Abstract: A system and method for providing abnormality diagnosis of a mechanical device having one or more components. A sensor system, having one or more sensor devices, detects movement/vibration of one or more observed components of the mechanical device. A control system determines vibration measurements of the one or more components based on their detected motion/vibration. One or more Machine Learning (ML) and/or Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques are utilized to determine abnormal operation of the one or more components by comparing a determined vibration measurement of an observed component against that component's expected normal vibration measurement value during operation of the mechanical device. Abnormal operation is determined when the determined vibration measurement of an observed component exceeds its expected normal vibration measurement by a threshold value.

Abstract: A system is configured to produce a series of printed clips. The system includes a source of web material, a cutting station, a drive assembly and a printing station. The web material is configured to pass through the system in a machine direction. The cutting station is configured to cut a first portion of the web material into at least a first clip, index the first portion after cutting, and sequentially cut a second portion of the web material into at least a second clip. Cut portions of the web material exit the cutting station in a free loop. A drive assembly is configured to feed web material of the free loop through the printing station at a web speed. The printing station is configured to print indicia on a first surface of the cut portions of the web material.

Abstract: A method is provided for autonomous anomaly management of an industrial site having industrial equipment in its field, including identifying industrial equipment to be inspected in the field, obtaining select autonomous sensor data about the identified industrial equipment from at least one mobile autonomous device routed along respective routes for accessing the identified industrial equipment, processing the autonomous sensor data to identify a potential anomaly, and in response to identifying a potential anomaly, taking action(s) to address the potential anomaly, wherein, as a combination, identifying the equipment, processing the autonomous sensor data, identifying the potential anomaly, and determining the action(s) use historical measurement and/or control data from the industrial equipment, historical autonomous sensor data, extrinsic data including at least one of guidance and/or constraint data about the industrial site, and supervisory and/or control data generated and/or collected by supervisory co

Abstract: Embodiments of an amplifier and method of operating an amplifier are disclosed. In some embodiments, the amplifier includes an active device having an input terminal and an output terminal. A harmonic termination is coupled in shunt with respect to the input terminal or the output terminal, wherein the harmonic termination includes a capacitor-shunt inductor-capacitor or similar network. In this manner, the harmonic terminator shapes the waveform of the RF signal without introducing large amounts of capacitance at the fundamental/center operating frequency.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to determine one or more specific data points that may be found in or added to call metadata that will assist and/or enhance confidence score algorithms. A call request for an inbound VoIP telephony call may be received by a telephony server in a servicing telecommunications carrier network. The call request may be intended for a called party serviced by the servicing telecommunications carrier network. The servicing telecommunications carrier network telephony server may obtain a plurality of data points associated with the call request wherein at least one of the data points is an interconnect carrier, the interconnect carrier data point identifying which carrier handed the call to the servicing carrier. The servicing telecommunications carrier network telephony server may then send the plurality of data points to a confidence score generating process comprising an algorithm configured to determine a confidence score using the data points.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of increasing response to radiation therapy in subjects afflicted with cancer. In some embodiments, the method comprises reducing the ability of an immune suppressor cell (e.g., MDSC) to migrate to the microenvironment of the cancer. In some embodiments, the method further comprises suppressing the migration of the immune suppressor cell to a non-malignant cell and/or suppressing the malignant transformation of the non-malignant cells.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of increasing response to radiation therapy in subjects afflicted with cancer. In some embodiments, the method comprises reducing the ability of an immune suppressor cell (e.g., MDSC) to migrate to the microenvironment of the cancer. In some embodiments, the method further comprises suppressing the migration of the immune suppressor cell to a non-malignant cell and/or suppressing the malignant transformation of the non-malignant cells.

Abstract: This invention relates in general to the field of safety devices, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to systems and methods for providing advanced warning and risk evasion when hazardous conditions exist. In one embodiment, a vicinity monitoring unit is provided for monitoring, for example, oncoming traffic near a construction zone. In some embodiments, the vicinity monitoring unit may be mounted onto a construction vehicle to monitor nearby traffic and send a warning signal if hazardous conditions exist. In some embodiments, personnel tracking units may be worn by construction workers and the personnel tracking units may be in communication with the vicinity monitoring unit. In some embodiments, a base station is provided for monitoring activities taking place in or near a construction site including monitoring the locations of various personnel and vehicles within the construction site.

Abstract: A system is configured to produce a series of printed clips. The system includes a source of web material, a cutting station, a drive assembly and a printing station. The web material is configured to pass through the system in a machine direction. The cutting station is configured to cut a first portion of the web material into at least a first clip, index the first portion after cutting, and sequentially cut a second portion of the web material into at least a second clip. Cut portions of the web material exit the cutting station in a free loop. A drive assembly is configured to feed web material of the free loop through the printing station at a web speed. The printing station is configured to print indicia on a first surface of the cut portions of the web material.

Abstract: This invention relates in general to the field of safety devices, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to systems and methods for providing advanced warning and risk evasion when hazardous conditions exist. In one embodiment, a vicinity monitoring unit is provided for monitoring, for example, oncoming traffic near a construction zone. In some embodiments, the vicinity monitoring unit may be mounted onto a construction vehicle to monitor nearby traffic and send a warning signal if hazardous conditions exist. In some embodiments, personnel tracking units may be worn by construction workers and the personnel tracking units may be in communication with the vicinity monitoring unit. In some embodiments, a base station is provided for monitoring activities taking place in or near a construction site including monitoring the locations of various personnel and vehicles within the construction site.

