Abstract: Connections among two different entities are identified by processing a collection of documents to identify one or more documents that contain co-occurring mentions of each of the two different entities. This relationship may be graphically displayed in a user interface with an icon or the like for each of the two entities, along with a graphical link interconnecting the entities. The graphical link can be an active element of the user interface that responds to user interactions by providing access to evidence within the collection of documents that substantiates the connection between the two entities. In one aspect, a search input form field in a user interface may be used to explicitly request documents that substantiate a relationship between two entities. In another aspect, a user may ground entity mentions by explicitly selecting documents that mention an entity of interest.

Abstract: An expandable fusion device is capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. The fusion device may include a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the first and second endplates capable of being moved in a direction away from the body portion into an expanded configuration or capable of being moved towards the body portion into an unexpanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed and installed in both configurations.

Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure pertains to detecting a position of a blood pressure measurement device. An inflatable bladder of the blood pressure measurement device defines, at least in part, a pressurizable volume. The inflatable bladder may be inflated to pressurize a user's appendage and temporarily occlude blood flow in the user's appendage. A pump may initiate inflation of the inflatable bladder when one or more accelerometers and/or one or more proximity sensors determine that the blood pressure measurement device is within sufficient proximity or elevation to a user's heart and stationary.

Abstract: An intervertebral spacer and stabilization implant includes a plate having sockets configured for retaining a fastener passable through the socket and into an adjacent vertebral body. One or more connecting projections extend from a side of the plate, to mate with projections extending from a spacer body. A plurality of teeth project from at least one of the upper or lower surfaces of the spacer body, and a chamber is formed through the spacer body to enable bone fusion between the vertebrae. The combined plate and spacer may be inserted to lie completely within the intervertebral space, or a portion of the plate may overlie a vertebral body.

Abstract: A DC electrical meter (62) includes or is connected to a current sensor (1). The current sensor includes a busbar connector (2) including a first part (3) connected to a third part (4) via a second part (5). The second part (5) includes a main body (6) integrally formed with first (7a) and second (7b) connecting members, each having a proximal end (8a, 8b) where it meets the main body (6) and a distal end (9a, 9b) electrically coupled to a respective conductive element (10a, 10b) supported on a substrate (11) and coupled to circuitry (12) configured to measure a voltage therebetween. When a first temperature difference (?T1) exists between the respective proximal ends (8a, 8b) of the first (7a) and second (7b) connecting members, a second temperature difference (?T2) between the respective distal ends (9a, 9b) is less than or equal to 50% of the first temperature difference (?T1).

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for computer aided design of physical structures using generative design processes.

Abstract: A system can be configured to: (i) obtain a set of input images images depicting one or more bodily structures of a patient; (ii) determine whether one or more key structures are represented within the set of input images by utilizing a key structure detection module; (iii) determine one or more key images of the one or more images of the set of input images by utilizing a key image localization module; (iv) determine key structure segmentation by utilizing a key structure segmentation module; (v) determine one or more patient condition metrics using the key structure segmentation; and (vi) generate a report associated with the patient based upon the one or more patient condition metrics, or generate an entry at one or more practitioner worklists based upon the one or more patient condition metrics.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides tobacco having genetic modification(s) in a group of ERF genes. Also provided are tobacco plants with altered total alkaloid and nicotine levels and commercially acceptable leaf grade, their development via breeding or transgenic approaches, and production of tobacco products from these tobacco plants. Further provided are compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants having novel mutations or alleles to reduce nicotine levels. Further provided are sequence polymorphisms and molecular markers for breeding tobacco with reduced nicotine or alkaloids while maintaining tobacco leaf grade and tobacco product quality.

Abstract: A method of measuring temperature of a battery includes attaching at least one sensor holder to a first electrode or a second electrode of a battery, providing at least one temperature sensor placed on the at least one sensor holder, the outer surface of the at least one temperature sensor being flush with the remaining surface of the at least one sensor holder, and wherein the at least one temperature sensor has no contact with a polymer porous separator of the battery, coupling the at least one temperature sensor to a header, wherein the header has a plurality of pins on the outside surface of the housing, connecting a reader to the plurality of pins of the header, and measuring the temperature of the batter.

Abstract: A rack mounted cooling system operable to cool a computing system is provided. The rack mounted cooling system includes a pump unit operable to pump fluid and a plurality of heat exchangers. The heat exchangers include an input heat exchanger and an outlet heat exchanger. The input heat exchanger is operable to receive the fluid from the pump unit, lower a temperature of the fluid, and provide the fluid to a liquid cooled computing unit. The outlet heat exchanger is operable to receive the fluid from the liquid cooled computing unit, lower the temperature of the fluid, and provide the fluid to the pump unit. The heat exchangers are operable to be coupled to a rack of the computing system such that the rack with the plurality of heat exchangers fits within a rack keep in area.

