Abstract: A rotor blade for a wind turbine includes a first blade segment and a second blade segment extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint. Each of the first and second blade segments includes at least one shell member defining an airfoil surface. The rotor blade also includes one or more pin joints for connecting the first and second blade segments at the chord-wise joint. The pin joint(s) includes one or more pin joint tubes received within the pin joint slot(s). The pin joint slot(s) are secured within a bearing block. Further, a gap is defined between the pin joint slot(s) and the bearing block. Moreover, the rotor blade includes a shim within the gap between the pin joint slot(s) and the bearing block so as to retain the pin joint slot(s) within the bearing block. In addition, the shim is constructed of a liquid material that hardens after being poured into the gap.

Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for workflow service email integration. In some examples, an email application executed on a client device receives an email message that includes a workflow micro application. The workflow micro application has a workflow information component, and evaluation component, and a workflow actions component. The evaluation component identifies a presence or an absence of a management software development kit (SDK) on the client device. The email application renders a user interface that shows or hides a workflow actions interface area based on the presence or absence of the management SDK.

Abstract: A retrograde intramedullary nail for insertion in the medullary canal of a femur includes a body that is elongate and defines a leading end and a trailing end spaced from each other at a length sufficient to extend from an intercondylar region at least to a subtrochanteric region of the femur. The body further defines a leading portion that extends to the leading end. The leading portion defines at least one locking hole configured to receive a fixation member. The at least one locking hole defines a central hole axis that is oriented to extend through the neck and head of the femur.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to generate and utilize an automated document parser for parsing documents exchanged as part of fulfillment of historical component orders by a given supplier in a supply chain for first and second organizations to identify first and second organization-specific component identifiers utilized by the first and second organizations and a given supplier-specific component identifier utilized by the given supplier for a given component.

Abstract: Disclosed are approaches for autonomously regulating grid edge devices (GEDs). In one embodiment, an average reactive power value is determined, corresponding to reactive power generated by a GED over a time interval. An average voltage value is determined, corresponding to voltage received by the GED over the time interval. A setpoint voltage for the GED is updated based at least in part on the average reactive power value and a difference between the setpoint voltage and the average voltage value that exceeds a voltage threshold value.

Abstract: A joint segmenting and ASR model includes an encoder and decoder. The encoder configured to: receive a sequence of acoustic frames characterizing one or more utterances; and generate, at each output step, a higher order feature representation for a corresponding acoustic frame. The decoder configured to: receive the higher order feature representation and generate, at each output step: a probability distribution over possible speech recognition hypotheses, and an indication of whether the corresponding output step corresponds to an end of speech segment. The j oint segmenting and ASR model trained on a set of training samples, each training sample including: audio data characterizing a spoken utterance; and a corresponding transcription of the spoken utterance, the corresponding transcription having an end of speech segment ground truth token inserted into the corresponding transcription automatically based on a set of heuristic-based rules and exceptions applied to the training sample.

Abstract: Intelligent prediction techniques for equipment manufacturing management are disclosed. For example, a method comprises obtaining: (i) a structured description of at least one of components and processes associated with manufacturing of equipment in accordance with a given design; (ii) first manufacturing-related data from one or more potential manufacturing entities for the equipment; and (iii) second manufacturing-related data representing at least one of current attributes and historical attributes associated with manufacturing equipment at least similar to the equipment of the given design. The method then applies one or more prediction models based on at least portions of the obtained structured description, the first manufacturing-related data, and the second manufacturing-related data to compute a predicted attribute associated with manufacturing the equipment.

Abstract: Embodiments herein describe preventing a pluggable module from connecting to a chassis until ensuring there is no damage on the pluggable module, the chassis, or both. In one embodiment, the chassis includes a blocking element that prevents or blocks the pluggable module from mating with the chassis. The chassis can also include a camera for capturing an image of the pluggable module to determine whether there is damage to its connection elements (e.g., pins). If not, the chassis can release the locking pin to permit the pluggable module to mate with connection elements on the chassis.

Abstract: A method comprising: identifying an order for a product; dividing the order into order portions and assigning each of the order portions to a different respective supplier; adjusting each of the order portions based on a capacity of the respective supplier to which the order portion is assigned; and returning the order portions after the order portions have been adjusted, wherein adjusting any given one of the order portions includes identifying a term that is associated with the given order portion, dividing the given order portion into a plurality of daily quantities that correspond to different respective days in the term, and reducing any given one of the daily quantities that fails to meet a corresponding daily capacity of the respective supplier to which the given order portion is assigned.

Abstract: The present invention is a highly available system comprising a system to send a plurality of bootstrap requests, at least one cloud proxy fit to receive the plurality of bootstrap requests, wherein each instance of the at least one cloud proxy is coupled with an adapter, and at least one host fit to communicate with one of the at least one cloud proxy.

