Abstract: Provided by the inventive concept is a DNA methylation-based platform, and machine learning algorithms, for diagnosing respiratory pathogens including SARS-CoV-2 and predicting COVID-19 related outcomes, and methods of using the same, such as in identifying the presence of a viral infection, such as a SARS-CoV-2 infection, determining whether a subject has COVID-19, and/or whether a subject with COVID-19 is likely to develop acute respiratory distress syndrome or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.

Abstract: A flying vehicle includes a first rotor assembly, a second rotor assembly and a second rotor assembly pylon arranged to mount the second rotor assembly to the remainder of the flying vehicle. The first rotor assembly and the second rotor assembly are located so that they are spaced in a longitudinal direction of the flying vehicle and so they are substantially on a vertical plane that is parallel to a vertical plane aligned with a longitudinal axis of the flying vehicle. The first rotor assembly includes a tilt-rotor arranged to tilt between delivery of substantially vertical flight thrust and substantially conventional flight thrust. The second rotor assembly includes a stacked plurality of substantially vertical thrust rotors mounted to the pylon so as to be substantially to the same side of the pylon.

Abstract: A method for automatically initiating a dental handpiece waterline flushing mode in a dental delivery system comprises detecting whether at least first and second handpiece waterlines from a plurality of handpiece waterlines are removed from respective first and second rest positions of a control head for the dental delivery system. According to some implementations, if it is determined that no additional dental handpiece waterline which is flushable remains in a rest position of the control head, then the dental handpiece waterline flushing mode is automatically initiated for the first and second dental handpiece waterlines. In some implementations, a display is updated to provide information to a user, and an input from the user is received to begin flushing.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to methods, systems, and devices that are used in the radio frequency ablation of tissues in a medical treatment. Probe tips may include an expandable balloon or basket with an active RF treatment area localized on a particular portion of the expandable balloon or basket. The broad or localized active treatment region on the balloon or basket allows a medical practitioner to more completely provide treatment to a region of target tissue, a volume within a tissue such as a bone, or a surface of a tissue such as a bone. Probe tips may also use magnetic materials which reduce the risk of injuring surrounding tissues adjacent to tissues under treatment.

Abstract: A system is provided whereby software components acting as servers can be upgraded or installed when new functionality is required without client components which have made requests to these components being made aware of the upgrade initiated by their request. The servers can then respond to requests which would otherwise have caused errors in the client components.

Abstract: A software distribution system for software bundles comprising a plurality of packages, at least two of which are required by a different set of nodes on a network. Rather than send all of the packages constituting the software bundle to each node, only the packages in the software bundle which are required by nodes below a certain link in the network are sent along that link, whereby to minimize the bandwidth required for transmitting the software bundle.

Abstract: A bottle and method for dispensing infant formula includes a method for heating a bottle with infant formula (or other liquid) therein and selling the heated bottle.