Abstract: A shield structure configured to protect a head and/or neck of a patient during a radiologic procedure comprises a bottom wall, a side wall, and an opening. The bottom wall includes radiation attenuating material and is configured to be positioned between the head and/or neck of the patient and a radiation source so as to shield the patient from radiation directed toward the bottom of the patient. The bottom wall is of a general size to shield the head and/or neck of the patient. The side wall includes radiation attenuating material and is configured to extend upward from the bottom wall so as to shield the patient from radiation directed toward a side of the patient. The opening is configured to receive the head and/or neck of the patient.

Abstract: A radiation shield assembly includes a shield configured to block radiation and a rail assembly configured to position the shield in between the radiation table and a radiation source. The shield is movable between a retracted position and an extended position along a length of the rail assembly. In the extended position, the shield extends along a portion of a radiation table and blocks radiation from the radiation source to the portion of the radiation table. In the retracted position, the shield exposes at least some of the portion of the radiation table to the radiation.

Abstract: A cutting tool for performing cutting operations on a workpiece when the cutting tool is rotated about a central axis by a machine tool, the cutting tool includes a generally cylindrical body disposed about the central axis. The generally cylindrical body includes a first end and an opposite second end. The cutting tool further includes a cutting portion and a mounting portion. The cutting portion is disposed at or about the first end of the generally cylindrical body and includes a number of cutting edges structured to engage the workpiece during cutting operations. The mounting portion is disposed at or about the opposite second end of the generally cylindrical body and is structured to be coupled to the machine tool. At least a portion of the generally cylindrical body comprises a molded portion formed via a molding process about the cutting portion in a manner that couples the cutting portion to the generally cylindrical body.

Abstract: A stand and charging coil housing comprises a base; a frame removably attached to the base; and a housing for a charging coil. The housing is removably attached to the frame.

Abstract: A processor core supporting out-of-order execution (OOE) includes load-hit-store (LHS) hazard prediction at the instruction execution phase, reducing load instruction rejections and queue flushes at the dispatch phase. The instruction dispatch unit (IDU) detects likely LHS hazards by generating entries for pending stores in a LHS detection table. The entries in the table contain an address field (generally the immediate field) of the store instruction and the register number of the store. The IDU compares the address field and register number for each load with entries in the table to determine if a likely LHS hazard exists and if an LHS hazard is detected, the load is dispatched to the issue queue of the load-store unit (LSU) with a tag corresponding to the matching store instruction, causing the LSU to dispatch the load only after the corresponding store has been dispatched for execution.

Abstract: Polymeric compositions, methods, and delivery devices for inhibiting bleeding are disclosed. The method includes applying a dried material topically to a wound site, where the material may include a cross-linked biologically compatible polymer which forms a hydrogel when exposed to blood and where the material may not include an active agent such as thrombin. A spring-loaded delivery device as described herein may be used to apply the dried material.

Abstract: Technologies for providing adaptive polling of packet queues include a compute device. The compute device includes a network interface controller and a compute engine that includes a set of cores and a memory that includes a queue to store packets received by the network interface controller. The compute engine is configured to determine a predicted time period for the queue to receive packets without overflowing, execute, during the time period and with a core that is assigned to periodically poll the queue for packets, a workload, and poll, with the assigned core, the queue to remove the packets from the queue. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Abstract: Technologies for dynamically selecting resources for virtual switching include a network appliance configured to identify a present demand on processing resources of the network appliance that are configured to process data associated with network packets received by the network appliance. Additionally, the network appliance is configured to determine a present capacity of one or more acceleration resources of the network appliance and determine a virtual switch operation mode based on the present demand and the present capacity of the acceleration resources, wherein the virtual switch operation mode indicates which of the acceleration resources are to be enabled. The network appliance is additionally configured to configure a virtual switch of the network appliance to operate as a function of the determined virtual switch operation mode and assign acceleration resources of the network appliance as a function of the determined virtual switch operation mode. Other embodiments are described herein.

Abstract: This elevator provides a travelling system between the ground and a higher level, such as a tree limb, in places where guide rails, towers or other structures may be impractical. The elevator has a pipe body which is stabilized by, and rides on, a cable or rope guide.

Abstract: A system of automatically naming an electronic document may include a scanning device. The system may receive a physical document that is to be converted into an electronic document, perform optical character recognition on at least a portion of the physical document to identify one or more terms that are present in the physical document, and store the identified terms in the data store associated with the scanning device. The system may receive input from a user that includes one or more first characters and corresponds to a title of the electronic document. The system may identify one or more terms from the data store that correspond to the one or more first characters by querying the data store using the received input, and cause the identified terms to be displayed to the user via a display device of the scanning device as suggested document names for the electronic document.

Abstract: A kit and method for playing and providing training for a golf-type game comprising at least one ball, at least one throwing apparatus such as a throwing rod, and at least one target unit, wherein golf-type game is played similar to golf, except that instead of golf clubs, a throwing rod advances a ball towards at least one target. Further the target unit is a container that contains a weighted granular substance. The throwing rod is operable to enable a player to grasp the rod by a handle, retain the ball between a pair of elongated, arced rails, and throw the ball with a whip-like motion over a long distance towards the target, much the same way as a driver used in a typical golf game. Further, the throwing rod is also adapted to enable the player to putt the ball towards the target for shorter distances.

