Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating obesity involving satiation gut peptide administration to the mouth of a subject for a predetermined dose and frequency. In other embodiments, materials and methods of treating certain psychological disorders are disclosed involving satiation gut peptides. In exemplary embodiments, the satiation gut peptide pertains to PYY.

Abstract: A method for time-series forecasting for time-series data with a periodic behavior larger than a respective sampling rate is disclosed. The method includes selecting candidate time lag values from measured time-series data, determining first training data based on time-series data and the candidate time lag values, and training of a first machine-learning system, thereby determining a subset of the set of the first training data. The method further includes building second training data, training of a second machine-learning system for time-series predictions when using measured sampled time-series data as input. A first performance indicator value is indicative of a prediction performance of the first time-series machine-learning model. The method further includes determining that an element of the set of second training data is significant for the training of the first time-series machine-learning model and determining that the set of second training data is complete.

Abstract: A method is provided for attaching a label holder to an end of an electrically conductive wire provided with a crimp contact wherein, before or during the crimping of the crimp contact onto the end of the wire, a fastening tab of the label holder composed of electrically insulating material is fastened to the crimp contact. An endless tape of label holders and a contact arrangement are also provided.

Abstract: A method and system for performing a depth data processing procedure for obtaining physiological information from depth data. The depth processing procedure comprises obtaining depth data representing depth across a field of view, and deriving at least one signal from said depth data. The method further comprises: obtaining further information from at least one of: the depth data and the at least one signal derived from the depth data; using at least said further information to determine an absence of respiratory motion in the field of view; and setting a flag for the depth data processing procedure or a further procedure based on said determination of the absence of respiratory motion in the field of view.

Abstract: A pack and/or module based on elementary cells of a cylindrical design, in which the elementary cells are electrically connected to one another in series and parallel circuits by a cell contacting system, wherein a contacting of both poles of each elementary cell is provided on a free upper side of the module or pack, and to a battery system constructed therefrom, which is provided as a device for outputting and storing electrical energy. In order to produce a module and/or a pack that can be used to achieve customer-specific solutions, a carrier is spatially predefined as a module or pack format with a fixed number of elementary cells, wherein the electrical properties of the module and/or pack can be adjusted by selecting a cell contacting system with a respectively adapted interconnection of the elementary cells and these are connected on the free upper side of the module or pack.

Abstract: A system for modeling organ-on-a-chip and other biological models includes a 3D-printed platform that includes an internal chip with bioprinted vascular and interstitial infill capable of being seeded with active cells such that the functioning of organs (for example, human organs) may be replicated accurately.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprises instructions stored thereon. When executed by at least one processor, the instructions are configured to cause a computing system to vary at least one light source in a room, the room including the at least one light source and a television; monitor power consumption by the television while varying the at least one light source; and determine an average power consumption by the television during a time period when the power consumption was monitored.

Abstract: Electronic circuit packages are provided comprising: (a) at least one metal leadframe having a surface; (b) a surface treatment coating applied to the surface of the at least one metal leadframe to form at least one coated leadframe; and (c) an encapsulating polymeric layer that is molded over portions of the at least one coated leadframe. The surface treatment coating comprises: (1) a single-layer repellency coating applied to the surface of the at least one metal leadframe; or (2) a two-layer repellency coating comprising: (i) a first layer deposited from an aqueous solution of a metal salt, applied to the surface of the at least one metal leadframe; and (ii) a repellency layer applied to the first layer. Also provided are methods of reducing adhesion of mold flash from epoxy mold compound to a metal leadframe surface during manufacture of an electronic circuit package.

Abstract: A pick-up attachment for a preferably self-propelled forage harvester includes a pick-up rotor with pick-up implements (for picking up crops from the ground, wherein the pick-up rotor is assembled from several segments joined to one another in at least partly articulated relationship for adaptation to the contours of the ground.

Abstract: A reflective device includes a control element and an array of reflective elements. Each reflective element of the array of reflective elements has an antenna element and a phase shifter and is under control of the control element so as to reflect a radio-frequency (RF) signal incident on the each reflective element with an adjustable phase shift, where different phase shifts are realized by the phase shifter channeling the RF signal into a specific one of a number of different delay lines. Each of the different delay lines includes an extension unit configured to extract a portion of a power of the RF signal channeled into the respective specific one delay line by the phase shifter and to measure or estimate the voltage, the current and/or the power of the extracted portion of the RF signal.

