Abstract: The disclosed apparatus may include at least one radar device that transmits a frequency-modulated radar signal to a plurality of transponders located on a wearable device worn by a user. The apparatus may also include a processing device that (1) directs at least one of the plurality of transponders to be in an active state that enables the transponder to receive and transmit signals, (2) detects, while the transponder is in the active state, a signal returned to the radar device from the transponder in response to the frequency-modulated radar signal, (3) calculates, based at least in part on the returned signal, a distance between the transponder and the radar device, and (4) determines, based at least in part on the distance between the transponder and the radar device, a current physical location of at least a portion of the user. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: Novel non-nucleoside solid supports and phosphoramidite building blocks for preparation of synthetic oligonucleotides containing at least one non-nucleosidic moiety conjugated to a ligand of practical interest and synthetic processes for making the same are disclosed. Furthermore, oligomeric compounds are prepared using said solid supports and phosphoramidite building blocks, preferably followed by removal of protecting groups to provide oligonucleotides conjugated to ligands of interest.

Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for improving video codec performance, including a pre-processing stage configured for downscaling by a variable amount an uncompressed video signal before sending such downscaled, uncompressed video signal to an input of a video codec; and a complimentary post-processing stage configured for upscaling the decompressed video signal received from an output of the video codec back to its original resolution before transmitting the decompressed video signal. The system, method and computer program product provides improved rate-distortion performance compared to direct use of the video codec alone.

Abstract: A medical instrument is disclosed. The medical instrument includes at least one electrical contact element, a battery, a radio frequency (RF) generation circuit coupled to and operated by the battery and operable to generate an RF drive signal and to provide the RF drive signal to the at least one electrical contact, and a battery discharge circuit coupled to the battery. A processor is coupled to the battery discharge circuit and a memory is coupled to the processor. The memory stores machine executable instructions that when executed cause the processor to monitor activation of the RF generation circuit and disable the RF generation circuit when the RF drive signal is fired a predetermined number of times. The medical instrument may include an activation switch and/or a disposal switch supported by the housing.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for applying electromagnetic fields to liquids, such as water, to treat unwanted material in the liquid are disclosed. Such devices, systems and methods may include a cylindrically shaped, water-immersible probe configured to generate electromagnetic fields that are effective to treat unwanted materials, such as scale, and microbes in the water.

Abstract: Various methods for sensing and/or heating that utilize nanostructures or carbon structures, such as nanotubes, nanotube meshes, or graphene sheets, are disclosed. In some methods, at least a pair of contacts are electrically coupled with a given nanostructure or carbon structure to sense a change or to pass a current for heating.

Abstract: Superconducting computing system housed in a liquid hydrogen environment and related aspects are described. An example superconducting computing system includes a housing, arranged inside a liquid hydrogen environment, where a lower pressure is maintained inside the housing than a pressure outside the housing. The superconducting computing system further includes a substrate, arranged inside the housing, having a surface, where a plurality of components attached to the surface is configured to provide at least one of a computing or a storage functionality, and the substrate further comprises a plurality of circuit traces for interconnecting at least a subset of the plurality of the components. The housing is configured such that each of the plurality of components is configured to operate at a first temperature, where the first temperature is below 4.2 Kelvin, despite the liquid hydrogen environment having a second temperature greater than 4.2 Kelvin.

Abstract: An exemplary method of verifying that a service disconnect is seated includes indicating that the service disconnect is seated using a position indicator that selectively engages a handle of the service disconnect. The position indicator is separate and distinct from all portions of the service disconnect.

Abstract: Methods for operating a surgical end effector that includes first and second jaws that are pivotally coupled together and are selectively movable between a fully open position and fully closed position. At least one method includes moving a dynamic clamping assembly through a closure stroke to apply a closure motion to the first and second jaws to move the first and second jaws from the fully open position to the fully closed position. A method also includes moving the dynamic clamping assembly through a firing stroke to perform a surgical function until the dynamic clamping assembly reaches an ending position within the closed first and second jaws. A method also includes moving the dynamic clamping assembly in direction configured to contact at least one positive jaw opening feature on at least one of the first and second jaws with to move the first and second jaws to the fully open position.

Abstract: A composition including a plant medium and a poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide that comprises a clathrate containing oxygen gas molecules. The poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide may comprise of a poly-oxygenated aluminum hydroxide. The composition may include one or more nutrients. The composition may be in a solid form, a fluid form, or a combination thereof. The poly-oxygenated aluminum hydroxide is soluble in a fluid. In one embodiment, the poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide composition may have particles having a diameter of 212 ?m or less, and which may be homogeneous.

Abstract: A display device has a display, operable to generate a real image, and an optical system. In the optical system are at least two free-form reflective surfaces, S I and S2. At least one of the reflective surfaces is convex in one direction at substantially all points of its optically active area. Light rays from the display are reflected on SI before they are reflected on S2. The reflective surfaces SI and S2 are arranged to generate a virtual image from the real image on the display, by projecting light from the display to an eye position. The field of view occupied by the virtual image as seen from the eye position is greater than 50 degrees in at least one direction, preferably the direction linking the two eyes of an intended user.

