Abstract: A novel and advantageous vendor agnostic loyalty program. More particularly, a novel and advantageous loyalty program that spans multiple vendors and multiple manufacturers. The loyalty program may be used by a customer at one or a plurality of vendors. The loyalty program tracks what is bought by each customer at what location of what vendor, how many points or rewards are accumulated by each customer at what location of what vendor, and what product incentives for what products from what manufacturer are redeemed at what location of what vendor.

Abstract: The present invention provides magnesium or magnesium alloys having high formability at room temperature, the magnesium or magnesium alloys having a grain size ?2 microns. The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing the magnesium or magnesium alloys having high formability at room temperature. The magnesium or magnesium alloys having high formability at room temperature are prepared by simple processing means. The present invention overcomes a problem of poor formability at room temperature.

Abstract: A bottle assembly has a bottle and a removable cap. The cap includes a nozzle and a vent arrangement. The vent arrangement can include a vent conduit that extends into an air cavity present at the bottom of the bottle assembly when the bottle assembly is inverted. The vent arrangement allows for pressure equalization within the bottom assembly in response to liquid being dispensed from the bottle assembly to permit high flow rates of the dispensed liquid without squeezing of the bottle.

Abstract: A filter element for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a filter media pack, a support element, and a magnetic material. The support element is configured to couple the filter media pack to a filter housing. The support element extends along a longitudinal direction from a first longitudinal end to a second longitudinal end. The magnetic material is disposed on the first longitudinal end of the support element. The magnetic material is configured to magnetically engage a second magnetic material of the filter housing to facilitate alignment between the a housing rail of the filter housing and the support element during installation of the support element into a filter housing.

Abstract: A filter element for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a filter media and a support element. The support element includes a first interface member, a second interface member, and a connecting member. The first interface member and the second interface member define opposing lateral ends of the support element and extend parallel to one another. The first interface member and the second interface member are engageable with complementary receiving structures of a rail to support the support element on the rail. The connecting member is coupled to the filter media and extends from the first interface member to the second interface member. The connecting member includes a concave portion extending from the first interface member and a convex portion extending from the second interface member.

Abstract: A system for both housing hydrocarbons in both liquid and gaseous forms has a body configured to withstand both storage related internal pressures as well as processing related vacuum pressures. A method includes receiving hydrocarbons into a body configured to withstand both storage related internal pressures as well as processing related vacuum pressures.

Abstract: A filter element for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a filter media and a support element. The support element includes a first interface member, a second interface member, and a connecting member. The first interface member and the second interface member define opposing lateral ends of the support element and extend parallel to one another. The first interface member and the second interface member are engageable with complementary receiving structures of a rail to support the support element on the rail. The connecting member is coupled to the filter media and extends from the first interface member to the second interface member. The connecting member includes a concave portion extending from the first interface member and a convex portion extending from the second interface member.

Abstract: Methods for treating cancer, and for reducing angiogenesis in a tissue, comprising administering one or more of a miR-371 oligonucleotide; a miR-146 oligonucleotide; or an inhibitor of MLK2/3 activity.

Abstract: A filter element for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a filter media pack and a first support element. The filter media pack includes a pleated filter media. The first support element includes a connecting member that is coupled to the pleated filter media and includes at least a portion of a curved wall that curves above a central axis that extends substantially parallel to an insertion direction of the filter element into a filter housing. The first interface member is located at a distal end of the connecting member and defines a first support ledge that is disposed over the connecting member and that extends substantially parallel to the insertion direction.

Abstract: A system and method for enabling location-based services based on geofence data and privacy settings is provided. The system acquires trip data associated with a vehicle and receives a user input that includes a privacy level associated with the trip data. The system further acquires information that includes a set of geofences corresponding to a set of locations in the trip data. Each geofence of the set of geofences is associated with a rank. The system selects one or more geofences from the set of geofences based on the privacy level and determines, from the trip data, location data that corresponds to the selected one or more geofences. The system filters the trip data by removing the determined location data from the trip data and enables a location-based service based on the filtered trip data.

Abstract: An energy storage system (ESS) deflagration and thermal propagation mitigation method and corresponding systems prevent and, if necessary, suppress fires in ESS containers. The method uses a gas detection system, a smoke and temperature detection system, and a fire suppression system. The gas detection system opens a vent in response to detecting a concentration of gas that meets or exceeds a threshold concentration. If needed after venting the container, the smoke and temperature detection system closes the vent and activates the fire suppression system in response to detecting both the presence of smoke and a temperature that meets or exceeds a threshold temperature.

