Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus, a system, and a method for detecting and indicating the operational position of a valve of wellsite equipment. The apparatus comprises a mount portion and a housing portion. The mount is operatively coupled to a non-moving part of the valve and the housing portion is configured to receive a sensor therewithin. The sensor is configured to detect the position of a moving part of the valve and to provide an output signal indicative of the position of the moving part of the valve. The position of the moving part of the valve is indicative of the operational position of the valve. The system comprises one or more such apparatus for detecting and indicating the operational position of one or more valves on a wellsite or well pad.

Abstract: Disclosed herein, inter alia, are silicon containing detectable compounds and methods of use thereof. In an aspect is provided a monovalent nucleotide or monovalent nucleoside covalently bound to a monovalent form of a compound described herein (e.g., wherein the R13 moiety of a compound described herein has reacted with a bioconjugate reactive group to form a bioconjugate linker thereby covalently bonding the monovalent compound to the monovalent nucleotide or monovalent nucleoside).

Abstract: Non-voice data is embedded in a voice bit stream that includes frames of voice bits by selecting a frame of voice bits to carry the non-voice data, placing non-voice identifier bits in a first portion of the voice bits in the selected frame, and placing the non-voice data in a second portion of the voice bits in the selected frame. The non-voice identifier bits are employed to reduce a perceived effect of the non-voice data on audible speech produced from the voice bit stream.

Abstract: A clip for attaching a fishing line to a kite line. The clip mounts on the housing for loosely supporting the fishing line. The clip includes a pair of top rollers and a bottom roller aligned in parallel during operation. The rollers rotate freely to prevent twisting of the kite line. The rollers do cooperate to hold the kite line and prevent axial motion between the kite line and the rollers of the clip. The clip is moveable between a locked configuration where the clip is secured axially to the fishing line and is capable of holding the fishing line, to an unlocked configuration that releases the fishing line. When bait at one end of the fishing line is hit or tugged, the clip releases both the fishing line and the kite line to enable the clip to slid down the kite line away from the kite and fishing line.

Abstract: Storage plugs configured to receive batteries, tools, and/or accessories are provided. The storage plug includes an insert, insertable within a recess of a firearm grip, and one or more channels, each extending from a top surface of the insert. A wall disposed between indents extending from a bottom surface of the insert is configured to be held by a user during insertion or removal of the insert. One or more ridges disposed around the insert frictionally engage with an inner surface defining the recess of the firearm grip. Each channel is configured to receive one or more batteries, tools, and/or accessories. Each battery is one of a cylindrical battery, a square or rectangular battery, or a coin- or button-cell battery. Each tool is a multi-tool, a hex key, or another tool or accessory associated with a firearm or otherwise desirable to be carried in the storage plug.

Abstract: A torque cable that comprises an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer includes a plurality of wires that form a braiding pattern. A first set of wires of the inner layer is directed in a proximal direction and a second set of wires of the inner layer is directed in a distal direction. The outer layer includes a plurality of wires that form a braiding pattern. A first set of wires of the outer layer is directed in a proximal direction and a second set of wires of the outer layer is directed in a distal direction.

Abstract: Devices used to treat tissue, including treatment of vertebral bone fractures, are disclosed. The devices may be configured to displace bone tissue using an expandable member, such as a balloon. The devices may further include a handle having a rotatable grip configured to apply a tension force to a plurality of pull wires to articulate a distal portion of the devices.

Abstract: A fluid injection system for dispensing a solution into a fluid flow in a flow line, the fluid injection system including a storage tank having a product to be dispensed therein. The system includes a connector for connection to a fluid flow line. The connector has an outlet port for diverting fluid from the flow line into the tank, an inlet port for returning a mixture of fluid and/or product back into the fluid flow line, and a restrictor provided between the inlet and outlet ports. The system includes an inlet dip tube and an outlet dip tube provided inside the tank and a mixing chamber connected between the inlet dip tube and the outlet dip tube. The mixing chamber is configure to mix the fluid with the product to create a fluid/product mixture, wherein the fluid/product mixture is injected back into the fluid flow line via the inlet port.

