Abstract: A device may include a pressure sensor configured to measure water pressure, a communication interface and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a water pressure measurement from the pressure sensor, determine a water temperature, and determine, based on the water pressure measurement and the water temperature, whether cavitation is occurring or likely to occur in the device. The processor may also transmit, via the communication interface and in response to determining that cavitation is occurring in the device or likely to occur in the device, a signal indicating that cavitation is occurring or likely to occur.

Abstract: Memory access control in a virtualization environment is provided. Sets of page tables are maintained, with each set corresponding to a given hypervisor application and guest virtual machine (VM), and each set including mappings to a subset of the guest VM memory to thereby limit an amount of the quest VM memory that is accessible Presentation of these sets is controlled to present just one of the sets at any given time for hypervisor processing to access guest VM memory.

Abstract: A reel includes a core, a first flange, a first collar, and a first locking arrangement having a locked configuration in which a first end region of the core, the first flange, and the first collar are connected to one another, and an unlocked configuration in which the first end region of the core, the first flange, and the first collar are disconnected from one another. The first locking arrangement is movable between the unlocked configuration and the locked configuration.

Abstract: A cover for a container that includes a lid portion and a collar element. The lid portion having a main body section surrounded by a peripheral sealing shoulder. The collar element having a peripheral collar sealing shoulder that includes a collar groove and wherein the lid portion is connected to the collar portion through a hinge element. The lid portion, collar element and hinge portion are formed as a unitary structure and the lid portion articulates from an open positon in which it is spaced apart from the collar element to a closed position wherein the peripheral bead sealing shoulder of the lid portion engages with the peripheral collar sealing shoulder of the collar element.

Abstract: A liquid treatment system has a liquid inlet, a liquid storage system, a filter, an inline ultraviolet (UV) reactor, and a liquid outlet. The liquid inlet receives a liquid. The filter removes a contaminant from the liquid. The inline UV reactor mitigates impurities in the liquid. The liquid storage system, the filter, and the inline UV reactor form a liquid channel between the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet. The liquid outlet is downstream from the liquid inlet. The inline UV reactor and the filter are downstream of the liquid storage system.

Abstract: A video game matchmaking and match authentication system is configured to interact with a third party game software and game server to supplement or replace that third party's matchmaking process. The system builds a player profile and unique player signature for each player based upon their performance within a game, and based upon the raw player inputs received from a game controller. The player signature indicates the player's skill within a particular game or game genre, and also provides a unique representation of the player's expected performance, skill, and raw inputs for future matches within that game or game genre. Matchmaking is player driven to provide a desired match experience, and player skill matching occurs based on the player signatures. Monitoring and authentication occurs during the match and is based on analysis of raw inputs and match events to identify irregularities that suggest intentional manipulation.

Abstract: Provided is an improved multilayered ceramic capacitor and an electronic device comprising the multilayered ceramic capacitor. The multilayer ceramic capacitor comprises first conductive plates electrically connected to first external terminations and second conductive plates electrically connected to second external terminations. The first conductive plates and second conductive plates form a capacitive couple. A ceramic portion is between the first conductive plates and said second conductive plates wherein the ceramic portion comprises paraelectric ceramic dielectric. The multilayer ceramic capacitor has a rated DC voltage and a rated AC VPP wherein the rated AC VPP is higher than the rated DC voltage.

Abstract: A spray device, method, and system for delivering an aerosolized therapeutic agent to a body cavity of a patient, for example, in conjunction with administration of chemotherapeutic agents. A longitudinal spray device/nebulizer that directs an aerosolized substance in both an axial direction and a radial direction.

Abstract: A lathe system for producing an optical fiber preform, the lathe system including a rotating bait rod, a burner box configured to deposit silica-containing soot on the rotating bait rod, a hood configured to direct airflow within the lathe system through an exhaust, and a perforated floor configured to expel air within the lathe system as a plurality of air jets from a bottom portion of the lathe system to a top portion of the lathe system.

Abstract: A cover for a container that includes a lid portion and a collar element. The lid portion having a main body section surrounded by a peripheral sealing shoulder. The collar element having a peripheral collar sealing shoulder that includes a collar groove and wherein the lid portion is connected to the collar portion through a hinge element. The lid portion, collar element and hinge portion are formed as a unitary structure and the lid portion articulates from an open positon in which it is spaced apart from the collar element to a closed position wherein the peripheral bead sealing shoulder of the lid portion engages with the peripheral collar sealing shoulder of the collar element.

Abstract: A video game matchmaking and match authentication system is configured to interact with a third party game software and game server to supplement or replace that third party's matchmaking process. The system builds a player profile and unique player signature for each player based upon their performance within a game, and based upon the raw player inputs received from a game controller. The player signature indicates the player's skill within a particular game or game genre, and also provides a unique representation of the player's expected performance, skill, and raw inputs for future matches within that game or game genre. Matchmaking is player driven to provide a desired match experience, and player skill matching occurs based on the player signatures. Monitoring and authentication occurs during the match and is based on analysis of raw inputs and match events to identify irregularities that suggest intentional manipulation.

