Abstract: Provided is a system and method for a dosing vaporizer. More specifically, an embodiment of the system includes a housing with a first end opposite from a second end. A mouthpiece disposed proximate to the first end, the mouthpiece structured and arranged to rotate about the first end. An attacher disposed proximate to the second end, the attacher structured and arranged for removable attachment to a power source. A reservoir of liquid concentrate is disposed within the housing. A vaporizer disposed proximate to the attacher and thermally isolated from the reservoir. A vapor conduit passes generally from the vaporizer through the housing to the mouthpiece. A metered rotation driven dispenser, coupled to the mouthpiece, applies a predetermined force upon the reservoir to dispense from the reservoir into the vaporizer a predetermined amount of liquid concentrate.

Abstract: A process for producing doped nanoparticles, in particular for N-doped nanoparticles, includes a hydrothermal process using an organic nitrogen-containing compound or a mineral acid having at least one nitrogen atom. In particular, the photocatalytically active particles produced are characterized by a particularly high activity even in visible light.

Abstract: In some aspects, the present disclosure provides a method for bandgap voting. In some configurations, the method includes receiving: (i) a first set of votes from a first client of a system, and (ii) a second set of votes from a second client of the system, wherein the first set of votes indicate a first desired set of operational parameters for controlling a plurality of physical resources in the system, wherein the second set of votes indicate a second desired set of operational parameters for controlling the plurality of physical resources, and wherein the plurality of physical resources are shared by the first client and the second client.

Abstract: A system comprising a vaporizing device and a central server is described. The vaporizing device includes a housing and a cartridge, received within the housing, the cartridge including a predefined quantity of concentrate and an identification code associated with the concentrate and uniquely identifying the cartridge. The vaporizing device further includes a control unit configured to read the identification code. The vaporizing device further includes a communication unit configured to transmit the identification code to a computing device of a user. The central server includes a database. The central server is configured to receive the identification code from the computing device and retrieve concentrate information corresponding to the identification code from the database. The central server is configured to transmit the concentrate information to the computing device for displaying to the user.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compliance database and management system for auditing, assessing, and tracking the compliance of companies and their suppliers and method for performing the same. A method for performing supply chain compliance includes collecting supply chain data, such as information about one or more suppliers, compiling (e.g., building) the supply chain data (e.g., into a database) and providing the compiled supply chain data so that the data is accessible to a user. The compiled supply chain data can be analyzed, filtered by one or more parameters, organized by one or more parameters, or a combination thereof by a user.

Abstract: A method for producing a thermal product with a consistent and designable thermal property is disclosed. The method comprises producing from a municipal waste a cellulose-based material stockpile and a plastic-based material stockpile; automatically measuring at least one physical property of the cellulose-based material stockpile and at least one physical property of the plastic-based material stockpile; based on the measurements of the at least one physical property the cellulose-based material stockpile and the measurements of the at least one physical property of the plastic-based material stockpile, automatically controlling mixing the cellulose-based material stockpile and the plastic-based material stockpile to form a mixture by adjusting a ratio of the cellulose-based material stockpile to the plastic-based material stockpile; and automatically heating and compressing the mixture to form the thermal product.

Abstract: Provided is a system and method for a dosing vaporizer. More specifically, an embodiment of the system includes a housing with a first end opposite from a second end. A mouthpiece disposed proximate to the first end, the mouthpiece structured and arranged to rotate about the first end. An attacher disposed proximate to the second end, the attacher structured and arranged for removable attachment to a power source. A reservoir of liquid concentrate is disposed within the housing. A vaporizer disposed proximate to the attacher and thermally isolated from the reservoir. A vapor conduit passes generally from the vaporizer through the housing to the mouthpiece. A metered rotation driven dispenser, coupled to the mouthpiece, applies a predetermined force upon the reservoir to dispense from the reservoir into the vaporizer a predetermined amount of liquid concentrate.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving from a client computing device a request to upload a multimedia file from the client computing device to a service. The method includes identifying transcoding servers configured to receive and transcode multimedia files from client computing devices and store the transcoded multimedia files. The method includes sending a reply to the client computing device that includes job configuration information that includes an access token authorizing the client computing device to access the transcoding servers. The information specifies upload policies that include failover instructions for if a failure occurs during an upload from the client computing device to a first of the transcoding servers. The failover instructions include sending the access token to the first of the transcoding servers to resume the upload or sending the access token to a second of the transcoding servers to restart the upload.

Abstract: A method may include receiving a consent-processing request at a consent management platform from a content-presentation device, and using an identifier string in the request to establish a secure interactive session configured for user selection of consent options associated with a particular consent package of the platform, where the package may include identifiers of consent features of a media distribution system that require user consent in order to be activated for the device. The platform may then receive, via the interactive session, user consent data including a respective consent choice for each of one or more consent options, where each respective consent choice indicates acceptance or rejection of consent to activating an associated consent feature identified with the particular consent package. The received respective consent choices may be stored in a database of the consent management platform. Corresponding data may be stored in a whitelist on the content-presentation device.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing user privacy information in a distributed fashion are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that may include receiving an identity with device information that is less sensitive and user information that is more sensitive. The user information may then be encrypted and stored on a repository, and indications of the encrypted device information and the encrypted user information may be stored on a distributed ledger. The method may further include enforcing a first access policy on the encrypted device information and a second access policy on encrypted user information.