Abstract: A Rail Drone can include: a payload interface, a drivetrain, and a rail platform 515. The Rail Drone can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The Rail Drone can integrate a standardized payload interface and an autonomous electric road vehicle platform into a rolling stock architecture. The Rail Drone can be a stand-alone, payload-agnostic, motive element which can be independently or cooperatively capable of carrying heavy loads across long distances at various cruising speeds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to interferometric detection of particles and optical detection of particles having size dimensions less than or equal to 100 nm. Systems and methods are provided exhibiting enhanced alignment and stability for interferometric detection of particles and/or optical detection of particles having size dimensions less than or equal to 100 nm. Systems and methods are provided that include compensation means for mitigating the impact of internal and external stimuli and changes in operating conditions that can degrade the sensitivity and reliability of particle detection via optical methods, including interferometric-based techniques and/or systems for optical detection of particles having size dimensions less than or equal to 100 nm.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are bolt carrier movement mechanisms that offer a higher ratio of bolt carrier applied force to user applied bolt action operating force. Such bolt carrier movement mechanism may comprise a bolt carrier, an impingement body, a primary extraction leverage member, and an action control structure coupler. The impingement body has at least one impingement surface. The primary extraction leverage member has a coupler mounting portion, an impingement member portion, and a bolt carrier mounting portion. The primary extraction leverage member is engaged at the bolt carrier mounting portion of the bolt carrier. The impingement member portion of the primary extraction leverage member is adjacent to the at least one impingement surface of the impingement body and includes at least one impingement member. The action control structure coupler is pivotably engaged with the coupler mounting portion of the primary extraction leverage member.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to epitope-tagged antibodies, as well as methods of employing the epitope-tagged antibodies for detecting one or more targets in a biological sample, e.g. a tissue sample.

Abstract: A streamlined approach enables customers to retain management control over their data in a database-as-a-service (“DBaaS”) setting, by providing managed backup copies outside cloud service providers' sphere of control. An illustrative data storage management system provides control over performing backup operations to generate managed backup copies, storing managed backup copies, recovering managed backup copies in whole or in part, migrating managed backup copies, and migrating DBaaS instances. Management control also extends to choices of where to store the managed backup copies, whether on the same cloud computing platform as the source DBaaS, on a different cloud computing platform, and/or in a non-cloud data center.

Abstract: Multiple data paths may be available to a data management system for transferring data between a primary storage device and a secondary storage device. The data management system may be able to gain operational advantages by performing load balancing across the multiple data paths. The system may use application layer characteristics of the data for transferring from a primary storage to a backup storage during data backup operation, and correspondingly from a secondary or backup storage system to a primary storage system during restoration.

Abstract: A method and system for mitigating against side channel attacks (SCA) that exploit speculative store-to-load forwarding is described. The method comprises ensuring that the physical load and store addresses match and/or that permissions are present before speculatively store-to-load forwarding. Various improvements maintain a short load-store pipeline, including usage of a virtual level-one data cache (DL1), usage of an inclusive physical level-two data cache (DL2), storage and lookup of physical data address equivalents in the DL1, and using a memory dependence predictor (MDP) to speed up or replace store queue camming of load data addresses against store data addresses.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods and devices for providing healthcare coverage matching and verification. In some aspects, a method includes receiving, from a frontend graphical user interface (GUI), a healthcare coverage application comprising client demographics that include at least two of the following: a last name, a first name, a birthdate, an identification number, an address and a request type associated with a client, using a parallel matching and verification architecture to determine, based on a first set of criteria, a matching database record from an eligibility database that corresponds to the healthcare coverage application, and communicate with a healthcare provider using electronic data interchange transactions, identify, based on a second set of criteria, a medical policy that corresponds to the matching database record, and verify the medical policy, and transmitting, to the frontend GUI, the medical policy to allow reception of the medical policy by the client.

Abstract: A resistance force is controlled such that a user's effort against the resistance force results in a first isokinetic seed movement. The resistance force required to effect the first isokinetic seed movement is associated with a force-velocity profile. It is determined whether a sufficient number of isokinetic seed movements have been performed by the user. In response to a determination that the sufficient number of isokinetic seed movements have been performed by the user, a strength determination of the user is made based on the isokinetic seed movements performed by the user.

Abstract: An exercise machine, having: (a) a frame; (b) a pair of weight stacks connected to opposite sides of the frame; (c) a pair of vertically moveable pulley carriages connected to front portions of the frame; (d) a lifting bar assembly connected to a rear portion of the frame; (e) a pair of arm cables, wherein each of the arm cables are connected to one of the pulley carriages and pass around a first series of pulleys such that the weight stacks are lifted when the arm cables are pulled by a user through the pulley carriages; and (f) a pair of lifting bar cables, wherein each of the lifting bar cables are connected to one of the vertically moveable bar mounts and pass around a second series of pulleys such that the weight stacks are lifted when the lifting bar is raised by the user.