Abstract: Methods and computing devices for matching an instrument to a device-under-test for performing a test procedure. A first data structure is constructed based on a data sheet of an instrument. The first data structure includes attributes, phenomena to be measured and testing interactions for measuring respective phenomena. A test case is constructed based on a test procedure to be performed on the DUT. The test case includes attributes, phenomena to be measured and testing interactions for measuring respective phenomena. The attributes, phenomena, and testing interactions of the first data structure and the test case are compared to determine a matching condition, and instructions are output based on the matching condition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds with high chemical stability and methods for inhibiting the pathological activity of extracellular histones in a subject. In particular, the invention relates to compounds with high chemical stability, uses thereof and methods for inhibiting or ameliorating extracellular histone mediated ailments (such as, for example, sepsis, systemic immune response syndrome (SIRS) and ischemia reperfusion injury (IRO). More particularly, the invention relates to methods and uses of a polyanionic sulfated cellobioside modified with a small uncharged glycosidically linked substituent at its reducing terminus, wherein the presence of the substituent results in a molecule with high chemical stability without affecting the ability of the molecule to be effective in the therapy of extracellular histone mediated ailments. For example, the present invention relates to methods and uses of ?-O-methyl cellobioside sulfate (mCBS) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (e.g.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for the dynamic adjustment of traffic associated with audiovisual conferences or other types of communication sessions in situations where a network connection of one or more conference participants exhibits issues that may affect audio and/or video quality. The adjustment may include the determination at a particular conference participant (e.g., a particular User Equipment (“UE”)) of degraded network conditions, the generation of condensed conference information at the UE, and the outputting of the condensed conference information via the network. The condensed conference information may be included in control signaling. The condensed conference information may be used to generate reconstructed conference information, which may be distributed to other conference participants.

Abstract: A fluid coolant system for a gantry of a medical imaging apparatus cools scalable detector electronic assemblies (DEAs) within the gantry. Each DEA includes therein a first chill plate for cooling detector elements and a second chill plate for cooling electronic components and power supplies. Coolant flow cascades sequentially through the first chill plate and then through the second chill plate. Plural DEAs in an interconnected chain cascade coolant in sequence through all their first chill plates, before cascading the coolant through all their second chill plates. A matrix of the scalable DEAs are circumferentially and axially oriented within the imaging system's gantry, for any axial length scanning field of the imaging apparatus.

Abstract: A fluid coolant system for a gantry of a medical imaging apparatus cools scalable detector electronic assemblies (DEAs) within the gantry. Each DEA includes within its modular housing a first chill plate thermally conductively coupled to cooling detector elements therein and a separate, second chill plate thermally conductively coupled to other electronic components therein, such as electronic circuit boards and/or power supplies. In some embodiments, the first chill plate is oriented between the detector elements and the second chill plate, for thermally isolating the detector elements from other heat dissipating components within the DEA. In some embodiments, coolant flow cascades sequentially through the first chill plate and then through the second chill plate.

Abstract: A downhole cleaning tool (40) adapted for location in bore-lining tubing (22). The tool (40) comprises a tubular body (42) defining an internal bore (48), at least one radially extending cleaning blade (92), and an external axially extending bypass flute (96, 98, 100, 102). The body further defines a fluid flow path from the internal bore (48) to at least one elongated jetting slot (94) extending along an outer surface of the blade (92).

