Abstract: A system may include sensors associated with structures, such that the sensors acquire data sets associated with the structures. The processor receives the data sets from the sensors, determines environmental conditions associated with the structures over a period of time, and determines a structural condition associated with one of the structures based on the data sets. The processor also determines a maintenance condition associated with the one of the structures based on one of the data sets, determines operating parameters associated with appliances within the structure based on the one of the data sets, and determines habits of occupants associated with the one of the structures based on the one of the data sets. The processor then adjusts properties of an insurance policy associated with the one of the structures based on the environmental conditions, the structural condition, the maintenance condition, the operating parameters, the habits, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the compartment from cool air entering the compartment, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure. The exhaust duct includes a lower duct section extending upward from the top panel of the compartment and an upper duct section telescoping upward from an upper end of the lower duct section. Each duct section includes four panels connected together by hinged corner fittings such that the section is collapsible. The upper duct section includes an outwardly flared portion.

Abstract: A continuous contact rub rail system, comprising a rub rail having a vertical inner rail contact section that extends continuously along the length of the rub rail. The rub rail may be attached to the trailer deck frame, substantially without voids between the rub rail and deck frame, wherein the vertical inner rail contact section may be in continuous contact with the vertical outer wall of the trailer deck frame.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a turbocharger. In one example, the turbocharger comprises an injector configured to inject a medium therein, wherein the injector is configured to inject the medium toward a turbine of the turbocharger. The turbocharger further comprising a turbine driven by exhaust gases.

Abstract: The present document describes a method of producing sulfur particles by injecting an unbroken stream of molten sulfur under a pulsation free pressure, from a distance, into tempered water moving at a velocity, to produce a physical reaction of said molten sulfur with said tempered water to produce sulfur particles. Also described are sulfur particles produced by the process and methods of using the same for fertilizing soil.

Abstract: Systems and methods for activation in an optical circuit in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes an optical activation circuit, wherein the circuit comprises a directional coupler, an optical-to-electrical conversion circuit, a time delay element, a nonlinear signal conditioner, and a phase shifter. The directional coupler receives an optical input and provides a first portion to the optical-to-electrical conversion circuit and a second portion to the time delay element, the time delay element provides a delayed signal to the phase shifter, and the optical-to-electrical conversion circuit converts an optical signal from the directional coupler to an electrical signal used to activate the phase shifter to shift the phase of the delayed signal.

Abstract: A multi-aperture free-space optical communications receiver comprises a plurality of telescopes each having a clear objective aperture with a diameter between 50 mm and 250 mm and arranged for receiving light collectively from an optical communications light source. A coherent combiner unit is configured for coherently combining the collectively received light to produce a combined optical signal therewith. Each telescope is arranged in association with, respectively, a wavefront detector to determine a wavefront of said received light directed to it by the respective telescope, a steerable reflector unit including a deformable mirror controllable to deform according to said determined wavefront such that said received light is reflected by the deformable mirror with a modified wavefront, and an optical signal receiver comprising a single-mode optical fibre.

Abstract: Provided is a rechargeable battery jump starting device with a discharged battery pre-conditioning system to facilitate boosting or charging a depleted or discharged battery, for example, to jump start a vehicle or equipment engine. The pre-conditioning increases the operating voltage to the depleted or discharged battery during the pre-conditioning phase.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a document of a series identical documents in content except for a respective identifier which identifies each document within the series, each identifier having at least a first indicium, the or each indicium defining a boundary; the method having the steps of: providing a substrate; applying a first background print, defining part of the boundary of an indicium receiving area; applying the respective identifier on the substrate, such that the first indicium is provided in the indicium receiving area; the first background print and the respective identifier being applied such that when the document is viewed in at least one of transmission and reflection the juxtaposition of the first background print and the first indicium is such that a keyline extending around a portion of the boundary of the first indicium is defined between the first indicium and the boundary of the indicium receiving area.

Abstract: A method and system teaches unique applications of logic and statistics to medical processes to obtain substantially improved accuracy in the measurement of a examinee's pathology due to an injury. The method and the system incorporate strict protocols, or “Administrative Rule Sets” to direct the examination for the purpose of obtaining an optimal data set, from which a rating of the impairment due to the pathology resulting from an injury may be determined. Additionally, within this method and system, a statistical analysis may additionally assist in obtaining an improved accuracy of impairment ratings. Consequently, the errors in the impairment rating presently carried forward through the disability, care and compensation phases of the process are now avoided.

Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) apparatus comprises a head attachment unit comprising a first attachment member configured to attach the HMD to a user's head when the HMD is worn by the user and a first element having an adjustable weight distribution, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a distribution of the weight of the HMD based on user profile information associated with the user, wherein the adjustment unit is configured to adjust the weight distribution of the first element of the HMD based on the user profile information by adjusting a configuration of one or more mobile components of the first element without adjusting a position or an orientation of the first element with respect to the HMD.

Abstract: A tip shroud includes a pair of opposed, axially extending wings configured to couple to an airfoil at a radially outer end thereof. The tip shroud also includes a tip rail extending radially from the pair of opposed, axially extending wings. Tip shroud surface profiles may be of the downstream and/or upstream side of the tip rail, a leading Z-notch of the tip shroud, and/or a downstream radially inner surface of a wing. The surface profiles may have a nominal profile substantially in accordance with at least part of Cartesian coordinate values of X and Y, and perhaps Z and a thickness, set forth in a respective table. The radially inner surface of the wing may define a protrusion extending along the radially outer end of the airfoil, the suction side fillet, and a radial inner surface of the wing to an axial edge of the wing.

Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for defining and executing functions for determining a matching entity that is relevant to an entity of interest when, for example, there is a significant number of intermediary links and entities between the matching entity and the entity of interest. A visual depiction of a path traversal from a seed input entity to an output matched entity can be presented to an end user in a manner that allows the end user to ascertain the sequence of intermediary links and entities that connect the matched entity to the seed entity.

Abstract: A cartridge for use in an aerosol delivery device, the cartridge including: an outer housing configured to contain at least an aerosolizable composition, the outer housing including an exit portal at a proximal end thereof for passage of an aerosol; and a bottom cap positioned at a distal end of the outer housing that is configured for insertion into a receiving chamber of a control device of the aerosol delivery device. The outer housing defines a front face portion and a rear face portion interconnected with sidewalls, wherein the front face portion has an asymmetrical configuration relative to the rear face portion, such asymmetrical configuration being effective such that the cartridge engages the control device of the aerosol delivery device in only a single orientation. A control device is also provided herein.

Abstract: A sensor includes a lead frame having a first surface, a second opposing surface, and a plurality of leads and a semiconductor die having a first surface attached to the first surface of the lead frame and a second, opposing surface. The sensor further includes a non-conductive mold material enclosing the die and at least a portion of the lead frame, a conductive coil secured to the non-conductive mold material, a mold material secured to the non-conductive mold material and enclosing the conductive coil, wherein the mold material has a central region and an element disposed in the central region of the mold material.

Abstract: A gas lift system for lifting oil with a production tube positioned inside a well casing with manifolds in the production tube spaced apart from each other; the system including valve assemblies on the manifolds that each have an open position and a closed position, each of the valve assemblies including a biasing device that biases the valve towards the closed position, where pressurizing each valve assembly with a control fluid generates a force that acts against the biasing force of the biasing device to open the valve, and a means to selectively control the pressure of the control fluid in the control line, where each of the valve assemblies includes different biasing forces in each valve, with a topmost valve having a highest biasing force and each sequentially lower valve having a lower biasing force. A method for using the gas lift system is also included.

Abstract: An accessory for use in a food processing system having a processing chamber in a container with an interior surface and a rotatable blade assembly, the accessory including an accessory body receivable within the processing chamber of the attachment. The accessory body has an upper end, a lower end, and at least one sidewall extending between the first end and the second end to define an accessory interior. An opening to the accessory interior is arranged at the upper end and a filtering body extends from the accessory body. The filtering body is associable with the interior surface of the container to create an exit channel from the processing chamber.

Abstract: The disclosure provides for oral compositions that exhibit desired properties associated with moist products while incorporating a relatively low water content. Such compositions may include at least one releasable material, at least one filler/carrier component, and at least one water substitute, such as a polyol. The water substituted may be present in an amount of about 25% by weight or greater based on the total weight of the oral composition, and the compositions and products formed therewith can exhibit a relatively low water activity, such as in the range of about 0.85 or less. The present disclosure further provides methods of forming an oral composition with a mouthfeel corresponding to a moist product while having a relatively low water activity.

Abstract: An accessible lavatory unit (103) for an aircraft cabin (102) is disclosed. The lavatory unit (103) is configurable between an able-bodied configuration and a PRM-accessible configuration. In the able-bodied configuration the lavatory unit has a first internal floor space (132) and there is a cabin floor space (130) external to the lavatory unit (103). The lavatory unit (103) is expandable into the PRM-accessible configuration in which the lavatory unit (103) is expanded to have a second internal floor space (132), the second internal floor space (132) encompassing a region of the cabin floor space (130). A sink for an aircraft lavatory unit is also disclosed.