Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems for cell-free DNA extraction from liquid biological samples. The methods can be employed for determination of fetal DNA fraction and non- invasive prenatal screening of fetal aneuploidies and analyses of other types of cell-free DNA.

Abstract: A system and method for inspecting a resource deployed in a cloud computing environment for a cybersecurity threat is presented. The method includes detecting a virtual instance deployed in a cloud computing environment, the virtual instance associated with an original disk; generating a cloned disk directly based on the original disk, wherein the original disk is provisioned storage from a cloud storage system; generating a cloned disk descriptor associated with the cloned disk, the cloned disk descriptor pointing to the provisioned storage; inspecting the cloned disk for a cybersecurity object, the cybersecurity object indicating a cybersecurity risk; and releasing the cloned disk in response to completing inspection of the cloned disk.

Abstract: A closed-system liquid transfer device is used with each of an infusion liquid container containing an infusion liquid, a medicament supply containing a medicament, and an infusion set. The closed-system liquid transfer device includes first, second, and third connectors that respectively connect and resist removal from the infusion liquid container, the infusion set, and the medicament supply.

Abstract: A method and system for using an interactive and intelligent tool to generate a connector is disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes generating one or more first connector builder interfaces to receive user input for creating the connector. The method includes invoking one or more artificial intelligence (AI) models to automatically determine one or more suggestions of configuration parameters used in creating the connector based on the user input. The method also includes generating one or more second connector builder interfaces to present the one or more suggestions of configuration parameters to the user for acceptance or modification. The method includes creating the connector in a connector builder using the configuration parameters. The method further includes generating one or more third connector builder interfaces to enable the user to publish the connector.

Abstract: A technique and method for detection and display of the cybersecurity risk context of a cloud environment initiates an inspection of cybersecurity objects within a cloud environment utilizing an inspection environment and stores information pertaining to discovered cybersecurity objects within the inspected cloud environment in a storage environment. The technique and method further generate a cybersecurity risk context for the inspected cloud environment based on the observations made concerning the cybersecurity objects contained within it. The technique and method further configure a web browser running on a client device to automatically display the generated cybersecurity risk context to a user, either through a web page overlay or through a toolbar plugin which has been installed in the web browser and configured to enable inspections of a cloud environment, once the user has navigated to a web page containing cybersecurity object identifiers.

Abstract: An electronic door system includes a door frame, a door hingedly coupled to the door frame, an electronic locking mechanism coupled to the door, one or more lights coupled to the door frame, a camera system including at least two of a camera, a proximity or motion sensor, or a doorbell, and a wiring harness extending through the door frame and the door. The wiring harness is coupled to the electronic locking mechanism, the one or more lights, and the camera system. The wiring harness is configured to electrically couple to an external power source.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for regulating a high voltage supply of an x-ray source, where the regulating is achieved by selectively activating a low voltage signal to an electron emitting cathode when a monitored high voltage is determined to be at a voltage that is within a required range of values.

Abstract: An example method involves receiving, by a playback device in a media playback system, limited-access media, where the limited-access media corresponds to a limited-access playback device characteristic. The method may further involve determining, by the playback device, that a particular playback device having the limited-access playback device characteristic is active in the media playback system. Based on determining that the particular playback device having the limited-access playback device characteristic is active in the media playback system, the method may further involve causing the media playback system to play back the limited-access media.

Abstract: A method and device for monitoring the weakening of an interface between a layer and a substrate while a weakening anneal is being carried out. The method includes illuminating the first face of the substrate layer assembly with a monochromatic light beam in a first direction; measuring the intensity of the light beam scattered by the substrate layer assembly in at least a second direction, the second direction forming a non-zero angle with the first direction; and determining a state of weakening of the interface from the intensity.

Abstract: Enhanced data representations involving accessing a data structure including items associated with a common objective, each including first and second alphanumeric values, receiving a trigger requesting that items be graphically grouped for visualizing progress toward the common objective, analyzing alphanumeric values to segment the items in partitioning groups, based on a first partitioning, identifying first visual characteristics for non-alphanumerically expressing the first alphanumeric values, based on a second partitioning, identifying second visual characteristics different from the first, for non-alphanumerically expressing the second alphanumeric values, generating tiles associated with the items, each of the tiles adopting a first and second visual characteristics, arranging the plurality of tiles in groupings based on at least one of the first visual characteristics or the second visual characteristics, and causing the groupings to be presented on a common display.

