Abstract: Some embodiments relate to nutritional supplements comprising rice protein isolate. Some embodiments of the nutritional supplement comprise less than about 90 mg of leucine per gram of rice protein isolate and less than about 50 mg of lysine per gram of rice protein isolate. Some embodiments pertain to methods of using the nutritional supplements described herein to achieve one or more of weight gain, weight maintenance, growth, muscle growth, muscle maintenance, decreased muscle loss, or improved exercise training results.

Abstract: A system for dynamically adjusting treatment angle under tension to accommodate variations in spinal morphology during spinal decompression therapy is provided. It provides a tensioning device including a patient-positioning means, a tension-producing actuator, a positioning device, a patient interface device, a control system and a display. The control system with feedback on the resultant tension vector applied to patient spine operationally configured to allow for adjustment of either tension producing actuator position, patient position, or both while applying tension to the patient spine during non-therapeutic tension levels. The control system automatically adjusts tension producing actuator work levels such that the resultant tension vector magnitude remains ideally constant during adjustment of resultant tension vector angle, reducing the risk of eliciting paraspinal muscle contraction due to changes in resultant tension vector magnitude.

Abstract: A wearable system including a controller and a plurality of wearable components configured to communicate with the controller is described. The controller performs a frequency analysis of music and sends control information to at least some of the wearable components based on the frequency analysis. The plurality of wearable components include at least one auditory stimulator configured to provide air conduction stimulation to the user, a plurality of vestibular stimulators configured to provide bone conduction stimulation to the user. The wearable system also includes at least one motion sensor configured to sense motion information, and at least one sympathetic arousal sensor configured to sense sympathetic arousal information of the user during stimulation by the plurality of vestibular stimulators. The controller is configured to adjust the control information based, at least in part, on the sensed motion information and/or the sensed sympathetic arousal information received from the sensors.

Abstract: Some embodiments described herein relate to a method that can include receiving, at a first time, first data for routing to a group. The first data can be sent to the group via a first multicast address that is based, at least in part, on a first key associated with a first time period and derived from a first shared secret. At a second time, second data for routing to the group can be received. The second data can be sent to the group via a second multicast address that is different from the first multicast address. The second multicast address can be based, at least in part, on a second key associated with a second time period and derived from a second shared secret.

Abstract: A one-way vent for installation in a panel aperture is described. The vent includes a frame made of a first material, and valve and seal members both made of a second material, which has a lower stiffness than the first material. The frame includes an outer wall for engaging a perimeter of the aperture, and a valve seat extending inwardly from the outer wall. The valve seat defines an opening through the frame. The valve member includes a flap support fixed against a portion of the valve seat, and a valve flap flexibly coupled to the flap support. The valve flap is moveable between a closed position resting on the valve seat to cover the opening, and an open position elevated from the valve seat to uncover the opening. The seal member is fixed against the outer wall of the frame and extends outwardly from the outer wall.

Abstract: A method of using, computer software implementing, and a system for allowing a fantasy sports contest application to provide to a user the ability to substitute bench players for active players while a corresponding live game is in progress comprising establishing a position clock for each player, subtracting times from the position clocks as a stat feed entry is received, for each player adding active points for active players and inactive points for bench players, and scoring to the user only active points at the end of the game.

Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement air conditioning systems that are operable to establish/maintain a desired temperature for a target space and simultaneously establish/maintain a temperature lower than the desired temperature for the target space for an included cold thermal energy storage unit. In one embodiment, an air conditioning system includes: a condensing unit; a liquid pressurizer and distributor ensemble; a cold thermal energy storage unit; a target space; and a suction gas/equalizer; where the listed components are operatively connected by piping such that vapor compression cycles can be simultaneously implemented that result in the cooling of the cold thermal energy storage unit and the target space; and the air conditioning system is configured such that the simultaneous implementation of vapor compression cycles results in cooling the cold thermal energy storage unit to a greater extent relative to the target space.

Abstract: The present subject matter discloses systems and methods for managing patents in an enterprise. In one implementation, the method includes generating a package testing equation utilizing a interpolation constant and a secondary input data and computing one or more of a stress, a strain, a damage coefficient, collective stress collective strain and collective damage coefficient utilizing the package testing equation and the secondary input data, wherein the damage coefficient is indicative of the damage sustained by the package. Further, evaluating the package design based one or more of a stress, a strain, a damage coefficient, collective stress collective strain and collective damage coefficient and a failure identification matrix to enable optimized package design.

Abstract: The present subject matter discloses systems and methods for managing patents in an enterprise. In one implementation, the method includes, performing one or more tests simulation on a package utilizing a plurality of tests environments and input data. Further, the method includes, evaluating the package based an evaluation criterion to identify a safe package, wherein the evaluation criterion includes a pass/fail criteria.

Abstract: The present subject matter discloses systems and methods package material modeling in an enterprise. The method includes computing stress values and strain values utilizing input data. The method further includes generating a primary material model utilizing the stress values and the strain values, wherein the primary material model is indicative of the material behavior characteristics. Furthermore, the method includes estimating a coefficient of error and a trend factor; wherein the coefficient of error is indicative of error in the primary material model, wherein the trend factor is indicative of the trend in difference between historical data and the primary material model.

