Abstract: An interactive system may be implemented in part by an audio device located within a user environment, which may accept speech commands from a user and may also interact with the user by means of generated speech. In order to improve performance of the interactive system, a user may use a separate device, such as a personal computer or mobile device, to access a graphical user interface that lists details of historical speech interactions. The graphical user interface may be configured to allow the user to provide feedback and/or corrections regarding the details of specific interactions.

Abstract: The invention is related to a method of manufacturing a wall panel and a wall panel system. The method includes: forming a glass-fiber reinforced rigid magnesium oxide layer including the steps of: pouring or injecting a slurry of uncured magnesium oxide into a mold, embedding glass fiber reinforcing material therein, and curing the magnesium oxide to obtain the glass-fiber reinforced rigid magnesium oxide layer having a first side and a second side; applying, to the second side of the rigid magnesium oxide layer, an insulation layer, the insulation layer comprising a foam; and applying to the first side of the rigid layer a veneer layer.

Abstract: Described herein is a system in which multiple display devices may be located remotely throughout a facility. The system receives location information for a number of users within the facility. The system is able to identify a set of users collocated with a particular display device and generate a set of configuration settings specific to that set of users. Information provided by the system, either in response to an information request or automatically, may be formatted and/or filtered according to the generated set of configuration settings. In some embodiments, the set of configuration settings may be compiled from each of the users in the set of users based on priority.

Abstract: A storage bag has a first closure profile attached to a first side surface, with the first closure profile forming a lip between an interlocking member and an edge of the first closure profile. The bag also includes a second closure profile attached to the second side surface, with the second closure profile forming a lip between an interlocking member and an edge of the second closure profile. The lips of the first and second closure profiles are visually distinct colors or different shades of a color in order to aid the user in locating the lips.

Abstract: Fire-resistant overlays, panels, and processes for making and using same. The fire-resistant overlay can include a fiber mat that can include a plurality of fibers secured to one another. The fire-resistant overlay can include a coating disposed on at least one of a first and a second side thereof. The coating can include a blowing agent and an at least partially cured intumescent resin. When a side of the fiber mat that includes the coating disposed thereon is subjected to a modified ASTM D6413-99 test, where the test is modified by using a run time of 5 minutes instead of 12 seconds, a char can be produced. The char can have a density of about 0.05 g/cm3 to about 0.2 g/cm3, a length of about 8.8 cm to about 10.2, a height of about 1.25 cm to about 2.5 cm, and an expansion ratio of about 10 to about 17.5.

Abstract: In various embodiments, methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for estimating greenhouse gas emissions. In particular, methods, systems, and computer program products are presented for the task of quantifying emissions reduction from changes in stocks of soil organic carbon (SOC). The methods apply more generally to tasks that involve quantification of a total or average across a population of land (and/or possibly any space and any time) using measurements at a sample from that population. The sample may not be representative or unbiased. In some examples, estimating greenhouse gas emissions may apply to quantifying the total stock of SOC in land, the total nitrous oxide emissions in land and a time interval.

Abstract: An interactive system may be implemented in part by an audio device located within a user environment, which may accept speech commands from a user and may also interact with the user by means of generated speech. In order to improve performance of the interactive system, a user may use a separate device, such as a personal computer or mobile device, to access a graphical user interface that lists details of historical speech interactions. The graphical user interface may be configured to allow the user to provide feedback and/or corrections regarding the details of specific interactions.

Abstract: A battery interconnect may include a desired current capacity, integrated fusible links, and be manufacturable using cost effective techniques. In some embodiments, a battery interconnect includes a busbar and relatively thinner links. A busbar carries larger currents and accordingly its cross-sectional areas are relatively larger to reduce ohmic losses. A link carries a much smaller current, and a fusible link is configured to break the circuit when the current is above a threshold, thus requiring a relatively small cross-sectional area. These sometime disparate length scales are addressed using several techniques such as layering a busbar and a foil sheet and pressing portions of a busbar to form the links. The links can be affixed to a plurality of battery cells to connect the cells in parallel or series.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to immunization and immunotherapy for the treatment or prevention of HIV. In particular, the methods relate to in vivo and ex vivo enrichment of HIV-specific CD4 T cells. In certain embodiments, the disclosed compositions and methods can incorporate therapy in order to further enhance the HIV-specific CD4 T cells.

