Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole coupled to the upper. The sole includes an insole for receiving a foot of a wearer and a sole member disposed below the insole to support the foot of the wearer. The sole member includes a web extending along a length of the sole and a plurality of pillars projecting upwardly from the web toward the insole. Each of the pillars includes a curved sidewall and a lid extending from an upper end of the curved sidewall. The curved sidewall and the lid define a cavity. The web and the plurality of pillars of the sole member are unitary and made of an elastomeric material that allows the pillars to flex or deform at a compressed state and return to an upright position at a relaxed state.

Abstract: Implementations are directed to utilizing an assistant to automatically navigate an interactive voice response (IVR) tree to arrive at a target state during an assisted telephone call. The assistant can receive input to initiate the assisted telephone call, identify an entity to engage with, on behalf of the user, and during the assisted telephone call, based on the input, and identify an IVR tree stored in association with the entity. In various implementations, navigation of the IVR tree can be modified based on interaction(s) detected at a client device subsequent to initiating the assisted telephone call. In various implementations, the assisted telephone call can be initiated from a search interface, and the target state can be associated with a given search result. In various implementations, the IVR tree can be dynamic in that only a subset of candidate state(s) of the IVR tree may be available as the target state.

Abstract: An interrupt system may include a medical bed having an upper frame and a lower frame, the upper frame movable relative to the lower frame. An interrupt system may include a sensor configured to detect a predetermined force between the upper frame and the lower frame, wherein the sensor is configured to stop movement of the upper frame relative to the lower frame when the predetermined force is detected by the sensor. In some embodiments, movement of the upper frame is reversed after stopping movement the upper frame. The sensor may include a membrane strip connected to the medical bed. A compressible layer may be positioned between the membrane strip and the cover. The sensor may include a hall effect sensor configured to monitor a rotation of one of a shaft and a gear of an actuator connected between the upper frame and lower frame.

Abstract: An article of footwear may include an elastic membrane suspended within an interior of an upper of the article of footwear and spaced above the sole, such that a wearer's foot contacts the membrane and is cradled by the membrane as the membrane is stretched toward an underlying midsole. In some examples, the membrane may contact the midsole for a discrete length of a contact area, e.g., selected by the manufacturer. In some examples, a void between the membrane and the sole is filled, at least in part, with a selected filler material. In some examples, the membrane comprises a material having tailored stretch characteristics.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to several processes that may recover commodity chemicals from an alkaline metal-air battery. In various embodiments, while the cell is operating, various side products and waste streams may be collected and processed to regain use or additional value. Various embodiments also include processes to be performed after the cell has been disassembled, and each of its electrodes have been separated such as not to be an electrical hazard. The alkaline metal battery recycling processes described herein may provide multiple forms of commodity iron, high purity transition metal ores, fluoropolymer dispersions, various carbons, commodity chemicals, and catalyst dispersions.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media for processing transaction data are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive a payment instrument identifier; determine if the payment instrument identifier supports item-level adjudication; determine at least one of: response code; a user identifier; or routing information; analyze transaction data comprising information regarding a product or service desired to be purchased based on at least one of the determined response code, the determined user identifier, or the determined routing information, wherein analyzing the transaction data includes: identify program rules associated with the product or service desired to be purchased; and determine product or service eligibility for payment based on the program rules associated with the product or service desired to be purchased; and generate a transaction message indicating that the product or service is eligible for purchase using a payment instrument associated with the payment instrument identifier.

Abstract: A press tool system for pressing a bushing assembly into a bushing opening defined by a structural member comprising a tool assembly and an actuator system. The press tool system comprises a tool assembly and an actuator system. The tool assembly comprises a brace assembly, a drive member, and a retaining sleeve. The actuator system comprises an actuator housing assembly and a piston member. The brace assembly is arranged to brace the actuator housing assembly relative to the structural member. The drive member is arranged between the piston member and the bushing assembly. The retaining sleeve is arranged at least partly around the bushing assembly. The actuator system displaces the piston member relative to the actuator housing assembly to force the bushing assembly at least partly through the retaining sleeve and into the bushing opening in a desired position relative to the structural member.

Abstract: Embodiments are described for implementing a tour generation feature for completing tasks within a facility of an inventory management system. Coordinates for stations, starting locations of inventory holders, and rest locations of the inventory holders of the facility may be obtained. A set of tasks may be determined for each station based on an inventory item requirement associated with each station. A priority order for a subset of inventory holders may be determined based on priority characteristics associated with each inventory holder. Tours for the subset of inventory holders may be determined based on the set of tasks, the coordinates, and travel attributes for each inventory holder. The tours may be modified by iteratively invoking a large neighborhood search algorithm that uses destroy heuristics. Previously determined tours for other subsets of inventory holders may be updated using the modified tours for the subset of inventory holders.

Abstract: Meltable compositions configured for oral use, the compositions including at least one cannabinoid or cannabimimetic, are provided. The compositions include one or more fillers, typically a sugar alcohol, and a lipid. A method of forming such compositions is also provided.

