Abstract: Methods and systems of treating sleep disordered breathing in a patient suffering therefrom by activating one or more infrahyoid strap muscles are provided. Activation of one or more infrahyoid muscles can be accomplished by stimulating an ansa cervicalis, including one or both of the superior root and the inferior root of the ansa cervicalis, alone or in combination with stimulating the hypoglossal nerve.

Abstract: The present invention provides dosing regimens for administering pharmacological chaperones to a subject in need thereof. The dosing regimens can be used to treat disorders caused by improper protein misfolding, such as lysosomal storage disorders.

Abstract: Provided herein are compounds useful for the treatment of diseases caused by infections of T. gondii, and closely related parasites. These compounds, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof may be formulated in pharmaceutical compositions including veterinary compositions and may be used in methods of treatment and/or prophylaxis of disease.

Abstract: The present invention provides materials and methods of making materials, where at least one surface of the material utilizes an emulsion to controllably release active agents, which can include hydrophilic agents, into the surrounding environment. Preferably, the materials are ‘slippery’ in that liquid droplets and other compounds, such as aqueous fluids, organic compounds and microorganisms, are able to easily slide off the surface without adhering to the surface. The active agents released by the emulsion may include antimicrobial agents, antifungal agents, antibacterial agents and other molecules that can kill or otherwise reduce the number of the pathogens. The resulting materials have improved anti-fouling behaviors compared to many other existing types of anti-fouling surfaces.

Abstract: An interchangeable covering system is disclosed for selectively covering an opening in a substantially vertically oriented surface. In at least one embodiment, the system provides a pair of side brackets positionable on either the opening or the surface proximal to the opening. A roller tube is rotatably and removably engagable between the side brackets, an outer surface of the roller tube defining an elongated, recessed attachment strip extending an entire length of the roller tube. A top edge of an at least one flexible panel, sized for covering the opening, is removably engagable with the attachment strip of the roller tube such that the top edge of the panel sits substantially flush with the outer surface of the roller tube. A panel rail is removably engagable with an opposing bottom edge of the panel. In use, the system facilitates the easy swapping of one panel for another.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to devices and methods for synchronizing capturing of spectral images with the capturing of thermal images. A thermal imaging device of an aerial vehicle captures a sequence of thermal image of thermal images. Capturing of spectral images by a spectral imaging device of the aerial vehicle is synchronized with the capturing of the thermal images. Irradiance data indicative of a background temperature is sensed. A digital surface model of an area of interest is generated based on the sequence of spectral images. An emissivity of a target is estimated and a temperature of a pixel of the digital surface model of the target is estimated based on the sequence of thermal images, the irradiance data indicative of the background temperature and the estimated emissivity of the target.

Abstract: A stator assembly has coils in a distributed winding configuration. A poly-phase switched reluctance motor assembly may include a stator assembly with multiple coils in a distributed winding configuration. The stator assembly may have a central bore into which a rotor assembly having multiple poles is received and configured to rotate. A method of controlling a switched reluctance motor may include at least three phases wherein during each conduction period a first phase is energized with negative direction current, a second phase is energized with positive current and there is at least one non-energized phase. During each commutation period either the first phase or second phase switches off to a non-energized state and one of the non-energized phases switches on to an energized state with the same direction current as the first or second phase that was switched off. The switched reluctance motor may include a distributed winding configuration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of selective aromatization of cannabinoids. Such methods may be used, among other purposes, for the removal of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol from hemp extracts or other samples by selectively converting delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol to cannabinol using ortho-quinone catalysts.

Abstract: Information relating to a target molecule in a sample volume containing sample molecules is obtained by applying a sequence of temporally varying fields in a field direction to the sample volume caused by acoustic forces and/or by electromagnetic fields where the sequence of temporally varying fields is chosen to produce a sequence of at least two different perturbed molecular configurations for said target molecule in the sample and where the perturbed molecular configurations are at least in part correlated with the direction of said applied fields. A sequence of probe radiation is applied on the sample molecules and interaction radiation is collected for measuring amplitudes of the interaction radiation collected for a plurality of directions and/or polarizations which are related to the field direction. Where reference spectra are available from previous experiments, the method can be used for identifying a target molecule in the sample volume.

