Abstract: A saw assembly including a base, a frame assembly disposed on the base and a rail system disposed on the frame assembly. The rail system extends in a longitudinal direction and a table assembly is slidingly disposed in the longitudinal direction on the rail system. The assembly includes a split table having a first table portion and a second table portion separated by a gap extending parallel to the longitudinal direction of the rail system. A pair of fences are mounted to the first and second table portions and bridge the gap to connect the first and second table portions to each other. The gap and corresponding channels and drain apertures allow the tile saw to channel and retain water while cutting a tile. At least one of the fences has a projection in the form of a bridge that is pivotable about the fence to move the projection away from the path of the blade.

Abstract: Exemplary systems and methods are directed to risk-based observability of a platform. Data is received from plural devices from one or more computing environments on a network. The received data is in a raw data format according to the computing environment or platform from which it was received. The received data is converted from the raw format to a structured format. The converted data is enhanced by adding contextual information associated with a corresponding one of the plural devices. A risk analysis is performed on the enhanced data based on one or more risk detection rules applied to the network. One or more tags are applied to the enhanced data based on results of the risk analysis. Data analysis is performed on the enhanced data to identify devices from aggregate sources. The data is sent to one or more destinations on the network based on the applied tags.

Abstract: Implementations include providing a set of parameters, generating a set of zones based on the set of parameters, each zone associated with a set of tasks to be performed for material flow during a process, for each zone, automatically generating a zone topological map as a zone graph including a set of nodes and a set of edges, the set of nodes including a set of area nodes and a set of terminal nodes, each area node representing a path that can be traveled along, each terminal node representing locations where a task is performed during of the process, and merging zone topological maps to provide a facility topological map modeling space within which mobile agents execute tasks, merging including connecting a node of a first zone topological map with a node of a second zone topological map by an edge.

Abstract: A method for verifying user identity and age includes: using a front camera to receive a frontal image of a human face; using a rear camera to receive an image of an identification document, from which a headshot and a date of birth code are extracted; determining whether there is a coincidence or not by comparing the face image and the headshot; determining whether an age value, calculated by comparing the date of birth code and a current date, is greater than or equal to a threshold value; when the face image coincides the headshot and the age value is larger than or equal to the threshold value, the verification is passed and an online transaction proceeds; when the face image is not consistent with the headshot or the age value is smaller than the threshold value, the verification fails and the online transaction is terminated.

Abstract: A glass cigarette with an elongate hollow tubular borosilicate glass member. The glass member has a first open ended cylindrical smoking material retaining portion, a second cylindrical smoke cooling passage portion and a third tapered tubular mouthpiece portion. A restrictor portion joins the first portion to the second portion. The third tapered portion is contiguous with and fixed to the second portion. The mouthpiece is open ended at the tapered end. A preferred embodiment includes the overall length of the glass cigarette is approximately 106 mm.

Abstract: A glass cigarette with an elongate hollow tubular borosilicate glass member. The glass member has a first open ended cylindrical smoking material retaining portion, a second cylindrical smoke cooling passage portion and a third tapered tubular mouthpiece portion. A restrictor portion joins the first portion to the second portion. The third tapered portion is contiguous with and fixed to the second portion. The mouthpiece is open ended at the tapered end. A preferred embodiment includes the overall length of the glass cigarette is approximately 106 mm.

Abstract: A curtain suspension rack includes a curtain rod, mounting brackets, and hangers. The curtain rod has decoration heads. Each mounting bracket has a mounting base, a support member, and a suspension section. The mounting bracket receives the curtain rod to suspend thereon. The hangers are fit to the curtain rod. Each hanger includes a carrying section in contact engagement with the curtain rod and forming an embedding cavity that receives and retains a rolling ball therein to allow the rolling ball to freely rotate. The rolling ball has a lower portion projecting below the carrying section, whereby when the hanger is fit to the curtain rod, the rolling ball is in direct contact with the curtain rod. In this way, the frictional resistance induced when the hanger is moving along the curtain rod is reduced to allow a user to easily open or close a curtain.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vacuum thermoforming process-combined one-step molding method for expandable polypropylene, comprising the steps of silk screen printing on a plastic sheet, subjecting the plastic sheet to vacuum thermoforming to provide a vacuum thermoforming part, and foaming an expandable polypropylene and integratedly molding the expandable polypropylene with the vacuum thermoforming part. The expandable polypropylene vacuum thermoforming product produced by the method according to the present invention exhibits an improved impact resistance, and the production process is more superior.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vacuum thermoforming process-combined secondary molding method for expandable polypropylene, the method comprises the steps of silk screen printing on a blister sheet, vacuum thermoforming of the blister sheet to provide a thermoforming part, foam molding of expandable polypropylene to provide a EPP foam part, spray coating the surface of the EPP foam part with ink, and integrate molding of the EPP foam part and the thermoforming part. The expandable polypropylene blister product produced by this method exhibits good impact resistance and possesses good appearance.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a fuel cell which is configured to avoid deformation caused by differential shrinking, and which mitigates the damage caused by the introduction of an oxidizing environment in the anode cavity during the operation of the fuel cell. The fuel cell has a cathode, an electrolyte, an anode and a porous multifunctional layer disposed on the anode opposite to the electrolyte. The porous multifunctional layer comprises a cermet which has thermal expansion and shrinkage behaviour substantially similar to the other fuel cell layers.

Abstract: An solid oxide fuel cell anode is oxygen tolerant at elevated temperatures through the use of a noble metal catalyst. The anode may be formed of a three-dimensional solid phase having an electrocatalytic noble metal phase of a plurality of noble metal particles and an ion conducting phase of a plurality of ionic conductor particles. The mean size of the noble metal particles is larger than the mean size of the ion conductor particles.