Abstract: Nerve conduits support the repair of nerve lesions by facilitating proper insertion and/or fixation of nerve ends into the nerve conduit. A nerve conduit includes an elongate body with a central portion defining an inner cavity and end portions defining a respective opening to the inner cavity and arranged adjacent to the central portion and at longitudinally opposing ends of the elongate body. A cross-sectional area of at least one opening is larger than the cross-sectional area of the inner cavity of the central portion. A use and a method of treating a nerve lesion using such nerve conduits is also disclosed.

Abstract: Composition for additive manufacturing by binder jet printing, comprising a ceramic particulate material subjected to a heat treatment and a binder particulate material, wherein the heat treatment comprises heating a particulate ceramic material from 600 to 1200° C. for 1 to 20 h, to produce the ceramic particulate material subjected to a heat treatment and the binder particulate material is a water-soluble compound. Method for additive manufacturing by binder jet printing of a conformed object comprising repeating the steps of depositing a layer of composition of the invention on a printing bed and depositing a liquid binder. The invention solves the problems of mechanical fragility of objects conformed by binder jet printing and design defects thereof, wherein the heat treatment creates bonds and aggregations between particles of the ceramic material, maintaining them during printing.

Abstract: The present document discloses a method for machine-learning fairness-aware data valuation processing for supervised learning, from a training dataset comprising a plurality of data records each containing data for a training instance for said supervised learning, wherein the data for each training instance comprises one or more target variables, one or more input variables and one or more protected-attribute variables, wherein fairness is defined as minimizing a data bias present in the training set in respect of the one or more protected variables.

Abstract: A composition with improved adhesive and sealant properties comprises a) a pre-polymer comprising a polymeric unit of the general formula (-A-B-)n, wherein A represents a substituted or un-substituted ester, B represents a substituted or un-substituted acid ester comprising at least two acid ester functionalities, and n represents an integer greater than 1; wherein the content of grafted anhydride in the composition is less than 0.05 mol/mol of polyacid.

Abstract: A method for the identification of operational problems in wells that produce by gas-lift, including allowing the hydrodynamic evaluation of the well/lines set by injection of at least one alcohol in the gas-lift line, collecting samples at the well sampling point, and detecting alcohol passage and return by direct analysis of information about process variables provided by the well instrumentation.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an implantable ocular drainage device for controlling intraocular pressure (IOP) comprising at least one drainage channel, and at least one magnetic control mechanism. The at least one magnetic control mechanism is a magnetic valve mechanism configured to regulate flow in the at least one drainage channel.

Abstract: An applicator (1) comprising: a body (2) defining a chamber (14) for storing an adhesive composition, and an outlet (16) for delivering the adhesive composition stored in the chamber (14), a piston (4) mobile in translation relative to the body (2), a drive element (6) mobile in rotation relative to the body (2), and configured to be releasably engaged with a guide (100, 200, 300) external to the applicator (1), wherein rotating the drive element (6) relative to the body (2) causes the piston (4) to translate relative to the body (2) so as to reduce a volume of the chamber (14) and force the adhesive composition out of the applicator (1) through the outlet (16).

Abstract: A composition is made by melt-mixing pellets and a further propylene-based polymer, wherein the pellets are pellets of a glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polymer composition having a sheathed continuous multifilament strand including a core that extends in the longitudinal direction and a polymer sheath which intimately surrounds said core, wherein the core includes at least one continuous glass multifilament strand, the polymer sheath has a thermoplastic polymer composition containing a polyolefin and having a melt flow index as measured according to ISO 1133-1:2011 (2.16 kg/230° C.) of at least 1.0 dg/min and less than 47 dg/min, wherein the length of the glass filaments in the pellets is substantially the same as the pellet length, and is 10 to 55 mm, wherein the further polyolefin has a melt flow index as measured according to ISO 1133-1:2011 (2.16 kg/230° C.) of less than 20 dg/min.

Abstract: A composition with improved adhesive and sealant properties comprising a pre-polymer comprising a polymeric unit of the general formula (1A1B-)n, wherein A represents a substituted or un-substituted ester, B represents a substituted or un-substituted acid ester comprising at least two acid ester functionalities, and n represents an integer greater than 1, wherein the compositions has a grafted anhydride content of less than about 0.05 mol/mol of polyacid.

Abstract: In a method for efficiently and accurately measuring the intelligibility of speech, a user may utter a sample text, and an automatic speech assessment (ASA) system may receive an acoustic signal encoding the utterance. An automatic speech recognition (ASR) module may generate an N-best output corresponding to the utterance and generate an intelligibility score representing the intelligibility of the utterance based on the N-best output and the sample text. Generating the intelligibility score may involve (1) calculating conditional intelligibility value(s) for the N recognition result(s), and (2) determining the intelligibility score based on the conditional intelligibility value of the most intelligible recognition result. Optionally, the process of generating the intelligibility score may involve adjusting the intelligibility score to account for environmental information (e.g., a pronunciation score for the user's speech and/or a confidence score assigned to the 1-best recognition result).

