Abstract: A coupler for joining conduit can include a body defining an internal body passage that includes a first open end to receive a first conduit in a first axial insertion direction and a second open end to receive a second conduit in a second axial insertion direction. The body can include a tongue extending from a first axial end of the body in a tongue direction, opposite the first axial insertion direction, to provide a support surface that extends axially away from the first open end of the internal body passage in the tongue direction. The tongue can include a landing surface aligned with a bottom portion of the support surface and wings extending upwardly and laterally outwardly from the landing surface. The tongue can extend around less than a full perimeter of the first open end and the wings extend laterally wider than the first open end.

Abstract: A tissue cutting assembly used for cutting tissue samples from a tissue sample includes a substrate configured to receive the tissue sample thereon, a frame defining an opening through which the tissue sample is exposed, and a tissue cutting guide positioned and held stationary within the opening in at least two distinct positions onto the tissue sample. The tissue cutting guide defines one or more cutting slits through which a user can insert and guide a cutting device to cut the tissue sample along a length corresponding to the length of the one or more slits in each of the at least two distinct positions to form cut tissue samples of desired widths and lengths.

Abstract: A method for execution by a computing entity includes interpreting a fluid flow response from fluid flow sensors to produce a piston position of a piston associated with a head unit device. The head unit device includes a chamber filled with a shear thickening fluid (STF). The method further includes determining a door position based on the piston position. The method further includes determining parameters for wireless signals based on the door position. The method further includes facilitating utilization of the parameters for the wireless signals to promote successful communication of status and/or control of the door via the wireless signals.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods associated with a modular electrical power distribution system with module detection. A modular electrical power distribution system may include a plurality of controllers, a shared serial communication bus between the plurality of controllers, and a module detection signal line coupled through the plurality of controllers. The plurality of controllers may include a master controller, a power input controller, and one or more load controllers disposed between the master controller and the power input controller.

Abstract: Provided herein is an engagement and care support platform (“ECSP”) computer system including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device for facilitating senior user engagement. The processor is programmed to: (i) register a user through an application, (ii) register a caregiver associated with the user through the application, (iii) generate a senior profile based upon user personal and scheduling data, (iv) build a daily interactive user interface that reflects the senior profile, (v) display the daily interactive user interface at a first client device associated with the user, (vi) cause the first client device to initiate a daily interaction prompt to the user, (vii) determine whether any user interaction was received in response to the daily interaction prompt, and (viii) transmit a daily update message to a second client device associated with the caregiver, including an indication of whether any user interaction was received.

Abstract: A computer system is provided. The computer system may be programmed to: (a) receive appliance data relating to a first appliance; (b) compute, using an artificial intelligence model, a predicted remaining lifetime of the first appliance based upon the received appliance data, wherein the artificial intelligence model is trained based upon historical appliance data including historical lifetimes of appliances; and/or (c) transmit content data to a user device that, when received by the user device, causes the user device to generate a user interface including at least the predicted remaining lifetime.

Abstract: A method includes selecting a landing waypoint on a runway and selecting a starting waypoint based on a location/heading of an aircraft relative to the runway. The method includes selecting additional waypoints between the starting waypoint and the landing waypoint. The starting and additional waypoints include latitude, longitude, and altitude variables. A sequence of waypoints from the starting waypoint to the landing waypoint via the additional waypoints indicates a desired location for the aircraft to traverse. The method includes generating location constraints for the starting and additional waypoints and generating an objective function for optimizing at least one of the variables. Additionally, the method includes generating a solution for the objective function subject to the location constraints. The solution includes latitude, longitude, and altitude values for the variables.

Abstract: The subject disclosure provides for a system for protecting a tissue specimen. The system also includes a tray having a base with a surface portion for supporting the tissue specimen and a receiver portion, and a spacer with a body portion and a securing portion engaging the receiver portion of the base to position the body portion above the surface portion of the base. The system also includes a sterile container having a top and a bottom defining a cavity with the tray positionable within the cavity such that the body portion of the spacer engages the top of the sterile container to elevate the top of the sterile container away from the surface portion of the base for protecting the tissue specimen from contamination.

Abstract: A device for administering a fluid into a human cavity or animal cavity through an orifice includes a container for housing a fluid. The container includes a bottom portion, a tip portion, and a directional flange disposed between the bottom portion and the tip portion. The bottom portion has a bottom, a squeezing section, and a narrowing section adjacent the directional flange. The tip portion has an end section with an end face and a body section defining an elongated structure extending from the directional flange to the end face. The directional flange comprises an upper surface and a lower surface connected to one another by an edge and the edge has a rigidity less than the tip portion such that the edge collapses in response to a force applied to the tip portion causing movement of the end face relative to the bottom portion.

