Abstract: A system enables analysis of retroactively changing datasets and/or of various versions of logics. In an example, the system determines a first version of data and/or a first version of a logic and a second version of the data and/or a second version of the logic, wherein at least some of the second version of the data was retroactively added. The system determines two outputs each derived from one of a) applying the first version of the logic to the first version of the data, b) applying the second version of the logic to the first version of the data, c) applying the first version of the logic to the second version of the data, or d) applying the second version of the logic to the second version of the data. The system compares the outputs and determines one or more differences between the outputs.

Abstract: An air collection and cleaning system or apparatus including a computer monitor, wherein the computer monitor in addition to displaying images, information, and/or data, comprises an exhaled air collector, wherein the computer monitor's computer screen forms an exhaled air blocking surface which is part of the exhaled air collector and wherein the exhaled air collector collects exhaled air, and the computer screen's surface deflects exhaled air towards an exhaled air suction intake, an air purification unit, or both.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward methods and apparatuses for interacting a first liquid and a second liquid in one or more fluidic channels of a capillary structure. The methods and apparatuses can include providing at least one capillary barrier that positions a meniscus of the first liquid at a fluid-interface region using capillary forces within the capillary structure. Additionally, a path is provided along one of the channels for the second liquid to flow toward the fluid-interface region. Additionally, gas pressure is released, via a gas-outflow port, from the fluid-interface region while flow of the first liquid is arrested. Further, the first liquid and the second liquid contact in the fluid-interface region with the capillary barrier holding the first liquid at the fluid-interface region.

Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for accessing an object store. One example method includes providing a persistency factory object configured to provide access to multiple types of persistency adapters. Each type of persistency adapter is configured to interface with a particular object store. A persistency adapter request is received from a consumer. A type of adapter to provide is determined. A determination is made that the consumer is configured to interface with a first object store and that a first persistency adapter class is associated with the first object store. A run-time reference to an instance of the first persistency adapter class is provided to the consumer. A first object store operation request to perform a first object store operation is received. The instance of the first persistency adapter class interfaces with the first object store to fulfill the first object store operation request.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a saRNAs useful in upregulating the expression of a target gene and therapeutic compositions comprising the saRNA, wherein the target gene is TMEM173. Methods of using the saRNA and the therapeutic compositions are also provided.

Abstract: A protector, including: a protective pad, including a first connection portion; and a protective shell, including a second connection portion, one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion being integrally embedded in and integrally interconnected with the other of the first connection portion and the second connection portion, the protective shell being harder than the protective pad.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods to streamline the mechanism by which data users access differently regulated data through the use of one or more integrated identifiers. The integrated identifiers lessen or eliminate the need to separately maintain one set of identifiers for regulated data and another set for non-regulated data. The methods and systems may be applicable in various credit and healthcare contexts where regulations over data use are prevalent. In one or more embodiments, a data user receives a unique integrated identifier for each of the data user's current or prospective customers, and the integrated identifiers can be used to persistently identify and track the customers over time and across applications that access regulated and/or non-regulated data. In the healthcare context, a healthcare provider may utilize a patient ID as the integrated identifier. To protect privacy, the integrated identifier may not include social security numbers or birthdates.

Abstract: An apparatus for incubating the contents of a plurality of receptacles and for detecting a signal emitted by the contents of each of the receptacle includes a plurality of receptacle holders configured to incubate the contents of each a plurality of receptacles held by each of the receptacle holders. A controller is coupled to each of the receptacle holders and is configured to independently control an incubation temperature of each of the receptacle holders to independently control a temperature at which the receptacles held by each of the receptacle holders is incubated. At least one signal detector is configured to detect a signal emitted by the contents of each of the receptacles held in each of the receptacle holders, and a signal detector indexer is configured to successively optically couple each signal detector with each of the receptacles held in each of the receptacle holders to detect optical emissions from each successively coupled receptacle.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, devices, and the like for augmented media intelligence using Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing (NLP), data analytics and data visualization. In one embodiment, a system is introduced that can retrieve real-time data from social media platforms to perform augmented media intelligence analysis and take real time actions if necessary. In another embodiment, the augmented media intelligence is design to use the machine learning and natural language processing capabilities and social currency means for understanding an influencers reach within the augmented media intelligence system via an influencer score.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a thermally conductive receptacle holder including a plurality of receptacle wells configured to receive receptacles, a plurality of optical fibers having first and second ends, wherein each first end is in optical communication with one of the receptacle wells and each second end is in optical communication with an excitation signal source and/or an emission signal detector, one or more thermal elements positioned proximal to the receptacle holder for altering the temperature of the receptacle holder, a heat sink in thermal communication with the receptacle holder, and one or more thermal devices disposed within the heat sink for pre-heating the heat sink.

