Abstract: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are destroyed by oxidation in supercritical conditions. PFAS in water can be concentrated and prepared for destruction in a pretreatment phase. Following annihilation of the PFAS in supercritical conditions to levels below 5 parts per trillion (ppt), the water effluent can be used to recover heat, returned to sub-critical conditions, and then released back into the environment.

Abstract: A mobile transport system for transporting objects in a technical system, includes a vehicle frame, a first wheel pair, a second wheel pair, and a third wheel pair, each having two wheels rotatable relative to the vehicle frame, and a swing frame pivotable about a swing axis extending in a transverse direction relative to the vehicle frame. The first wheels of the first wheel pair are attached to the vehicle frame, and the second wheels of the second wheel pair are attached to the swing frame. The third wheels of the third wheel pair are attached to a tilt frame pivotable relative to the swing frame about a tilt axis extending approximately in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A mobile transport system for transporting objects in a technical system, includes a vehicle frame, a first wheel pair, a second wheel pair, and a third wheel pair, each having two wheels rotatable relative to the vehicle frame, and a swing frame pivotable about a swing axis extending in a transverse direction relative to the vehicle frame. The first wheels of the first wheel pair are attached to the vehicle frame, and the second wheels of the second wheel pair are attached to the swing frame. The third wheels of the third wheel pair are attached to a tilt frame pivotable relative to the swing frame about a tilt axis extending approximately in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A material deposition device for decorating an object. The device has a housing as a structural framework, an object holder, and a container releasably coupled to the housing. The housing has an object support for supporting the object to be decorated. The container creates a volumetric enclosure with the housing. The device is configured to deposit decoration materials onto the object.

Abstract: An assembly for decorating a plurality of objects, such as egg-shaped objects. The assembly has a support structure; a vessel for containing decorating material, with an dispensing opening at the bottom; a tether with a first tether end attached to the support structure and a second tether end attached to the vessel; and a substrate base for supporting the plurality of objects. The vessel is configured to swing freely over the objects on the substrate base to dispense the decorating material contained therein to the objects.

Abstract: Methods and kits are provided to treat scapho-lunate ligament tears, which involve stabilization of the scaphoid and lunate both dorsally and volarly. The treatments can be performed through open, mini-open or arthroscopic procedures, as an intra-capsular or extra-capsular repair and stabilization procedure. The treatment procedures involve the use of sutures or wires to fix the relative orientations of the scaphoid and lunate, and the optional use of bone anchors or other bone attachment devices to create a capsulodesis between the lunate and scaphoid, or other bones, to lift the scaphoid into the desired position. Localization of the entry point of the sutures or wires into the bones are used to improve positioning of the bone anchors, sutures and wires.

Abstract: A non-contact coordinate measuring machine includes: a noncontact metrology probe including: first and second cameras, wherein the second camera has a second field of view that overlaps a first field of view in a prime focal volume; a third camera has a third field of view that overlaps the prime focal volume and forms a probe focal volume; a multidimensional motion stage comprising: a machine coordinate system and motion arms that move the noncontact metrology probe in a machine coordinate system; a camera platform on which the cameras are disposed; a tracker with a world coordinate system and that determines a location of the probe focal volume in a tracker field of view, the non-contact coordinate measuring machine having the noncontact metrology probe for non-contact coordinate measurement of an object in an absence a stylus and in an absence of physical contact with the object.

Abstract: A storage system for items such as surfboards, kayaks, paddleboards, skies, and other similar items is comprised of one or more storage devices that are secured to a ceiling joist, and which have a vertical portion that extends toward the floor. The storage devices have arm portions that extend from near the bottom of the devices on which one would place the item to be stored. The arm portions are at an angle from the vertical portion sufficient to hold the item to be stored in place, but sufficiently shallow to minimize the space needed to accommodate the item. In most useful embodiments, two storage devices are used together and the item to be stored spans the two devices.

Abstract: A hoist assembly includes: a rope; a first mount having a base and a pulley attached to the base; a second mount having a base and a pulley attached to the base; a first lift pulley movably associated with the first mount with the rope; a second lift pulley moveably associated with the second mount with the rope; a pair of support straps; a bracket located on each of the first lift pulley and second lift pulley for receiving one of the pair of support straps and one or more apertures formed through a side wall of the bracket; and a lateral strap secured at a first end through the one or more apertures of the bracket of the first lift pulley and at a second end through the one or more apertures of the bracket of the second lift pulley.

Abstract: This disclosure covers methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that analyze a previously unrecognized communication number associated with a sender of a direct digital message when a client device receives the direct digital message from the previously unrecognized communication number. Based on this analysis, the methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems provide profile information associated with the communication number for the client device to present together with the direct digital message. To find relevant profile information for the communication number, the disclosed methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems optionally query a social networking system for profile information connected to the communication number.

Abstract: A non-contact coordinate measuring machine includes: a noncontact metrology probe including: first and second cameras, wherein the second camera has a second field of view that overlaps a first field of view in a prime focal volume; a third camera has a third field of view that overlaps the prime focal volume and forms a probe focal volume; a multidimensional motion stage comprising: a machine coordinate system and motion arms that move the noncontact metrology probe in a machine coordinate system; a camera platform on which the cameras are disposed; a tracker with a world coordinate system and that determines a location of the probe focal volume in a tracker field of view, the non-contact coordinate measuring machine having the noncontact metrology probe for non-contact coordinate measurement of an object in an absence a stylus and in an absence of physical contact with the object.

