Abstract: A method is disclosed of testing operability of a vapor blocking valve (VBV) in a first passageway that is fluidly arranged between a fuel tank and a carbon canister. A canister valve solenoid (CVS) is arranged in a second fluid passageway that fluidly interconnects the carbon canister and an atmospheric port. The method includes obtaining a first desired pressure in the first passageway, closing the VBV, opening the CVS, monitoring a first test pressure in the first passageway with a pressure sensor, obtaining a second desired pressure in the first passageway, opening the VBV, opening the CVS, monitoring a second test pressure in the first passageway with the pressure sensor, comparing the first and second test pressures, and determining the VBV operability based upon the comparing step.

Abstract: A vane pump includes a housing that provides a bore in fluid communication with an inlet passageway and an outlet passageway, and a rotary assembly that is arranged within and configured to rotate relative to the bore. The rotary assembly includes a rotor that is mounted to a shaft and has multiple slots. The rotor has a first and second faces that engage the housing. A vane is received in each of the slots, each vane has first and second surfaces that extend a length in a longitudinal direction from a first end portion to a second end portion. The first end portion is received in its respective slots. The rotary assembly includes a recess on at least one of the first face, the second face, the first surface of the first portion, and the second surface of the first portion.

Abstract: A method for implementing data loss prevention (DLP) includes: generating an asset lineage map from file system metadata; identifying, based on the asset lineage map, an input feature linked to the asset, a type of the asset, and a plurality of activities linked to the asset; obtaining a sensitivity score for the asset based on the input feature and the type of the asset; obtaining, based on the plurality of activities, a malicious score and a data loss score for the asset; determining a user level of a user; and initiating implementation of a first DLP policy for the user based on the user level, the malicious score, the data loss score, and the sensitivity score.

Abstract: A monitor for determining analyte concentrations in vivo, includes a housing configured to adhere to the skin of a subject, an elongate sensor body configured to extend from the housing into the skin of the subject, an analyte sensing region positioned on the sensor body such that the analyte sensing region is configured to be held in the dermis of the skin of the subject, and at least one engagement surface configured to facilitate increased anchoring of the sensor body in the skin of the subject.

Abstract: A leak detection module (LDM) includes a housing that provides a cavity that is enclosed by a wall that has a hole. A valve is arranged within the housing and in fluid communication along a passage that extends between first and second ports on the LDM, the valve is movable between open and closed positions. A pump is arranged within the housing and in fluid communication with the passage. A fluid fitting extends through the hole and has a passageway that extends between first and second end portions. The passageway is in fluid communication with the pump, the fluid fitting provides one of the first and second ports. A fastener secures the fluid fitting to the wall.

Abstract: An applicator assembly for applying at least a portion of an analyte monitor includes a frame having a longitudinal axis and an opening, a resilient member having at least a first portion fixed relative to the frame and a second portion movable axially relative to the frame, a needle, and a cap engageable with the frame to cover at least part of the opening. The cap is adjustable to increase a bias on the resilient member and to move the second portion of the resilient member away from the opening. When the cap is separated from the frame, the second portion of the resilient member is configured to be held relative to the frame. The hold on the second portion of the resilient member is releasable, such that the bias on the resilient member advances the second portion of the resilient member and the needle towards the opening.

Abstract: Degradation of the reflectivity of one or more reflective optical elements in a system for generating EUV radiation is reduced by the controlled introduction of a gas into a vacuum chamber containing the optical element. The gas may be added to the flow of another gas such as hydrogen or alternated with the introduction of hydrogen radicals.

Abstract: A contamination trap for use in a debris mitigation system of a radiation source, the contamination trap comprising a plurality of vanes configured to trap fuel debris emitted from a plasma formation region of the radiation source; wherein at least one vane or each vane of the plurality of vanes comprises a material comprising a thermal conductivity above 30 W m?1 K?1.

Abstract: A bottle assembly has a bottle and a removable cap. The cap includes a nozzle and a vent arrangement. The vent arrangement can include a vent conduit that extends into an air cavity present at the bottom of the bottle assembly when the bottle assembly is inverted. The vent arrangement allows for pressure equalization within the bottom assembly in response to liquid being dispensed from the bottle assembly to permit high flow rates of the dispensed liquid without squeezing of the bottle.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to hollow profiles and methods of preparing the same for joining operations. A method herein can include placing a dam within a channel defined by the hollow profile, fitting a die block over an end of the channel, and injecting a flowable composition through an injection port into the channel. Another method can include defining a volume within a first member using at least one flow control device, filling the defined volume with a flowable polymeric composition, allowing the flowable polymeric composition to solidify to form a solid portion in the first member, and mechanically modifying the solid portion to define a joining surface suitable for joining to the second member. Other embodiments are also included herein.

Abstract: Apparatus including an optical signal generator, a data transmission path, and an optical signal receiver. Optical signal generator includes a coherent light source for generating a spectrum of carrier signals at different carrier frequencies, an optical demultiplexer that receives and separates the different carrier signals into separate optical paths, a pair of optical modulators located in each of the separate optical paths to modulate each different carrier signal with a data signal and produce an upper and lower sideband pair at each of the different carrier frequencies, and an optical interleaver to combine the upper and lower sideband pairs into an optical super-channel of interleaved sub-bands. Optical signal receiver includes a demodulator for extracting the data signals. Optical modulators are configured to reuse each carrier signal to transmit different data in each of the upper sideband and the lower sideband and increase the capacity of the super-channel. Also a method.

