Abstract: In various embodiments, a first player may follow the same pattern of betting used by a second player.

Abstract: A system for use with a car wash is provided having wash equipment and a site module. The site module is configured to send and receive signals with the wash equipment. The system further has a gate and at least one sign comprising a graphical code. The at least one sign is provided in front of the gate, and the at least one graphical code is configured to be scanned by a customer device to indicate the location of the customer device. The system is configured to send and receive signals with an application on the customer device. The site module is also configured to receive the desired property of the wash, and the site module is configured to provide commands to the one or more wash equipment to initiate the wash based on the desired property of the wash.

Abstract: An approach to seeker windows for aircraft comprises a window layer comprising an IR transparent material, the window layer comprising a first side and a second side substantially opposite the first side; and a heating layer on the first side or the second side of the window layer, the heating layer configured to apply a heating profile to the window layer to reduce thermal shock imparted to the window layer when the seeker window is exposed to hypersonic flight conditions.

Abstract: An apparatus may comprise a skew detection circuit to sample a common mode voltage of a differential signal, wherein the sampled common mode voltage is indicative of an amount of skew between a first signal of the differential signal and a second signal of the differential signal; and a skew compensation circuit to adjust a delay of the first signal or the second signal based on the sampled common mode voltage to reduce the amount of skew.

Abstract: Methods for treating a human suffering from osteoarthritis are provided. Aspects of the methods include intra-articularly administering to the human a dosage comprising a nucleic acid coding sequence for a human interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) to treat the human suffering from osteoarthritis. Also provided are compositions for use in practicing the methods.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for creating a governance graph representing data set interconnection. The data set interconnections may be based on common fields, sources, databases, applications, or patterns of usage. For example, the interconnections may be direct connections, where one data set is directly downstream from another data set. Alternatively, the interconnections may be indirect connections based patterns showing the data sets are commonly used together. For example, given data sets “A”, “B”, and “C”, if “B” is directly connected to “A” because it is downstream from “A”, and a particular group of users commonly use “B” and “C” together, “A” may be indirectly related to “C” based on the pattern of usage. In this example, the governance graph is configured to indicate the connection between “A” and “B” is stronger than the connection between “A” and “C”, whilst still showing said connection.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and devices for automated vehicular control based on glare detected by an optical system of a vehicle. In some aspects, automated control includes controlling the operation of the vehicle itself, a vehicle subsystem, or a vehicle component based on a level of glare detected. According to some examples, controlling the operation of a vehicle includes instructing an automatically or manually operated vehicle to traverse a selected route based on levels of glare detected or expected along potentials routes to a destination. According to other examples, controlling operation of a vehicle subsystem or a vehicle component includes triggering automated responses by the subsystem or the component based on a level of glare detected or expected. In some additional aspects, glare data is shared between individual vehicles and with a remote data processing system for further analysis and action.

Abstract: Fiber webs which are used in filter media are described herein. In some embodiments, the fiber webs include fibrillated fibers and optionally non-fibrillated fibers, amongst other optional components (e.g., binder resin). In some embodiments, the fiber webs include limited amounts of, or no, glass fiber. The respective characteristics and amounts of the fibrillated fibers are selected to impart desirable properties including mechanical properties and filtration properties (e.g., dust holding capacity and efficiency), amongst other benefits.

Abstract: A method for killing or damaging cancerous cells in a living body comprising introducing glucose or other organic material as a biasing component into heating cancerous cells for purposes of destroying the cancerous cells with a second method of heating, such as by bombardment of energy from an external electromagnetic source, so as to raise the temperature of the tumor or cancerous cells to a degree that they are damaged or expire.

Abstract: A system and method for an adaptable handguard. The system includes a receiver adapter configured to couple with a firearm via an adapter nut. The receiver adapter has a tapered inner wall and the adapter nut has a tapered outer wall. There is a barrel adapter assembly which couples to a barrel. The barrel assembly has a tapered downstream outer wall. There is a housing which fits around the barrel adapter assembly. The housing has one or more latches to couple with the receiver adapter. This allows for quick and easy changing of barrels once the system is installed.

Abstract: A system for production of customizable refractory bricks in an automated fashion is described. The system receives refractory bricks, measures and performs quality control inspections and rejects out of specification bricks. The system planes the bricks to a consistent height and performs one or more machining operations to grind the bricks into a final shape before conveying the bricks for assembly in the order required for assembly rather than in a batch process.

Abstract: An antenna is configured to transmit a first electromagnetic signal at full power using a first set of radiating elements and to transmit the first electromagnetic signal at an attenuated power using a second set of radiating elements to decrease at least one side lobe associated with transmission of the first electromagnetic signal. The antenna is configured to receive a second electromagnetic signal having an associated first power level using the second set of radiating elements and to form an aggregated electromagnetic signal having a second power level that is a multiple of the first power level. The antenna is configured to attenuate the aggregated signal to form an attenuated electromagnetic signal having a third power level to facilitate uniform reception of the second electromagnetic signal and tapered transmission.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for portable and quick cleaning of an instrument are disclosed. The portable instrument cleaning apparatus may include an instrument inlet to receive a contaminated instrument and a water delivery activation device. The water delivery activation device may comprise a sensor to sense receipt of the contaminated instrument. The water delivery activation device may activate a water delivery system. The water delivery system may convey water from an external water source to the wash tube. The portable instrument cleaning apparatus may pressurize the conveyed water and spray pressurized water on the contaminated instrument in the wash tube. The water delivery activating and instrument cleaning may occur without delay. The sensor may sense removal of the instrument and deactivate the water delivery system. The portable instrument cleaning apparatus may minimize contamination between instrument cleanings using a flushing system and a contaminated water drainage system.

Abstract: Removing diffraction effects in a tomographic image includes: obtaining an empirical image of a sample; producing an initial wave at a radiation source; forward propagating the initial wave from the radiation source toward a detector; receiving by a sample the initial wave; forward propagating the initial wave through the sample and accumulating phase and amplitude information to produce a phase accumulated wave; back propagating the phase accumulated wave; and forward propagating the phase accumulated wave 208 while treating Fresnel diffraction, such that the empirical image is reconstructed by projections and diffraction via maximum likelihood, a Bayesian prior probability distribution, and a Fresnel propagator.

Abstract: Provided herein are small molecule inhibitors of NSD1, NSD2 and/or NSD3 activity, and methods of use thereof for the treatment of disease, including leukemia, breast cancer, osteosarcoma, lung and prostate cancers and other solid tumors as well as other diseases dependent on the activity of NSD1, NSD2 and/or NSD3.

Abstract: The disclosure herein provides systems, methods, and devices for determining and displaying market relative positions and/or attributes of unique items. A visualization system for generating electronic visualizations of market-relative attributes of unique items comprises an item selection receiver, a visualization compilation engine, and a rendering engine.

Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of thermally-conductive EMI absorbers that generally includes thermally-conductive particles, EMI absorbing particles, and silicon carbide. The silicon carbide is present in an amount sufficient to synergistically enhance thermal conductivity and/or EMI absorption. By way of example, an exemplary embodiment of a thermally-conductive EMI absorber may include silicon carbide, magnetic flakes, manganese zinc ferrite, alumina, and carbonyl iron.

Abstract: An earplug for blocking sound and method of making the same, which includes a planar insert within an earplug of compressible slow recovery foam. A method of attenuating sound by inserting the earplug at an ear canal entry so that the planar insert is tactilely vertical, and pushing the earplug into the ear canal allowing the earplug to flex perpendicular to plana surfaces of the planar insert.