Abstract: A launched zipline amusement ride has a carrier 200 carrying a rider 202. The carrier 200 is adapted to move along a tensioned, suspended cable 102. A launch mechanism 300 engages with the carrier 200 between an engagement and a release position 304 to accelerate the carrier 200 along the cable 102, and to disengage from the carrier 200 at the release position 304.

Abstract: A blood collection system for determining an accurate blood fill volume in a collection vessel is disclosed herein. The blood collection system includes a flow component and a blood metering device connected to the flow component. The flow component comprises a flow channel having a T-junction. The blood metering device includes a control unit for operating the blood metering device, a barrel configured to align with a neck of a. collection vessel for receiving the neck therewithin. and an adapter including a luer connector at a first end portion thereof for coupling with the control unit and a second end portion thereof for coupling with the barrel. A pressure sensor is disposed in a channel adjacent to and in fluid communication with the T-junction. Methods of determining an accurate blood fill volume in a collection vessel are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A load center configured for use with an energy management system is provided herein and comprises a main panel board configured to connect to a meter that measures energy consumed by a microgrid and a microgrid interconnect device disposed on the main panel board and configured to connect/disconnect the microgrid to/from a grid.

Abstract: A shower head is supplied with an annular airflow which surrounds a column of water travelling through a chamber to produce a suspension of water droplets in air, the diameter and length of the chamber and the diameter of the water column are selected in combination with the fluid flow parameters to operate the shower within a defined parameter space corresponding to the non-axisymmetric Rayleigh breakup regime, where the water column remains intact and spaced apart from the chamber wall for the entire length Lc of the chamber, where the airflow perturbs the water column within the chamber causing it to disintegrate into droplets downstream of the chamber outlet, and where multiple chambers are moulded on non-parallel axes with elastomeric linings facilitating withdrawal of the mould tool.

Abstract: A network intrusion system for a protected network includes a ruleset module configured to receive metadata for rules. The metadata describes, for each of the rules, a set of associated network vulnerabilities. The ruleset module is configured to access vulnerability information describing a set of cumulative vulnerabilities that each is present in at least one network device within the protected network. The network intrusion system includes a rule management module configured to, for each rule of the plurality of rules: identify the set of associated network vulnerabilities described by the metadata for the rule, determine whether there is a match between any of the set of associated network vulnerabilities and the set of cumulative vulnerabilities, and, in response to determining that there is no match, transmit a first command signal to a network security module. The first command signal instructs the network security module to disable the rule.

Abstract: A method for buffering anesthetic.

Abstract: A system in a water body uses buoyant force of gaseous Hydrogen and Oxygen to generate electrical power with one or more turbines that includes power resulting from the buoyant force while transporting the Hydrogen or Oxygen to a higher elevation, without loss of electrons, for conversion to electricity at the higher elevation. Conversion of Hydrogen and Oxygen to water through a Hydrogen Fuel Cell or by burning at the higher elevation may generate additional steam power, hydropower, or purified water. Portable submersible modules may transport the system below or above the water to and from the base of a plumbing portion of the system. The amount of gaseous fuel energy available at the higher elevation is not detrimentally impacted by the generation of electricity by the turbine.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, according to one approach, includes: detecting new data generated at a first edge node, and causing a first copy of the new data to be transferred to a central data storage location in real-time. A second copy of the new data is also stored in a first location at the first edge node. In response to a predetermined condition being met, a determination is made as to whether any information in the first copy of the new data transferred is missing at the central data storage location. The first copy of the new data is removed from the first location at the first edge node in response to determining that no information in the first copy of the new data transferred is missing at the central data storage location.

Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for a biased cathode assembly of an X-ray tube with improved thermal management and a method of manufacturing same. In one example, a cathode assembly of an X-ray tube comprises an emitter assembly including an emitter coupled to an emitter support structure, and an electrode assembly including an electrode stack and a plurality of bias electrodes. The emitter assembly including a plurality of independent components that are coupled together. The electrode assembly including a plurality of independent components that are coupled together, and the emitter assembly being coupled to the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A nondestructive data pipeline to execute convergence based agricultural actions is provided. A system receives, for storage in a buffer, raw data from a plurality of data feeds that are indicative of performance of agriculture on a farm. The system tags, prior to execution of a data translation process, the raw data with a plurality of identifiers. The system executes, with the raw data maintained in the buffer, the data translation process to map the raw data from a first one or more shapes into a second shape to generate a normalized data set. The system determines, responsive to detection of the error, an identifier tagged to a portion of the raw data in the buffer that corresponds to the portion of the normalized data set with the error. The system updates the normalized data set to remove the error.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, according to one approach, includes: detecting new data generated at a first edge node, and causing a first copy of the new data to be transferred to a central data storage location in real-time. A second copy of the new data is also stored in a first location at the first edge node. In response to a predetermined condition being met, a determination is made as to whether any information in the first copy of the new data transferred is missing at the central data storage location. The first copy of the new data is removed from the first location at the first edge node in response to determining that no information in the first copy of the new data transferred is missing at the central data storage location.