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds with high chemical stability and methods for inhibiting the pathological activity of extracellular histones in a subject. In particular, the invention relates to compounds with high chemical stability, uses thereof and methods for inhibiting or ameliorating extracellular histone mediated ailments (such as, for example, sepsis, systemic immune response syndrome (SIRS) and ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI)). More particularly, the invention relates to methods and uses of a polyanionic sulfated cellobioside modified with a small uncharged glycosidically linked substituent at its reducing terminus, wherein the presence of the substituent results in a molecule with high chemical stability without affecting the ability of the molecule to be effective in the therapy of extracellular histone mediated ailments. For example, the present invention relates to methods and uses of ?-O-methyl cellobioside sulfate (mCBS) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (e.g., mCBS.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for the dynamic adjustment of traffic associated with audiovisual conferences or other types of communication sessions in situations where a network connection of one or more conference participants exhibits issues that may affect audio and/or video quality. The adjustment may include the determination at a particular conference participant (e.g., a particular User Equipment (“UE”)) of degraded network conditions, the generation of condensed conference information at the UE, and the outputting of the condensed conference information via the network. The condensed conference information may be included in control signaling. The condensed conference information may be used to generate reconstructed conference information, which may be distributed to other conference participants.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to localize data from at least one of two or more data sets a based upon the registration of synthetic images representative of the two or more data sets. In the context of a method, first and second synthetic images are created from first and second data sets, respectively. In creating the first and second synthetic images, representations of one or more features from the first and second data sets are rasterized. The method also determines a transformation based upon a phase correlation between the first and second synthetic images. The transformation provides for improved localization of the data from at least one of the first or second data sets. The method also generates a report that defines the transformation.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional target object may include forming a shell from loose machining powder using an additive manufacturing process and subjecting the shell to a densification process to form a target object. The shell may define an enclosure that contains additional machining powder. The densification process may include causing metallurgical bonding between the shell and additional machining powder contained in the enclosure defined by the shell and shrinking and/or distorting the shape of the shell to conform the target object to a three-dimensional model for the target object. The shell may include a plurality of layers and/or parts that differ at least in respect of density. The plurality of layers and/or parts may be configured based at least in part on the shrinking and/or distorting to the shape of the shell needed to conform the target object to the three-dimensional model for the target object.

Abstract: Systems and methods include generation of a source optical signal outside of a radiofrequency-shielded cabin based on a reference electrical clock signal, transmission of the source optical signal into the radiofrequency-shielded cabin via optical media, generation of an electrical clock signal based on the source optical signal within the radiofrequency-shielded cabin, jitter cleaning of the electrical clock signal within the radiofrequency-shielded cabin to generate a jitter-cleaned electrical clock signal based on an average frequency of the electrical clock signal and a jitter of a magnetically-compatible jitter cleaner oscillator, and transmission of the jitter-cleaned electrical clock signal to a plurality of positron emission tomography scanner detectors disposed within the radiofrequency-shielded cabin.

Abstract: A method of laundering fabric, where the method includes the steps of: (a) in a main washing step, washing soiled fabric with an aqueous wash bath including detersive surfactant and photo-bleach; and (b) in a rinsing step, rinsing the soiled fabric with an aqueous rinsing solution including perfume, where an artificial light source is present and turned on during at least part of the main washing step (a) and provides light to the wash liquor in such a manner that activates the photo-bleach present in the wash liquor, and where the artificial light source is turned off during at least part of the rinsing step (b) and does not provide any light to the aqueous rinsing solution.

Abstract: A method of laundering fabric, where the method includes the steps of: (a) in a main washing step, washing soiled fabric with an aqueous wash bath including detersive surfactant and one or more of the following components: perfume, brighteners, hueing dyes, enzymes, or any combination thereof; and (b) in a rinsing step, rinsing the soiled fabric with an aqueous rinsing solution including photo-bleach; where an artificial light source is present and turned on during at least part of the rinsing step (b) and provides light to the aqueous rinsing solution in such a manner that activates the photo-bleach present in the aqueous rinsing solution, and where the artificial light source is turned off during at least part of the main washing step (a) and does not provide any light to the aqueous wash bath.

Abstract: The invention provides a surfactant system, for use in household detergent compositions, which is a mixture of: (i) at least one sulfonate-functionalized alkyl polyglycoside of general formula (I): R—O-(G)n-(D) ??(I) in which: p0 R represents a straight or branched chain monovalent hydrocarbyl radical having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms; G represents a residue of a reducing saccharide, connected to R—O by means of an ethereal O-glycosidic bond; n represents a number from 1 to 10; and D represents a —CH2CH(OH)CH2—SO3M group connected to an oxygen atom of G, where M is selected from H or a monovalent cation selected from Na, K, or NH4; and (ii) at least one ethoxylated fatty acid sorbitan ester of general formula (II): Sorb-(EOn1R1)(EOn2R2)(EOn3R3)(EOn4R4) ??(II) in which: Sorb represents a residue obtained by removing four hydroxyl H atoms from sorbitan; EO represents an ethyleneoxy group; R1, R2, R3 and R4are each independently selected from H or a —C(O)R5 group in which R5 is selected from straight o

