Abstract: Articles (100) are provided including a substrate (110) and a coating (120) disposed on a major surface (112) of the substrate. The coating includes one or more polyelectrolytes, a photocleavable polymer, and optionally a light absorbing material. The light absorbing material is present and/or the photocleavable polymer includes one or more polymers of any of specific formulas. Methods of making an article are additionally provided. The method includes applying a coating to a major surface of a substrate. Optionally, the method includes selectively irradiating the article with light and rinsing the irradiated article to remove portions of the coating to provide an article in which the coating is present on the substrate in a pattern.

Abstract: A light control film includes a two-dimensional array of projections arranged across the light control film. A square of a magnitude of a Fourier transform frequency spectrum of the projections includes an annular continuous peak and a corresponding annular continuous full width (FW) at 15% maximum. The peak and the FW vary by no more than about respective factors of 10 and 3 along the annular continuous peak.

Abstract: A hood that envelopes a hardhat and an air conduit assembly. The hood has a viewing window and defines a breathable air zone for a user. An aperture in the back of the hood allows a coupling port, which is part of the air conduit assembly, to extend out of the hood and couple to a source of filtered supplied air.

Abstract: A hardhat having an outer major surface, and an air conduit coupled to the outer major surface. The air conduit has a geometric shape that generally follows the exterior of the hardhat, to deliver supplied air from the back of the hardhat to the front of the hardhat and closer to a breathable air zone of a user.

Abstract: A magnetic-resonance-imaging-compatible (MRI-compatible) cardiac defibrillator includes: a defibrillator generator; first and second electric wires, each being electrically connected to said defibrillator generator; first and second defibrillation pads, each being electrically connected to a respective one of said first and second electric wires; and a low pass filter electrically connected between said defibrillator generator and said first and second electric wires to prevent a noise in an MRI image caused by a radiofrequency interference from the defibrillator as well as protect a patient and the defibrillator from MRI radiofrequency imaging signals, wherein said low pass filter has a cutoff frequency set such that differential mode noise at an MRI Larmor frequency is in an attenuated band while a system-test signal by said defibrillator generator is in a pass band of said low pass filter.

Abstract: A first terminal connector (300) comprises a component member (302) comprising a component member surface (322) with a first terminal post (306) oriented substantially perpendicular to the component member surface (322), and a cap member (304) comprising a cap member surface (324) and a first borehole (310) oriented substantially perpendicular from the cap member surface (324), the first borehole (310) including a bevel volume (328) configured to compress a plurality of windings from one or more wires (332, 334a, 334b) wound around the first terminal post (306) together between the component member surface (322) and the bevel volume (328) when the first terminal post (306) is inserted into the first borehole (310).

Abstract: A defect detection and ranking system for a vehicle assembly line is provided. The system includes an image capture device that captures a plurality of images of a vehicle on the vehicle assembly line. The system also includes a defect detector that analyzes the plurality of captured images and, based on the analysis, detects a plurality of defects on the surface of the vehicle. Each of the plurality of defects has an associated x-y-z coordinate location, a defect type, and a defect severity. The system also includes a datastore containing a vehicle specification, for the vehicle on the vehicle assembly line, and a defect priority based on the vehicle specification. The system also includes a defect prioritization generator configured to: receive the plurality of defects from the defect detector, retrieve the vehicle specification and the defect priority, and apply the defect priority to the plurality of defects, and output a prioritized list of defects, wherein the prioritized list of defects.

Abstract: A light control film is described comprising a light input surface and alight output surface opposite the light input surface; alternating transmissive regions and absorptive regions disposed between the light input surface and the light output surface, wherein the absorptive regions comprise light-absorbing or light-reflecting particles and a dried aqueous dispersion of an organic polymer. The light control film can have improved on-axis transmission in combination with sufficiently high sheet resistance such that the film does not detract from the responsiveness of a touch screen of an electronic device. Also described is a coated article and method of making.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a coated microstructured film (100a-c). The coated film includes microstructures (110) extending across a first surface of the microstructured film (100a-e) and a coating (130) on a first portion of at least some of the microstructures (110). The coating (130) includes one or more polyelectrolytes and has an average thickness T. A second portion of the coated microstructures either lacks the coating or has the coating with an average thickness of no more than 50% of T. The coating (130) is essentially free of any light absorptive material. A method of making the coated microstructured film (100a-c) is also provided. The method includes obtaining a microstructured film (100a), applying a coating (130) containing one or more polyelectrolytes to at least some of the microstructures (110), and removing at least some of the coating (130) from a second portion of the coated microstructures. Additionally, the present disclosure provides a method of making a light control film (110d.

Abstract: An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a catheter solution that would maintain MRI-compatible metallic braiding or metallic covering on a surface of the catheter, and that also prevents cables disposed in an interior lumen of the catheter from effectively propagating currents induced from external signal transmissions, which could cause a rise in temperature of the cables themselves and of tissues surrounding the catheter. The present invention uses metals which are non-ferromagnetic and not highly paramagnetic, so they do not cause large susceptibility artifacts in the MRI field. The construction of the braid prevents most of the RF fields from penetrating into the anterior of the catheter. Therefore, there is no need or a reduced need to add heat amelioration components to each electrical cable inside the catheter.

