Abstract: The invention meets the needs above by providing a surfactant system, mixture or blend that can be used as a part of a soaking composition. The surfactant system is capable of forming emulsions with, and thus removing, oily and greasy stains. In a preferred embodiment the surfactant compositions of the invention can remove non-trans fat and fatty acid stains. The invention involves foaming soaking compositions that have some or part of the anionic surfactant present in the same replaced with an extended chain anionic surfactant.

Abstract: A controller includes a housing, and a handle extends from a portion of the housing. The housing defines an internal cavity. The housing includes a thumb plate, wherein the thumb plate comprises a touchpad, one or more actuators, and/or a joystick. The one or more actuators comprise buttons. The controller includes a logic board including a processor oriented in the internal cavity. The controller comprises a switch assembly oriented in the internal cavity and configured to engage the logic board. The handle comprises at least one trigger oriented for movement into the internal cavity. The trigger can include a magnet and magnetic sensor.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided. The apparatus may include a light-emitting diode (“LED”) light source having a front and a back. The apparatus may include a light-transmitting body. The light-transmitting body may have a surface. The surface may define a pattern. The light-transmitting body may have light-scattering grains bonded to the surface. The light-transmitting body may be disposed in a position that is in front of the LED light source. It may be that no structure that is configured to maintain the position intervenes between the LED light source and the light-transmitting body. The light-transmitting body may include glass, polymer or any other suitable material. The pattern may be formed in the glass, polymer or other material. The pattern may be molded, blown, grinded, sawn, cut, milled, drilled, applied or of any other approach.

Abstract: Systems and methods for sending a voice clip as a short message service (SMS) message in place of a voicemail providing include a provider device including an options screen, a cell site, and message management circuitry communicatively coupled to the cell site and a contact center. The provider device is structured to call a receiving device. If the provider device fails to receive an answer, the user of the provider device is presented with multiple options: leave a video recording in a text message, leave the voice clip in a text message, transcribe voice clip to text message, or leave a voicemail. The user of the provider device then selects one of the multiple options on the provider device. The provider device then transitions from a dialer to a message application and delivers the message to the receiving device.

Abstract: An article transparent to radiofrequency (RF) signals includes a substrate and a coating arrangement on the substrate. The coating arrangement includes a primer applied to and in physical contact with the substrate, a topcoat applied to and in physical contact with the primer layer, the topcoat including an organic polymer material, and nanoparticles dispersed throughout one of the primer and the topcoat. A content of the nanoparticles ranges from 0.1 wt % to 10 wt %.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hollow fiber carbon membrane, the method includes heating a polymeric precursor to a pyrolysis temperature that is greater than or equal to 900° C. and less than or equal to 1200° C., and pyrolyzing the polymeric precursor at the pyrolysis temperature in a pyrolysis atmosphere that comprises oxygen in an amount that is greater than 0 ppm and less than 200 ppm.

Abstract: Microbial cell lines suitable for industrial-scale production of organic acids and methods of making and isolating such cell lines, and using the cell lines for production of organic acids.

Abstract: An articulating implant holder system for heart valve repair or replacement has an implant configured to be secured to a heart valve annulus, an implant holder secured to the implant, an articulating handle assembly comprising a handle, a swivel pivotably secured to the handle at a first location and a connector pivotably secured to the swivel at a second location, an actuating cable secured between the handle and the connector to cause the swivel to move from a first position to a second position, and a latch removably secured to the implant holder. A plurality of sizer heads are configured to correspond to different sizes of heart valve annuluses and each of the plurality of sizer heads has a latching feature. A latching feature of the swivel is configured to removably snap on to the latching feature of each of the plurality of sizer heads and is configured to permanently snap on to the latch.

Abstract: A machine learning system and method for somatic mutation discovery are provided that provides improved identification of tumor-specific mutations. The improved identification of tumor-specific mutations may affect discovery of alterations and therapeutic management of cancer patients.

Abstract: There is described a foamed isocyanate-based polymer derived from a reaction mixture comprising: an isocyanate; a polyol composition comprising a first prescribed amount of polymer particles dispersed in a base polyol; a second prescribed amount of biomass-based carbonaceous particulate material; and a blowing agent. In one embodiment, the foamed isocyanate-based polymer having an Indentation Force Deflection when measured pursuant to ASTM D3574-11 which is within about 15% as that of a reference foam produced by omitting the biomass-based carbonaceous particulate material from the reaction mixture and increasing the amount of polymer particles in the polymer polyol composition to equal the sum of the first prescribed amount and the second prescribed amount.

