Abstract: A medical device includes a chassis component having a bottom and an opening defined in the bottom, and a capstan including an upper portion, a lower portion, and a spool between the upper and lower portions. The upper portion of the capstan is supported within the opening of the chassis component. The spool comprises a cable wrap surface and a side wall opposing the bottom of the upper chassis. The side wall of the spool can optionally slope away from the bottom of the chassis component. The medical device can further include a cable guide and a cable. The cable extends from the cable guide to the cable wrap surface of the spool.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing technique may include depositing, via a filament delivery device, a filament onto a surface of a substrate. The filament includes a binder and a powder including at least one metal or alloy and at least one braze alloy. The technique also includes sacrificing the binder to form a preform. The technique also includes sintering the preform to form a component including the at least one metal or alloy and the at least one braze alloy.

Abstract: A medical device includes a blade support, a blade supported by the blade support, and a pin. The blade support includes a bore with an inner portion oriented toward the blade and an outer portion oriented away from the blade. A discontinuity is located at a boundary between the inner and outer portions of the bore. The pin includes a longitudinal axis and a yaw plane is defined perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. A rotational yaw degree of freedom is defined about the longitudinal axis of the pin. The blade support is operable to rotate about the pin in the yaw degree of freedom, contact the pin at the discontinuity of the bore, and tilts away from the yaw plane at the discontinuity of the bore in response to a force applied in a lateral direction.

Abstract: The invention features polynucleotides encoding a polypeptide including a 3?-stabilizing region and having increased stability compared to wild-type polynucleotides.

Abstract: A mount for installing a photovoltaic array on a shingle roof includes a base and a first support panel and second support panel that extend upwardly from the base. The base has one or more openings that accept fasteners to secure the base to a roof surface with the fasteners positioned entirely underneath a shingle of the roof positioned above the fasteners. The fasteners are therefore concealed by the shingle and protected by the shingle. A rail panel extends between the first support panel and the second support panel above the base. The rail panel is provided with fastener holes for use in mounting a rail to the rail panel.

Abstract: A system and process display a computer user interface to a person, monitor biometric data of the person during the display of the computer user interface, and modify the computer user interface as a function of the biometric data.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for estimating slipperiness of a road surface. This estimate may be obtained using an image sensor mounted on a vehicle. The estimated road slipperiness may be utilized when calculating a risk index for the road, or for an area including the road. If a predetermined threshold for slipperiness is exceeded, corrective actions may be taken. For instance, warnings may be generated to human drivers that are in control of driving vehicle, and autonomous vehicles may automatically adjust vehicle speed based upon road slipperiness detected.

Abstract: An end-effector of a programmable motion device is disclosed. The end-effector includes a body that provides an open interior, the open interior being coupled to a vacuum source, and the body including a contact surface for contacting an object to be grasped by the end effector. The contact surface is at least partially defining an aperture, and the body includes a flexible portion that permits at least a portion of the contact surface to be drawn at least partially into the open interior of the body when a flow of air drawn by the vacuum source through the aperture is reduced due to the aperture being at least partially blocked.

Abstract: The disclosure provides polynucleotides encoding a polypeptide including a morpholino linker. In some embodiments, the polynucleotides of the invention have increased stability compared to wild-type polynucleotides.

Abstract: An end-effector of a programmable motion device is disclosed. The end-effector includes a body that provides an open interior, the open interior being coupled to a vacuum source, and the body including a contact surface for contacting an object to be grasped by the end effector. The contact surface includes at least one aperture through which a vacuum is provided, and the body includes an outer surface that faces away from the open interior. The body provides that when the flow of air drawn by the vacuum source through the at least one aperture is reduced due to the at least one aperture being at least partially blocked, the outer surface of the body engages the object being grasped at least partially within the open interior of the body.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for isolating L-glufosinate from a composition comprising L-glufosinate and glutamate are provided. The method comprises converting the glutamate to pyroglutamate followed by the isolation of L-glufosinate from the pyroglutamate and other components of the composition to obtain substantially purified L-glufosinate. The composition comprising L-glufosinate and glutamate is subjected to an elevated temperature for a sufficient time to allow for the conversion of glutamate to pyroglutamate, followed by the isolation of L-glufosinate from the pyroglutamate and other components of the composition to obtain substantially purified L-glufosinate. The glutamate alternatively may be converted to pyroglutamate by enzymatic conversion. The purified L-glufosinate is present in a final composition at a concentration of 90% or greater of the sum of L-glufosinate, glutamate, and pyroglutamate.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for isolating L-glufosinate from a composition comprising L-glufosinate and glutamate are provided. The method comprises converting the glutamate to pyroglutamate followed by the isolation of L-glufosinate from the pyroglutamate and other components of the composition to obtain substantially purified L-glufosinate. The composition comprising L-glufosinate and glutamate is subjected to an elevated temperature for a sufficient time to allow for the conversion of glutamate to pyroglutamate, followed by the isolation of L-glufosinate from the pyroglutamate and other components of the composition to obtain substantially purified L-glufosinate. The glutamate alternatively may be converted to pyroglutamate by enzymatic conversion. The purified L-glufosinate is present in a final composition at a concentration of 90% or greater of the sum of L-glufosinate, glutamate, and pyroglutamate.

