Abstract: A safe configured for holding valuables (137) includes a safe body (141) which bounds an interior area (270). The safe body is comprised of a plurality of engageable panels. A door (272) is releasable engageable with the body. The door includes a lock (284) that is changeable between locked and unlocked conditions.

Abstract: A system and method of allowing a network device to receive a customized version of a reference design is disclosed. In one embodiment, many values that may be subject to customization are no longer fixed by the reference design. Rather, the reference design utilizes rewritable non-volatile memory to store a set of customization values that can be changed, based on a customer's preference. The system also includes a configuration tool, which interfaces with the network device. Using vendor-unique commands, the configuration tool is able to initialize this set of customization values to the values requested by the customer. In operation, the reference design is downloaded into the network device. The configuration tool is then used to establish the customized parameters for a particular customer. This process allows the manufacturer to create one reference design, which can be customized without the need to modify the code or recompile the source code.

Abstract: Described herein are modified gall monomers that can contain one or more mutated cysteines and/or can be pegylated. Also described herein are modified gall dimers, trimers, and tetramers that can contain one or more modified gall monomers as described herein. Also described herein are pharmaceutical formulations containing a modified gall monomer, dimer, trimer, and/or tetramer. Also described herein are methods of making the modified gall polypeptides and complexes thereof. Also described herein are methods of using the modified gall polypeptides and complexes thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are surfactant free lyophilized formulations of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), such as anti-tissue factor ADCs, and reconstituted formulations, processes and uses thereof. The formulations are particularly suitable for an anti-TF ADC based on an auristatin derivative or other similarly hydrophobic drug. Typically, the excipients of the formulations comprise or consist of histidine, sucrose, trehalose, mannitol and glycine.

Abstract: A cerebrospinal diffusion phantom including a housing having a shape and size configured for insertion into a magnetic resonance coil in one or more preselected poses. A scaffold support structure is mounted on an interior of said housing and a plurality of elongated diffusion mimicking members supported on the support array. The elongated diffusion mimicking members are affixed to the scaffold support structure such that elongated diffusion mimicking members extend in directions needed to substantially emulate a 3 dimensional arrangement of cerebrospinal diffusion fiber tracts in a living organism; modules for elimination of resolution based-bias, angular accuracy evaluation, diffusion rate calibration, and quality assurance image referencing. Each elongated diffusion mimicking member includes an aqueous component which can undergo diffusion along the elongated diffusion mimicking member.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are simulated fibrous tissue models of anatomical parts for surgical training. The non-dissolvable simulated fibrous tissue model is made of a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and fibrous material composite to simulate realistic tissue properties and behaviors. The simulated fibrous tissue model may be a standalone model of an anatomical part or may be used in a complementary anatomical simulation kit to provide a more comprehensive training approach.

Abstract: A telecommunications system may include a distortion cancellation subsystem for use with a circulator device coupling an antenna to a transmit path and a receive path. The distortion cancellation subsystem may include a correction circuit and a cancellation circuit. In some aspects, the correction circuit may include a processing device or adaptive filter to correct imperfections in transmit signal samples generated by directional couplers. The correction circuit may also include a summing device to remove receive signal components from the transmit signal samples. The cancellation circuit may receive the output signal of the correction circuit via an adaptive filter. The output of the adaptive filter may be summed with a receive signal to minimize distortion of the receive signal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are surfactant free lyophilized formulations of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), such as anti-tissue factor ADCs, and reconstituted formulations, processes and uses thereof. The formulations are particularly suitable for an anti-TF ADC based on an auristatin derivative or other similarly hydrophobic drug. Typically, the excipients of the formulations comprise or consist of histidine, sucrose, trehalose, mannitol and glycine.

Abstract: A combination microwave and refrigerator system is provided. The microwave oven is connected to a source of power and has a control circuit for controlling the operation of the microwave oven. A first power supply outlet is provided on the microwave oven. A refrigerator is connected to the source of power by connection to the first power supply outlet. The control circuit is configured to disable the cooling operation of the refrigerator, when the microwave oven demands cooking power, and enable the cooling operation of the refrigerator when the microwave oven is not drawing cooking power. A safety sensor is provided in the microwave oven, and is configured to cause cooking power to the microwave oven to be turned off upon the safety sensor sensing a dangerous condition.

Abstract: Simulated tissue products and methods involving an enhanced simulated tissue product, the enhanced simulated tissue product formed from a polyvinyl alcohol material having a molecular chain length in a range of at least approximately 7000 vinyl alcohol repeat units; and water, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol material has a preferred molecular chain length in a range of at least approximately 7150 vinyl alcohol repeat units; wherein the aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution involves an additive, and, wherein the additive involves a plurality of nanoparticles. The simulated tissue products and methods are further useful with multi-metric surgery simulator devices, systems, and methods, such as those for training surgical tasks.

Abstract: A telecommunications system may include a distortion cancellation subsystem for use with a circulator device coupling an antenna to a transmit path and a receive path. The distortion cancellation subsystem may include a correction circuit and a cancellation circuit. In some aspects, the correction circuit may include a processing device or adaptive filter to correct imperfections in transmit signal samples generated by directional couplers. The correction circuit may also include a summing device to remove receive signal components from the transmit signal samples. The cancellation circuit may receive the output signal of the correction circuit via an adaptive filter. The output of the adaptive filter may be summed with a receive signal to minimize distortion of the receive signal.

