Abstract: In certain aspects, the present disclosure provides devices for loading a surgical bolster material. In accordance with some forms, the device includes a tray defining a guide channel for receipt of a bolster material. The guide channel may be configured to align and/or direct the device onto which the bolster material is to be loaded onto the bolster material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition including one or more cannabinoids, and methods of using same, such as for treating estrogen receptor-related diseases. The present invention further provides combination therapy comprising one or more cannabinoids and an estrogen receptor activation inhibitor and use thereof in sensitizing subjects that are resistance to treatment with the estrogen receptor activation inhibitor alone.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wellbore fluid, which is a monovalent brine comprising one or more alkali bromide salt(s) and one or more TCT-reducing additive(s) selected from the group consisting of alkali nitrates. A method of treating a subterranean formation, comprising placing the wellbore fluids of the invention in a wellbore in the subterranean formation is also provided.

Abstract: A head mounted display can include a frame, an eyepiece, an image injection device, a sensor array, a reflector, and an off-axis optical element. The frame can be configured to be supported on the head of the user. The eyepiece can be coupled to the frame and configured to be disposed in front of an eye of the user. The eyepiece can include a plurality of layers. The image injection device can be configured to provide image content to the eyepiece for viewing by the user. The sensor array can be integrated in or one the eyepiece. The reflector can be disposed in or on the eyepiece and configured to reflect light received from an object for imaging by the sensor array. The off-axis optical element can be disposed in or one the eyepiece. The off-axis optical element can be configured to receive light reflected from the reflector and direct at least a portion of the light toward the sensor array.

Abstract: A soft-focus cosmetic composition contains at least one natural oil, at least one blurring agent, and at least one water-in-oil emulsifier. The soft-focus cosmetic composition may be a water-in-oil emulsion, where at least one natural oil is in the external phase. The soft-focus cosmetic composition has good radiance. A method for reducing the appearance of skin imperfections by applying to skin surfaces a soft-focus composition comprising at least one natural oil, at least one blurring agent, and at least one water-in-oil emulsifier.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for manipulating the temperature of a surface are provided. Devices of the present disclosure may include a thermal adjustment apparatus, such as a controller in electrical communication with one or more thermoelectric materials, placed adjacent to the surface of skin. The device may generate a series of thermal pulses at the surface, for providing an enhanced thermal sensation for a user. The thermal pulses may be characterized by temperature reversibility, where each pulse includes an initial temperature adjustment, followed by a return temperature adjustment, over a short period of time (e.g., less than 120 seconds). The average rate of temperature change upon initiation and upon return may be between about 0.1° C./sec and about 10.0° C./sec. In some cases, the average rate of the initial temperature adjustment is greater in magnitude than the average rate of the return temperature adjustment.

Abstract: A method and system for blurring location data. Location data indicating a location of a mobile device and a user identification associated with the mobile device is received. Prestored data indicating a plurality of entries is accessed, each entry having a respective stored location associated with a corresponding location status. In response to an entry in the prestored data including a stored location corresponding to the location of the mobile device indicated in the location data, a derived location of the mobile device is generated based on the corresponding location status of the stored location, wherein the derived location is less accurate than the location indicated in the received location data. The derived location of the mobile device is stored in a mobile device location log associated with the received user identification.

Abstract: Methods and devices for manipulating the temperature of a surface are generally provided. The present disclosure relates to a device including one or more heating and/or cooling elements, or other suitable thermal adjustment apparatus(es), placed near a surface, such as the skin of a user. The device may be configured to generate one or more (optionally alternating) thermal profiles at the surface, which may include a series of thermal pulses and/or essentially continuous or semi-continuous thermal input, which may vary over time. Such thermal profiles, when suitably applied, may provide enhanced thermal sensations for a user which, in some cases, may provide the user with a more pleasurable thermal experience than would otherwise be the case without the generation of the thermal profiles. In some embodiments, an alternating thermal profile may include an average frequency, an oscillation window, and/or an average temperature, each of which may be adjustable.

