Abstract: A method of processing an aqueous hemicellulosic stream containing lignin, comprising: (a) contacting an aqueous hemicellulosic stream containing lignin with a C3-8 alkyl alcohol at elevated temperature and acidic pH; (b) separating the reaction mixture obtained from step (a) into an aqueous phase containing hemicellulose-derived monosaccharide and an organic phase containing C3-8 alkyl alcohol; (c) concentrating the organic phase obtained from step (b) to remove at least some C3-8 alkyl alcohol; (d) treating the residue from step (c) with water or an aqueous medium having an alkaline pH; and (e) recovering C3-8 alkyl alcohol from the product of step (d).

Abstract: In some embodiments, a wearable medical device system includes a processor configured to determine whether a patient requires electrical therapy to be provided via a plurality of therapy electrodes, the electrical therapy comprising discharging at least a portion of a stored electrical charge from an energy storage module, and if so, cause a fluid deploying mechanism to deploy a portion of the stored fluid to an interface between at least two therapy electrodes and the patient's skin prior to providing the electrical therapy, the deployed portion of fluid adapted to decrease the impedance measured by an impedance measurement circuit, and cause the fluid deploying mechanism to deploy an additional portion of fluid in response to the impedance measured by the impedance measurement circuit increasing above a threshold during the electrical therapy.

Abstract: A Wearable Cardiac Defibrillator (WCD) system is configured to be worn by a patient who carries a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device has a user interface that is configured to enable the patient to enter wireless inputs. The WCD system includes a communication module that is configured to establish a local comlink with the mobile communication device. The WCD system also includes a tethered action unit that has a user interface configured to enable the patient to enter action inputs. The WCD system can perform some of its functions in response to the action inputs or to the wireless inputs. Since the wireless inputs can be provided from the mobile communication device instead of the action unit, the patient is less likely to attract attention when entering them, and thus exhibit better compliance.

Abstract: Embodiments of a medical vial holder apparatus and system are disclosed. A main body has a mount engagement portion and a vial engagement portion. A facing wall is attached to the vial engagement portion thereby defining a vial retention cavity therebetween. A lever element is mounted to the main body for pivotal movement between a grip position and a release position. The lever element has a grip portion with a vial engagement face. A grip distance is defined between the vial engagement face and the facing wall. Movement of the lever element from the release position toward the grip position reduces the grip distance. Movement of the lever element from the grip position toward the release position increases the grip distance. The lever element is biased toward the grip position. A plurality of the apparatuses are adjustably mountable in line with one another by way of their mount engagement portions.

Abstract: A chemical delivery system includes a bulk container, a run/refill chamber, a first conduit and a second conduit. The bulk container stores a precursor. The run/refill chamber includes a plurality of spaced tubes having a plurality of surfaces for receiving the precursor in vapor form and storing the precursor in solid form. The first conduit connects the bulk container to the run/refill chamber for transporting the precursor from the bulk container to the run/refill chamber in vapor form. The second conduit connects the run/refill chamber to a deposition chamber for transporting the precursor from the run/refill chamber to the deposition chamber in vapor form.

Abstract: Provided herein are small molecule active metabotropic glutamate subtype-2 and -3 receptor negative allosteric modulators (NAMs), compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions.

Abstract: A chemical delivery system includes a bulk container, a run/refill chamber, a first conduit and a second conduit. The bulk container stores a precursor. The run/refill chamber includes a plurality of spaced tubes having a plurality of surfaces for receiving the precursor in vapor form and storing the precursor in solid form. The first conduit connects the bulk container to the run/refill chamber for transporting the precursor from the bulk container to the run/refill chamber in vapor form. The second conduit connects the run/refill chamber to a deposition chamber for transporting the precursor from the run/refill chamber to the deposition chamber in vapor form.

Abstract: A computerized method of routing customer interactions (call and chats) includes the following steps performed by a server computing device: creating a database with a document for every agent with a set of attributes identifying the types of customer interactions they service, receiving a set of call attributes associated with an incoming call; formulating a query of the call attributes against all agent profiles and returning a matching score for all available agents using Elastic Search; and routing the incoming call to a target agent with the highest score in the set of available agents, if there is at least one available agent; or a customer waiting queue, if there is no suitable agent achieving at least a minimum score.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine memory access integrity based on feedback from memory. An example apparatus includes an access reconstruction controller including an output, a first input configured to be coupled to memory, and a second input configured to be coupled to a memory signal generator; a comparator including a first input coupled to the output of the access reconstruction controller, a second input configured to be coupled to an arbiter, and an output configured to be coupled to the arbiter; and a data integrity monitor including an input coupled to the second input of the comparator and configured to be coupled to the arbiter and an output coupled to the output of the comparator and configured to be coupled to the arbiter.

Abstract: A Wearable Cardiac Defibrillator (WCD) system is configured to be worn by a patient who carries a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device has a user interface that is configured to enable the patient to enter wireless inputs. The WCD system includes a communication module that is configured to establish a local comlink with the mobile communication device. The WCD system also includes a tethered action unit that has a user interface configured to enable the patient to enter action inputs. The WCD system can perform some of its functions in response to the action inputs or to the wireless inputs. Since the wireless inputs can be provided from the mobile communication device instead of the action unit, the patient is less likely to attract attention when entering them, and thus exhibit better compliance.

