Abstract: A cart includes a platform and a plurality of wheels supporting the platform. A plurality of retractable shelves are supported on the platform. The plurality of retractable shelves are reconfigurable between a deployed position and a retracted position. In the deployed position, a plurality of totes (or other smaller objects) can be supported on the shelves. In the retracted position, the cart is in an L Cart configuration. The platform is uncovered by the shelves and a larger item (or several larger items) can be placed on the platform.

Abstract: The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for neuromodulation that include applying energy (e.g., ultrasound energy) into the tissue to cause a change in a glucose transporter pathway molecule and/or an incretin pathway molecule. In one embodiment, the neuromodulation is performed as a treatment of a metabolic disorder.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of shielding mechanics for personal protective equipment and more specifically relates to the external shielding of a transparent glass or armor curved and laminated on its periphery, which has an argon chamber for automobile windows that does not requires modification of door or window frames; since it proposes a new solution with a reinforced flange that is established in the armor and not in the frame of the vehicle, made up of a perimeter steel flange, glass of different sizes, reinforcing polycarbonates and an argon chamber that makes it light, thin, which does not fog up due to temperature changes and blocks external bullet impacts but is permissive to the passage of bullets towards the outside of the vehicle due to internal impact.

Abstract: The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for neuromodulation that include applying energy (e.g., ultrasound energy) into an internal tissue to cause tissue displacement and identifying that the tissue displacement has occurred. In one embodiment, the presence of tissue displacement is associated with a desired therapeutic or physiological outcome, such as a change in a molecule of interest.

Abstract: The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for following a treatment protocol having one or more treatment parameters to cause a targeted physiological outcome at a distal site, assessing an expression level of a gene in a region of interest after completing the treatment protocol, and modifying the one or more treatment parameters based on the expression level of the gene. The treatment protocol may include one or more ultrasound energy treatments to the region of interest.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to techniques for inducing physiological perturbations in a subject via neuromodulation, e.g., peripheral neuromodulation of a region of interest of an organ. The nature and degree of the perturbations may be related to the subject's clinical condition. Accordingly, an assessment of one or more characteristics of the perturbations may be used to determine a clinical condition of the subject.

Abstract: The invention includes sample preparation cartridges and apparatuses. The invention provides means for lysing and optionally selectively capturing at least one compound in a sample to purify, concentrate, and/or select for the at least one compound. The invention can be used in conjunction with a sample processing instrument to create a fully-automated or near-fully-automated sample workflow.

Abstract: A heating device may include a substrate and a heating element disposed on a surface of the substrate. The heating element may include an ohmically resistive coating having a layer thickness of 2 to 300 microns. The ohmically resistive coating may include at least 30% by weight of at least one ductile or malleable metal and a plurality of electrically resistive particles. The ohmically resistive coating may be deposited via the at least one of the cold spray and the solid state deposition performed at a temperature below at least one of a melting temperature and a partially softening temperature of the at least one ductile or malleable metal. The ohmically resistive coating may exhibit less heterogeneity and porosity than a thermally sprayed coating, may have a density of 90% or greater, and may have a porosity of 10% or less.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for configuring a set of language model neural networks, e.g., a first large language model and a second smaller-sized language model, and performing a machine learning task on new inputs using the set of language model neural networks. Configuring the language model neural networks and performing a machine learning task can include leveraging the ability of a first large language model to follow prompt-engineered instructions and perform chain-of-thought reasoning, while also fine-tuning a second, smaller language model neural network to optimize the machine learning task performance.

Abstract: The invention includes sample preparation cartridges and apparatuses. The invention provides means for lysing and optionally selectively capturing at least one compound in a sample to purify, concentrate, and/or select for the at least one compound. The invention can be used in conjunction with a sample processing instrument to create a fully-automated or near-fully-automated sample workflow.