Abstract: Compositions configured for oral use, the compositions including at least one active ingredient selected from caffeine, taurine, GABA, theanine, tryptophan, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin C, lemon balm extract, ginseng, citicoline, sunflower lecithin, cannabinoids, cannabimimetics, terpenes, or combinations thereof, are provided. The compositions include one or more fillers, including a sugar alcohol, and optionally, a lipid or binder. The compositions may be in chewable, tablet, pastille, or meltable forms. Further provided are methods of preparing such compositions.

Abstract: Tissue sample cassettes for receiving tissue samples may include a lower tray, an absorbent substrate, dividers defining elongated compartments over the absorbent substrate, and a cover configured to hold at least one tissue sample in place over the absorbent substrate in at least one corresponding elongated compartment defined by the dividers between the absorbent substrate and the cover. Related systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A system receives incoming electronic data request messages. A transaction processing pipeline of the system attempts to execute requests within the electronic data request messages. For one or more components included in the transaction processing pipeline, the system may apply a performance-modulation period to simulate an adjusted performance level for the respective component that obfuscates the actual performance level of the component. Accordingly, an effective dwell time for the component may be adjusted using a performance-modulation period within the transaction processing pipeline. The adjusted performance level may be selected for the respective component individually.

Abstract: A press tool comprises a base assembly defining a housing guide surface, a drive pin, and a guide sleeve defining a sleeve guide surface. The drive pin engages the base assembly such that axial rotation of the drive pin causes linear displacement of the drive pin relative to the base assembly. The housing guide surface engages the guide sleeve. The sleeve guide surface engages the drive pin.

Abstract: An upper of an article of footwear comprises a plurality of stretch zones each having a respective stretching capability. Suitable example stretch zones may include four-way stretch zones, two-way stretch zones, and/or lock-out zones. In some examples, an upper having a plurality of stretch zones comprises a single continuous piece of material configured to have regions of different stretching capability. The single piece of material may comprise a layered material having two stretchable outer layers, wherein a plurality of stretch zones of the piece of material are defined by corresponding intermediate layers disposed at selected locations between the outer layers. Examples of intermediate layers providing two-way stretch, four-way stretch, and little or no stretch are disclosed.

Abstract: A method of providing a personalized audio briefing to a user is performed at an electronic device. The device receives identification of information sources associated with the user. Each of the information sources is associated with a content type. The device receives an authorization to access the identified information sources and a preferred order of content types for presentation within the audio briefing. It transmits to a remote system the identification, the authorization, and the preferred order. Following the transmitting, the device receives a verbal input from the user requesting the audio briefing. In response to the verbal input, the device receives a response generated by the remote system, including content from the information sources and information inserted by the remote system based on the authorization to access received from the user. The device outputs an audible response according to the preferred order.

Abstract: Support structures are used in certain additive fabrication processes to permit fabrication of a greater range of object geometries. For additive fabrication processes with materials that are subsequently sintered into a final part, an interface layer is formed between the object and support in order to inhibit bonding between adjacent surfaces of the support structure and the object during sintering.

Abstract: A press tool comprises a base assembly defining a housing guide surface, a drive pin, and a guide sleeve defining a sleeve guide surface. The drive pin engages the base assembly such that axial rotation of the drive pin causes linear displacement of the drive pin relative to the base assembly. The housing guide surface engages the guide sleeve. The sleeve guide surface engages the drive pin.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include an apparatus and methods for the plasma processing of a substrate. Some embodiments are directed to a plasma processing chamber. The plasma processing chamber generally includes a planar coil region comprising a plurality of planar coils, a first power supply circuit coupled to at least two of the plurality of planar coils, a concentric coil region at least partially surrounding the planar coil region, and a second power supply circuit coupled to at least two of a plurality of concentric coils. The first power supply circuit may be configured to bias the at least two of the plurality of planar coils to affect a plasma in a center region of the plasma processing chamber, and the second power supply circuit may be configured to bias the at least two of the plurality of concentric coils to affect the plasma in an outer region.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus to monitor mobile Internet activity are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, machine-readable instructions, programmable circuitry to execute the machine-readable instructions to at least assign a first port of a proxy server to a mobile device associated with a panelist, cause transmission of configuration data to the mobile device to instruct the mobile device to transmit future requests the first port of the proxy server, obtain a first request for media on the first port originating from the mobile device, and after a determination that the first request originated from an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with an IP address range representative of devices on a cellular network, service the first request, generate a data association, request the media from an Internet media provider identified in the first request, and cause transmission of the media to the mobile device.

Abstract: A method can include acquiring sensor data via a sensor for a fingertip in contact with a surface; identifying a finger of the fingertip based on the sensor data and stored data, where the identifying identifies the finger as one of at least two different fingers of a hand; pairing the identified finger with the surface to determine a finger and surface pair; comparing the finger and surface pair to a reference pair; and, based on the comparing, issuing a signal.