Abstract: A system for performing image-guided surgery includes an instrument having a first portion configured to define a trajectory into the body of a patient, a marker device and a user-interface component. A sensing device receives electromagnetic signals that are reflected or emitted from the marker device, and a processing system, coupled to the sensing device, includes at least one processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations that include tracking the position and orientation of the instrument relative to the patient based on the signals received at the sensing device, receiving a signal from the user-interface component of the instrument indicating a user-input event, and saving the trajectory into the body of the patient defined by the first portion of the instrument in response to receiving the signal.

Abstract: Aspects include a robotic device for inspection of components of a belt conveyor comprising a mobile platform and a robotic arm having a first end coupled to the mobile platform and a second end, the robotic arm configured to guide the second end to contact at least one of the components of the belt conveyor. Further included is a method for inspecting components of a belt conveyor using a robotic device, including: obtaining temperature and/or noise data of at least one of the components of the belt conveyor; and, if the data are outside a range, then: driving a second end a robotic arm of the robotic device for contacting at least one of the components; and obtaining vibration data from at least one of the components.

Abstract: A system for performing image-guided surgery includes an instrument having a first portion configured to define a trajectory into the body of a patient, a marker device and a user-interface component. A sensing device receives electromagnetic signals that are reflected or emitted from the marker device, and a processing system, coupled to the sensing device, includes at least one processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations that include tracking the position and orientation of the instrument relative to the patient based on the signals received at the sensing device, receiving a signal from the user-interface component of the instrument indicating a user-input event, and saving the trajectory into the body of the patient defined by the first portion of the instrument in response to receiving the signal.

Abstract: An article of manufacture comprises: an integrated circuit having a contact; a conductive bump electrically coupled to the contact, the conductive bump having a profile with a wave pattern; a lead frame electrically coupled to the conductive bump; and an integrated circuit package mold, the integrated circuit package mold covering portions of the conductive bump and the lead frame.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems, and techniques relating to hydrocarbon-bearing formation testing and, particularly, to estimating a formation condition. The disclosed methods, systems, and techniques allow for improved prediction of the formation condition and cleanout of the formation following well drilling. In some cases, the disclosed methods, systems, and techniques include using a formation testing tool to obtain a sampled fluid from a formation according to a set of sampling parameters and using the formation testing tool to analyze the sampled fluid to identify a set of fluid parameters for the sampled fluid. A numerical model may be used to determine a formation condition with inputs including the sampling parameters and the fluid parameters.

Abstract: A computing system such as a back-end platform for construction management software may employ a predictive model to provide individuals responsible for overseeing a construction project with a prediction of a “risk level” for a punch item, which indicates a risk of the punch item not being completed by the punch item's target completion date. Such a predictive model may be defined based on historical-punch-items data. After defining the predictive model, the computing system may receive data defining a given punch item and input such data into the predictive model, which may in turn output a given predicted risk level for the given punch item. Thereafter, the computing system may cause a client station to display an indication of the given predicted risk level for the given punch item.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for retrieving a fish from a wellbore. A method includes introducing a specialized fishing tool into the wellbore. The specialized fishing tool includes a fishing subassembly comprising a nonreflective interior, a shroud coupled to the fishing subassembly, and a camera disposed at least partially within the shroud and configured to view the interior of the fishing subassembly. The specialized fishing tool is conveyed downhole in the wellbore to a location of the fish. The fish is visualized with the camera. The fish is coupled to the fishing subassembly, and the fish is retrieved from the wellbore.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lipid system which not only improves stability during digestion and oral bioavailability of various bioactive compounds in a safe and effective manner, but also in many cases enhances the effects of said compounds. The present invention also relates to formulations or compositions comprising lipid systems carrying bioactive compounds for use as immunotherapy potentiators or adjuvants for patients with cancer or immunological disorders.