Abstract: The current invention discloses enzyme-based compositions for converting raw natural fibres from plant derived biomass into high quality textile grade fibres. The invention discloses at least one multi-component enzymatic formulation, and the optimal conditions for using these enzymatic formulations, which result in production of textile grade fibres from raw natural fibres. These textile grade fibres can be used in any industry, because of their high-quality parameters, and high spinnability index.

Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for a medic system to respond to a medical condition of a vehicle occupant. A method according to some embodiments is executed by a processor. The method also includes determining, by the processor, that a driver of an ego vehicle is experiencing a debilitating medical condition. The method also includes overriding a protocol to decrease an autonomy level of the ego vehicle responsive to inattentiveness of the driver to a driving interface of the ego vehicle so that the driver can be inattentive to the driving interface and the autonomy level is not decreased. The method also includes modifying an operation of an autonomous driving system of the ego vehicle to increase the autonomy level of the ego vehicle to decrease a driving responsibility of the driver responsive to the debilitating medical condition.

Abstract: A lithium-ion battery may include a lithium-free cathode, a lithiated anode, and a separator/electrolyte between the lithium-free cathode and the lithiated anode. The lithium-free cathode may include FeOF and MnO2. The FeOF may be in the form of nanorods, and the MnO2 may be in the form of monolayer nanosheets. The FeOF nanorods may be sandwiched or wrapped by the monolayer MnO2 nanosheets.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for performing communications between devices using various aspects of Ethernet standards. As further described herein, a protocol is disclosed that may be used for communications between devices, where the communications take place over a physical connection complying with Ethernet standards. Such a protocol may enable reliable and in-order delivery of frames between devices, while following Ethernet physical layer rules, Ethernet symbol encoding, Ethernet lane alignment, and/or Ethernet frame formats.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated accident analysis such as automatic multi-device accident detection and verification, automated multi-device information capture, and automated geospatial and geo-relational digital scene recreation.

Abstract: A system for correcting class III malocclusions is disclosed. The system may include a maxilla appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of the maxilla and a first coupling for receiving an elastic. The system may also include a mandibular appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of the mandible. In some embodiments, the system includes a class III corrective appliance having a first mount shaped to engage with the mandibular arch of the patient and having a second coupling shaped to receive the elastic.

Abstract: Certain embodiments disclosed herein reduce or eliminate a communication bottleneck at the storage manager by reducing communication with the storage manager while maintaining functionality of an information management system. In some implementations, a client obtains information for enabling a secondary storage job (e.g., a backup or restore) from a storage manager and stores the information (which may be referred to as job metadata) in a local cache. The client may then reuse the job metadata for multiple storage jobs reducing the frequency of communication with the storage manager. When a configuration of the information management system changes, or the availability of resources changes, the storage manager can push updates to the job metadata to the clients. Further, a client can periodically request updated job metadata from the storage manager ensuring that the client does not rely on out-of-date job metadata.

Abstract: A method and system for authenticating a payment transaction. The method includes receiving a request for verifying a phone number associated with a Subscriber Identification Module card from a merchant application installed in the user device. Further, obtaining a first key from at least one of a server associated with a manufacturer of the user device and a network server. Furthermore, generating a first cryptogram based on at least one of the phone number and a unique identification value associated with the user device using the first key, wherein the first cryptogram is provided to the server associated with the manufacturer for verification. Upon verification of the first cryptogram, the method includes receiving a second cryptogram from the server associated with the manufacturer, wherein the merchant application provides the second cryptogram and payment transaction details to an issuer server for authentication of the payment transaction.

Abstract: Method, systems and apparatuses provides for technology that provides a decentralized network. The technology includes a managing node that generates a list of a plurality of compute nodes that are within a tier. The technology further includes a first compute node providing compute resources for other nodes to utilize. The first compute node conducts a determination that the first compute node is within the tier based at least in part on the compute resources, and sends a notification to the managing node to add the first compute node to the list based on the determination. The technology also includes a client node conducting an identification of the tier based on a compute capacity that is predicted to be utilized to execute one or more tasks associated with the client node. The client node identifies the managing node based on the identification and requests the list from the managing node.

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring chain health of a chain having multiple links in a closed loop, as the chain cycles. The system includes: a camera statically positioned with respect to the chain, the camera configured to generate a frame to include a link from among the multiple links; and a controller module operationally coupled to the camera and programmed to repeat the steps of: receiving the frame; converting the frame to a black and white frame with a high-contrast; identifying a link type of the link in the black and white frame based on referencing a plurality of predefined skyline templates; and, storing the link with the link type and a respective temporal marker in a cache, storing a sequence. The system continues until discovering that the chain has cycled back to the starting link, identifies a type of chain for the chain, and fingerprints the chain.