Abstract: A vapor cycle system for cooling components includes a refrigeration circuit through which a mass of a refrigerant flows. The refrigeration circuit, in turn, includes a compressor, a first condenser, a second condenser fluidly coupled to the first condenser in series, an expansion valve, and an evaporator. Furthermore, the system includes a refrigerant charge control device configured to increase or decrease the mass of the refrigerant flowing through the refrigeration circuit, wherein the refrigerant charge control device comprises a storage device.

Abstract: An example fluid collection assembly includes a fluid impermeable barrier defining at least one opening, a chamber in fluid communication with the at least one opening, and at least one fluid outlet. The fluid collection assembly also includes at least one porous material (e.g., at least one wicking material) disposed in the chamber. The fluid collection assembly also includes at least one conduit attached to the fluid outlet. Further, the fluid collection assembly includes one or more leak prevention features.

Abstract: A pet water fountain is described comprising a bowl for holding an aqueous drinking fluid. The pet water fountain includes a housing configured to cover a portion of the bowl and have a fluid reservoir. The pet water fountain includes a rotatable cone positioned within the housing, the cone tapering outwardly from a bottom end to a top end, the bone bottom end having a fluid inlet to allow the passage of fluid from the bowl through the inlet and into the interior of the conde, the cone top end being in fluid communication with the housing fluid reservoir. The pet water fountain includes a filter ring coupled to the cone top end, the filter ring having an exterior housing and a filter media positioned within the exterior housing, and an electric motor coupled to the rotatable cone for rotatably driving the rotatable cone.

Abstract: Embodiments may be generally directed to methods. techniques and devices to provide an indication by a contactless card based on a detection of an event.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter di of a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Ti that is less than or equal to 0.85*s1, wherein s1 is a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.

Abstract: A system and/or method can be provided for improving applicant diversity by giving institutions selectable and adjustable application windows, thereby providing a number of benefits including an enriched learning environment. A similar system or method may be used to manage the availability of application windows in general to ensure that a diversity of applicant groups have an opportunity to apply.

Abstract: Systems and methods for low-manganese welding alloys are disclosed. An example arc welding consumable may comprise: between 0.4 and 1.0 wt % manganese; strengthening agents selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, copper, carbon, molybdenum, chromium, vanadium, silicon, and boron; and grain control agents selected from the group consisting of niobium, tantalum, titanium, zirconium, and boron. The grain control agents may comprise greater than 0.06 wt % and less than 0.6 wt % of the welding consumable. The resulting weld deposit may comprise a tensile strength greater than or equal to 70 ksi, a yield strength greater than or equal to 58 ksi, a ductility (as measured by percent elongation) of at least 22%, and a Charpy V-notch toughness greater than or equal to 20 ft-lbs at ?20° F. The welding consumable may provide a manganese fume generation rate less than 0.01 grams per minute during the arc welding operation.

Abstract: Systems, devices and processes are provided to improve the design and implementation of radio frequency (RF) communication networks. Specifically, these various embodiments improve the likelihood of a successful RF network design by identifying and preferentially utilizing RF transmission sites having a relatively high probability of being successfully incorporated into the RF network. These various embodiments provide a site qualification database that includes site data for a plurality of RF transmission sites. When so implemented, the site qualification database is utilized to analyze the site data and generate a plurality of site scores for the corresponding RF transmission site, which can then be utilized in an RF analysis.

Abstract: Systems, devices and processes are provided to improve the design and implementation of radio frequency (RF) communication networks. Specifically, these various embodiments improve the likelihood of a successful RF network design by identifying and preferentially utilizing RF transmission sites having a relatively high probability of being successfully incorporated into the RF network. These various embodiments provide a site qualification database that includes site data for a plurality of RF transmission sites. When so implemented, the site qualification database is utilized to analyze the site data and generate a plurality of site scores, with each of the plurality of site scores providing a viability metric for the corresponding RF transmission site. The plurality of site scores is then utilized in rating each of the plurality of RF transmission sites. These ratings of the RF transmission sites are then utilized in an RF analysis.

Abstract: A composite scaffold having a highly porous interior with increased surface area and void volume is surrounded by a flexible support structure that substantially maintains its three-dimensional shape under tension and provides mechanical reinforcement during repair or reconstruction of soft tissue while simultaneously facilitating regeneration of functional tissue.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to welding and, more specifically, to welding wires for arc welding, such as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) or Flux Core Arc Welding (FACW). In one embodiment, a tubular welding wire includes a sheath and a core, and the core comprises a rare earth silicide component (cerium, lanthanum, or a combination thereof). The core may also comprise an organic stabilizer component, a carbon component, and an agglomerate. The organic stabilizer component may comprise an organic molecule or organic polymer bound to one or more Group I or Group II metals. The carbon component may comprise graphite, graphene, carbon black, lamp black, carbon nanotubes, diamond, or a combination thereof. The agglomerate may comprise oxides of one or more Group I or Group II metals, titanium, and manganese.