Abstract: A bottle assembly has a bottle and a removable cap. The cap includes a nozzle and a vent arrangement. The vent arrangement can include a vent conduit that extends into an air cavity present at the bottom of the bottle assembly when the bottle assembly is inverted. The vent arrangement allows for pressure equalization within the bottom assembly in response to liquid being dispensed from the bottle assembly to permit high flow rates of the dispensed liquid without squeezing of the bottle.

Abstract: A method to control the temperature of an electromagnetic pump in an apparatus wherein a liquid metal is supplied through a feed tube from a container adapted to contain a liquid metal to an evaporator device in a vacuum chamber, wherein the temperature of the electromagnetic pump is controlled by controlling one or more of the force exerted on the liquid metal in the container, the current of the electromagnetic pump, and/or the strength of the magnet field of the electromagnetic pump.

Abstract: An apparatus to perform tests on fluid flow and configured to operate at field conditions includes one or more vessels and one or more sets of fluid injecting devices corresponding to respective ones of the one or more vessels. Each set of fluid injecting devices includes one or more fluid injecting devices each configured to inject a respective fluid through its respective vessel. The apparatus further includes one or more measurement devices operatively coupled to respective ones of the one or more vessels and configured to measure data associated with fluid flow of the one or more fluids injected into its respective vessel. The measured data comprises one or more of pressure gradient data and flow rate data. The apparatus is in communication with at least one processor configured to calculate a model based on the measured data. In calculating the model, the at least one processor is configured to infer one or more parameters for the model from the measured data.

Abstract: A toilet that includes a tank; a bowl; a mounting bracket comprising a base and three mounting locations; a valve having a valve body extending through the tank and an opening in the mounting bracket; a valve nut coupled to the valve body with the base of the mounting bracket retained between the tank and the valve nut; a flexible gasket disposed around the valve nut between the mounting bracket and the bowl; and three fasteners disposed externally to the tank, wherein each fastener extends through one mounting location and a hole in the bowl to couple the mounting bracket to the bowl; where the three mounting locations are arranged to provide both a pitch adjustment and a roll adjustment of the tank relative to the bowl about respective first and second axes m response to adjustment of one or more of the three fasteners.

Abstract: A system comprising a vaporizing device and a central server is described. The vaporizing device includes a housing and a cartridge, received within the housing, the cartridge including a predefined quantity of concentrate and an identification code associated with the concentrate and uniquely identifying the cartridge. The vaporizing device further includes a control unit configured to read the identification code. The vaporizing device further includes a communication unit configured to transmit the identification code to a computing device of a user. The central server includes a database. The central server is configured to receive the identification code from the computing device and retrieve concentrate information corresponding to the identification code from the database. The central server is configured to transmit the concentrate information to the computing device for displaying to the user.

Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper defining an interior void and a first cable movable in a tightening direction to move the upper into a tightened state and movable in a loosening direction to move the upper into a loosened state. The article of footwear also includes a tightening grip operable to be moved away from the upper in a first direction to move the first cable in the tightening direction and a cable lock operable in a locked state to restrict movement of the first cable in the loosening direction and operable in an unlocked state to permit movement of the first cable in the loosening direction. A release grip is operable to be moved away from the upper in a second direction to move the cable lock from the locked state to the unlocked state, whereby the release grip is separate from the tightening grip.

Abstract: A microfluidic device, including a controllable shape-changing micropillar where a shape of the shape-changing micropillar is changed by a fluid.

Abstract: In one aspect, space in a tile-unaware cache associated with an address aperture may be managed in different ways depending on whether a processing component initiating an access request through the aperture to a tile-based memory is tile-unaware or tile-aware. Upon a full-tile read by a tile-aware process, data may be evicted from the cache, or space may not be allocated. Upon a full-tile write by a tile-aware process, data may be evicted from the cache. In another aspect, a tile-unaware process may be supplemented with tile-aware features by generating a full tile of addresses in response to a partial-tile access. Upon a partial-tile read by the tile-unaware process, the generated addresses may be used to pre-fetch data. Upon a partial-tile write, the addresses may be used to evict data. Upon a bit block transfer, the addresses may be used in dividing the bit block transfer into units of tiles.

Abstract: The invention provides an oral extended release formulation for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression and treatment-resistant anxiety.

Abstract: A telephone call processor for processing telephone calls comprising voice signals and data signals, the call processor comprising a first telephone interface and a second telephone interface, the call processor being operable in a first mode and in a second mode. In the first mode, the call processor is adapted to receive voice signals and data signals at the first telephone interface and to transmit voice signals and data signals via the second telephone interface. In the second mode, the call processor is adapted to receive voice signals and data signals at the first telephone interface, to block data signals from being transmitted via the second telephone interface and optionally to transmit voice signals via the second telephone interface.