Abstract: Device for securing an orientation of photovoltaic panels includes a stem for supporting an array assembly of photovoltaic panels for producing an electrical current when exposed to sunlight. The array assembly also includes eye blades positioned on a side opposite to a photovoltaic panel carrying side. The device further includes a joint interconnecting the stem and the eye blades of the array assembly. The joint includes a hollow horizontal conduit and a bolting mechanism for adjustably coupling the eye blades to lateral ends of the horizontal conduit. A side of each eye blade facing the horizontal conduit carries an eye blade gear that cooperatively meshes with a conduit gear carried at or near a lateral end of the horizontal conduit to secure the array assembly at a predetermined angle relative to a longitudinal axis passing through the stem.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for determining the optimum positioning of source-receiver pairs capable of acquiring seismic data, comprising: a first step of identifying a zone of interest having been the subject of an earlier seismic acquisition, in order to obtain an image of the subsoil of same; a second step of obtaining seismic data acquired during the earlier seismic acquisition of said zone of interest during a time of interest; a third step of applying a partial or total demigration of seismic data, in order to determine the positions of each source-receiver pair having contributed to the image of said subsoil of said zone of interest during said time of interest; a fourth step of obtaining unprocessed traces for said source-receiver pair positions; a fifth step of selecting at least one optimum unprocessed trace from among said unprocessed traces; and a sixth step of determining the source-receiver pair positions corresponding to said at least one optimum unprocessed trace.

Abstract: A combined exhaled air and environmental gas sensor apparatus for mobile respiratory equipment includes a housing, wherein the housing includes a port aperture, a connector configured to attach the port aperture to a respiratory exhaust port, and at least an ambient aperture connecting to an exterior environment, a sensor positioned within the housing, the sensor configured to detect a carbon dioxide level and generate sensor outputs indicating detected carbon dioxide level, a processor communicatively connected to the sensor, the processor including a memory, a breath analysis mode and an environmental analysis mode, wherein the processor is configured to receive a plurality of sensor outputs from the sensor, match the plurality of sensor outputs to mode parameter profile, and switch between the breath analysis mode and the environmental analysis mode as a function of the mode parameter profile.

Abstract: Methods and compositions related to a nucleic acid-guided nuclease cell targeting screen are provided. The invention relates to compositions and methods for identifying cell targeting proteins that, when associated with a nucleic acid-guided nuclease (such as Cas9), enables at least the nucleic acid-guided nuclease to be targeted to the surface of a target cell or internalized by a target cell, i.e., a cell targeted by the cell targeting agent.

Abstract: Methods and compositions related to intracellular delivery of gene editing proteins are provided. The invention relates to compositions and methods for transporting gene editing polypeptides, such as Cas9 or Cas12, into a cell ex vivo or in vivo. The invention includes a targeted active gene editing (TAGE) agent that includes an extracellular cell membrane binding moiety, e.g., an antigen binding polypeptide, a cell penetrating peptide (CPP), a ligand, or combinations thereof, that specifically binds to an extracellular cell membrane-bound molecule (e.g., a cell surface molecule), and a site-directed modifying polypeptide that recognizes a nucleic acid sequence. The extracellular cell membrane binding moiety (e.g.

Abstract: Methods and compositions related to intracellular delivery of gene editing proteins are provided. The invention relates to compositions and methods for transporting gene editing polypeptides, such as Cas9 or Cas12, into a cell ex vivo or in vivo. The invention includes a targeted active gene editing (TAGE) agent that includes an antigen binding polypeptide that specifically binds to an extracellular cell membrane-bound molecule, and a site-directed modifying polypeptide that recognizes a nucleic acid sequence. The antigen binding polypeptide and the site-directed modifying polypeptide are stably associated such that the site-directed modifying polypeptide can be internalized into a cell displaying the extracellular cell membrane-bound molecule.

