Abstract: A method for modifying a queue of vehicles. In one embodiment, the method includes at least one computer processor determining respective distance values between a first vehicle and one or more adjacent vehicles within a queue of vehicles. The method further includes determining a threshold distance value that corresponds to a distance required to extract the first vehicle from within the queue of vehicles. The method further includes determining a change of position corresponding to at least one adjacent vehicle to the first vehicle within the queue of vehicles based on the determined respective distance values, wherein the determined change in position moves the at least one adjacent vehicle to a distance value from the first vehicle that exceed the threshold distance value. The method further includes transmitting respective requests to the at least one adjacent vehicle to move to the determined change of position.

Abstract: A system for tethering a subsea blowout preventer (BOP) or well head is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the system comprises an interface associable with the BOP, and more than one anchors disposed about the BOP. Each anchor is configured to carry or support a tensioning system arranged in operable association with a respective tether. Each tether is arranged so as to link a respective anchor with a respective operable means associated with the BOP. Furthermore, each of the respective operable means are configured in operable association with the interface such that tension in the tethers can be adjustable either individually or together as a group of two or more tethers, by way of the interface.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB can include one or more metal layers and at least a pair of differential transmission lines. The pair of differential transmission lines can include a first transmission line and a second transmission line. The first transmission line can include a plurality of timing-skew-compensation structures, and a respective timing-skew-compensation structure of the first transmission line or a corresponding segment of the second transmission line adjacent to the timing-skew-compensation structure has a non-uniform width.

Abstract: There is disclosed a foundation system made up of panels for supporting a load bearing surface on underlying ground in use. Each foundation panel has a panel body having a peripheral edge, first and second opposing major surfaces spaced by a depth dimension of the panel body, and a plurality of internal walls upstanding in the depth dimension so as to define a plurality of cells within the panel. Each cell of the panel is open at one of the first and second major surface and closed at the other of the first and second major surfaces. Connection formations are provided at the peripheral edge of the panel body, where the connection formations comprise a neck portion and a head portion. The head portion is configured to engage with a corresponding connection formation of one or more adjacent panel in use to resist separation of the foundation panel from an adjacent panel in a direction within a plane of the first or second major surface.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for performing microservice-aware reference policy checking that accept stateful security policies. The method may include receiving a security policy for a container that is part of a microservice architecture. The method may also include obtaining a first effect graph of the security policy, resulting in a security model for the container. The method may also include identifying execution behavior of the container. The method may also include generating a second effect graph of the execution behavior of the container, where the generating includes summarizing operations and interactions between entities in the execution behavior and results in a behavioral model. The method may also include comparing the behavioral model to the security model. The method may also include determining whether the container has deviated from the security policy based on the comparing. The method may also include enforcing the security policy against the container.

Abstract: One aspect of this disclosure is a pole apparatus. The pole apparatus may comprise a grip segment comprising a cord attachment surface; a pole segment; a tip segment and a cord extending between at least the pole segment and the tip segment. The grip segment, the pole segment, and the tip segment may be arrangeable in a side-by-side disposition. A portion of the cord extending between the pole segment and the tip segment may be positionable on the cord attachment surface in the side-by-side disposition. The grip segment may be removably attachable to the tip segment such that, when the portion of the cord is positioned on the cord attachment surface, the removable attachment of the grip segment to the tip segment may maintain the side-by-side disposition. Aspects of related apparatus, methods, and systems also are disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and system of maintaining a predetermined working quantity of fluid in a reduced volume sump of a motor or vehicle. The method includes recurrently determining a quantity of fluid in the sump and comparing the determined quantity of fluid to the predetermined working fluid quantity. In response to identifying a deviation between the determined quantity of fluid and the predetermined working fluid quantity, the method includes sending a control signal to a fluid pumping system to transfer fluid between the sump and a fluid container.

Abstract: A ducting system for a heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) application includes a duct assembly having an inner duct member, and an outer duct member disposed around the inner duct such that the outer and inner duct members together define a pre-determined amount of space therebetween. The ducting system also includes a bonding and insulation composite that is disposed in the pre-determined amount of space between the inner and outer duct members to insulate the inner and outer duct members from each other yet adhesively bond with each of the inner and outer duct members for imparting structural rigidity to the duct assembly.

Abstract: Methods and formulations are provided for treating spinobulbar muscular atrophy in a subject in need thereof. By administering a therapeutically effective amount of a selective androgen receptor modulator or a small molecule such as 1-[2-(4-methylphenoxy)ethyl]-2-[(2-phenoxyethyl)sulfanyl]-1H-benzimidazole or a derivative, prodrug, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, one or more symptoms of spinobulbar muscular atrophy can be ameliorated. The effective amount can be effective to prevent or delay loss of body weight, a loss of mobility, and/or a loss of physical strength in the subject; to prevent or delay neurogenic atrophy and/or to prevent a loss of spinal cord motor neurons in the subject; to restore the frequency of type I myofibers to normal levels for a healthy subject; and/or to reverse testicular atrophy in the subject.

Abstract: A one-way lung valve for sealing fluid passageways in ventilatory airways. The valve includes a frame and a flexible membrane having respective opposed inner and outer surfaces and is supported by the frame. The flexible membrane is configured to transition between a compressed configuration and an occluding configuration in the ventilatory airways. The respective opposed inner and outer surfaces includes one or more features on the inner and/or outer surface to prevent the flexible membrane from forming one or more air gaps when the flexible membrane is in the occluding configuration position.

