Abstract: A technique for monitoring valve and pump efficiencies for positive displacement pumps. The techniques include utilizing a data acquisition system to attain intake and discharge pressure data in combination with real-time encoder position data. Thus, when combined, output from a pump may be monitored in real-time. As a result, pump life may be extended beyond an anticipated changeout schedule. By the same token, premature pump inefficiencies may also be detected for taking a pump offline in advance of expected life. In either circumstance, multi-pump operations may be substantially enhanced with cost and time savings realized.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and non-transitory media for providing point-of-sale functionality are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include a system including a merchant device and a consumer facing device. The merchant device may include a merchant display device configured to present interactive displays of a merchant facing interface configured to be used by merchants. The consumer facing device may be configured to present interactive displays of a consumer facing interface configured to be used by consumers. The point-of-sale system may be configured to facilitate financial transactions and other forms of consumer service. For example, merchant inputs provided via the merchant facing interface (e.g., entered menu items) may be shown on the consumer facing interface. In another example, consumer inputs provided via the consumer facing interface be sent to the merchant device and/or otherwise used by the merchant device to facilitate a financial transaction, among other things.

Abstract: Methods of making orally available softgels includes pre-wetting a probiotic with an edible oil to produce a wetted supplement, wherein the edible oil is present in a range of 25% to 75% by weight of a total weight of the probiotic and edible oil, heating the wetted supplement to a temperature in a range of 35° C. to 40° C., blending the wetted supplement and a molten chocolate component together to produce a liquid fill material, encapsulating the liquid fill material in a softgel coating to produce an orally available softgel, and cooling the orally available softgel to have a softgel capsule shell comprising 5% to 15% by weight water. The fill material is a solid at room temperature in the cooled orally available softgel.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to new assay methods for analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in blood samples for detection, e.g., early detection, and/or monitoring of disease, e.g., cancer. The methods provide ultra-high sensitivity and specificity, and include the use of microfluidic isolation of CTCs and digital detection of RNA derived from the CTCs.

Abstract: Provided are methods for the isolation of phorbol from seed sources and the use of the phorbol for the generation of tigliane tiglate and derivatives thereof.

Abstract: A camera may capture reflected light from the surface of the wafer during a semiconductor process that adds or removes material from the wafer, such as an etch process. To accurately determine an endpoint for the process, a camera sampling rate and light source intensity may be optimized in the process recipe. Optimizing the light source intensity may include characterizing light intensities that will be reflected from the waiver using an image of the wafer. Pixel intensities may be used to adjust the light source intensity to compensate for more complex wafer patterns. Optimizing the camera sampling rates may include nondestructively rotating a view of the wafer and converting the sampled intensities to the frequency domain. The camera sampling rate may be increased or decreased to remove spatial noise from the image without oversampling unnecessarily. These optimized parameters may then generate a clean, repeatable trace for endpoint determination.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods useful for inducing an immune response and overcoming immune tolerance in a subject suffering from Hepatitis B. As described herein, the compositions of the disclosure comprise HBsAg having S, Pre-S1 and Pre-S2 proteins, an aluminum phosphate adjuvant and interferon-?.

Abstract: Provided is a compound of formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, as defined herein for use in the treatment or prevention of a Dirofilaria infection in a mammal, The compounds are also for use in the treatment or prevention of diseases or conditions caused by a Dirofilaria infection in a mammal. Also described are corresponding methods of treating or preventing a Dirofilaria infection in a mammal.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel whitening agents for cellulosic substrates. The whitening agents are comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to ultraviolet light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. The whitening agents are further characterized by having a dispersion component value of the Hansen Solubility Parameter of less than or equal to about 17 MPa0.5. This invention also relates to laundry care compositions including but not limited to liquid and/or powder laundry detergent formulations and rinse added fabric softening (RAFS) compositions that comprise such whitening agents.

Abstract: Technologies for detecting cyber-attacks against electrical distribution devices include a controller. The controller includes circuitry to determine a first measured value of a first operational parameter of a transformer based upon one or more signals received from one or more sensors of the transformer. The circuitry is also to determine a second measured value of a second operational parameter of the transformer based upon one or more signals received from the one or more sensors of the transformer, calculate a first expected value of the first operational parameter based on the second measured value of the second operational parameter and a model of the transformer that relates the first and second operational parameters, compare the first measured value of the first operational parameter to the first expected value of the first operational parameter, and identify when a difference between the first measured value and the first expected value exceeds a first threshold.

