Applied Research Associates, Inc.

An enclosure system attachable to a railway vehicle to protect automobiles in the event of a collision. The enclosure system having an enclosure panel that is actuatable between a deployed configuration and a stowed configuration. A breakaway mechanism configured to allow certain components of enclosure system to release from the railway vehicle in the event of a collision with another railway vehicle to ensure the anticlimbers engage between the railway vehicles to prevent override. The enclosure system having a coupler centering assembly for maintaining a coupler in a forward position when the enclosure is in the deployed configuration.

A laser weapon system is described. Particularly, embodiments describe subsystems of a laser weapon system including those necessary for laser generation, operational control, optical emission, and heat dissipation configured to provide a lightweight unit of reduced dimensions.

A process and system for reducing contaminants contained in a contaminated feedstock comprising mixing the contaminated feedstock with water and at least one of metal scavengers or reactants, to form a feedstock-water-reactant mixture, feeding the mixture under pressure into a hydrothermal purification reactor, wherein the mixture is subject to heat, pressure, and turbulent flow conditions to cause rapid reaction of the inorganic contaminants with the metal scavengers or reactants to form inorganic salts that partition into an aqueous phase and maintaining the temperature, pressure, and turbulent flow conditions of the feedstock-water-reactant mixture for a predetermined space time to prevent the organic portion of the feedstock in the mixture from undergoing a conversion reaction and to form a hydrothermal reactor effluent; and separating the effluent into the aqueous phase containing salts of the inorganic contaminants and an organic phase that contains a lower concentration of inorganic contaminants than the contaminated feedstock.

Embodiments of the disclosure provide an electrical power surge arresting apparatus. Specifically, the surge arresting apparatus may be implemented within a port of an electrical power cord. In some embodiments, the surge arresting power cable comprises a plurality of conductive plates that may be attached to the hot, neutral, and ground leads of the electrical power cord. A plurality of Metal Oxide Varistors (MOV) may be positioned between the plurality of conductive plates. The plurality of conductive plates may be directly coupled to or comprise a plurality of conductive clips that may be configured to directly couple to a surge protected electronic device. Accordingly, there are no leads between the surge protecting device and the surge protected electronic device. The surge arresting device may further comprise one or more capacitors serving as a low-pass filter.

Systems, methods, and devices for decontaminating a contaminated feedstock. Water is mixed with the contaminated feedstock and fed to a reactor to hydrolyze contaminants from the contaminated feedstock. After hydrolyzing contaminants, acid is then added to the mixture of water and feedstock to acidulate contaminants. Acidulating contaminants after hydrolyzing contaminants reduces or prevents the formation of foulants. The hydrolysis and acidulation of contaminants reduces the concentration of contaminants within the contaminated feedstock to produce a clean feedstock.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining the probability of a patient developing shock. The method includes receiving, at a client device, a first set of vital sign measurements from the patient associated with a first time. The method includes determining, using a time-variant machine learning model, the probability of the patient developing shock based on the first set of vital sign measurements, the time-variant machine learning model having a first set of parameters associated with the first time. The method includes receiving, at the client device, a second set of vital sign measurements from the patient associated with a second time. The method includes updating, using the time-variant machine learning model, the probability of the patient developing shock based on the second set of vital sign measurements, the time-variant machine learning model having a second set of parameters associated with the second time.

Methods and media for determining a list of geographic location candidates from an image of an environment are described. Open-source data indicative of the Earth's surface may be obtained and compared with images obtained from online sources. The images may be automatically analyzed using a plurality of modular convolution neural networks to determined probabilities of interest, environment, and if the image is locatable. Further, the resulting images may be analyzed for skyline and ridgeline depth orders and Region of Interest. A geolocation depicted in the image may be determined by comparing the results of the analysis with global geographic data.

A laser weapon system is described. Particularly, embodiments describe subsystems of a laser weapon system including those necessary for laser generation, operational control, optical emission, and heat dissipation configured to provide a lightweight unit of reduced dimensions.

Embodiments of the disclosure provide an electrical power surge arresting apparatus. Specifically, the surge arresting apparatus may be implemented within a port of an electrical power cord. In some embodiments, the surge arresting power cable comprises a plurality of conductive plates that may be attached to the hot, neutral, and ground leads of the electrical power cord. A plurality of Metal Oxide Varistors (MOV) may be positioned between the plurality of conductive plates. The plurality of conductive plates may be directly coupled to or comprise a plurality of conductive clips that may be configured to directly couple to a surge protected electronic device. Accordingly, there are no leads between the surge protecting device and the surge protected electronic device. The surge arresting device may further comprise one or more capacitors serving as a low-pass filter.

Systems and methods for a magnetic braking system for controlling the descent of a payload against gravity are disclosed herein. The magnetic braking system may allow for a user to descend along a descending structure, such as a rope, hands-free. A plurality of conductive bands, comprising a non-ferromagnetic material, may be affixed to an exterior of the descending structure. The payload may be connected to the descending structure via a lanyard having a collar that circumferentially attaches to the descending structure. The collar may comprise magnetic assemblies arranged as a linear Halbach array. As the collar translates past the conductors, eddy currents may be generated within the conductive bands, resulting in a repelling magnetic field that may provide a braking force that acts upon the collar, thereby slowing the descent of the payload.