Abstract: A transverse optical transmission probe having a probe body and a probe tip. The probe use optical fibers to both transmit radiation from an instrument to the probe tip and to return the sample affected radiation to the instrument. The fibers are in parallel and contained in the probe body. The probe tip includes two optical elements that protrude into the sample and are configured to define a sample gap so that incident radiation pass through the sample in a direction transverse to the axis to the probe and eventually reaches the receiving fiber. Each of the optical elements may be formed from a single piece of material or may be a composite formed by adhering two or more pieces of material together. One or more lensed surfaces may be used to cause the end of the transmitting fiber to be imaged on the end of the receiving fiber.

Abstract: A system and method for fixed mobile convergence for transferring a call directed to a first phone of a user to one of another set of phones is disclosed. The method comprises monitoring a position of a mobile phone, establishing a zone around the mobile phone which changes as the position of the mobile phone changes, identifying a closest phone as one of the another set of phones with a location closest to the position of the mobile phone and within the zone at a time of the call, and routing the call to the closest phone. The system uses a cloud computer operatively connected to both the mobile phone, the first phone and the another set of phones and monitors the position of the mobile phone.

Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement air conditioning systems that are operable to establish/maintain a desired temperature for a target space and simultaneously establish/maintain a temperature lower than the desired temperature for the target space for an included cold thermal energy storage unit. In one embodiment, an air conditioning system includes: a condensing unit; a liquid pressurizer and distributor ensemble; a cold thermal energy storage unit; a target space; and a suction gas/equalizer; where the listed components are operatively connected by piping such that vapor compression cycles can be simultaneously implemented that result in the cooling of the cold thermal energy storage unit and the target space; and the air conditioning system is configured such that the simultaneous implementation of vapor compression cycles results in cooling the cold thermal energy storage unit to a greater extent relative to the target space.

Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement air conditioning systems that are operable to establish/maintain a desired temperature for a target space and simultaneously establish/maintain a temperature lower than the desired temperature for the target space for an included cold thermal energy storage unit. In one embodiment, an air conditioning system includes: a condensing unit; a liquid pressurizer and distributor ensemble; a cold thermal energy storage unit; a target space; and a suction gas/equalizer; where the listed components are operatively connected by piping such that vapor compression cycles can be simultaneously implemented that result in the cooling of the cold thermal energy storage unit and the target space; and the air conditioning system is configured such that the simultaneous implementation of vapor compression cycles results in cooling the cold thermal energy storage unit to a greater extent relative to the target space.

Abstract: According to embodiments described in the specification, a method and apparatus are provided for producing an acoustic component. The acoustic component comprises a first compression-molded member comprising a first material; and a second injection-molded member coupled to and substantially surrounding the first member, the second member comprising a second material.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a filtering screen includes: attaching handle members (3) to edges of at least one wire cloth (1); providing a jig comprising tensioning means (23); placing the at least one wire cloth (1) in the jig and engaging the handle members (3) with handle member engagement portions (15) of the tensioning means (23). The tensioning means (23) are operated to drive the handle members (3) outwardly to tension the wire cloth (1) in orthogonal directions. The method also includes pressing the tensioned wire cloth (1) against a screen frame (6); bonding the wire cloth (1) to the screen frame (6); and trimming the wire cloth.

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to nutritional supplements comprising rice protein isolate. Some embodiments of the nutritional supplement comprise less than about 90 mg of leucine per gram of rice protein isolate and less than about 50 mg of lysine per gram of rice protein isolate. Some embodiments pertain to methods of using the nutritional supplements described herein to achieve one or more of weight gain, weight maintenance, growth, muscle growth, muscle maintenance, decreased muscle loss, or improved exercise training results.

Abstract: A device for separating a gas mixture into product gas and offgas by way of gas permeation includes four membrane units and a compressor connected upstream of the first membrane unit. The membrane units have a gas inlet, a retentate outlet and a permeate outlet. Lines connect the membrane units to each other and to the compressor. Product gas is obtained via the permeate outlet of the second membrane unit and offgas via the retentate outlet of the first membrane unit. Additional product gas is obtained via the retentate outlet of an upstream membrane unit and additional offgas is obtained via the permeate outlet of a further upstream membrane unit. A method includes use of the device to separate a gas mixture into product gas and offgas.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a filtering screen includes: attaching handle members (3) to edges of at least one wire cloth (1); providing a jig comprising tensioning means (23); placing the at least one wire cloth (1) in the jig and engaging the handle members (3) with handle member engagement portions (15) of the tensioning means (23). The tensioning means (23) are operated to drive the handle members (3) outwardly to tension the wire cloth (1) in orthogonal directions. The method also includes pressing the tensioned wire cloth (1) against a screen frame (6); bonding the wire cloth (1) to the screen frame (6); and trimming the wire cloth.

Abstract: An integrated power combiner is disclosed. The power combiner includes a first circular geometry primary winding having one or more inductive elements, such as an active winding with one or more driver stages. A circular geometry secondary winding is disposed adjacent to the first primary winding, such as an active winding with one or more driver stages. A second circular geometry primary winding is disposed adjacent to the secondary winding and has one or more inductive elements. One or more connections are provided between one or more of the inductive elements of the first circular geometry primary winding and one or more of the inductive elements of the second circular geometry primary winding.