Abstract: A non-integrating viral delivery system is disclosed. The system includes a viral carrier, wherein the viral carrier contains a defective integrase gene; a heterologous viral episomal origin of replication; a sequence encoding at least one initiator protein specific for the heterologous viral episomal origin of replication, wherein expression of the sequence encoding the at least one initiator protein specific for the heterologous viral episomal origin of DNA replication is inducible; and at least one gene, gene product, shRNA, siRNA, miRNA, or other RNA of interest.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to immunization and immunotherapy for the treatment or inhibition of HIV. In embodiments, a viral vectors are disclosed that comprise therapeutic cargo portions comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes at least one soluble exogenous factor capable of inhibiting HIV infection, and a T cell-responsive promoter that regulates expression of the nucleotide sequence.

Abstract: An eye tracking system includes a pair of glasses including two frames, a projector coupled to the pair of glasses and operable to project a beam of light, and an eyepiece mounted in one of the two frames and optically coupled to the projector. The eyepiece is operable to direct at least a portion of the beam of light towards an eye of a user. The eye tracking system also includes one or more optical sensors coupled to at least one of the two frames of the pair of glasses and operable to detect a set of reflected signals off the eye of the user, and a processor coupled to the projector and the one or more optical sensors, wherein the processor is operable to determine an eye orientation based on the set of reflected signals.

Abstract: A lentiviral vector system for expressing a lentiviral particle is disclosed. The lentiviral vector system includes a therapeutic vector. The therapeutic vector comprises a phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) sequence for expressing at least one of PAH or a variant thereof, wherein the PAH sequence is truncated.

Abstract: A method of assembling a bolt handle to a bolt assembly of a firearm includes inserting the bolt handle through a handle opening defined by a bolt body. A distal end of the bolt handle is inserted through the handle opening until the distal end extends past an outer perimeter of the bolt body. At least a portion of a bolt shroud is inserted through a first portion of an aperture defined by the bolt handle. A force is applied to the bolt shroud while the bolt handle is retracted within the handle opening of the bolt body so that the bolt shroud is positioned within a second portion of the aperture. The bolt shroud is held in connection with the bolt handle when the bolt shroud is positioned within the second portion of the aperture to secure the bolt handle to the bolt body.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for enhanced geographical caching of estimated arrival times. A method may include receiving respective user inputs indicative of respective users being in transit to a destination location from within a geographic region; determining, for the first user and the second user, a first estimated time of arrival from a first geographical area to the destination location, the first geographical area including the first location and the second location; identifying a third location of the first device at a third time, wherein the third location is within the first geographical area; determining that a time-to-live (TTL) of the first estimated time of arrival has not expired at the third time; and refraining from recalculating the first estimated time of arrival.

Abstract: Described are soles for a shoe, in particular for a sports shoe, with a midsole. The midsole includes a first sole region, which includes particle foam. The midsole further includes a deformation region within the midsole, wherein the deformation region has a volume greater than that of a single expanded particle and is positioned so that it allows a sideward deformation of the material of the first sole region under a pressure load on the sole.

Abstract: Technology for determining a queue position of a call from a user can include receiving, at an enterprise, the call from a user device associated with the user. The user device includes an application associated with the enterprise. The call is placed into an on-hold queue. A weighted level of importance associated with the call is determined based on call history information associated with the user device and call frequency associated with the user. The weighted level of importance is compared to at least one weight threshold. A wait time for the call is decreased based on the weighted level of importance meeting or exceeding the at least one weight threshold.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to immunization and immunotherapy for the treatment or prevention of HIV. In particular, the methods include purifying peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from a source, stimulating the PBMC with at least one HIV-specific peptide, depleting at least one subset of cells from the PBMC, wherein the at least one subset of cells comprises any one or more of CD8+ T cells, CD4+ T cells, ?? cells, NK cells, B cells, T regulatory cells, and NKT cells, transducing the depleted PBMC with a viral delivery system encoding at least one genetic element, culturing the transduced PBMC for at least one day, and harvesting the cultured PBMC.

Abstract: A tubing retrievable safety valve assembly and related methods are disclosed herein. The assembly includes a primary flapper, a secondary flapper, a flow tube, and a protective sleeve. The flow tube is shiftable between a downhole position that holds the primary flapper in an open position and an uphole position that allows the primary flapper to move to a closed position. The protective sleeve, when positioned in an uphole position, holds the secondary flapper valve in an open position. The protective sleeve is shiftable to a downhole position to allow the secondary flapper to move to a closed position, for example, upon failure of the primary flapper.