Abstract: A method of treating inflammatory bowel disorders, such as ulcerative colitis, comprises administering an IL-23 inhibitor, such as an anti-IL-23p19 antibody (e.g., guselkumab) and a TNF-? inhibitor, such as an anti-TNF-? antibody (e.g., golimumab).

Abstract: A system for powering a prosthetic arm is disclosed. The system includes at least one internal battery located in the prosthetic arm, at least one external battery connected to the prosthetic arm, and a master controller configured to connect either the at least one internal battery or the at least one external battery to a power bus to power the prosthetic arm.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in a cerclage procedure includes a flexible support member and a plurality of compression members disposed along the flexible support member. Each of the compression members has a connecting feature through which a suture used during the cerclage procedure is passed. Each of the compression members transforms a radially-compressive force applied by the suture into a radial pressure applied against the cervix.

Abstract: A method and apparatus forms clusters of co-located devices by correlating measurable quantities that are observed by the devices. Devices, both fixed and mobile, may be clustered according to spatially defined locations by receiving a plurality of observations of measurable metrics from the devices; scoring the plurality of observations to define a cluster state at each of the spatially defined locations, wherein the cluster state comprises a plurality of measurable quantities; assigning the devices to a cluster of a plurality of clusters; after assigning the devices to the cluster, receiving additional observations of measurable metrics from the devices; and autonomously updating the cluster states in based on the additional observations.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing customer encountered issue resolution are disclosed. To manage the customer encountered issue resolution, tickets for the customer encountered issues may be managed to reduce suffering and reduce the rate of ticket churn. To do so, customer pain levels may be identified and used to prioritize resource deployment for ticket resolution. The tickets may be classified into groups for resolution via automated or human-assisted processes, which may be limited in capacity. To ascertain the pain levels of the customers, communications from the customers may be emotionally analyzed to identify emotions present in the customers. The identified emotions may be used to identify whether performed remediation processes for resolving the customer encountered issues were successful, and to what extent they were successful.

Abstract: To simplify assisting a user in their day-to-day activities, a communication for performing an action may be sent to a user in the form of a query, where the query includes the most likely set of choices for the action arranged in a group of dichotomous (e.g., yes/no) or multiple choice answers. In this manner, a user may respond to the query by simply selecting one of the dichotomous or multiple choice answers. Historical logs of past actions, responses, queries, and so forth, may be used to predict future user actions or needs, and to formulate future queries for sending to the user. These techniques may be implemented, for example, through a remote coordination server or directly through a user's personal electronics device.

Abstract: A prosthetic arm apparatus comprising a plurality of segments that provide a user of the prosthetic arm apparatus with substantially the same movement capability and function as a human arm. The segments are connectable to one another and connectable to a harness mount that may be adorned by the user. Each segment of the plurality of segments provides a portion of the movement capability, enabling the plurality of connected segments connected to the harness mount to provide substantially the same movement capability as that lacking in the user.

Abstract: An apparatus for atomic scale processing is provided. The apparatus may include a reactor and an inductively coupled plasma source. The reactor may have inner and outer surfaces such that a portion of the inner surfaces define an internal volume of the reactor. The internal volume of the reactor may contain a fixture assembly to support a substrate wherein the partial pressure of each background impurity within the internal volume may be below 10?6 Torr to reduce the role of said impurities in surface reactions during atomic scale processing.

Abstract: Forward-looking sales activities are poorly served by existing Customer Relationship Managements systems, as the customer information those systems maintain by definition does not include the speculatively interested “leads” pursued in initial sales contacts. An Enrichment database, asynchronously loaded with corporate and optionally individual contact information in anticipation of use, provides real-time access to information in support of such first customer contacts. The Enrichment information may also be used to expedite creation and revision of CRM records.

