Abstract: A portable electronic device may include a housing, a display at least partially within the housing, a transparent cover over the display, and a battery at least partially within the housing. The battery may include a battery cell, a pouch encasing the battery cell, and a gas release relief system including a gas-permeable membrane configured to prevent liquid from escaping the pouch and a valve configured to selectively release gas from the pouch. The device may also include a processing system configured to, in a first mode of operation, cause the valve to open to allow gas to be released from the pouch, and, in a second mode of operation, cause the valve to close.

Abstract: A portable electronic device may include a housing, a display at least partially within the housing, a transparent cover over the display, and a battery at least partially within the housing. The battery may include a battery cell, a pouch encasing the battery cell, and a gas release relief system including a gas-permeable membrane configured to prevent liquid from escaping the pouch and a valve configured to selectively release gas from the pouch. The device may also include a processing system configured to, in a first mode of operation, cause the valve to open to allow gas to be released from the pouch, and, in a second mode of operation, cause the valve to close.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for confirming the sensitivity of a data object in a managed object heap software runtime environment based on a determination that the object is accessible only via other objects known to be sensitive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of separating or extracting phosphorylated amino acids, peptides or proteins with a molecularly imprinted polymer and to the preparation of said molecularly imprinted polymer as well as use of a molecularly imprinted polymer for separating or extracting phosphorylated amino acids, peptides or proteins.

Abstract: A method of producing a molecularly-imprinted material comprises synthesizing a peptide, oligosaccharide or oligonucleotide on a disposable surface modified support to produce a support surface-attached peptide, oligosaccharide or oligonucleotide, providing a selected monomer mixture, contacting the monomer mixture with the support surface-attached peptide, oligosaccharide or oligonucleotide, initiating polymerisation or at least one crosslinking reaction, dissolving or degrading the support surface-attached peptide, oligosaccharide or oligonucleotide and support, and obtaining molecularly imprinted material.

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing cost information for health care services enable, among other things, health care users to make more informed and cost-effective decisions regarding their use of health care services, and/or health care providers to compete against one another on the basis of cost. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method includes: receiving, via a device, a user input requesting cost information for a health care service for a user; and providing, via the device and in response to the user input, a display including one or more health care providers and cost information for each of the one or more health care providers for providing the health care service for the user.

Abstract: Methods and systems for utilizing electronic medical records are operative to track and manage radiation doses provided to patients through various different types of radiation-emitting medical procedures. According to an exemplary embodiment, one such method includes receiving an electronic medical record for a patient, the electronic medical record comprising data indicating a cumulative past amount of radiation exposure for the patient; detecting if the cumulative past amount of radiation exposure for the patient is above a threshold before performing a radiation-emitting medical procedure on the patient; and providing a pre-defined output message in response to detecting that the cumulative past amount of radiation exposure for the patient is above the threshold.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for confirming the sensitivity of a data object in a managed object heap software runtime environment based on a determination that the object is accessible only via other objects known to be sensitive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of separating or extracting phosphorylated amino acids, peptides or proteins with a molecularly imprinted polymer and to the preparation of said molecularly imprinted polymer as well as use of a molecularly imprinted polymer for separating or extracting phosphorylated amino acids, peptides or proteins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of water compatible molecularly imprinted polymers (AquaMIPs) capable of selectively binding target molecules such as riboflavin, or analogues thereof, in water or aqueous media, their synthesis and use thereof in food processing and extraction or separation processes.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a alternative hypertext protocol to enable the selection of quick-to-download/reduced content from a website. In one embodiment, this alternative hypertext protocol uses the same structure as HTTP, but contains a unique predefined Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme for easy designation by clients. On the web server, content is defined for HTTP connections and a quick-to-download version of this content is defined for alternative hypertext protocol connections. The HTTP content is made available on a first port on the web server, and the quick-to-download alternative hypertext protocol content is made available on a second port on the web server. To access the quick-to-download content, an internet connection is established to the second port of the web server using the alternative hypertext protocol. Once a connection is established to the second port, the web server transmits the quick-to-download content via the alternative hypertext protocol.