Abstract: An anchor (910) for mounting to a hollow wall (W) made of friable material comprises a proximal flanged end (918) adapted to be engaged by a rotatable tool (B) to rotate the anchor (910) about a longitudinal axis (A) thereof and to cause is to gradually engage the wall (W). The anchor (910) also includes a distal end (912) adapted to cut through the wall (W) as the anchor (910) is rotated, and a shank (920) extending between the proximal and distal ends (918, 912). The shank (920) includes at least one expandable leg (924) that is in a collapsed position thereof when the anchor (910) is rotated to mount it to the wall (W) and that is located distally beyond a non visible surface of the wall (W) once the anchor (910) has been mounted to the wall and is in a first position thereof. The wall anchor (910) includes an outer thread (922) that securely engages the wall (W). A threaded fastener (B), e.g.

Abstract: Methods for the preparation of polymeric films which encase and preserve bioactive agents. In particular, the invention is directed to the preparation of oral thin films containing bioactive proteins or viruses. For example, methods and compositions are disclosed for preservation of rotavirus and antibodies in thin dry films.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a gas foil thrust bearing includes multiple arcuate bearing pads, each bearing pad including a top foil and a compliant support element, each top foil having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a top surface that extends from the leading edge to the trailing edge, the top surface having a taper-flat-recess configuration in which the top surface includes a taper region located near the leading edge, a flat land region located near the trailing edge, and a pocket recess defined by a base, opposed side walls, and an end wall.

Abstract: The disclosed technology described pertain to collection swabs that are designed to capture and retain specimen, tissue, or fluids from a patient. The collection swabs are generally inserted into a desired location, such as a nasal cavity. During the process of insertion, a user maneuvers the collection swab and in the process dislodges and collects various specimen, tissue, or fluids from the patient. The collection swab utilizes specially designed distal or tip portions and/or sleeves or cages in order to capture and retain the specimen, tissue, and fluids. The various designs associated with the distal or tip portion and the sleeve or cages affect not only how much specimen, tissue, or fluids can be collected but also how much of the specimen, tissue, or fluids can be retained after the collection swab is removed from the patient.

Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting light emitted from a display of a device are provided. The adjusting includes obtaining, from light of an environment detected by at least one sensor, a measured color of light of the environment, and obtaining, from light of the environment detected by at least one sensor, a measured brightness of light of the environment. In response to the obtaining the measured color and the measured brightness of light, a color of light emitted from the display is adjusted from an initial color prior to the adjusting to a target color that matches the measured color. Further, a brightness of light emitted from the display is adjusted from an initial brightness emitted by the display prior to the adjusting to a target brightness that matches the measured brightness of light.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes imaging systems configured to identify features within image frames and improve the frames by implementing image quality adjustments. An ultrasound imaging system can include a transducer configured to acquire echo signals responsive to ultrasound pulses transmitted toward a target. The system can also include a user interface configured to display an image and one or more processors configured to identify one or more features within the image. The processors can cause the interface to display elements associated with at least two image quality operations specific to the identified feature. A first image quality operation can include a manual adjustment of a transducer setting, and a second image quality operation can include an automatic adjustment of the identified feature derived from reference frames including the identified feature. The processors can receive a user selection of one or more elements and apply the operations to modify the image.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and systems directed towards implementing scene tagging. In particular, scene tagging is used to characterize user generated content associated with gameplay information associated with video games. Exemplary user generated content include video recordings or screenshots from within the video game that pertain to events that have occurred. Corresponding metadata would then be used to describe substantive aspects about the user-generated content such as details about where the recording or screenshot was taken, who was included in the user-generated content, and what objects are found in the user-generated content. The associated metadata would 1) allow users to search among various uploaded user generated content and 2) search within portions of those use-generated content for particular sub-sections of interest. Furthermore, the metadata associated with the user-generated content would allow viewers to experience the same events that were recorded.

Abstract: An implantable prosthetic valve can include an annular frame comprising an inflow end and an outflow end and being radially collapsible and expandable between a radially collapsed configuration and a radially expanded configuration. A leaflet structure can be positioned within the frame and secured thereto. An annular sealing member can be positioned around an outer surface of the frame, wherein the sealing member has a periodic, undulating shape. An outer skirt can be positioned around an outer surface of the sealing member and secured to the frame.

Abstract: Techniques for generating rules from documentation are described. For example, a method for generating rules may include generating one or more templates containing patterns and anti-patterns from code of one or more documents, wherein a pattern captures a good coding practice as detailed in the documents and an anti-pattern is a proper subset of a pattern that does not include a construct described in the documents as being a recommended and/or required usage; constructing one or more graphs from the one or more templates; mining the constructed one or more graphs to find target sub-graphs which do not contain bugs, wherein a bug occurs when an anti-pattern matches, but a pattern does not match; comparing the target sub-graphs to a representative dataset to remove target sub-graphs that violate good usage; and codifying the sub-graphs that represent good usage.

