Abstract: A bulk material handling method includes: a) receiving and pneumatically conveying bulk material via pressurized dilute phase, dense phase, and/or hybrid dilute/dense phase, and/or vacuum drawn conveyance into bulk material containers; b) storing the bulk material in the containers; c) dispensing the bulk material from the containers into a bulk material transporter; d) transporting the transporter from the containers to a bulk material transmitting vessel; and e) discharging the bulk material from the transporter into the transmitting vessel, including releasing the bulk material from the transporter into the transmitting vessel, and pneumatically transmitting the bulk material out of the transmitting vessel to downstream bulk material processing equipment. Discharging also may include rejecting the bulk material from the transporter to a waste container. A related system, subsystems, and apparatuses are also disclosed.

Abstract: Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for determining a positioning of sensors in a wound dressing are disclosed. In some embodiments, a wound monitoring and/or therapy system can include a wound dressing and a plurality of sensors configured to measure one or more wound characteristics. The wound monitor system can also include at least one positioning device configured to indicate position and/or orientation in the wound of a sensor of the plurality of sensors. In some embodiments, a detector can be configured to determine, based on the positioning data, the position and/or orientation in the wound of the sensor of the plurality of sensors. In some embodiments, the plurality of sensors can be positioned on a strip or string of material in communication with the positioning device.

Abstract: A log splitter includes a chassis having a support table configured to support a log to be split, a splitter screw having a generally conical shape and mounted to a rotatable screw shaft that is supported by the chassis, and a drive assembly configured to rotate the shaft to impart rotational movement to the splitter screw about a screw axis. The drive assembly includes a motor coupled to the screw shaft via a constant velocity transmission (CVT) (also known as continuously variable transmission). The CVT can provide both high speed and high torque during the splitting process as required to split the log. A fall restriction bar helps restrict a person from accidentally falling onto the splitter screw. An engine-kill bar is pivotally mounted to the chassis. A log-rotation stop mechanism is configured to restrict rotation of a log that gets stuck on the splitter screw.

Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a system comprising a portable device executing a mobile application; and a rack controller without a display unit, the rack controller comprising a base unit. The base unit includes a processor configured to execute software that directs the processor to interact with the mobile application to show information and receive user input associated with the rack controller and at least one of rack and patching equipment installed in one or more racks even if there is not a display unit coupled to the base unit. In additional embodiments, a rack controller is configured to determine whether each rack controller interface is connected to another rack controller as a function of a respective sense signal developed by the termination circuit associated with said rack controller interface. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass-ceramic articles including a crystalline phase comprising a jeffbenite crystalline structure. The glass-ceramic articles may include a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a perimeter defining a shape of the glass-ceramic article. The glass-ceramic articles may further include a phase assemblage comprising one or more crystalline phases and a glass phase. The one or more crystalline phases may include a crystalline phase having the jeffbenite crystalline structure.

Abstract: An apparatus for preparing custom-ordered beverages is disclosed. The apparatus includes cup dispensers, beverage dispensing systems having dispensing heads, two cup-transfer mechanisms, two pick-up stations, and a disposal bin. Each of the pick-up stations includes a conveyer and a set of beverage pick-up windows. The first cup-transfer mechanism transports a cup from a cup dispenser to a dispensing head to fill the cup with beverage. The second cup-transfer mechanism transports the cup with filled beverage to one of two pick-up stations. A conveyer at one of the two pick-stations moves the cup with filled beverage and stops to present it at each pick-up window at one of the two pick-stations. If a customer does not pick the cup within an allocated amount of time, it will be dropped into the disposal bin.

Abstract: A modular cooking apparatus is disclosed. The modular cooking apparatus includes a housing for containing a first and second interchangeable cooking modules. The first interchangeable cooking module contains a first oven, and the second interchangeable cooking module contains a second oven. The second oven is different from the first oven. The modular cooking apparatus also includes a control panel for receiving cooking inputs, a controller for controlling the first and second interchangeable cooking modules, and a single power plug for receiving electrical power from a wall outlet.

Abstract: A device for the ionization of gaseous media, comprising a feed channel (101) having a gas feed, a distribution channel (104) having at least one gas outlet, and at least one ionization unit (304), wherein the at least one ionization unit (304) is designed as a connecting channel from the feed channel (101) to the distribution channel (104) and is provided with an electrode (102) and an associated counter electrode (106). The electrode (102) is configured to ionize gas flowing through the ionization unit (304) from the feed channel (101) to the distribution channel (104), wherein the gas flows around the electrode (102), and the at least one gas outlet is designed in the form of one or more nozzles (107) or a plurality of openings (107).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is glass-ceramic and glass-ceramic articles including a crystalline phase comprising a jeffbenite crystalline structure, glass that may be cerammed to become such, and methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: Disclosed communication flow modeling solution is significantly streamlined in a user friendly way to shield users from the technical complexities usually required. At design time, an orchestration flow modeling application receives user instruction to open or create a communication flow modeling project. Per configuration specific to an enterprise associated with the user, a custom drag-and-drop communication flow modeling environment with a canvas and modeling entities is provided. Responsive to the user dragging and dropping a set of modeling entities from the menu onto the communication flow modeling canvas and drawing connections between them, the orchestration flow modeling application logically connects the modeling entities to form a valid communication flow and stores it in a database. The communication flow undergoes an approval process. Once approved, it is activated for execution by an orchestration server.