Abstract: A non-row sensitive corn threshing header comprising a forwardly disposed cutting apparatus for severing standing corn crop from the ground and a rearwardly disposed threshing apparatus for separating kernels from the plant, collecting the kernels, and discarding the remaining plant. The threshing apparatus includes a plurality of screw auger conveyors arranged in upper and lower planes that receive the crop and urge the crop into diminishing space between adjacent auger conveyors, the space defined by the auger flighting and the expandingly tapered auger shanks. Kernels are separated from the cob as the ears are urged rearwardly in the threshing apparatus. The header may include screens and the like for cleaning the grain of chaff prior to transferring to on-board storage or chaff removal may occur after the grain is off-loaded from the harvester.

Abstract: Aircraft wings, aircraft, and related methods. Aircraft wings include a spoiler constructed substantially of a monolithic structural body with an upper side that defines a portion of an airfoil surface of an aircraft wing. The monolithic structural body further includes a lower side, opposite the upper side, that includes a plurality of stiffening ribs that define a plurality of open voids. Methods of constructing a spoiler for an aircraft wing include forming a monolithic structural body of the spoiler.

Abstract: A system of automatically naming an electronic document may include a scanning device. The system may receive a physical document that is to be converted into an electronic document, perform optical character recognition on at least a portion of the physical document to identify one or more terms that are present in the physical document, and store the identified terms in the data store associated with the scanning device. The system may receive input from a user that includes one or more first characters and corresponds to a title of the electronic document. The system may identify one or more terms from the data store that correspond to the one or more first characters by querying the data store using the received input, and cause the identified terms to be displayed to the user via a display device of the scanning device as suggested document names for the electronic document.

Abstract: There is provided a sound module for a toy, the sound module including: a controller; a speaker operatively connected to the controller; and a light operatively connected to the controller. The sound module is operable in at least a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode the controller controls the speaker to provide entertaining noises. In the second mode the controller: controls the light to provide calming illumination and/or controls the speaker to provide calming noises for a first period; and then controls the light to provide invigorating illumination and/or controls the speaker to provide invigorating noises for a second period. There is also provided a toy including the sound module.

Abstract: A non-row sensitive corn threshing header comprising a forwardly disposed cutting apparatus for severing standing corn crop from the ground and a rearwardly disposed threshing apparatus for separating kernels from the plant, collecting the kernels, and discarding the remaining plant. The threshing apparatus includes a plurality of screw auger conveyors arranged in upper and lower planes that receive the crop and urge the crop into diminishing space between adjacent auger conveyors, the space defined by the auger flighting and the expandingly tapered auger shanks. Kernels are separated from the cob as the ears are urged rearwardly in the threshing apparatus. The header may include screens and the like for cleaning the grain of chaff prior to transferring to on-board storage or chaff removal may occur after the grain is off-loaded from the harvester.

Abstract: A portable communication device comprises a radio frequency signal transceiver configured to receive an instruction signal; and control electronics configured to detect that the instruction signal has been received; and cause the portable communication device to transmit a beacon signal responsive to the instruction signal being detected by the control electronics.

Abstract: A cutting tool for performing cutting operations on a workpiece when the cutting tool is rotated about a central axis by a machine tool, the cutting tool includes a generally cylindrical body disposed about the central axis. The generally cylindrical body includes a first end and an opposite second end. The cutting tool further includes a cutting portion and a mounting portion. The cutting portion is disposed at or about the first end of the generally cylindrical body and includes a number of cutting edges structured to engage the workpiece during cutting operations. The mounting portion is disposed at or about the opposite second end of the generally cylindrical body and is structured to be coupled to the machine tool. At least a portion of the generally cylindrical body comprises a molded portion formed via a molding process about the cutting portion in a manner that couples the cutting portion to the generally cylindrical body.

Abstract: A cutting tool for performing cutting operations on a workpiece. The cutting tool includes a generally cylindrical body disposed about a central axis. The generally cylindrical body includes a first end and an opposite second end. The cutting tool further includes a cutting portion and a mounting portion. The cutting portion is disposed at or about the first end of the generally cylindrical body and includes a number of cutting edges structured to engage the workpiece during cutting operations. The mounting portion is disposed at or about the opposite second end of the generally cylindrical body and is structured to be coupled to the machine tool. At least a portion of the generally cylindrical body comprises a molded portion formed via a molding process about the cutting portion in a manner that couples the cutting portion to the generally cylindrical body.

Abstract: A technique for data prefetching for a multi-core chip includes determining memory utilization of the multi-core chip. In response to the memory utilization of the multi-core chip exceeding a first level, data prefetching for the multi-core chip is modified from a first data prefetching arrangement to a second data prefetching arrangement to minimize unused prefetched cache lines. In response to the memory utilization of the multi-core chip not exceeding the first level, the first data prefetching arrangement is maintained. The first and second data prefetching arrangements are different.