Abstract: The invention provides a liquid laundry detergent composition having: (i) an aqueous continuous phase including from 3 to 80% (by weight based on the total weight of the composition) of one or more detersive surfactants and from 0.05% to 2% (by weight based on the total weight of the composition) of a first polymeric rheology modifier; and (ii) a dispersed phase of suspended benefit agent delivery particles; the particles having a core-shell structure in which a shell of polymeric material entraps a core containing the benefit agent; in which a second polymeric rheology modifier comprises a hydrophilic polysaccharide backbone and is covalently attached to the exterior surface of the shell of the delivery particle (either directly or via a linking group); and in which the first and the second polymeric rheology modifiers each have a hydrophilic backbone including at least one hydrophobic segment which is available to form non-specific hydrophobic associations within the composition.

Abstract: A plenum for processing one or more byproducts output from a generator, and systems and methods thereof, can have the plenum in the form of a hollow elongate rectangular box having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The plenum can have a frame and a sidewall fixed to the frame, and can be adapted to be oriented vertically when operatively coupled to receive the one or more byproducts from the generator. The sidewall can include an opening adapted to receive heated air from the generator as one of the byproducts from the generator.

Abstract: A component includes an outer wall that includes an exterior surface, and at least one plenum defined interiorly to the outer wall and configured to receive a cooling fluid therein. The component also includes a coating system disposed on the exterior surface. The coating system has a thickness. The component further includes a plurality of adaptive cooling openings defined in the outer wall. Each of the adaptive cooling openings extends from a first end inflow communication with the at least one plenum, outward through the exterior surface and to a second end covered underneath at least a portion of the thickness of the coating system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds with high chemical stability and methods for inhibiting the pathological activity of NETs in a subject. In particular, the invention relates to compounds with high chemical stability, uses thereof and methods for inhibiting or ameliorating NET mediated ailments (such as, for example, sepsis, systemic immune response syndrome (SIRS) and ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI)). More particularly, the invention relates to methods and uses of a polyanionic sulfated cellobioside modified with a small uncharged glycosidically linked substituent at its reducing terminus, wherein the presence of the substituent results in a molecule with high chemical stability without affecting the ability of the molecule to be effective in the therapy of NET mediated ailments. For example, the present invention relates to methods and uses of ?-O-methyl cellobioside sulfate (mCBS) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (e.g., mCBS.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a reinforced pipe (7) comprising: wrapping a pipe (1) in reinforcing tape (2) to form a wrapped pipe having an outer circumference consisting of a first circumferential portion (4) and a second circumferential portion (6); and passing the first circumferential portion (4) over one or more heating elements (3) to fuse the reinforcing tape (2) of said first circumferential portion (4); wherein: the first circumferential portion (4) is between 1% and 50% of the outer circumference; and the second circumferential portion (6) is not passed over a heating element (3) and is not fused. The method is advantageous in that it can provide reinforced pipes (7) in a simpler and cheaper way because it is not essential that the entirety of the outer circumference of the reinforced pipe (7) is fused. A reinforced pipe (7) produced according to the method of the present invention is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for consolidating a pipe that has been wrapped with reinforcing tape, is provided. The apparatus comprises two or more pipe consolidation devices, each having a first end, a second end, and comprising: first and second support members arranged at the first end and having a gap therebetween; and an optional third support member at the second end. Each device further comprises a peripheral band that extends around the first, second, and optionally the third support members and is substantially unsupported in the gap between the first and second support members. The apparatus additionally comprises a mounting plate having a central aperture, and two or more of the devices mounted on the mounting plate such that the first end of each device is arranged bearing against a pipe extending through the central aperture. A method of manufacturing reinforced pipe is also provided.