Abstract: Improvements in an outside house vent that blocks embers, water and rain that can cause damage to a house of building. The prevention of fire and ember intrusion into a building prevents fires in homes where invalids and children are left alone. The prevention of water into structure further reduces the potential for mold growth in the attic or walls of a home or structure. The filtering further prevents intrusion of creatures such as but not limited to bugs, insects, bees, wasps, animals, critters and other flying and crawling animals from entering the building. The vent is a fireproof set of louver or filter pads with fire arresting screens that is passed through a wall that vents into the building. The vent can be installed on old and new construction to provide improved fire prevention, increase the value and salability in fire prone areas.

Abstract: A subsea production cooler module comprising: a core; a coiled tubing disposed around the core, wherein the coiled tubing comprises an inlet and an outlet; and a shroud at least partially encasing the core and the coiled tubing.

Abstract: An RFID cabinet system is provided for monitoring items having an RFID tag. System includes cabinet having open interior where items are stored and at least one door providing access to items. Static RFID system is provided for reading and identifying data embedded on RFID tag located on at least some of the items placed within cabinet. Static RFID system is configured to monitor substantially all items located within the interior of cabinet when door is closed. Transaction RFID system is provided for reading one of the RFID tags upon removal or return of the associated item from cabinet. Transaction RFID system is operable when door is open. Computer system is configured to sense opening and closing of door. Computer system is configured to receive input that identifies user, and computer system is configured to periodically record data read from RFID tags by static RFID system and transaction RFID system.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method of making nanoparticles and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to methods of making metal nanoparticles (MNPs). The invention also relates to antimicrobial uses of the nanoparticles.

Abstract: Apparatus for reducing data volumes, which apparatus comprises: (1) a source systems data profiler and extractor subsystem comprising: a. a fuzzy logic controller comprising fuzzyfier, inference, and output handling, b. type reducer outputting meta-keys (1b), c. a data numerifier (1c), and d. a data normaliser (1c); (2) a stage 1 data reduction subsystem (2) comprising: a. a two-step principle component analyser (PCA) having a covariance matrix calculator and an eigenvalues calculator, and b. a stage 1 fidelity analyser (2b) comprising: (i) a first dimensional reducer, (ii) a residual analysis classifier, (Hi) a comparator, and (iv) a classify failure type 1 module; (3) a stage 2 data reduction persistent homology machine (3) (PHM), comprising: a. a rips complex calculator performing a simplicial approximation, b. a homology and groups calculator, c. a persistent homology converter, d.

Abstract: A method for enhancing amidohydrolase activity of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH) is disclosed. The method comprising administering a phenoxyacylethanolamide that causes the enhanced activity. The enhanced activity can have numerous effects on biological organisms including, for example, enhancing the growth of certain seedlings. The subject matter disclosed herein relates to enhancers of amidohydrolase activity.

Abstract: A device comprising a shaft and a fastener. The device requires substantially no tools to apply while generally maintaining the basic shape of a common clevis pin and the robustness of a common cotter pin. The fastener passes through a bore hole in the shaft. A cap positions onto a shaft head, and includes a ridge that engages a slot in the shaft head. The cap and head have low profiles and are non-protuberant, so as to minimize snagging, inadvertent release, and/or damage to contacting objects. A plunger positions inside the shaft, passing through a plunger spring. The plunger spring provides a compressive force that presses against the fastener to hold it in place. Removing the cap reduces the compressive force. The shaft cannot be released by external pressure on the shaft head. A compressive element helps secure the fastener in a shaft cross bore.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for freezing a water-containing quantity of a biological entity or a formulation in a vessel using a mineral nucleator, to the use of the mineral as a nucleator and to a vessel with the mineral in or on the whole or part of a surface thereof.

Abstract: A method to provide a fractured subterranean formation is provided, the method including the steps of: providing a wellbore from a surface location to the subterranean formation; applying a friction reduction treatment to at least a portion of an inside surface of a casing; cementing the casing with the applied friction reduction treatment into at least a portion of the wellbore; and pumping into the wellbore a fluid at a pressure that exceeds a fracture pressure of the subterranean formation thereby forming at least one fracture within the subterranean formation wherein the fluid is in contact with at least a portion of the inside surface of the casing with the applied friction reduction treatment.

Abstract: An ankle replacement prosthesis comprising a cannulated tibial prosthetic stem component formed by a plurality of cannulated modular stem component pieces and tibial prosthetic instrumentalities and methods for installing the cannulated modular stem component pieces into a distal tibia and removing the cannulated modular stem component pieces from a distal tibia.

Abstract: In one example of exchanging medical imaging data between computer systems, input to execute a computer software application to exchange data with a server in a computer session is received while the computer executes another computer software application to exchange data with another server. In response to receiving the input, the computer software application is executed to provide multiple functionalities, one of which is a functionality to provide additional data to the server system using a mobile computer. In response to detecting the selection of the functionality to provide additional data to the server using the mobile computer, an identifier that identifies the computer session in which the data is being exchanged between the computer and the server is displayed at the computer. Data can be received using the mobile computer by scanning the identifier.

