Abstract: An estimation system provides consumable use estimations, such as for ink or toner, in printing operations. The estimation system uses a classification-based consumable use process to estimate the consumable use. A print job is assigned a classification category according to an arbitrary job category selected for the print job and a job property defined for the print job using job settings. An estimate is provided using the classification category and the distribution of the consumable use for print jobs in the category. The estimate is adjusted by a consumable use adjustment factor that reflects the amount of ink or toner disposed of during container replacement or wasted during printing operations.

Abstract: The invention comprises circular single-stranded templates for nucleic acid sequencing, methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: A method for diagnosing a medical condition through cognification of unstructured data is disclosed. The method may include receiving, at a server, an electronic medical record including notes pertaining to a patient. The method may also include generating cognified data using the notes, where the cognified data includes a health summary of the medical condition. The method may also include generating, based on the cognified data, a diagnosis of the medical condition of the patient, where the diagnosis at least identifies a type of the medical condition. The method may also include providing the diagnosis to a computing device for presentation on the computing device.

Abstract: An intravascular catheter for peri-vascular and/or peri-urethral tissue ablation includes multiple needles advanced through supported guide tubes which expand around a central axis to engage the interior surface of the wall of the renal artery or other vessel of a human body allowing the injection an ablative fluid for ablating tissue, and/or nerve fibers in the outer layer or deep to the outer layer of the vessel, or in prostatic tissue. The system may also include a means to limit and/or adjust the depth of penetration of the ablative fluid into and beyond the tissue of the vessel wall. The catheter may also include structures which provide radial and/or lateral support to the guide tubes so that the guide tubes expand uniformly and maintain their position against the interior surface of the vessel wall as the sharpened injection needles are advanced to penetrate into the vessel wall.

Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer program products for codification, tracking, and use of informed consent data for human specimen research. According to one method, an informed consent document is codified and consent rules are attached to a specimen. The consent rules and any changes to the consent rules are tracked. Allowed use analysis of the specimen and associated data is performed and a regulatory intelligence knowledgebase (RIK) is provided that includes global regulations data derived from proprietary and public sources. A consent document is automatically generated using the codified informed consent document and the RIK.

Abstract: A dishwasher appliance is provided, and includes an external housing containing a tub for receiving dishes. The dishwasher configured to receive water from a water source of a dwelling via an external supply line, which includes a valve for directing water between the tub and a water reservoir. Water received into the reservoir will be cooler than the water utilized in the tub to wash dishes. A water pump is connected to the reservoir so that during the drying cycle, the relatively cool water of the reservoir can be pumped through one or more conduits that are in contact with various surfaces of the tub so as to cool the tub interior and cause moisture contained therein to condense and drain out of the tub thereby efficiently enhancing the drying performance of the dishwasher.

Abstract: A belt driving mechanism rotates a rotating body provided in a rotating device around a transmission shaft, and includes a driving device provided adjacent to the rotating device and a bearing structure supporting the transmission shaft extending from the rotating device to the driving device through the support frame. The driving device includes a housing, a fixed frame, a driving pulley, a driven pulley, a belt and a circumference correction part. The housing is fixed to the support frame. The fixed frame is fixed in the housing. The driven pulley is fixed to the transmission shaft. The belt is wound around the driving pulley and the driven pulley. The bearing structure includes a first bearing part provided in the fixed frame and the second bearing part provided in the housing on an opposite side to the first bearing part with respect to the driven pulley.

Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system includes a first decomposition chamber that receives exhaust and treatment fluid, a first dosing module that includes a first injector that injects the treatment fluid into the first decomposition chamber, and a second decomposition chamber disposed downstream of the first decomposition chamber and that receives the exhaust and the treatment fluid from the first decomposition chamber. The exhaust aftertreatment system further includes a second dosing module that includes a second injector that injects the treatment fluid into the second decomposition chamber and a pressure sensor that generates a pressure signal based on a pressure of the treatment fluid in the second dosing module. The exhaust aftertreatment system further includes a variable resistor selectively switchable between multiple resistances.

Abstract: A two-component developer includes a carrier containing carrier particles and a toner containing toner particles. The carrier particles include carrier cores and coat layers covering the surfaces of the carrier cores. The coat layers contain silicone resin. The carrier particles have surfaces with a static friction coefficient of at least 0.10 and no greater than 0.22. The toner particles include toner mother particles and an external additive attached to the surfaces of the toner mother particles. The external additive includes resin particles. The resin particles have a number average primary particle diameter of at least 35 nm and no greater than 160 nm. The resin particles have a blocking rate of at least 17% by mass and no greater than 42% by mass, as measured using a mesh sieve with an opening of 75 ?m after 5-minite pressure application at a temperature of 160° C. and a pressure of 0.1 kgf/mm2.

Abstract: A job command generation device includes a control device that acts as a job command generator that manages error correction information for correcting an error in voice recognition committed by a voice reception device that converts voice data representing a received voice into text data, through the voice recognition, corrects the error in the text data received from the voice reception device, using the error correction information, and generates a job command that an image forming apparatus can interpret, on a basis of the text data in which the error has been corrected.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for selection of domain or accent specific speech recognition language models. The system can receive a list of available ASR (Automated Speech Recognition) models, each of which is associated with a category of speech (e.g., a specific industry or accent), and a request for a transcription of an audio file with audio in one of those categories. The system can select a specific ASR model based on a similarity of the specific category of speech of the audio file and the category of speech of the specific ASR model. Then the system can transmit, to an ASR architecture: the specific ASR model; the audio file; and instructions to generate a transcription of the audio file using the specific ASR model within the ASR architecture. The system can then receive, from the ASR architecture, the transcription of the audio file.

