Abstract: A method is disclosed to improve fuel efficiency in which detonations within an internal combustion engine are controlled to reduce fuel consumption. Nominal detonations occur when the engine main bearing shaft rotates and initiates combustion within cylinder surrounding the main bearing shaft at various predetermined angles. The current invention utilizes a starter motor to maintain a minimal rotation speed of the main engine flywheel and deactivates all cylinder detonations except occasionally a single or paired set of cylinders to provide intermittent supplemental maintenance power. Further, fuel injectors are deactivated to non-firing cylinders so that when intake valves are opened no fuel enters the cylinders. Exhaust valves are also kept open to further reduce cylinder resistance pressure, thereby creating a “free-wheeling” state of the engine pending renewed acceleration. Intermittently, a single cylinder may be activated to assist in maintaining a minimum flywheel RPM value.

Abstract: Battery arrays are provided for traction battery packs. An exemplary battery array may include a multi-layered busbar assembly having at least a first busbar layer and a second busbar layer. Battery cell tab terminals may be trapped between the first busbar layer and the second busbar layer of the busbar assembly. The battery cell tab terminals, the first busbar layer, and the second busbar layer may then be fused together, such as by one or more welds, to electrically connect a grouping of battery cells of the array.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system which assists rescuers in efforts to locate persons in the event of potentially harmful condition in a structure. An example system includes a sensory node which gathers sensor data including occupancy data. The system uses the sensory node to gather and process condition data to establish normal behavioral characteristics of the data. Threshold levels are determined from this processing. An alert is transmitted when conditions are detected that fall outside those threshold levels. The alert includes information regarding the detected conditions, occupancy information, and structure data. An example system includes a portable device that receives the alert along with the information provided with the alert and uses that information to alert a user and provide a display that provides alert and occupancy data such that occupants of the structure can be located and provided with assistance if required.

Abstract: A robot arm comprising: a first link connected to a second link by a joint, the joint permitting the second link to move relative to the first link; a motor for driving the joint; and a controller for controlling the motor. The controller is configured to electrically brake the motor in response to detection of a fault in the robot arm by applying a braking current to the motor so as to maintain the position of the joint against gravity. The controller only performs this electrical braking if the joint is in a configuration in which the robot arm will droop under gravity if the joint is not actively driven.

Abstract: A system includes a modular exhaust collector configured to be arranged in a first orientation or a second orientation. The modular exhaust collector is configured to receive an exhaust flow along an inlet axis, to direct the exhaust flow along a first direction through an outlet when in the first orientation, and to direct the exhaust flow along a second direction through the outlet when in the second orientation. The modular exhaust collector includes an exhaust passage to receive the exhaust flow, a plurality of compressor discharge (CD) ports, a plurality of flow ports, a bottom face opposite the outlet with a first drain, and a first side wall with a second drain between the bottom face and the outlet. Each CD port is disposed a first radial distance from the inlet axis, and each flow port is disposed a second radial distance from the inlet axis.

Abstract: Hybrid electric propulsion systems includes a combustion engine and an electric motor. The hybrid electric propulsion systems may include or utilize a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a processor associated with the hybrid electric propulsion system, cause the processor to perform a method that includes determining an occurrence of a thrust asymmetry in the hybrid electric propulsion system, and controlling the electric motor to decrease an efficiency of the electric motor for a transient time period sufficient to reduce a torque output of the combustion engine to match an electrical load on the combustion engine.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides solid state forms of a selective potassium channel modulator and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the solid state crystalline forms and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, and methods for preparing and using the solid state forms and the pharmaceutical compositions thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a retrofit Light Emitting Diode, LED, lighting device for connecting to a fluorescent ballast, wherein the retrofit LED lighting device comprises a first end comprising a first power connection and a second power connection for receiving an output power from the fluorescent ballast and comprising a first relay, wherein the first power connection and the second power connection are coupled to a first single connector, wherein the first end is adapted to provide a first output and a second output, a second end comprising a third power connection and a fourth power connection for receiving an output power of the fluorescent ballast and comprising a second relay, wherein the third power connection and the fourth power connection are coupled to a second single connector, wherein the second end is adapted to provide a third output and a fourth output, wherein the first output is coupled to the third output and the second output is coupled to the fourth output, a light emitting diode, LED, l

