Abstract: A method of characterizing candidate agents including steps of (a) providing a library of candidate agents attached to nucleic acid tags; (b) contacting the library with a solid support to attach the candidate agents to the solid support, whereby an array of candidate agents is formed; (c) contacting the array with a screening agent, wherein one or more candidate agents in the array react with the screening agent; (d) detecting the array to determine that at least one candidate agent in the array reacts with the screening agent; (e) sequencing the nucleic acid tag to determine the tag sequences attached to candidate agents in the array; and (f) identifying the at least one candidate agent in the array that reacts with the screening agent based on the tag sequence that is attached to the at least one candidate agent.

Abstract: A fitting assembly includes a pipe fitting defining a fastener opening and a retaining groove; and an indicator assembly configurable in a loosened configuration and a tightened configuration, the indicator assembly comprising: a fastener defining a first fastener portion and a second fastener portion, the second fastener portion extending through the fastener opening; and a positive installation indicator oriented within the retaining groove between the fastener opening and the first fastener portion; wherein, in the tightened configuration, the positive installation indicator is compressed between the pipe fitting and the first fastener portion and extrudes at least partially out of the retaining groove, and in the loosened configuration, the positive installation indicator is substantially hidden within the retaining groove by the first fastener portion.

Abstract: A sprinkler configured for engagement with a coupling, the sprinkler including a raised lip end; and a distal end disposed opposite from the raised lip end, the sprinkler defining a raised lip between the distal end and the raised lip end, the sprinkler defining a groove between the raised lip and the distal end.

Abstract: A method for evaluating an interpretation for a search query is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by one or more processing circuits, a training dataset. The method includes training a first model utilizing the training dataset. The first model is trained to evaluate whether a human interpretation for a search query is correct. The method includes receiving a search query and a human interpretation for the search query. The method includes determining an initial evaluation of whether the human interpretation for the search query is correct utilizing the first model. The method includes generating a second model utilizing the initial evaluation from the first model, temporal features relating to the search query, and cluster features relating to the search query, and determining a final evaluation of whether the human interpretation for the search query is correct utilizing the second model.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein for concurrent voice assistants. A method includes: providing first and second automated assistants with access to one or more microphones; receiving, from the first automated assistant, an indication that the first automated assistant has initiated a first session, and in response: continuing providing, to the first automated assistant, access to the one or more microphones; discontinuing providing, to the second automated assistant, access to the one or more microphones; and preventing the second automated assistant from accessing one or more portions of an output audio data stream; receiving, from the first automated assistant, an indication that the first session has ended, and in response: continuing providing, to the first automated assistant, access to the one or more microphones; resuming providing, to the second automated assistant, access to the one or more microphones; and resuming providing, to the second automated assistant, the output audio data stream.

Abstract: A pin member is proposed for a turbo-machine having a shroud arranged to rotate within a turbine housing. The pin member is configured to limit this rotation. It is a one-piece element comprising a cylindrical body and a limit surface for opposing motion of the shroud.

Abstract: A tiltrotor aircraft is described and includes a rotor system, a pylon coupled to the rotor system, a spindle coupled to the pylon, an actuator arm coupled to the spindle, and an actuator. The actuator can cause the actuator arm to rotate, thereby causing the spindle to rotate the pylon and the rotor system. In an example, the actuator is in front of a forward spar of the wing of the tiltrotor aircraft and the actuator arm is about one-half (0.5) of an inch to about five (5) inches from the wing.

Abstract: A system and method for acquiring accurate vibration data, time of arrival, or other mechanical state for a mechanical system with rotary elements, such as a planetary gear system with multiple planet gears that rotate relative to a central sun gear, or blades in a turbine engine. Multiple vibration sensors are arranged at spaced intervals along the exterior of the gear system (such as along the ring gear of the system or the exterior housing of the system). Each vibration sensor is so situated as to periodically detect vibrations from each one of the planet gears in succession, as the planet gears rotate around the central sun gear. Using timing and gear-system configuration information, a determination is made as to which gear is being sensed by any one sensor at any time; also determined is which teeth of each gear are being sensed by a particular sensor at any one time.

Abstract: A holder assembly configured to hold a scoop within an inside of a container at a height above the level of a substance. The holder assembly comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a stem that may be provided with a height according to the geometry of the intended container. The second portion comprises a plurality of stems cooperatively configured and dimensioned to retain the scoop disposed in an inverted position. The segments are connected to the stem at a junction and should be disposed in a spaced apart relation to one another collectively defining a gap for the scoop wall(s). The segments should be movable away from the gap and comprise an inherent tendency to return to their natural position that generates a force that retains the scoop in place.

Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to anatomically conforming apparatuses, and the creation, design, and fitting of such apparatuses. In at least one embodiment, the present invention relates to masks that require a conformal fit to a user's face, including, but not limited to, respirator and breathing masks, oxygen masks for both civil and military pilots, ventilation masks used in hazardous environments, and the like. One or more methods for clustering facial scans to design a finite set of mass-producible masks is also described, such that each individual in a given population can be assigned at least one mask in the set of masks that is anatomically conforming to that individual's specific facial geometry. Also described are one or more methods for fitting a face mask to a specific individual based on a 3-D scan of that individual's face.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for trace and span sampling and analysis for instrumented software. Each span may be annotated with one or more tags that provide context about an executed task, such as a user instrumenting the software, a document involved in a request, an infrastructure element used in servicing a request, etc. A sampler may perform tail-based sampling of traces comprising spans. The sampler may select a portion of the traces having selected features and send them to an analyzer. The analyzer may receive the selected traces and determine whether the selected traces are indicative of configuration problems for the instrumented software. An alert may be generated based on identified configuration problems.