Abstract: Methods and systems for enhanced natural language processing of clinical documentation are provided. Using natural language processing, a clinical condition is extracted from unstructured data within a current electronic document. A clinical ontology identifying itemsets associated with the clinical condition is retrieved, and indicators of relevant clinical concepts, as identified from the ontology, are searched from within the patient's longitudinal record, which comprises documentation from at least a prior encounter. Based on the whether the clinical concepts are present in the patent's record, a confidence is assigned to the NLP-extracted clinical condition, and one or more actions may be performed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a data analysis system that may automatically generate memory-efficient clustered data structures, automatically analyze those clustered data structures, and provide results of the automated analysis in an optimized way to an analyst. The automated analysis of the clustered data structures (also referred to herein as data clusters) may include an automated application of various criteria or rules so as to generate a compact, human-readable analysis of the data clusters. The human-readable analyses (also referred to herein as “summaries” or “conclusions”) of the data clusters may be organized into an interactive user interface so as to enable an analyst to quickly navigate among information associated with various data clusters and efficiently evaluate those data clusters in the context of, for example, a fraud investigation. Embodiments of the present disclosure also relate to automated scoring of the clustered data structures.

Abstract: An imaging system includes an illumination unit and a sensor unit disposed on a printed circuit board. The illumination unit includes a diode laser source inside an illumination housing. The sensor unit includes an image sensor having a pixel array and a lens barrel mounted on the image sensor with an adhesive, and an optical fiber coupled between the illumination housing and image sensor. The optical fiber is configured to collect a portion of light from the interior of the illumination housing that is emitted by the diode laser source and direct the portion of light to a corner of the pixel array of the image sensor that is located outside the lens barrel.

Abstract: An apparatus may include an accelerator and a processor. The processor may receive an input string targeting a data buffer comprising a plurality of strings. The processor may receive, from the accelerator, a fixed-length data buffer based on the data buffer, respective ones of a plurality of entries of the fixed-length data buffer based on respective ones of the strings. The processor may receive, from the accelerator, a plurality of streams, respective ones of the plurality of streams to comprise a portion of respective entries in the fixed-length data buffer. The processor may generate, based on the input string, a plurality of target portions of the input string. The processor may receive, from the accelerator, indexes of the plurality of streams based on respective target portions of the input string matching respective entries of the plurality of streams. The processor may aggregate the indexes received from the accelerator.

Abstract: Techniques for improving database searches are described herein.

Abstract: A laser beam for improved atmospheric penetration is produced by a device having two or more laser sources each producing a laser beam of a different wavelength. The beams are combined by an optical combiner into a composite beam having at least two wavelengths, so that the different properties of the different wavelengths may combine to improve atmospheric penetration.

Abstract: A display system can include a head-mounted display configured to project light to an eye of a user to display virtual image content at different amounts of divergence and collimation. The display system can include an inward-facing imaging system possibly comprising a plurality of cameras that image the user's eye and glints for thereon and processing electronics that are in communication with the inward-facing imaging system and that are configured to obtain an estimate of a center of rotation of the user's eye using cornea data derived from the glint images. The display system may render virtual image content with a render camera positioned at the determined position of the center of rotation of said eye.

Abstract: A tuner for a guitar having a neck and string nut including a plurality of nut slots configured to receive respective guitar strings. A tuner mount is fixedly secured to the neck and a tuner body is mounted on the tuner mount. A string break angle fastener is engageable with a guitar string passing through the respective nut slot and sets a break angle of the guitar string. A string lock carriage is movably mounted on the tuner body and includes a string fastener engageable with the guitar string passing through the respective nut slot to secure the guitar string to the carriage. A tuner knob is manually movable to drive the string carriage and thereby adjust the tension of and tune the respective guitar string.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette (“e-Cig”) may include functionality for monitoring and controlling the thermal properties of the e-Cig. The system and method described herein may monitor a temperature based on a resistor (i.e. hot wire) near the wick and model the thermal cycle of an e-Cig. The model can be used for controlling the temperature of the e-Cig and preventing burning. The temperature control may dictate optimal conditions for atomization and smoke generation in an e-Cig while avoiding hotspots and burning to the atomizer or cartomizer.

Abstract: Methods and systems for enhanced natural language processing of clinical documentation are provided. Using natural language processing, a clinical condition is extracted from unstructured data within a current electronic document. A clinical ontology identifying itemsets associated with the clinical condition is retrieved, and indicators of relevant clinical concepts, as identified from the ontology, are searched from within the patient's longitudinal record, which comprises documentation from at least a prior encounter. Based on the whether the clinical concepts are present in the patent's record, a confidence is assigned to the NLP-extracted clinical condition, and one or more actions may be performed.