Abstract: A bioinformatics pipeline designed to analyze next generation sequence data as input and systematically quality filter, normalize, annotate, quantify, and identify microbial taxa of interest contained within microbial databases. In various embodiment, a bioinformatics pipeline may include a deep annotation strategy that confers an additional task that can be scaled to a limitless number of taxa of interest each time a taxa of interest is extracted for re-annotation.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for providing an exposure rating. In an aspect, a processing system provides, to a user, an exposure rating to enable the user to visualize a level of online exposure of their personal information, wherein the exposure rating is determined based at least in part on an email score and a data broker score, wherein the email score is determined based at least in part on a number of a set of commercial email domains determined from a scan of an email account of the user, a number of a set of protected commercial email domains, and an email portion of the exposure rating, and wherein the data broker score is determined based at least in part on a number of a set of known data brokers, a number of the set of protected data brokers, and a data broker portion of the exposure rating.

Abstract: A drug storage and dispensing system that includes a packaging unit and an injection device for pre-filled containers having a needle shield and containing a medication is disclosed. The drug storage and dispensing system of the present disclosure provides for drug administration while minimizing the space occupied by such containers in the cold chain. The packaging unit minimizes the risk of a needle-stick injury, as a healthcare worker does not have to manually remove the needle shield. The injection device provides a novel way of auto-disabling a container, such as a syringe, as a plunger rod is not engaged with the container until the container is actually used. The drug storage and dispensing system provides for a reduction in the number of steps required to perform an injection, and thus a productivity and efficiency gain in mass immunization campaigns.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for determining opt-out compliance to prevent user data exploitation. In an aspect, a user device scans an email account of a user of the user device to identify a list of commercial email domains from which the email account has received one or more emails, transmits an opt-out request to a commercial email domain on the list of commercial email domains, receives an opt-out response from the commercial entity, wherein the opt-out response comprises an email or a webform containing natural language text indicating a response to the opt-out request, applies a machine learning model to the opt-out response to classify, based on the natural language text indicating the response to the opt-out request, a type of the opt-out response as one of a plurality of types of opt-out responses, and displays a notification indicating the type of the opt-out response determined by the machine learning model.

Abstract: A telepresence robot may include a drive system, a control system, an imaging system, and a mapping module. The mapping module may access a plan view map of an area and tags associated with the area. In various embodiments, each tag may include tag coordinates and tag information, which may include a tag annotation. A tag identification system may identify tags within a predetermined range of the current position and the control system may execute an action based on an identified tag whose tag information comprises a telepresence robot action modifier. The telepresence robot may rotate an upper portion independent from a lower portion. A remote terminal may allow an operator to control the telepresence robot using any combination of control methods, including by selecting a destination in a live video feed, by selecting a destination on a plan view map, or by using a joystick or other peripheral device.

Abstract: A drug storage and dispensing system that includes a packaging unit and an injection device for pre-filled containers having a needle shield and containing a medication is disclosed. The drug storage and dispensing system of the present disclosure provides for drug administration while minimizing the space occupied by such containers in the cold chain. The packaging unit minimizes the risk of a needle-stick injury, as a healthcare worker does not have to manually remove the needle shield. The injection device provides a novel way of auto-disabling a container, such as a syringe, as a plunger rod is not engaged with the container until the container is actually used. The drug storage and dispensing system provides for a reduction in the number of steps required to perform an injection, and thus a productivity and efficiency gain in mass immunization campaigns.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided that are capable of mass production of particulate materials, such as graphene particulates. The apparatus comprises an ignition assembly that comprises readily interchangeable electrode cassettes and that may be configured to self-clean in between the combustion cycles in which the particulate materials are generated. Methods of generating the particulate materials require low energy inputs in order to initiate the combustion reaction, which is then self-sustaining until the reactants are depleted.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for suggesting annotation shapes to be applied to a medical image. In one example, a method includes outputting, for display on a display device, a set of annotation icons from an icon library based on a current image displayed on the display device and displaying an annotation on the current image in response to selection of an annotation icon from the set. The method further includes automatically adjusting the annotation to a corresponding anatomical feature in the current image and saving the current image with the annotation.

Abstract: Detection and identification of microbial species uses liquid chromatography as a bulk filtration process for rapid isolation and collection of microbial RNA from a biological specimen. In various embodiments, gene sequencing of microbial RNA molecules from a biological specimen is enhanced by obtaining and then preparing the biological specimen as a test sample for liquid chromatography that is used to bulk filter microbial RNA molecules from a mixture of RNA molecules in the test sample to isolate and collect the microbial RNA molecules in two or more fraction outputs, wherein at least one of the two or more fraction outputs is a fraction within a void volume of the liquid chromatography, preparing one or more fraction outputs for gene sequencing, including the fraction output that is within the void volume, and conducting gene sequencing on the one or more prepared outputs to detect microbial RNA from the biological specimen.

