Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes a cable jacket having an inner surface and an outer surface in which the inner surface defines a central bore along a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable and the outer surface defines the outermost extent of the cable. The optical fiber cable also includes at least one access feature disposed in the cable jacket between the inner surface and the outer surface. Further included are a first plurality of optical fiber bundles. Each optical fiber bundle includes a second plurality of optical fiber ribbons that has a third plurality of optical fibers arranged in a planar configuration. The optical fiber cable bends uniformly in all directions transverse to the longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I): and enantiomers thereof, and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula (I) and said enantiomers, wherein L1, L2, R1, R2, R3 and n are as defined herein. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and salts, and to methods and uses of such compounds, salts and compositions for the treatment of abnormal cell growth, including cancer, in a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: Techniques for providing suggested content is described. For example, a social networking system may receive, from an account of a social networking system, an indication of a selection of a first content item. The social networking system may determine that the first content item is associated with a first topic and may receive a request from the account to access a second content item associated with the first topic. The social networking system may then cause presentation of the second content item and may determine that the request meets or exceeds a threshold number of requests for content items associated with the first topic. Based on determining that the request meets or exceeds the threshold, the social networking system may cause presentation of a suggested content item associated with a second topic.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a plurality of receptacle modules configured to be received in corresponding module channels in a receptacle cage. Each receptacle module has a housing holding a contact assembly. The housing has a card slot at a front of the housing. The contact assembly has contacts terminated to ends of cables. The contacts have mating ends at the card slot to mate with a pluggable module received in the receptacle cage. The connector assembly includes an integrator having integrator walls forming a plurality of chambers. Each chamber receives the corresponding receptacle module. The connector assembly includes a latch coupled to the integrator. The latch configured to be latchably coupled to the receptacle cage.

Abstract: The disclosed technology teaches a method for interactively generating a graphical summary of a meeting that provides a reflection of a group's conversation with textual and graphical elements in a tapestry. The method comprises a combination of transcript analysis using natural language processing or other machine learning models and automatic selection of graphic symbols detected as relevant to the transcript by statistical analyses. The method further includes the ability to interact with a generated tapestry for additional customization, wherein a user's customization selection is fed back into the machine learning models to fine tune the result.

Abstract: A composite moldable splint and method for using the same is described. In some embodiments, the splint has at least a partially fluid-filled inner volume, which in some embodiments may include foam, rubber, water, or pelletized material, enclosed by a flexible liner, surrounded by a thermoplastic layer that is flexible and moldable when heated. The inner volume, which may include a thermoactive adhesive having differing viscosity characteristics at a plurality of temperatures, provides the ability to mold the cushion into a wide range of shapes and contours, such as when forming around a body part. The thermoplastic layer provides the ability of the cushion to be molded when heated, while the inner volume tends to maintain a shape, and allows the thermoplastic layer to stay in its formed shape as the cushion cools. The cushion may be used in a range of medical applications for stabilizing patients and body parts.

Abstract: A blood pump comprises a pump casing having a blood flow inlet and a blood flow outlet, and an impeller arranged in said pump casing and rotatably supported in the pump casing by a bearing so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation. The impeller has blades for conveying blood from the blood flow inlet to the blood flow outlet. The bearing comprises at least one stationary bearing portion coupled to the pump casing and having a stationary bearing surface that faces radially outwards. The bearing further comprises a rotating bearing surface interacting with the stationary bearing surface to form the bearing, wherein the rotating bearing surface faces radially inwards and is formed on an exposed radially inner edge of the blades. The blades are designed to draw blood deposit on the stationary bearing surface in a radially outward direction.

Abstract: The present invention comprises conjugates comprising a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) fusion peptide coupled to a cyclic PYY peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel conjugates are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders disclosed herein.

Abstract: A device to dispensing a compound has a movable support arranged in a device housing in order to act on the compound, and a rotary handle in order to move the support between a lower starting position and a maximum upper extended position of the support. The handle has a spindle which can be rotated about a longitudinal axis provided in the movement direction of the support. A spindle nut is additionally provided on the support. The spindle nut has a length in the direction of the longitudinal axis, the length being greater than the distance between the lower starting position and the maximum upper extended position in the movement direction of the support. According to another solution, a combination of the support, the spindle, and the compound can be inserted into the device housing from the top for connecting to the rotary handle.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are glucosyltransferases with modified amino acid sequences. Such engineered enzymes exhibit improved alpha-glucan product yields and/or lower leucrose yields, for example. Further disclosed are reactions and methods in which engineered glucosyltransferases are used to produce alpha-glucan.

