Abstract: An aerosol provision device for generating aerosol for user inhalation can include a first aerosol generating area and a second aerosol generating area each for receiving an aerosol precursor material; a mouthpiece from which a user inhales generated aerosol during use, wherein the mouthpiece comprises first and second mouthpiece openings; a first pathway extending from the first aerosol generating area to the first mouthpiece opening for transporting a first aerosol generated from the aerosol precursor material in the first aerosol generating area; and a second pathway extending from the second aerosol generating area chamber to the second mouthpiece opening for transporting a second aerosol generated from the aerosol precursor material in the second aerosol generating area, wherein the first and second pathways are physically isolated from one another to prevent mixing of the first and second aerosols as the first and second aerosols are transported along the respective pathways.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to picolinamides of Formula I and their use as fungicides.

Abstract: A versioned file system comprising network accessible storage is provided. Aspects of the system include globally locking files or groups of files so as to better control the stored files in the file system and to avoid problems associated with simultaneous remote access or conflicting multiple access requests for the same files. A method for operating, creating and using the global locks is also disclosed. A multiprotocol global lock can be provided for filing nodes that have multiple network protocols for generating local lock requests.

Abstract: A system obtains, from an autonomous vehicle, point cloud data, projects the point cloud data onto a two-dimensional plane, and determines an optimized center parameter value of an optimized circle and an optimized radius parameter value of the optimized circle that, collectively, maximizes a probability distribution of a center parameter and a radius parameter across the point cloud data. The system determines whether one or more of the data points of the point cloud data are located within the optimized circle. If there are, the system assigns a pedestrian class value to the point label of the data point. If there are data points of the point cloud data that are located outside of the optimized circle, they system assigns a non-pedestrian class value to the point label of the data point.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing intelligent alert automation (“IAA”). In various embodiments, IAA receives alert/event feeds from several different alerting and ticketing systems via input Redis queues, and uses a triage system to determine whether to process the alert/event or disregard it. If so, IAA may create a flow instance, assign a unique instance ID, and place the flow instance in one of a plurality of jobs queues based on alert/event type and/or or source. An abattoir system retrieves a flow instance from one of the jobs queues (in order of the queue's priority), and processes the next node or step in the flow instance. The flow instance is placed back into the jobs queue for subsequent processing by the same or different abattoir system until no additional nodes or steps remain in the flow, at which point the flow instance is considered complete.

Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for applying a code update to a target system from a personal communication device. A code update command is received from a messaging application, executing on the personal communication device of the user, indicating a code update to install on the target system a code update maintained in the target system. The code update command is processed to extract indication of the code update to install and a target system user identifier of the target system on which to install the code update. At least one job is generated to install the code update on the target system. The at least one job is transmitted to the target system to cause the target system to process the at least one job to install the code update.

Abstract: A security monitoring system for a Controller Area Network (CAN) comprises an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) operatively connected to the CAN bus. The ECU is programmed to classify a message read from the CAN bus as either normal or anomalous using an SVM-based classifier with a Radial Basis Function (RBF) kernel. The classifying includes computing a hyperplane curvature parameter ? of the RBF kernel as ?=ƒ(D) where ƒ( ) denotes a function and D denotes CAN bus message density as a function of time. In some such embodiments ?=ƒ(Var(D)) where Var(D) denotes the variance of the CAN bus message density as a function of time. The security monitoring system may be installed in a vehicle (e.g. automobile, truck, watercraft, aircraft) including a vehicle CAN bus, with the ECU operatively connected to the vehicle CAN bus to read messages communicated on the CAN bus.

Abstract: Syndesmosis fixation assemblies, systems, and methods thereof. A syndesmosis fixation assembly includes a suture retaining portion having a plurality of suture openings formed therein and a suture securing portion rotatably connected to the suture retaining portion. The suture securing portion is movable between a first position wherein a suture is moveable within the suture retaining portion and a second position wherein the suture is frictionally secured within the suture retaining portion. A bone insertion portion has a distal bone insertion end adapted for insertion into a bone, a proximal bone insertion end connected to the suture retaining portion, and a central longitudinal axis extending between the distal bone insertion end and the proximal bone insertion end.

Abstract: Adhesive formulations for forming a fluorinated poly(imide-phthalonitrile) thermoset polymer are provided. Such an adhesive formulation may comprise a fluorinated imide-phthalonitrile oligomer having Formula IV wherein R1 is an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group and does not comprise an ether group; R2 is an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group and does not comprise an ether group; at least one of R1 and R2 comprises a fluorine substituent; and n has a value of from 1 to 30.

Abstract: A cleaning device and methods for cleaning are provided. In one embodiment, the cleaning device includes a head assembly, a body assembly, and a handle assembly. The cleaning device also includes components that enable the cleaning device to operate in dry cleaning modes and wet cleaning modes. Dry cleaning modes can employ a vacuum assembly, including a motor, tubing, and a fluid recovery tank in order to draw in debris and waste into a fluid recovery tank. Wet cleaning modes can further employ a fluid supply tank, a pump, and tubing in order to supply fluid to a brushroll to aid in a cleaning process.

