Abstract: A method for detecting a skywave symbol, the method may include (i) receiving, by a skywave receiver, signals of different subcarriers that are within a skywave frequency range that comprises legal subcarriers and illegal subcarriers; (ii) performing sorting iterations to provide a sorted list of signals intensities; and (iii) providing a detection result indicative of a reception of the skywave symbol based on at least some members of the sorted list.

Abstract: A method for analyzing a voice sample of a subject to determine a cardiac condition, for example, an arrhythmic condition, comprising extracting at least one voice feature from the voice sample, detecting an effect of the cardiac condition on the at least one voice feature and determining the cardiac condition based on the effect. Disclosed is also a system for determining the cardiac condition in the voice sample provided by the subject. Related apparatus and methods are also described.

Abstract: A method for analyzing a voice sample of a subject to determine a cardiac condition, for example, an arrhythmic condition, comprising extracting at least one voice feature from the voice sample, detecting an effect of the cardiac condition on the at least one voice feature and determining the cardiac condition based on the effect. Disclosed is also a system for determining the cardiac condition in the voice sample provided by the subject. Related apparatus and methods are also described.

Abstract: The present disclosure, in some aspects, provides compositions, systems and methods for proximity-based detection of target biomolecules of interest.

Abstract: A method for analyzing a voice sample of a subject to determine a cardiac condition, for example, an arrhythmic condition, comprising extracting at least one voice feature from the voice sample, detecting an effect of the cardiac condition on the at least one voice feature and determining the cardiac condition based on the effect. Disclosed is also a system for determining the cardiac condition in the voice sample provided by the subject. Related apparatus and methods are also described.

Abstract: Control agents for immunoprecipitation assays, methods of using the control agents and kits comprising the control agents are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for shearing and tagging chromatin DNA. The disclosed methods include contacting chromatin DNA with at least one transposome, that includes a transposase enzyme. The transposon is made up of a first DNA molecule that includes a first transposase recognition site and a second DNA molecule that includes a second transposase recognition site, wherein the transposase integrates the first and second DNA molecules into chromatin DNA. The first and second DNA molecules of the transposon can be disconnected, such that upon integration of the transposon the chromatin bound DNA is sheared and tagged with the first and second DNA molecules, for example to prepare a library of sheared and tagged chromatin DNA fragments.

Abstract: Control agents for immunoprecipitation assays, methods of using the control agents and kits comprising the control agents are provided.

Abstract: Control agents for immuno-precipitation assays, methods of using the control agents and kits comprising the control agents are provided.

Abstract: A device for removing hair is disclosed. The device comprises a container, filled with an impedance matching medium, and an ultrasound transducer element coupled to the container, such that ultrasound waves are generated by the transducer element in the impedance matching medium. The device further comprises a hair receiving element having at least one opening for receiving hair shafts, wherein a height of the opening is approximately an integer multiplication of half a wavelength of the ultrasound waves.

Abstract: A device for removing hair is disclosed. The device comprises a container, filled with an impedance matching medium, and an ultrasound transducer element coupled to the container, such that ultrasound waves are generated by the transducer element in the impedance matching medium. The device further comprises a hair receiving element having at least one opening for receiving hair shafts, wherein a height of the opening is approximately an integer multiplication of half a wavelength of the ultrasound waves.

Abstract: Control agents for immuno-precipitation assays, methods of using the control agents and kits comprising the control agents are provided.

Abstract: A device for treating a skin tissue is disclosed. The device comprises a device body having an anterior compartment and being formed with at least one suction port, and an ultrasound unit configured for generating an ultrasound wave into the anterior compartment. When an under pressure is formed in the suction port, the skin tissue is drawn by vacuum into the anterior compartment and irradiated by the ultrasound wave to form a focal spot optionally and preferably at a distance of from about 0.2 mm to about 4 mm below an external surface of the skin tissue.

Abstract: A device for removing hair is disclosed. The device comprises a container, filled with an impedance matching medium, and an ultrasound transducer element coupled to the container, such that ultrasound waves are generated by the transducer element in the impedance matching medium. The device further comprises a hair receiving element having at least one opening for receiving hair shafts, wherein a height of the opening is approximately an integer multiplication of half a wavelength of the ultrasound waves.

Abstract: A device for applying vibrations to hair rooted in a body, includes: a pair of tongs having hair-gripping ends capable of being driven into high-frequency vibrations with respect to each other; and a transducer coupled to at least one of the tongs for converting an AC voltage to mechanical vibrations for driving the hair-gripping end into vibrations with respect to generate sufficient heat within the body to facilitate removal of the unwanted hair. The transducer is preferably a piezoelectric element which vibrates the hair at a frequency of 100-500 KHz, preferably 100-350 KHz, and produces a displacement of 5-20 microns.

Abstract: A method of treating unwanted hair is disclosed. The method comprises: transmitting acoustic waves through the hair so as to generate heat at a follicle, a dermal papilla, a hair bulge and/or a germinal matrix of the hair. The heat itself is sufficient to damage or destroy the follicle, the dermal papilla, the hair bulge and/or the germinal matrix.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to systems, methods, and computer program products which facilitate consumer ordering. The present invention facilitates consumer ordering through the use of Express Orders for the creation of orders based on one or more past orders. The present invention also facilitates consumer ordering through use of Preferred Orders, which allow a consumer to define and store orders for later use. Ordering is also facilitated by suggesting order items to a consumer based on previously ordered items, as well as by providing an interactive customer display.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to systems, methods, and computer program products which facilitate consumer ordering. The present invention facilitates consumer ordering through the use of Express Orders for the creation of orders based on one or more past orders. The present invention also facilitates consumer ordering through use of Preferred Orders, which allow a consumer to define and store orders for later use. Ordering is also facilitated by suggesting order items to a consumer based on previously ordered items, as well as by providing an interactive customer display.

Abstract: In therapeutic endoscopy micro-knives, electrical diathermy or laser beam replace the conventional hand-held scalpel. The laser “knife” has substantial capabilities over the rest: it can cut incisions, coagulate hemorrhages and ablate (vaporize) neoplastic tissues, while interaction is contact-less and sterile. The laser energy is delivered transendoscopically through rigid or flexible fiberoptic waveguides. Flexible endoscopes are used to access body curved spaces and cavities, such as the digestive tract. A control system for minimally invasive surgery, and more particularly, for laser surgery using infrared laser is provided. A feedback mechanism is provided to obtain thermographic information from the targeted site and a processor uses this thermographic information to monitor and control input parameters, including air flow, suction, and laser beam parameters.