Abstract: An apparatus for incubating a plurality of receptacles includes one or more thermally-conductive receptacle holders, each comprising a plurality of receptacle wells. A thermally-conductive support is associated with each of the receptacle holders, and a thermal element is positioned between the associated support and the receptacle holder. A heat sink is in thermal communication with the support and comprises a plurality of spaced-apart fins. An optical fiber associated with each receptacle well has a first end positioned adjacent to or within a through-hole formed in the receptacle well and extends through through-holes formed in the support and the heat sink aligned with the through-hole of the receptacle well. Each of the optical fibers is positioned between two adjacent fins of the plurality of fins.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pillow for performing roll maneuvers, wherein a subject performs the roll maneuver by following a set of instructions specified on the pillow. The pillow includes one or more segments that are sequentially arranged, wherein the pillow can be folded and unfolded at a central section along a vertical axis using a connecting element. Each segment of the one or more segments, with the set of instructions, is contoured on either side of a horizontal axis of the surface of the pillow. The set of instructions allows the subject to perform the roll maneuvers, which causes debris present in any position in the horizontal canal of the inner ear of the subject to move towards an utricle.

Abstract: A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions such that the processor is programmed to receive an audio input representing a percussion performed by a user and classify, at a trained neural network, the audio input as a particular musical type.

Abstract: Described are techniques for an intelligent code editor that intelligently provides software development suggestions based on the coding techniques of a software developer. The techniques include analyzing source code samples associated with a software developer to determine coding techniques utilized by the software developer. The techniques further include monitoring code editing input received by an intelligent code editor to identify a software design pattern, where the code editing input is associated with the software developer. The techniques further include generating a suggested software design pattern that is based on the software design pattern identified in the code editing input and the coding techniques of the software developer, and displaying the suggested software design pattern in the intelligent code editor to allow the suggested software design pattern to be incorporated into the code editing input using the intelligent code editor.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method for controlling a learning machine used in a drilling operation to drill a well into a subsurface formation includes receiving, via a video stream, an image of debris including cuttings from the drilling operation. The method may further include generating a first mask on the image to identify the cuttings in the debris, generating, via instance segmentation, a second mask for each of the identified cuttings, determining, based on the second masks, one or more properties of each of the cuttings, and associating each of the identified cuttings to a depth interval of the subsurface formation based, at least in part, on the properties of each of the identified cuttings and at least one property of the drilling operation.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a soft chewable formulation, especially suitable for delivering active ingredients to animals and processes for preparation thereof. In some embodiments of the disclosure, a soft chewable veterinary formulation includes a starch, one or more carbohydrates, a flavoring agent, a lipid, and at least one active ingredients. In accordance with some embodiments, the starch in the soft chewable formulations includes a certain ratios of regular starch and pre-gelatinized starch.

Abstract: A data management system (DMS) may facilitate an investigation procedure for a set of one or more virtual machines (VMs) hosted in a first environment. The DMS may receive an indication of a selection of one or more sets of VMs and corresponding snapshots for the investigation procedure. The corresponding snapshots may be stored in a second environment, and each snapshot may be associated with a version of a respective set of VMs. The DMS may mount the one or more sets of VMs to one or more testing environments different than the first and second environments. The mounting may use the snapshots stored in the second environment to provide the testing environments with query access to respective versions of the sets of VMs hosted in the first environment. The DMS may perform query operations between the first environment and the testing environments as part of the investigation procedure.

Abstract: A foldable scooter is provided, including: a deck assembly, including a first deck and a second deck foldably connected and relatively rotatable about a first direction, the first deck including a first lock structure; a steering assembly, connected to the deck assembly; a locking assembly, mounted to the second deck, including a locking member movable between a first position and a second position in a second direction and including a second lock structure extending in the first direction and movable with the locking member; wherein when the locking member is located in the first position, the first and second lock structures are interlocked with each other in a male-female manner so that the deck assembly is non-foldable; when the locking member is located in the second position, the first and second lock structures are unlocked from each other so that the deck assembly is foldable.

Abstract: A first time/temperature data set includes temperatures and time stamps recorded at time intervals during a first thermal cycling process and a time stamp for each time interval, and a second time/temperature data set includes temperatures and time stamps recorded at time intervals during a second thermal cycling process. Signal emissions at different signal detecting positions are sequentially measured at different time intervals to generate first and second time/signal emission data sets for receptacles subject to the first and second thermal cycling processes, respectively. Signal emissions of receptacles subject to the first thermal cycling process are synchronized with specific temperatures of the first thermal cycling process by comparing time stamps of the first time/signal emission data set for each receptacle with the time stamps of the first time/temperature data set that correspond with the specific temperature.