Abstract: Degradation of the reflectivity of one or more reflective optical elements in a system for generating EUV radiation is reduced by the controlled introduction of a gas into a vacuum chamber containing the optical element. The gas may be added to the flow of another gas such as hydrogen or alternated with the introduction of hydrogen radicals.

Abstract: Devices and methods for withdrawing bodily fluid from a subject are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a handheld device can include a housing having an opening, a skin-piercing assembly, and an actuator coupled to the skin-piercing assembly. The skin-piercing assembly can include a casing, a drive member pivotably mounted within the casing and carrying a blade, and a biasing member coupling the drive member to the casing. The actuator can be movable relative to the housing from a first position to a second position. In the first position, the drive member can engage the casing to maintain the biasing member in a biased configuration. Movement of the actuator from the first position to the second position can disengage the drive member from the casing to permit the biasing member to drive the blade at least partially through and/or across the opening in the base.

Abstract: A bottle assembly has a bottle and a removable cap. The cap includes a nozzle and a vent arrangement. The vent arrangement can include a vent conduit that extends into an air cavity present at the bottom of the bottle assembly when the bottle assembly is inverted. The vent arrangement allows for pressure equalization within the bottom assembly in response to liquid being dispensed from the bottle assembly to permit high flow rates of the dispensed liquid without squeezing of the bottle.

Abstract: A method of detecting a leak in an evaporative emissions system includes sealing an evaporative emissions system, achieving a first target pressure in the evaporative emissions system, achieving a second target pressure in the evaporative emissions system after achieving the first target pressure, and monitoring a system pressure subsequent to the second target pressure achieving step to determine a leak condition of the evaporative emissions system.

Abstract: Methods for enhancing the binding rate between at least two particulate binding partners are disclosed. Methods include flowing a first binding partner and a second binding partner, e.g., in a viscoelastic fluid, under conditions to chemically bind the first binding partner and the second binding partner to create a third binding partner. The flow conditions induce a particle size dependent, migration, e.g., radial, velocity differential between the first binding partner and the second binding partner and between the first binding partner and third binding partner, e.g., to increasing a collision frequency of the nanoparticles and the larger particles. Devices for enhancing the binding rate between at least two particulate binding partners are also disclosed.

Abstract: A leak detection module (LDM) includes a housing, a canister valve solenoid (CVS) that is arranged within the housing and in fluid communication along a first fluid passageway between first and second ports. The module also includes a pump that is arranged within the housing and is in fluid communication with the first and second ports, and a pressure sensor that is in fluid communication with at least one of the first and second ports. A first controller is arranged in the housing and is in communication with the pump, the CVS and the pressure sensor. The first controller runs a test procedure using the pump and operating the CVS between open and closed positions to monitor a pressure within the module. The first controller communicates a result based upon the monitored pressure to a second controller that is arranged outside the housing and remotely from the module.

Abstract: Methods are herein described which reduce the non-specific light scattering background from polymeric microspheres in aqueous suspension to a level where individual metal or metal-like plasmonic nanoparticles that have been chemically bound to the surface of individual polymeric microspheres can be imaged by high resolution optics and enumerated by image analysis software. The non-specific light scattering background is reduced by employing aqueous-miscible solvents to remove residual water at the microsphere surfaces and resuspending the microspheres in a fluid having a refractive index substantially similar to the refractive index of polymeric microspheres. Embodiments of the method disclosed herein enable sensitive quantitative assays for ligand receptor binding, antigen antibody binding and nucleic acid hybridization binding. The embodiments disclosed herein further may employ polystyrene microspheres and gold plasmonic nanoparticles.

Abstract: Devices and methods for withdrawing bodily fluid from a subject are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a handheld device can include a housing having an opening, a skin-piercing assembly, and an actuator coupled to the skin-piercing assembly. The skin-piercing assembly can include a casing, a drive member pivotably mounted within the casing and carrying a blade, and a biasing member coupling the drive member to the casing. The actuator can be movable relative to the housing from a first position to a second position. In the first position, the drive member can engage the casing to maintain the biasing member in a biased configuration. Movement of the actuator from the first position to the second position can disengage the drive member from the casing to permit the biasing member to drive the blade at least partially through and/or across the opening in the base.

Abstract: An extractor system includes a negative pressure gas stream source, a negative pressure conduit, a positive pressure gas stream source, a plurality of positive pressure gas stream manifolds, and an operator interface. The negative pressure conduit is conveys the negative pressure gas stream from a work area. A first end of the negative pressure conduit is coupled to the negative pressure gas stream source, such that the negative pressure gas stream flows from the work area through a second end of the negative pressure conduit and toward the first end of the negative pressure conduit. The positive pressure gas stream manifolds are disposed about the negative pressure conduit at the second end of the negative pressure conduit, and fluidly coupled to the positive pressure gas stream source. The positive pressure gas stream is directed through the plurality of positive pressure gas stream manifolds.