Abstract: A reader for an electronic identification tag, the reader comprising: a transmitter antenna for exciting a passive electronic identification tag in proximity, the transmitter antenna comprising one or more single windings; and a receiver antenna for coupling a signal from the electronic identification tag to other parts 5 of a receiver module, the antenna comprising twin windings wound in an anti-phase manner. A method for identifying a sequence of unique identifiers, each unique identifier being associated with an animal, the method comprising: obtaining a stream of reads from animal identification tags, each animal identification tag being attached to a corresponding animal, each read comprising 10 one of a plurality of unique identifiers; identifying one or more distributions based on the number of reads for each of the plurality of unique identifiers in the stream; and determining a sequence of unique identifiers based on the distributions.

Abstract: In a first aspect, a polymer composition includes a first polymer derived from a soluble polymer composition having an imide group and a Tg reducing compound having an amine group. The first polymer has a glass transition temperature that is lower than a second polymer derived from the same soluble polymer composition, but without a Tg reducing compound having an amine group. In a second aspect, a coating solution includes a soluble polymer having an imide group and a Tg reducing compound having an amine moiety that can be an amine or a first masked amine that can be converted to an amine, wherein the first masked amine can be chemically converted, thermally converted, photo-converted or dissociated.

Abstract: A hand-held device (100) for applying a tag (116, 118) to animals and extracting animal tissue, comprising: a first handle (106); a second handle (108); a first jaw portion (101) configured to engage a first portion (116) of an animal tag and an animal tissue sampler (174) for extracting animal tissue; and a second jaw portion (103) configured to engage a second portion (118) of the animal tag and a container (1181) for storing animal tissue; wherein displacing the first handle (106) in a closing direction to an engaging position causes the first portion (116) of the animal tag to engage the second portion (118) of the animal tag; and wherein displacing the first handle (106) in the closing direction to a disposing position causes the animal tissue sampler (174) to be disposed within the container (1181).

Abstract: The present application discloses a method, system, and computer system for building a model associated with a dataset. The method includes receiving a data set, the dataset comprising a plurality of keys and a plurality of key-value relationships, determining a plurality of models to build based at least in part on the dataset, wherein determining the plurality of models to build comprises using the dataset format information to identify the plurality of models, building the plurality of models, and optimizing at least one of the plurality of models.

Abstract: A bone material dispensing device is provided. The bone material dispensing device comprises a housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis, the proximal end having a first opening and the distal end comprising a frame having a front wall, a back wall, and an air gap, the back wall having a back opening and the front wall having a second opening such that the first opening, the back opening and the second opening are configured to slidably receive at least a portion of a plunger, the front wall comprising a generally flat contact surface configured to engage a funnel; and a locking member pivotably connected to an upper surface of the housing and extending adjacent to the upper surface of the housing, the locking member comprising a locking surface extending adjacent to the distal end of the housing, the locking member being movable in a locking position to lock the portion of the funnel with the housing.

Abstract: An introduced autonomous aerial vehicle can include multiple cameras for capturing images of a surrounding physical environment that are utilized for motion planning by an autonomous navigation system. In some embodiments, the cameras can be integrated into one or more rotor assemblies that house powered rotors to free up space within the body of the aerial vehicle. In an example embodiment, an aerial vehicle includes multiple upward-facing cameras and multiple downward-facing cameras with overlapping fields of view to enable stereoscopic computer vision in a plurality of directions around the aerial vehicle. Similar camera arrangements can also be implemented in fixed-wing aerial vehicles.

Abstract: A method may receive a query. A method may obtain a representation of the query, the representation approximating content of the query. A method may determine a set of files accessible by an operating system that are relevant to the query by comparing the representation of the query with representations of files stored in an index, the files in the set of files having representations meeting a similarity threshold with the representation of the query. A method may cause a display of a response to the query, the response identifying the files in the set of files as relevant to the query.

Abstract: A structure including a substrate and a coating over the substrate is acoustically excited to measure acoustic response in the structure. The measured acoustic response in the structure is filtered to remove acoustic response of the substrate and determine acoustic response of the coating. The acoustic response of the coating is used to inspect the coating for failure.

Abstract: A method for evaluating a multiphase drilling fluid includes receiving a sample of the multiphase drilling fluid and modifying the sample to enhance a separation of a first NMR peak corresponding to a first fluid phase component and a second NMR peak corresponding to a second fluid phase component. A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement is made of the modified sample and evaluated to compute a property of the drilling fluid.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for displaying content on a user device that is rendered at a remote device. One method may include detecting, by a computing device, a selection of a first object by a user, transmitting, by the computing device, a request to a rendering device to render the first object and begin a viewing session; and receiving, by the computing device, a rendering of the first object from the rendering device.

Abstract: A system for tracing a Group of Members (GoM) of an animal population throughout a process including moving the GoM between a plurality of Physically Separate Locations (PSLs), the system comprising a processing circuitry configured to: obtain a plurality of sets of identifiers of the GoM, each obtained by readings of Identification Devices (IDs), wherein (a) each ID of the IDs is attached to, and uniquely identifies, a respective member of the GoM, (b) the identifiers in each of the sets are read (i) at a respective given PSL of the PSLs, (ii) by a respective given ID reader of a plurality of ID readers; (c) one or more partial sets of the sets do not include one or more respective missing identifiers of at least one member of the GoM; and add the missing identifiers to the respective partial sets along with a confidence score.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to monitoring network traffic using network monitoring computers (NMCs). Metrics may be determined based on monitoring network traffic associated with a plurality of entities each associated with a profile that includes the metrics for each entity. Beaconing metrics associated with beaconing activity may be determined based on the metrics. The profile of each entity may be compared with the beaconing metrics to determine the entities that may be engaged in beaconing activity. The entities may be characterized based on beaconing activity such that the beaconing activity includes communication with endpoints associated with the third parties, employing communication protocols associated with the third-parties, or exchanging payloads consistent with the beaconing activity. Reports that include information associated with the entities and its beaconing activity may be generated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photochemical process for the manufacturing of a C-terminal ?-amide, which are a class of compounds that represent up to half of all biologically relevant peptide hormones. The invention provides mild, broad in scope, economically efficient process, which is suitable for large scale manufacturing.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are drilling fluid compositions suitable for use, for example, in drilling a well bore through a subterranean formation and other oil and gas operations. The drilling fluid compositions of the present disclosure include the condensation product of a trifunctional amine and a fatty acid and an oil base fluid. The present disclosure also described processes for preparing drilling fluid compositions.

Abstract: A piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducer (PMUT) device has different transduction efficiency at different portions of the PMUT device depending on design characteristics such as materials, material thicknesses, and shape. A metal layer of the PMUT device is patterned to render certain portions of the piezoelectric layer of the PMUT device inactive. Only the active portions of the piezoelectric layer are utilized for transmission and reception of ultrasonic signals, while overall PMUT device capacitance is reduced due to the lack of an active capacitor in the inactive region(s) of the PMUT device, resulting in a PMUT design with increased sensitivity. For differential PMUT devices, the patterning may be performed to match capacitances associated with the differential piezoelectric regions.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to the cyanocarbon compositions and processes for producing the same. The cyanocarbon compositions comprise tricyanohexane and one or more coproducts of the tricyanohexane production reaction. Exemplary coproducts include tetracyano compounds, cyanoalkenes, cyanooximes, cyanoamides, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: Approaches for synchronising electronic animal identification tag readers for reading clectronic animal identification tags attached to animals. Embodiments include using a pulse from a GNSS receiver, adjusting for an error between a reference cadence signal and a local cadence signal, and using a synchronisation signal.