Abstract: An input is received with a layer of a neural network. The input comprises a sequence having an input sequence length. The input is divided into N blocks. Each of the N blocks comprises a sequence length that is shorter than the input sequence length. A first block output is determined for the first of the N blocks; and provided as input for determining a next block output for the next of the N blocks. These operations provide long range attention in a machine learning model for an input comprising any mode of data, and/or otherwise train a neural network of the machine learning model, with a longer data input sequence length compared to prior neural networks. In some embodiments, the neural network comprises at least a portion of an LLM. In some embodiments, the neural network comprises a transformer module of the LLM, for example.

Abstract: Described herein are crystalline forms of (S)-4-methyl-5-((4-((2-(methylamino)-6-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)amino)piperidin-1-yl)methyl)-1-(2-(4-(methylsulfonyl)piperazin-1-yl)propyl)-1H-indole-2-carbonitrile or solvate thereof, methods of making such forms, and pharmaceutical composition comprising such forms.

Abstract: A method for aligning a first map section of a digital road map with a second map section of the digital road map that at least partially overlaps the first map section. The method includes: determining that a first relative rotation between the two map sections cannot be unambiguously ascertained; ascertaining a second relative rotation between a third map section of the digital road map and a fourth map section of the digital road map that at least partially overlaps the third map section, wherein the third map section and the fourth map section are adjacent to the first map section and to the second map section; aligning the first map section with the second map section; wherein the alignment includes ascertaining a relative rotation between the first map section and the second map section based on the ascertained second relative rotation.

Abstract: An embodiment for generating and employing incrementally optimized combinatorial prompts for tuning a target model. The embodiment may select a predetermined number of examples from a training dataset. The embodiment may concatenate each of the selected examples with a current prompt of a target model to obtain a set of candidate prompts. The embodiment may, for each individual candidate prompt in the set of candidate prompts, calculate a loss value over a validation dataset. The embodiment may replace the current prompt with the individual candidate prompt having a lowest calculated loss value that is less than or equal to an original loss value over the validation set for the current prompt to obtain an updated prompt.

Abstract: An acoustic transducer, is provided that comprises a piezo-electric layer that is arranged between a first electrode and a second electrode and that has a pair of mutually opposite main surfaces. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is mechanically decoupled from the main surfaces of the piezo-electric layer. Therewith the acoustic transducer can be driven at substantially higher frequencies. The improved acoustic transducer is particularly suitable for acoustic microscopy applications.

Abstract: Methods for removing a contaminate from a blood product and preparing a regenerated blood product from an expired blood product, the methods comprising: filtering the blood product by filtration against a filtration membrane using a low-shear pump, thereby forming a retentate fraction comprising a washed blood product and a permeate fraction comprising the contaminate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for detecting pain experienced by a patient in relation to a pose of the patient. The system comprises a pose estimation unit configured to estimate the pose of the patient and a pain detection unit configured to detect pain experienced by the patient. The system further comprises a processing unit configured to determine a correlation between the detected pain experienced by the patient and the estimated pose of the patient. The determined correlation can be displayed on a display unit to a physician.

Abstract: A vibration decoupling sleeve comprising: axial end sides that face in opposite directions; a central opening which is defined by a radial inner side; an outer side which delimits the vibration decoupling sleeve on the outside; and, a peripheral receiving groove on the outer side, which groove is delimited by two opposing axial groove-delimiting sides and a groove bottom, wherein the groove-delimiting sides, the radial inner side and the axial end sides define abutments against a mounting part on the one hand and, on the other hand, against a component which is to be decoupled from the mounting part in terms of vibration and is to be fastened to the mounting part. The vibration decoupling sleeve comprises a sleeve-shaped core portion made of an elastomeric material from which one or more projections project in order to form at least one of the abutments.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing commands at a head-wearable device based on wrist-roll gestures. One example method includes (i), while an arm of the user is in a first position, obtaining first sensor data, (ii), in accordance with a determination that the first sensor data indicates a first rotational movement of a user's wrist, causing performance of a first command at the head-wearable device, (iii) obtaining second sensor data, (iv), in accordance with a determination that the second sensor data indicates a translational movement of the arm of the user, forgoing causing performance of a command at the head-wearable device, (v), while the arm of the user is in the second position, obtain third sensor data, (vi), in accordance with a determination that the third sensor data indicates a second rotational movement of the user's wrist, cause performance of a second command at the head-wearable device.

Abstract: This invention relates to a humidifier for a respiratory assistance device, a respiratory assistance device comprising a humidifier and related methods and apparatus. The invention particularly provides arrangements for generating vapour by impinging light on metallic and/or carbon based material, particularly in the form of nanoparticles.