Abstract: A flow rate assembly can include a housing having a measurement channel extending along the housing axis and through a portion of the housing between the first and second ends of the housing, an outer cup portion positioned at least partly within the housing, and a transducer positioned within the outer cup portion and sealed from fluid flow past the outer cup portion, the transducer having a width perpendicular to the housing axis and greater than the width of the measurement channel, the transducer configured to generate an ultrasonic signal and to direct the ultrasonic signal through the measurement channel.

Abstract: A system includes a power supply configured to adjust a voltage supplied to a device under test (DUT) based on one of an input voltage of the DUT supplied to a power supply sense input of the power supply and a feedback signal indicative of an internal voltage of the DUT supplied to the power supply sense input, and a relay circuit configured to transition between supplying the input voltage to the power supply sense input and supplying the feedback signal to the power supply sense input. When supplying the feedback signal to the power supply sense input, the relay circuit establishes an electrical path between the input voltage and the power supply sense input to prevent the power supply sense input from floating during the transition.

Abstract: A composite material for gas capture, notably CO2 capture and storage. The composite material includes a mixture of a solid or liquid reactive filler and a gas-permeable polymer such that the reactive filler forms micron-scale domains in the polymer matrix.

Abstract: An execution unit circuit for use in a processor core provides efficient use of area and energy by reducing the per-entry storage requirement of a load-store unit issue queue. The execution unit circuit includes a recirculation queue that stores the effective address of the load and store operations and the values to be stored by the store operations. A queue control logic controls the recirculation queue and issue queue so that that after the effective address of a load or store operation has been computed, the effective address of the load operation or the store operation is written to the recirculation queue and the operation is removed from the issue queue, so that address operands and other values that were in the issue queue entry no longer require storage. When a load or store operation is rejected by the cache unit, it is subsequently reissued from the recirculation queue.

Abstract: Exercise class systems and methods may include a plurality of pieces of exercise equipment and/or a plurality of sensing systems adapted to be worn on people in the class, each piece of equipment or sensing system outputting plural exercise signals relating to exercise performance on the piece of equipment or of the person with the sensing system. A computer system may also be provided. The computer system may include at least one electronic storage device which stores the plural signals from the pieces of equipment or sensing system and at least one processor which generates an output signal containing an animation corresponding to at least two of the exercise signals from each of the pieces of equipment or sensing systems. At least one display device, visible from each of the pieces of equipment or people in the class, may receive the output signal and display the animation.

Abstract: A protein memory cell and a protein memory system are provided. The protein memory cell includes: first and second electrodes disposed to be spaced apart from each other on a micro channel; a gap region defined between the first and second electrodes on the micro channel; an outer region defined as an opposite side to the gap region based on the first or second electrode on the micro channel; and a photosensitive protein changing conductivity between the first and second electrodes while moving between the gap region and the outer region depending on structural conversion of a chromophore.

Abstract: A clamping device includes a rotatable element disposed between a jaw and a jaw support. The rotatable element has a slanting surface, interfacing a roller, and thus is configured to push the jaw toward an opposite jaw of the clamping device when rolling in a clamping direction. An auto lock mechanism is included in the clamping device, which can secure the rotating element for keeping the jaws separated. The auto lock mechanism can be activated or deactivated when the jaws are separated at a maximum or near maximum separation.

Abstract: A system and method for identification and location of user identified, feature specific printers works in conjunction with a user's smartphone or tablet computer. A user inputs their desired printer features into their device, and a listing of candidate printers within a search perimeter is rendered. A distance between the user device and each candidate printer is calculated from a determined location user device relative to locations of each of the candidate printers. The user selects their desired printer from the candidates, and directions for the user to walk to the selected printer are generated and displayed.

Abstract: A padlock is disclosed comprising an electronic circuitry and such that the padlock may be opened via a near field communication network such as Bluetooth™ or via other electronic interfaces such as an integrated fingerprint scanner. In one embodiment the padlock is capable of receiving and transmitting radio frequency signals from nearby sensor nodes containing information regarding temperature, humidity, moisture, speed, vibration, liquid level, concentration of gases and other sensing devices for use in a system for monitoring, tracking, tracing, alarms, access management, access recording, authenticity and integrity of goods, documents or other valued objects in storage or transit.

Abstract: In an approach for decreasing a rate of logic voltage level transitions in a multiplexor, one of a plurality of inputs to a multiplexor is selected with a first multiplexor select value at a first clock, wherein each input to the multiplexor is identified as one of i) valid and ii) invalid and the first multiplexor select value is latched in a latch until the first multiplexor select value is replaced by a second multiplexor select value. The second multiplexor select value is determined. The second multiplexor select value is applied to the multiplexor at a second clock if and only if the second multiplexor select value is different from the first multiplexor select value and the second multiplexor select value selects a valid input, wherein the second clock follows the first clock. Subsequent to applying the second multiplexor select value, the second multiplexor value is latched in the latch.