Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes: a build enclosure having an upper platform defining a planar worksurface and an inner side wall extending downwardly from the upper platform, the inner side wall defining a build chamber; an actuator in sealing engagement with the inner side wall and configured to move vertically along the inner side wall; and a build platform releasably secured to the actuator.

Abstract: A cargo management system is provided comprising an air cushion cargo shuttle, an air cushion cargo shuttle, an air blower configured to blow air beneath the air cushion cargo shuttle and a shuttle drive unit that interacts with a linear guide rail and configured to cause linear motion, wherein the shuttle drive unit is configured for self-propulsion.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for determining a mobility of ions. The method includes the steps of modulating an ion beam with an ion gate which is controlled by a modulation function for generating a modulated ion beam, of guiding the modulated ion beam through a drifting region, of measuring a signal of the modulated ion beam after the modulated ion beam has passed the drifting region and of calculating a correlation of the modulation function and the signal in order to determine the mobility of the ions. The apparatus includes the ion gate, the drifting region through which the modulated ion beam is guidable, a detector by which the signal of the modulated ion beam is measurable after the modulated ion beam has passed the drifting region and a calculation unit by which the correlation of the modulation function and the signal is calculable in order to determine the mobility of the ions. An autocorrelation of the modulation function is a two-valued function.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a polymer waveguide having a doped region, with amplifying dopant, separating a first un-doped region and a second un-doped region. The doped region being doped with an amplifying dopant. An optical pump source illuminates the doped region to allow light to transmit from the first un-doped region to the second un-doped region.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH146959. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH146959, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH146959 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH146959.

Abstract: A center mass bell apparatus, comprising: a main body shaped substantially like a hollow sphere with spherical caps removed in a same central axis of the body to create two opposing openings and where the main body is balanced in at least three dimensions from a center point of the sphere; and, a hand hold traversing centrally through the hollow of the spherical main body.

Abstract: The present application relates to solid state forms, for example, crystalline forms of 2?-C-methyluridine-5?-(O-phenyl-N—(S)-1-(isopropoxycarbonyl)ethyl)thiophosphoramidate, pharmaceutical compositions that can include one or more solid forms of 2?-C-methyluridine-5?-(O-phenyl-N—(S)-1-(isopropoxycarbonyl)ethyl)thiophosphoramidate, and methods of treating or ameliorating diseases and/or conditions with one or more solid forms of 2?-C-methyluridine-5?-(O-phenyl-N—(S)-1-(isopropoxycarbonyl)ethyl)thiophosphoramidate. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating diseases and/or conditions with one or more solid forms of 2?-C-methyluridine-5?-(O-phenyl-N—(S)-1-(isopropoxycarbonyl)ethyl)thiophosphoramidate in combination with one or more other agents.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method which comprises the steps of providing a plate (2) made of a micromachinable material, forming the timepiece component (1) with at least one attachment (3) for keeping the component attached to the rest of the plate (2), by etching the plate (2); and creating, along a desired breakage line of the attachment, a pre-detachment area (4) comprising at least one gap (5) obtained by etching into the body of the plate (2).

Abstract: The present invention discloses an interspinous process fusion device, a method of fabricating the interspinous process fusion device, and a surgical method for maintaining a space between two spinous processes in a spine of a patient using the fusion device. The interspinous process fusion device including a distal tip member, a middle plate, a proximal plate, an elongate member, and a plurality of movable wings. The elongate member having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the first and second end. The distal tip member is connected to the first end of the elongate member, the proximal plate is connected to the second end of the elongate member, and the middle plate and plurality of wings are positioned intermediate the distal tip member and the proximal plate along the longitudinal axis to form the interspinous process fusion device assembly.

Abstract: A symmetrically-bidirectional power bipolar transistor having, on both surfaces of a semiconductor die, an n-type emitter/collector region which is completely surrounded by a first recessed field plate, which is itself completely surrounded by a p-type region including p+ contact areas. All of the p-type region is preferably bordered and surrounded by a second recessed field plate trench. The second recessed field plate trench is itself surrounded by an n-type region which is wholly or partially made of the same diffusion as the emitter/collector regions, but which is not connected to the metallization which connects the emitter/collector regions to extermal terminals.

Abstract: A cleat for footwear. The cleat includes a base layer that attaches to the outsole of the footwear, a cushioning layer and a traction element layer. The traction element layer is attached to the base layer solely by the cushioning layer. Each of the cleat layers provides friction with the ground when the cleat engages the ground. The durometer of the base layer and the durometer of the traction element layer are greater than the durometer of the cushioning layer. When a user steps on a surface wearing a shoe outfitted with these cleats, the resilience of the cushioning layer at once both lessens the impact of the traction elements on the ground surface and lessens the reaction force on the user's foot transmitted through the shoe's outsole. The user's comfort is thereby enhanced.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are conformable protection pads, which can be integrated into articles such as clothing and protective cases.