Abstract: A universal tip for an electrofusion tool including a main body configured to be electrically connected to an electrical lead of the electrofusion tool, and a contact supported by the main body being capable of transferring a voltage from the electrofusion tool to a pipe fitting. The contact is adjustable between a first configuration, in which the contact is configured to engage a first terminal having a first size, and a second configuration, in which the contact is configured to engage a second terminal having a second size that is different than the first size.

Abstract: An intelligent fill level system includes a material unloading container having an interior and a material entryway and a plurality of perception sensors mounted along a rim of the entryway, each sensor configured to generate perception data representative of a profile of unloaded material in at least a portion of the interior. A data processing unit, which may for example be onboard the material unloading container, determines one or more multidimensional profile characteristics, such as for example a fill level, of the unloaded material within the material unloading container at least via fusion of the perception data from the plurality of perception sensors, and a communications unit, which may also for example be onboard the container, transmits output signals representative of the determined one or more multidimensional profile characteristics to one or more remote data processing units associated with respective material loading work machines.

Abstract: A system and method of automated vehicle to sensor calibration includes, during operation of a work vehicle having sensors located thereon, each sensor having a stored location and/or orientation relative to the vehicle, automatically determining via first sensor inputs an orientation of the ground surface relative to vehicle orientation, and automatically mapping via second sensor inputs one or more persistent external references to a vehicle coordinate frame. At least upon determining that the ground surface orientation and the mapped persistent external references satisfy specified conditions, a vehicle to sensor calibration mode is automatically initiated, including receiving actual inputs from a first (e.g., uncalibrated) sensor, which may be one of the sensors having stored locations and/or orientations prior to calibration, and selectively adjusting parameters of the first sensor based at least in part on the mapped persistent external references with respect to the actual inputs from the first sensor.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method are provided for searchable integration of operating images and geospatial data, particularly for agricultural field operations or construction worksites in which visual images may be captured by work vehicles during their normal operation rather than requiring specific trips by employees or agronomists. Captured images are uploaded from sensors associated with a work vehicle traversing a work area, along with associated geospatial data, to a remote data storage device via a communications network. The uploaded images and geospatial data are selectively correlated with respect to a geospatial map. Responsive to user input corresponding to a selected one or more nodes in the geospatial map, at least one of the uploaded images are identified as corresponding to the selected one or more nodes. A display is generated representing the identified at least one of the uploaded images on a display unit associated with the received user input.

Abstract: A method and system for causing a call leg transition based on determining that a screen of a device is not viewable to a user are disclosed, comprising receiving, using a default first telephony application, an incoming call event having a first call leg over a first connection to a telecommunication network addressed to the device, accepting the incoming call event using a second telephony application, creating a second connection having a second call leg to the telecommunication network corresponding to the incoming call event, associating a call event continuity identifier unique to the incoming call event with each of the first and second call legs so that the first and second call legs are connectable at a common port in the telecommunication network, determining if the screen of the device is viewable to the user, and causing a transition from the second call leg to the first call leg based on determining that the screen of the device is not viewable to the user.

Abstract: A chair control includes a rocker assembly configured to be coupled to a chair back, the rocker assembly including a rocker flex element configured to be coupled to a chair seat, the rocker flex element being resiliently deformable and a ground assembly configured to be coupled to a chair base, the rocker assembly being coupled to the ground assembly (e.g., pivotally coupled), the ground assembly including a ground flex element configured to be coupled to the chair seat to which the rocker flex element is coupled, the ground flex element being resiliently deformable.

Abstract: A rotary impact tool including a housing, a motor, a gear assembly, and a drive assembly. The motor includes a shaft configured to rotate about an axis. The gear assembly is operably coupled to the motor. The drive assembly is configured to convert continuous torque received from the shaft through the gear assembly into periodic rotational impacts upon a workpiece. The drive assembly includes a camshaft, an anvil, a hammer, and a thrust bearing. The camshaft is operably coupled to the gear assembly. The anvil is positioned adjacent to a forward end of the camshaft. The hammer is configured to reciprocate along the camshaft to impart rotational impacts to the anvil in response to rotation of the camshaft. The thrust bearing is engaged with the camshaft such that the thrust bearing is configured to at least partially support the camshaft in an axial direction.

Abstract: A powered tubing cutter includes a housing and a carriage rotatably supported by the housing. The carriage includes a cutting blade and a first rotational axis about which the carriage is rotatable. The powered tubing cutter also includes a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor for providing torque to the carriage to cause it to rotate. The motor defines a second rotational axis that is parallel to the first rotational axis.

Abstract: Methods for treating cancer, and for reducing angiogenesis in a tissue, comprising administering one or more of a miR-371 oligonucleotide; a miR-146 oligonucleotide; or an inhibitor of MLK2/3 activity.