Abstract: A prosthetic arm apparatus comprising a plurality of segments that provide a user of the prosthetic arm apparatus with substantially the same movement capability and function as a human arm. The segments are connectable to one another and connectable to a harness mount that may be adorned by the user. Each segment of the plurality of segments provides a portion of the movement capability, enabling the plurality of connected segments connected to the harness mount to provide substantially the same movement capability as that lacking in the user.

Abstract: An apparatus for atomic scale processing is provided. The apparatus may include a reactor (100) and an inductively coupled plasma source (10). The reactor may have inner (154) and outer surfaces (152) such that a portion of the inner surfaces define an internal volume (156) of the reactor. The internal volume of the reactor may contain a fixture assembly (158) to support a substrate (118) wherein the partial pressure of each background impurity within the internal volume may be below 10?6 Torr to reduce the role of said impurities in surface reactions during atomic scale processing.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described that provide a backend micro-code architecture and a front-end user agent. For example, the user agent may accept an instruction that contains one or more components of an opcode. The backend system may receive the instruction and provide it to a bifurcated process. The first part of the process can decode the instruction and execute a series of search queries that correspond with the instruction. The second part of the process can receive the search results, create a data model/script that can be read by the user agent, and return/embed the data model/script to the user agent. The user agent may search the data model locally at the user device to reduce the number of electronic communications between the backend and front-end. The user agent can enable the user to dynamically create a new search by selecting different combination of the five components of an opcode.

Abstract: A method and computing apparatus for determining shareholder identifiers associated with the significant event occurrence a is described. The method and computing apparatus determines a significant event occurrence associated with a change in a daily closing share count, obtains shareholder records associated with the significant event occurrence, and identifies at least one reference record for each obtained shareholder record based on a share count range and a custodian identifier.

Abstract: Forward-looking sales activities are poorly served by existing Customer Relationship Managements systems, as the customer information those systems maintain by definition does not include the speculatively interested “leads” pursued in initial sales contacts. An Enrichment database, asynchronously loaded with corporate and optionally individual contact information in anticipation of use, provides real-time access to information in support of such first customer contacts. The Enrichment information may also be used to expedite creation and revision of CRM records.

Abstract: A method and computing apparatus for determining a probabilistic threshold event is described. The method and computing apparatus obtains shareholder records, reference records, and custodian records, processes the records, and uses a classifier with a threshold to determine when a probabilistic event has occurred.

Abstract: A method and computing apparatus for determining a likelihood of custodian accuracy specifying whether a custodian of shares of a security associated with the shareholder records is accurate is described. The method and computing apparatus obtains shareholder records associated with transactions on a secondary market of a security, and upon determining that the likelihood of custodian accuracy is low, determines at least one new custodian of shares of the security corresponding to the shareholder records of the shareholder identifier.

Abstract: In an example, a method of manufacturing a MEMS device includes forming a via. The method also includes depositing metal in the via and depositing a first layer of a non-photoactive organic polymer on the metal. The method includes baking the first layer of the non-photoactive organic polymer. The method also includes depositing a second layer of the non-photoactive organic polymer on the first layer of the non-photoactive organic polymer after baking the first layer of the non-photoactive organic polymer. The method includes baking the second layer of the non-photoactive organic polymer. The method also includes etching the first layer and the second layer of the non-photoactive organic polymer.

Abstract: This invention concerns a method of filming a subject to be projected as a Pepper's Ghost image. The method may comprise filming a subject under a lighting arrangement having one or more front lights for illuminating a front of a subject and one or more backlights. The lights may be controlled such that the total brightness of the one or more front lights, as measured of the subject, is less than or approximately the same as the total brightness of the one or more backlights, as measured at the subject. The subject may be located directly above one or more floor lights such the subject is illuminated from below by the one or more floor lights.

Abstract: A system for powering a prosthetic arm is disclosed. The system includes at least one internal battery located in the prosthetic arm, at least one external battery connected to the prosthetic arm, and a master controller configured to connect either the at least one internal battery or the at least one external battery to a power bus to power the prosthetic arm.