Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a photocatalyst system. This system includes a photocatalyst comprising an organic material infused with clusters of an inorganic material diffused throughout a bulk of the organic material, wherein the organic material and the clusters of the inorganic material are configured such that the organic material photosensitizes the inorganic material. Another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method of photocatalyzing a reaction. This method includes providing any of the photocatalysts disclosed herein; mixing the photocatalyst with a reactant to form a reaction mixture; and exposing the reaction mixture to a light source.

Abstract: Command/address and timing information is distributed to buffer integrated circuits on a module using multiple wavelengths of light modulated with the same information. Each individual wavelength of modulated light carrying command/address information is received by a corresponding single buffer device that deserializes the command/address information and communicates it electrically to memory devices(s). Likewise, each individual wavelength of modulated light carrying timing/synchronization/clock information is received by a corresponding single buffer device and used to synchronize accesses to the memory device(s). Thus, multiple buffer integrated circuits on a module each receive information from the CPU using different wavelengths of light transmitted on the same waveguide.

Abstract: A robotic surgical tool includes a tool driver including a first inductive coil, a drive housing releasably mounted to the tool driver and including a second inductive coil, a shaft extending from the drive housing and terminating at an end effector operatively coupled to a distal end of the shaft, and a firing rod extending from the drive housing within the shaft and terminating at the end effector, the firing rod including a magnetically responsive material and being movable within the drive housing between a retracted position and an extended position. One of the inductive coils generates a magnetic field, and the other measures an intensity of the magnetic field and a field distortion caused by movement of the firing rod. A change in the field distortion provides an indication of movement of the firing rod between the retracted and extended positions.

Abstract: A method of treating biomass and ammonia-containing wastewater comprises anaerobically digesting the wastewater to produce a digestate, oxidizing dissolved sulfides in the digestate, mixing the digestate to form a mixed liquid, filtering the mixed liquid to produce a first filtrate, removing ammonia from the first filtrate to produce an ammonia-depleted filtrate, removing organic contaminants and divalent ions from the ammonia-depleted filtrate by nanofiltration to produce an organic-containing second retentate and an organic-depleted second filtrate, removing additional organic contaminants from the organic-containing second retentate by a second nanofiltration operation to produce a third filtrate and a third retentate, removing inorganic ionic species from the organic-depleted second filtrate by reverse osmosis to produce a fourth filtrate and a fourth retentate, combining the third filtrate and the fourth retentate, and removing additional inorganic ionic species from the combined third filtrate and fourt

Abstract: An electronic control includes a housing and an interface extending across the housing. A circuit board disposed in the housing includes a frequency input pin operatively coupled with the interface and an analog input pin operatively coupled the interface. A first conductive trace is operatively coupled with the frequency input pin. A second conductive trace operatively coupled with the analog input pin. A microcontroller is mounted on the circuit board and includes a selectably configurable input operatively coupled at least one of the first conductive trace and the second conductive trace. The microcontroller is configured to process at least one of a frequency signal received via the frequency input pin and an analog signal received at the analog input pin.

Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a housing and an interface extending across the housing including a plurality of interface pins accessible at an exterior of the housing and at an interior of the housing. A circuit board is disposed in the housing. A plurality of conductive traces are operatively coupled with the circuit board and extending between a plurality of discrete component footprints. A microcontroller is positioned on the microcontroller footprint and includes an input pin conductively coupled with a first conductive trace. An input terminal positioned on the input terminal footprint and conductively coupled with a second conductive trace and one of the plurality of interface pins. A flexible input signal conditioning (FISC) circuit comprising a plurality of discrete components positioned on respective discrete component footprints and conductively coupled with respective sets of the plurality of conductive traces.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to devices with isolation structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a stack of semiconductor materials; a semiconductor substrate under the stack of semiconductor materials; a trench filled with in insulator material; and a damaged region of the stack of semiconductor materials extending from at least a bottom of the insulator material to the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to high electron mobility transistors and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a gate structure; a first barrier layer under and adjacent to the gate structure; and a second barrier layer over the first barrier layer and which is adjacent to the gate structure.

Abstract: A cable gripping assembly. The gripping assembly has two jaw assemblies for gripping and pulling a cable. Each jaw assembly has a jaw block with a tapered cavity, and a jaw subassembly which fits within the tapered cavity to grip a cable when frictional forces, caused by a hydraulic cylinder or other actuator, force the jaws into the tapered cavity. The jaw subassembly has a guide plate, which carries pins affixed to the jaws. The guide plate is ordinarily allowed to move the pins along angled slots in a jaw plate. However, when actuated by a plunger, the guide plate and pins are forced to a widest point of the angled slots, maintaining the jaws in an open position, allowing for easy removal of the strand from the gripping assembly.

