Abstract: A fluid heating system for heating a production fluid using a thermal transfer fluid, the production fluid being contained in a vessel includes an electric blower configured to receive ambient air and electrical input power and to provide output source air, a combustion system configured to receive the source air from the electric blower and to receive fuel and to provide the thermal transfer fluid, a heat exchanger configured to receive the thermal transfer fluid from the combustion system and configured to be in thermal communication with the production fluid to provide convective heat exchange from the thermal transfer fluid to the production fluid, and to provide output exhaust gas, and wherein the electric fan provides a predetermined volume flow rate of the output source air at a predetermined blower efficiency such that the fluid heating system has a Bulk Heat Flux of at least about 14.7 kBTU/Hr/ft2 and a Pressure Drop of at least about 0.7 psi.

Abstract: To enable better color and in particular color saturation control for HDR image handling systems which need to do luminance dynamic range conversion, e.g.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a system, a method of using such a system, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions to such a system for generating annotated gene fusion data from processing both a patient's DNA and RNA sequence information thereby filtering out weak candidate gene fusions. Thus the annotated gene fusion data contains clinically relevant information and accurate gene fusion detections (low false-positives) for use in clinical and/or R&D settings. The system, method and computer-readable medium allows a user to generate gene fusion data by detecting breakpoints from a patient's DNA-SEQ and RNA-SEQ, creating candidate breakpoint data by combining matching breakpoints from the DNA-SEQ and RNA-SEQ breakpoint data, determining confidence levels of the candidate breakpoint, identifying corresponding gene fusions, and annotating clinically relevant information about the gene fusions.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for controlling a highlighting of one of a plurality of operational objects on a display. A spatially continuous movement of a pointing position on the display, which is provided by a user by means of a user input interface is converted in the highlighting of one of the plurality of objects. If the pointing position coincides with one of the plurality of objects, this object is highlighted (130). When the pointing position is on empty space between the objects, an appropriate one of the plurality of objects is highlighted (160). The parameter used to determine the object to be highlighted is at least the distance from the pointing position to the objects.

Abstract: An electronic meeting tool and method for recording a meeting. The method includes the steps of coupling a display node to at least one base node of at least one communications network, displaying data transmitted to the at least one base node from processing devices coupled to the at least one communications network on the display node during a meeting; and recording and storing digitally the data transmitted during the meeting and written on the whiteboard to provide a record of the meeting.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new method for increasing drought resistance of a plant. The method encompasses the impairment of the expression of a gene or genes in said plant. In comparison to a plant not manipulated to impair the expression of said gene(s), the plants display improved drought resistance. Also provided are plants and plant product that can be obtained by the method according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to monitors. In order to facilitate mounting a monitor, a suspendable monitor (10) is provided for a ceiling suspended monitor system. The suspendable monitor comprises a video display (12), a structural frame (14), and a system interface (16). The video display is mounted to a front surface (18) of the structural frame. The system interface is mounted to the structural frame at one end and mountable to the ceiling suspended monitor system at the other end for suspending the suspendable monitor.

Abstract: Provided is a self-correcting stock price movement predictor built with Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques that are for empirical data and represent trends on a particular day for an identified stock. Robots, Internet bots, and so forth, are used to source events in real time in the World Wide Web and which may have a potential impact on the movement of the stock. When the web is spidered (or browsed), a device is able to capture the data, which might have an impact on the stock. The data may be structured and ranked using various techniques, including AI techniques. These techniques are applied in order to predict the stock behavior and the movement of that particular stock. An output of the tool is provided to automatically determine an action to take relative to an identified stock.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an air-based flyer, comprising: a food preparation chamber (1); an air moving device (2) for moving air in the food preparation chamber to generate air flow; a heating device (3) for heating the air flow generated by the air moving device (2) so that the heated air flow can heat the food; an air filter (4) adapted for filtering air from the food preparation chamber (1). The air-based flyer according to the present disclosure avoids discharging fume into the surroundings, and can take away water vapor generated upon cooling timely and improve the cooking quality.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system that implements an assessment tool that assesses regulations. The system comprises: a server interface; a data store; and an assessment engine comprising a computer processor, coupled to the server interface and the data store, programmed to: identify a regulation; divide the regulation into a plurality of rules; convert each rule into a question, test and one or more conditions; present, via a user interface, a first question to a user; receive, via the user interface, a response to the first question; store, in the data store, the response; present, via the user interface, a subsequent question responsive to the response; store, in the data store, the subsequent question and corresponding response; and dynamically generate an audit trail of each question and answer combination.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a portable handheld pressure support system configured to deliver a pressurized flow of breathable gas to the airway of a subject. The pressure support system is configured to treat COPD and/or other patients suffering from dyspnea and/or other conditions. The pressure support system is configured to be small and lightweight so that a subject may carry the system and use the system as needed without requiring a device to be worn on the face. The present disclosure contemplates that the portable handheld pressure support system may be used to treat symptoms and/or conditions related to dyspnea, and/or for other uses. In one embodiment, the system comprises one or more of a pressure generator, a subject interface, one or more sensors, one or more processors, a user interface, electronic storage, a portable power source, a housing, a handle, and/or other components.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for aligning an X-ray grating to an X-ray radiation source, the device (10) comprising at least two flat X-ray grating segments (11-19); at least one alignment unit (31-39) for aligning one of the at least two flat X-ray grating segments; wherein the at least two flat X-ray grating segments (11-19) are arranged in juxtaposition and are forming an X-ray grating (20); wherein the at least two flat X-ray grating segments (11-19) each comprise a grating surface (41-49) for X-ray radiation, each grating surface (41-49) comprising a geometrical center; wherein normals (21-29) to each of the grating surfaces (41-49) define a common plane (73), wherein the normals (21-29) intersect the geometrical center of the grating surface (41-49); wherein at least a first of the at least two flat X-ray grating segments (11-19) is rotatable around an axis (131-139) that is perpendicular to the common plane (73); and wherein the first of the at least two flat X-ray grating segments (11-19)

Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate capturing web analytics data are disclosed. One example method can include the acts of receiving a web page request from a client computer and providing the requested web page to the client computer. The requested web page can include one or more analytics tags. The method can also include capturing at least one of client side information, performance of, or one or more user interactions with the web page and providing the captured information to a web server associated with the web page. These interactions can include user actions that do not include a call to a web server, such as actions that occur during an AJAX flow.

Abstract: Various examples are directed to computer-implemented systems and methods for providing a triage tool for investment advising. A method includes displaying by a processor of a computer, an image on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a device of a user. The image includes information related to financial account management for the user. Input options are provided to the user on the GUI including at least two directional swipe input options to obtain the user's positive or negative response to the image. The processor receives the user's response to the input options, and determines a profile of the user based on the user's response to the input options. The processor provides directed financial investment advice and tailored financial products, based on the profile of the user, to increase applicability and effectiveness of wealth management for the user.

Abstract: An embedded system includes a peripheral and system-on-a-chip executing virtual machines and a hypervisor. The peripheral includes a crossbar circuit receiving digital sensor signals and selectively outputting the digital sensor signals to different outputs, queue circuits each receiving a different one of the digital sensor signals from the crossbar circuit, and queue protection circuits associated with the queue circuits and selectively permitting access to one of the queue circuits by the virtual machines. The hypervisor controls the queue protection circuits to set which of the virtual machines may access which queue circuits. A sensor protection circuit selectively permits reading of the digital sensor signals from the crossbar circuit by the queue circuits. The hypervisor controls the sensor protection circuit to set which of the queue circuits may access each of the digital sensor signals from the crossbar circuit.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a ground mounting system, particularly for mounting solar photovoltaic panels on a planar or inclined surface or a surface that is partly planar and partly inclined The disclosed invention is a system that comprised of an array of soil nails, inserted in the ground; a plurality of adapting apparatus, each on top of each the nails; and a resulting structure supports racks, made of metal or plastic, or other structural profiles designed to enable mounting photovoltaic panels on it, wherein the racks are installed on the array of nail using the adapting apparatus.

Abstract: According to the invention, a method and system for estimating fresh air flow into a turbocharged engine (105) is provided. A controller (109) arranged to determine an actual fresh air mass flow in subsequent time frames by measuring, in an actual time frame, a pressure drop over a compressor (101) and using a first calculated fresh air mass flow as a starting value for deriving a second fresh air mass flow in said time frame from a compressor model using the measured pressure drop and a compressor rotational speed. In a previous time frame, before said actual time frame, a pressure drop is measured over an air treatment device. A pressure drop is estimated over the air treatment device (103, 104, 106, 108) using the second fresh air mass flow and an estimated flow resistance of the air treatment device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure sensing device (10) comprising an optical fiber (12), the optical fiber (12) comprises a central axis (L) and at least one optical fiber core (14), the at least one optical fiber core (14) having one or more reflective FBG structures, and a coating (16) surrounding the optical fiber (12), the coating (16) having mechanical properties which are radially asymmetric along the central axis (L).

Abstract: A system and method for conducting an adaptive survey. The method includes transmitting a first survey to a primary respondent; receiving responses to the first survey from the primary respondent; transmitting a subsequent survey to secondary respondents, the subsequent survey including answers provided in the first survey; and receiving responses to the subsequent survey from the secondary respondents.