Abstract: The invention refers to a method for producing expanded polymer pellets, which comprises the following steps: melting a polymer comprising a polyamide; adding at least one blowing agent; expanding the melt through at least one die for producing an expanded polymer; and pelletizing the expanded polymer. The invention further concerns polymer pellets produced with the method as well as their use, e.g. for the production of cushioning elements for sports apparel, such as for producing soles or parts of soles of sports shoes. A further aspect of the invention concerns a method for the manufacture of molded components, comprising loading pellets of an expanded polymer material into a mold, and connecting the pellets by providing heat energy, wherein the expanded polymer material of the pellets or beads comprises a chain extender. The molded components may be used in broad ranges of application.

Abstract: A barrier arm operator includes a bracket operably coupled to a drive, wherein the drive rotates the bracket about an axis in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction; and an arm coupled to the bracket and driven between a lowered position and a raised position by rotation of the bracket about the axis, wherein the arm is rotatably coupled to the bracket about a pivot axis orthogonally oriented with respect to the axis, wherein the bracket comprises a detent configured to retain the arm in a first position relative to the bracket in an in-use state, and wherein the arm rotates about the pivot axis from the first position to a second position in response to impact of an object against the arm.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including one or more optical cavities; one or more light sources configured to emit a specified wavelength or band of wavelengths of light; and one or more photovoltaic detectors configured to receive the emitted light that has traveled over one or more path lengths, where the one or more photovoltaic detectors are configured to detect at least one of: a first trace gas species and a second trace gas species.

Abstract: A fabric garment to be worn by a human having a waistband in the garment, the fabric garment having a holster internal to the fabric of the fabric garment adjacent at least one hip side of the fabric garment: a) the fabric garment having a body centered forward position; b) the waistband in the garment having asymmetrical distances from the body centered forward position to a left hip position and a right hip position on the waistband; c) a longer distance of the asymmetrical distances on a hip having the holster internal to the fabric of the fabric garment; the holster having an opening therein into which an object can be received and supported.

Abstract: A knife comprising a handle and a blade assembly. The blade assembly includes a blade, a tang, and blade assembly connection structure. The handle includes a receiver configured to receive the tang, and includes handle connection structure. The blade assembly connection structure and handle connection structure are arranged to releasably lock the blade assembly in an installed position on the handle with the tang in the tang receiver.

Abstract: A glass article including, on an oxide basis, from 60 mol % to 74 mol % SiO2, from 7 mol % to 18 mol % Al2O3, less than or equal to 16 mol % B2O3, from 0 mol % to 6 mol % Na2O, greater than or equal to 0.5 mol % SrO, and greater than or equal to 0.5 mol % of divalent cation oxides. The glass article has a molar ratio of Al2O3:(R2O+RO) greater than or equal to 0.9, where R2O is a sum of alkali metal oxides in mol % and RO is a sum of divalent cation oxides in mol %.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first semiconductor device that includes a substrate, a memory array disposed above the substrate and below a frontside surface of the first semiconductor device, a plurality of source region contact (SRC) nodes disposed under the memory array, and a plurality of high-voltage (HV) diodes disposed in the substrate, each of the plurality of HV diodes being connected to corresponding one of the plurality of SRC nodes; and a second semiconductor device including a plurality of complementary-metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices, each of the plurality of CMOS devices being connected to, through a backside surface of the second semiconductor device and the frontside surface of the first semiconductor device, corresponding bond pad of the memory array, wherein fusion bonding exists between the backside surface of the second semiconductor device and the frontside surface of the first semiconductor device.

Abstract: The present invention is related to agents capable of binding to and inhibiting or antagonizing the action of IL-11 and/or IL-11RA for the treatment and/or prevention of abnormal uterine bleeding, which comprises heavy menstrual bleeding, prolonged bleeding, altered bleeding pattern, dysmenorrhea, as well as of the underlying diseases leiomyoma and endometriosis and the use of the agent to inhibit menstruation. Furthermore, the invention provides novel IL-11 antibodies.

Abstract: A portable fluid filtration system. The portable filtration system includes a trailer having a ceiling with a predetermined height, and having an openable and closeable ceiling passage. One or more filter assembles are disposed in the trailer. Each filter assembly includes a filter base and a filter cartridge connectible and dis-connectible to the filter base. The filter cartridge has a height such that when it is disposed on the filter base, the filter cartridge extends beyond the predetermined height of the trailer ceiling. The system also has a fluid input/output assembly disposed in the trailer and fluidically connected to the at least one filter assembly, the liquid input/output assembly being for receiving fluid to be cleaned and inputting it to the at least one filter assembly and for receiving filtered fluid from the filter assembly and for outputting it.