Abstract: A liquid treatment system has a nozzle body comprised of a semi-translucent material. The nozzle body has a side wall and a tip forming an inner chamber and an outer surface. The side wall thickness and tip thickness are a function of an anti-microbial light intensity range of the outer surface of the nozzle body. The liquid treatment system also has a light circuit coupled to the side wall. The light circuit emits an anti-microbial light toward the inner chamber.

Abstract: A 3D printer includes a gantry configured to move in a plane substantially parallel to a x-y build plane and a print head configured to extrude molten material to print a 3D part in a layer-by-layer process. The 3D printer includes a platen configured to support the part being printed in the layer by layer process and positionable with a primary Z positioner along a z-axis substantially normal to the x-y build plane. The 3D printer includes a local Z positioner moved by the gantry, the local Z positioner comprising a linear motor configured to move the print head in the z-direction and having an operable range of motion extending from a nominal build position at which a nozzle of the print head is positioned in the x-y build plane to a raised position above the x-y build plane.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of indirectly cooling an optomechanical resonator, comprising impinging a laser on an optomechanical resonator attached to a substrate, wherein the optomechanical resonator comprises a cantilever, a cooling end of the cantilever, having a cooling end comprising a laser-induced cooling element, an attachment end of the cantilever, attached to a substrate, and wherein the laser has a peak wavelength in the near-infrared band.

Abstract: Circuits, integrated circuits, apparatuses, and methods, such as those for protecting circuits against electrostatic discharge events are disclosed. An example apparatus comprises a thyristor coupled to a node and configured to limit the voltage and discharge the current associated with an over-voltage event at the node. The over-voltage event includes a negative voltage having a magnitude that exceeds a trigger voltage of the thyristor. The example apparatus further comprising a transistor coupled to the thyristor and configured to adjust the magnitude of the trigger voltage.

Abstract: A system and method for automated single tank surface treatment, the system including a process tank, a manifold fluidly coupled to the process tank, a controller coupled to the manifold, and a plurality of holding tanks in fluid communication with the process tank via the manifold. The process tank may include a conductive support configured to hold a workpiece to be anodized and electrically coupled to a power supply source, and one or more cathodes electrically coupled to the power supply source, wherein the power supply source is configured to apply a voltage between the one or more cathodes and the workpiece via the conductive support. The system may also include a pH sensor, a temperature sensor, a cooling coil, a heating element, a level sensor, a vacuum outlet, a pressurized air inlet, and a pressure sensor.

Abstract: A technique is described for generating a unified list (e.g., a list ribbon) of programs from a variety and disparate channels, the list for display on an over-the-top (OTT) client device. As an example, the unified list can be generated from OTT channels and from over-the-air OTA and/or Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) channels.

Abstract: Memory access control in a virtualization environment is provided by maintaining sets of page tables each corresponding to a given hypervisor application and guest virtual machine (VM), and controlling presentation of the sets of page tables to selectively present just one of the sets at any given time for hypervisor processing to access guest VM memory, where access to guest VM memory is controlled by controlling a page table base address presented in hardware of the computer system, and controlling presentation includes, based on a request for hypervisor processing for a guest VM: identifying a hypervisor application to service the request for hypervisor processing, identifying the set that corresponds to the combination of that guest VM and that hypervisor application, and presenting that identified set for guest VM memory access by the identified hypervisor application and the microkernel hypervisor.

Abstract: Systems and methods include a radiation source configured to generate a first waveform, a first separator configured to separate the first waveform into linearly polarized second and third waveforms, a first modulator configured to modulate at least one of a phase and a polarization of the second waveform to generate a fourth waveform, a second modulator configured to modulate at least one of a phase and a polarization of the third waveform to generate a fifth waveform, a first combiner configured to combine the fourth and fifth waveforms to generate a sixth waveform, an amplifier configured to amplify the sixth waveform to generate a seventh waveform, a second separator configured to separate the seventh waveform into a plurality of amplified waveforms, and beam directing optics configured to direct the plurality of amplified waveforms to form an output waveform at a target location.

Abstract: A 3D printer includes a gantry configured to move in a plane substantially parallel to a x-y build plane and a print head configured to extrude molten material to print a 3D part in a layer-by-layer process. The 3D printer includes a platen configured to support the part being printed in the layer by layer process and positionable with a primary Z positioner along a z-axis substantially normal to the x-y build plane. The 3D printer includes a local Z positioner moved by the gantry, the local Z positioner comprising a linear motor configured to move the print head in the z-direction and having an operable range of motion extending from a nominal build position at which a nozzle of the print head is positioned in the x-y build plane to a raised position above the x-y build plane.