Abstract: A corrugated pipe is described herein. The corrugated pipe includes a spigot having a leading face and a trailing end, the trailing end coupled to a pipe body. The spigot extends a spigot distance from the leading face to the trailing end. The pipe includes a liner defining a fluid flow path. The spigot further includes first and second gasket corrugations that are a corrugation length from the front face to a valley of a corrugation adjacent to the second gasket corrugation, the corrugation length less than half of the spigot length. The spigot further includes vent openings defined within the leading face, first and second sidewalls of first and second valleys of the first and second gasket corrugations, respectively, the vent openings extending at least one of transverse or parallel to the fluid flow path.

Abstract: A multi-axis fiber Bragg grating sensing system has a plurality of spatially distributed and mechanically isolated three dimensional multi-axis sensing towers, each having a plurality of connected nonparallel sensing pillars having a straight portion of a length and straightness to support a fiber Bragg grating and connected to at least one other of the three dimensional multi-axis sensing towers via a curved portion having a curvature radius equal to the minimum bend radius of an affixed optical fiber. The optical fiber has a plurality of fiber Bragg gratings and is affixed to each of the dimensional multi-axis sensing towers wherein a fiber Bragg grating is positioned along a straight portion of a sensing pillar of each of the towers. An interrogator captures and measures wavelength data from the fiber Bragg gratings for measuring multi-axis force information applied to each of the three dimensional multi-axis sensing towers.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method of measuring throughput of a food processing system is provided. A computing system captures an image of a portion of the food processing system configured to carry one or more food product items. The computing system determines a set of pixels of the image that depict one or more food product items. The computing system determines a pixel count of the set of pixels, and determines a total product weight based on the pixel count. The computing system determines a throughput weight of the food processing system based on the total product weight.

Abstract: A method for fabricating high aspect ratio nanostructures in arbitrary functional materials. An (N+1)th layer of substrate material is deposited on top of existing N layers of nanostructures, where N is a natural number. The substrate material in the (N+1)th layer is then patterned and etched to create complementary nanostructures in the substrate material. Furthermore, a conformal coating of gap-fill materials, encapsulation layers, and functional material on the complementary nanostructures is performed to create functional material nanostructures in the (N+1)th layer. A set of selective etches on the substrate material is then performed leaving behind multi-layered high aspect ratio nanostructures in the functional material.

Abstract: Methods of manufacturing interconnect structures as part of a microelectronic device fabrication process are described. The methods include forming a dielectric layer including at least one feature defining a gap having sidewalls and a bottom on a substrate. The methods further include forming a blocking layer on the bottom by exposing the substrate to a blocking species that comprises a hydrocarbon and at least one additive; selectively depositing a barrier layer on the sidewalls; selectively depositing a metal liner on the barrier layer on the sidewalls; removing the blocking layer; and performing a gap fill process to fill the gap with a gapfill material.

Abstract: An energy absorbing device for a steering column assembly of a vehicle is provided. The energy absorbing device includes tear initiation grooves having offset tear initiation points, such that tearing is initiated in the grooves at different points in time, thus balancing loads experienced during a frontal crash and collapse of the steering column assembly.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an energy-absorbing device can comprise: a polymer reinforcement structure, wherein the polymer reinforcement structure comprises a polymer matrix and chopped fibers; and a shell comprising 2 walls extending from a back and forming a shell channel, wherein the shell comprises continuous fibers and a resin matrix; wherein the polymer reinforcement structure is located in the shell channel.

Abstract: A gimbal of the present disclosure includes an outer yoke and an inner yoke coaxially mounted with respect to a Z axis. A first bearing assembly is held by the outer yoke and rotatable about an X axis. A second bearing assembly is held by the inner yoke and rotatable about a Y axis. The first and second bearing assemblies are coupled to each other by a mechanical interface rotatably connected to both the first and the second bearing assemblies. The inner yoke is rotatable about the Z axis with respect to the outer yoke, or vice versa, such that the X axis may be decoupled from the Y axis.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a partially-dried sheet comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of, microfibrillated cellulose suitable for use as a binder, or a dried sheet comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of, a blend of microfibrillated cellulose and a pulp suitable for use as a pulp source, wherein said sheet may be redispersed with a high shear disperser, mixer or refiner operated at energy inputs of about 10 kWh/t to about 2,000 kWh/t, wherein the sheet upon re-dispersion in a aqueous medium maintains, or is not substantially degraded in, tensile index, compared to the dried sheet prior to drying and re-dispersion.

