Abstract: A specimen retrieval system for easier tissue removal during endoscopic surgery. The device includes a specimen tube with a main tube, and a mechanism for pulling and everting the distal end of the tube into the tube, or a side channel provided within the tube. The mechanism may include a tether fixed to the distal edge of the tube, or a grasper operable to grasp the distal edge of the tube.

Abstract: A card distribution and sanitization apparatus, such as a dealing shoe, may use ultraviolet light to sanitize the surface of playing cards. The ultraviolet light may be directed to an outlet and/or interior cavity of the card distribution and sanitization apparatus and may be configured to emit light in the 200 nm to 290 nm wavelength range. An enclosure of the card distribution and sanitization apparatus may be coupled to ultraviolet light-emitters and may be configured to hold the playing cards and the ultraviolet light-emitters. An associated controller may control operations of the card distribution and sanitization apparatus.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining the likelihood that a particular event would occur during a navigation interaction using simulations generated by sampling from agent data.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided. One method is for controlling a plurality of haptic sensors of a physical headset of a user interacting in a virtual reality space. The method includes identifying position and orientation of a character of the user in a scene of the virtual reality space and a three-dimensional (3D) location of an audio object in the scene. The character of the user being associated with the user. The method includes associating a virtual headset to a head of the character. The virtual headset moves as the position and orientation of the character moves in the scene, and the virtual headset includes a plurality of virtual haptic sensors. The method includes applying a magnitude to each of the plurality of haptic sensors of the physical headset based on a directional distance of each of the plurality of virtual haptic sensors of the virtual headset to the audio object in the scene.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure enable context-aware haptic error notifications. The systems and methods include a processor to receive input segments into a software application from a character input component and determine a destination. A context identification model predicts a context classification of the input segments based at least in part on the software application and the destination. Potential errors are determined in the input segments based on the context classification. An error characterization machine learning model determines an error type classification and an error severity score associated with each potential error and a haptic feedback pattern is determined for each potential error based on the error type classification and the error severity score of each potential error of the one or more potential errors. And a haptic event latency is determined based on the error type classification and the error severity score of each potential error.

Abstract: Techniques for artificial intelligence (AI) modules for computation tasks are described, and may be implemented to enable multiple AI modules to be aggregated to form an execution structure (e.g., an execution chain) for performing a computation task. Generally, the described techniques aggregate AI modules based on their respective functions to perform an overall computation task.

Abstract: An irrigation system for a vertical farming structure having vertical grow towers and associated conveyance mechanisms for moving the vertical grow towers through a controlled environment, while being exposed to controlled conditions, such as lighting, airflow, humidity and nutritional support. The present disclosure describes a grow tower conveyance system that moves vertically-oriented grow towers to select positions along a grow line. An irrigation line having apertures at the select positions provides aqueous nutrient solution to the grow towers, while a gutter structure captures excess solution. In a closed loop system, the excess solution returns to a recirculation tank. The present disclosure provides a dual pump system for effectively and efficiently removing excess nutrient solution from the gutter structure.

Abstract: A content delivery network (CDN) includes a plurality of CDN components including at least one CDN rendezvous mechanism and at least one control core. The CDN components are controlled by control core data from the at least one control core. Some CDN components obtain CDN resources including control core data from at least some other CDN components. The CDN components use the CDN rendezvous mechanism to select one or more CDN components from which to obtain CDN resources.

Abstract: A bed rail having a guard frame that prevents a child from rolling off a bed and a pair of legs that extend between the mattress and box spring. The guard frame swings between up and down positions and is pivotally connected to the legs via a first junction. A second junction locks the guard frame to the legs. The second junction includes a rotatable seat that engages a pin extending from the guard frame. The bed rail further includes a strap that engages a proximal end of a leg, a distal end of the leg, and an anchor, which engages the side of the bed opposite of the bed rail.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for variable-control fragrance dispensing. The disclosed device brings customization to the fragrance industry. Interchanging sub-containers and selecting the amounts of each sub-container allows a user to customize their scents. A mixing chamber contained to receive and mix a variable amount of each liquid from a plurality of sub-containers is described. The mixed liquid is sprayable out a spray head of the device. Selector knobs may be used to control valves which control the variable amount of each liquid dispensed.

Abstract: A method for recovering bitumen that includes contacting the bitumen with steam and/or water and an organic amine having a boiling point at one atmosphere of greater than 145° C. and recovering the bitumen. The bitumen can be in oil sands, where the step of contacting includes contacting the oil sands having bitumen with the steam and/or water and the organic amine. Contacting the bitumen with the steam and/or water and the organic amine and recovering the bitumen can be done in-situ in a subterranean formation.

