Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for assessing one's risk for suffering from severe COVID or long COVID symptoms. Also provided are methods for reducing the risk of developing severe COVID and/or long COVID symptoms.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provides a training mechanism that transfers the knowledge from a trained BERT model into a much smaller model to approximate the behavior of BERT. Specifically, the BERT model may be treated as a teacher model, and a much smaller student model may be trained using the same inputs to the teacher model and the output from the teacher model. In this way, the student model can be trained within a much shorter time than the BERT teacher model, but with comparable performance with BERT.

Abstract: An exemplary apparatus facilitates the formation of carbon nanotubes with desired tip structures. The apparatus includes a reaction chamber including a gas outlet, and an evacuation device. The reaction chamber is configured for receiving a catalyst from which the carbon nanotubes grow and providing an environment for growing the carbon nanotubes. The evacuation device includes an intake connected with the gas outlet. The evacuation device is configured for reducing an inner pressure in the reaction chamber and inducing the formation of carbon nanotubes with desired tip structures. Methods for synthesizing carbon nanotubes with desired tip structures are also provided.

Abstract: An exemplary apparatus facilitates the formation of carbon nanotubes with desired tip structures. The apparatus includes a reaction chamber including a gas outlet, and an evacuation device. The reaction chamber is configured for receiving a catalyst from which the carbon nanotubes grow and providing an environment for growing the carbon nanotubes. The evacuation device includes an intake connected with the gas outlet. The evacuation device is configured for reducing an inner pressure in the reaction chamber and inducing the formation of carbon nanotubes with desired tip structures. Methods for synthesizing carbon nanotubes with desired tip structures are also provided.

Abstract: A hot and cold beverage maker has apparatus for preparing a hot beverage and a beverage jug into which the hot beverage is dispensed and cooled. The jug has an outer receptacle having an outer receptacle wall and a base and an inner receptacle for receiving a cooling agent. The inner receptacle is removably located within the outer receptacle and has an inner receptacle wall together with the outer receptacle wall defining a beverage compartment for receiving the hot beverage to be cooled. A rotational paddle is located within the beverage compartment between the inner and outer receptacle walls for stirring a beverage in the beverage compartment. There may also be a rotational blade within the inner receptacle for agitating the cooling agent.

Abstract: A frozen confectionary maker has a cup holder on a housing for removably receiving a cup with a cavity in its wall and base for receiving freezable solution. The cup holder has a rotateable coupling for rotateably engaging the cup. A motor in the housing rotates the coupling and cup. A removable stirrer is fixedly positioned with the housing above the cup holder for stirring a confectionary mixture in the cup when the cup rotates.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing and dispensing a chilled or partially frozen beverage and a base and an outer receptacle provided on the base. An inner receptacle for receiving a cooling agent is removably located within the outer receptacle. The inner and outer receptacle walls define a beverage compartment for receiving a beverage to be chilled or partially frozen. A dispensing valve is located in or near the outer receptacle bottom for dispensing beverage from within the compartment. A rotational paddle in the beverage compartment is rotational in a first directing for stirring a beverage in the compartment and in an opposite direction for moving the beverage towards the dispensing valve.

Abstract: An ice beverage-making apparatus includes a housing, an electric motor located within the housing, a torque transmission supported by the housing and receiving input from the electric motor and providing a first output shaft and a second-speed output shaft that rotates at a different speed than the first output shaft. The apparatus further includes an ice crushing module supported by the housing and receiving torque from the first output shaft, and a blending module receiving torque from the second output shaft.