Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments of systems for drilling and operating a well which may have dual uses. The well may be drilled and operated as a geothermal well using a hybrid approach where a heat transfer fluid is injected into a hot rock formation but is not removed, and heat is extracted using a closed loop method. The geothermal well is then evaluated for use as a carbon dioxide sequestration well. In other embodiments, the well is drilled as a carbon dioxide sequestration well and then evaluated for its potential for generating geothermal energy using a hybrid approach where supercritical carbon dioxide is injected into a hot rock formation but is not removed, and heat is extracted using a closed loop method. Both horizontal and vertical wells are disclosed, in sedimentary rocks and in basement granite.

Abstract: This document is directed to, among other things, communication systems involving networked contact center interfaces. One example method involves presenting a frame on a user interface to present information in a selectable format. Another example method involves using a circuit device to detect selection of a frame as displayed and causing display of further graphical information in an un-selectable format.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are radio frequency (RF) front-end structures, as well as related methods and devices. In some embodiments, an RF front-end package may include an RF package substrate including an embedded passive circuit element. At least a portion of the embedded passive circuit element may be included in a metal layer of the RF package substrate. The RF package substrate may also include a ground plane in the metal layer.

Abstract: The disclosure provides processors that are configured to perform dynamic programming according to an instruction, a method for configuring a processor for dynamic programming according to an instruction and a method of computing a modified Smith Waterman algorithm employing an instruction for configuring a parallel processing unit. In one example, the method for configuring includes: (1) receiving, by execution cores of the processor, an instruction that directs the execution cores to compute a set of recurrence equations employing a matrix, (2) configuring the execution cores, according to the set of recurrence equations, to compute states for elements of the matrix, and (3) storing the computed states for current elements of the matrix in registers of the execution cores, wherein the computed states are determined based on the set of recurrence equations and input data.

Abstract: A device for monitoring pump equipment may include a pump monitoring device comprising sensor devices configured to monitor the pump equipment, a controller configured to configure the sensor devices and collect sensor data from the sensor devices, and a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a cellular base station. The device may further include a battery configured to provide power to the pump monitoring device; a solar panel; a charging system to charge the battery using the solar panel; and a chassis configured to secure the pump monitoring system, battery, solar panel, and charging system into a self-contained mobile monitoring device.

Abstract: Provided is a chocking device, including a frame, a plate, and a stop. The frame has an uppermost surface and a lowermost surface opposite the uppermost surface. The plate has a contact surface and is movable between a first position, wherein a portion of the contact surface is substantially coextensive with the uppermost surface of the frame, and a second position, wherein the portion of the contact surface is between the uppermost and lowermost surface of the frame. The stop is coupled to the frame and arranged in direct contact with the plate. The stop is rotatable such that movement of the plate from the first position to the second position rotates the stop from a first to a second stop position. The plate is movable such that the contact surface is substantially parallel when the plate is in the first and second positions.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electrical connector having an electrical contact assembly housed within a cavity of a connector shell. The contact assembly includes a contact housing with a core extending in an axial direction and a plurality of fins radiating outwardly from the core, each of the fins separating adjacent housing-receiving cavities from one another. In an assembled configuration, a first plurality of electrical contacts is housed within a first housing receiving cavity and a second plurality of electrical contacts is housed within a second housing receiving cavity, where the first and second plurality of electrical contacts are different in type and structure from one another such that the electrical connector accommodates multiple contact layouts to improve overall functionality.

Abstract: Embodiments of the inventive subject matter are directed to gaskets that can be used in various extreme settings including high temperature, vacuum, and high-pressure settings. Gaskets are made using soft annealed metals including aluminum, copper, nickel, and steel. Upon fully tightening a fitting using a gasket of the inventive subject matter, the gasket’s material is brought into a full hardness condition from its original soft annealed state. Ports that are designed for use with gaskets of the inventive subject matter is also disclosed. These ports include a first hole having a first diameter and then a second hole that continues from the first, where the second hole has a second, smaller diameter. Material transitions from the first diameter to the second diameter by a radial fillet. The filleted surface is configured to interact with a gasket of the inventive subject matter to minimize leak pathways.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions that can be used for optical fibers and other systems that transmit light in the near-, mid- and/or far-ranges of the infrared spectrum, such as for example in the wavelength range of 1.5 ?m to 14 ?m. The optical fibers may comprise a light-transmitting chalcogenide core composition and a cladding composition. In some embodiments, the light-transmitting chalcogenide core composition has a refractive index n(core) and a coefficient of thermal expansion CTE(core), and the cladding composition has a refractive index n(cladding) and a coefficient of thermal expansion CTE(cladding), wherein n(cladding) is less than n(core) and in some embodiments wherein CTE(cladding) is less than CTE(core). In some embodiments, the chalcogenide glass core composition comprises a) sulfur and/or selenium, b) germanium, and c) gallium, indium, tin and/or one or more metal halides.