Abstract: A combined exhaled air and environmental gas sensor apparatus for mobile respiratory equipment includes a housing, wherein the housing includes a port aperture, a connector configured to attach the port aperture to a respiratory exhaust port, and at least an ambient aperture connecting to an exterior environment, a sensor positioned within the housing, the sensor configured to detect a carbon dioxide level and generate sensor outputs indicating detected carbon dioxide level, a processor communicatively connected to the sensor, the processor including a memory, a breath analysis mode and an environmental analysis mode, wherein the processor is configured to receive a plurality of sensor outputs from the sensor, match the plurality of sensor outputs to mode parameter profile, and switch between the breath analysis mode and the environmental analysis mode as a function of the mode parameter profile.

Abstract: Fragmented polysaccharide based hydrogel compositions and methods of making and using the same are provided. The subject polysaccharide based hydrogel compositions are prepared by combining a polysaccharide component with a hydrophilic polymer and a cross-linking agent. Also provided are kits and systems for use in preparing the subject compositions.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a subsurface during a 4-dimensional (4D) survey. The method includes obtaining an area of the subsurface that needs to be monitored; identifying receiver and source locations for the area and source frequencies to be emitted into the area based on demigration or inverse ray tracing; performing a light base survey for the area; performing a light monitor survey for the area; and generating an image of the area based on a comparison of (i) the light base survey, and (ii) the light monitor survey for the area.

Abstract: Fragmented polysaccharide based hydrogel compositions and methods of making and using the same are provided. The subject polysaccharide based hydrogel compositions are prepared by combining a polysaccharide component with a hydrophilic polymer and a cross-linking agent. Also provided are kits and systems for use in preparing the subject compositions.

Abstract: Polysaccharide based hydrogel compositions and methods of making and using the same are provided. The subject polysaccharide based hydrogel compositions are prepared by combining a polysaccharide component with a hydrophilic polymer and a cross-linking agent. Also provided are kits and systems for use in preparing the subject compositions.

Abstract: Fragmented polysaccharide based hydrogel compositions and methods of making and using the same are provided. The subject polysaccharide based hydrogel compositions are prepared by combining a polysaccharide component with a hydrophilic polymer and a cross-linking agent. Also provided are kits and systems for use in preparing the subject compositions.

Abstract: Among the various embodiments, objects and features of the present invention may generally be noted an inflation/deflation syringe that enables one-handed operation to inflate a medical device to a given pressure or volume and one-handed operation to deflate said medical device.

Abstract: A method includes, in an encoder, dividing an image into blocks, and producing respective compressed descriptions of the blocks. First data, which contains at least some of the compressed descriptions, is generated such that a compressed description of each block within the first data is accessible irrespective of the compressed descriptions of the other blocks. Second data, which contains at least a portion of the compressed descriptions or of the blocks and has a better error resilience than the first data, is also generated. The first and second data are stored in a memory. At a decoder, the first and second data are read from the memory, and the image is reconstructed from the read first and second data.

Abstract: Fragmented polysaccharide based hydrogel compositions and methods of making and using the same are provided. The subject polysaccharide based hydrogel compositions are prepared by combining a polysaccharide component with a hydrophilic polymer and a cross-linking agent. Also provided are kits and systems for use in preparing the subject compositions.

Abstract: A method includes, in an encoder, dividing an image into blocks, and producing respective compressed descriptions of the blocks. First data, which contains at least some of the compressed descriptions, is generated such that a compressed description of each block within the first data is accessible irrespective of the compressed descriptions of the other blocks. Second data, which contains at least a portion of the compressed descriptions or of the blocks and has a better error resilience than the first data, is also generated. The first and second data are stored in a memory. At a decoder, the first and second data are read from the memory, and the image is reconstructed from the read first and second data.

Abstract: Fragmented polysaccharide based hydrogel compositions and methods of making and using the same are provided. The subject polysaccharide based hydrogel compositions are prepared by combining a polysaccharide component with a hydrophilic polymer and a cross-linking agent. Also provided are kits and systems for use in preparing the subject compositions.

Abstract: Among the various embodiments, objects and features of the present invention may generally be noted catheter systems which simplify and ease access to one or more target anatomies in various medical procedures thereby reducing procedure time and associated costs.

Abstract: Among the various embodiments, objects and features of the present invention may generally be noted an inflation/deflation syringe that enables one-handed operation to inflate a medical device to a given pressure or volume and one-handed operation to deflate said medical device.