Abstract: An embodiment of an analysis system can include an initial multi-port valve, at least one intermediate multi-port valve, a further multi-port valve, and a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS). The initial multi-port valve can be configured to receive a sample. The at least one intermediate multi-port valve can be fluidly connected to the initial multi-port valve and configured to receive the sample from the initial multi-port valve. A given intermediate multi-port valve can have an ion-exchange column associated therewith. The given intermediate multi-port valve can be configured selectably to one of direct the sample through the ion-exchange column associated therewith (in a speciation mode) or bypass the ion-exchange column (in an infusion mode). The further multi-port valve can be fluidly connected with the at least one intermediate multi-port valve and configured to receive the sample from therefrom.

Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product are provided for cleansing steps. These are in accordance with existing data quality and rules in existence for using a plurality of different transformation assets. Information is obtained about a plurality of different transformation assets and their associated data quality and rules are extracted. A plurality of possible cleansing steps to be performed are identified for the plurality of different transformation assets. An analysis is performed for the identified cleansing steps, on impact on the different transformation assets. It is then determined when more than one identified step has a similar semantics across the plurality of different transformation assets and when more than any two of them need to perform a similar step across the same dataset. The relevance of each cleansing step to be performed is then determined and a cleansing step order of performance is provided.

Abstract: A medical device for insertion into an organ of the body, with a compressible and expandable mesh structure having struts which are connected together by strut connectors and delimit closed cells of the mesh structure, wherein respectively, two of the struts of at least one cell are disposed opposite each other and form a first strut pair and a second strut pair, wherein one of the two strut pairs is connected together by at least one connecting strut which extends into the cell and bridges it.

Abstract: An embodiment of an analysis system can include an initial multi-port valve, at least one intermediate multi-port valve, a further multi-port valve, and a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS). The initial multi-port valve can be configured to receive a sample. The at least one intermediate multi-port valve can be fluidly connected to the initial multi-port valve and configured to receive the sample from the initial multi-port valve. A given intermediate multi-port valve can have an ion-exchange column associated therewith. The given intermediate multi-port valve can be configured selectably to one of direct the sample through the ion-exchange column associated therewith (in a speciation mode) or bypass the ion-exchange column (in an infusion mode). The further multi-port valve can be fluidly connected with the at least one intermediate multi-port valve and configured to receive the sample from therefrom.

Abstract: An approach is provided for computing and using a currency score. A currency score of a data element is determined as a weighted average of scores of dimensions of the data element. The dimensions include a combination of change frequency, change size, outdated value, and sources score dimensions. Relative to the data element, the change frequency dimension indicates an update frequency, the change size dimension indicates amounts of data being created, updated, and deleted per time unit, the outdated value dimension indicates a portion of values that are not semantically correct, but were semantically correct in the past, and the sources score dimension indicates a currency of input source(s). Based on the currency score, a currency of data included in the data element is evaluated. Based on the currency of the data, a remedial action is performed to improve the currency of the data.

Abstract: A control unit that includes a braking system for fixing the position of an endoscope tip is provided. The control system includes an up-down control knob and a right-left control knob. The brakes are engaged by rotating the control knob itself counter-clockwise from a free wheeling position. After the brakes have been engaged, a sufficient amount of force applied to the control knobs will move the endoscope tip slightly in the corresponding direction, allowing for fine tuning of tip position after braking.

Abstract: A control unit that includes a braking system for fixing the position of an endoscope tip is provided. The control system includes an up-down control knob and a right-left control knob. The brakes are engaged by rotating the control knob itself counter-clockwise from a free wheeling position. After the brakes have been engaged, a sufficient amount of force applied to the control knobs will move the endoscope tip slightly in the corresponding direction, allowing for fine tuning of tip position after braking.

Abstract: A smart inventory management system is described for a dispensing and blend-in-cup beverage platform including a container having an information tag that is configured to store unique information specific to a particular product, a reader configured to read the stored information from the information tag, a control board configured to host a software based decision engine which is configured to interpret the information specific to a particular product and to control one or more system components based at least in part on the information, a pump controlled by the control board and configured to pump beverage concentrates out of the containers in order to dispense the beverage concentrate into a beverage holder, and a check valve located between an opening on the container and the pump, the check valve configured to provide backflush prevention of foreign solutions into the container.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a stent with a compressible and expandable mesh structure of webs which are interconnected by web connectors into one piece and define rhomboid cells, wherein each cell is defined by two straight webs and two S-shaped curved webs which connect the straight webs together, and wherein (i) in a non-operational state, the mesh structure has a fully expanded non-operational diameter Dexp which is between 3.0 mm and 5.0 mm, (ii) a ratio between a fully compressed diameter Dkomp of the mesh structure and the non-operational diameter Dexp of the mesh structure is between 1:7 and 1:12, and (iii) the webs have a web height, measured in a radial direction, which is at least 0.05 mm and at most 0.09 mm, so that the mesh structure has a radial force of at least 0.5 N, in particular at least 0.6 N, between the fully compressed diameter Dkomp and an operational diameter which is at most 90% of the non-operational diameter Dexp.

