Abstract: Computer-based systems and methods are presented in which digital data from a subject are used to provide an initial diagnosis, and in which a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay is performed at the point-of-care to confirm and refine the initial diagnosis. Advantageously, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay is configured as a hand-held portable device and uses a plurality of nucleic acid primers that are chosen as a function of the initial diagnosis. The primers are further chosen to allow for refinement of the initial diagnosis to enable generation of a treatment plan and assist in appropriate treatment at the point of care or use.

Abstract: A selectively frictionally engaged hole cover for a bore hole cored from a paved surface that includes a cover plate configured to cover the bore hole and support vehicular traffic. An engagement mechanism is attached to the cover plate and extends down into the bore hole. The engagement mechanism is configured to be actuated by a user torque input that causes an engagement plate selectively shiftable relative to the cover plate to thereby shift an engagement member along a sloped wall and thus radially outwardly or inwardly, causing the engagement mechanism to selectively engage or disengage the wall of the bore hole. When the engagement member is in frictional contact with the hole, unintentional extraction of the engagement mechanism is prevented. The selectively frictionally engaged hole cover effectively provides a temporary cover for a bore hole in a road, parking lot, or other paved surface.

Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine includes an air circulation cooling system. The rotor includes a rotor core having cavities internal to the rotor core. The rotor core extends longitudinally between two ends. The cavities are defined by the rotor core. The cavities extend through the rotor core and open through at least one of the ends. The rotor core operates to circulate air through the cavities by rotation of the rotor core.

Abstract: Implementations of semiconductor packages may include a substrate, a first die coupled on the substrate, and a lead frame coupled over the substrate. The lead frame may include a die attach pad. Implementations of semiconductor packages may also include a second die coupled on the die attach pad. The second die may overlap the first die.

Abstract: The present application provides a personal hand-held monitor for the measurement of a subject's blood pressure and, optionally, one or more vital signs, and includes a housing located on a personal hand-held computing device or a hand-held component of a computing system; a blood flow occlusion means located in the housing; a pressure sensor adapted to provide an electrical signal indicative of pressure applied; a means for detecting the flow of blood in the body part of the subject when pressure is applied; and means for receiving electrical signals from the pressure sensor and the blood flow detecting means and for transmitting electrical signals indicative of the pressure and blood flow to the processor, which provides at least a measurement of the blood pressure of a subject. The processor is further adapted to carry out a process to measure a diastolic blood pressure value and a systolic blood pressure value.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for determining non-disjoint network segments in a fiber optic network. An embodiment transmits, using a signal generator, a signal into a fiber optic network. The embodiment receives, using a receiver, a set of signals comprising at least first and second ones of the set of signals for respective first and second network sections. The embodiment then compares, using a comparator, the first and second ones of the set of signals to determine if a comparison exceeds a similarity threshold. The embodiment then determines a proximity measure between the first and second network segments, using a proximity device, in response to the first and second ones of the set of signals exceeding the similarity threshold. Based on determining the proximity measure is less than a proximity threshold, determine the first and second network segments as a pair of non-disjoint network segments.

Abstract: Environmentally-clean wildfire inhibitor liquid biochemical solutions produced from an aqueous mixture of alkali metal salt derived from a non-polymerized saturated carboxylic acid such as propionic acid, and dissolved in water along with a dispersing and coalescing agent, realized as an ester of a non-polymerized saturated carboxylic acid, and dissolved in the water to provide a liquid fire inhibitor solution that can be sprayed on combustible surfaces to form thin alkali metal salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces when and as water molecules in the liquid fire inhibitor evaporate to the environment during drying operations, to inhibit fire ignition, flame spread and smoke development.

Abstract: A vehicle including a first aerodynamic device extending from a body of the vehicle and movable between an extended position and a retracted position and an aerodynamic control module configured to determine wind conditions during forward movement of the vehicle and to move the first aerodynamic device between the extended position and the retracted position based on the determined wind conditions.

Abstract: A method of shutting off injected fluid flow into the thief zones and of improving subsurface injection conformance using micro calcium carbonate particles includes estimating the pore size and fracture width of the thief zone, designing of a treatment program for the required calcium carbonate particle size, spectrum and concentration for plugging the pores and fractures, and creating a tight and deep-penetrating seal of low permeability over the thief zone, determining the post-treatment permeability of the seal and injected fluid flow rate profile before and after the treatment.

Abstract: A method includes a processing module obtaining touch data at a touch data rate. The method further includes the processing module obtaining video data at a refresh rate, wherein the touch data rate is greater than the refresh rate. For a frame of the video data, the method further includes the processing module determining a touch movement trend based on the touch data. The method further includes the processing module determining a position offset for a graphical representation of the touch data based on the touch movement trend. When the position offset exceeds an offset threshold, the method further includes the processing module adjusting position of the graphical representation of the touch data within the frame of video data based on the position offset to produce an adjusted frame of video data.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing real-time access to remote media production editing functionality. In various embodiments, in response to a request for real-time access to remote media production editing functionalities, a computing system provisions access to a media production software application (“app”) on at least one of compute resources on at least one network edge node among a plurality of network edge nodes. The computing system establish an access connection between the at least one network edge node and a remote media storage system, via remote direct memory access (“RDMA”) functionality. The computing system provides access to at least one media production file that is stored on the remote media storage system via the established access connection, for editing using the instantiated media production app. User input for the instantiated media production app and data, content, and/or editing results may be relayed over the established access connection.

