Abstract: A vascular intervention device delivery system, such as for implanting a self expanding stent, includes a thumbwheel rotatably mounted in a handle. The thumbwheel includes a radially outward facing thumb surface and a radially inward facing ratchet surface of a ratchet. A catheter has a proximal end attached to the handle, and a distal carrier segment for mounting a vascular intervention device thereon. A retractable sheath is movable from a first position covering the distal carrier segment to a second position retracted proximally uncovering the distal carrier segment. A pull extends between the thumbwheel and the retractable sheath. A ratchet pawl is mounted in the handle and has a catch in contact with the ratchet surface. The ratchet holds the thumbwheel against rotation in a forward direction, and the retractable sheath moves responsive to rotation of the thumbwheel in a reverse direction.

Abstract: A method of analyzing a selected refinery chemical at a low concentration comprises contacting a sample with functionalized metallic nanoparticles that contain metallic nanoparticles functionalized with a functional group comprising a cyano group, a thiol group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, a boronic acid group, an aza group, an ether group, a hydroxyl group, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; radiating the sample contacted with the functionalized metallic nanoparticles with electromagnetic radiation at a selected energy level; measuring a Raman spectrum emitted from the sample; and determining the presence or a concentration of a selected refinery chemical in the sample from the Raman spectrum.

Abstract: A fuel cell stack assembly includes first and second bipolar plates, an active area membrane, and an optional subgasket. The first bipolar plate defines a first plurality of tunnels and the second bipolar plate defines a second plurality of tunnels. The second plurality of tunnels may be engaged with and nested between the first plurality of tunnels. The active area membrane may be disposed within an internal periphery of a subgasket between the first and second bipolar plates wherein the subgasket may, optionally, be positioned between the first and second plurality of tunnels.

Abstract: A drum brake apparatus is provided for a vehicle air braking system. The drum brake apparatus comprises a wheel drum having a first interior chamber. The drum brake apparatus also comprises a drum brake assembly disposed in the first interior chamber of the wheel drum and mounted on inboard side of the wheel drum. The drum apparatus further comprises a brake drum adapter mounted on outboard side of the wheel drum and providing a second interior chamber in which an electric drive motor can be disposed. The drum brake apparatus also comprises a wheel hub disposed in the second interior chamber of the brake drum adapter and to which a wheel rim can be mounted.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein provide for systems and methods for using a machine-learning model to rank job search results based on the similarity of the job title of each job search result and a job search query that produces the job search results. According to some embodiments, the machine-learning model comprises a word-embedding machine-learning model that maps a word to a vector.

Abstract: Embodiments of a griddle of the type for an outdoor cooking station is provided herein. The griddle includes a flat cooking surface with a splash guard extending along a periphery of the flat cooking surface. The flat cooking surface defines a trough positioned adjacent a rear end of the cooking surface such that the trough includes a sloping surface extending downward toward a rear opening defined in the splash guard along and adjacent the rear end of the flat cooking surface. With this arrangement, as a user cooks food on the griddle, unwanted grease may be pushed to the rear of the griddle and into the trough so that the grease funnels down the sloped surface and through the rear opening and into a grease container centered below the rear opening.

Abstract: A device may receive transaction data relating to a transaction event associated with a user and a merchant. The transaction data may include a merchant identifier and a transaction amount. The device may process the merchant identifier to determine whether the transaction event is associated with a rate-based service. The device may obtain, based on determining that the transaction event is associated with the rate-based service, location data from a user device associated with the user. The device may determine, based on the location data, a distance or a duration associated with the rate-based service. The device may determine, based on the distance or the duration, a transaction estimate for the rate-based service. The device may determine whether the transaction amount corresponds to the transaction estimate and perform one or more actions based on determining whether the transaction amount corresponds to the transaction estimate.

Abstract: Methods and systems for creating a location-based information sharing platform are described. The method includes receiving location coordinates of a location of a user. The method includes computing great-circle distances between a plurality of points and the location coordinates using a mathematical formula. The plurality of points represents location coordinates of items of interests near the location of the user. The method includes determining a range information of the location of the user based at least on the computed great-circle distances. The range information includes a plurality of range coordinates. The method includes querying a content database based on the plurality of range coordinates to retrieve information lying within the plurality of range coordinates from available data in the content database. The method further includes facilitating access of the retrieved information to the user.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV797257. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV797257, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV797257 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV797257 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV797257.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method comprising an aqueous dispersion of polymer particles having a backbone comprising structural units of an acrylate monomer and a carboxylic acid monomer, wherein a portion of the structural units of the carboxylic acid monomer are functionalized with glycidyl methacrylate, wherein the glycidyl methacrylate functionalized polymer particles have a number average molecular weight in the range of 5,000 to 50,000 Daltons. The composition of the present invention provides a UV curable coating that achieves an excellent balance of hardness and flexibility, with less reliance on the use of multifunctional acrylates.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a virtualization layer capturing replayable execution traces of VMs managed by the virtualization layer. Execution tracing can be performed on any unit of execution managed by the virtualization layer, e.g., threads, processes, virtual processors, individual VMs, multiple VMs, etc. Traced execution units may be executing in parallel. Execution tracing involves capturing to a buffer: executed instructions, memory inputted to instructions, memory outputted by instructions, registers touched by instructions, and ordering markers. Trace data can be captured in chunks, where causality is preserved and ordering is preserved between chunks but not necessarily within chunks. The chunks may be delineated by inserting monotonically increasing markers between context switches, thus relatively ordering the chunks. Determinism may be partially provided by identifying non-deterministic events. VM tracing may be transparent to guest software, which need not be instrumented.

