Abstract: Saponin extracts containing at least 93% QS-21 main peak and 0.25-3% 2018 component by UV absorbance at 214 nm, methods for making said extracts, their use as vaccine adjuvants and related aspects.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed that prevent heat pipe dryout. An example apparatus includes processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute machine readable instructions to: determine if a temperature of a heat pipe of an electronic device is below a first threshold temperature; cause a program to switch from a first operating mode to a second operating mode when the temperature is below the first threshold temperature, the second operating mode to use more processor circuitry bandwidth than the first operating mode; determine at least one of (1) an occurrence of an increase in a power level of the electronic device or (2) the temperature of the heat pipe satisfies a second threshold temperature; and cause the program to switch from the second operating mode to the first operating mode based on at least one of (1) the occurrence of the increase in the power level or (2) the temperature of the heat pipe satisfying the second threshold temperature.

Abstract: Methods and systems for representing data are disclosed. An example method can comprise providing a first representation of data and receiving a request to change resolution of the data. An example method can comprise, transforming, based on at least one wavelet function, the data to at least one of reduced data or expanded data. An example method can comprise providing a second representation of the data based on at least one of the reduced data or expanded data.

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems comprising receiving a plurality of data tables, wherein each data table comprises at least one row, generating a first handle for a first value in a table of the plurality of tables, wherein the first handle comprises an indication of whether a row in each of the plurality of tables is associated or not associated with the first value, and performing one or more operations on the first handle.

Abstract: Methods and systems for representing data are disclosed. An example method can comprise providing a first representation of data and receiving a request to change resolution of the data. An example method can comprise, transforming, based on at least one wavelet function, the data to at least one of reduced data or expanded data. An example method can comprise providing a second representation of the data based on at least one of the reduced data or expanded data.

Abstract: A container for the transport and storage of goods includes an internal fillable tank and an external support structure surrounding the tank. The external support structure has a base structure arranged below the tank, such that a base of the tank is supported on the base structure. The external support structure also has an upper support structure arranged above the tank for absorbing loads exerted on the tank from above. The base structure includes a plurality of lower column portions, and the upper support structure includes a plurality of corresponding upper column portions, which each project from opposing faces of the base structure and the upper support structure respectively and which meet somewhere along the height of the tank, thereby forming a number of columns for laterally supporting the tank.

Abstract: Tailored chromatographic media and methods for using the tailored chromatographic media to purify mixtures extracted from cannabis to obtain a cannabinoid having greater than about 90% purity. In an embodiment, the tailored chromatographic media may comprise a porous resin and/or porous carbon and have a surface area of greater than about 900 m2/g, wherein the tailored chromatographic media may further comprise micropores, mesopores, macropores, wherein the tailored chromatographic media may further comprise at least two distributions of macroporous pore sizes, wherein the at least two distributions of macroporous pore sizes may comprise a first population having a macroporous pore size denoted x and a second population having a macroporous pore size denoted y, wherein a ratio of x/y may be about 1:1, and wherein the tailored chromatographic media may further comprise an anionic polysaccharide and a functional moiety.

Abstract: Liquid cooling systems and coolers for electronic devices are disclosed herein. An example cooler includes a first thermal block having a first fluid passageway, a second thermal block having a second fluid passageway, and a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) coupled between the first thermal block and the second thermal block. The second thermal block is to be disposed on a processor of an electronic device such that the second thermal block is disposed between the TEC and the processor.

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems comprising receiving a plurality of data tables, wherein each data table comprises at least one row, generating a first handle for a first value in a table of the plurality of tables, wherein the first handle comprises an indication of whether a row in each of the plurality of tables is associated or not associated with the first value, and performing one or more operations on the first handle.

Abstract: Methods for quantifying an amount of exosomes in subject derived biological fluid and comparing to a control provides for a method of identifying a medical condition. Removing an amount of the exosomes by adsorption and binding of the exosomes to an absorbent material, and administering the reconstituted biological fluid comprising a reduced amount of exosomes back to the subject also provides for a method of treating the identified medical condition.

Abstract: In an aspect, provided is a method comprising receiving an expression involving one or more dimensions, determining one or more indexlets associated with the one or more dimensions, querying each of the one or more indexlets with the expression, receiving a result from each of the one or more indexlets, and aggregating the results.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for identifying epithelial cells circulating in peripheral blood, which allows individuals who suffer from a disease that presents with epithelial cell destruction to be discriminated from those who do not. The invention also relates to a kit or device for carrying out the methods of the invention.

Abstract: In an aspect, provided is a method comprising receiving, at a master node, capability information associated with a plurality of worker nodes, receiving, at the master node, an indexation request, and in response to the indexation request, distributing one or more tasks to the plurality of worker nodes based on the respective capability information, wherein the one or more tasks relate to generating a plurality of indexlets.

Abstract: In an aspect, provided is a method comprising receiving an expression involving one or more dimensions, determining one or more indexlets associated with the one or more dimensions, querying each of the one or more indexlets with the expression, receiving a result from each of the one or more indexlets, and aggregating the results.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of medicine, particularly to functionalised nanoparticles (NP) for use in cancer therapy (treatment or diagnosis), to pharmaceutical compositions or nano devices comprising same, and also to a method for obtaining said functionalised nanoparticles. The nanoparticles described in the present invention can be used specifically to treat cancer efficiently, as same can selectively detect tumour cells.

Abstract: In an aspect, provided is a method comprising receiving, at a master node, capability information associated with a plurality of worker nodes, receiving, at the master node, an indexation request, and in response to the indexation request, distributing one or more tasks to the plurality of worker nodes based on the respective capability information, wherein the one or more tasks relate to generating a plurality of indexlets.

Abstract: A carbonaceous material having a pore size (p) ranging from a lower limit (a) to an upper limit (z) and a bulk density (?) ranging from a lower limit (b) to an upper limit (y) where the comparative variability (g) defined as (y?b)/(z?a) is less than 1. Also, an adsorbent formed therefrom. Also, a chelating agent formed therefrom. Also, a film formed therefrom.

Abstract: A method comprising obtaining a bodily fluid from a subject; contacting the bodily fluid with an adsorbent material comprising a synthetic carbon particle (SCP) to produce a first filtrate having a level of disease mediators (y); contacting the first filtrate with an adsorbent material comprising the SCP and an anion exchange resin where the ratio of SCP to anion exchange resin is from about 0.1:100 to 100:0.1 to produce a second filtrate; contacting the second filtrate with an adsorbent material comprising the SCP and a cation exchange resin where the ratio of SCP to cation exchange resin is from about 1:100 to produce a third filtrate; and administering the third filtrate to the subject.

Abstract: Systems and methods to simulate robotic joining operations are disclosed. An example system to simulate a robotic application includes: an image sensor configured to capture images of a physical simulation workpiece and a physical simulation welding torch manipulated by a robotic arm during welder during a simulated operation; and a simulator configured to: calculate a simulated result based on the captured images and based on communications output by the robotic arm; and output a visual representation of the simulated result.

Abstract: Methods and systems for representing data are disclosed. An example method can comprise providing a first representation of data and receiving a request to change resolution of the data. An example method can comprise, transforming, based on at least one wavelet function, the data to at least one of reduced data or expanded data. An example method can comprise providing a second representation of the data based on at least one of the reduced data or expanded data.