Abstract: A light control film is described comprising alternating transmissive regions and absorptive regions disposed between the light input surface and the light output surface. The absorptive regions have an aspect ratio of at least 30. In some embodiments, an absorptive layer or reflective layer is disposed between the alternating transmissive regions and absorptive regions and the light input surface and/or light output surface. In another embodiment, the alternating transmissive regions comprise an absorptive material. The light control film can exhibit low transmission of visible light and high transmission of near infrared light. Also described is a light detection system comprising such light control films and a microstructured film.

Abstract: Ru—Mo sulfide bimetallic catalysts are disclosed for catalytic hydrothermal gasification (CHG) of aqueous streams produced from hydrothermal liquefaction of wet wastes. This catalyst is sulfur resistant and requires less Ru loading compared to the current catalyst, which addresses the most critical challenges for CHG. The CHG process with this catalyst converts the aqueous stream to CH4, H2, CO2, and other light hydrocarbons as well as cleaned water that can be recycled or released into the environment.

Abstract: A found card notification system receives an interchange electronic advice message from a point-of-sale (POS) terminal associated with a merchant. The interchange electronic advice message includes an indicator of a misplaced transaction card, a primary account number (PAN) of the misplaced transaction card, and a merchant identifier that identifies the merchant. The system extracts the PAN from the interchange electronic advice message and identifies an issuer of the misplaced transaction card from the extracted PAN. The found card notification system transmits the interchange electronic advice message to the issuer of the misplaced transaction card in response to identifying the issuer of the misplaced transaction card.

Abstract: A device for magnetic resonance artifact correction includes an array of shim coils sequentially arranged to receive a current, such that a first force arising from an interaction of a magnetic field with the current in one shim coil is balanced by a second force on the array arising from interactions of the magnetic field with the current in other shim coils when the array is operated within an imaging volume of a magnetic resonance system. The device includes a frame of non-ferromagnetic material, to provide selectable positioning of the array, and a signal processor to use a measurement of a magnetic field inhomogeneity within a region of the imaging volume, to determine a current for the shim coils and coordinates for positioning the array within the imaging volume, such that applying the current to the array at the coordinates generates a correction field to reduce the magnetic field inhomogeneity.

Abstract: A carrier assembly for a pet tag and an electronic tracking component includes a front cover, a retainer ring and a rear cover engaged with each other, with the retainer ring between the front cover and the rear cover. The retainer ring is movable, relative to the front cover and the rear cover, between a release position and a retention position, wherein, in the retention position of the retainer ring, the rear cover is retained adjacent the front cover and retainer ring for holding an electronic tracking device in the second recess, wherein, in the release position of the retainer ring, the rear cover is released to enable the rear cover to be separated from the front cover and retainer ring.

Abstract: Coating compositions may combine durability and stain resistance with reduced environmental emissions and health risks. A coating composition may comprise an isocyanate component, an amine-functional resin comprising an aspartic amine, a reactive silicone component having a molecular weight of at least of 500, and TiO2 in an amount of at least 5 wt. %. The coating composition may further comprise a cure retardant in an amount of at least 5 wt. % and a solvent in an amount of up to 20 wt. %.

Abstract: An optical system includes an optical film curved about a first axis and a light control film curved about the first axis. The light control film can be disposed between a light source and the optical film. The optical film includes a microstructured first major surface and an opposing second major surface. The microstructured first major surface defines a linear Fresnel lens including a plurality of Fresnel elements extending longitudinally along the first axis. The first major surface of the optical film faces the light control film. The light control film can include a plurality of alternating optically transmissive and optically absorptive regions extending longitudinally along the first axis such that in a cross-section orthogonal to the first axis, for at least a majority of the optically transmissive regions, a centerline between adjacent optically absorptive regions is substantially normal to a major surface of the light control film.

Abstract: Automated systems and methods of using a tape applicator mounted on a robot arm to apply a tape onto an object surface are provided. The tape applicator, which is instructed by a controller, can automatically follow a real-time-updated tape coverage path on the object surface to optimize the tape application while the tape applicator moves along the object surface. The tape applicator can also create tabs in real time.

Abstract: A defect detection and ranking system for a vehicle assembly line is provided. The system includes an image capture device that captures a plurality of images of a vehicle on the vehicle assembly line. The system also includes a defect detector that analyzes the plurality of captured images and, based on the analysis, detects a plurality of defects on the surface of the vehicle. Each of the plurality of defects has an associated x-y-z coordinate location, a defect type, and a defect severity. The system also includes a datastore containing a vehicle specification, for the vehicle on the vehicle assembly line, and a defect priority based on the vehicle specification. The system also includes a defect prioritization generator configured to: receive the plurality of defects from the defect detector, retrieve the vehicle specification and the defect priority, and apply the defect priority to the plurality of defects, and output a prioritized list of defects, wherein the prioritized list of defects.