layer on the surface of the workpiece. The chemical reaction of the acid and the SO3 removes the organic film. Further improved results may be achieved in removing many organic films by heating the wafer, or the liquid, or both. Providing ozone gas into the chamber may also be helpful in some applications. In a related method, an organic film is removed from a wafer by applying an acid film or layer on to the surface of the wafer. The acid, is heated. An oxidizer is then delivered to the heated acid film. The combined action of the acid and the oxidizer removes the organic film, typically without leaving any residues.

Abstract: An oxide layer on a silicon wafer may be removed by applying a process chemical such as hydrofluoric acid to the wafer. This will typically remove substantially all of the existing oxide layer, leaving a bare silicon surface. A high quality self-terminating chemical oxide layer may then be grown on the wafer. The chemical oxide layer is then chemically etched to achieve a thinned oxide layer. A layer of material, which may be a high-K dielectric material, is than applied onto the thinned oxide layer. Microelectronic devices having improved electrical characteristics can be manufactured using this process.

Abstract: In systems and methods for cleaning a wafer having an oxide on a surface of the wafer, an aqueous liquid including a chelating agent is applied onto the wafer, while the wafer is also contacted by ozone gas. The ozone readily oxidizes the contaminants in the presence of the aqueous liquid. The chelating agent helps to remove metal contamination from the wafer, without the need for an acid such as hydrofluoric or hydrochloric acid. Etching of the oxide layer is accordingly reduced. The wafer can be effectively cleaned using aqueous liquid and ozone, while largely preserving the oxide layer needed for certain types of micro-scale devices formed on the wafer.

Abstract: In systems and methods for cleaning a wafer having metal areas, a non-aqueous polar solvent solution is applied onto the wafer, while the wafer is also contacted by ozone gas. The solvent helps to make the chemical bonds of contaminants on the wafer susceptible to oxidation by the ozone. The ozone readily oxidizes the contaminants in the presence of the solvent. The solvent provides a liquid medium for carrying away oxidized contaminants or by products. Corrosion of metal on the wafer is minimized or eliminated as the solvent helps to control the level of ions and galvanic cell effects. Higher process temperatures may be used to accelerate the cleaning process, without causing corrosion.

Abstract: In a method for cleaning a wafer, the wafer is placed a processing chamber. A layer or film of liquid is provided on the wafer. Electrically charged aerosol droplets of a liquid are formed and directed to the workpiece. The charged aerosol particles accumulate on the workpiece. This creates an electrical charge on the workpiece. Contaminant particles on the workpiece are released and/or repelled by the electrical charge and are carried away in the liquid layer. The liquid layer is optionally continuously replenished with fresh liquid. The liquid layer may be thinned out in a localized aerosol impingement area, via a jet of gas, to allow the electrical charge of the aerosol to better collect on or near the surface of the workpiece.

Abstract: Protective gear for a wearer's body such as the joint of a limb, that has an attachment system with few components, and integrated with the protective gear. The attachment system uses straps that can be adjusted by a wearer once during a first use and, after removal, retain their adjustments for a second use by the same wearer. Securing the attachment system in place can be accompanied by an auditory signal.

Abstract: A system for processing a workpiece includes an inner chamber pivotably supported within an outer chamber. The inner chamber has an opening to allow liquid to drain out. A motor pivots the inner chamber to bring the opening at or below the level of liquid in the inner chamber. As the inner chamber turns, liquid drains out. Workpieces within the inner chamber are supported on a holder or a rotor, which may be fixed or rotating. Multi processes may be performed within the inner chamber, reducing the need to move the workpieces between various apparatus and reducing risk of contamination.

Abstract: In methods for smoothing or polishing a surface of a wafer, such as a silicon wafer, a liquid layer is formed on a surface of the wafer. The liquid layer may be an invisible microscopic layer, or a visible macroscopic layer. A flow of an oxidizing gas is directed over, against or onto the liquid layer of the surface of the wafer, in the presence of an etchant. The flow of gas thins the liquid layer at high points or areas on the surface of the wafer more than at low points or areas on the wafer surface. Consequently, the high points are oxidized and etched away more than the low points. As a result, the wafer surface is smoothed and polished.