Abstract: A bathing wall system including a back wall, an end wall, and a coupler connecting the back wall and the end wall. The coupler includes a U-shaped receiving slot supported by the back wall, and a male connector supported by the end wall and received within the U-shaped receiving slot.

Abstract: An assembly can include a rotor that defines a rotor axis and that includes a number of permanent magnets; a stator that defines a stator axis, coaxially aligned with the rotor axis, and that includes a number of electropermanent magnets; and a controller that controls polarity of the electropermanent magnets to rotate the rotor about the rotor axis.

Abstract: A device is described herein for performing capsulotomies that improves temperature uniformity and current flow around a cutting element of the device. The device includes a series of features whose geometries help remove cold and/or hot spots from the cutting element while maintaining the mechanical strength of the cutting element. In an embodiment, a device includes a cutting element and one or more electrical leads for providing an electrical discharge to the cutting element. The device further includes wire tabs configured to conductively couple an electrical lead to cutting element. Each wire tab includes a central conductive path and one or more conductive shunt paths conductively separated by one or more slots. The device further includes anchor tabs that are each associated with a slot disposed along the circumference of the cutting element and positioned to at least partially separate an anchor tab from a portion of the cutting element.

Abstract: An exercise system includes a load bearing element having a control element. It further includes a resistance mechanism responsive to a signal from the control element. The signal from the control element is selectively rejected based on state information relating to a state of the load bearing element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a set of heterodimeric polypeptides and its uses, e.g. for generating multispecific antigen binders by polypeptide chain exchange.

Abstract: A Time of Flight (ToF) system includes an emitter array comprising one or more emitters configured to emit optical signals, a detector array comprising a plurality of detectors that are configured to output respective detection signals responsive to the optical signals that are reflected from a target, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to: control the emitter array to emit a first optical signal; and provide a plurality of activation signals to a subset of the plurality of detectors responsive to the first optical signal to activate respective ones of the detectors of the subset for a first duration to generate detection signals associated with the first optical signal. Respective ones of the plurality of activation signals are offset from one another by respective time offsets.

Abstract: Systems and methods for verifying wireless connections are provided. In one example, a method includes, at a computing system, responsive to initiating a wireless connection between a client device and a host device, generating a communication fingerprint of the client device based on at least one response characteristic of the client device, the at least one response characteristic based on a communication between the client device and the host device, the communication passing through each of a software layer of the client device and a hardware element of the client device. In this way, overall system security of a wireless connection between the host device and the client device may be increased.

Abstract: Example apparatus disclosed herein determine a first candidate duration of a session based on a first difference between a first time associated with a first start ping and a second time associated with a first end ping, the first start ping and the first end ping identified from a plurality of pings based on a first partitioning scheme. Disclosed example apparatus also determine a second candidate duration of the session based on a second difference between a third time associated with a second start ping and a fourth time associated with a second end ping, the second start ping and the second end ping identified from the plurality of pings based on a second partitioning scheme. Disclosed example apparatus further select at least one of the first candidate duration or the second candidate duration to represent the session based on a demographics model.

Abstract: An embodiment provides a lamp apparatus, including: at least one filament; an amount of amalgam; a heat-sink assembly connected to the lamp apparatus; and at least one control circuit comprising a heating element and a temperature measurement element connected to the at least one filament, wherein the control circuit varies the electrical power delivered to the heating element, thereby controlling an internal temperature of the lamp apparatus relative to a temperature set point. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: CONCEPT 1: A system that allows a user to define their needs/requirements concerning a migration event from a course workload to a target workload (without requiring the user to define technical details concerning e.g., target hardware/target infrastructure) and provides an assessment to the user for a tailored solution that achieves such needs/requirements. A method, computer program product, and computing system for identifying a specific migration scenario for a potential migration event from a source workload to a target workload; gathering migration information from a user concerning the potential migration event, wherein the migration information defines, in whole or in part, one or more performance requirements concerning the potential migration event; and processing the specific migration scenario and the migration information to generate a migration assessment concerning the potential migration event.

Abstract: A housing system for an image capture device includes a housing and a removable lens assembly. The housing is formed of an elastomeric material and defines a cavity for receiving the image capture device therein. The removable lens assembly includes a protective lens and is removably coupleable to the housing to protect a lens of the image capture device.