Abstract: A method for controlling a printer includes receiving a set of first variables for the printer, determining, using a machine-learning program, one or more second variables based on the set of first variables, and controlling a printer to perform a print job based on the set of first variables and the one or more second variables. The first and second variables may correspond to different types of printer settings. The machine-learning program may determine the second variables using a classifier model that may prevent partial curing or drying, print media deformation and/or other defects.

Abstract: A method for providing financing in connection with product scanning self-checkout may include receiving user information associated with a self-checkout product scanning application, providing a link to a financing option for a transaction to purchase one or more items in a virtual cart of the self-checkout product scanning application for provision to a customer associated with the user information received, responsive to selection of the link by the customer, performing a credit extension decision with respect to a financing option based on the user information and transaction information associated with the transaction, and, responsive to an approval from the credit extension decision, financing the transaction by providing payment for the transaction to a merchant associated with the self-checkout product scanning application.

Abstract: A textile sheet (1), which is in the form of a three-dimensional multi-layer knit structure having at least three layers, characterized in that the first and third layers each have at least two portions, wherein the first layer (2) absorbs the liquid and transports the liquid to the intermediate layer (3) wherein the first layer has an upper portion which is hydrophobic and a lower portion which is hydrophilic, both portions being smooth knitted and plated; the second layer (3), namely the intermediate layer (3), absorbs and retains the liquid, the intermediate layer having hydrophobic transverse threads (3a), which interconnect the first and third layers, and the intermediate layer having a hydrophilic inlay; and the third layer (4) prevents the liquid from escaping from the material wherein the third layer has an upper portion that is hydrophobic and a lower portion that is waterproof, both portion being smooth knitted and plated.

Abstract: Customized updates are generated for instances of storage management software running on storage management servers in different storage systems. The filenames of class files used by each instance of the storage management software are stored in respective databases associated with those storage management software instances. Thread dumps are created and searched for class files of the storage management software to create a baseline. The baseline is updated by comparing class files used in response to UI actions and REST API calls and storing names of class files that are not already in the database. To update an instance of the storage management software, the class files of a general update are compared with the filenames in the database associated with the instance and non-matching files are omitted from the customized update foe that instance.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tissue engineering, and more particularly to a method for treating or repairing rotator cuff or other tendon tears or damage using scaffold-free, 3-dimensional engineered tendon constructs.

Abstract: Methods of enhancing efficiency of downstream chromatography steps for purification of proteins comprising: (a) passing a composition comprising a polypeptide of interest and various contaminants through an ion exchange membrane, wherein the polypeptide and the membrane have opposite charge, at operating conditions comprised of a buffer having a pH sufficiently distinct from the pi of the polypeptide to enhance the charge of the polypeptide and a low ionic strength effective to prevent the shielding of charges by buffer ions, which cause the membrane to bind the polypeptide and at least one contaminant, (b) overloading the ion exchange membrane such that at least one contaminant remains bound to the membrane while the polypeptide of interest is primarily in the effluent; (c) collecting the effluent from the ion exchange membrane comprising the polypeptide of interest; (d) subjecting the membrane effluent comprising the polypeptide of interest to a purification step of similar charge as the previous membrane,

Abstract: Systems and methods provide a flexible environment for intelligently scoring transactions from data sources. An example method includes providing a user interface configured to generate a rubric by receiving selection of one or more one or more conditions, each condition identifying a tag generated by a classifier in the library of classifiers and for each identified tag, receiving selection of a value for the tag that satisfies the condition and receiving selection of an outcome attribute for the condition. The outcome attribute may be a weight for the tag or an alert condition. The method includes storing the rubric in a data store and applying the stored rubric to scoring units of a transaction. The method also includes aggregating scores for transactions occurring during a trend period and displaying the trend score. In some implementations, at least one classifier in the library is a rule-based classifier defined by a user.