Abstract: Within an integrated circuit including a processor system and a data processing array, one or more kernels in the processor system are executed in response to a scheduling request from a host data processing system. The one or more kernels receive configuration data for implementing trace or profiling of a user design executable by a plurality of active tiles of the data processing array. Using the one or more kernels, selected tiles of the plurality of active tiles of the data processing array are configured with the configuration data to perform the trace or the profiling. Trace data or profiling data is generated through execution of the user design by the data processing array. The one or more kernels provide the trace data or the profiling data to the host data processing system.

Abstract: A ureteroscope system including a handpiece, a catheter, one or more sensors, and a processor is described. The handpiece includes a working channel port and a working channel in fluid communication with the working channel port. The catheter is secured to the handpiece and includes a distal end defining a working channel opening in fluid communication with the working channel. The one or more sensors are positioned and configured to detect a position of at least a portion of a laser fiber. The processor is configured to determine if an emitting end of the laser fiber configured to emit laser light is outside the working channel and spaced at least a predetermined distance from the distal end of the catheter.

Abstract: A propulsion assembly includes a first torque source coupled with a first shaft and a second torque source coupled with a second shaft. A coupler selectively couples the first and second torque sources. When the first and second torque sources are coupled via the coupler, in response to a command to decouple the first torque source, an unloading operation is performed to decrease the torque output provided by the first torque source to a threshold, and when reached, the first shaft is decoupled from the coupler. When the first torque source is coupled with the coupler but the second torque source is not, in response to a command to couple the second torque source, a speed matching operation is performed to increase the speed of the second shaft to match a speed of the first shaft, and when the speeds are matched, the second shaft is coupled to the coupler.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purification of wastewater. In particular, the present invention pertains to an improved process for purification of wastewater by employing anolyte as an additive.

Abstract: A long-stroke pumping unit can be moved away from and toward the wellhead by using a single hydraulic power source via a control interface that is coupled to the hydraulic power source and configured to control both the vertical movement and the horizontal movement of the long-stroke pumping unit. The control interface can control the hydraulic power source for extension and retraction of a hydraulic cylinder for horizontal movement of the unit, and the same control interface can control the same hydraulic power source for extension and retraction of a first vertical hydraulic jack and a second vertical hydraulic jack of the long-stroke pumping unit for vertical movement of an end of the long-stroke pumping unit.

Abstract: A menstrual reservoir device with valvular outlet allowing for the collection and controlled draining of blood from the vaginal canal during the menstrual cycle. The device is intended be inserted into the vaginal canal where it will fix into place and collect menstruation. The reservoir comprises at least one outlet and the outlet will preferably extend towards or past the vaginal opening. The inventive device comprises a valvular portion to prevent fluid flowing from the reservoir when closed and allows fluid to flow when open. Embodiments comprise two general embodiments of reservoir cups and reservoir discs. In menstrual cup embodiments, the valvular portion serves to release suction force during device removal; when the valvular portion is open, air may enter the reservoir through the outlet, displace fluid and release the suction force of the reservoir allowing for easy removal.

Abstract: A computing system for monitoring language model compliance with a rubric of one or more output characteristics. The computing system includes processing circuitry configured to interface with a trained generative language model that receives input of a prompt including natural language text input and, in response, generates an output that includes natural language text output. The processing circuitry is further configured to monitor compliance of the generative language model with the rubric, by feeding the output of the generative language model to a rubric classifier configured to generate a predicted classification for an output characteristic in the rubric, and output the predicted classification.

Abstract: Copolymer blends comprising a first copolymer and a second copolymer, wherein the first and second copolymers each independently comprise units of A and B as defined herein.

Abstract: A robot arm comprising: a first link connected to a second link by a joint, the joint permitting the second link to move relative to the first link; a motor for driving the joint; and a controller for controlling the motor. The controller is configured to electrically brake the motor in response to detection of a fault in the robot arm by applying a braking current to the motor so as to maintain the position of the joint against gravity. The controller only performs this electrical braking if the joint is in a configuration in which the robot arm will droop under gravity if the joint is not actively driven.