Abstract: The present invention relates to an epoxy composition comprising a) an epoxy resin; b) a curing agent; and c) a bio-based epoxy compound having a structure I: The composition according to the present invention can be used as a structural adhesive, a coating and a primer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an epoxy composition comprising a) a cycloaliphatic epoxy resin; b) a curing agent; and c) a bio-based epoxy compound having a structure I: The composition according to the present invention can be used as a structural adhesive, a coating and a primer.

Abstract: Provided are concepts for generating an indicator of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a subject. In particular, an elasticated bag suitable for inflation is utilised, such that a change in a measurable characteristic of the elasticated during exhalation of the subject is detected. The change in the measurable characteristic may be analyzed so as to generate an indicator of COPD. Thus, this indicator may be used by a skilled professional in deciding whether to further investigate the possible presence of COPD.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for using prediction models for predicting values, the medium comprising instructions for receiving a plurality of entry identifiers, instructions for receiving a value for each of the plurality of entry identifiers, instructions for determining whether the value for each of the plurality of entry identifiers has changed and a magnitude of the change, instructions for building a model for predicting a time-to-value change, instructions for building a model for predicting a future magnitude of change, instructions for performing a simulation using the model for predicting the time-to-value change and the model for predicting the future magnitude of change and instructions for outputting a confidence interval.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing at least one vinyl ether compound of formula (1) and to a vinyl ether compound of formula (1) preferably obtainable by the methods according to the invention. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a polymer obtainable by polymerizing the vinyl ether compound of formula (1) according to the invention, to an adhesive comprising the at least one polymer according to the invention and to the use of at least one vinyl ether compound of formula (I) according to the invention or at least one polymer according to the invention for the production of UV adhesives, cationic curings or 1-component or 2-component systems.

Abstract: The present invention refers to polyetherpolyols which are characterized by a low content of cyclic by-products as well as to a method for producing the polyetherpolyol and an adhesive composition comprising the same.

Abstract: A method for generating virtual patients, including: collecting patient data including features for a plurality of patients; clustering the plurality of patients based upon the features to define patient data sub-groups in the plurality of patients; determining the homogeneity of the patient data sub-groups; and generating virtual patients for each patient data sub-group that represent the features of the patient data sub-group.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a monomer for chain growth polymerization, in particular anionic polymerization, said monomer having the general formula (EFL) wherein: Ra is a C1-C30 alkyl, C3-C30 cycloalkyl, C6-C18 aryl or C2-C12 alkenyl group. The present invention is further directed to a process for the anionic polymerization of at least one compound (EFL) as defined above, wherein said anionic polymerization is conducted in the presence of an initiator selected from the group consisting of: alkali metal organyls; alkali metal alkoxides; alkali metal thiolate; alkali metal amides; and compounds of an element of group 3a of the Periodic Table of the Elements. The process of anionic polymerization yields a homo- or co-polymer (p-EFL) having pendant lactone functional groups in its repeating units.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a polyesterpolyol which is obtained by reaction of at least one diol with at least one primary hydroxy group and at least one secondary hydroxy group with a saturated aliphatic dicarboxylic acid comprising a carbon chain of at least 12 carbon atoms. The invention further relates to an adhesive composition containing the polyesterpolyol, in particular a polyurethane adhesive composition.

Abstract: A method for assigning a care plan to a patient, the method including: clustering patients based upon input patient data; producing a care plan frequency distribution for each cluster based upon the care plans assigned to each patient in the cluster; and assigning, for each cluster, the most frequent care plan from the frequency distribution for each cluster to each patient in that cluster.

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method of determining an updated set of words for use in an auditory verbal learning test, AVLT, on a first subject, the method comprising receiving, by a processing unit, an initial set of words for use in an AVLT, wherein the initial set comprises a predetermined number of a plurality of words stored in a database; processing, by the processing unit, the initial set to determine feature values for the initial set; extracting, by the processing unit, one or more words from the database based on a desired level of similarity between the feature values associated with the one or more extracted words and the feature values of the initial set; and selecting, by the processing unit, one or more of the extracted words to include in an updated set of words for use in an AVLT for the first subject.