Abstract: A trace-data-processing device for reconstructing an execution flow of a program performed by a source device under test or under observation, herein DUT, using at least one source-specific trace-data stream is disclosed. The trace-data-processing device comprises a trace-data-processing unit, which is configured to identify in the trace-data stream at least one instruction-synchronization message and branch messages. Moreover, the trace-data-processing device is configured to generate runtime-information data indicative of an at least partial reconstruction of the execution flow, using the identified trace messages, a pre-defined branch identifier allocated to each branch instruction address in the program that is associated with a direct branch instruction and pre-stored reconstruction information stored in a reconstruction memory.

Abstract: In an approach, a processor receives an unstructured text document. A processor extracts at least one unrecognized token from the unstructured text document. A processor identifies at least one structured data element in a predefined set of data sources, where the at least one structured data element is related to the at least one extracted unrecognized token from the unstructured text document. A processor relates a label associated with the identified at least one structured data element to the unstructured text document.

Abstract: A smart inventory management system is described for a dispensing and blend-in-cup beverage platform including a container having an information tag that is configured to store unique information specific to a particular product, a reader configured to read the stored information from the information tag, a control board configured to host a software based decision engine which is configured to interpret the information specific to a particular product and to control one or more system components based at least in part on the information, a pump controlled by the control board and configured to pump beverage concentrates out of the containers in order to dispense the beverage concentrate into a beverage holder, and a check valve located between an opening on the container and the pump, the check valve configured to provide backflush prevention of foreign solutions into the container.

Abstract: A method selectively activates a resource to accommodate an advanced emotion. A supervisor computer receives a first piece of content, and then applies an emotion classifier to the first piece of content in order to create a first concept/emotion/sentiment/time tuple. The supervisor computer creates a second concept/emotion/sentiment/time tuple for a second piece of content, and compares the first and second tuples. If the concept in the first piece of content matches the concept in the second piece of content but that at least one of the emotion, sentiment, and time of the first piece of content does not match the emotion, sentiment, and time of the second piece of content, the supervisor computer determines that the emotion of the second piece of content is an advanced emotion that is not expressed by the first or second pieces of content, and activates a resource that accommodates the advanced emotion.

Abstract: A cup holder assembly includes a plurality of contacts that are configured to contact a cup so that a majority of an opening into the cup is uncovered by the cup holder, and the plurality of contacts are connectable to one or more cup holder guide rods of an assembly that dispenses and mixes or blends beverages.

Abstract: A smart inventory management system is described for a dispensing and blend-in-cup beverage platform including a container having an information tag that is configured to store unique information specific to a particular product, a reader configured to read the stored information from the information tag, a control board configured to host a software based decision engine which is configured to interpret the information specific to a particular product and to control one or more system components based at least in part on the information, a pump controlled by the control board and configured to pump beverage concentrates out of the containers in order to dispense the beverage concentrate into a beverage holder, and a check valve located between an opening on the container and the pump, the check valve configured to provide backflush prevention of foreign solutions into the container.

Abstract: A control unit that includes a braking system for fixing the position of an endoscope tip is provided. The control system includes an up-down control knob and a right-left control knob. The brakes are engaged by rotating the control knob itself counter-clockwise from a free wheeling position. After the brakes have been engaged, a sufficient amount of force applied to the control knobs will move the endoscope tip slightly in the corresponding direction, allowing for fine tuning of tip position after braking.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for refining an initial search request to a content provider. The computer-implemented method includes receiving the initial search request from a user, submitting the initial search request to the content provider, receiving from the content provider a set of sample documents and source identifiers for respective ones of the sample documents, applying a topic model to the set of the sample documents to obtain a topic representation, presenting the topic representation to the user, receiving from the user topic relevance scores for respective ones of the topics, and classifying the data sources according to the topic relevance scores to obtain source relevance scores for respective ones of the data sources. The computer-implemented method further includes, based on the source relevance scores, determining a refined search request having an increased selectivity on documents covering a highest-scoring one of the topics.

Abstract: A control unit that includes a braking system for fixing the position of an endoscope tip is provided. The control system includes an up-down control knob and a right-left control knob. The brakes are engaged by rotating the control knob itself counter-clockwise from a free wheeling position. After the brakes have been engaged, a sufficient amount of force applied to the control knobs will move the endoscope tip slightly in the corresponding direction, allowing for fine tuning of tip position after braking.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for refining an initial search request to a content provider. The computer-implemented method includes receiving the initial search request from a user, submitting the initial search request to the content provider, receiving from the content provider a set of sample documents and source identifiers for respective ones of the sample documents, applying a topic model to the set of the sample documents to obtain a topic representation, presenting the topic representation to the user, receiving from the user topic relevance scores for respective ones of the topics, and classifying the data sources according to the topic relevance scores to obtain source relevance scores for respective ones of the data sources. The computer-implemented method further includes, based on the source relevance scores, determining a refined search request having an increased selectivity on documents covering a highest-scoring one of the topics.

Abstract: Methods and systems for determining a communication channel for a meeting are disclosed. A method includes: receiving, by a computing device, information about a meeting; determining, by the computing device, a scope of planned collaboration using the received information about the meeting; determining, by the computing device, at least one communication channel for the meeting based on the determined scope of planned collaboration; and presenting, by the computing device, the determined at least one communication channel for the meeting.