Abstract: A circuit comprising: an input power source; an input power regulator connected to the input power source and configured to supply regulated power to circuit component(s); a transient event detector configured to detect a transient event; a timer circuit configured to change a signal on a line connecting the timer circuit to the circuit component(s) when the transient event is detected (wherein the change of the signal (i) causes supply of the regulated power to be discontinued and (ii) causes power or energy storage devices of the circuit component(s) to be discharged to ground); and a passive energy storage device configured to supply an amount of power to operate the timer circuit at least through the transient event, while the input power source is electrically isolated from the passive energy storage device and the timer circuit.

Abstract: An individual creates an account with the intention of ensuring that, after their death, one or more non-monetary gifts will be delivered to a chosen recipient over a defined period of time, with the specific gifts being selected either by the account holder in advance or by the recipient themselves.

Abstract: A circuit comprising: an input power source; an input power regulator connected to the input power source and configured to supply regulated power to circuit component(s); a transient event detector configured to detect a transient event; a timer circuit configured to change a signal on a line connecting the timer circuit to the circuit component(s) when the transient event is detected (wherein the change of the signal (i) causes supply of the regulated power to be discontinued and (ii) causes power or energy storage devices of the circuit component(s) to be discharged to ground); and a passive energy storage device configured to supply an amount of power to operate the timer circuit at least through the transient event, while the input power source is electrically isolated from the passive energy storage device and the timer circuit.

Abstract: A circuit comprising: an input power source; an input power regulator connected to the input power source and configured to supply regulated power to circuit component(s); a transient event detector configured to detect a transient event; a timer circuit configured to change a signal on a line connecting the timer circuit to the circuit component(s) when the transient event is detected (wherein the change of the signal (i) causes supply of the regulated power to be discontinued and (ii) causes power or energy storage devices of the circuit component(s) to be discharged to ground); and a passive energy storage device configured to supply an amount of power to operate the timer circuit at least through the transient event, while the input power source is electrically isolated from the passive energy storage device and the timer circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are polymers comprising at least one alkyne functional group, at least one azide functional group, and a conformational bend outside of coplanarity of 30 or greater. Also disclosed herein are methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: Provided herein are branched BAE/BTE-containing polymers useful as vehicles for the delivery of therapeutic agents, such as nucleic acids. The polymers form stable compositions and are suitable for the delivery of therapeutic agents via nebulization. Compositions of the disclosed polymers are capable of delivering therapeutic agents such as mRNA to lung epithelial cells.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are polymers comprising at least one alkyne functional group, at least one azide functional group, and a conformational bend outside of coplanarity of 30 or greater. Also disclosed herein are methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: A method includes transmitting first data to a first cloud from a first device. The first data first data instructs the first cloud that a first item stored in the first cloud be made accessible to a second device via a second cloud that is coupled to the first cloud. The method further includes receiving second data from the first cloud at the first device. The second data is associated with a digital rights management restriction corresponding to a third item of the first cloud or the second cloud.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel functionalized spirocentric compounds and polymers thereof that produce hyper-rigid cross-linked membranes.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of fabricating novel cross-linked membranes and to cross-linked membranes produced by the disclosed methods. Specifically, methods of fabricating cross-linked membranes according to the present invention may comprise direct crosslinking, crosslinking by addition of a small molecule, interfacial crosslinking of free-standing film, and interfacial crosslinking on a solid support.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of fabricating novel cross-linked membranes and to cross-linked membranes produced by the disclosed methods. Specifically, methods of fabricating cross-linked membranes according to the present invention may comprise direct crosslinking, crosslinking by addition of a small molecule, interfacial crosslinking of free-standing film, and interfacial crosslinking on a solid support.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel functionalized spirocentric compounds and polymers thereof that produce hyper-rigid cross-linked membranes.

Abstract: A method includes transmitting first data to a first cloud from a first device. The first data first data instructs the first cloud that a first item stored in the first cloud be made accessible to a second device via a second cloud that is coupled to the first cloud. The method further includes receiving second data from the first cloud at the first device. The second data is associated with a digital rights management restriction corresponding to a third item of the first cloud or the second cloud.

Abstract: A method includes receiving an input at a first cloud from a first device associated with a first user. The input indicates that an item stored in the first cloud is accessible to a second device associated with a second user via a second cloud that is coupled to the first cloud. The first cloud is associated with the first user and the second cloud is associated with the second user.

Abstract: A method includes receiving an input at a first cloud from a first device associated with a first user. The input indicates that an item stored in the first cloud is accessible to a second device associated with a second user via a second cloud that is coupled to the first cloud. The first cloud is associated with the first user and the second cloud is associated with the second user.

Abstract: An enclosed drainage facility to dry municipal waste combustion ash has a plurality of spaced elongated channels to drain by gravity, water from piles of ash into a disposal or reclamation pool. The channels are sloping concrete ditches leading to a common trough or pipe to a covered storage basin. Steel plates pierced with a plurality of spaced slender slits abut each other to cover each channel. The atmosphere in the facility is changed by being pumped into one side of the facility and exhausted adjacent an opposite side. Also, a process for drying municipal waste combustion ash includes dewatering and drying of ash piles in an atmosphere of warm dry air for a period of time necessary to reduce the moisture to about 28%.