Abstract: An audio/video recording and communication device configured as a doorbell has a housing with a support structure and a removable faceplate. A flexible translucent membrane of the faceplate supports a button aligned with a mechanical switch when the removable faceplate is attached to the housing such that a plurality of light emitting elements are positioned around the mechanical switch transmit light through the translucent membrane. A removable battery casing is configured to hold at least one battery and has a release button physically coupling with a detent of the support structure to retain the removable battery casing within the support structure. The removable battery casing may be removed from the device for recharging without removing the device from a surface on which it is mounted.

Abstract: A utility wall is provided for a multi-story building having load bearing walls that are able to withstand vertical loads and lateral loads. The building may be a low-rise building or a mid-rise building. The utility wall, as well as the load bearing walls, floor-ceiling panels, corridor panels, and other parts of the building, are pre-manufactured off-site and then installed on-site at the site of the building. The utility walls are hung from the load bearing walls and provide utilities to the various stories of the building.

Abstract: An exhaust gas heater system for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a housing and a heating element. The housing includes an outer peripheral wall disposed about a central axis and defining an interior hollow space configured to receive exhaust gas from an exhaust pipe of the exhaust system such that the exhaust gas flows through the interior hollow space. The heating element is positioned within the hollow space and including a first end and a second end. The heating element includes a first section proceeding in a first direction and a second section proceeding in a second direction. The support structure is configured to extend along a path conforming to a path of the first and second sections.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a surgical instrument including an end effector, a drive member movable to effectuate a motion in said end effector, a motor operable to move the drive member to effectuate the motion in the end effector and a bailout assembly operable to perform a mechanical bailout of the surgical instrument in response to a bailout error. The bailout assembly includes a bailout door, a bailout handle accessible through the bailout door. The bailout handle is operable to move the drive member to effectuate a bailout motion in the end effector. A controller includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to detect the bailout error. The processor is programed to stop the motor in response to the detection of the bailout error.

Abstract: An automated storage and retrieval system and method of storing articles to and retrieving articles from at least one stacked storage rack that is configured to store articles double deep in each storage location with one article at a front position and another article at a back position behind the one article includes a robot having an end of arm tool (EOAT). The EOAT has a platform and an extendable article manipulator. The platform is sized to support at least two articles. The robotic arm selectively positions the end of arm tool to retrieve articles from front and back storage positions of said at least one stacked storage rack and storing at least one of the articles from the platform to a front or back storage position after the robot rotates the EOAT about a generally vertical axis.

Abstract: An embodiment includes a system for sensing harvested grain levels within an agricultural harvester. The system including a grain tank configured to receive harvested grain, a sensor configured to emit a sensor beam into the grain tank for reflection off of the top surface of the harvested grain, and a reflective target integrated into a bottom surface of the grain tank at a minimum detectable grain level within the grain tank. The bottom surface of the grain tank being angled towards the sensor, the minimum detectable grain level being defined by a minimum grain level within the grain tank at which the top surface of the harvested grain is contacted by the sensor beam, and the reflective target being configured to reflect the sensor beam when the current grain level is vertically below the minimum detectable grain level.

Abstract: Systems and methods corresponding with improved wellfield management are provided. In some examples, the system may initiate a step drawdown test of well efficiency to determine a cause of a decreased discharge rate of the wellfield site. The system may alter pumping of the wellfield site based on the step drawdown test, wherein a command signal is transmitted via a SCADA system to the wellfield site.

Abstract: A surgical instrument includes an end effector, a shaft assembly, a drive, and an activating mechanism. The end effector includes first and second jaws. At least one of the first and second jaws is pivotable relative to the other of the first and second jaws between open and closed positions. The shaft assembly extends proximally from the end effector. The drive is operatively connected to a portion of at least one of the end effector or the shaft assembly. The activating mechanism includes an actuation body operatively connected to the drive. The portion is configured to perform a first actuation profile in response to the actuation body moving along a first predetermined path or perform a second actuation profile in response to the actuation body moving along a second predetermined path. Selection of the first predetermined path is configured to prevent the actuation body from accessing the second predetermined path.

Abstract: A machine for extracting a ductile pipe. The machine has a vise which can grip the pipe, and a wire clamp. Each of the wire clamp and vise are supported on a carriage which is movable relative to a frame. This enables the vise to grip and pull the ductile pipe. Additionally, a wire strand may be disposed through the pipe from a far end to the end at which the machine is placed. The wire clamp allows the machine to pre-stress the strand to improve the extraction of the ductile pipe.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor structure with a photodiode including: a well region with a first-type conductivity in a substrate, a trench in the well region, and multiple conformal semiconductor layers in the trench. The semiconductor layers include a first semiconductor layer, which is, for example, an intrinsic semiconductor layer and lines the trench, and a second semiconductor layer, which has a second-type conductivity and which is on the first semiconductor layer within (but not filling) the trench and which also extends outside the trench onto a dielectric layer. An additional dielectric layer extends over and caps a cavity that is at least partially within the trench such that surfaces of the second semiconductor layer are exposed within the cavity. Fluid inlet/outlet ports extend to the cavity and contacts extend to the well region and to the second semiconductor layer. Also disclosed are methods for forming and using the semiconductor structure.