Abstract: A system includes a plurality of clustered servers, a plurality of clients communicating with the plurality of clustered servers, and a grace database. Each of the plurality of clustered servers maintains a respective client recovery list. A client of the plurality of clients is configured to send a reclaim request to a server of the plurality of clustered servers. The grace database is configured to maintain an epoch value and a reclaim value. The epoch value indicates the current epoch, and the reclaim value indicates from which epoch reclaim is allowed. The server of the plurality of clustered servers is configured to maintain a client list and receive the reclaim request from the client. The client list indicates each client currently holding state on the server.

Abstract: The technology disclosed herein that may enable a client of a distributed storage system to recover a storage session after a failure occurs. An example method may include: identifying a storage session of a distributed storage service, the storage session comprising session data that corresponds to a storage object of the distributed storage service; providing, by a processing device of a client, an indication that the client is recovering the storage session; and obtaining, by the client, the session data of the storage session from one or more devices that accessed the storage object of the distributed storage service.

Abstract: A carbon dioxide capture system, fluid contactor and method are disclosed. In embodiments, a gas-liquid contactor unit is disposed along a process fluid flow axis and includes a contactor network of flow diversion barriers with flow voids for movement of process fluids therebetween. A plurality of heat exchange channels are provided in the flow diversion barriers to transport a heat exchange fluid through the contactor network. A heat exchange feed channel is provided to deliver feed of the heat exchange fluid to the heat exchange channels at multiple feed locations spaced along the flow axis. At least one heat exchange bypass channel may extend beyond the multiple feed locations to deliver a portion of the feed of the heat exchange fluid to additional heat exchange channels located downstream from the multiple feed locations for the heat exchange channels.

Abstract: A combination microwave and refrigerator system is provided. The microwave oven is connected to a source of power and has a control circuit for controlling the operation of the microwave oven. A first power supply outlet is provided on the microwave oven. A refrigerator is connected to the source of power by connection to the first power supply outlet. The control circuit is configured to disable the cooking operation of the refrigerator, when the microwave oven demands cooking power, and enable the cooling operation of the refrigerator when the microwave oven is not drawing cooking power. A safety sensor is provided in the microwave oven, and is configured to cause cooking power to the microwave oven to be turned off upon the safety sensor sensing a dangerous condition.

Abstract: A secured auditing system using verified hash algorithms is provided. The system integrates with existing databases (e.g., appointment databases) to receive and store auditable data in a system database. The system generates a hash (i.e., a digital signature) for each piece of auditable data received and stores the hash in the system database and on a decentralized blockchain platform for comparative auditing. The system is not confined to one blockchain platform and can interact with any existing blockchain or distributed ledger technology as it evolves.

Abstract: A refrigerator is wall-mounted. The refrigerator has a frame with an insulated compartment supporting a plurality of shelves, a front panel covering the frame and having at least one window for displaying refrigerated articles supported by the shelves, at least one door to access the articles supported by the shelves, a cooling unit, an air recirculation system having a warm air collector for collecting warm air and having a warm air channel for directing air through the cooling unit to provide cooled air, at least one fan, and a cold air channel for directing the cooled air back into the compartment and a mounting for anchoring the refrigerator with respect to a wall. The thermal efficiency of the refrigerator may be enhanced as described herein.

Abstract: A subtree pinning system includes a file system tree, a plurality of metadata servers, and a metadata server assignment system. The file system tree includes a plurality of subtrees. The metadata servers are configured to manage the plurality of subtrees. The metadata server assignment system is configured to receive a command to reassign a subtree to a first metadata server. The metadata server assignment system is also configured to remove an assignment of a second metadata server to manage the subtree and create an assignment of the first metadata server to manage the subtree. The metadata server assignment is further configured to prevent the subtree from being managed by another metadata server.

Abstract: A plant grow unit (10) includes a body (12) that bounds an interior area (14). Access to the interior area is controlled by a door (18). The interior area houses a plurality of grow lights (50) which are selectively operated in response to at least one control circuit (96) to provide suitable illumination and radiation for growing selected plants. Shelves (46, 48) are selectively positionable for supporting plants thereon. A plurality of sensors and devices in the interior area are operated responsive to the control circuit to maintain desired conditions for plant growth within the interior area and to indicate detected conditions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are anatomical simulators produced using three dimensional (3D) printing to produce interior components of the simulator. The method of producing void structures in an anatomical phantom, includes 3D printing one or more structures of one or more desired sub-anatomical features using a dissolvable material; supporting and enclosing the one or more structures in an interior of a mold of the anatomical phantom; filling a remaining internal volume in the interior of the mold between an outer surface of the one or more structures and an inner surface of the mold with a liquid precursor of a matrix material selected to mimic anatomical tissue and processing the liquid precursor to form a tissue mimic matrix material; and dissolving the one or more structures with a fluid selected to dissolve said dissolvable material to produce one or more internal cavities within the tissue mimic matrix material.