Abstract: A batting glove (10) has a cover member (12) defining a central opening and a plurality of finger elements (20) including a forefinger element (24) and a thumb element (22). The batting glove (10) has a web member (14) generally positioned between the finger element (20) and the thumb element (22). The web member (14) minimizes force against a thenar region of a wearer's hand from a bat in response to hitting a ball with the bat.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods for providing a therapeutic benefit to a patient. A method of treating a patient with a metabolic disease and/or a pancreatic disease includes: selecting a patient with a metabolic disease and/or a pancreatic disease; selecting one or more pancreatic deposit sites; advancing a depositing device comprising a at least one depositing element to the selected one or more pancreatic deposit sites; and delivering a treatment agent through the at least one depositing element into the selected one or more pancreatic deposit sites. Systems and devices are also described.

Abstract: Systems and methods for configuring a media playback device to connect to a local area network (LAN) and be controlled by a mobile device also configured to connect to the LAN are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes displaying screens on a graphical user interface on the mobile device indicating the status, scanning for Bluetooth low energy (BLE) devices using the mobile device, detecting a media playback device as a BLE device, connecting the mobile device to the media playback device using BLE, obtaining LAN connection information, configuring the media playback device to connect to the LAN using the BLE connection from the mobile device, and setting speaker configuration information for the media playback device using the graphical user interface.

Abstract: Filters are monitored. Color data is determined for a filter. A filter status for the filter is derived from the color data. An action is taken based on the filter status. The filter status may include a dirty status or an empty status for the filter. The action may include alerting a user based on the filter status. The filter may be illuminated prior to the determining of the color data for the filter.

Abstract: A system for non-invasive hematological measurements includes a platform to receive a body portion of a user and an imaging device to acquire a set of images of a capillary bed in the body portion. For each image, a controller detects one or more capillaries in the body portion of the finger to identify a first set of capillaries by estimating one or more attributes of each capillary (e.g., structural attributes, flow attributes, imaging attributes, or combinations thereof), wherein at least one attribute of each capillary meets a predetermined criterion. The controller also identifies a second set of capillaries from the first set of capillaries such that each capillary of the second set of capillaries is visible in a predetermined number of images of the set of images.

Abstract: An acoustic imaging system coupled to an acoustic imaging medium to define an imaging surface. The acoustic imaging system includes an array of piezoelectric acoustic transducers formed at least in part from a thin-film piezoelectric material, such as PVDF. The array is coupled to the acoustic imaging medium opposite the imaging surface and formed using a thin-film manufacturing process over an application-specific integrated circuit that, in turn, is configured to leverage the array of piezoelectric actuators to generate an image of an object at least partially wetting to the imaging surface.

Abstract: A circuit may be configured to reduce current leakage. The circuit may include a bias generator, a charge interface, and a charge controller. The bias generator may be coupled to a first voltage source and configured to generate a first current and provide a first voltage. The charge interface may be communicatively coupled to the bias generator and configured to mirror the first current into a second current. The charge controller may be communicatively coupled to the charge interface and configured to receive the second current from the charge interface and provide a second voltage. The bias generator may be further configured to perform an ultra-low leakage switching operation in which the first voltage is switched to a third voltage while reducing a first possibility of band-band tunneling leakage at the charge interface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for treating conditions such as chronic daily headache, cluster headache, tension headache, migraine, or acute headache of a patient. In example methods, a cryotherapy element is introduced into the nasal cavity or pterygopalatine fossa to cool or cryoablate at least one of a nasal nerve tissue or nasal blood vessel. The cryotherapy element may be introduced into the nasal cavity in a collapsed position, and prior to cooling a target treatment site may be expanded to an expanded configuration.

Abstract: Combine harvesters are provided for use in harvesting seed corn from corn plants in fields. In connection therewith, a method for producing such seed corn from the corn plants, for use in growing subsequent corn plants, includes measuring a moisture content of corn kernels on ears of the corn plants in the field and removing, by one of the combine harvesters, the ears of corn from the corn plants when the moisture content satisfies a threshold moisture content. The method then includes separating the corn kernels from cobs of the ears of corn onboard the combine harvester and collecting the separated corn kernels for use as seed corn, whereby one or more subsequent corn plants can be grown from the collected corn kernels.

Abstract: A query processing system operates by: receiving a first query request that indicates a first query for execution by a database system; determining a first plurality of query execution mode options for execution of the first query via the database system; generating first role reassignment restriction data for the first query based on a first plurality of query operators of the first query; selecting a first selected query execution mode from the first plurality of query execution mode options based on role reassignment modality corresponding to the first selected query execution mode comparing favorably to the first role reassignment restriction data; and generating a resultant for the first query by facilitating execution of the first query in accordance with the first selected query execution mode.