Abstract: Described are various embodiments of a cryptographic process for portable devices, and user presence and/or access authorization systems and methods employing such protocols. In one embodiment, a digital user authentication system is described to comprise a wireless digital user authentication device (UAD) operable to authenticate the user and wirelessly communicate an authenticated identity thereof; and a network application operatively associated with a wireless access point and operable to authenticate the user presence. Upon the network application authenticating the user presence based, at least in part, on the authenticated identity, the UAD and the network application securely establish a short-term symmetric advertising (STSA) key. During a prescribed advertising lifetime of the STSA, the UAD periodically computes and advertises authentication codes encompassing the STSA key so to securely advertise the authenticated user presence.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for robust radar-based gesture-recognition. A radar system detects radar-based gestures on behalf of application subscribers. A state machine transitions between multiple states based on inertial sensor data. A no-gating state enables the radar system to output radar-based gestures to application subscribers. The state machine also includes a soft-gating state that prevents the radar system from outputting the radar-based gestures to the application subscribers. A hard-gating state prevents the radar system from detecting radar-based gestures altogether. The techniques and systems enable the radar system to determine when not to perform gesture-recognition, enabling user equipment to automatically reconfigure the radar system to meet user demand. By so doing, the techniques conserve power, improve accuracy, or reduce latency relative to many common techniques and systems for radar-based gesture-recognition.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for consent management. A method may include receiving a first data request for user data associated with a user, the user data stored in a user data database; communicating a consent request to the requester system; receiving a consent response from the requester system; storing consent data associated with the consent response for the user data requested in the first data request in an immutable ledger; receiving a consent verification request from the user data database, the consent verification request based on a second data request for the user data from the requester system to the user data database; verifying the consent verification request based on the consent data; and communicating a consent verification response to the user data database, the consent verification response indicating consent from the user to share the user data with the requester system.

Abstract: In various examples, sensor data recorded in the real-world may be leveraged to generate transformed, additional, sensor data to test one or more functions of a vehicle—such as a function of an AEB, CMW, LDW, ALC, or ACC system. Sensor data recorded by the sensors may be augmented, transformed, or otherwise updated to represent sensor data corresponding to state information defined by a simulation test profile for testing the vehicle function(s). Once a set of test data has been generated, the test data may be processed by a system of the vehicle to determine the efficacy of the system with respect to any number of test criteria. As a result, a test set including additional or alternative instances of sensor data may be generated from real-world recorded sensor data to test a vehicle in a variety of test scenarios—including those that may be too dangerous to test in the real-world.

Abstract: A package structure includes a first substrate and a first device disposed on the first substrate. The first device includes at least one anchor structure, a film structure anchored by the anchor structure and an actuator configured to control the film structure to form a first vent temporarily. The film structure partitions a space into a first volume to be connected to an ear canal and a second volume connected to an ambient of a wearable sound device. The ear canal and the ambient are connected via the first vent when the first vent is opened. The first vent is opened by controlling a first membrane portion and a second membrane portion of the film structure, such that a difference between a first displacement of the first membrane portion and a second displacement of the second membrane portion is larger than a thickness of the film structure.

Abstract: A method of producing vehicles comprises: in a vehicle production process, manufacturing vehicle components of different types, and assembling the vehicle components to form vehicles; creating a set of vehicle records, each being a record of one of the vehicles entering active service; performing vehicle repairs on a subset of the vehicles after they have entered active service; creating a respective record of each of the vehicle repairs, each of which comprises or indicates a vehicle age or usage value, and records a vehicle component fault identified in the vehicle repair; receiving at a data processing stage the vehicle records and vehicle repair records, wherein a predictive algorithm executed at the data processing stage processes the received records so as to, for each type of vehicle component: 1) identify a respective set of the vehicle repair records relating to that type of vehicle component, and 2) use the respective set of vehicle repair records to predict a respective number of or resource value

Abstract: Example systems and methods of a wireless device use a signal attribute detector to determine a signal attribute value associated with a first frame received via a first antenna. Media access control (MAC) logic can detect that the first frame indicates an acknowledgement (ACK) of a second frame transmitted by the wireless device. Responsive to the detection of the ACK by the MAC logic, an antenna evaluator uses the signal attribute value to select one of the first antenna and the second antenna to transmit or receive a third frame.