Abstract: An instrument device manipulator (IDM) is attached to a surgical arm of a robotic system and comprises a surgical tool holder and an outer housing. The surgical tool holder includes an attachment interface that can secure a surgical tool in a front-mount configuration (where the attachment interface is on a face opposite of a proximal extension of the surgical tool) or a back-mount configuration (where the attachment interface is on the same face as the proximal extension of the surgical tool). The surgical tool holder may rotate continuously within the outer housing. In a back-mount configuration, the surgical tool holder may have a passage that receives the proximal extension of the tool and allows free rotation of the proximal extension about the rotational axis. A surgical drape separates the IDM and robotic arm from a tool, while allowing electrical and/or optical signals to pass therebetween.

Abstract: DMA architectures capable of performing multi-level multi-striding and determining multiple memory addresses in parallel are described. In one aspect, a DMA system includes one or more hardware DMA threads. Each DMA thread includes a request generator configured to generate, during each parallel memory address computation cycle, m memory addresses for a multi-dimensional tensor in parallel and, for each memory address, a respective request for a memory system to perform a memory operation. The request generator includes m memory address units that each include a step tracker configured to generate, for each dimension of the tensor, a respective step index value for the dimension and, based on the respective step index value, a respective stride offset value for the dimension. Each memory address unit includes a memory address computation element configured to generate a memory address for a tensor element and transmit the request to perform the memory operation.

Abstract: Methods for diagnosis of one or more physiological conditions using cfDNAs are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention is the computer implemented analysis of mapped circulating cell-free DNA fragment endpoint locations using a hidden Markov model to detect the presence of absence of cancer in a test subject. Another embodiment is a system for implementing the analysis of circulating cell-free DNA to detect the presence of absence of cancer using a hidden Markov model.

Abstract: Proposed is an automated system providing an automatable long-term care risk mitigation structure associated with immediate care needs of risk-exposed individuals in case of becoming a long-term care-receiver. The system provides an automated multi-step trigger and detection cycle based on sensory measuring data for risk-exposed individuals thereby mitigating possibly occurring long-term care needs by means of the automated system based on a detected sufficient state of disability, possibly predetermined up-front amount parameters and an assigned care equity ratio associated with an asset. The state of disability of the risk-exposed individual is measurable by a definable set of risk-exposed individual measuring parameters.

Abstract: Example latching assemblies and electronic devices including the latching assemblies are disclosed. In an example, an electronic device includes a housing including a cavity to receive a peripheral device therein. In addition, the electronic device includes a latching assembly disposed within the housing. The latching assembly includes a latch biased toward the cavity to engage with the peripheral device, and a block. Displacement of the block is to slidingly engage the block along the latch and thereby withdraw the latch from the cavity.

Abstract: A flexible manifold adapted for use on a plate-fin heat exchanger core, the flexible manifold including a plurality of individual layers configured to be metallurgically joined to respective ones of a plurality of layers of the plate-fin heat exchanger core, and further including a first end with at least one port adapted to receive or discharge a medium, a second end distal from the first end, adapted to transfer the medium to or from the plurality of individual layers, a plurality of horizontal guide vanes defining the plurality of individual layers, and a plurality vertical members positioned within each of the individual layers. The flexible manifold is configured to be mechanically and thermally compliant, and can be metallurgically joined to the heat exchanger core by brazing or welding.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of a kamado-style cooker pizza oven conversion device are disclosed. Certain embodiments detachably mount within a kamado-styled cooker such that the lid of the cooker rests at an angle on the top of the device and thereby “closes off” and defines a cooking space within the interior that takes advantage of the pizza oven-like features of a kamado cooker. With an embodiment of the solution installed in a kamado cooker, an open doorway or window is defined for allowing a user to insert a pizza into the cooking space and place the pizza on a pizza stone held by the device. Embodiments allow for cooking to occur simultaneously via conductive, convective and radiant thermal energy transfer.

Abstract: A soil amendment is provided and a method for making the same, where the soil amendment is encasing biochar in a biodegradable material. The biochar encased in the biodegradable material may be either or both treated and untreated (raw) biochar. The biodegradable material encasing the biochar may be sealed to produce a packet or capsule, or deposited on a sheet of biodegradable material. The sheet of biodegradable material may include a biodegradable adhesive, creating a biochar tape on the biodegradable material. In another example the biodegradable material may be immersed in a solution containing biochar to create a soil amendment, for example, to wrap a root ball of a seedling or sapling. The biodegradable material may, for example, be a polymer, wax, oil, or paraffin which is used to create a bead, capsule, or pod of biochar or biochar slurry, or may be a fiber based or polymer based material that can be formed into a shape, such as a liner, container, or a disc.