Abstract: The invention relates to modified Dda helicases which can be used to control the movement of polynucleotides and are particularly useful for sequencing polynucleotides.

Abstract: A tool has a first gripping portion or arm and a second gripping portion or arm hingedly connected to the first gripping portion. The first and second gripping portions define a cable space therebetween sized to receive a cable. A first lever arm and a second lever arm extend from the first gripping portion and the second gripping portion, respectively. A flexure is arranged between the first lever arm and the second lever arm and biases the first and second lever arms into a predetermined position.

Abstract: A system and method for a video conferencing system with meeting migration allows a client device to migrate a meeting from a first physical conference room to a second physical conference room. At any point during the meeting, the video conferencing system in the first physical conference room may be paused and the current state of the video conferencing system may be saved. The meeting may then be migrated to a second physical conference room. The contents of the shared display and other elements of the video conference are saved and restarted in the second physical conference room.

Abstract: A laundry treatment appliance includes a cabinet defining a drawer receiving space, a tub accommodated within the cabinet, the tub storing water, a basket rotatably mounted within the tub to rotate about a rotation axis, and a dispenser drawer slidably received within the drawer receiving space, the dispenser drawer being fluidly coupled to the tub. The dispenser drawer includes a base plate, a plurality of body walls extending from the base plate along the vertical direction to define a detergent chamber, and a plurality of inner partition portions protruding from the base plate along the vertical direction, wherein the plurality of inner partition portions defines a pod compartment within the detergent chamber, the pod compartment being in fluid communication with the detergent chamber through one or more portions of the plurality of inner partition portions.

Abstract: A system and method for a video conferencing system with meeting migration allows a client device to host a video conference meeting while connected to a video conferencing system in a first conference room. At any point during the meeting, the video conference may be paused and the current state of the video conference in a first conference room may be saved. The video conference meeting may then be migrated to a second conference room without having to restart the video conference. Client devices that have connected to the video conferencing system as well as client devices that have joined the video conference, the contents of the shared display, and other elements of the video conference are saved and restarted in the second conference room.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to methods of improving function of a transplanted organ, treating or preventing primary graft dysfunction of a transplanted organ, treating or preventing acute rejection of a transplanted organ, treating or preventing delayed graft function, or achieving a clinical endpoint indicative of a successful organ transplant in a recipient of the transplanted organ which comprise contacting blood from the recipient with an extracorporeal membrane having a plurality of pores having an average pore size of at least 40 kDa, 50 kDa or 60 kDa to permit inflammatory cytokines and other inflammatory molecules to pass through the pores and out of the blood that is returned back to the recipient.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to methods of preparing one or more organs from a donor for transplantation to a recipient comprising passing blood from the donor through an extracorporeal membrane having a plurality of pores having an average pore size of at least 60 kDa.

Abstract: Systems and methods determine occupancy of a mobile device in a room based on one or more wireless signals measured by the mobile device. The mobile device receives and processes one or more wireless signals detectable in the room to generate a feature vector that is inputted to a classifier. The wireless signals may originate either in the room or out of the room. The feature vector contains wireless-signal characteristics measured by the mobile device (e.g., time-averaged power, Fourier coefficients) that are essentially unique to a room. The classifier, which may be an artificial neural network, predicts the occupancy of the mobile device in the room from the feature vector. Alternatively, the location of the mobile device in the room may be verified, wherein the feature vector may form a training example to train the classifier.

Abstract: A system and method for a video conferencing system with meeting migration allows a client device to host a video conference meeting while connected to a video conferencing system in a first conference room. At any point during the meeting, the video conference may be paused and the current state of the video conference in a first conference room may be saved. The video conference meeting may then be migrated to a second conference room without having to restart the video conference. Client devices that have connected to the video conferencing system as well as client devices that have joined the video conference, the contents of the shared display, and other elements of the video conference are saved and restarted in the second conference room.

Abstract: A video conferencing room system and method may use a room calendar and a bridge to a personal calendar on a client device so a user may start a meeting in a video conferencing room without scheduling access to the room in advance. Further, the video conferencing room system may be used with video conferencing software running on the client device instead of the video conferencing room system. The room is equipped with a host controller connected to a display, camera, audio and/r other infrastructure in the room for running a video conference. A calendar parser identifies meeting calendar entries and determines meeting metadata. A room manager may facilitate a video conference and inform attendees.