Abstract: In response to a conversion action associated with an online advertisement (“ad”), an advertiser associated with the ad generates a unique identifier (e.g., a pseudo random number), which is transmitted to a payment system through a user device. In some implementations, the unique identifier can be generated by a payment system in response to a request from an advertiser. The advertiser stores the unique identifier in a secure location that is accessible by the payment system. The payment system compares the received unique identifier with the stored unique identifier. If the received unique identifier matches the stored unique identifier, and if the received unique identifier was not previously generated by the advertiser, then the payment system deems the conversion action to be valid.

Abstract: Jaws of a surgical clip applier with housings formed thereon and methods for manufacturing and use during a procedure to apply surgical clips to a vessel, duct, shunt, etc. are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a surgical clip applier is provided having jaws on a distal end thereof with a rigid internal frame and an outer housing formed around the internal frame. The jaws of the surgical clip applier can include a variety of features to facilitate placement of surgical clips, including features to align a clip with the jaws and to prevent clip fallout during formation.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure describe video playback in group communications. A method includes providing a graphical representation of a video in a user interface (UI) of a messaging application of client device during a group communication, the client device associated with a first user participating in the group communication with other users of a content sharing service, the graphical representation to scroll with messages of the group communication, responsive to receiving a selection of the graphical representation of the video in the UI during the group communication, initiating playback of the video in a video playback portion of the UI, and responsive to detecting that the video playback portion is scrolled at least partially out of view, maintaining the video playback portion of the UI visible to the first user in a persistent position in the UI.

Abstract: An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-soluble polymer matrix, cellulosic fibers embedded in the mouth-soluble polymer matrix, and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the mouth-soluble polymer matrix. The oral product is adapted to release the nicotine or a derivative thereof from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity and exposed to saliva.

Abstract: An insulating container can be configured to retain a volume of liquid, and include a canister having a first inner wall having a first end having an opening extending into an internal reservoir, and a second outer wall forming an outer shell. The opening can be sealed by a spout adapter, the spout adapter having an internal passageway extending between the internal reservoir and a spout opening, which may be smaller than the opening of the canister. The spout opening may be sealed with an upper cap that has a magnetic top surface. The upper cap may be selectively coupled to seal the spout opening, or may be magnetically coupled to a magnetic docking surface of a docking structure on the spout adapter.

Abstract: Pressure sensitive key techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a device includes at least one pressure sensitive key having a flexible contact layer spaced apart from a sensor substrate by a spacer layer, the flexible contact layer configured to flex responsive to pressure to contact the sensor substrate to initiate an input, for a computing device, associated with the pressure sensitive key. At least one of the flexible contact layer or the sensor substrate are configured to at least partially normalize an output resulting from pressure applied at a first location of the flexible contact layer with an output resulting from pressure applied at a second location of the flexible contact layer that has lesser flexibility than the first location.

Abstract: A method of treating epidermolysis bullosa comprising administering to a subject suffering from epidermolysis bullosa an angiotensin (1-7) peptide is described. In some embodiments, methods of treating a complication of epidermolysis bullosa are described including administering to a subject suffering from one or more complications of epidermolysis bullosa an angiotensin (1-7) peptide, wherein the administration results in a reduction in the intensity, severity, duration, or frequency of at least one symptom or feature of the one or more complications of epidermolysis bullosa.

Abstract: Parcel processing systems and methods. A method for processing parcels includes receiving a stream of a plurality of parcels on a conveying system of a parcel processing system. The method includes receiving physical characteristics of a parcel of the plurality of parcels. The method includes selectively reorienting the parcel on the conveying system based on the physical characteristics.

Abstract: An ultrasonic instrument comprises an ultrasonic transducer, an acoustic waveguide, and an ultrasonic blade. The blade includes a pair of obliquely extending edges. The obliquely extending edges diverge away from the longitudinal axis of the waveguide and away from each other along respective paths extending distally in relation to the waveguide. A distal portion of the blade is wider than a proximal portion of the blade along a plane. The blade further includes a curved distal edge and several laterally presented surfaces. The laterally presented surfaces may provide combinations of concave and convex curvatures. The laterally presented surfaces may be angled and/or curved along one or more orthogonal planes associated with the longitudinal axis of the waveguide.