Abstract: A system including an injector, a press, and a robotic conveyance is used to form a physically foamed article of footwear component from a single-phase solution of a polymeric composition and a supercritical fluid. The parameters and features of the system are configured for the formation of the footwear component in an automated manner with enhanced throughput by the system.

Abstract: Fire suppression systems and methods are described. One described system includes a housing configured to house a container of a fire suppression material, a delivery block in fluid communication with the container, and a nozzle in fluid communication with the delivery block and configured to disperse the fire suppression material from the delivery block. The described system can also include a power supply; a thermal indicator coupled to the power supply and operable to: detect the presence of a fire, generate a first signal indicating the presence of the fire, and transmit the first signal; and an actuator coupled to the power supply, the actuator in communication with the thermal indicator and configured to cause the fire suppression material to be transferred from the container to the delivery block in response to receipt of the first signal.

Abstract: Methods of defining ontologies, word disambiguation methods, computer systems, and articles of manufacture are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a word disambiguation method includes accessing textual content to be disambiguated, wherein the textual content comprises a plurality of words individually comprising a plurality of word senses, for an individual word of the textual content, identifying one of the word senses of the word as indicative of the meaning of the word in the textual content, for the individual word, selecting one of a plurality of event classes of a lexical database ontology using the identified word sense of the individual word, and for the individual word, associating the selected one of the event classes with the textual content to provide disambiguation of a meaning of the individual word in the textual content.

Abstract: Scenario representation manipulation methods, scenario analysis devices, articles of manufacture, and data signals are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a scenario representation manipulation method includes accessing a graphical representation comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of associations of the nodes, wherein the nodes and the associations of the nodes are indicative of a scenario, providing a plurality of defined structural arrangements, wherein the defined structural arrangements comprise a plurality of nodes and associations of the nodes, analyzing the nodes and associations of the nodes of the graphical representation using the defined structural arrangements, and generating another representation of the graphical representation responsive to the analyzing.

Abstract: Scenario analysis methods, scenario analysis devices, articles of manufacture, and data signals are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a scenario analysis method includes accessing a representation of a first scenario, accessing a plurality of representations of a plurality of second scenarios, analyzing the representation of the first scenario with respect to the representations of the second scenarios, determining a plurality of relationships of the representation of the first scenario with respect to respective ones of the representations of the second scenarios responsive to the analyzing, and ranking the relationships.

Abstract: Systems and methods for suppressing the spread of fire, fire-related toxins, and other biological and chemical hazards are disclosed. One described system includes an HVAC interface in communication with-a residential HVAC system, a receiver operable to receive a signal indicating the presence of a contaminant from an environmental condition detector; and a processor in communication with the receiver and the residential HVAC system. The processor is operable to: receive the signal from the receiver, in response, send a signal to the HVAC interface to cause the residential HVAC system to be shut down, and minimizing collision of data packets during transmission of data signals.

Abstract: A method of labeling in steered visual analysis of a collection of documents, the method comprising receiving a query against a database including a collection of documents; representing contents of the query as a matrix; rotating document vectors associated with respective documents to match the matrix to produce a matrix of rotated document vectors; grouping the rotated document vectors into clusters; and displaying a graphic around an area corresponding to a query term.

Abstract: Systems and methods for suppressing the spread of fire, fire-related toxins, and other biological and chemical hazards are disclosed. In embodiments of the present invention a controller shuts off the flow of electrical current to the fan of a residential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system in response to an electrical signal emitted by a detector, such as a smoke, heat, or biochemical detector. Embodiments of the present invention may include a variety of additional features as well, including a notification device and an electrical panel shut off.

Abstract: A method for steering the analysis of a collection of documents includes receiving query terms for use in querying a database including a collection of documents; representing at least some of the query terms in a matrix; rotating document vectors associated with the documents to match the matrix to produce a matrix of rotated document vectors, each document vector representing a numeric vector created in association with individual documents; grouping the rotated document vectors into clusters, each cluster having one or more documents; and projecting the clusters to display visual information of the documents, the visual information including a summary view of the collection of documents. Program code and a system are also provided.

Abstract: Systems and methods for suppressing the spread of fire, fire-related toxins, and other biological and chemical hazards are disclosed. In embodiments of the present invention a controller shuts off the flow of electrical current to the fan of a residential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system in response to an electrical signal emitted by a detector, such as a smoke, heat, or biochemical detector. Embodiments of the present invention may include a variety of additional features as well, including a notification device and an electrical panel shut off.

Abstract: Disclosed are association rule identification and visualization methods, systems, and apparatus. An association rule in data mining is an implication of the form X→Y where X is a set of antecedent items and Y is the consequent item. A unique visualization technique that provides multiple antecedent, consequent, confidence, and support information is disclosed to facilitate better presentation of large quantities of complex association rules.