Abstract: LED board interconnect schemes for illuminable assemblies are provided. Multiple LED boards may form a partial perimeter along an illuminable assembly. The multiple LED boards and interconnects must fit within a limited width and height of the illuminable assembly. In some implementations, an interconnect board and spring connectors are used to provide a low-profile electrical interconnection while maintaining co-planarity of the LEDs across the LED boards.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for suggesting annotation shapes to be applied to a medical image. In one example, a method includes outputting, for display on a display device, a set of annotation icons from an icon library based on a current image displayed on the display device and displaying an annotation on the current image in response to selection of an annotation icon from the set. The method further includes automatically adjusting the annotation to a corresponding anatomical feature in the current image and saving the current image with the annotation.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for suggesting annotation shapes to be applied to a medical image. In one example, a method includes outputting, for display on a display device, a set of annotation icons from an icon library based on a current image displayed on the display device and displaying an annotation on the current image in response to selection of an annotation icon from the set. The method further includes automatically adjusting the annotation to a corresponding anatomical feature in the current image and saving the current image with the annotation.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for suggesting annotation shapes to be applied to a medical image. In one example, a method includes outputting, for display on a display device, a set of annotation icons from an icon library based on a current image displayed on the display device and displaying an annotation on the current image in response to selection of an annotation icon from the set. The method further includes automatically adjusting the annotation to a corresponding anatomical feature in the current image and saving the current image with the annotation.

Abstract: LED board interconnect schemes for illuminable assemblies are provided. Multiple LED boards may form a partial perimeter along an illuminable assembly. The multiple LED boards and interconnects must fit within a limited width and height of the illuminable assembly. In some implementations, an interconnect board and spring connectors are used to provide a low-profile electrical interconnection while maintaining co-planarity of the LEDs across the LED boards.

Abstract: The lifting apparatus is a mechanical structure. The lifting apparatus is configured for use in manually lifting a load. The lifting apparatus attaches to the load such that a plurality of individuals are able to simultaneously lift the load. The lifting apparatus comprises a master beam, a grasping structure, and a rigging chain. The grasping structure and the rigging chain attach to the master beam. The plurality of individuals manipulate the lifting apparatus using the master beam. The grasping structure attaches the load to the master beam. The grasping structure adjusts to accommodate the form factor of the load. The rigging chain is a secondary attachment structure that attaches the load to the master beam such that the loading distribution of the load is balanced relative to the master beam such that the lifting apparatus is more easily manipulated by the plurality of individuals.

Abstract: A drug storage and dispensing system that includes a packaging unit and an injection device for pre-filled containers having a needle shield and containing a medication is disclosed. The drug storage and dispensing system of the present disclosure provides for drug administration while minimizing the space occupied by such containers in the cold chain. The packaging unit minimizes the risk of a needle-stick injury, as a healthcare worker does not have to manually remove the needle shield. The injection device provides a novel way of auto-disabling a container, such as a syringe, as a plunger rod is not engaged with the container until the container is actually used. The drug storage and dispensing system provides for a reduction in the number of steps required to perform an injection, and thus a productivity and efficiency gain in mass immunization campaigns.

Abstract: A drug storage and dispensing system that includes a packaging unit and an injection device for pre-filled containers having a needle shield and containing a medication is disclosed. The drug storage and dispensing system of the present disclosure provides for drug administration while minimizing the space occupied by such containers in the cold chain. The packaging unit minimizes the risk of a needle-stick injury, as a healthcare worker does not have to manually remove the needle shield. The injection device provides a novel way of auto-disabling a container, such as a syringe, as a plunger rod is not engaged with the container until the container is actually used. The drug storage and dispensing system provides for a reduction in the number of steps required to perform an injection, and thus a productivity and efficiency gain in mass immunization campaigns.

Abstract: To address problems related to use and formation of tables of contents, the present inventors, devised among other things, an exemplary table-of-contents (TOC) data structure and related systems and methods. One exemplary method entails associating a node from one TOC with a node of another TOC and then assigning a unique identifier to the associated pair of nodes. The unique identifier can then be used to logically define another TOC that includes portions of the two original Tics. Another exemplary method entails tagging or associating nodes of a TOC with one or more view labels. (Identifiers for node relationships rather than the nodes themselves are tagged with the labels in some embodiments.

Abstract: A drug storage and dispensing system that includes a packaging unit and an injection device for pre-filled containers having a needle shield and containing a medication is disclosed. The drug storage and dispensing system of the present disclosure provides for drug administration while minimizing the space occupied by such containers in the cold chain. The packaging unit minimizes the risk of a needle-stick injury, as a healthcare worker does not have to manually remove the needle shield. The injection device provides a novel way of auto-disabling a container, such as a syringe, as a plunger rod is not engaged with the container until the container is actually used. The drug storage and dispensing system provides for a reduction in the number of steps required to perform an injection, and thus a productivity and efficiency gain in mass immunization campaigns.

Abstract: To address problems related to use and formation of tables of contents, the present inventors, devised among other things, an exemplary table-of-contents (TOC) data structure and related systems and methods. One exemplary method entails associating a node from one TOC with a node of another TOC and then assigning a unique identifier to the associated pair of nodes. The unique identifier can then be used to logically define another TOC that includes portions of the two original TOCs. Another exemplary method entails tagging or associating nodes of a TOC with one or more view labels. (Identifiers for node relationships rather than the nodes themselves are tagged with the labels in some embodiments.