Abstract: Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for determining a positioning of sensors in a wound dressing are disclosed. In some embodiments, a wound monitoring and/or therapy system can include a wound dressing and a plurality of sensors configured to measure one or more wound characteristics. The wound monitor system can also include at least one positioning device configured to indicate position and/or orientation in the wound of a sensor of the plurality of sensors. In some embodiments, a detector can be configured to determine, based on the positioning data, the position and/or orientation in the wound of the sensor of the plurality of sensors. In some embodiments, the plurality of sensors can be positioned on a strip or string of material in communication with the positioning device.

Abstract: The use of a combination of a first polymer and a second polymer as a taste-masking agent for an active pharmaceutical ingredient in an amorphous form and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof wherein the active pharmaceutical agent is selected from NSAIDs wherein the active pharmaceutical ingredient and the combination of the first polymer and the second polymer are in the form of a solidified melt extrudate.

Abstract: The invention provides an inhaler with a monitor having one or more sensors, wherein the monitor and the inhaler comprise a mounting mechanism that is configurable so that the monitor can be either detachably or permanently attached to the inhaler. The mounting mechanism may comprise a configurable male mounting member having a primary clip member and a secondary clip member, and a corresponding female mounting member which is a slot. The design provides both the removable and the fixed options, and only a simple additional step is necessary during assembly to select the desired configuration.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods of detecting cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in biological samples and using it to quantify organ damage and identify pathogens. In some aspects, the biological samples are from patients who have undergone solid-organ transplantation. The disclosure is also directed to methods of detecting and analyzing methylation patterns in cell-free DNA from organ transplant patients to identify the presence of pathogens as well as quantify contributing tissue proportions as a measurement of the host response.

Abstract: The invention provides a document holder (10), which can be used flat or standing. The document holder (10) includes a document receiving member (15), and a foldable flexible panel (22), which includes a first member (28) and a second member (30), wherein the first member (28) and second member (30) are configured to be folded rearwards and inwards and to be joined together to define a stand. The foldable flexible panel (22) is partially attached to the back of the document receiving member (15), such that to configure the document holder (10) as a standing document holder the foldable panel (22) folds rearwards and inwards relative to the back of the document receiving member (15), wherein the first and second members (28, 30) are joined together to create a substantially triangular base member, which extends rearward, thereby providing a stand for the document holder (10).

Abstract: A dry powder inhaler which contains a blister pack, such as a blister strip, is provided. The blister pack has a plurality of blisters, and a blister, or group of blisters, provides a dose of powdered medicament for inhalation. The blister pack has non-numerical indicia which encode an individual, unique number that is associated with each dose. The inhaler is adapted for mounting a monitor. The monitor comprises one or more sensors, such as optical sensors, for reading the non-numerical indicia on the blister pack.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods of detecting cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in biological samples and using it to quantify organ damage and identify pathogens. In some aspects, the biological samples are from patients who have undergone solid-organ transplantation. The disclosure is also directed to methods of detecting and analyzing methylation patterns in cell-free DNA from organ transplant patients to identify the presence of pathogens as well as quantify contributing tissue proportions as a measurement of the host response.

Abstract: A polymer composition includes: (a) a propylene-based polymer having a melt mass-flow rate of ?5.0 and ?90.0 g/10 min; and (b) ?5.0 and ?30.0 wt %, with regard to the total weight of the polymer composition, of an ethylene-based polymer having: a melt mass-flow rate of 3.0 and ?30.0 g/10 min; a density of ?840 and ?870 kg/m3; and a content of ?25.0 and ?50.0 wt % of moieties derived from 1-octene, with regard to the total weight of the ethylene-based polymer. Such polymer composition demonstrates improved low temperature impact strength, determined as Izod impact strength at ?40° C. and/or at ?30° C., as well as desirable toughness, determined as tensile modulus, whilst having good flowability in injection moulding and thereby allowing complex, thin-walled objects to be shaped.

Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a system comprising a portable device executing a mobile application; and a rack controller without a display unit, the rack controller comprising a base unit. The base unit includes a processor configured to execute software that directs the processor to interact with the mobile application to show information and receive user input associated with the rack controller and at least one of rack and patching equipment installed in one or more racks even if there is not a display unit coupled to the base unit. In additional embodiments, a rack controller is configured to determine whether each rack controller interface is connected to another rack controller as a function of a respective sense signal developed by the termination circuit associated with said rack controller interface. Other embodiments are disclosed.