Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: a converter to receive and convert single-ended data to differential data, and receive and convert a single-ended clock signal to a differential clock signal; a multiplexer coupled to the converter to receive the differential data and the differential clock signal; and a controller coupled to the multiplexer. In response to an indication that a device coupled to the apparatus is capable of an alternate mode, the controller is to configure the multiplexer to send the differential data on at least one of a plurality of differential pairs of data lanes. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Harvesting the high performance computing capabilities of vehicle processors while the vehicles are parked and/or charging may provide use to otherwise unused resources as well as offer a way to discount parking and/or charging costs for the vehicle owner/driver. To harvest the computing capabilities, a dispatcher is utilized that receives incoming complex processing requests and parses the requests into tasks. The dispatcher dispatches the tasks to vehicle processors that are within, for example, a parking garage to which the dispatcher has access. The dispatcher may prioritize requests and/or prioritize the vehicle processors to distribute the tasks to optimize the power consumption, time, and processing capabilities used. When the vehicle processors complete the tasks and return results to the dispatcher, the dispatcher finalizes the job results and provides the results to the requestor. The dispatcher may discount the parking and/or charging costs for the vehicles that performed the computational tasks.

Abstract: A method for improving the efficiency of a solar heating system based on absorbing heat from solar radiation through the surface of an exposed tube to a liquid. The heat transfer device makes use of this fluid to transfer heat from the outside of the wall to the inside of the wall. The inside wall is then used to heat air that is passed over it, and that air is then used to heat up a heat storage system.

Abstract: Vaccines, methods of producing, and methods of using are provided in which a protective response to Valley Fever disease is produced when administered to an animal. The vaccine provides for expression of Coccidioides sp. Ag2 polypeptide in a plant or plant part, linked to a promoter preferentially directing expression to seed tissue of the plant or plant part. Further embodiments provide the polypeptide is targeted to the cell wall, vacuole or endoplasmic reticulum. The polypeptide may be fused to a dendritic cell targeting dendritic cell or a heat labile enterotoxin. Increased expression levels in the plant or plant part are obtained. The vaccine comprising the plant-produced Ag2 polypeptide may be a glucan chitin particle comprising the Ag2 polypeptide. The plant or plant materials in an embodiment may be orally administered.

Abstract: Method, apparatus, systems, and non-transitory media are described to simplify a user's interaction with a quoting application. Some data ordinarily requested by the user may be found from one of several private, public, and/or proprietary sources, so some prompts that would ordinarily need to be answered by the user may be eliminated. The described aspects also include retrieving data associated with one or more prompts, making assumptions about the user from the data, and using this data to prepopulate prompts. A control option indicative of a user's desired level of interaction with the application may affect the number of assumptions made and the number of omitted and/or prepopulated prompts presented to the user. By supplementing the user's prompt answers with database data, the number of prompts that need to be answered by the user may be reduced, thereby saving time for the user.

Abstract: A lighting receptacle assembly for mounting to a fixture housing of a light fixture and for mating with a sensor connector having a photocontrol component includes a receptacle connector, a base seal, a mounting nut, a mounting plate, a seal bushing and a locking washer. The receptacle connector including a base holding receptacle contacts and a threaded shaft. The base seal is coupled to the base and the mounting nut is threadably coupled to the threaded shaft. The mounting plate has an opening receiving the threaded shaft. The seal bushing has an opening receiving the threaded shaft being compressed between the mounting plate and the fixture housing. The locking washer has an opening receiving the threaded shaft configured to engage the fixture housing and including a locking feature configured to resist rotation of the lighting receptacle assembly relative to the fixture housing.

Abstract: Methods of vaccination of animals are provided. In an embodiment, a paired administration of a primer vaccine provides for non-oral administration of a vaccine and an oral administration of the vaccine and can be followed by a paired administration of a booster vaccine of a non-oral administration and an oral administration. Embodiments provide the non-oral and oral administration are within three days of each other. The methods provide for improved protective response in an animal compared to administration of a primer non-oral administered vaccine followed by three booster non-oral administered vaccines. An adjuvant is provided that is a microcrystalline polysaccharide-based adjuvant derived from delta inulin.

Abstract: A linac-based X-ray system for cargo scanning and imaging applications uses linac design, RF power control, beam current control, and beam current pulse duration control to provide stable sequences of pulses having different energy levels or different doses.

Abstract: An apparatus for managing input/output (I/O) data may include a streaming I/O controller to receive data from a load/store domain component and output the data as first streaming data of a first data type comprising a first data movement type and first data format type. The apparatus may also include at least one accelerator coupled to the streaming I/O controller to receive the first streaming data, transform the first streaming data to second streaming data having a second data type different than the first data type, and output the second streaming data. In addition, the apparatus may include a streaming interconnect to conduct the second data to a peer device configured to receive data of the second data type.

Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are LOXL2 inhibitors, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders associated with LOXL2 activity.

Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are LOXL2 inhibitors, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders associated with LOXL2 activity.

Abstract: A system and method may automatically create auto insurance policy quotes using data obtained by processing an image of a vehicle information sticker. An image of a vehicle information sticker may be received and analyzed using optical character recognition or some other method. The data acquired from the image can be used to identify a particular vehicle, and retrieve data corresponding to the particular vehicle. The customer data, vehicle data, and other data can be used to calculate an insurance policy quote. The created quotes can then be presented to a user for purchase.

Abstract: Method, apparatus, systems, and non-transitory media are described to simplify a user's interaction with an insurance quoting application. Some data ordinarily requested by the user may be found from one of several private, public, and/or proprietary sources, so some prompts that would ordinarily need to be answered by the user may be eliminated. The described aspects also include retrieving data associated with one or more prompts, making assumptions about the user from the data, and using this data to prepopulate prompts. A control option indicative of a user's desired level of interaction with the application may affect the number of assumptions made and the number of omitted and/or prepopulated prompts presented to the user. By supplementing the user's prompt answers with database data, the number of prompts that need to be answered by the user may be reduced, thereby saving time for the user.

Abstract: Described herein is the use of a LOXL2 inhibitor in the treatment or prevention of conditions, diseases, or disorders associated with LOXL2 activity.

Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are LOXL2 inhibitors, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders associated with LOXL2 activity.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adaptive scan control. In one embodiment, a method includes, upon an injection of a contrast agent, initiating a contrast scan of a subject according to a fallback scan prescription, processing acquired projection data of an anatomical region of interest (ROI) of the subject to measure a contrast signal of the contrast agent, identifying a peak in the contrast signal within a predetermined time frame, if the peak in the contrast signal is not identified within the predetermined time frame, updating the fallback scan prescription to generate an adapted scan prescription for the contrast scan based on the contrast signal, and performing a remainder of the contrast scan according to the adapted scan prescription, and if the peak in the contrast signal is not identified within the predetermined time frame, continuing the remainder of the contrast scan according to the fallback scan prescription.

Abstract: An alternating current type electric propulsion system is described that includes an AC generator and a plurality of propulsors electrically coupled to the AC generator. A first propulsor from the plurality of propulsors includes a first motor that drives a first fan of the first propulsor at a first speed. A second propulsor from the plurality of propulsors comprises a second motor that drives a second fan of the second propulsor at a second speed that is different than the first speed.

Abstract: An access control system may include one or more computer processors; a memory, wherein the memory comprises an entitlement database of a resource access manager; a network communication device; and an access control module stored in the memory, executable by the one or more computer processors. The access control module may be configured to: perform the steps of: receiving a request to add one or more entitlement data records to a distributed electronic ledger; validating the one or more entitlement data records; appending the one or more entitlement data records to the distributed electronic ledger; and verifying a first entitlement data record stored in the entitlement database by comparing the first entitlement data record with a first corresponding entitlement data record stored in the distributed electronic ledger, wherein the first entitlement data record and first corresponding entitlement data record are both associated with a first user.

Abstract: A lighting receptacle assembly includes a receptacle assembly housing having a base and a head with a cavity. The head has an upper surface defining a mating interface for mating with a sensor connector and a seal configured to be sealed against the fixture housing. An index mounting ring is coupled to the fixture housing from an interior of the fixture housing and includes indexing features interfacing with housing indexing features. A spring holder plate is coupled to the head and holds a spring biasing the receptacle assembly housing in a holding direction toward the index mounting ring to engage the housing indexing features and the indexing features.

Abstract: A centrifugal separator for removing particles from a fluid stream includes an angular velocity increaser configured to increase the angular velocity of a fluid stream, a flow splitter configured to split the fluid stream to form a concentrated-particle stream and a reduced-particle stream, and an exit conduit configured to receive the reduced-particle stream. An inducer assembly for a turbine engine includes an inducer with a flow passage having an inducer inlet and an inducer outlet in fluid communication with a turbine section of the engine, and a particle separator, which includes a particle concentrator that receives a compressed stream from a compressor section of the engine and a flow splitter. A turbine engine includes a cooling air flow circuit which supplies a fluid stream to a turbine section of the engine for cooling, a particle separator located within the cooling air flow circuit, and an inducer forming a portion of the cooling air flow circuit in fluid communication with the particle separator.