Abstract: A data file system includes one or more files about a patient wearing a wearable cardiac defibrillator (WCD) system that has been assigned to them. The one or more files contain at least one patient identifier of the patient, compliance data about a history of the patient's wearing the WCD system, and possibly other data. The data file system can be accessed through a communication network when the patient uses a communication device. When so accessed, some of the contents can be viewed on a screen of the device, for example in the form of a website. In embodiments, the health care provider and friends and family can view such data and even enter inputs, which may create a situation that motivates the patient to comply better.

Abstract: There is disclosed a heat exchanger comprising at least one set of channels having a proximal end and a distal end, the set of channels comprising: a first channel defined by a first skin and a wall; and a second channel defined by a second skin and the wall, wherein the wall located between the first channel and the second channel comprises a first at least one aperture to allow fluid to pass through the wall from the first channel to the second channel.

Abstract: Provided herein are compounds that modulate the activity of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs), compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions comprising the compounds.

Abstract: There is disclosed a heat exchanger comprising at least one set of channels having a proximal end and a distal end, the set of channels comprising: a first channel defined by a first skin and a wall; and a second channel defined by a second skin and the wall, wherein the wall located between the first channel and the second channel comprises a first at least one aperture to allow fluid to pass through the wall from the first channel to the second channel.

Abstract: A system comprising a screen, client devices comprising processing devices that render an augmented or mixed reality interactive environment that is shared among the client devices, the augmented or mixed reality interactive environment including one or more virtual objects and narratives, wherein one or more of the client devices are configured to generate an individualized experience in the augmented or mixed reality interactive environment, a given one of the client devices including an output device configured to project images on the screen, the projected images associated with the augmented or mixed reality interactive environment, and an input device configured to receive user interactions with the augmented or mixed reality interactive environment. The system further comprises a server communicatively coupled to the client devices via a network, the server monitors the user interactions and modifies the one or more virtual objects and narratives.

Abstract: A material for use in lining pipes is disclosed. A warp-knitted tubular fabric (24, 64) in which the stitch used (for example a tricot stitch) is of a type that reconfigures as the tube is expanded radially to contract longitudinally is sufficiently flexible and compressible to enable it to conform to pipe structures. The fabric of this invention is infused with resin, which is cured once the liner is in place within the pipe. Potentially, this fabric may be thinner than known prior art materials, but exhibits comparable strength and conformability, which are necessary characteristics in the repair or rehabilitation of pipes. The use of a thinner fabric material reduces constriction of the pipe bore by repair and also offers the potential for cheaper lining material, as less resin is required. The fabric may be knitted from glass fibre yarn, which is non-toxic and a stronger material than generally used in the prior art.

Abstract: A tracking and guidance arrangement for a surgical robot system and related method are provided. The arrangement includes a patient-interacting device including an instrument engaged a distal end of a guide arm and a fiducial marker coupled to maxillofacial anatomy of the patient. A detector is connected to an articulating arm and co-operable therewith to be positioned adjacent to the fiducial marker, with the detector being configured to interact with the fiducial marker. A controller device is configured to receive data from the detector relative to the interaction thereof with the fiducial marker, to determine a spatial relation between the fiducial marker and the detector based on the data, to determine a spatial relation of the instrument relative to the fiducial marker, and to direct the instrument to interact with the maxillofacial anatomy of the patient according to the determined spatial relations.

Abstract: A data file system includes one or more files about a patient wearing a wearable cardiac defibrillator (WCD) system that has been assigned to them. The one or more files contain at least one patient identifier of the patient, compliance data about a history of the patient's wearing the WCD system, and possibly other data. The data file system can be accessed through a communication network when the patient uses a communication device. When so accessed, some of the contents can be viewed on a screen of the device, for example in the form of a website. In embodiments, the health care provider and friends and family can view such data and even enter inputs, which may create a situation that motivates the patient to comply better.

Abstract: The disclosed bushing assembly has a housing with a central bore for receiving a bushing sleeve that is dimensioned to fit a predetermined sway bar. The housing and sleeve have various combinations of mating projections and recesses that secure the sleeve in the housing. A bushing kit has a plurality of sleeves that are dimensioned to fit different predetermined sway bars and an appropriate sleeve can be selected at the time of installation. The housing and the sleeve are flexible.

Abstract: A medical device such as an external defibrillator delivers electrical therapy using a special pulse sequence. The special pulse sequence includes a defibrillation shock that is automatically followed by a quick succession of automatic post-shock anti-tachycardia (APSAT) pacing pulses. Because of the pacing pulses, the defibrillation shock can be of lesser energy than an equivalent defibrillation shock of a larger energy. Accordingly, the external defibrillator can be made physically smaller and weigh less, without sacrificing the therapeutic effect of a larger external defibrillator that would deliver a defibrillation shock of higher energy. As such, the defibrillator is easier to configure for transporting, handling, and even wearing.