Abstract: A stabilizer structure includes an elongated main body portion having an upper portion with outward-facing side surfaces and a lower portion below the upper portion, the lower portion being greater in width than the upper portion. The stabilizer structure also includes a hole in a top surface of the upper portion. The stabilizer also includes a forward portion integrated with the main body portion as a single monolithic piece. The forward portion includes a bridge section, a first prong extending from the bridge section, and a second prong extending from the bridge section. The first prong, second prong, and bridge section share a single forward-facing curved surface and a single rear-facing curved surface, the forward-facing curved surface having a different curve than the rear-facing curved surface.

Abstract: A stabilizer structure includes an elongated main body portion having an upper portion with outward-facing side surfaces and a lower portion below the upper portion, the lower portion being greater in width than the upper portion. The stabilizer structure also includes a hole in a top surface of the upper portion. The stabilizer also includes a forward portion integrated with the main body portion as a single monolithic piece. The forward portion includes a bridge section, a first prong extending from the bridge section, and a second prong extending from the bridge section. The first prong, second prong, and bridge section share a single forward-facing curved surface and a single rear-facing curved surface, the forward-facing curved surface having a different curve than the rear-facing curved surface.

Abstract: A system in a water body uses buoyant force of gaseous Hydrogen and Oxygen to generate electrical power with one or more turbines that includes power resulting from the buoyant force while transporting the Hydrogen or Oxygen to a higher elevation, without loss of electrons, for conversion to electricity at the higher elevation. Conversion of Hydrogen and Oxygen to water through a Hydrogen Fuel Cell or by burning at the higher elevation may generate additional steam power, hydropower, or purified water. Portable submersible modules may transport the system below or above the water to and from the base of a plumbing portion of the system. The amount of gaseous fuel energy available at the higher elevation is not detrimentally impacted by the generation of electricity by the turbine.

Abstract: Batch de-identification of unstructured health care documents includes performing optical character recognition (OCR) upon a form-based document so as to produce an initial set of terms. Amongst the initial set of terms, initial specific terms are identified which contain protected information. Each of the identified initial specific terms are then replaced with synthetically generated corresponding terms. Subsequently, additional OCR is performed upon the form-based document so as to produce a new set of terms and new specific terms are identified amongst the new set of terms which are determined to contain protected information. Finally, the new specific terms are compared to the initial specific terms and the form-based document is then added to a repository of de-identified documents only if none of the new specific terms are equivalent to corresponding ones of the initial specific terms. But otherwise, the form-based document is flagged in error.

Abstract: A system for melting, sintering, or heat treating a material is provided. The system includes a cathode, an anode, and a focus coil assembly having a quadrupole magnet. The quadrupole magnet includes four poles and a yoke. The four poles are spaced apart and surround a beam cavity. Each of the four poles includes a pole face proximate the beam cavity and an end opposite the pole face. The first and third poles are aligned along an x-axis and configured to have a first magnetic polarity at their respective pole faces and a second magnetic polarity opposite the first magnetic polarity at their respective ends. The second and fourth poles are aligned along a y-axis and configured to have the second magnetic polarity at their respective pole faces and the first magnetic polarity at their respective ends. The yoke surrounds the poles and is coupled to the poles.

Abstract: A vehicle control system determines that a vehicle is not fully loaded with a payload, determines an upper limit on engine propulsion power for the vehicle that is not fully loaded with the payload, and reduces an engine speed of the vehicle to a determined speed at which a power capability of an engine of the vehicle matches the upper limit on the engine propulsion power of the vehicle.

Abstract: A therapeutic agent delivery system (10) includes a housing (16) and a drive wheel (38) rotatably carried by the housing. A plunger rod (50) may be rotatable with the drive wheel relative to the housing from a first rotational configuration to a second rotational configuration. The plunger rod may be translatable relative to the housing from a first translational configuration to a second translational configuration. A plunger restraint (58) may maintain the plunger rod in the first translational configuration when the plunger rod is disposed in the first rotational configuration. The plunger restraint may permit the plunger rod to translate to the second translational configuration when the plunger rod is disposed in the second rotational configuration. A needle may move from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration by the plunger rod when the plunger rod moves from the first translational configuration to the second translational configuration.

Abstract: A method at a server system for processing patient test data to provide a more automated method of inputting point of care test data into an electronic health record avoiding user intervention. Point of care test data can be automatically completed and uploaded into an electronic health record. If a point of care test order is required in an electronic health record, it can automatically be created or identified for the uploading of point of care test data to the electronic health record for association with the automatically created or identified order.

Abstract: A neutron device may include a neutron emitter. The neutron emitter may include a target, an electron source, and a vacuum space in which ionization gas is disposed. The electron source may be configured to emit electrons toward the target when a voltage is applied between the target and the electron source. The vacuum space may be disposed between the target and the electron source. Reaction ions may be released when the electrons interact with the ionization gas. Neutrons may be emitted from the target when the reaction ions contact the target.