Abstract: Solid rinsing, cleaning and/or sanitizing compositions for various applications are provided. In particular, solid compositions include a complex of urea and an acid having desirable storage stability previously unavailable in solid urea/acid compositions. Stable solid compositions are disclosed and methods of making the same to overcome conventional limitations associated with forming kinetically and thermodynamically stable solids that utilize urea/acid compositions.

Abstract: Example channel circuits, data storage devices, and methods for using an adjustable code rate based on an extendable parity code matrix are described. Data units may be read from a storage medium. Multiple sets of parity bits may be available for different data units, different sets of parity bits having a different number of parity bits corresponding to different parity matrices and desired code rates. A primary parity matrix may provide a base code rate and one or more extended parity matrices may provide increased code rates based on additional rows for increased decoding. Error correction code (ECC) decoding may be selectively performed based on the different sets of parity bits and corresponding parity matrices, resulting in the output of a decoded data units based on the data units from the read signal.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing a spam telephone call reducer are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving first telephone call data that reflects telephone calls received by a first user and second telephone call data that reflects telephone calls received by a second user. The actions further include comparing the first telephone call data and the second telephone call data. The actions further include determining that the first user received more spam telephone calls than the second user. The actions further include determining a first characteristic of the first user and a second characteristic of the second user. The actions further include determining an action that increases a similarity of the first characteristic to the second characteristic. The actions further include performing the action on the first characteristic.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for enhanced lighting. The apparatus may include a light-transmitting body. The apparatus may include a light projector. The projector may be configured to propagate into the light-transmitting body an incoming incoherent light. The projector may be configured to propagate into the light-transmitting body an incoming visible coherent light. Emerging coherent light within a visible wavelength range attributable to the incoming visible coherent light may have a first intensity. The first intensity may be greater than a second intensity. The second intensity may be an intensity of any emerging coherent light that is within the wavelength range and is attributable to the incoming incoherent light. Emerging light may be light that emerges from the light-transmitting body.

Abstract: Solid compositions and methods of making solids for various applications of use are provided. Liquid caustic is reacted with an organic molecule having at least one hydroxyl group, alkylene carbonates, and the like, to provide a solid caustic composition that is a contiguous solid. The compositions and methods reduce or eliminate the use of caustic beads (100% NaOH) in solid caustic compositions.

Abstract: Provided herein are fusion constructs including a biologically active agent such as an antibody or derivative thereof which is functionally linked with a functional moiety such as an LC3 protein or portion thereof. Also provided are compositions and exosomes including such constructs, as well as methods for preparing exosomes containing such constructs, and methods for delivering such constructs to cells. Methods and uses of such constructs and exosomes for treating diseases or disorders are also provided, in which the constructs trigger autophagy of disease-related cellular or cytoplasmic targets such as misfolded/aggregated proteins in neurodegenerative diseases, for example.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for generating radionuclides for use in production of radiopharmaceuticals; synthesizing the radionuclides generated and removing any unwanted products; measuring the quantity and activity level of the synthesized radionuclides; distributively delivering the radionuclides in appropriate quantities to modular cassette synthesis units in a modular cassette subsystem for contemporaneous/parallel production of radiopharmaceutical output and that allow reuse and/or quick, safe, and disposable replacement of portions of the subsystem; delivering non-radionuclide components to the modular cassette synthesis units as part of production of radiopharmaceutical output; measuring the quantity and activity level of each stream of radiopharmaceutical output; purifying the radiopharmaceutical output; dispensing individual doses in sterile vial(s); automatically producing labeling and dose related information; performing automated quality control on extracted samples of produced radiopharmaceuti

Abstract: An interface for enabling a computer device to utilize data property-based data placement inside a nonvolatile memory device comprises: executing a software component at an operating system level in the computer device that monitors update statistics of all data item modifications into the nonvolatile memory device, including one or more of update frequencies for each data item, accumulated update and delete frequencies specific to each file type, and an origin of the data item; storing the update statistics of each of the data items and each of the data item types in a database; and intercepting all operations, including create, write, and update, of performed by applications to all the data items, and automatically assigning a data property identifier to each of the data items based on current update statistics in the database, such that the data items and assigned data property identifiers are transmitted over a memory channel.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided that includes a semiconductor fin portion having an end wall and extending upward from a substrate. A gate structure straddles a portion of the semiconductor fin portion. A first set of gate spacers is located on opposing sidewall surfaces of the gate structure; and a second set of gate spacers is located on sidewalls of the first set of gate spacers. One gate spacer of the second set of gate spacers has a lower portion that directly contacts the end wall of the semiconductor fin portion.