Abstract: Processes and compositions are provided for performing magnetibuoyant separations of different biomolecules (e.g., cells, organelles, etc.) in a biological sample, as well as compositions and kits for performing such methods. Compositions containing the separated biomolecules, and methods for using the same for in-vitro and in-vivo biomedical applications, are also provided. The magnetibuoyant methods of the invention employ targeted magnetic particles, preferably targeted nanomagnetic particles, and targeted buoyant particles such as buoyant microparticles and microbubbles. Among the benefits of the invention is the ability to combine targeted magnetic particles with differentially targeted buoyant particles to achieve separation of two or more specifically cell targeted populations during the same work flow.

Abstract: A method for acquiring a corrected nitrogen oxide and/or corrected ammonia value in an internal combustion engine by determining that the engine is in an overrun cut-off phase, interrupting an injection of urea, acquiring a nitrogen oxide reference value from a nitrogen oxide reference signal generated by a nitrogen oxide sensor and acquiring an ammonia reference value from an ammonia reference signal generated by an ammonia sensor, and acquiring a corrected nitrogen oxide value from a nitrogen oxide signal generated by the nitrogen oxide sensor during normal operation of the engine, taking into account the nitrogen oxide reference value, and acquiring a corrected ammonia value from an ammonia signal generated by the ammonia sensor during normal operation of the engine, taking into account the ammonia reference value.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for operating an injector of an internal combustion engine, the nozzle needle of said injector being operated by a piezo actuator by means of a servo valve. The method may include eliminating the idle travel of the piezo actuator by maintaining a permanent direct force connection between the piezo actuator and the servo valve, so that a change in force on the servo valve due to a change in pressure in the valve chamber when the servo valve is opened and closed and when the nozzle needle of the injector is closed is always transmitted to the piezo actuator as a change in force, detecting the resulting change in voltage and/or capacitance of the piezo actuator, and ascertaining parameters with which the injection quantity which is output by the injector is regulated based on the result of the detection.

Abstract: A method for adapting a characteristic curve of a nitrogen oxide sensor of a combustion engine with exhaust gas recirculation having the first nitrogen oxide sensor upstream of an SCR catalytic converter and a second nitrogen oxide sensor downstream of the SCR catalytic converter includes determining that a particle filter is in a regeneration phase, increasing the exhaust gas recirculation rate, interrupting the supply of urea by a urea injection device, acquiring first nitrogen oxide values from signals generated by the first nitrogen oxide sensor, determining that the first nitrogen oxide values are within a first nitrogen oxide interval, acquiring values from second nitrogen oxide signals generated by the second nitrogen oxide sensor, and determining that the second nitrogen oxide values are within a second nitrogen oxide interval, and adapting the characteristic curve of the first nitrogen oxide sensor by the second nitrogen oxide values.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for treating ER+, HER2? HRG+ breast cancer (e.g., metastatic ER+, HER2? breast cancer) in a patient by administering to the patient an anti-ErbB3 antibody (e.g., seribantumab), a CDK4/6 inhibitor (e.g., palbociclib), and an endocrine based therapy (e.g., letrozole or fulvestrant) according to a particular clinical dosage regimen (i.e., at a particular dose amount and according to a specific dosing schedule). Also provided herein are compositions and methods for treating ER+, HER2? HRG+ breast cancer (e.g., metastatic ER+, HER2? breast cancer) in a patient by administering to the patient an anti-ErbB3 antibody (e.g., seribantumab) and an endocrine based therapy (e.g., letrozole or fulvestrant) according to a particular clinical dosage regimen (i.e., at a particular dose amount and according to a specific dosing schedule).

Abstract: A processing method and a terminal device are provided. The processing method comprises, provided that a storage device stores an association relationship between a first communication identifier and a first device identifier corresponding to a terminal device, and the terminal device is not connected to the storage device, monitoring whether a predetermined condition is satisfied. The processing method further comprises, in response to monitoring that the predetermined condition is satisfied, performing a corresponding process. After the terminal device and the storage device are connected, the storage device stores an association relationship between a second communication identifier and a device identifier corresponding to the terminal device.

Abstract: The present invention includes a pedicle screw made with a bone fastener and a rod coupling head, the rod coupling head comprising an upper rod coupling: the lower rod coupling having a lateral rod opening adapted to receive a permanent rod; an angled bore extends into the lateral rod opening; and a permanent rod fastener in the angled bore to engage a permanent rod in the lateral rod opening; and a upper rod coupling having an upper rod opening adapted to receive a temporary rod, wherein the upper rod opening is formed to receive a temporary rod fastener; wherein the upper rod coupling is detachable from the lower rod coupling at a transition and a temporary rod is temporarily affixed into the upper rod opening during a bone realignment and a permanent rod is positioned in the lateral rod opening and engaged by the permanent rod fastener upon final bone alignment.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-ErbB2 antibody-drug conjugate, a composition comprising the conjugate, a method for preparing the conjugate, use of the conjugate.

Abstract: A system, computer-implemented method, and/or non-transitory computer-readable media may provide a warm start technique for cloud-hosted functions. This warm start technique may reduce latency associated with a time to execution of a cloud-hosted function, such as by determining a cloud-hosted function associated with an activated function graph and instantiating the cloud-hosted function ahead of its execution in association with the activated function graph (e.g. in anticipation of a later requested execution of the cloud-hosted function), and/or maintaining an already instantiated cloud-hosted function for a hold time that is dynamically determined for the cloud-hosted function (in anticipation of a later requested execution of the cloud-hosted function being made during that hold time).

