Abstract: A method of manufacturing a lead assembly of a cryogenic system is provided. The method includes developing a three-dimensional (3D) model of a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of channels extending longitudinally through the heat exchanger from the first end to the second end, the plurality of channels forming a plurality of thermal surfaces within the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger having a transverse cross section. The method further includes modifying the 3D model by at least one of reducing an area of the cross section and increasing the plurality of thermal surfaces. The method also includes additively manufacturing the heat exchanger using an electrically-conductive and thermally-conductive material according to the modified 3D model. Further, the method includes providing a high temperature superconductor (HTS) assembly that includes an HTS strip, and connecting the HTS assembly to the heat exchanger at the second end of the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A method for operating a parking assistance system for a vehicle involves a) receiving an optical image of an environment of the vehicle and a digital environment map representing the environment of the vehicle, the digital environment map including at least one designated parking area, b) selecting, for each designated parking area, a region of interest in the received optical image corresponding to the respective designated parking area, c) detecting, in each selected region of interest, lines and/or symbols provided on the ground, d) assigning one of many parking slot classes to each selected region of interest based on the detected lines and/or symbols, and e) determining, for each designated parking area, if the respective designated parking area corresponding to the selected region of interest is a potential parking slot based on the parking slot class assigned to the corresponding region of interest.

Abstract: Methods for removing a soluble heavy metal-sulfur complex from a process solution comprise contacting the process solution with an oxidant to oxidize the heavy metal-sulfur complex and form an oxidized complex precipitate, or with an acid to acidify the heavy metal-sulfur complex and form an acidified complex precipitate, and removing the precipitate from the process solution to provide a heavy metal-reduced solution. The method is advantageous for removing heavy metals such as mercury, cadmium, barium, iron, vanadium and/or manganese from process solutions, for example originating from natural gas production, petroleum production, water treatment or mining.

Abstract: A mask assembly includes a mask configured to cover a mouth and nasal passage of the user, a valve coupled to the mask and configured to direct air out of the mask assembly, and a strap coupled to the mask. The mask assembly additionally includes a module removably coupled to the mask and configured to direct air into the mask assembly. The module includes a filter, an ultraviolet chamber, and a light source.

Abstract: The present invention is a fire retardant composition for application to a porous article, the composition comprising by weight about; ten point seven-five percent (10.75%) sodium silicate; sixty-four point zero-six percent (64.06%) of a first water; zero point zero five percent (0.05%) soy flour; zero point five-five percent (0.55%) casein; seven point nine-three percent (7.93%) of a second water; zero point four percent (0.40%) starch; seven point nine-three percent (7.93%) of a third water; zero point four percent (0.40%) sodium metasilicate; and seven point nine-three percent (7.93%) of a fourth water.

Abstract: The invention provides anti-PCSK9 antibodies, formulations, dosing regimens, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: The invention provides anti-PCSK9 antibodies, formulations, dosing regimens, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: The invention provides anti-PCSK9 antibodies, formulations, dosing regimens, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: The invention provides anti-PCSK9 antibodies and methods of using the same.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are integrated training and sales methods and systems for training sales representatives in making an online sales call to customers and for conducting the online sales call. The system includes a Web co-browsing tool, a voice channel between the customer and the sales representatives and a training and sales Web site that is simultaneously accessible, viewable and controllable by both the customer and the sales representative through the Web co-browsing tool. The training and sales Web site is structured so as to guide the sales representative and the customer through each step of the online sales call. The system may further include scripted talking points visible only to the sales representative, the scripted talking points prompting the sales representative to communicate information to the customer as the sales representative and the customer navigate through the training and sales Web site.

Abstract: A network stack includes a plurality of network units each of which includes a multiplicity of ports for receiving and forwarding addressed data packets, at least two cascade ports and a switching engine for forwarding received packets to at least one port in accordance with address data in the packets and a cascade connection including, for each of two opposite directions around the stack, at least one unidirectional path for data packets composed of links each between a respective cascade port on a network unit and a corresponding cascade port on the next network unit.

Abstract: A game or educational apparatus is described, the game or educational apparatus comprising or including a support frame having a plurality of locators. The game or apparatus further including a changeable sheet having a plurality of primary indicia forming a primary indicia set. In use the sheet underlying the support frame and each indicia of the primary indicia set associated or associable with one locator of the plurality of locators. The game or apparatus further including a plurality of pieces forming a set of pieces. Each piece of the set of pieces having secondary indicia uniquely or near uniquely being associable with one indicia of the primary indicia set.

Abstract: The invention comprises a process for the preparation and isolation of a non-amorphous cationic rhodium complex having the formula: [Rh(ligand)m(diolefin)]+X?, wherein the ligand is an enantiomerically enriched organic compound possessing one or two ligating phosphorus atoms.

Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for modulating hepsin activity and the HGF/c-met signaling pathway, in particular by regulating pro-HGF activation by hepsin.

Abstract: An animal waste management system including a pan and a liner. The pan includes a bottom surface and a plurality of side walls connected to the bottom surface and extending in an upward direction with respect to the bottom surface and forming a recess. The liner includes a bottom surface having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion oriented at an elevation different than the second portion, and a plurality of side walls connected to the bottom surface and extending in an upward direction with respect to the bottom surface and forming a recess, the liner oriented to be received in the recess of the pan.

Abstract: A process of flocculating microbial cell material from a suspending medium which contains cell material, comprising adding to the suspending medium a first polymeric material which is cationic and has intrinsic viscosity of not more than 2 dl/g, and subsequently or simultaneously adding to the suspending medium a second polymeric material which is cationic or substantially non-ionic and has intrinsic viscosity of at least 4 dl/g, and allowing the cell material to flocculate.

Abstract: A network unit for use in a switching fabric stores for each network unit in the switching fabric a respective change identification number. In each unit this number is incremented on each change of state. The unit broadcasts protocol packets which indicates incremented change identification numbers; receives corresponding packets from the other units; and determines when the last change identification numbers in the table are the same for all the units. This allows a control based on whether all the units know that all the other units have been updated in response to all the changes of state in the fabric. The network unit can also participate in a routing algorithm, and particularly a shortest path algorithm, within a fabric that constitutes a single network entity.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for products such as selling software over a computer network. The method may include steps of posting sales materials to an online collaboration tool, the online collaboration tool enabling both a sales representative and a potential customer to view the posted sales materials simultaneously. The sales materials may include a presentation, a press release, an analyst review and/or a customer reference. The potential customer's Web site may then be accessed and graphics, text and/or configuration information may be retrieved therefrom. An appearance of a generic Web site template may then be customized with the retrieved graphic, text and/or configuration information to create a customized Web site. The customized Web site may then be posted to the online collaboration tool and the customized Web site displayed for the potential customer.