Abstract: Methods of detecting at least one analyte and at least one nucleic acid in a sample are provided. Reagents for carrying out the methods are also provided.

Abstract: Methods of preparing a dry powder blend co-coagulating conductive carbon black particles and fibrillizable polytetrafluoroethylene particles from an aqueous dispersion and drying the co-coagulate are described. Dry powders prepared by such methods and electrodes prepared from such powders are also described.

Abstract: There is provided a method of wireless power transfer through a medium. The method comprises controlling an input voltage of an inverter of a transmitter of a wireless power transfer system based on a detected parameter. The method further comprises generating, via the transmitter, a field for transferring power wirelessly through a medium to a receiver of the wireless power transfer system based on the input voltage. Other methods are also provided. There is also provided a controller, system, and transmitter for wirelessly transferring power through a medium.

Abstract: In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for proactively adjusting the infrastructure of a communications network in response to reporting of real-time network performance. For instance, in one example, a method includes obtaining real-time network performance metrics directly from a user endpoint device operated by a customer of a telecommunication service provider network, correlating the real-time network performance metrics with data from another data source, wherein the data includes data other than network performance metrics, and adjusting an infrastructure of the telecommunication service provider network in response to an insight gleaned through the correlating.

Abstract: A shower/commode wheeled chair adapted to be locatable over a commode, the shower/commode wheeled chair comprising a frame, a seat support portion, a front portion extending downwardly from the seat support portion, a back support, a shower/commode seat, wheels and a footrest coupled to the front portion.

Abstract: A method including receiving, by one or more processing circuits, building data, generating, by the one or more processing circuits, a first digital twin based on the building data, wherein a first system stores the first digital twin and a second system stores a second digital twin generated based on the building data, where the first digital twin includes a relationship that forms a connection between the first digital twin and the second digital twin by linking a first entity of the first entities of the first digital twin and a second entity of the second entities of the second digital twin, and performing, by the one or more processing circuits, one or more operations based on at least one of the first digital twin, the second digital twin, or the relationship that forms the connection between the first digital twin and the second digital twin.

Abstract: A liquid transport element for a vapor provision system includes a layer of wicking material and a layer of substrate material rolled together to form a spiral.

Abstract: An outsole with a conformable substrate with a depression and a core inset in the depression. The core includes a plurality of plates, a first one of the plates is hingedly attached, at one or more edges of the first plate, to one or more substantially adjacent other plates in the plurality of plates, where each hinge hingedly attaching an edge of the first plate to another plate joins less than the entire respective hingedly attached edge to a corresponding one of the one or more substantially adjacent other plates and is integrally connected to the first plate and the other plate. The hinges attaching edges of the first plate to other plates disperse impact forces from the first plate to a corresponding one of the other plates, and a subset of the plurality of plates in the core form a row of three or more interconnected plates.

Abstract: A wall panel furniture system is described. A first wall panel has a front side, a back side, and an edge along a perimeter, where the edge includes a first vertical edge opposing a second vertical edge. A magnet is disposed along the first vertical edge. A first cleat is configured in a first recess disposed on a top portion of the back side. A bracket includes an elongate support connected to a plate having an opening adjacent to the elongate support. A piece of furniture includes first and second connection sections. Each connection section includes a slot opening to accept advancement of the elongate support, and an adjacent securement slot has a fastener, the securement slot is aligned with the opening adjacent to the elongate support when the elongate support is inserted into the slot opening. A furniture mounting system is also described.

Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed herein for accessing the hip joint. A first device can be securely attached to the capsule of a joint. The first device can tent the capsule to increase the volume of the peripheral compartment. A second device can be biased against the first device to pierce the tented capsule and create a portal. Devices and methods are also disclosed herein for distending the capsule of a joint. A distention device may access a portal established within the capsule. The distention device can expand the capsule by applying an expansive force within the peripheral compartment. The distention device can maintain distention of the peripheral compartment while other devices access the joint.

Abstract: A digital health solution system includes: a virtual pharmacy comprising one or more processors configured to operate a web portal for user devices via a network, the web portal serving as a marketplace for products and services available from vendors for consumption by users; a transaction processing module configured to: receive, via a network, a transaction from a vendor regarding one or more of the products and services consumed by one or more users via the virtual pharmacy for payment to the vendor; adjudicate the transaction using adjudication rules stored in memory; bill an entity for the use of the one or more of the products and services associated with the one or more users when the adjudication of the transaction passes; and transmit, via a network, a response regarding the transaction to the vendor.