Abstract: Provided herein is an electronic message management platform that enables calculating a size of a sample of a message recipient list that delivers a confidence level greater than threshold for the entire message recipient list by applying a predicted bounce percent for the list to a sample size selection algorithm, selecting a total of recipients in the message recipient list that is consistent with the sample size, processing messages to each of the recipients in the sample, monitoring message life cycle events for the recipients in the sample set over a period of time, and based on the monitoring taking an action with the message recipient list selected from a list of recipient list actions consisting of processing remaining recipients in the message recipient list and halting processing of the message recipient list.

Abstract: This invention relates in general to the field of safety devices, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to systems and methods for providing advanced warning and risk evasion when hazardous conditions exist. In one embodiment, a vicinity monitoring unit is provided for monitoring, for example, oncoming traffic near a construction zone. In some embodiments, the vicinity monitoring unit may be mounted onto a construction vehicle to monitor nearby traffic and send a warning signal if hazardous conditions exist. In some embodiments, personnel tracking units may be worn by construction workers and the personnel tracking units may be in communication with the vicinity monitoring unit. In some embodiments, a base station is provided for monitoring activities taking place in or near a construction site including monitoring the locations of various personnel and vehicles within the construction site.

Abstract: This invention relates in general to the field of safety devices, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to systems and methods for providing advanced warning and risk evasion when hazardous conditions exist. In one embodiment, a vicinity monitoring unit is provided for monitoring, for example, oncoming traffic near a construction zone. In some embodiments, the vicinity monitoring unit may be mounted onto a construction vehicle to monitor nearby traffic and send a warning signal if hazardous conditions exist. In some embodiments, personnel tracking units may be worn by construction workers and the personnel tracking units may be in communication with the vicinity monitoring unit. In some embodiments, a base station is provided for monitoring activities taking place in or near a construction site including monitoring the locations of various personnel and vehicles within the construction site.

Abstract: There is provided a method of initiating a search for a home network in a mobile device that is attached to a network other than a home network of the mobile device, the method in an apparatus comprising determining whether the mobile device is in a part of said other network where there may be coverage from the home network; and if the mobile device is determined to be in a part of said other network where there may be coverage from the home network, sending a message to said other network in order to change one or more of a voice, messaging and/or data service available to the mobile device, such that the mobile device can enter an idle state and perform a search for the home network.

Abstract: This invention relates in general to the field of safety devices, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to systems and methods for providing advanced warning and risk evasion when hazardous conditions exist. In one embodiment, a vicinity monitoring unit is provided for monitoring, for example, oncoming traffic near a construction zone. In some embodiments, the vicinity monitoring unit may be mounted onto a construction vehicle to monitor nearby traffic and send a warning signal if hazardous conditions exist. In some embodiments, personnel tracking units may be worn by construction workers and the personnel tracking units may be in communication with the vicinity monitoring unit. In some embodiments, a base station is provided for monitoring activities taking place in or near a construction site including monitoring the locations of various personnel and vehicles within the construction site.

Abstract: A method includes epitaxially depositing source/drains on parallel semiconductor fins having parallel polysilicon gate precursor structures disposed thereon orthogonally to the fins, where two adjacent polysilicon gate precursor structures are joined together and connected at ends thereof by a polysilicon loop portion. The method further includes oxidizing the ends of the polysilicon precursor gate structures, the connecting polysilicon loop portion and any semiconductor nodules that formed on the connecting polysilicon loop portion during the step of epitaxially depositing the source/drains. A structure includes a substrate; a plurality of parallel semiconductor fins disposed on the substrate; a plurality of parallel metal gate structures overlying the plurality of fins and orthogonal to the plurality of fins; and a plurality of source/drain structures disposed on the fins.

Abstract: A wheelbarrow for carrying materials is described herein, and may include a main frame having first and second spaced-apart elongate longitudinal arms and a support structure configured to engage the ground when the wheelbarrow is in a stationary position, a load carrying container for receiving a load therein, the load carrying container being mounted to and supported by the main frame and configured for supporting a load, an axle mounted to the main frame and below the container, and a ground engaging wheel rotatably mounted on the axle for moving the wheelbarrow in a mobile position. A hollow interior of the load carrying container may have an upper region and a lower region, the upper region located above the ground engaging wheel and extending along a substantial portion of a width of the container.

Abstract: This invention relates in general to the field of safety devices, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to systems and methods for providing advanced warning and risk evasion when hazardous conditions exist. In one embodiment, a vicinity monitoring unit is provided for monitoring, for example, oncoming traffic near a construction zone. In some embodiments, the vicinity monitoring unit may be mounted onto a construction vehicle to monitor nearby traffic and send a warning signal if hazardous conditions exist. In some embodiments, personnel tracking units may be worn by construction workers and the personnel tracking units may be in communication with the vicinity monitoring unit. In some embodiments, a base station is provided for monitoring activities taking place in or near a construction site including monitoring the locations of various personnel and vehicles within the construction site.

Abstract: Provided herein is an electronic message management platform that enables management and execution of electronic message campaigns while appropriately managing challenges presented by spam filters, black lists, and domain blocking technologies, and that includes elements for managing an electronic message campaign based on dynamic conditions, quality measures, engagement factors, and other measures, factors and conditions.

Abstract: Different lamination methods may be used to create a touch sensor with a darkened side of metalized film facing the user. One lamination method includes laminating a metalized film to an optically clear adhesive (OCA) layer such that an edge of the metalized film including the termination pads remain un-adhered to the OCA layer. Flex-tails may be bonded to the termination pads at a later time by bending up the un-adhered edge. Anisotropic Conductive Film (ACF) may be placed on the termination pads prior to laminating the metalized films. Flex-tails may be placed onto an OCA layer in a location where the termination pads on the metalized film will be located when laminated to the OCA layer. A strip of ACF may be placed on the flex-tail pads. The flex-tails may be bonded to the termination pads of the metalized film prior to the metalized film being laminated.