Abstract: A cryogenic system cools and operates cryogenic electronics. The cryogenic system includes a cryogenic stage or multiple cryogenic stages for cooling the cryogenic electronics to an operational cryogenic temperature. The cryogenic stage or stages transfer heat from the cryogenic electronics to an ambient environment. An optical fiber or multiple optical fibers deliver an operational power from the ambient environment to the cryogenic electronics and transfer communication data between the cryogenic electronics and the ambient environment. Preferably, the only connection delivering any power from the ambient environment to the cryogenic electronics or transferring any data from the cryogenic electronics to the ambient environment is the optical fiber or fibers, such that the cryogenic system does not include any electrically conductive wires spanning between the ambient environment and the cryogenic electronics.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions comprising a supercritical rosemary extract and a lipid system comprising raffish liver oil or the product of an enzymatic or chemical glycerolysis processing of ratfish liver oil. The present disclosure also provides use of said compositions for immunotherapy potentiators or adjuvants for patients with cancer or immunological disorders; treatment of autoimmune-based immunological disorder selected from the group consisting of: rheumatoid arthritis, type I diabetes, psoriasis, celiac disease and multiple sclerosis; treatment of tumor growth, chronic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection, hepatitis (B and C) virus infection, or human immunodeficiency virus infection; or prevention of kidney damage.

Abstract: A composition including a xanthophyll carotenoid diacetate, a transition metal salt, and phospholipids is provided. The composition does not include micelles and is not an emulsion. Methods of supporting eye health in subjects in need thereof using the composition are also provided.

Abstract: A base rating number calculation determines a number rating providing a practical tool for assisting in the selection of foods best suited for healthy weight management. The rating tool is a component of a comprehensive health plan including food quality rating, formulating healthy weight management goals, calculating and reporting on progress in attaining goals and presenting informative and motivational visual displays illustrating the status of goal attainment.

Abstract: An Application implemented on a computing device. Algorithms in the Application convert information about the nutrient concentration in a measure of food into a single quality rating number for the food. Concentration values of specific nutrients in the food are determined using information about the weight of selected nutrients in a measure of the food.

Abstract: An article of manufacture comprises: an integrated circuit having a contact; a conductive bump electrically coupled to the contact, the conductive bump having a profile with a wave pattern; a lead frame electrically coupled to the conductive bump; and an integrated circuit package mold, the integrated circuit package mold covering portions of the conductive bump and the lead frame.

Abstract: A system for performing image-guided surgery includes an instrument having a first portion configured to define a trajectory into the body of a patient, a marker device and a user-interface component. A sensing device receives electromagnetic signals that are reflected or emitted from the marker device, and a processing system, coupled to the sensing device, includes at least one processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations that include tracking the position and orientation of the instrument relative to the patient based on the signals received at the sensing device, receiving a signal from the user-interface component of the instrument indicating a user-input event, and saving the trajectory into the body of the patient defined by the first portion of the instrument in response to receiving the signal.

Abstract: An article of manufacture comprises: an integrated circuit having a contact; a conductive bump electrically coupled to the contact, the conductive bump having a profile with a wave pattern; a lead frame electrically coupled to the conductive bump; and an integrated circuit package mold, the integrated circuit package mold covering portions of the conductive bump and the lead frame.

Abstract: A system for performing image-guided surgery includes an instrument having a first portion configured to define a trajectory into the body of a patient, a marker device and a user-interface component. A sensing device receives electromagnetic signals that are reflected or emitted from the marker device, and a processing system, coupled to the sensing device, includes at least one processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations that include tracking the position and orientation of the instrument relative to the patient based on the signals received at the sensing device, receiving a signal from the user-interface component of the instrument indicating a user-input event, and saving the trajectory into the body of the patient defined by the first portion of the instrument in response to receiving the signal.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide highly accurate and controllable measurements of rock formation properties in a wellbore. The systems and methods utilize a prescribed input signal to mechanically perturb a drill string in contact with a rock formation in order to elicit a mechanical response. Based on the input signal and the mechanical response, a transfer function is computed and analyzed, wherein the analysis uses estimates of the drill string resonances to identify rock formation resonances, which are used, in turn, to determine the rock formation properties.

Abstract: Disclosed and described herein are systems and methods used to analyze ultrasonic waves and nondestructively infer acoustic wave velocities and dynamic elastic properties of materials. Disclosed methods employ the selective rotation of ultrasonic transducers immersed in a liquid (water) adjacent to the sample under study.

Abstract: An article of manufacture comprises: an integrated circuit having a contact; a conductive bump electrically coupled to the contact, the conductive bump having a profile with a wave pattern; a lead frame electrically coupled to the conductive bump; and an integrated circuit package mold, the integrated circuit package mold covering portions of the conductive bump and the lead frame.