Abstract: A receiving device, user equipment, communication system and a method for processing synchronization information are provided. The receiving device comprises a synchronization information processing apparatus configured to combine synchronization information of a plurality of frequency channels based on time and frequency.

Abstract: A system and method for translating data from a source language to a target language is provided wherein machine generated target translation of a source sentence is compared to a database of human generated target sentences. If a matching human generated target sentence is found, the human generated target sentence may be used instead of the machine generated sentence, since the human generated target sentence is more likely to be a well-formed sentence than the machine generated sentence. The system and method does not rely on a translation memory containing pairs of sentences in both source and target languages, and minimizes the reliance on a human translator to correct a translation generated by machine translation.

Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine is presented in which a noise characteristic value, which is representative of a measurement of a noise of the measurement signal of a respective exhaust gas probe, is determined as a function of a profile of the measurement signal of the respective exhaust gas probe. A pressure characteristic value, which is assigned to a respective cylinder, is determined as a function of a profile of a measurement signal of a crankshaft angle sensor and a profile of a pressure measurement signal of a cylinder pressure sensor. Respective actuation signals for actuating respective injection valves are adapted as a function of the pressure characteristic value and the noise characteristic value assigned to the respective cylinder, for the purpose of approximating an air/fuel ratio in the individual cylinders.

Abstract: An herbicidal composition and method. An oil dispersion is described including one or more base oils; an herbicide composition comprising an herbicide composition comprising a triazolinone, a 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase inhibitor, and a sulfonylurea; and a stabilizer comprising a phosphoric acid and/or a phosphoric acid derivative, and/or a mixture of phosphoric acid and/or phosphoric acid derivative with urea and/or a urea derivative; the dispersion demonstrating an enhanced spectrum of weed control and enhanced stability. A method of preparing an herbicidal composition and a method of controlling weeds are also described.

Abstract: A device having an active reversal protection system is described. The system includes a pair of MOSFETs connected to parallel battery power sources. When the batteries in one of the power sources are improperly installed, the voltage delivered by that power source closes the gate of its associated MOSFET. In normal operation, the MOSFETs are connected to a microprocessor configured to operate the device. In a preferred embodiment, the device is a lighting device incorporating a light emitting diode that is driven by the MOSFETs.

Abstract: A system and method for translating data from a source language to a target language is provided wherein machine generated target translation of a source sentence is compared to a database of human generated target sentences. If a matching human generated target sentence is found, the human generated target sentence may be used instead of the machine generated sentence, since the human generated target sentence is more likely to be a well-formed sentence than the machine generated sentence. The system and method does not rely on a translation memory containing pairs of sentences in both source and target languages, and minimizes the reliance on a human translator to correct a translation generated by machine translation.

Abstract: Dynamically by-passing a service function instance on a service chain after the service function instance has processed the first few packets of a traffic flow may improve the overall processing efficiency of the service chain. When using a control plane mechanism, a service function instance communicates a by-pass indication to a control plane entity to prompt the control plane entity to re-route remaining portions of the traffic flow around the service function instance. When using a data plane mechanism, a service function instance includes a by-pass indication in a service chain header (SCH) of a packet in a traffic flow, and forwards the packet to a data plane entity. The by-pass indication will prompt the data plane entity to re-route remaining portions of the traffic flow around the service function instance.

Abstract: A method for operating an electrostatic soot sensor by a voltage supply, having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a guard electrode that are electrically insulated from one another. A first electrical potential is applied to the first electrode, and a second electrical potential is applied to the second electrode by the voltage supply, such that a voltage arises between the first and the second electrode. A guard potential is applied to the guard electrode. The measuring current flowing between the first the second electrode is measured with a current-measuring element. In order to determine readiness of the electrostatic soot sensor and with which measuring errors caused by leakage currents can be compensated, to measure leakage currents the first electrode is disconnected from the first electrical potential, and the leakage current flowing between the guard electrode and the second electrode is measured with the current-measuring element.

Abstract: Packets of data can be processed by a chain or sequence of service functions which include both virtual and physical service functions. In one approach, the original header and/or payload of a packet is analyzed at a software switch to determine whether the packet should be processed by the chain. If such processing is indicated, a next service function to process the packet is identified. The packet is then forwarded to a virtualized or physical device which implements the next service function. A portion of the header, such as a MAC destination address, may be modified to direct the packet to the next function. Further, in some cases, a service function chain (SFC) header with a chain identifier may be added to, or removed from, the packet.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprises: obtaining, by the settlement device, a biometric feature of the user; determining, by the settlement device, that the obtained biometric feature matches a stored biometric feature, wherein the stored biometric feature corresponds to an account identifier; and in response to determining that the obtained biometric feature matches the stored biometric feature, performing, by the settlement device, a settlement of an account associated with the account identifier that corresponds to the stored biometric feature.

Abstract: A coflow identification method includes: obtaining a weighted matrix by means of learning according to historical data in the network, where the weighted matrix is used to minimize a feature distance between data streams belonging to a same coflow and maximize a feature distance between data streams belonging to different coflows; computing a feature distance between any two data streams in the network according to metrics in the data stream layer data feature, the application layer data stream feature distance, the terminal aspect data feature distance, and the weighted matrix; and dividing the data streams in the network into several cluster sets by using a clustering algorithm and according to the feature distance between the any two data streams in the network, where each of the several cluster sets is a coflow.