Abstract: A wall-mounted wireless battery charger for a wireless remote lighting controller includes: a wall plate configured to removably retain the wireless remote lighting controller; and an inductive charging transmitter circuit coupled to the wall plate, the inductive charging transmitter circuit being configured to wirelessly interface with an inductive charging receiver circuit of the wireless remote lighting controller when the wireless remote lighting controller is retained by the wall plate. The inductive charging receiver circuit is configured to wirelessly receive power from the inductive charging transmitter circuit and generate a direct current (DC) voltage to charge a battery of the wireless remote lighting controller.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved method and system of operating the semi-closed cycle, which both reduces parasitic loads for oxygen generation and for gas clean up, while also reducing, capital cost of the gas clean up plant (reduced drying requirement) and of the oxygen plant (enabling membranes vs. mole sieves). The invention is applicable to piston or turbine engines, and results in a near fully non-emissive power system via the Semi-Closed Cycle (SCC), in a manner which both captures carbon in the form of carbon dioxide, CO2, and in a manner which improves the efficiency and cost effectiveness of prior disclosures. The captured carbon is of a purity and pressure directly suitable for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), sequestration, or industrial use.

Abstract: A system and method for providing recommendations to individuals on a social network, in which the recommendations include information indicating the similarity of the individuals to one another, to aid the individuals in judging the degree to which the opinions of the others are applicable to the themselves.

Abstract: The disclosure provides nicotinamide riboside (NR), the reduced form of NR (NRH), nicotinic acid riboside (NAR), the reduced form of NAR (NARH), derivatives thereof, compositions thereof and uses thereof. The NR and NAR derivatives have improved stability and bioavailability compared to NR and NAR. NR, NRH, NAR, NARH, and derivatives thereof can increase intracellular NAD+ levels, and can enhance mitochondrial and cellular function and cell viability. Therefore, NR, NRH, NAR, NARH, and derivatives thereof, whether alone or in combination with one or more additional therapeutic agents (e.g., a PARP inhibitor), are useful for treating mitochondrial diseases, mitochondria-related diseases and conditions, and other disorders and conditions.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for an electric turbocharger. In one example, the electric turbocharger includes an electric motor circumferentially surrounding a shaft, a turbine coupled to a first end of the shaft, and a compressor coupled to a second end of the shaft, opposite of the first end. The compressor may include a volute with a curved portion protruding towards the turbine.

Abstract: Improved battery separators, base films or membranes, batteries, cells, devices, systems, vehicles, and/or methods of making and/or using such separators, films or membranes, batteries, cells, devices, systems, vehicles, and/or methods of enhancing battery or cell charge rates, charge capacity, and/or discharge rates, and/or methods of improving batteries, systems including such batteries, vehicles including such batteries and/or systems, and/or the like; biaxially oriented porous membranes, composites including biaxially oriented porous membranes, biaxially oriented microporous membranes, biaxially oriented macroporous membranes, battery separators with improved charge capacities and the related methods and methods of manufacture, methods of use, and the like; flat sheet membranes, liquid retention media; dry process separators; biaxially stretched separators; dry process biaxially stretched separators having a thickness range between about 5 ?m and 50 ?m, preferably between about 10 ?m and 25 ?m, having imp

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, and methods for and related to dynamic control of torque and or lateral thrust applied to a load suspended load on a suspension cable to thereby achieve a target orientation or position or to otherwise move with reduced self-induced cyclic motion, with better behavior, and or to respond to changes in the load or disturbance forces.

Abstract: A server computing device has data stored thereon, where such data includes identities of multiple participants in a care plan of a patient, the care plan identifies multiple health attributes of the patient that are to be monitored by the multiple participants. The data also includes roles of the multiple participants in the care plan of the patient, the roles respectively identify which of the health attributes is to be monitored by which participant in the multiple participants. The server computing device is further programmed to, in response to receipt of a request from a client computing device operated by the patient, cause content to be presented in a graphical user interface on a display of the client computing device, the content comprises the identities of the multiple participants in the care plan of the patient and the roles of the multiple participants in the care plan of the patient.

Abstract: In a variety of embodiments, machine classifiers may model multi-turn dialogue as a one-to-many prediction task. The machine classifier may be trained using adversarial bootstrapping between a generator and a discriminator with multi-turn capabilities. The machine classifiers may be trained in both auto-regressive and traditional teacher-forcing modes, with the generator including a hierarchical recurrent encoder-decoder network and the discriminator including a bi-directional recurrent neural network. The discriminator input may include a mixture of ground truth labels, the teacher-forcing outputs of the generator, and/or noise data. This mixture of input data may allow for richer feedback on the autoregressive outputs of the generator. The outputs can be ranked based on the discriminator feedback and a response selected from the ranked outputs.