Abstract: Exhibiting alphanumeric data as organized and segmented as graphical distinctions includes accessing a data structure including common objective items including a first and second characteristics, requesting that items from the data structure be graphically grouped for visualizing progress toward the common objective, analyzing the items to segment items in a first partitioning and a second partitioning, generating differently sized tiles associated with the items conveying magnitudes of the first and second characteristics, the second magnitude being greater than the first magnitude, wherein the second partitioning causes an organizational structure dividing tiles into distinct collections, wherein the tiles of the distinct collections visually differ based on the different sizes, and the distinct collections are presented on a common display.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for modulating the alkaloid content of a plant (e.g. a tobacco plant), the method comprising modifying said plant by modulating the activity or expression of a CYP94 cytochrome p450. The present invention also provides for the use of a CYP94 cytochrome p450 for modulating the alkaloid content of a plant, as well as tobacco cells, plants, plant propagation materials, harvested leaves, processed tobaccos, or tobacco products obtainable in accordance with the invention.

Abstract: A device for local friction modulation via vibration includes a vibrating interface with a contact surface, a plurality of actuators with active surfaces that are arranged against this vibrating interface, designed to vibrate the vibrating interface in a transverse direction through the transmission of mechanical bending waves to create at least one local friction modulation on the contact surface, and a generator which generates a plurality of control signals for controlling the actuators. Each control signal comprises a carrier signal at a non-radiating frequency for the actuator that it controls. At least two of the actuators share an overlapping common portion of their active surfaces.

Abstract: A system composed of different densities of materials making up a device for the assessment, treatment, diagnosis, advertisement, modelling, or otherwise impacting another object, person, living thing, or material. A method for distributing the centre of mass of a device by placing dense material or materials distal to the handle thereby managing the mechanical advantage of the instrument. The dense material is positioned within the shaft of the instrument, thereby allowing the distal head to be made partially or entirely out of an elastic polymer, organic, or inorganic substance. Modulation of the characteristics of the device allows for modulating of the impulse or striking force elicited by the device. The device may therefore be swung along an axis with resultant torque elicited. This device may be used for medical, industrial, personal, or other purposes.

Abstract: A method is provided to operate a CN node to determine UP security activation. A UP session establishment request is obtained for a wireless device. An indication is obtained that the UP session establishment request is associated with an emergency session and/or that null ciphering and/or null integrity protection are applied to a CP associated with a CP session for the wireless device. It is determined that a UP should be configured for the UP session without activating integrity and/or confidentiality protection for the UP based on the indication. A UP security policy is provided to a RAN node associated with the wireless device, wherein the UP security policy indicates to configure the UP for the UP session without activating integrity and/or confidentiality protection based on determining that a UP should be configured for the UP session without activating integrity and/or confidentiality protection.

Abstract: There is provided a surfacing material comprising an ultraviolet (UV) resistant polymer layer, a thermocurable or thermoplastic resin layer and a fibrous support, wherein a first surface of the UV resistant polymer layer forms an outermost surface of the surfacing material and the second surface of the UV resistant polymer layer contacts a first surface of the thermocurable or thermoplastic resin layer, and the second surface of the thermocurable or thermoplastic resin layer contacts a first surface of the fibrous support. There is also provided methods of forming cured composite structures having an ultraviolet resistant outer surface utilising a surfacing material of the invention, and cured composite structures incorporating a UV resistant surfacing layer of the invention.

Abstract: An exemplary method for detecting deepfake images and providing customized analysis comprises: receiving, from a user, a textual user inquiry regarding an image; inputting the textual inquiry and the image into a deepfake detection model, wherein the deepfake detection model comprises: an image encoder for generating a plurality of image embeddings based on the image; a text encoder for generating a plurality of textual embeddings based on the textual inquiry; one or more layers for generating a plurality of answer embeddings; and a language model for generating a textual analysis based on the plurality of answer embeddings; and outputting the textual analysis, wherein the textual analysis includes a classification result of whether the image is fake and further includes one or more visual features in the image and one or more attributes of the one or more visual features that contribute to the classification result.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to use robotic system simulation to control a robotic system. In various embodiments, a communication indicating an action to be performed by a robotic element is received from a robotic control system. Performance of the action by the robotic element is simulated. A state tracking data is updated to reflect a virtual change to one or more state variables as a result of simulated performance of the action. Successful completion of the action by the robotic element is reported to the robotic control system.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device including a phase rotator configured to receive a read clock, a flip flop configured to obtain an incoming data stream, and a controller. The controller may be configured to control the phase rotator to perform phase rotation of the read clock based on information-carrying level transitions in the incoming data stream, cause a gapped read clock and an inversion of the gapped read clock to be derived in accordance with the phase rotation, where the gapped read clock being derived via gapping operations associated with the read clock, and output clock selection signals that enable the flip flop to selectively sample the incoming data stream using the gapped read clock and the inversion, thereby facilitating a data handoff between asynchronous clock domains. Other embodiments are disclosed.