Abstract: Methods and kits are provided to treat scapho-lunate ligament tears, which involve stabilization of the scaphoid and lunate both dorsally and volarly. The treatments can be performed through open, mini-open or arthroscopic procedures, as an intra-capsular or extra-capsular repair and stabilization procedure. The treatment procedures involve the use of sutures or wires to fix the relative orientations of the scaphoid and lunate, and the optional use of bone anchors or other bone attachment devices to create a capsulodesis between the lunate and scaphoid, or other bones, to lift the scaphoid into the desired position. Localization of the entry point of the sutures or wires into the bones are used to improve positioning of the bone anchors, sutures and wires.

Abstract: A suture transfer device and method of use provides the suture transfer device to facilitate passage of suture through a channel bored through a bone. The suture transfer device may also be installed upon a surgical drill. The device extends through bone tissue providing a temporarily installed suture passage with an overall cylindrical configuration and a linear trough, the device can be included on a bone drill during the drilling process, with the device deployed within the drilled channel within the bone upon completion of the drilled channel in the bone, providing smooth passage of one or more sutures during tissue repair through the linear trough, the device further removed upon completion of the surgery without disruption of the suture or sutures. Kits are also provided.

Abstract: A rack system for supporting items on a surface includes: mounts having an L-shaped body, mounting bores formed through the L-shaped body, and a support aperture formed through the L-shaped body; an elongate beam including a plurality of pairs of opposing spaced apart apertures formed therethrough; one or more attachments shaped to fit around the elongate beam, the one or more attachments including a clip portion including a pair of opposing apertures formed therethrough, an attachment arm formed on the clip portion, and a pin shaped to extend through the pair of opposing apertures of the clip portion and the at least one pair of the opposing spaced apart apertures of the beam when the opposing apertures of the clip portion are aligned with the at least one pair of opposing spaced apart apertures of the beam.

Abstract: A hoist assembly includes: a rope; a first mount having a base and a pulley attached to the base; a second mount having a base and a pulley attached to the base; a first lift pulley movably associated with the first mount with the rope; a second lift pulley moveably associated with the second mount with the rope; a pair of support straps; a bracket located on each of the first lift pulley and second lift pulley for receiving one of the pair of support straps and one or more apertures formed through a side wall of the bracket; and a lateral strap secured at a first end through the one or more apertures of the bracket of the first lift pulley and at a second end through the one or more apertures of the bracket of the second lift pulley.

Abstract: This disclosure covers methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that analyze a previously unrecognized communication number associated with a sender of a direct digital message when a client device receives the direct digital message from the previously unrecognized communication number. Based on this analysis, the methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems provide profile information associated with the communication number for the client device to present together with the direct digital message. To find relevant profile information for the communication number, the disclosed methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems optionally query a social networking system for profile information connected to the communication number.

Abstract: A storage system for items such as surfboards, kayaks, paddleboards, skies, and other similar items is comprised of one or more storage devices that are secured to a ceiling joist, and which have a vertical portion that extends toward the floor. The storage devices have arm portions that extend from near the bottom of the devices on which one would place the item to be stored. The arm portions are at an angle from the vertical portion sufficient to hold the item to be stored in place, but sufficiently shallow to minimize the space needed to accommodate the item. In most useful embodiments, two storage devices are used together and the item to be stored spans the two devices.

Abstract: Disclosed is a noncontact metrology probe including: a first camera including a first field of view; a second camera including a second field of view and arranged such that the second field of view overlaps the first field of view to form a prime focal volume; a third camera including a third field of view and arranged such that the third field of view overlaps the prime focal volume to form a probe focal volume; and a tracker including a tracker field of view to determine a location of the probe focal volume in the tracker field of view.

Abstract: A method is presented for measuring the electric field of electromagnetic radiation using the spectroscopic responses of Rydberg atoms to the electromagnetic radiation field. The method entails implementing quantitative models of the Rydberg atom response to the electromagnetic radiation field to provide predetermined atomic properties or spectra for field amplitudes and or frequencies of interest, spectroscopically measuring the response (spectrum) of Rydberg atoms exposed to an unknown electromagnetic radiation field, and obtaining the electric field amplitude and/or frequency of the unknown electromagnetic radiation by using features extracted from the measured spectrum and comparing them to features in a predetermined spectrum among the set of predetermined spectra.

Abstract: A system and method for imaging and aligning antennas that includes an overlay imaging aligner composed of two or more antennas in association with a polarization gate, a polarization beam splitter, a non-polarizing beam splitter, a beam dump, one or more imaging lens and a common detector array. The overlay imaging aligner aligns the antennas by overlaying simultaneous digital images associated with the antennas on the common detector array. The antennas can be, for example, mm Wave antennas, waveguides, etc. The detector array generates real-time digital images the antennas. Such an approach of simultaneous imaging leverages the spatial resolution of digital optical imaging to aligning antenna components.