Abstract: An engine nacelle inlet is provided. The inlet comprises an inner barrel having a leading edge and a trailing edge. A segmented attach flange is connected to an outer circumference of the trailing edge of the inner barrel, wherein the segmented attach flange comprises a number of discrete attach flange fittings. An outer barrel having a leading edge and a trailing edge surrounds the inner barrel. A number of attachment brackets connect the outer barrel to the segmented attach flange. Each attachment bracket comprises two struts connected at a common point on the trailing edge of the outer barrel and connected at separate points on one of the attach flange fittings to form a truss. Each attachment bracket is connected to a separate respective attach flange fitting.

Abstract: A computing system may produce standardized compliance reports that may contains change requirements, test and security results, and approvals with validation and attaching the compliance report to change tickets. Compliance Automation application programming interface (API) into a software change workflow interface may enable the compliance reports to be constructed by software engineering teams while they use the software change workflow interface. The system may enable software engineering teams to generate a standardized software change management compliance reports that have a uniformity that helps auditors reviewing process.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for adversary alerting and processing. A system includes at least one hardware processor coupled to a memory and configured to retrieve log data associated with user access to network functionality. At least one security alert associated with the user access is generated based on the log data. One or more indicators of compromise and identification information of a user are extracted from the at least one security alert. Enriched metadata of the user is generated based on the identification information. A remediation action for the at least one security alert is performed based on the one or more indicators of compromise and the enriched metadata.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a class of bifunctional compounds that includes an IGF-2 polypeptide that specifically binds to a cell surface cation independent mannose-6-phosphate receptor (CI-M6PR), and a target binding moiety. The bifunctional compounds can trigger the CI-M6PR cell surface receptor to internalize into the cell a complex of the target and the bifunctional compound. The target can be an extracellular target protein such as a soluble protein or a membrane bound target protein. The target binding moiety can be an antibody or antibody fragment. Also provided are methods of using the bifunctional compounds for sequestration and/or lysosomal degradation of a target, e.g., an extracellular target protein associated with a disease or disorder of interest.

Abstract: Vaporizer devices for generating an inhalable aerosol are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a vaporizer device can include a receptacle, one or more heating elements positioned to heat the receptacle, and a cartridge configured to be inserted into the receptacle. The cartridge can include a container configured to heat vaporizable material when the heating element heats the receptacle, a lid with a plurality of first air inlets configured to direct air into the container, and a structure within the container, in which the structure is configured to direct the air through the vaporizable material to form a vaporized material.

Abstract: A content selector switch selects, based on a received request for content from a particular remote control device, a multicast network on which to provide the requested particular content. Each multicast network channel of the plurality of multicast network channels is mapped to a respective video channel and each remote control device in the facility (e.g., hotel) is mapped to a respective video channel that the TV controlled by the remote control device stays tuned to. The content selector switch performs the selection by identifying which remote control device in the facility sent the request and selecting the multicast network channel that is mapped to the RF video channel the identified remote control device is mapped to. The content selector switch then provides the specific content on the selected multicast network channel to a multicast-to-channel output device that provides the content on the RF video channel for the TV tuned to that RF video channel to display.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for preventing the unauthorized use and display of sensitive information contained within search results or within documents that are linked to by search results or electronic messages are described. A permissions-aware search and knowledge management system may continuously scan the content of documents and messages indexed by the system and detect that a document shared by link contains sensitive information. In response to detecting that the document has been accessed by at least a first number of different users or has the ability to be accessed by at least a second number of different users, the permissions-aware search and knowledge management system may adjust file permissions, adjust access control lists, selectively disable links to the document, and/or perform content redactions for the document such that some system users do not have the ability to view or access the sensitive information within the document.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for the prevention of bodily injuries through active monitoring of bodily postures, supporting a body while in or restricting a body from entering predetermined postures which heighten the body's susceptibility to injury, and alerting one or more entities (e.g., an apparatus user) of a body's susceptibility to injury is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method may include one or more operations including monitoring one or more bodily postures and/or bodily movements, storing data associated with bodily postures and/or bodily movements, determining a risk of injury associated with bodily postures and/or bodily movements, and alerting one or more entities when a risk of injury associated with bodily postures and/or bodily movements reaches a predetermined level.

Abstract: A process for production of chemical feedstocks from waste plastics, the process comprising providing a process configuration comprising a fractionation tower (1), a furnace (2), one or more coke drum(s) (3), and a pre-reactor (4), configured so that a bottoms stream (A) from the fractionation tower is mixed with an oligomeric stream (L) and supplied to the furnace, the product stream from the furnace (C) is supplied to a coke drum, and an overhead stream (D) from the coke drum is supplied back to the fractionation tower; wherein the oligomeric stream (L) is obtained as product stream from conversion of a waste plastics stream (B) in the pre-reactor, and has a weight average molecular weight of between 5,000 and 10,000 g/mol. Such process allows for the conversion of a wide variety of waste plastics into valuable chemical products.

Abstract: A storage network operates by: identifying a set of data objects having a common trait from a plurality of data objects for storage via the storage network; combining the set of data objects to produce a concatenated data object; encoding the concatenated data object in accordance with a dispersed encoding function to produce a set of encoded data blocks; and generating a mapping of the set of data objects to the set of encoded data blocks, wherein the mapping facilitates retrieval from the storage network of individual data objects of the set of data objects.