Abstract: An intrusion detection system (IDS) for a micro-services environment identifies attacks in substantially real-time and at a container-level. In this approach, behavior models are generated from container images using a binary analysis. A behavior model is a graph data structure having nodes and edges, wherein an edge represents a system call made by at least one process represented as a node in the graph data structure. The model is co-located with a running container, thereby enabling detection of anomalies as the container executes in a container environment on a hardware node. A per-container IDS function is instantiated by checking whether system call telemetry generated by an image's running container satisfies the associated behavior model that has been generated for the container image. If the telemetry indicates activity that deviates from the behavior model, an automated action is then initiated to attempt to address the attack, preferably while it is in progress.

Abstract: A method of reassembling a gas turbine engine including steps to support a core engine on a core stand and support a fan case on a fan stand that includes a base frame coupled a fan case frame by a hinge. The fan case frame is arranged to (i) rotate about an axis of the hinge between abutting the base frame and being perpendicular to the base frame, and (ii) tilt about a yaw axis perpendicular to the hinge, which is located in a plane of the fan case frame. The method includes rotating and tilting the fan case frame to align the fan case and core engine, translating at least one of the core engine and the fan case into axial abutment, coupling the fan case and the core engine to reassemble the gas turbine engine, and decoupling the fan case from the fan stand.

Abstract: Method and installation kit for fastening a plurality of individual objects to a supporting structure via blind rivet nuts guided through respective openings in the plurality of individual objects and in the supporting structure, in which an opening in one of the plurality of individual objects and an opening in the supporting structure to be fastened together have different sizes. Each blind rivet nut has a rivet shank and female thread with a same size female thread, and at least two of the blind rivet nuts have different outer sizes. Method includes selecting outer size of one blind rivet nuts according to the size of the opening in the one of the plurality of individual objects and the size of the opening in the supporting structure; screwing a threaded spindle into the female head of the selected blind rivet nut; and forming a closing head by pulling the threaded spindle.

Abstract: A method of identifying a lead or candidate compound that modulates the activity of GTPase-Activating Protein SH3 Domain-Binding Proteins (G3BP) is provided, which includes determining whether a compound modulates the interaction between the N-terminal Nuclear Transport Factor 2-like (NTF2L) domain of G3BP and FGDF peptide of ubiquitin specific protease 10 (USP10) or non-structural protein 3 (nsP3).

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed that produce a pneumatic actuator end cap having an integral volume booster. An example pneumatic actuator end cap includes a first cavity to provide a first fluid passageway to receive a pressurized fluid from a source external to the pneumatic actuator end cap, a second cavity to provide a second fluid passageway to route the pressurized fluid to an internal chamber of a pneumatic actuator in which a piston is disposed, and a third cavity containing a fluid valve to control a flow of the pressurized fluid between the first fluid passageway and the second fluid passageway.

Abstract: A method of identifying a lead or candidate compound that modulates the activity of GTPase-Activating Protein SH3 Domain-Binding Proteins (G3BP) is provided, which includes determining whether a compound modulates the interaction between the N-terminal Nuclear Transport Factor 2-like (NTF2L) domain of G3BP and FGDF peptide of ubiquitin specific protease 10 (USP10) or non-structural protein 3 (nsP3).

Abstract: A method for increasing peptide fragmentation by labelling the peptide at the C-terminal end with a guanidinium group or other basic functional group and distinguishing isobaric amino acids and amino acid combinations of asparagine and glycine-glycine; glutamine and glycine-alanine; and/or glutamine and alanine-glycine, during polypeptide sequencing.

Abstract: A method for triggering payment transactions through predetermined events identified using a blockchain includes: receiving, at a first system, trigger data including a first account identifier, second account identifier, and trigger event values; receiving, at the first system, blockchain data values, each including a hash value; identifying, by the first system, a match between a specific blockchain data value and a specific trigger event value based on the hash value; transmitting, by the first system, a notification message to a second system including the first account identifier and second account identifier; identifying, by the second system, a first payment identifier using the first account identifier and a second payment identifier using the second account identifier; and initiating, by the second system, a payment transaction for payment from a transaction account associated with the first payment identifier to a transaction account associated with the second payment identifier.

Abstract: An automatic ball launcher includes a ball feed control system that includes a meter wheel with radially-spaced ribs or grooves to selectively block and pass balls to the flywheels of the launcher. The meter wheel rotates to selectively block and release a single ball to pass at a time. The controller of the launcher can be programmed to stop the meter wheel when a ball has been metered by monitoring the current at peak of the motor driving the meter wheel. A meter-event can be determined to have occurred when the current of the drive motor drops to a trough by a pre-set magnitude following a rise to a peak value. A remote control can be provided for the user to operate the launching machine and adjust a plurality of parameters.

Abstract: A decoy filesystem that curtails data theft and ensures file integrity protection through deception is described. To protect a base filesystem, the approach herein involves transparently creating multiple levels of stacking to enable various protection features, namely, monitoring file accesses, hiding and redacting sensitive files with baits, and injecting decoys onto fake system views that are purveyed to untrusted subjects, all while maintaining a pristine state to legitimate processes. In one implementation, a kernel hot-patch is used to seamlessly integrate the new filesystem module into live and existing environments.