Abstract: Technologies for integrating DNA storage and DNA computing with blockchain technologies, specifically non-centralized ledgers and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Some implementations of these technologies are systems and methods that store blockchain keys in DNA molecules. Some implementations of these technologies are systems and methods that store NFT information e.g., for asset tokenization. The technologies disclosed herein can also be deployed to implement a biological blockchain.

Abstract: Handheld items, such as musical instruments, often have a cylindrical handle for a user to hold while using the item. If the handheld item is then handed to another user for subsequent use, the first user's perspiration, germs, dirt and other unsanitary particles may remain on the handle and thereby be transferred to the subsequent user. The present invention avoids this situation by providing a disposable handle wrap that may be removably attached to a handle of an item during a user's use of the item. After the user is done with his or her use of the item, the disposable handle wrap may be removed so that the user's unsanitary particles are not transferred to a subsequent user of the handheld item.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hot melt adhesive composition that includes a polymer component that includes a propylene polymer that includes greater than 50 mole % propylene and exhibiting a melt index greater than 150 grams per ten minutes at 190° C., and an ethylene copolymer exhibiting a melt index of at least 200 grams per ten minutes at 190° C. and an acid number of no greater than 2 mg KOH/g, and derived from ethylene and a co-monomer selected from the group consisting of vinyl acetate, alkyl acrylate, alkyl methacrylate, and combinations thereof, from 0% by weight to no greater than 8% by weight amorphous polyalphaolefin, and from 0% by weight to no greater than 25% by weight oil.

Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method of medical image processing on a distributed network including: communicating on a distributed network comprising a server, a client, and a communications pathway having a bandwidth, wherein the distributed network comprises system resources related to the server, the client, and the communications pathway; monitoring the system resources and the bandwidth with at least one process monitor to generate monitor data; and recommending an allocation of at least a portion of the system resources for processing three dimensional image data to form two dimensional image data displayable on the client, wherein the allocation is based at least in part on the monitor data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method for simultaneously modifying one or more angles of cross-sections in one or more cross-sectional images or stacks of images of a 3D volume. A plurality of viewports is displayed to a user. Each viewport includes a 2D cross-sectional image or stack of images and all 2D images or stacks of images are displayed simultaneously. One or more viewports may also include a control line representative of an angle of cross-section or image plane of a 2D image or stack of images displayed in another viewport. If a control line is moved in a selected viewport, the angle of cross-section or image plane of a 2D image or stack of images in another viewport is accordingly altered simultaneous with such control line movement.

Abstract: The illustrative embodiment of the present invention provides a method for extending a programming language to interact with foreign object systems. Through the use of an opaque interface, a requesting unit may interact with multiple foreign object systems. The requesting unit is an executable piece of code such as a script, applet or application. A single set of procedures written into the opaque interface and accessible by the requesting unit enable the requesting unit to interact with the foreign object systems. The foreign object systems register with the opaque interface. The registration process for the object systems includes the creation and registration of a defined set of functions, the format for which is provided by the opaque interface. The defined set of functions are called by the procedures in the opaque interface and execute in the object system.

Abstract: A hot melt adhesive composition that includes a first ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer including from about 25% vinyl acetate to about 30% vinyl acetate based upon the weight of the first copolymer and having a melt index of no greater than 4 g/10 min, a second ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer that includes no greater than about 28% vinyl acetate based upon the weight of the second copolymer and having a melt index of from about 400 g/10 min to about 2500 g/10 min, and hydrogenated petroleum hydrocarbon resin.