Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments relating generally to a system for lifting water from an aquifer formation by drilling a u-shaped well through the aquifer formation, which comprises a water well screen within the aquifer formation with an inner production string with a series of check valves within the aquifer formation that allow water from the aquifer to flow from the water well screen and into the production string while preventing the water from leaving the production string, and then uses air pressure to force the water through a larger check valve in the production string, so that it may be collected in a surface tank. When not extracting water from the aquifer formation, the system allows treated water to be pumped into the outer casing and back into the aquifer, thereby recharging the aquifer formation with water.

Abstract: If a user enters a bed, a sensor in the pump of the bed can detect the user's presence in the bed.

Abstract: Molds or mold inserts are implemented or installed in a mold apparatus for forming a polymeric product such as a tubing. The mold includes an outer component and an inner component. The outer component defines a first inner cavity having a first diameter, and the inner component is disposed at least partially inside the inner cavity of the outer component. The inner component has an inner surface which defines a second inner cavity having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter. In certain examples, the inner component is a single unitary piece. In some examples, the inner component includes a first subcomponent and a second subcomponent that couple together to define the second inner cavity through which a polymeric material is configured to pass during formation of the polymeric product.

Abstract: A cable management system for managing cables associated with an array of solar modules includes a body having an interior surface extending vertically, a lower flange extending directly from the interior surface of the body, and a cable management flange extending directly from the interior surface of the body above the lower flange. The cable management flange and the lower flange define a cable cavity therebetween for retaining at least one cable. Distal ends of the lower flange and the cable management flange define an opening for inserting the at least one cable into the cable cavity. The cable management flange is arranged to engage the at least one cable and secure the at least one cable in the cable cavity. The cable management flange is flexible to accept and retain the at least one cable.

Abstract: Methods and systems for ultrasound-based urodynamic evaluation are presented in the present disclosure. Pre-void and post-void ultrasound data of a bladder is acquired, in addition to a dynamic acquisition during voiding on a sagittal plane that encompasses the bladder, bladder neck and proximal urethra. The dynamic acquisition may be an ultrasound cine scan or a uroflowmetry measurement during voiding. Using semiautomatic segmentation, the volumes are quantified and virtual models are generated. Similarly, the ultrasound cine sagittal images are segmented to determine the deformation pattern of the bladder during voiding. Using an algorithm, a volume interpolation between pre and post void volumes is performed using the deformation profile obtained from the dynamic sagittal images as a constraint. Resolved bladder volumes are then analyzed using a computational fluid dynamics algorithm to derive flow rates and pressures and to calculate indices of contractility (BCI) and bladder obstruction (BOOI).

Abstract: An adjustment pin for an exercise device includes a knob, a bushing, and a cylindrical body. The bushing partially inserts into the knob and a fastener passes through the bushing to connect to the knob with a threaded connection. The fastener connects the bushing to the knob with a rotatable connection such that the knob and the bushing can rotate with respect to each other. The cylindrical body securely connects to the bushing such that the knob is indirectly and rotatably connected to the cylindrical body. The knob can rotate without unscrewing from the adjustment pin.

Abstract: A tracker mount includes a fastener assembly, a sleeve assembly to be disposed over the fastener assembly, and a tracker interface coupled to the sleeve assembly and configured to removably attach to a tracker. The fastener assembly includes a fastener adapted to be attached to a bone and a first keying feature. The sleeve assembly includes a sleeve, which includes a body defining a channel including a second keying feature to interface with the first keying feature to prevent rotation of the sleeve relative to the fastener assembly. The sleeve assembly includes an engagement feature at a distal part of the sleeve to engage a surface of the bone.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented system within an e-commerce platform may receive and analyse digital images of scenes in order to generate a recommendation for one or more products offered for sale by a merchant. For example, a user may use their device to capture an image of a room that the user wishes to furnish, and the system may use a trained machine learning algorithm to recommend a product to be placed in the room. The recommended product may be superimposed on the image of the room.

Abstract: A stretch laminate is disclosed. The stretch laminate may include a layer of nonwoven material that includes an accumulation of filaments and has an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer surface having an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone having an attenuated region adjacent to a build-up region wherein the attenuated region has a first basis weight and the build-up region has a second basis weight greater than the first basis weight, the difference in basis weights corresponding to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement. The stretch laminate may include a plurality of elastic strands space apart from each other in a crotch-stretch direction. In some examples the elastic strands may have an Average Strand Spacing no greater than 3 mm and/or an Average Decitex no greater than 300, and/or an Average Pre-Strain no greater than 250 percent.

Abstract: A bladder for an article of footwear includes a chamber having (i) an arcuate segment extending from a first transition to a second transition, (ii) a first plurality of elongate segments extending in a first direction from the first transition to a first terminal end, and (iii) a second plurality of elongate segments spaced apart from the first plurality of elongate segments and extending in the first direction from the second transition to a second terminal end. The bladder also includes a web area connecting the arcuate segment, the first plurality of elongate segments, and the second plurality of elongate segments and extending to a terminal edge spaced apart from each of the first terminal end and the second terminal end.