Abstract: A pumping system deployed in a wellbore is designed for producing two-phase fluids through production tubing to a wellhead, while protecting downhole tubulars and equipment from corrosive gases from the wellbore. The pumping system includes a pump, a gas separator upstream from the pump, a packer above the pump, and a gas evacuation module between the pump and the packer. The packer blocks the movement of gases through the annular space and forms a gas collection space between the packer and the pump. The gas evacuation module is configured to remove gas from the gas collection space and mix the gas with liquid-dominant fluids received from the pump. The gas separator includes an intake configured to receive the two-phase fluids, a gas discharge configured to eject gas-dominant fluids into the annular space, and a liquid discharge configured to provide the pump with liquid-dominant fluids.

Abstract: An electrical system includes a battery, temperature sensor, and battery charging station connectable to the battery and to an alternating current (AC) power supply. The charging station includes connected battery charging and heating circuits. The charging circuit includes a first plurality of power switches configured to rectify an AC input voltage from the power supply into a direct current (DC) voltage for charging the battery during a battery charging mode. The heating circuit includes a voltage bus, transformer, series switch, and a second plurality of power switches downstream of the transformer. The heating circuit generates an AC battery current from the DC voltage and injects the same into the battery during a battery heating mode. An electronic controller controls the power switches and the series switch to perform the charging and heating modes, doing so via a corresponding method.

Abstract: A system of underwater swarm of robotic fish for monitoring and telepresence. The system comprising a floating platform communicatively coupled to a controller, a submersible sinker communicatively coupled to the floating platform, and a plurality of underwater drones communicatively coupled to the submersible sinker. The controller is configured to receive instructions from an operator for remotely exploring an underwater environment using the submersible sinker and the plurality of underwater drones, transmit the instructions to the plurality of underwater drones via the floating platform and the submersible sinker, the instructions directing the plurality of underwater drones to navigate the underwater environment and collect data, receive the collected data from the plurality of underwater drones via the floating platform and the submersible sinker, and display the collected data to the operator via a virtual display.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to detect small particles of a substance suspended in a matrix using ultrasound, may include: a container device configured to receive a sample in an inner volume, including: a first ultrasonic transducer mechanically coupled to or disposed on a first exterior portion of the container device and oriented toward the inner volume, the first ultrasonic transducer may include: a first ultrasonic transmitter; and a first ultrasonic receiver; optionally a first receiver amplifier coupled to the first receiver; optionally the first transmitter amplifier coupled to the first transmitter amplifier; and either: a) a software defined radio (SDR), or b) a signal generator and an oscilloscope, where SDR or signal generator and oscilloscope are electronically coupled to the first ultrasonic transmitter and electronically coupled to the first ultrasonic receiver amplifier; and the electronic controller coupled to the SDR or the signal generator and the oscilloscope.

Abstract: Environmentally-clean wildfire inhibitor liquid biochemical solutions produced from an aqueous mixture of alkali metal salt derived from a non-polymerized saturated carboxylic acid such as butyric acid, and dissolved in water along with a dispersing and coalescing agent, realized as an ester of a non-polymerized saturated carboxylic acid, and dissolved in the water to provide a liquid fire inhibitor solution that can be sprayed on combustible surfaces to form thin alkali metal salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces when and as water molecules in the liquid fire inhibitor evaporate to the environment during drying operations, to inhibit fire ignition, flame spread and smoke development.

Abstract: Environmentally-clean wildfire inhibitor liquid biochemical solutions produced from an aqueous mixture of alkali metal salt derived from a non-polymerized saturated carboxylic acid such as carbonic acid, and dissolved in water along with a dispersing and coalescing agent, realized as an ester of a non-polymerized saturated carboxylic acid, and dissolved in the water to provide a liquid fire inhibitor solution that can be sprayed on combustible surfaces to form thin alkali metal salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces when and as water molecules in the liquid fire inhibitor evaporate to the environment during drying operations, to inhibit fire ignition, flame spread and smoke development.

Abstract: Computer-implemented gaming systems, according to various embodiments, are configured to facilitate playing a fantasy sports game in which a plurality of players compete over a fixed duration of time based on the players' respective selections of a respective plurality of discrete events occurring at least substantially in real time, during the fixed duration of the game. For example, in the context of fantasy baseball, the system may facilitate allowing users to play a fantasy baseball game in less than about 4, less than about 3, or less than about 2 hours by allowing the users to select live, player plate appearances that occur during the fixed duration of the game, and then calculating the players' respective scores based on the outcome of those at-bats.

Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for introducing transgenic target sites for Site Specific Integration (SSI) and/or polynucleotides of interest into at least one double-strand break target site of a double-strand-break inducing agent in a genomic window of a plant genome. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing a complex trait locus in a genomic window of a plant comprising at least one transgenic target site for site specific integration integrated in at least double-strand-break target site. The double-strand-break target site can be, but is not limited to, a target site for a zinc finger endonuclease, an engineered endonuclease, a meganuclease, a TALENs and/or a Cas endonuclease. The genomic window of said plant can comprise at least one genomic locus of interest such as a trait cassette, a transgene, a mutated gene, a native gene, an edited gene or a site-specific integration (SSI) target site.

Abstract: An air disc brake system includes a carrier having a mounting feature and a guide pin having longitudinally spaced first and second ends, a through hold having a first center axis and an outer cylindrical surface having a second center axis. The first and second axes are spaced apart a distance D such that the outer cylindrical surface and through hole are eccentric. A caliper includes a bore with spaced apart first and second ends. The guide pin is received in the bore, and the caliper is slidably mounted on outer cylindrical surface of the guide pin. A fastener is disposed in the through hole and includes a first end engaged with the mounting feature and a second end engaged with the guide pin. An eccentric guide pin, a tool for adjusting the eccentric guide pin, and methods of using and assembling the air disc brake system are also provided.