Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for defining a data description model and a function description model for one or more of a plurality of machine-accessible public computing platforms; processing a complex task to define a plurality of discrete tasks each having a discrete goal; and executing the plurality of discrete tasks on the plurality of machine-accessible public computing platforms.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for defining a data description model and a function description model for one or more of a plurality of machine-accessible public computing platforms on a cloud-based computing resource; processing a complex task on the cloud-based computing resource to define a plurality of discrete tasks each having a discrete goal; and executing the plurality of discrete tasks on the plurality of machine-accessible public computing platforms via the cloud-based computing resource.

Abstract: A technique, comprising: removing a protective film from one side of a polarisation filter component to expose a dichroic doped polymer active film or a layer formed in situ on the dichroic doped polymer active film; and thereafter forming in situ on the side of the polarisation filter component one or more functional layers of a liquid crystal device.

Abstract: We disclose herewith a display device comprising a plurality of pixels. Each pixel comprises a first encapsulation layer; a second encapsulation layer; and a display medium disposed between the first and second encapsulation layers. The first encapsulation layer is disposed above an upper surface of the display medium and the second encapsulation layer is disposed below a lower surface of the display medium. A plurality of electrodes extends laterally through the display medium. The plurality of electrodes is oriented at an oblique angle relative to an axis extending between two opposing edges of the pixel.

Abstract: A device having a stack of layers defining source and pixel conductors at a first level, gate and common conductors at a second level, semiconductor channels between the source and pixel conductors and gate dielectric capacitively coupling the semiconductor channels to the gate conductors. The pixel and common conductors are configured such that, in use, a change in potential difference between the pixel and common conductors in a pixel region induces a change in one or more optical properties of a liquid crystal material in the pixel region.

Abstract: A technique of producing a liquid crystal device, comprising: providing a cell assembly comprising a liquid crystal material contained directly between (i) a polariser component comprising an active film and no more than one support film, and (ii) a first control component including a stack of layers defining electrical control circuitry; and containing further liquid crystal material directly between the polariser component of the assembly and another control component including another stack of layers defining electrical control circuitry.

Abstract: A technique, comprising: removing a protective film from one side of a polarisation filter component to expose a dichroic doped polymer active film or a layer formed in situ on the dichroic doped polymer active film; and thereafter forming in situ on the side of the polarisation filter component one or more functional layers of a liquid crystal device.

Abstract: A copolymer fiber is prepared from a composition that includes specific amounts of a block polyestercarbonate-polysiloxane and a flame retardant. The fiber has an equivalent circular diameter of 10 to 60 micrometers. Also described are a method of forming the fiber, and various articles incorporating the fiber, including woven fabrics, knit fabrics, and nonwoven fabrics.

Abstract: Techniques for dynamically extracting electronic health records are described. Some embodiments provide an Operational Intelligence Platform (“OIP”) that is configured to dynamically extract electronic health record data from a source customer database that represents health records in a hierarchical format, and store the extracted data in a clinical data engine that represents the health records in a manner that logically preserves the hierarchical format while providing a relational access model to the health records. The OIP may extract health-record data in substantially real-time by performing on-the-fly capture and processing of data updates to the source customer database. Such real-time extraction may be performed in cooperation with large scale, batch extraction of records from the source customer database.

Abstract: A device comprising: a stack of layers defining an array of transistors, wherein the stack of layers includes a surface conductor pattern defining (i) an array of gate conductors each providing the gate electrodes for a respective column of transistors, and (ii) an array of pixel conductors, each pixel conductor associated with a respective transistor, and connected via a semiconductor channel of the respective transistor to one of an array of row conductors, each row conductor associated with a respective row of transistors; wherein each gate conductor is configured to extend substantially completely around the pixel conductors of the respective column of transistors associated with the gate conductor.