Abstract: Spray drift reductants for agrochemical formulations and methods for reducing spray drift in agrochemical formulations are disclosed. An agrochemical formulation may comprise at least one spray drift reductant comprising a fatty acid ester of a C3 to C8 polyol, or an oligomer thereof having from 2 to 5 repeat units. The formulation also comprises at least one agrochemical active and/or nutrient, and optionally, a clathrate compound. A sprayable agrochemical formulation may comprise 0.01 wt. % to 1.0 wt. % of a spray drift reductant that is non-ionic, non-self-emulsifiable, has a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of less than 7, and is capable of reducing spray drift by at least 10%, and also comprises at least on agrochemical active and/or nutrient, and optionally, a clathrate compound.

Abstract: The exemplary embodiments may provide a collective insulating sleeve for a plurality of chromatography columns or may provide separate insulating sleeve for each of the chromatography columns in a plurality. As a result, column ovens are not needed, and pre-heaters may not be required for each chromatography column in some exemplary embodiments. Thus, parallel column arrangements in the exemplary embodiments may be more compact than conventional arrangements.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a question recommendation system that intelligently optimizes a survey being created by a user by providing customized suggestions. For example, in one or more embodiments, the question recommendation system provides a suggested question based on questions previous added by a user while creating a survey. In particular, the question recommendation system provides various recommendations to the user to further optimize a survey being created. For instance, the question recommendation system provides recommendations with respect to improving question ordering, question phrasing, and question type as well as recommends removing potentially inefficient questions.

Abstract: An electrical gutter includes a first side configured as a back side and a second side coupled to the first side at a first corner, and is a bottom side. The gutter includes a third side coupled to the first side at a second corner and a fourth side couplable to the second side and the third side at an edge of the second side and of the third side opposite the first corner and the second corner. The gutter includes an end piece coupled to each of two ends of the sides. Each of the end pieces includes an endcap or joint section. The joint section connects to an additional electrical gutter. The gutter includes two or more weep holes and a liquid channeling system configured to channel liquid to the weep holes. The channeling system includes one or more channels along joints between the sides and end pieces.

Abstract: The subject technology provides a framework for a trusted device to modify a security state of a target device (e.g., not fully unlocking the target device by activating biometric authentication at the target device) based on a secure ranging operation. The subject technology enables the trusted device to establish a secure and authenticated connection with the target device that is used to activate biometric authentication at the target device. The biometric authentication may fully unlock the target device. The trusted device may be able to activate the biometric authentication at the target device when the trusted device is in an unlocked state, or even when the trusted device is in a locked state so long as less than a threshold amount of time has passed since the trusted device was last unlocked.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing a premises are described. A premises or devices at a premises may be associated with one or more premises zones. The one or more premises zones may be associated with corresponding content. If data is received from a device associated with a particular premises zone, then the content may be output. The content may be used to notify a user of an event, state change, or other indication associated with the particular premises zone.

Abstract: A turning grating coupler device comprises a waveguide core layer including a grating structure and an output slab adjoined with the grating structure. The grating structure comprises an array of sub-waveguides substantially parallel to each other along a first propagation direction. Each of the sub-waveguides has opposing sidewalls, and a width of each sub-waveguide is defined by a distance between the sidewalls. The width of each sub-waveguide is varied such that each of the sidewalls has a periodic structure that produces a sidewall periodic modulation that is out of phase with respective sidewall periodic modulations of adjacent neighboring sub-waveguides. An input edge is configured to receive a light beam from a source and direct the beam into the array of sub-waveguides in the first propagation direction. The sub-waveguides are configured to diffract the beam into the output slab in a second propagation direction substantially perpendicular to the first propagation direction.

Abstract: A valve can include a valve body, a rotatable gate, a neck extending from the valve body, a shaft extending from the rotatable gate and through the neck, and a seal assembly configured to rotatably seal the shaft to the neck. The seal assembly can include a first stage seal having a first working temperature and coupled to the shaft at a first stage seal location, and a second stage seal having a second working temperature and coupled to the shaft at a second stage seal location farther from the valve body than the first stage seal location. The first working temperature can be higher than the second working temperature, and the seal locations and the first stage seal can be configured to prevent a second stage operating temperature at the second stage seal location from exceeding the second working temperature.

Abstract: A rod connector is provided, including two connecting bodies and an operation member. The two connecting bodies are arranged in a first direction and each include an insertion portion and at least one engaging portion which includes an extension section and a protrusion. A side of the extension section is perpendicular to the first direction and connected to the insertion portion, and the protrusion protruding in the first direction from the extension section. The operation member is screwed to the insertion portion of one of the two connecting bodies and movable in the first direction to abut against the insertion portion of the other of the two connecting bodies. Rotation of the operation member drives the two connecting bodies to move in the first direction between a first position and a second position.