Abstract: A management server in communication with one or more object tracking devices is disclosed. The management server may receive location information, configuration information, and orientation information associated with the one or more object tracking devices. Based at least in part on the location information, the management server may receive weather information associated with the locations of the one or more object tracking devices. Based at least in part on the location information, the weather information, the configuration information, and the orientation information, the management server can determine power generated and power consumed by the one or more object tracking devices, which then can be used to determine estimated operation time for the one or more object tracking devices.

Abstract: A system (1600) and method (960) for utilizing data from on-vehicle and off-vehicle sources to identify problematic devices and to execute automated mitigations is disclosed herein. The system (1620) comprises assigning authority engine (1105) for a vehicle (1000), a device (110) for the vehicle (1000), one or more databases (1615), and more or more cloud sources (1175). The assigning authority engine (1105) is configured to analyze the data based on a plurality of pre-defined patterns to identify a malfunctioning device and to transmit a mitigation strategy for the malfunctioning device.

Abstract: A conversion assembly for a dunnage conversion machine includes both a downstream pair of rotatable members and an upstream pair of rotatable members upstream of the downstream rotatable members. The downstream rotatable members include a pair of gears, and each gear has a plurality of teeth and is rotatable about a respective axis. The gears are positioned so that the teeth of one gear are sequentially interlaced with the teeth of the other gear as the gears rotate. The upstream rotatable members include a pair of feed wheels, and the gears and the feed wheels define a path for a sheet stock material from between the upstream pair of feed wheels to between the downstream pair of gears. The rate at which the sheet stock material is advanced by the feed wheels is the same as the rate at which the sheet stock material is advanced by the gears.

Abstract: A method of using a computing device to compare performance of multiple algorithms. The method includes receiving, by a computing device, multiple algorithms to assess. The computing device further receives a total amount of resources to allocate to the multiple algorithms. The computing device additionally assigns a fair share of the total amount of resources to each of the multiple algorithms. The computing device still further executes each of the multiple algorithms using the assigned fair share of the total amount of resources. The computing device additionally compares the performance of each of the multiple based on at least one of multiple hardware relative utility metrics describing a hardware relative utility of any given resource allocation for each of the multiple algorithms.

Abstract: An example rifle includes a rifle scope including a front optics and back optics for imaging a remote object. A parallax compensating device is coupled to the rifle scope. The parallax compensating device determines a zero-parallax setting distance to compensate parallax errors associated with imaging a remote object. The parallax compensating device removes, using the zero-parallax setting distance, the parallax errors dynamically in real time even if a user's head or eyes are misaligned and temperature at the rifle scope or surrounding environment.

Abstract: Systems and methods for using an artificial intelligence-based technique for automatic generation of travel and dining reviews are provided. The method includes: receiving a request for a review of an entity that provides a service to a user; applying a first artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to the received request in order to generate the review of the entity; and outputting the review of the entity. The entity provides either or both of a travel-related service and a dining-related service, and as such, the entity may include a restaurant or a hotel. The AI algorithm may use a large language model and/or may be trained such that the review has a style and a tone of a Zagat review.

Abstract: New or improved battery separators for lead-acid batteries that include a carbon or mineral additive applied to the separator. In possibly preferred embodiments, the battery separator may include engineered carbon materials applied to the battery separator to modify sulfate crystal formation while decreasing the detrimental consequences of excessive gas evolution into the negative electrode itself. In one embodiment, a method of enhancing the lead-acid energy storage performance of a lead-acid battery may include delivering carbon to the negative active material surface of the battery separator where the carbon may effectively enhance charge acceptance and improve life cycle performance of a lead-acid battery.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing trade orders comprises a processor and memory that stores first and second orders. The first order is associated with a product and comprises displayed and reserved quantities. The second order is associated with the product and comprises displayed and reserved quantities. The processor is coupled to the memory and receives a counterorder associated with the product. The processor fills the displayed quantity of the first order with a corresponding portion of the counterorder, and the displayed quantity of the second order with a corresponding portion of the counterorder. The processor allocates a first additional portion of the counterorder to the first order. The first additional portion is based at least in part on a ratio of the displayed quantity of the first order to a sum of the displayed quantity of the first order and the displayed quantity of the second order.

Abstract: A Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) rulebook generation system, the DTC rulebook generation system comprising a processing circuitry configured to: obtain: telematics trace data records and malfunction occurrence data records; and extract one or more ride records from the obtained telematics trace data records and the obtained malfunction occurrence data records, wherein at least one ride record of the ride records is for a given vehicle; label at least one ride record of the ride records as a healthy ride or a faulty ride, wherein a ride record associated with a given vehicle where no malfunction occurrence data records are associated with the given vehicle is labeled as a healthy ride, otherwise the ride record is labeled as a faulty ride; train one or more machine learning models on one or more subsets of the labeled ride records; determine one or more DTC rules utilizing at least one of the trained machine learning models.

Abstract: A pressure vessel includes a first component, a second component, and a bonded lap joint between the first and second components. The bonded lap joint includes a portion of the first component which extends about a circumference of the pressure vessel, a portion of the second component which extends about the circumference of the pressure vessel and partially overlaps the portion of the first component, an adhesive bond connecting the portion of the first component to the portion of the second component and thereby joining the first and second components, and mechanically interlocking structures connecting the portion of the first component to the portion of the second component. The adhesive bond forms a primary retention mechanism. The mechanically interlocking structures are situated at least partially within each of the portion of the first component and the portion of the second component, and form a secondary retention mechanism.