Abstract: Various examples are provided for dynamically updating or adapting predictive modeling for prediction of outcomes of interest for operating systems and processes. Embodiments of the disclosure may provide systems, apparatus, processes, and methods for generating and deploying dynamically updated predictive models. In some embodiments, the predictive model may be deployed for the purpose of predicting operational outcomes of interests in operating systems, hardware devices, machines and/or processes associated therewith prior to the operational outcomes of interest occurring. The predictions can, for example, provide sufficient time for maintenance or repairs to be scheduled and carried out to avoid the predicted operational outcome. Autonomous evaluation of features allows the predictive models to be dynamically updated in response to changes in the environment or monitored data.

Abstract: An apparatus forming an aircraft which is designed for flight by movement through the air, the aircraft has a front and rear portions and a center of mass, with left and right sides when divided by a central plane of reference. The aircraft has inboard portions closer to said central plane of reference and outboard portions farther from said central plane of reference. Further, the aircraft contains at least one positive lifting aerodynamic surface configured to affect the flow of air near said at least one positive lifting aerodynamic surface when said aircraft is appropriately moving forward, and at least one elevon structure configured to create negative aerodynamic force when said aircraft is appropriately moving forward. The elevon structure is constructed so as to have outboard portions thereof positioned outward of said central plane of reference to a distance at least three-fourths of the distance from said central plane of reference to a tip end of said at least one wing.

Abstract: Various examples are provided for dynamically updating or adapting predictive modeling for prediction of outcomes of interest for operating systems and processes. Embodiments of the disclosure may provide systems, apparatus, processes, and methods for generating and deploying dynamically updated predictive models. In some embodiments, the predictive model may be deployed for the purpose of predicting operational outcomes of interests in operating systems, hardware devices, machines and/or processes associated therewith prior to the operational outcomes of interest occurring. The predictions can, for example, provide sufficient time for maintenance or repairs to be scheduled and carried out to avoid the predicted operational outcome. Autonomous evaluation of features allows the predictive models to be dynamically updated in response to changes in the environment or monitored data.

Abstract: An apparatus forming an aircraft which is designed for flight by movement through the air, the aircraft has a front and rear portions and a center of mass, with left and right sides when divided by a central plane of reference. The aircraft has inboard portions closer to said central plane of reference and outboard portions farther from said central plane of reference. Further, the aircraft contains at least one positive lifting aerodynamic surface configured to affect the flow of air near said at least one positive lifting aerodynamic surface when said aircraft is appropriately moving forward, and at least one elevon structure configured to create negative aerodynamic force when said aircraft is appropriately moving forward. The elevon structure is constructed so as to have outboard portions thereof positioned outward of said central plane of reference to a distance at least three-fourths of the distance from said central plane of reference to a tip end of said at least one wing.

Abstract: Multiple initiatives are applied to achieve synergistic control enhancement and drag reduction benefits in an aircraft having independent airfoils producing downward force opposite to wing lift in normal flight, which are supported in specific wingtip locations. A method is disclosed teaching the exemplary stall resistance and control at high angles of attack demonstrated by preferred embodiments of the invention.

Abstract: An adjustable golf club head and method of manufacturing the adjustable golf club head. The adjustable golf club head consists of a striking face, a soleplate, a crown, and a skirt connecting the face, the soleplate and the crown with the flange and hosel assembly being adjustably attached to the skirt. The flange and hosel assembly may be moved: laterally, tilted, vertically, both laterally and vertically, allowing for the optimization of one or more of the following specifications—loft angle, lie angle, face angle, center of gravity and face progression.

Abstract: A golf club head consisting of a striking face, a soleplate, a crown, and a skirt connecting the face, the soleplate and the crown. A flange is placed at a selected location on the periphery of the skirt. Incorporated into the flange is a hosel, positioned to be displaced from the club head, for receiving the shaft of the golf club. The area of the skirt covered by the flange has a length versus height ratio.

Abstract: A golf club head consisting of a striking face, a soleplate, a crown, and a skirt connecting the face, the soleplate and the crown. A flange is placed at a selected location on the periphery of the skirt. Incorporated into the flange is a hosel, positioned to be displaced from the club head, for receiving the shaft of the golf club. The area of the skirt covered by the flange has a length versus height ratio.

Abstract: Devices for eliciting motor evoked potentials during anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedures are provided, particularly an electrode for directly stimulating a vertebral post.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a shoulder press for holding the shoulders of a subject out of the way of an X-ray view by exerting a downward pressure upon the shoulders by means of the device so that all the vertebrae are visible in the X-ray, the shoulder press comprising a horizontal member and two vertical members, the vertical members having attachments for placing on the shoulders of the subject.

Abstract: Methods, computer systems and apparatus are provided for neurophysiological assessment, specifically evaluation of mixed and dermatomal nerve conduction latencies and amplitudes, as well as electrophysiological evaluation of spontaneous electromyogram. Software guides the user through protocol selection, electrode placement, baseline determinations, comparisons to normal data, post-manipulation comparisons, displayed warning of pathological changes, archiving of data and report generation.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a wireless bio-sensor electrode for recording bio-potentials elicited from a subject or for providing a stimulus to a subject. A preferred embodiment is a wireless bio-sensor electrode for eliciting from a subject bio-potentials including averaged evoked potentials, nerve conduction studies, electromyographic activity, electrocardiogram or electroencephalogram, or for providing a stimulus to the subject for eliciting said bio-potentials. Another embodiment is the use of the wireless bio-sensor electrode for recording far-field and near-field bio-potentials in a subject in real-time and in a real-time neurophysiological monitoring/testing system.

Abstract: A stocking or sleeve for wearing or placing on a part of a subject's body for guiding placement of electrodes during monitoring and evaluating of electroneurophysiological data such as mixed and dermatomal nerve conduction latencies and amplitudes, and spontaneous electromyogram, in both clinical and intraoperative settings. The stocking or sleeve has designed into the fabric positioned apertures corresponding to a specific electrode montage, wherein the electrodes are placed on the surface or just beneath the surface of the skin of a subject at the positions of the apertures. The apertures may be color-coded or otherwise marked, or may be markable, to distinguish particular electrodes for positioning at specific sites on the subject's body. The stocking or sleeve is suitable for all kinds of electrodes. A preferred embodiment of the present invention is the use of the stocking or sleeve with a wireless biosensor electrode.

Abstract: This invention provides surgical instruments for eliciting motor evoked potentials intraoperatively during surgical procedures such as anterior cervical discectomy and fusions by providing a stimulus directly to an osseus structure such as a vertebral body.

Abstract: A probe, a system and method for monitoring correct placement of a pedicle screw in a vertebral body dynamically measures impedance on either side of a pedicle screw during dynamic pedicle screw placement in a pedicle bone structure. Dynamic impedance is also assessed in real-time.

Abstract: A method and associated apparatus for efficiently establishing a "self-sustaining" split in a rotating stack of floppy type storage disks in a form suitable for read/write transducing access. The formation of such splits is fully described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,936,800 to McGinnis et al. In the present method a partial split formed at one disk interface position is used as a stable reference for detecting the location of that interface position relative to a target address position. The form of the partial split is not suitable for storage transducing access. However, the partial split forms much more quickly than the self-sustaining split. If the deviation from the target position is zero the partial split is transformed directly into the self-sustaining fully accessible form by controlling internal ventilation pressure between the disks in accordance with said patent 3,936,880. If the deviation is not zero the mechanism forming the partial split (e.g.