Abstract: A display device for conformal mounting on a curved surface inclined at an oblique angle relative to a horizontal plane, the display device comprising: a plurality of pixels, a first set of conductive lines connected to the plurality of pixels; and a second set of conductive lines connected to the plurality of pixels, wherein the first set of conductive lines and the second set of conductive lines are arranged to define a shape of each of the plurality of pixels such that the pixels appear, to a viewer, to extend at least one of horizontally or vertically across the display device when the display device is mounted on the curved surface.

Abstract: A technique of producing a liquid crystal device, comprising: providing an assembly (D) comprising a liquid crystal material (24) contained directly between a polariser component (14, 10, 8, 12, 16) and a first control component including a stack of layers (2) defining electrical control circuitry; and containing further liquid crystal material directly between said polariser component of said assembly (D) and another control component (C) including another stack of layers (20) defining electrical control circuitry.

Abstract: A display device, comprising: a control component for electrically controlling the intensity of light transmitted therethrough from a backlight; and an optical component between said backlight and said control component configured to convert input light exhibiting at least one directional property substantially uniformly across an area at an input side of the optical component to output light exhibiting a substantial variation in said at least one directional property across a corresponding area at an output side of the optical component.

Abstract: A method of characterizing gas flow within a housing includes: positioning one or more gas flow sensors in the housing; introducing a gas flow into the housing; using the one or more gas flow sensors to generate two or more gas flow measurements at spaced-apart locations within the housing; and recording the two or more measurements to create a gas flow map.

Abstract: An array component for a display device, comprising: an array of active light-emitting elements in a matrix, wherein at least some of the active light-emitting elements at a periphery of the array of active light-emitting elements have a light-emitting area that is (i) smaller than other active light-emitting elements more remote from said periphery, and (ii) different to other active light-emitting elements at said periphery of the array; wherein said active light-emitting elements are arranged in rows, and wherein (i) one or more of said active light-emitting elements in a row and at a periphery of the array have centroids aligned in a direction substantially parallel to the direction of the rows with (ii) other active light-emitting elements also in said row and more remote from said periphery.

Abstract: A method of characterizing gas flow within a housing includes: positioning one or more gas flow sensors in the housing; introducing a gas flow into the housing; using the one or more gas flow sensors to generate two or more gas flow measurements at spaced-apart locations within the housing; and recording the two or more measurements to create a gas flow map.

Abstract: A method of characterizing gas flow within a housing includes: positioning one or more gas flow sensors in the housing; introducing a gas flow into the housing; using the one or more gas flow sensors to generate two or more gas flow measurements at spaced-apart locations within the housing; and recording the two or more measurements to create a gas flow map.

Abstract: Techniques for dynamically extracting electronic health records are described. Some embodiments provide an Operational Intelligence Platform (“OIP”) that is configured to dynamically extract electronic health record data from a source customer database that represents health records in a hierarchical format, and store the extracted data in a clinical data engine that represents the health records in a manner that logically preserves the hierarchical format while providing a relational access model to the health records. The OIP may extract health-record data in substantially real-time by performing on-the-fly capture and processing of data updates to the source customer database. During the real-time extraction, the OIP may also process a delay queue comprising a sequence of journal files that store modifications to the source database.

Abstract: Clinical activity network applications are described. Some embodiments provide an Operational Intelligence Platform (“OIP”) that is configured to generate a clinical activity network that uniformly represents actions and data updates occurring in a source healthcare system. Each clinical activity instance associates an action (or activity) with a context, a time, a user, and a patient or other subject. By analyzing collections of clinical activity instances, applications can identify patterns, processes, and relationships within the healthcare setting that would not necessarily be detectable when analyzing data from a single source, such as the source customer database.

Abstract: A method of characterizing gas flow within a housing includes: positioning one or more gas flow sensors in the housing; introducing a gas flow into the housing; using the one or more gas flow sensors to generate two or more gas flow measurements at spaced-apart locations within the housing; and recording the two or more measurements to create a gas flow map.