Abstract: A mapping may be made between an array of physical processors and an array of functional logical processors. Also, a mapping may be made between logical memory channels (associated with the logical processors) and functional physical memory channels (associated with the physical processors). These mappings may be stored within one or more tables, which may then be used to bypass faulty processors and memory channels when implementing memory accesses, while optimizing locality (e.g., by minimizing the proximity of memory channels to processors).

Abstract: An example method is described in which a property is measured associated with air flowing through a print gap between a print head and a printing substrate, the print head to eject a print fluid on the printing substrate; an ejection of print fluid is adjusted from the print head based on the measured property.

Abstract: Vaccine formulations are described comprising physically separated, lyophilized antigens and adjuvant components, which may be in lyoparticle form, as well as methods of using and making such formulations. Reconstituted formulations are also described.

Abstract: Quantizing tensors and vectors processed within a neural network reduces power consumption and may accelerate processing. Quantization reduces the number of bits used to represent a value, where decreasing the number of bits used can decrease the accuracy of computations that use the value. Ideally, quantization is performed without reducing accuracy. Quantization-aware training (QAT) is performed by dynamically quantizing tensors (weights and activations) using optimal clipping scalars. “Optimal” in that the mean squared error (MSE) of the quantized operation is minimized and the clipping scalars define the degree or amount of quantization for various tensors of the operation. Conventional techniques that quantize tensors during training suffer from high amounts of noise (error). Other techniques compute the clipping scalars offline through a brute force search to provide high accuracy.

Abstract: The present invention comprises methods and devices for modulating the activity or activities of living cells, such as cells found in or derived from humans, animals, plants, insects, microorganisms and other organisms. Methods of the present invention comprise use of the application of ultrasound, such as low intensity, low frequency ultrasound, to living cells to affect the cells and modulate the cells' activities. Devices of the present invention comprise one or more components for generating ultrasound waves, such as ultrasonic emitters, transducers or piezoelectric transducers, composite transducers, CMUTs, and which may be provided as single or multiple transducers or in an array configurations. The ultrasound waves may be of any shape, and may be focused or unfocused.

Abstract: Assemblies and methods for fixation of bone or bone fragments using an orthopedic plate, a modular peg, and a compression screw. The modular peg is screwed into one of the apertures of the orthopedic plate. The modular peg may include an aperture having screw threads designed to receive the threads of the compression screw and serve as an anchor for the compression screw. By rotating the compression screw in relation to the modular peg, the compression screw may advance through the aperture of the modular peg, drawing the head of the screw toward the modular peg, and compressing the bone or bone fragments.

Abstract: A method of providing an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile to a wireless communication device. The method comprises receiving an eSIM profile provisioning request by a subscription manager-data preparation+ (SM-DP+) server, wherein the provisioning request comprises an embedded UICC identifier (EID) number, a private identity code, and wireless communication service subscription information; building an eSIM profile package by the SM-DP+ server based in part on the wireless communication service subscription information, wherein the eSIM profile package comprises an eSIM profile, the EID number, and the private identity code; sending a notification of the availability of the eSIM profile by the SM-DP+ server to a subscription manager-discovery server (SM-DS server), wherein the notification comprises the EID number and the private identity code; and transmitting the eSIM profile package by the SM-DP+ server to the wireless communication device.

Abstract: A self-supporting flexible shield for location between a warm surface and a cold mass so as to substantially enclose the cold mass, wherein the self-supporting flexible shield comprises a shaped plastic sheet with a low emissivity coating on both of its sides.

Abstract: A product release system, method and device that enables product controllers to generate product listings for one or more products as well as one or more customized prepurchase events for each of the products. The product release system, method and device then executes the prepurchase events according to one or more pricing, timing and permission conditions specified for each of the prepurchase events, facilitates the purchasing of the products during the prepurchase events and notifies the product controllers of the results of the prepurchase events.

Abstract: Various examples of an ablation end effector are shown and described with two balloons independently inflatable so that a distal balloon can be used to ensure stability of the second balloon for electrical ablation in a beating heart. Methods and techniques to operate the ablation end-effectors are also described.

Abstract: In embodiments of the present teachings, improved capabilities are described for detecting restricted content associated with retrieved content. The method and system may include receiving a client request for content, saving contextual information from the client request, and presenting the contextual information from the client request, and retrieved content, to a scanning facility. The scanning facility may use the contextual information and the retrieved content to initiate a remedial action on the client.