Abstract: In various embodiments, a process for obtaining a generated dataset with a predetermined bias for evaluating algorithmic fairness of a machine learning model includes receiving an input dataset and generating an anonymized reconstructed dataset based at least on the input dataset. The process includes introducing a predetermined bias into the generated dataset, forming an evaluation dataset based at least on the generated dataset with the predetermined bias, and outputting the evaluation dataset. In various embodiments, a process for training a generative model includes configuring a generative model and receiving training data, where the training data includes a tabular dataset. The process includes using computer processor(s) and the received training data to train the generative model, where the generative model is sampled to generate a dataset with a predetermined bias.

Abstract: A pre-fermented symbiotic matrix based on a cereal suspension containing encapsulated probiotics and prebiotics, the manufacturing process and the corresponding use are disclosed. The invention complements the actual functional food market solving problems inherent to reduced shelf-life of foods due to loss of probiotic viability to values below the minimum limits needed to promote biological activity. The invention also improves the enzymatic process in the preparation of the cereal base and the fermentative process conditions at different levels, namely the ability to control the concentration of sugars in the cereal suspension without adding sugars, increase protein and fiber content, reduce fermentation time to reduce energy consumption during the process and reduce the risk of contamination as well as promote long term microbial stability maintenance.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a process for obtaining a generated dataset with a predetermined bias for evaluating algorithmic fairness of a machine learning model includes receiving an input dataset and generating an anonymized reconstructed dataset based at least on the input dataset. The process includes introducing a predetermined bias into the generated dataset, forming an evaluation dataset based at least on the generated dataset with the predetermined bias, and outputting the evaluation dataset. In various embodiments, a process for training a generative model includes configuring a generative model and receiving training data, where the training data includes a tabular dataset. The process includes using computer processor(s) and the received training data to train the generative model, where the generative model is sampled to generate a dataset with a predetermined bias.

Abstract: A composition comprising a pre-polymer having activated and functionalized groups on a polymeric backbone is disclosed. The composition may be used in a method of adhering or sealing tissue, or for adhering a medical device to the surface of a tissue.

Abstract: A composition with improved adhesive and sealant properties comprising a) a pre-polymer comprising a polymeric unit of the general formula (-A-B-)n, wherein A represents a substituted or un-substituted ester, B represents a substituted or un-substituted acid ester comprising at least two acid ester functionalities, and n represents an integer greater than 1, and b) an anhydride compound.

Abstract: In a method for efficiently and accurately measuring the intelligibility of speech, a user may utter a sample text, and an automatic speech assessment (ASA) system may receive an acoustic signal encoding the utterance. An automatic speech recognition (ASR) module may generate an N-best output corresponding to the utterance and generate an intelligibility score representing the intelligibility of the utterance based on the N-best output and the sample text. Generating the intelligibility score may involve (1) calculating conditional intelligibility value(s) for the N recognition result(s), and (2) determining the intelligibility score based on the conditional intelligibility value of the most intelligible recognition result. Optionally, the process of generating the intelligibility score may involve adjusting the intelligibility score to account for environmental information (e.g., a pronunciation score for the user's speech and/or a confidence score assigned to the 1-best recognition result).

Abstract: Applicator for depositing a layer of adhesive or sealant composition on a target site of a biological and/or prosthetic tissue, the applicator including a body having an application face intended to be positioned facing the biological and/or prosthetic tissue, and having a first outlet opening provided in the application face, the first outlet opening being shaped as a slot for allowing the adhesive or sealant composition to flow out of the applicator and to form the layer of adhesive or sealant composition, a second inlet opening provided in the application face, adjacent the first outlet opening, for allowing pollutants or undesirable elements to be removed from the target site while depositing the layer of adhesive or sealant composition, wherein the first outlet opening has a first section and the second inlet opening has a second section, the second section being greater than the first section.

Abstract: A 3D printing resin composition for a biomaterial and method for 3D printing the composition are disclosed. The composition comprises: (i) a pre-polymer comprising a polymeric unit of the general formula (-A-B-)n, wherein A represents a substituted or un-substituted ester, B represents a substituted or un-substituted acid ester comprising at least two acid ester functionalities, and n represents an integer greater than 1, (ii) at least one photo-initiator, and (iii) at least one light blocker.

Abstract: A pre-fermented symbiotic matrix based on a cereal suspension containing encapsulated probiotics and prebiotics, the manufacturing process and the corresponding use are disclosed. The invention complements the actual functional food market solving problems inherent to reduced shelf-life of foods due to loss of probiotic viability to values below the minimum limits needed to promote biological activity. The invention also improves the enzymatic process in the preparation of the cereal base and the fermentative process conditions at different levels, namely the ability to control the concentration of sugars in the cereal suspension without adding sugars, increase protein and fiber content, reduce fermentation time to reduce energy consumption during the process and reduce the risk of contamination as well as promote long term microbial stability maintenance.

Abstract: A composition with improved adhesive and sealant properties comprises a) a pre-polymer comprising a polymeric unit of the general formula (-A-B-)n, wherein A represents a substituted or un-substituted ester, B represents a substituted or un-substituted acid ester comprising at least two acid ester functionalities, and n represents an integer greater than 1; wherein the content of grafted anhydride in the composition is less than 0.05 mol/mol of polyacid.