Abstract: An end-effector for a programmable motion device is disclosed. The end effector includes a body that includes a contact portion, the body providing an open interior through which a vacuum may be provided to the contact portion, and the body including at least one feature that is adapted to facilitate the contact portion to become substantially non-planar while grasping.

Abstract: An end-effector for a programmable motion device is disclosed. The end effector includes a body that includes a contact portion, the body providing an open interior through which a vacuum may be provided to the contact portion, and the body includes at least one feature that is adapted to facilitate the contact portion to become substantially non-planar while grasping.

Abstract: A jewelry apparatus comprising a base member and a coupling member operably configured for attachment to the base member. The base member having a first prong and a second prong each having a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a second width smaller than the first width. The coupling member comprising a disk member having a first and second side, the first side having a first set of indicia and the second side having a second set of indicia; a first projection extending from the disk member operably configured for attachment to the first prong; and a second projection extending from the disk member operably configured for attachment to the second prong. The disk member is movably coupled to the base member and the coupling member is configured to rotate such that the indicia sets create the visual appearance of both the indicia sets.

Abstract: A jewelry apparatus comprising a base member and a coupling member operably configured for attachment to the base member. The base member having a first prong and a second prong each having a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a second width smaller than the first width. The coupling member comprising a disk member having a first and second side, the first side having a first set of indicia and the second side having a second set of indicia; a first projection extending from the disk member operably configured for attachment to the first prong; and a second projection extending from the disk member operably configured for attachment to the second prong. The disk member is movably coupled to the base member and the coupling member is configured to rotate such that the indicia sets create the visual appearance of both the indicia sets.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to screen assemblies for fenestration units configured to reduce corrosion issues. In an embodiment, a screen assembly is included having a frame, the frame defining a spline channel; a mesh, the mesh can include a peripheral edge, wherein the peripheral edge is disposed within the spline channel; a spline, wherein the spline is fitted within the spline channel and holds the peripheral edge in place; and a polymeric barrier layer, wherein the polymeric barrier layer separates at least one of the mesh and the frame, the mesh and the spline, or the frame and the spline from electrical contact with one another. Other embodiments are also included herein.

Abstract: A transistor package includes a power transistor chip having first and second opposite sides. The first side has source, drain, and gate electrode metallizations. A multi-layer laminate substrate includes: a first structured metal layer facing the first side of the chip and electrically connected to the source electrode metallization, the drain electrode metallization, and the gate electrode metallization; a second structured metal layer having a source package terminal pad, a source sense package terminal pad, a drain package terminal pad, and a gate package terminal pad; at least one insulating layer between the structured metal layers; and vias running through the insulating layer and connecting segments of the first structured metal layer to the terminal pads of the second structured metal layer.

Abstract: An apparatus for attachment to a panel configured for partitioning a trailer cargo space includes a member having a cross-section with a concave receiver section including a laterally extending support section connected to sidewalls extending perpendicular to the support section, the receiver section dimensioned for attaching the member along a panel edge with sidewalls engaged against opposite sides of the panel and the support section contacting the panel edge, and first engagement feature(s) disposed opposite and extending along an edge surface of the panel assembly, and a first stacking plate including a first side having feature(s) complementary to the first engagement feature(s), such that the member and the first stacking plate engagingly mate, and an opposite side with second engagement feature(s) similar to the first engagement feature(s), such that the first stacking plate engagingly mates with a second stacking plate.

Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, a panel assembly for partitioning a trailer cargo space is provided including a first insulated panel and a second insulated panel, each insulated panel including a first side vertical edge having a connecting edge, and a second side vertical edge having a connecting edge. One of the insulated panels includes one or more spaced apart vertical cut lines proximate the first side vertical edge, where, when a given cut line is cleaved, the cleaved cut line is configured to form a new second side vertical edge having a connecting edge. A first mating extrusion may secure with a second side vertical edge of the first insulated panel, and a second mating extrusion may secure with a first side vertical edge of the second insulated panel where, upon mating the first and second mating extrusions, an insulated wall is formed.