Abstract: The present invention relates to diffusers for dogs and cats, containing formulations capable of passively diffusing semiochemical compositions.

Abstract: A vestibular stimulation prosthesis can restore vestibular function in recipients having vestibular deficiency. In an example, a body is appended onto or within the recipient's ossicular chain such that the body directly interfaces with an oval window of an inner ear of the recipient. Electrical stimulation is provided using one or more electrodes of the body to stimulate the vestibular system and thereby restore vestibular functioning. In an example, a stimulator device connected to the body via a lead is also implanted. The stimulator device can have a small and convenient form factor. In some instances, the stimulator device is a stand-alone device that is configured to provide stimulation to the recipient's vestibular system without respect to signals received from devices external to the recipient. In some implementations, the stimulator device is a component of a sensory prosthesis (e.g., a cochlear implant or bionic eye) or another medical device.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of composition comprising sialylated and fucosylated human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) for enhancing bone development and/or bone strength, preferably a nutritional composition for infants or young children.

Abstract: A method and a computing apparatus for allocating space in a building are provided. The method includes: receiving a first input that includes information that relates to a plurality of persons that intend to occupy the building; receiving a second input that includes information that relates to building specifications; receiving a third input that includes information that relates to constraints that are mandatory and preferences that are not mandatory; and determining, based on each of the first input, the second input, and the third input, an allocation of each person to a corresponding space within the building and a respective schedule for each person to occupy the corresponding space. The determination of the allocation and the respective schedule may be effected by applying an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that is configured to satisfy all of the mandatory constraints and to optimize a satisfaction of the preferences.

Abstract: A method for optimizing personnel utilization is provided. The method includes: accessing first task management planning information that relates to a first project that has not been completed; using the accessed first task management planning information to identify a plurality of tasks to be performed in connection with the first project and to identify a plurality of persons to be assigned to respective tasks; retrieving historical task management information that relates to at least one project that has been completed; and adjusting at least a first portion of the first task management planning information based on the retrieved historical task management information.

Abstract: A method for generating schedules for a group of persons within a common workspace is provided. The method includes: receiving a first user input that relates to employee preferences; receiving a second user input that relates to at least one manager preference; receiving a third user input that relates to business constraints; generating, based on the received first, second, and third user inputs, a respective schedule for each corresponding group member; and outputting each respective schedule to a user interface for display thereon. The method may also include generating a set of metrics that corresponds to the employee preferences.

Abstract: This invention relates to compositions for use in the promotion of the development and/or of the growth of the surface area of the small intestine and in the associated improvement of the digestive capacity in an infant or in a young child.

Abstract: A method, including obtaining information indicative of a phenomenon sensed at a read electrode of a cochlear implant electrode array relative to a reference and/or at a read electrode remote from the electrode array relative to a reference, where one of the electrodes of the cochlear implant electrode array was energized executing a first analysis of the information to identify one or more first meanings from among a first group of meanings of the sensed phenomenon, conditioning the obtained information based on the identified one or more first meanings, and executing a second analysis of the conditioned information to identify one or more second meanings from among a second group of meanings of the sensed phenomenon.

Abstract: The invention relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for analyzing and standardizing various types of input data such as structured data, semi-structured data, unstructured data, and images and voice. Embodiments of the systems and the methods further provide for generating responses to specific questions based on the standardized input data.

Abstract: A system including a galvanic stimulator, and an eye tracking device, wherein the system is a clinical vestibular implant suitability evaluation system. The system includes a computing apparatus configured analyze eye tracking data generated by the eye tracking device and provide output indicative of the analysis. The system is configured to evoke a vestibular reflex in a human with at least a partially functioning neural system of the human's vestibular system.

Abstract: This invention relates to compositions for use in the promotion of the development and/or of the growth of the surface area of the small intestine and in the associated improvement of the digestive capacity in an infant or in a young child.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of insulin sensitizers. In particular, the present invention relates to scyllo-inositol for use as an insulin sensitizer in the treatment or prevention of hyperglycemia. The present invention further relates to scyllo-inositol for use as an insulin sensitizer in the treatment or prevention of disorders, conditions, and/or symptoms associated with hyperglycemia in a subject.

Abstract: A method for optimizing personnel utilization is provided. The method includes: accessing first task management planning information that relates to a first project that has not been completed; using the accessed first task management planning information to identify a plurality of tasks to be performed in connection with the first project and to identify a plurality of persons to be assigned to respective tasks; retrieving historical task management information that relates to at least one project that has been completed; and adjusting at least a first portion of the first task management planning information based on the retrieved historical task management information.

Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for electrically stimulating a recipient's vestibular nerve in order to mask vestibular noise signals (vestibular noise) generated by the peripheral vestibular system (e.g., prevent erroneous balance information generated by the peripheral vestibular system from being sent to the brain of the recipient). A vestibular nerve stimulator in accordance with embodiments presented herein includes a plurality of electrodes implanted in an inner ear of a recipient at a location that is adjacent to the otolith organs of the inner ear. The vestibular nerve stimulator is configured to generate one or more continuous pulse trains and to deliver the one or more continuous pulse trains to the inferior branch of the recipient's vestibular nerve.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ?-cell mediated disorders. In particular, the present invention relates to scyllo-inositol for use in the treatment or prevention of disorders linked to an impaired function of insulin secreting ?-cells. The present invention further relates to scyllo-inositol for use in the treatment or prevention of a condition or symptom associated with such disorders in a subject.

Abstract: A method, including obtaining information indicative of a phenomenon sensed at a read electrode of a cochlear implant electrode array relative to a reference and/or at a read electrode remote from the electrode array relative to a reference, where one of the electrodes of the cochlear implant electrode array was energized executing a first analysis of the information to identify one or more first meanings from among a first group of meanings of the sensed phenomenon, conditioning the obtained information based on the identified one or more first meanings, and executing a second analysis of the conditioned information to identify one or more second meanings from among a second group of meanings of the sensed phenomenon.

Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for electrically stimulating a recipient's vestibular nerve in order to mask vestibular noise signals (vestibular noise) generated by the peripheral vestibular system (e.g., prevent erroneous balance information generated by the peripheral vestibular system from being sent to the brain of the recipient). A vestibular nerve stimulator in accordance with embodiments presented herein includes a plurality of electrodes implanted in an inner ear of a recipient at a location that is adjacent to the otolith organs of the inner ear. The vestibular nerve stimulator is configured to generate one or more continuous pulse trains and to deliver the one or more continuous pulse trains to the inferior branch of the recipient's vestibular nerve.

Abstract: A self-locking threaded connection element can be a screw or a nut, and includes a thread with a set of several turns. The thread has a thread pitch which varies from one turn to another and which enables the element to be self-locking, without seizing.

Abstract: The self-locking threaded connection element, which can be a screw or a nut, and which comprises a thread with a set of several turns, characterised in that the thread comprises a thread pitch which varies from one turn to another, which enables the element to be self-locking, without seizing.

Abstract: This invention relates to nutritional compositions comprising at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide, preferably 2FL, for use in enhancing the pancreatic development and/or pancreatic maturation of infants, and/or the enhancement of the insulin biosynthesis and/or the prevention of metabolic disorder or associated diseases and/or glucose management during the nutritional intervention or later in life. The composition can be an infant formula. The composition can also comprise at least one N-acetylated oligosaccharide, preferably LnNT.