Abstract: Provided is a method of using a computer system to manage a remote laser emitting apparatus used in medical treatments, including the computer system receiving, through computer data communication, apparatus identification information associated with a remotely located laser emitting apparatus, and user identification information associated with a user of the laser emitting apparatus, the computer system storing the apparatus identification information and user identification information, the computer system correlating, in response to receiving data regarding a purchase of one or more treatment credits by the user, the purchased treatment credits to the laser emitting apparatus associated with the user, and the computer system communicating the purchased treatment credits to the laser emitting apparatus through computer data communication, wherein the purchased treatment credits authorize the laser emitting apparatus to perform a number of treatments corresponding to the purchased treatment credits.

Abstract: The invention details a plate (as in a divider wall or bulkhead) that separates two or more foods inside of a cooking pot, saucepan, slow cooker, or frying pan while the food is being cooked. A plate divider that allows you to be able to cook two or more different foods or meals in the same pot or pan without their contents being mixed together. Each of the different foods remains in the boundary or perimeter of the pan and the plate while the food is being cooked and they do not leak into each other. The Multi-Cavity Cooking Device: Prevents from having to use so many pots and pans while cooking; Saves time by not having to wash so many dishes; Helps keep so many dirty pots and pans from cluttering up; Saves money by not having to buy so many pots and pans.

Abstract: Technologies are presented herein in support of a system and method for performing fingerprint recognition. Embodiments of the present invention concern a system and method for capturing a user's biometric features and generating an identifier characterizing the user's biometric features using a mobile device such as a smartphone. The biometric identifier is generated using imagery captured of a plurality of fingers of a user for the purposes of authenticating/identifying the user according to the captured biometrics and determining the user's liveness. The present disclosure also describes additional techniques for preventing erroneous authentication caused by spoofing. In some examples, the anti-spoofing techniques may include capturing one or more images of a user's fingers and analyzing the captured images for indications of liveness.

Abstract: Systems, software, and methods for managing networks of connected electronic devices are described. In one example, network management policy and network management applications are transferred automatically upon detection and identification of a new device, protocol or application on the network. In another example, information related to at least one aspect of the network is obtained by an NMAS, and at least one applicable management policy is identified by the NMAS; and the identified policy is used to manage at least one aspect of the network's operation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising: an expansion machine for generating mechanical energy by expanding vapor of a working medium; a generator connected to a shaft of the expansion machine and used for generating electric energy from mechanical energy of the expansion machine; wherein the expansion machine and the generator form a structural unit with an exhaust vapor chamber between the expansion machine and the generator, and wherein, when the expansion machine is in operation, working medium expanded into the exhaust vapor chamber contacts the generator; and means for feeding, in particular injecting, a liquid working medium into the exhaust vapor chamber. The invention also relates to an ORC device comprising the device according to the present invention and to a method for operating the device according to the present invention.

Abstract: A method and associated systems for anti-collocating multiple virtual entities in a cloud-computing environment. A computerized cloud-configuration system receives a list of virtual machines to be placed in a cloud and a set of anti-collocation rules that identify combinations of machines that may not be placed in a same location. Each virtual machine is assigned a priority and the machines are organized into groups as a function these priorities. The groups are processed sequentially in priority order, and a color is assigned to each virtual machine in each group. Any machine not constrained by an anti-collocation rule is assigned a default “most popular” color. Constrained machines are each assigned a color that is not already used by any other machine with which it is anti-collocated. The virtual machines in each group are then placed in the cloud in order of color, with the populous colors being assigned first.

Abstract: A data leak protection system and methods thereof are described that identify and analyze a digital fingerprint for a data package, the digital fingerprint characterizing the data package based on a corpus of data within the data package. In one embodiment, an asset descriptor is configured to identify one or more assets within the corpus of data while a contextual analyzer frames the one or more assets into the prevailing contextual environment. Then, a domain identifier further identifies a data perimeter based on the assets identified for the prevailing contextual environment. A comparison of the digital fingerprint to a collection of domain specific identifiers allows further actions responsive to a digital fingerprint falling outside of the data perimeter for an identified contextual environment. In one example, a data leak triggers quarantining of the data package for further manual processing.

Abstract: A holder for a product package includes a substrate having an inside surface, with opposing end portions of the substrate being folded upwards. The holder also includes a securing member disposed on at least one of the end portions, the securing member configured to secure the product package within the end portions of the substrate. The holder also includes a RFID tag disposed on the substrate.