Abstract: Disclosed is an animal waste collecting device. The device includes a harness that includes an adjustable waist strap that is attached to a back strap and a pair of leg straps. The leg straps are connected by means of a connecting rod of a receptacle holder, wherein the receptacle holder is positioned adjacent to an animal's buttocks. The connecting rod includes a rotatable rod attached thereto, wherein the rotatable rod includes a pair of bag attachment rods for holding a disposable bag thereon. The connecting rod is connected to the pull straps so that when the pull straps are actuated, the connecting rod moves the rotatable rod and the bag attachment rods. In this way, the disposable bag can be automatically positioned to collect animal waste as the animal defecates, thereby eliminating the need for an animal owner to pick up animal waste by hand.

Abstract: A method for preparing hydro/organo gelators from disaccharide sugars by biocatalysis and their use in enzyme-triggered drug delivery. Controlled delivery of an anti-inflammatory, chemopreventive drug is achieved by an enzyme-triggered drug release mechanism via degradation of encapsulated hydrogels. The hydro- and organo-gelators are synthesized in high yields from renewable resources by using a regioselective enzyme catalysis and a known chemopreventive and anti-inflammatory drug, curcumin, is encapsulated in the gel matrix and released by enzyme triggered delivery. The release of the drug occurs at the physiological temperature and control of the drug release rate is achieved by manipulating the enzyme concentration and temperature. The by-products formed after the gel degradation clearly demonstrated the site specificity of degradation of the gelator by enzyme catalysis.

Abstract: A system is described for improving results of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems. ASR's typically match patterns of incoming sounds to phonemes associated with sounds in a specified language, then associates phonemes with words. ASR's typically consider combinations of up to three phonemes and up to three words. The limitation to small combinations of phonemes and words is one source of errors in ASR's. The invention described here post processes the output from ASR's. In one embodiment, the method forms long combinations of phonemes and words to improve ASR results. In another embodiment, the method detects errors by finding inconsistencies in the ASR's output and then corrects these errors. Other embodiments correct errors that are phonetically close to the correct words, determines the right list of words from a large expected list of sentences, and further improves recognition where word errors are phonetically close to the correct words.

Abstract: A method for preparing hydro/organo gelators from disaccharide sugars by biocatalysis and their use in enzyme-triggered drug delivery. Controlled delivery of an anti-inflammatory, chemopreventive drug is achieved by an enzyme-triggered drug release mechanism via degradation of encapsulated hydrogels. The hydro- and organo-gelators are synthesized in high yields from renewable resources by using a regioselective enzyme catalysis and a known chemopreventive and anti-inflammatory drug, curcumin, is encapsulated in the gel matrix and released by enzyme triggered delivery. The release of the drug occurs at the physiological temperature and control of the drug release rate is achieved by manipulating the enzyme concentration and temperature. The by-products formed after the gel degradation clearly demonstrated the site specificity of degradation of the gelator by enzyme catalysis.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium containing instructions for managing patient image information. One method includes displaying within a graphical user interface a list of dental patients on a portable computing device. The method also includes receiving a selection of a patient from the list from a user input and capturing at least one optical, extraoral photograph of the selected patient. The method further includes associating, on the portable computing device, the at least one optical, extraoral photograph with additional information including information identifying the selected patient, and transmitting the at least one optical, extraoral photograph and the additional information to a computer physically separate from the portable computing device for storage in an electronic record associated with the selected patient.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for trials onboarding. A server may receive a request to generate a trial instance of an organization providing data and functionality for a period of time. Data on the request may also be stored. The trial instance may be selected from a template based on an access channel corresponding to the request.

Abstract: There is disclosed a system adapted to transport two fluids, comprising a nozzle comprising a first nozzle portion comprising the first fluid; and a second nozzle portion comprising the second fluid, wherein the second nozzle portion has a larger diameter than and is about the first nozzle portion; and a tubular fluidly connected to and downstream of the nozzle, the tubular comprising the first fluid in a core, and the second fluid about the core; the first fluid comprising a crude oil having a total acid number greater than 1, and the second fluid comprising a basic solution having a pH greater than 8.

Abstract: A device comprising a shaft and a fastener. The device requires substantially no tools to apply while generally maintaining the basic shape of a common clevis pin and the robustness of a common cotter pin. The fastener passes through a bore hole in the shaft. A cap positions onto a shaft head, and includes a ridge that engages a slot in the shaft head. The cap and head have low profiles and are non-protuberant, so as to minimize snagging, inadvertent release, and/or damage to contacting objects. A plunger positions inside the shaft, passing through a plunger spring. The plunger spring provides a compressive force that presses against the fastener to hold it in place. Removing the cap reduces the compressive force. The shaft cannot be released by external pressure on the shaft head. A compressive element helps secure the fastener in a shaft cross bore.