Abstract: A system and method for multimedia scene break detection, including: a computer processor, a scene break detection service executing on the computer processor and comprising functionality to: (i) receive a request for scene break detection on the media item, (ii) perform audio break detection on an audio component of the media item to obtain a set of audio break timestamps, (iii) identify a set of video break timestamps, each corresponding to at least one frame of a video component of the media item, (iv) identify a set of candidate scene break timestamps based on the audio break timestamps and the video break timestamps, (v) execute a computer vision scoring model for each candidate scene break timestamp, and (vi) select, based at least on a score of each of the set of candidate scene break timestamps, a final set of scene break timestamps for performing a media action.

Abstract: A system and method for ad break detection, including: a computer processor; a scene break detection service executing on the computer processor and comprising functionality to (i) receive a request for ad break detection on a media item, (ii) perform audio break detection on an audio component of the media item to obtain a set of audio break timestamps, (iii) identify a set of video break timestamps, each corresponding to at least one frame of a video component of the media item, (iv) identify a set of candidate ad break timestamps corresponding to instances of the set of the audio break timestamps and the set of video break timestamps within a predefined proximity, (v) execute a computer vision model to generate a scene break score for each candidate ad break timestamp, and (vi) select a final set of ad break timestamps based at least on the scene break scores.

Abstract: A drying system and method of operating the drying system to dry a printed shrinkable web are disclosed. A web transport is adapted to convey the printed web between a heating apparatus and a cooling apparatus. The heating apparatus directs heat toward the web and the cooling apparatus concurrently chills the web. A temperature sensing device is adapted to develop an indication of a temperature of the web and the controller is adapted to adjust a temperature of at least one of the heating apparatus and the cooling apparatus in accordance with such indication.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to actuator assemblies for downhole tools. An actuator assembly comprises a ball screw; a ball nut disposed around the ball screw; a cam disposed around the ball nut; a rail disposed adjacent to the cam, the rail operable to stop rotation of the cam to extend the cam axially as the ball nut traverses the ball screw.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for dual-purposing of thermal transport bus (TTB) working fluid as a fire extinguishing agent are disclosed herein. An example fire extinguishing system includes a thermal transport bus to transfer heat between fluids on an aircraft using a working fluid, and a fire extinguishing nozzle connected to the thermal transport bus, the fire extinguishing nozzle positioned to deploy the working fluid as a fire extinguishing agent to a location of the aircraft.

Abstract: A fuel oxygen reduction unit is provided for reducing an oxygen content of a flow of liquid fuel to an engine. The fuel oxygen reduction unit includes: a stripping gas supply line for providing a flow of stripping gas; a contactor defining a liquid fuel inlet, a stripping gas inlet and a fuel/gas mixture outlet, the stripping gas supply line in airflow communication with the stripping gas inlet; a means for modulating the flow of stripping gas through the stripping gas supply line; and a controller operable with the means for modulating the flow of stripping gas through the stripping gas supply line to modulate the flow of stripping gas through the stripping gas supply line in response to an engine operability parameter.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) graphics system automatically corrects the orientation of different 3D models based on a classification of the objects represented by each 3D model. The 3D graphics system receives a 3D model that is defined with multiple primitives distributed in a 3D space. The 3D graphics system determines a classification based on the primitives having a unique pattern, commonality, or feature that differentiates a particular object from other objects. The 3D graphics system maps points-of-reference that are associated with the classification to two or more primitives in the 3D space of the 3D model, generates an orientation vector based on the points-of-reference, and adjusts an orientation with which the 3D model is presented based on the orientation vector.

Abstract: A three dimensional representation of sports data from multiple sources, which has A) a computer program stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, B) a server operatively associated with the non-transitory computer readable medium, C) a computer vision model using feature detection algorithms, D) a database associated to the computer vision model, E) data to upload to the database, F) a graphical user interface to show data, and G) a computer device, whereby users access to the graphical user interface to upload and visualize the data. The data is visually shown through two-dimension and three-dimension images, text, numbers, animations, and custom visuals to allow the users to analyze the data.

Abstract: Provided are approaches for removing a chip of a transaction card using a chip removal element. In some approaches, the transaction card may include a body including a first main side opposite a second main side, a chip coupled to the first main side of the body, and a chip removal element disposed between the chip and the body. A first end of the chip removal element may be positioned within a tab recess along the first main side of the body, wherein the chip removal element is operable to decouple the chip from the body when the chip removal element is moved away from the body.