Abstract: A collaborative system and method with video routing and screen sharing includes a plurality of shared displays connected to user computing devices. Content may be shared between users on a single shared display. Additionally, content may be shared between shared displays of different groups and/or a shared display visible to everyone in the room. Connections between computing devices and shared displays may be reconfigured quickly and easily by a teacher or facilitator from a variety of computing devices in a classroom to encourage cross-team comparisons, presentations and sharing using a simple graphical user interface. Embodiments disclosed herein may be used in classroom, business or any organization to facilitate a collaborative working environment.

Abstract: Systems and methods determine occupancy of a mobile device in a room based on one or more wireless signals measured by the mobile device. The mobile device receives and processes one or more wireless signals detectable in the room to generate a feature vector that is inputted to a classifier. The wireless signals may originate either in the room or out of the room. The feature vector contains wireless-signal characteristics measured by the mobile device (e.g., time-averaged power, Fourier coefficients) that are essentially unique to a room. The classifier, which may be an artificial neural network, predicts the occupancy of the mobile device in the room from the feature vector. Alternatively, the location of the mobile device in the room may be verified, wherein the feature vector may form a training example to train the classifier.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for providing near real-time feedback when a user is composing a social media message. The feedback can indicate a predicted level of engagement with the social media message by other users of a social networking system. In some implementations, a prediction model is used to determine a predicted engagement score, which is an approximation of the predicted level of engagement with the social media message by the other users. A computing device can be configured to display a graphical representation of the predicted engagement score in a user interface at which the social media message is being composed.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for providing near real-time feedback when a user is composing a social media message. The feedback can indicate a predicted level of engagement with the social media message by other users of a social networking system. In some implementations, a prediction model is used to determine a predicted engagement score, which is an approximation of the predicted level of engagement with the social media message by the other users. A computing device can be configured to display a graphical representation of the predicted engagement score in a user interface at which the social media message is being composed.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for providing near real-time feedback when a user is composing a social media message. The feedback can indicate a predicted level of engagement with the social media message by other users of a social networking system. In some implementations, a prediction model is used to determine a predicted engagement score, which is an approximation of the predicted level of engagement with the social media message by the other users. A computing device can be configured to display a graphical representation of the predicted engagement score in a user interface at which the social media message is being composed.

Abstract: Particular embodiments relate generally to display systems and, more particularly, to display systems and methods for blending multiple images. A display system may include a first display source configured to generate a first image comprising illuminated points on a display surface, and a measurement device configured to measure an output energy value of the first image at output wavelengths for input values provided to the first display source. A normalized response function of the first display source corresponding to the measured output energy values for each output wavelength may be generated. A first response function that includes one or more of the normalized response functions of the first display source may be generated to derive corrected image input values corresponding to a desired output energy value at one or more illuminated points. The first display source may be controlled by applying the corrected input values.

Abstract: The present invention relates to projection systems where one or more projectors are utilized to project a video, a still image, or combinations thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods of calibrating and operating such systems. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of operating an image display system is provided. According to the method, one or more image sensors acquire respective overlapping portions I1, I2 of a projected image. Screen position coordinates for image fiducials in the first and second portions I1, I2 of the projected image are identified and used to establish first and second sets of distance metrics D1, D2 for the first and second portions of the projected image. A global point set is constructed from the first and second sets of distance metrics D1, D2. Global points within a region where the first and second portions I1, I2 of the projected image overlap are derived from only one of the first and second sets of distance metrics D1, D2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to projection systems where one or more projectors are utilized to project a video, a still image, or combinations thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods of calibrating and operating such systems. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of calibrating an image display system is provided. The system comprises one or more projectors oriented to project an image on a projection screen and one or more image sensors oriented to acquire an image projected on the projection screen. According to the method, the projector is operated to project a calibration image comprising one or more image fiducials on the image projection screen. The image sensor acquires the projected calibration image including the image fiducials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to multi-projector image rendering systems and methods for their operation. According to the present invention, a plurality of image projectors are coupled to an image processor and the system utilizes specialized image processing methodology to render an output image that is composed of pixels collectively rendered from the plural image projectors. As a result, the resolution of the rendered video can exceed the video resolution that would be available from a single projector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to projection systems where multiple projectors are utilized to create respective complementary portions of a projected image. More particularly, according to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of calibrating a multi-projector image display system is provided. According to the method, non-parametric calibration data for the display system is recovered and used to generate a non-parametric model of the display system. Local parametric models relating to the display surface of the projection screen are generated using canonical surface data representing the image projection screen. The local parametric models are compared with data points defined by the non-parametric calibration data to identify one or more local errors in the non-parametric calibration data.