Abstract: A system configured to analyzing an individual's strategic cancellation test identification plan, comprising: a cancellation test pattern with a plurality of different symbols; a target symbol; a processor configured to: (i) receive an identification of a plurality of symbols within the visual cancellation test pattern; (ii) receive location information for each identified symbol; (iii) convert the location information to a polar coordinate; (iv) adjust by a first factor the polar coordinate of each identified symbol corresponding to a clockwise rotation, and adjust by a second factor the polar coordinate of each identified symbol corresponding to a counterclockwise rotation; and (v) analyze the adjusted polar coordinates to determine the strategic cancellation test identification plan; and a user interface configured to provide a report comprising the determined strategic cancellation test identification plan.

Abstract: A method for clustering patients based upon unlabeled patient medical data, including: receiving a first feature of interest from a first user; extracting first patient data from a first patient database based upon the first feature of interest; labeling the extracted first patient data based upon the first feature of interest; producing a first customized distance measure using a classifier on the labeled patient data; extracting first unlabeled patient data from a second patient database; clustering the first unlabeled patient data using a clustering technique and the first customized distance measure to produce first clustered results.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a selective reduction of specific aldehydes and ketones to their corresponding alcohols.

Abstract: Provided is a system and method for facilitating data analysis performance with respect to analysis of individuals having one or more health conditions. The system comprises one or more processors configured to obtain profile information regarding profiles, each of the profiles indicating one or more health conditions or an individual having one or more health conditions; obtain probability information regarding probabilities of an individual developing health conditions, each of the probabilities being a probability of an individual developing a health condition; for each profile of the profiles, determine a relationship between the profile and one or more other profiles that are different from the profile with respect to at least one health condition, the determination of the relationship being based on one of the probabilities of an individual developing the at least one health condition; and generate a data structure representative of the profiles based on the determined relationships.

Abstract: According to an aspect there is provided an apparatus for determining a measure of the physical fitness of a subject, the apparatus comprising a processing unit that is configured to receive a first measurement signal from a first sensor that measures the force or pressure exerted on an object by the subject over time, the first measurement signal comprising measurements representing the force or pressure exerted on the object during a first movement in which the subject sits down on the object and/or during a second movement in which the subject stands up after sitting on the object; and analyze the first measurement signal to determine the measure of the physical fitness of the subject.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a system for providing model-based population insight generation. In some embodiments, the system (i) obtains a data collection representative of a population of individuals; (ii) determines a grouping of the data collection to obtain groups representative of a plurality of individuals each having at least one attribute of a plurality of attributes; (iii) determines (a) a statistic for each attribute of the plurality of attributes for each of the groups, (b) whether there is a difference between the statistic of an attribute of a group and the statistics of the attribute of the other groups, and (c) whether a measure of significance for each difference of the differences exceeds a predetermined threshold; (iv) generate insight information reflecting the difference between a type of individual and other types of individuals relative to the attribute; and (v) effectuates presentation of the insight information.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to reactive (moisture curing) plasticizers; adhesives and sealants containing the plasticizers and methods of bonding and sealing substrates with adhesives and sealants containing the plasticizers.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a system configured to provide computer-assisted generation of human-interpretable query suggestions reflective of clustering-obtained groups. The clustering may be performed on a large dataset representative of entities, each of the entities having at least one attribute. For each of the groups, the system may: add an attribute to a set of attributes based on the attribute being common to at least some entities of the group; add another attribute to the set of attributes based on the other attribute being common to at least some of the group's entities that have the set of attributes and on a quantity threshold being satisfied by a quantity of the group's entities that has the set of attributes other than the other attribute; and generate a query suggestion based on the set of attributes such that the query suggestion is configured for obtaining results reflective of the group.

Abstract: According to an aspect there is provided a computer-implemented method of monitoring a person, the method comprising (i) receiving medication schedule information regarding a person, the medication schedule information indicating the timing of medication doses for treating or suppressing one or more symptoms of a medical condition; (ii) setting a first monitoring interval for a first monitoring event for the person based on the received medication schedule, wherein the first monitoring interval starts before a first medication dose is scheduled to be taken in which a first monitoring event can be initiated; (iii) initiating a first monitoring event for the person in the first monitoring interval and monitoring the person for one or more characteristics associated with the one or more symptoms of the medical condition during the first monitoring event; (iv) setting a second monitoring interval for a second monitoring event for the person, wherein the second monitoring interval starts before a second medication