Abstract: A collecting system with a magnetically coupled sample mover is provided for flow cytometry and cell sorter systems. The collecting system uses magnets in a driver carriage to control the position of other magnets in a follower carriage. The driver carriage can thereby control the position of the follower carriage without physically touching the follower carriage.

Abstract: A smart personal safety device includes a chemical irritant that may be dispersed by a user in the event of a threat by an attacker. The smart personal safety device includes an alert signal sent when the user activates the smart personal safety device, sending an alert signal to a mobile device for security alert management by software contained on the mobile device.

Abstract: An attachment system includes a lateral member and an attachment interface. The attachment interface is configured to selectively engage with an attachment to facilitate releasably coupling the attachment to a vehicle. The attachment interface includes a first connecting plate coupled to the lateral member proximate a first end of the lateral member and a second connecting plate coupled to the lateral member proximate an opposing second end of the lateral member. Each of the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate includes (i) an upper interface positioned at an upper end thereof and (ii) a lower interface positioned at a lower end thereof. The upper interface of each of the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate defines a first aperture. The lower interface of each of the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate defines a second aperture.

Abstract: An incorrect transmission, of a record of data to a distributed ledger system, can be prevented. A first signal can be received. The first signal can include a first instruction to cause the record to be transmitted to the system. One or more items of information in the record can be determined. A delay of time to be elapsed, before a transmission of the record to the system, can be set in response to a receipt of the first signal and a determination of the one or more items. The transmission of the record to the system can be caused to occur after the delay has elapsed. The transmission of the record to the system can be prevented in response to a receipt of a second signal before the delay has elapsed. The second signal can include a second instruction that supersedes the first instruction.

Abstract: Providing a state of desired effects (SDES) simultaneously on one or more presentation devices using a system having one or more switchers, each switcher having a unique identification code, activation parameters that control when the switcher is operable to send activation signals, and one or more triggers. Each trigger has a trigger identification code associated with a set of one or more presentation devices or associated with another switcher and another trigger, and triggering criteria relating to an occurrence of a particular event. One method includes activating a first switcher, receiving, at the activated first switcher, event information indicative of the occurrence of a particular event, determining if the event information meets triggering criteria for a trigger of the first switcher, and in response to the event information meeting triggering criteria for a trigger of the first switcher, activating the trigger of the first switcher that meets the triggering criteria.

Abstract: A system and a method for controlling an electronic device embedded in a package of a consumer product are disclosed. In one aspect, the consumer product packaging includes a bottle for a beverage, a memory, a receiver and a circuit. The memory stores an action to be performed in response to an input. The receiver receives the input indicative of movement of the bottle. The circuit retrieves the action stored in memory upon receipt of the input and command an electronic communication module to perform the action at a particular time or in a particular sequence.

Abstract: An engine braking system includes engine braking actuators for adjusting exhaust valve timings to engine braking timings in a cylinder-number braking mode. The system further includes an engine braking controller coupled to a control switch that produces a request indicating a requested cylinder-number braking mode. The engine braking controller is structured to transition exhaust valves to the engine braking timings, determine a control term to adjust intake air pressure for varying a braking power of the engine, and to adjust geometry of an exhaust turbine based on the control term. An adjusted speed of a compressor rotated by the exhaust turbine provides a change to intake air pressure that adjusts the braking power of the engine. Different levels of braking power are provided within different cylinder-number braking modes.

Abstract: A method of screening a test compound, e.g., a fibrosis or IPF inhibitor, for induction of an unjammed-to-jammed transition (UJT) in fibrotic primary human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs) isolated from a subject with a fibrotic lung disease includes culturing the fibrotic primary HBECs at an air-liquid interface for a time sufficient to provide a differentiated pseudostratified epithelium contacting the cultured cells with the test compound; and monitoring the motility of the cultured cells to identify the cultured cells as moving or stationary; wherein stationary cultured cells indicate that the test compound induces the UJT. Also included are methods of identifying lung fibrosis biomarkers.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and/or uses of oligonucleotide conjugates for assays and flow cytometry detections and related systems and/or kits. Certain methods are directed to a method for detecting one or more biological targets of a sample in a detection assay, comprising: providing a molecular probe, comprising a binding moiety and an oligonucleotide sequence, to a sample comprising one or more biological targets; binding the one or more biological targets with the binding moiety; providing a detectable component to the sample, wherein the detectable component comprises a signal generating moiety conjugated to an oligonucleotide sequence complementary to the oligonucleotide sequence of the molecular probe; hydridizing the oligonucleotide sequence of the target-bound molecular probe to the detectable component; and detecting a signal generated from the hydridized detectable component. Various other embodiments, applications etc. are disclosed herein.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided that allow for high-availability, redundant, cryptographically secure storage of secret data and other data on a blockchain. In an embodiment, a plurality of shards of secret data are received from a user and encrypted with shard manager public keys. The encrypted shards are stored on an authoritative blockchain, allowing for secure storage and use of the secret data by the owner and/or the blockchain.

