Abstract: One or more embodiments include antimicrobial bandages with nanostructures, formation thereof, and usage thereof to facilitate wound healing. In one embodiment, a bandage apparatus that facilitates healing a wound is provided. The bandage apparatus includes a substrate having an attachment mechanism that facilitates removably attaching the substrate to a part of a body having the wound. The bandage apparatus also includes a nanostructure film provided on a surface of the substrate and configured to contact the wound when the substrate is attached to the part of the body having the wound, wherein the nanostructure film includes a plurality of nanostructures.

Abstract: Techniques for positional delivery and position encoding by oligonucleotides of biological cells for single cell RNA sequencing are provided. In one aspect, a method of positional delivery and encoding of cells in a biological sample includes: encoding the cells in the biological sample for single cell sequencing by delivering molecular probes inside the cells that encode a position of the cells in the biological sample. A system for positional delivery and encoding of cells in a biological sample is also provided.

Abstract: Techniques regarding the transportation and/or delivery of molecular cargo by exosomes are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a molecule, which can comprise a chemically modified molecular cargo bonded to a surface biomolecule of an exosome. The surface biomolecule can be located on a bilayer membrane of the exosome opposite a cytoplasm of the exosome.

Abstract: Techniques for positional delivery and position encoding by oligonucleotides of biological cells for single cell RNA sequencing are provided. In one aspect, a method of positional delivery and encoding of cells in a biological sample includes: encoding the cells in the biological sample for single cell sequencing by delivering molecular probes inside the cells that encode a position of the cells in the biological sample. A system for positional delivery and encoding of cells in a biological sample is also provided.

Abstract: There are provided a system, a method and computer program product providing a data-to-model challenge platform for enabling bidders publicly build, test, evaluate, validate and optimize AI models on proprietary data while at the same time avoiding the need to grant them access to the data itself. Rather, the bidder develops analytics on the enterprise’s data to solve a task desirable to the organization and submits the analytics for evaluation against other bidders. The offering organization evaluates all submissions from the bidders and rank submissions against each other using the same metrics, wherein the metrics for selecting the winning bidder can include response time, number and rate of attempts to solve the analytics, quality of results, code compactness, team size etc. Allowing the submissions of the bidders to be visible only to the offering organization can occur subject to an agreement that the offering organization and the bidder sign.

Abstract: Techniques regarding measuring a position and transcriptome of one or more cells from a biological sample are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a method, which can comprise covalently bonding a probe to a molecular structure located on a cell to label the cell according to a position of the cell with regards to a biological sample comprising the cell. The probe comprises an oligonucleotide sequence that can be indicative of the position.

Abstract: Techniques for positional delivery and position encoding by oligonucleotides of biological cells for single cell RNA sequencing are provided. In one aspect, a method of positional delivery and encoding of cells in a biological sample includes: encoding the cells in the biological sample for single cell sequencing by delivering molecular probes inside the cells that encode a position of the cells in the biological sample. A system for positional delivery and encoding of cells in a biological sample is also provided.

Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed to antimicrobial bandages with nanostructures, formation thereof, and usage thereof to facilitate wound healing. In one embodiment, a bandage apparatus that facilitates healing a wound is provided. The bandage apparatus comprises a substrate comprising an attachment mechanism that facilitates removably attaching the substrate to a part of a body comprising the wound. The bandage apparatus further comprises a nanostructure film provided on a surface of the substrate and configured to contact the wound when the substrate is attached to the part of the body comprising the wound, wherein the nanostructure film comprises a plurality of nanostructures.

Abstract: Bandage apparatus, methods, and antimicrobial bandages for facilitating wound healing by providing an antimicrobial functionality. A bandage apparatus includes a substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface. An attachment mechanism and a nanostructure film are provided on the first surface. The attachment mechanism facilitates removably attaching the substrate to a part of a body comprising a wound. The nanostructure film includes a plurality of nanostructures that contact the wound without puncturing the wound when the substrate is attached to the part of the body comprising the wound.

Abstract: Techniques regarding the transportation and/or delivery of molecular cargo by exosomes are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a molecule, which can comprise a chemically modified molecular cargo bonded to a surface biomolecule of an exosome. The surface biomolecule can be located on a bilayer membrane of the exosome opposite a cytoplasm of the exosome.

Abstract: Techniques regarding measuring a position and transcriptome of one or more cells from a biological sample are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a method, which can comprise covalently bonding a probe to a molecular structure located on a cell to label the cell according to a position of the cell with regards to a biological sample comprising the cell. The probe comprises an oligonucleotide sequence that can be indicative of the position.

Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed to antimicrobial bandages with nanostructures, formation thereof, and usage thereof to facilitate wound healing. In one embodiment, a bandage apparatus that facilitates healing a wound is provided. The bandage apparatus comprises a substrate comprising an attachment mechanism that facilitates removably attaching the substrate to a part of a body comprising the wound. The bandage apparatus further comprises a nanostructure film provided on a surface of the substrate and configured to contact the wound when the substrate is attached to the part of the body comprising the wound, wherein the nanostructure film comprises a plurality of nanostructures.

Abstract: A field effect transistor device includes: a reservoir bifurcated by a membrane of three layers: two electrically insulating layers; and an electrically conductive gate between the two insulating layers. The gate has a surface charge polarity different from at least one of the insulating layers. A nanochannel runs through the membrane, connecting both parts of the reservoir. The device further includes: an ionic solution filling the reservoir and the nanochannel; a drain electrode; a source electrode; and voltages applied to the electrodes (a voltage between the source and drain electrodes and a voltage on the gate) for turning on an ionic current through the ionic channel wherein the voltage on the gate gates the transportation of ions through the ionic channel.

Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for characterizing networks are presented. For example, a method of characterizing a network represented by a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges is provided. The method may be implemented on a processor device and includes calculating, for example, by the processor device, a passthrough count of at least a portion of the network. The passthrough count includes a count of a number of passthroughs in the at least a portion of the network. A passthrough includes one of the plurality of nodes, a directed edge of the plurality of edges coupled to the one of the plurality of nodes, and another edge of the plurality of edges coupled to the one of the plurality of nodes. At most one of the directed edge and the other edge is directed towards the one of the plurality of nodes. At most one of the directed edge and the other edge is directed away from the one of the plurality of nodes.

Abstract: A method of processing semiotic data includes receiving semiotic data including at least one data set P, selecting a function h, and for at least one of each data set P to be collected, computing h(P), destroying data set P, and storing h(P) in a database, wherein data set P cannot be extracted from h(P). The method further includes selecting a private key/public key (K, k) once for all cases, one of destroying the private key K and sending the private key K to a trusted party, and choosing function h as the public encryption function corresponding to k.

Abstract: A field effect transistor device includes: a reservoir bifurcated by a membrane of three layers: two electrically insulating layers; and an electrically conductive gate between the two insulating layers. The gate has a surface charge polarity different from at least one of the insulating layers. A nanochannel runs through the membrane, connecting both parts of the reservoir. The device further includes: an ionic solution filling the reservoir and the nanochannel; a drain electrode; a source electrode; and voltages applied to the electrodes (a voltage between the source and drain electrodes and a voltage on the gate) for turning on an ionic current through the ionic channel wherein the voltage on the gate gates the transportation of ions through the ionic channel.

Abstract: A field effect transistor device includes: a reservoir bifurcated by a membrane of three layers: two electrically insulating layers; and an electrically conductive gate between the two insulating layers. The gate has a surface charge polarity different from at least one of the insulating layers. A nanochannel runs through the membrane, connecting both parts of the reservoir. The device further includes: an ionic solution filling the reservoir and the nanochannel; a drain electrode; a source electrode; and voltages applied to the electrodes (a voltage between the source and drain electrodes and a voltage on the gate) for turning on an ionic current through the ionic channel wherein the voltage on the gate gates the transportation of ions through the ionic channel.

Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for characterizing networks are presented. For example, a method of characterizing a network represented by a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges is provided. The method may be implemented on a processor device and includes calculating, for example, by the processor device, a passthrough count of at least a portion of the network. The passthrough count includes a count of a number of passthroughs in the at least a portion of the network. A passthrough includes one of the plurality of nodes, a directed edge of the plurality of edges coupled to the one of the plurality of nodes, and another edge of the plurality of edges coupled to the one of the plurality of nodes. At most one of the directed edge and the other edge is directed towards the one of the plurality of nodes. At most one of the directed edge and the other edge is directed away from the one of the plurality of nodes.

Abstract: A field effect transistor device includes: a reservoir bifurcated by a membrane of three layers: two electrically insulating layers; and an electrically conductive gate between the two insulating layers. The gate has a surface charge polarity different from at least one of the insulating layers. A nanochannel runs through the membrane, connecting both parts of the reservoir. The device further includes: an ionic solution filling the reservoir and the nanochannel; a drain electrode; a source electrode; and voltages applied to the electrodes (a voltage between the source and drain electrodes and a voltage on the gate) for turning on an ionic current through the ionic channel wherein the voltage on the gate gates the transportation of ions through the ionic channel.

Abstract: A method (as well as system and signal-bearing medium) of processing biometric data, includes receiving biometric data including a data set P, selecting a secure hash function h, and for each data set P to be collected, computing h(P), destroying the data set P, and storing h(P) in a database, wherein data set P cannot be extracted from h(P).