Abstract: A maintenance system is disclosed for assisting in maintaining an automated carrier system for moving objects to be processed. The maintenance system includes a plurality of automated carriers that are adapted to move on an array of discontinuous standard track sections, each said automated carrier including a carrier body that is no larger in either a length or width direction that a standard track section, and an automated maintenance carrier that is adapted to move on the array of discontinuous track sections, said automated maintenance system including a maintenance body that is larger in at least one of a length or width direction than the standard track section.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that inhibit KRas G12D. In particular, the present invention relates to compounds that inhibit the activity of KRas G12D, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of use therefor.

Abstract: A nuclear reactor is constructed in sub-modules and super modules which are manufactured, packaged, and shipped to a construction site. At least some of the modules are packaged in suitable shielding containers or portions of containers, which may be steel. The modules are assembled on-site, and some of the modules remain within their respective shipping containers after assembly. One or more of the shipping containers may be used as concrete forms to support the pouring of concrete in between selected modules. The concrete may be used for structural support, shielding, or both.

Abstract: A method of tracking an entity includes generating data relevant to the entity at a first location, storing the data at a server, and accessing at least a portion of the data at the first location or at a second location. The data can include location information, time information, image data, text, and/or biometric data. The data can be encrypted, organized, categorized, updated, accumulated with other data, classified, and/or disseminated, and an automated search can include an image feature recognition and facial recognition search. The entity can be a person, an animal, or an object. A communications system includes a processing device and a server that includes an automated search engine. The server can be configured to perform data analysis, such as data grouping.

Abstract: One embodiment includes a method for predicting the progression of a current state. The method obtains input information concerning time-series forecasts of a state of an entity. The input information includes baseline information known about the state of the entity at a start time; and context information that includes a vector of time-independent background variables related to the entity. The method determines a first forecast for the entity at a first timestep that is separated from the start time by a time gap. The first forecast is determined, by a point prediction model, based on the baseline information and the context information. The method derives, from an autoregressive function, a mean parameter for a probabilistic function. The mean parameter is derived based on: the first forecast; and a learnable function trained based on the time gap and context information. The method parameterizes the probabilistic function based on the mean parameter.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a support, and a print head operatively connected to and moveable by the support. The print head may include an outlet configured to discharge a material in a trajectory along a central axis of the outlet; a compactor disposed downstream of the outlet relative to the trajectory and configured to press the material transversely against an adjacent surface, and a cutting module located between the outlet and the compactor. The compactor and the cutting module may be configured to move together relative to the outlet.

Abstract: A computing system comprising a central processing unit (CPU), and memory coupled to the CPU and having stored therein instructions that, when executed by the computing system, cause the computing system to execute operations to generate a radiation treatment plan. The operations include accessing a minimum prescribed dose to be delivered into and across the target, determining a number of beams and directions of the beams, and determining a beam energy for each of the beams, wherein the number of beams, the directions of the beams, and the beam energy for each of the beams are determined such that the entire target receives the minimum prescribed dose. A quantitative time-dependent model-based charged particle pencil beam scanning optimization is then implemented for FLASH therapy.

Abstract: Grills and charcoal-containing fuel blocks are disclosed. A grill may include a housing at least partially defining a cooking chamber, a combustion chamber having a support surface configured to support a charcoal-containing fuel block, the combustion chamber may be fluidically and thermally connected to the cooking chamber, an igniter configured to heat a charcoal-containing fuel block positioned on the support surface, a stoke chamber positioned under and fluidically connected to the combustion chamber, stoke ducting having a first end fluidically connected to the stoke chamber and a second end fluidically connected to a stoke fan, the stoke fan configured to flow air from outside the housing and into the stoke chamber through the stoke ducting, cooling ducting fluidically connecting the cooking chamber to a cooling fan, and the cooling fan configured to flow air from outside the housing and into the cooking chamber through the cooling ducting.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and nanoparticles suitable for use in reducing exacerbations in COPD patients. The methods and compositions advantageously reduce the incidence of hospitalization in COPD patients that occurs in response to environmental insults such as exposure to or infection by RSV. Dosages, formulations, and methods for preparing the vaccines and nanoparticles are also disclosed.