Abstract: An endoluminal prosthesis may include a tubular main graft body including a sidewall and proximal and distal ends. A first stent may be positioned near the proximal end of the main graft body. A second stent may be positioned adjacent to and distal of the first stent. An opening in the sidewall may be positioned longitudinally between a peak of the first stent and a valley of the second stent. A tubular branch may be disposed in the opening. The branch may include first and second end openings. The branch may be flexibly orientable between a retrograde configuration in which the first end opening is oriented toward the distal end and the second end opening is oriented toward the proximal end and an antegrade configuration in which the first end opening is oriented toward the proximal end and the second end opening is oriented toward the distal end.

Abstract: Methods and systems for selecting access networks are disclosed. In one aspects, a mobile terminal includes one or more transceivers configured to selectively connect to the plurality of wireless access networks, and hardware processing circuitry configured to perform operations including obtaining, via one of the plurality of wireless access networks, motion information for one or more other access networks of the plurality of access networks, the motion information indicating motion of one or more connection points; and controlling activation of the one or more transceivers to scan for availability of one or more of the other access networks in dependence on the motion information of the other access networks, wherein the scanning for availability comprises powering up at least one of the one or more transceivers to determine which access networks are present within a proximity of the mobile terminal.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for securely establishing credential data for a computing device are disclosed. According to one example, a method includes assigning, by a credential manager, credential set data to a computing device and mapping the credential set data to a device identifier key associated with the computing device in a credential data store accessible by the credential manager. The method further includes receiving, from a provisioning service client, a credential set request message including the device identifier key by the credential manager in response to an activation of the computing device at a customer location site and sending, by the credential manager to the provisioning service client, the credential set data for authenticating the computing device at the customer location site.

Abstract: A system including a battery assembly for use in a modular handheld surgical instrument, wherein the battery assembly includes a primary battery pack, a secondary battery pack, and a circuit configured to supply a first output voltage to a first load of the modular handheld surgical instrument via the primary battery pack, supply a second output voltage to a second load of the modular handheld surgical instrument via the secondary battery pack, and upon sensing a sagging voltage from the primary battery pack, supply a supplemental voltage to the first load, via the secondary battery pack, to prevent the battery assembly from supplying an output voltage below a predetermined threshold output voltage under the first load.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a transmitter circuit may be configured to transmit a signal to a receiver. The transmitter circuit may also be configured to detect receiving energy from a transient event, for example detect a transient current, and to direct at least a portion of the energy away from the transmitted signal while the transmitter circuit is transmitting the signal.

Abstract: In a computer-implemented method for providing biometric security for mobile loyalty services via a native mobile application a physical location of a mobile device are accessed by a single native mobile application executing on the mobile device, wherein the physical location is accessed in response to a user initiating access to the mobile loyalty services. A time corresponding to a determination of the physical location of the mobile device is accessed. A date corresponding to a determination of the physical location of the mobile device is accessed. Biometrics of the user of the mobile device is accessed. Biometric security of the single native mobile application is provided based on the physical location, the time corresponding to a determination of the physical location of said mobile device, the date corresponding to a determination of the physical location of the mobile device, and the biometrics of the user.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, an exemplary system or computer implemented method for implementing Persistent Management Agent (PMA) functions for the control and coordination of DPU and DSLAM components may include, for example: a memory to store instructions for execution; one or more processors to execute the instructions; a virtualized module operating on virtualized computing infrastructure, in which the virtualized module is to provide a virtualized implementation of a plurality of functions associated with one or more remotely located Distribution Point Units (DPUs) and/or Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers (DSLAMs), each of the one or more remotely located DPUs and/or DSLAMs having a plurality of broadband lines coupled thereto; in which the virtualized module is to further control Persistent Management Agent (PMA) functions and control coordination of the one or more remotely located DPUs and/or DSLAMs and the plurality of broadband lines coupled with the one or more remote

Abstract: Examples provide a system for customizing remote interactions-related real-time assistance for trainees during training exercises. The system analyzes a first set of actions taken by a trainee during a first interaction using a set of recommended action criteria to generate an interaction score indicating a degree of conformity with recommended action criteria. The system analyzes a second set of actions taken by the trainee during a different second interaction. If the second set of actions are conforming or the interaction score is within an acceptable threshold range, the system continues to monitor the second interaction without providing assistance. If the second set of actions are non-conforming and the interaction score is within an unacceptable threshold range, the system provides real-time interaction assistance to the trainee, such as by outputting interaction recommendation instructions and/or assigning a more experience user to assist the trainee.

Abstract: A method for removing an extracted RF signal to examine a spectrum of at least one other RF signal includes receiving a mixture signal by an ADC. The mixture signal includes a plurality of separate signals from different signal sources. The mixture signal is digitized by the ADC. A first digitized signal and a second digitized signal are generated that are the same. The first digitized signal is delayed a predetermined time delay and the second digitized signal is processed in a neuromorphic signal processor to extract an extracted signal. The predetermined time delay corresponds to a delay embedding in the neuromorphic signal processor. A phase delay and amplitude of the extracted signal is adjusted based on a phase delay and amplitude of the first digitized signal. An adjusted extracted signal is cancelled from the first digitized signal to provide an input examination signal for examination.