Abstract: The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for neuromodulation that include applying energy (e.g., ultrasound energy) into an internal tissue to cause tissue displacement and identifying that the tissue displacement has occurred. In one embodiment, the presence of tissue displacement is associated with a desired therapeutic or physiological outcome, such as a change in a molecule of interest.

Abstract: Apparatus comprising: a sleeve adapted to be slid over the exterior of an endoscope; a proximal balloon secured to the sleeve; an inflation/deflation tube carried by the sleeve and in fluid communication with the interior of the proximal balloon; a push tube slidably mounted to the sleeve; and a distal balloon secured to the distal end of the push tube, the interior of the distal balloon being in fluid communication with the push tube, wherein the distal balloon is capable of assuming a deflated condition and an inflated condition, and further wherein when the distal balloon is in its deflated condition, an axial opening extends therethrough, the axial opening being sized to receive the endoscope therein, and when the distal balloon is in its inflated condition, the axial opening is closed down.

Abstract: Methods and systems for manufacturing a transdermal sampling and analysis device for non-invasively and transdermally obtaining biological samples from a subject and determining levels of analytes of the obtained biological samples are provided. A method of manufacturing the device may improve performance and includes forming channel structures on the lid of the device, thereby making the spacer/channel support structures physically independent and separable from the sensing electrode. Other methods of manufacturing the device may improve performance and include forming at least one of the electrodes on each of the base and the lid, and forming a recessed second spacer layer over the channel support structures, thereby separating the channel support structures and the electrode on the lid to allow a larger area of the electrode to be exposed to the biological sample.

Abstract: An adjustable tubular insulator, such as for insulating a pipe, has a body having a width, a thickness, a length, and a longitudinal slit extending the length of the body. The width and the thickness define a first inner diameter. The body is sized and configured for engaged receipt of a first pipe size having first outer diameter. The body has first and second longitudinal seams at first and second predetermined distances from the longitudinal slit. The first and second longitudinal seams demark first and second detachable insulator strips having different predetermined widths. One or both of the detachable insulator strips may be selectively removed or repositioned to reduce the width of the body such that the body is sized and configured for engaged receipt of a second pipe size, the second pipe size having an outer diameter less than the first outer diameter.

Abstract: An exemplary method comprises receiving information associated with a game-playing transaction conducted between a user device and a game-playing terminal, wherein the game-playing transaction is associated with a request for playing a game; determining a location of the user device associated with the game; determining the user device is located in an approved location associated with the game; and processing the game-playing transaction based on determining the user device is located in the approved location associated with the game. The game-playing transaction is conducted on a first communication interface, and the information associated with the game-playing transaction is received on a first or second communication interface.

Abstract: A battery electrode composition includes a population of jagged composite particles, in which each of the jagged composite particles includes silicon and carbon. In some embodiments, 90% or more of the jagged composite particles in the population are characterized by aspect ratios of 2.3 or less and 50% or more of the jagged composite particles in the population are characterized by aspect ratios of 1.25 or more. In some embodiments, the population is characterized by a particle size distribution (PSD) as determined by laser particle size distribution analysis (LPSA) and a fiftieth-percentile volume-weighted particle size parameter D50 of the PSD is in a range of about 2.0 to about 17.0 ?m.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for outputting light and/or audio using one or more light and/or audio sources of a robot. The light sources may be located on one or more legs of the robot, a bottom portion of the robot, and/or a top portion of the robot. The audio sources may include a speaker and/or an audio resonator. A system can obtain sensor data associated with an environment of the robot. Based on the sensor data, the system can identify an alert. For example, the system can identify an entity based on the sensor data and identify an alert for the entity. The system can instruct an output of light and/or audio indicative of the alert using the one or more light and/or audio sources. The system can adjust parameters of the output based on the sensor data.

Abstract: The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for neuromodulation that include applying energy (e.g., ultrasound energy) into the tissue to cause a change in a glucose transporter pathway molecule and/or an incretin pathway molecule. In one embodiment, the neuromodulation is performed as a treatment of a metabolic disorder.