Abstract: Road vehicle comprising a passenger compartment configured to accommodate a driver and at least one passenger alongside the driver; a vehicle dashboard; a steering wheel; a content display device comprises: a support element hinged in the area of a central portion of the vehicle dashboard, at the front between a driver's seat and a passenger's seat; at least one screen mechanically connected to the support element and configured to be visible to a passenger and/or to a driver while driving; a time measurement system, in particular a chronograph; the vehicle comprises mechanical controls arranged, namely mounted, in the area of the steering to give instructions to the time measurement system.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for additively manufacturing an object. The method may include extending a first module of a print head to push a tag end of material adjacent a second module during a feeding routine. The method may also include extending the second module to push against the tag end, and activating a third module to at least partially cure the tag end and thereby adhere the tag end as an anchor.

Abstract: A washing machine appliance includes a tub, a rotatable basket within the tub, and an annulus defined between the tub and the basket. A method of operating the washing machine appliance includes activating a drain pump to remove standing wash liquid from the annulus. The method also includes deactivating the drain pump after removing the standing wash liquid and rotating the basket within the wash tub for a first time period after deactivating the drain pump. The drain pump remains deactivated during the first time period. The method further includes determining a level of wash liquid in the annulus after rotating the basket within the wash tub for the first time period and determining a load type of the load of articles based on the level of wash liquid in the annulus after rotating the basket within the wash tub for the first time period.

Abstract: A network node in a peer-to-peer network of nodes includes at least one processor, at least one memory, and at least one network interface. The at least one processor is configured to receive a request to transfer a security token and execute a plurality of compliance rules associated with the security token. At least one of the compliance rules is implemented using at least one smart contract. The at least one smart contract references a global registry. The at least one processor is also configured to transfer the security token based on the execution of the compliance rules. The global registry includes personally identifiable information (PII) hash(es) for each of at least one investor associated with the transfer of the security token. The hashes are committed to the distributed ledger and updated when PII of a respective one of the at least one investor changes.

Abstract: A casing running rotary insert can include a base having a first aperture that traverses therethrough. The casing running rotary insert can also include a rotary table engagement feature that extends from a bottom surface of the base, where the rotary table engagement feature is configured to engage a complementary feature of a rotary table to fix a position of the base relative to the rotary table, and where the aperture in the base is configured to align with a second aperture in the rotary table when the rotary table engagement feature is engaged with the complementary feature of the rotary table. The casing running rotary insert can further include a casing bowl engagement feature that extends from a top surface of the base, where the casing bowl engagement feature is configured to engage a casing bowl to fix a position of the casing bowl relative to the base.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a coating composition comprising a film-forming polymer comprising active hydrogen-containing functional groups; a blocked polyisocyanate curing agent comprising a blocking group derived from a blocking agent comprising an alpha-hydroxy amide, ester or thioester; and a curing catalyst that does not contain tin, lead, iron, zinc or manganese. Also disclosed are coatings, coated substrates, and methods of coating a substrate.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for managing a contact center having a plurality of agents includes (a) receiving real-time data associated with each of a plurality of agents servicing incoming communications for the contact center, (b) categorizing each of the plurality of agents into a respective one of a plurality of burnout risk categories by processing the real-time data associated with each of the plurality of agents using a trained supervised machine learning model having a plurality of input features, (c) determining, based on a specification of a logical directive, an operation to be performed in relation to at least one agent in the plurality of agents, wherein the specification has at least one condition relating to the categorizing of each of the plurality of agents into the respective one of the plurality of burnout risk categories, and wherein the specification defines the operation to be performed in relation to the at least one agent in the plurality of agents upon the condition being satisfied,

Abstract: A matching computer system for electronically generating, matching, and providing online user profiles, and determining a trust score for a user based upon at least social media data and insurance data is provided. The matching computer system may be configured to register users within the matching computer system, receive consent from the users to capture the social media data, and collect the social media data and the insurance data from each registered user. The matching computer system may also be configured to retrieve the social media data and the insurance data associated with each registered user. The matching computer system may be further configured to determine a trust score for each registered user based upon each respective social media data and each respective insurance data. Each trust score represents a level of trustworthiness of the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating data for sensor system validation. A representative vehicle is equipped with a set of sensors positioned to provide a collective field of view defining a set of sensor locations as a set of master data and encompassing a field of view of a sensor positioned at any of the set of sensor locations. The set of sensor locations includes a sensor location at which no sensor of the set of sensors is placed. The representative vehicle is driven for a distance required for validation of a sensor system to provide master data representing the entire distance required for validation.