Abstract: A method of measuring temperature of a battery having an internally disposed thermal protection arrangement is disclosed which includes providing at least one sensor holder having an electrode side and a housing side disposed within a housing, with at least one cavity provided on the electrode side, providing at least one temperature sensor placed in the at least one cavity of the at least one sensor holder, the outer surface of the at least one temperature sensor being flush with the remaining surface of the at least one sensor holder, attaching the at least one sensor holder to one of a first electrode or a second electrode of the battery, coupling the at least one temperature sensor to a header, and measuring the temperature of the battery.

Abstract: A device may include one or more ring oscillators and circuitry. The one or more ring oscillators may include a plurality of rings. The circuitry may be configured to receive a selection of a number of coupled rings and a number of phases. The circuitry may be configured to configure the one or more ring oscillators to operate at least based on the number of coupled rings. The circuitry may be configured to cause the configured one or more ring oscillators to receive an input signal and output a plurality of signals having respective phases corresponding to the number of phases. The circuitry may be configured to convert the plurality of signals to one or more digital signals.

Abstract: A system for graphitization of carbon powder, the system including a cask comprising a cask body made of a carbonaceous material and a binder, the cask body having a cavity. The system further includes a filament made of a carbonaceous material and a binder, wherein the filament is configured to be positioned in the cavity and aligned with the cask body.

Abstract: A rack mounted cooling system operable to cool a computing system is provided. The rack mounted cooling system includes a pump unit operable to pump fluid and a plurality of heat exchangers. The heat exchangers include an input heat exchanger and an outlet heat exchanger. The input heat exchanger is operable to receive the fluid from the pump unit, lower a temperature of the fluid, and provide the fluid to a liquid cooled computing unit. The outlet heat exchanger is operable to receive the fluid from the liquid cooled computing unit, lower the temperature of the fluid, and provide the fluid to the pump unit. The heat exchangers are operable to be coupled to a rack of the computing system such that the rack with the plurality of heat exchangers fits within a rack keep in area.

Abstract: Provided are affinity matured and humanized antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to human neuropilin-2 (NRP2) polypeptides, including those that modulate binding interactions between human NRP2 and at least one NRP2 ligand, and which thereby modulate subsequent NRP2-mediated downstream signaling events, including related therapeutic compositions and methods for modulating NRP2 activity and treating diseases such as NRP2-associated diseases.

Abstract: Polymeric electro spray emitters and related methods are generally described. In some embodiments, an emitter may be made from an ionic electro active polymer. The composition of the electro spray emitters described herein may enable the transport of ions and/or liquid ion sources, such as an ionic liquid or room temperature molten salt, through the bulk of the polymeric emitter. In some embodiments, the described emitters may be fabricated using a mixture of an ionic electroactive polymer, a solvent, and a liquid ion source to at least partially mitigate swelling effects of the polymer emitter that may otherwise occur when the one or more emitters are exposed to the liquid ion source during operation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are kits and methods for assessing the risk of poor reading performance in an individual by detecting and identifying single nucleotide polymorphisms in chromosome 19, e.g. in the KIAA0355 (GARRE1) gene. Also disclosed herein are risk alleles in chromosome 19 that are associated with a latent measure for reading ability.

Abstract: A motorized cervical traction device comprises an inferior base configured to attach to a patient support (such as an operating table or gurney), a superior base spaced apart from the inferior base along a cranial/caudal direction, and a set of linear actuators extending between the inferior base and the superior base. The superior base includes an attachment point configured to enable mechanical coupling of a load sensor and a patient head attachment (e.g., Gardner-Wells device or Mayfield skull clamp) to the superior base. In use, the device provides real-time load sensing capability and can apply distraction via extension of the linear actuators to a preset load (force control) or displacement (position control). The device also includes a flexion/extension mechanism that enables rotational positioning of the linear actuators relative to the inferior base along and enables control of the flexion/extension angle of the applied traction.

Abstract: A method of controlling the injection of hydraulic fluid into a high pressure diaphragm compressor having a hydraulic system, the method including: measuring a representation of pressure in a high-pressure part of the hydraulic system of the diaphragm compressor, and maintaining a desired pressure in the high-pressure part of the hydraulic system by adding hydraulic fluid to the high-pressure part of the hydraulic system under the control of a controller on the basis of the measuring of pressure.

Abstract: Provided are affinity matured and humanized antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to human neuropilin-2 (NRP2) polypeptides, including those that modulate binding interactions between human NRP2 and at least one NRP2 ligand, and which thereby modulate subsequent NRP2-mediated downstream signaling events, including related therapeutic compositions and methods for modulating NRP2 activity and treating diseases such as NRP2-associated diseases.