Abstract: An incorrect transmission, of a record of data to a distributed ledger system, can be prevented. A first signal can be received. The first signal can include a first instruction to cause the record to be transmitted to the system. One or more items of information in the record can be determined. A delay of time to be elapsed, before a transmission of the record to the system, can be set in response to a receipt of the first signal and a determination of the one or more items. The transmission of the record to the system can be caused to occur after the delay has elapsed. The transmission of the record to the system can be prevented in response to a receipt of a second signal before the delay has elapsed. The second signal can include a second instruction that supersedes the first instruction.

Abstract: Punch assembly that enable selective securement and release of punch tips to a punch body (or holder) of the assemblies, wherein various retain/release systems can be used with the punch body, specifically relative to triggering mechanisms of such systems and their functioning and use with ancillary components relative to securing and releasing the punch tip, without adversely affecting long-term efficiency and effectiveness of the assemblies.

Abstract: An erroneous transmission, of a record of data, to a distributed ledger system can be prevented. A first operation can confirm that a format of a content within the record of data is correct. A second operation can confirm that formats of elements of a set of information, about authorizations used to cause the record of data to be communicated via the distributed ledger system, are correct. A third operation can confirm that subject matters of the elements and a subject matter of the record of data are the same. A fourth operation can retrieve credentials associated with entities that produced the elements. A fifth operation, using the credentials, can confirm that the entities that produced the elements were authorized to produce them. A sixth operation can confirm that the set of information is sufficient to authorize causing the record of data to be communicated via the distributed ledger system.

Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and devices for escrow of master keys and recovery of previously escrowed master keys may be disclosed. A method for escrow of master keys may include registering a root certificate authority (CA) within each of two first-party hardware security modules (HSMs), initializing each of three third-party HSMs as master escrow recovery devices, performing a bootstrap operation on an authoritative blockchain to generate three master keys, generating a first set of master key shard ciphertexts using a first one of the three master escrow recovery devices, a second set using a second one of the three master escrow recovery devices, and a third set using a third one of the three master escrow recovery devices, and storing the first, the second, and the third set of master key shard ciphertexts as opaque objects in each of the two first-party HSMs.

Abstract: A system to detect and resolve conflicts between different experiments running on a website building system (WBS). The system includes at least one processor, a conflict resolver to check for interactions and conflicts between an experiment and at least one other existing experiment from a set of existing experiments in the WBS, when the experiment is set-up or integrated into the set of existing experiments. The conflict resolver either resolves the interactions and conflicts, or allows the interactions and conflicts to remain. The system also includes an experiment manager running on the at least one processor to manage and coordinate the experiment and the at least one other existing experiment when the experiment is running concurrently with the at least one other existing experiment, after set-up or integration of the experiment.

Abstract: Tooling and corresponding tool assembly configurations equipped with exemplary designs of tracking assemblies configured to track information, such as use history, and perform a variety of processing and storage functions relative to the same for more efficient use and maintenance of the tooling over their lifetimes. The tracking assemblies can have retrofit-ready constructions.

Abstract: An erroneous transmission, of a record of data, to a distributed ledger system can be prevented. A first operation can confirm that a format of a content within the record of data is correct. A second operation can confirm that formats of elements of a set of information, about authorizations used to cause the record of data to be communicated via the distributed ledger system, are correct. A third operation can confirm that subject matters of the elements and a subject matter of the record of data are the same. A fourth operation can retrieve credentials associated with entities that produced the elements. A fifth operation, using the credentials, can confirm that the entities that produced the elements were authorized to produce them. A sixth operation can confirm that the set of information is sufficient to authorize causing the record of data to be communicated via the distributed ledger system.

Abstract: A website building system (WBS) that enables web site designers to build and host websites for their end users. The WBS includes at least one processor and an experiment manager running on the at least one processor to manage multiple concurrent experiments at runtime with the experiments to test at least features, components or system updates for the WBS and where the experiment manager at least selects a target population for an experiment, handles conflict resolution between the experiment and at least one other concurrent experiment, and collects experiment data. The WBS also includes an experiment analyzer to analyze the experiment data during runtime and to update the experiment manager accordingly.

Abstract: The invention provides diagnostic and therapeutic targets for pulmonary disease, in particular, fibrotic lung disease. The inventors have found that a genetic variant MUC5B gene is associated with increased expression of the gene, increased risk of developing a pulmonary disease, and an improved prognosis and survival among those developing the pulmonary disease.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides high-performance immunoreagents for use in a variety of immunologic assays and other related techniques. The immunoreagents comprise a primary antibody and a bridging antigen, wherein the bridging antigen is recognized by a detectable secondary antibody with high affinity. Also provided are compositions comprising panels of immunoreagents specific for multiple different target antigens and compositions comprising pairs of primary immunoreagents and their complementary detectable secondary antibodies. The paired primary immunoreagents and secondary antibodies are useful in a variety of immunologic assays, particularly in highly multiplexed assays, where the structure of the bridging antigen is varied in tandem with variation in the detectable secondary antibody, such that a multiplicity of immunoreagents are provided that are capable of simultaneously detecting a multiplicity of target antigens in a single assay.