Abstract: A chassis that supports an extremely high density of fiber optic connections. The chassis may be populated with multiple rows of modules, each supporting multiple single fiber connections made with components implemented according to the LC standard. The chassis may fit within a 1 rack unit space, providing 168 LC connections per rack unit. This density may be achieved with structures that occupy little or no space within the rack unit footprint. Some of the rows of modules may be tray-less. Cable management components may be mounted to impede access to portions of a module but may flex to allow access. Modules may slide on rails that extend into the module from the rear, but do not extend to the front of the module. Sides of the chassis enclosure and a tray in the enclosure may be configured for enabling motion of the tray relative to the chassis enclosure.

Abstract: A photoplethysmographic device includes a photoplethysmographic monitor, a laser housing electronically coupled to the photoplethysmographic monitor, at least two diode lasers, which generate laser light, positioned within the laser housing, the photoplethysmographic monitor providing electronic control of the at least two diode lasers, a desiccant fully enclosed within the laser housing, the desiccant positioned within the laser housing such that the desiccant does not make physical contact with the at least two diode lasers and/or interfere with the laser light, and a sensor in communication with the photoplethysmographic monitor and adapted to output the laser light from the at least two diode lasers. The sensor includes a photodetector, and the photoplethysmographic monitor receives and processes photoplethysmographic data from the sensor.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for speech recognition, and more specifically to training domain or accent-specific speech recognition language models. The system can receive a starting ASR (Automated Speech Recognition) neural network model configured to receive audio in the language and generate a starting transcript of the audio. The system can also receive a request to generate a specialized version of the starting ASR neural network model. Based on the request, the system can execute an analysis of the audio, resulting in timestamps and a confidence of each word in the audio. The system can then execute the starting ASR neural network model, resulting in a starting transcript. The system can then generate training data using the timestamps, confidences, and the starting transcript, and train an updated ASR based on the training data, resulting in the specialized version of the starting ASR neural network model.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory, machine-readable media for extracting railway fasteners and adjusting railway anchors are disclosed. A tie plate manipulator may be slidably coupled with a frame assembly and may include tie plate tools in an opposing arrangement and slidably coupled with a support framework. A fastener extractor may include fastener-extracting arms and pivot joints pivotably coupling the fastener-extracting arms with a subassembly. The fastener extractor may be slidably coupled with the frame assembly so that at least part of the fastener extractor is disposed over the tie plate manipulator. The fastener extractor may be coupled with the tie plate manipulator at least in part with a cylinder system. Each fastener-extracting arm may be adjustable to selectively engage and extract a railway fastener. The tie plate manipulator may be operable to engage and adjust a tie plate on the railway tie with the pair of tie plate tools.

Abstract: Disclosed are Valve Replacement devices, systems, and methods. Valve replacement devices may comprise One- or Two-Piece systems comprising an Adapter body and a Valve Assembly with leaflets positioned within the Adapter body. In Two-Piece systems, the Valve Assembly may be removable from the Adapter body such that both can be delivered together or separately, and the Adapter body may remain implanted while the Valve Assembly may be removed and replaced (i.e., “ReValved”). Also described are devices (such as a delivery catheter device), systems, and methods related to such delivering and Re Valving the Valve Replacement. Such delivery methods may include transseptal insertion of a new minimum leaflet structure, and securement of the Valve Replacement using several securement type (e.g., supra-annular, sub-annular, radial, leaflet securement, etc.). Also described is a braided helical design that mimics the heart's natural movement, and a flange structure for assisting the functioning of the Valve Replacement.

Abstract: An exhaust gas system includes: an engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit configured to receive exhaust gas from an engine; a turbocharger including a turbine coupled to the engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit; an injection housing coupled to the turbine and centered on an injection housing axis; a dosing module coupled to the injection housing and including an injector configured to dose reductant into the injection housing, the injector centered on an injector axis; and a bypass system including: a bypass inlet conduit coupled to the engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit, a bypass valve coupled to the bypass inlet conduit, and a bypass outlet conduit coupled to the bypass valve, the bypass outlet conduit centered on a bypass outlet conduit axis.

Abstract: An ink supplying mechanism includes an ink container, an ink tank, a decompressing part and a degassing channel. The ink container contains ink. The ink tank stores the ink supplied from the ink container to a recording head. The decompressing part decompresses the inside of the ink tank. The degassing channel circulates the ink flowed out from the ink tank and flowing the ink into the ink tank. To the recording head, a plurality of the ink tanks are arranged in parallel. When one ink tank among the plurality of ink tanks is used for printing, in a state that the inside of the other ink tank is decompressed by the decompressing part, the ink inside the other ink tank is circulated by using the degassing channel to perform degassing operation of degassing the ink inside the other ink tank.

Abstract: A degassing device removes air dissolved in a liquid under a pressure decreased atmosphere, and includes one or more liquid tanks, a pressure decreasing device, and an inflow pass. One or more liquid tanks store the liquid. The pressure decreasing device decreases pressure in the liquid tank. The inflow pass allows the liquid to be flowed into the liquid tank due to a negative pressure in the pressure decreased liquid tank.

Abstract: In a reservation management system, a controller of an information processing apparatus of a meeting room writes that an occupied meeting room has become vacant in a timetable, and causes a display device to display the timetable, when a communication device receives information that a manager of the meeting has logged out from the information processing apparatus, and a predetermined time has elapsed after the time of the log-out, in a state where exit from the occupied meeting room has not been inputted to the operation device.