Abstract: A heat pipe integrated thermal battery (“HITB”) is provided that may include a storage tank, a thermal storage medium within the storage tank, a guide tube extending within the storage tank and through at least one end of the storage tank, and a heat pipe configured to be movable within the guide tube. The heat pipe may be configured to discharge heat to and absorb heat from the thermal storage medium within the storage tank.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting and/or producing a pathogen resistant plant or germplasm (e.g., soybean plant or germplasm) using genes derived from Glycine tomentella. Candidate genes capable of conferring pathogen resistance (e.g., to Asian Soy Rust) are provided. A plant or germplasm that has been identified, selected and/or produced by any of the methods of the present invention is also provided. Pathogen resistant seeds, plants and germplasms are also provided.

Abstract: A method for determining a tire tread wear estimation of a tire includes receiving, by a controller, a direct tire tread wear measurement, when available, performing an indirect tire tread wear estimation, performing a data fusion of the indirect tire tread wear estimation with the direct tire tread wear measurement when available, estimating a percentage tire life remaining and a mileage to end of tire life, and estimating a refined tire tread wear calibration coefficient for performing future indirect tire tread wear estimations.

Abstract: A front rail configured to be supported by a vehicle frame includes a tubular body formed by a roll-formed high-strength metal and configured to undergo axial loading during a front vehicle impact. The high-strength metal sheet defines a cross-sectional shape along a length of the tubular body. The tubular body includes a central wall extending from a first side wall to a second side wall defining at least a first longitudinal channel and a second longitudinal channel. A groove is disposed in first side wall of the tubular body and extends longitudinally along at least a portion of the length of the tubular body to stiffen the tubular body. A hole extends through the first side wall of the tubular body proximate the groove and is configured as a bend initiator.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method and non-transitory computer readable medium for genome spelling correction, the method including the steps of performing pre-processing on a sentence, storing a first adjacent word to an unknown word and a second adjacent word to the unknown word, generating a plurality of candidate words for the unknown word, forming a plurality of trigrams with the first adjacent word to the unknown word and the second adjacent word to the unknown word and each of the plurality of candidate words, searching a trigram table for each of the plurality of trigrams and outputting the candidate word from the trigram with a highest trigram count in the trigram table.