Abstract: A method and system for recommending additional ingredients for making a nutritional preparation with improved folate retention. When an oxygen-reduced food processing step is used, an acidic pH value for the ingredients used improves folate retention. It is proposed to recommend additional or supplementary ingredients to reduce a pH value if a pH value of desired ingredient(s) is above or at a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A system is provided that allows profiles from multiple mobile network operators to be provisioned across multiple eUICCs from different eUICC manufacturers that may each utilize different provisioning methods. This is accomplished through the use of an abstraction layer with application programming interfaces (APIs) that enable SM-DP and SM-SR functionality for eUICCs from multiple eUICC manufacturers and for multiple MNO profiles.

Abstract: A turbine engine includes a compressor section including a compressor, the compressor including an axial compressor stage, a variable outlet guide vane, and a centrifugal compressor stage, the variable outlet guide vane positioned between the axial compressor stage and the centrifugal compressor stage; a bleed assembly including a bleed airflow duct in airflow communication with the compressor and a bleed valve operable with the bleed airflow duct, the bleed valve including a bleed valve actuator; and a linkage assembly coupling the bleed valve actuator with the variable outlet guide vane such that that variable outlet guide vane is moveable with the bleed valve.

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for determining the clinical significance of a genetic variant. The methods entail determining, for the variant, (a) a function score based on known impact of the variant on a biological function of a cell or protein, (b) a frequency score based on the frequency of the variant in a population, (c) a co-occurrence score based on how the variant co-occurs with a reference variant having known clinical significance relating to a clinical disease or condition, and (d) a family segregation score based on how the variant segregates with a disease or condition in a family; and aggregating, on a computer, the function score, the frequency score, the co-occurrence score, the family segregation score to generate a clinical significance score indicating the clinical significance of the genetic variant.

Abstract: A turbine engine includes a compressor section including a compressor, the compressor including an axial compressor stage, a variable outlet guide vane, and a centrifugal compressor stage, the variable outlet guide vane positioned between the axial compressor stage and the centrifugal compressor stage; a bleed assembly including a bleed airflow duct in airflow communication with the compressor and a bleed valve operable with the bleed airflow duct, the bleed valve including a bleed valve actuator; and a linkage assembly coupling the bleed valve actuator with the variable outlet guide vane such that that variable outlet guide vane is moveable with the bleed valve.

Abstract: A method includes: receiving a blacklist identifying piracy threatening items that pose a piracy threat such that, if installed and active with playback of the digital media content on the client, the piracy threatening items facilitate unauthorized use of the digital media content, the piracy threatening items on the blacklist having associated priority values; identifying first and second subsets of piracy threatening items in the blacklist responsive to the associated priority values; determining whether one or more piracy threatening items associated with the first subset are present on the client; performing a DRM transaction provisioning the digital media content for playback responsive to determining that no piracy threatening items associated with the first subset are present on the client; and determining whether to play back the digital media content responsive to determining whether one or more piracy threatening items associated with the second subset are present on the client.

Abstract: A high-speed rotational atherectomy device for opening a stenosis in an artery having a given diameter, comprising: a guide wire; a flexible elongated, rotatable drive shaft advanceable over the guide wire, the drive shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; and a piloting member fixedly attached to the drive shaft. When the piloting member is advanced to a stenosis, the piloting member creates a piloting hole when the drive shaft is rotated.

Abstract: A high-speed rotational atherectomy device for opening a stenosis in an artery having a given diameter, comprising: a guide wire; a flexible elongated, rotatable drive shaft advanceable over the guide wire, the drive shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; and a piloting member fixedly attached to the drive shaft. When the piloting member is advanced to a stenosis, the piloting member creates a piloting hole when the drive shaft is rotated.

Abstract: A method includes: receiving a blacklist identifying piracy threatening items that pose a piracy threat such that, if installed and active with playback of the digital media content on the client, the piracy threatening items facilitate unauthorized use of the digital media content, the piracy threatening items on the blacklist having associated priority values; identifying first and second subsets of piracy threatening items in the blacklist responsive to the associated priority values; determining whether one or more piracy threatening items associated with the first subset are present on the client; performing a DRM transaction provisioning the digital media content for playback responsive to determining that no piracy threatening items associated with the first subset are present on the client; and determining whether to play back the digital media content responsive to determining whether one or more piracy threatening items associated with the second subset are present on the client.

Abstract: A rotational atherectomy system may include a drive shaft, a motor, and a clutch with a threshold torque where the clutch may include a motor plate rotationally connected to the motor, a drive shaft plate rotationally connected to the drive shaft, and a biasing clutch configured to rotationally engage the motor plate and the drive shaft plate, wherein torques less than the threshold torque are transmitted completely between the motor plate and the drive shaft plate, which remain rotationally coupled by static friction, and wherein torques greater than the threshold torque cause the motor plate and the drive shaft plate to rotate relative to one another and cause a residual torque to be transmitted between the motor and the drive shaft, the residual torque being less than the threshold torque and being determined by a kinetic coefficient of friction.

Abstract: A method for protecting digital media content from unauthorized use on a client, is described. The method comprising the steps of receiving from a server on the client a list of processes, instructions, activity descriptions or data types that must not be active simultaneously with playback of the digital media content (“the blacklist”). The method further comprising checking, on the client, for the presence of any items on the list; and continuing interaction with the server, key management and playback of protected content only if no items on the list are detected on the client. A system is also described.

Abstract: A simulation system may include a base with a working surface, an artery element configured to simulate an artery with a blockage and adapted to receive a distal portion of a handheld manually manipulated device, and a vascular pathway arranged on the working surface and configured for securing the artery element to the base.

Abstract: An atherectomy device may include an elongated, flexible drive shaft having a distal end for insertion into a vasculature of a patient and having a proximal end opposite the distal end remaining outside the vasculature of the patient, a handle coupled to the proximal end of the drive shaft for controlling the drive shaft, and a head arranged proximate the distal end of the drive shaft wherein the head may include a middle portion having a substantially uninterrupted outer surface and substantially conically-shaped first and second end portions, wherein the middle portion and substantially conically-shaped end portions all have a bore extending therethrough adapted to frictionally engage a drive shaft.

Abstract: A method for protecting digital media content from unauthorised use on a client, is described. The method comprising the steps of receiving from a server on the client a list of processes, instructions, activity descriptions or data types that must not be active simultaneously with playback of the digital media content (“the blacklist”). The method further comprising checking, on the client, for the presence of any items on the list; and continuing interaction with the server, key management and playback of protected content only if no items on the list are detected on the client. A system is also described.

Abstract: Biomaterials with enhanced properties such as improved strength, flexibility, durability and reduced thickness are useful in the fabrication of biomedical devices, particularly those subjected to continuous or non-continuous loads where repeated flexibility and long-term durability are required. These enhanced properties can be attributed to elevated levels of elastin, altered collagen types, and other biochemical changes which contribute to these enhanced properties. Examples of devices which would be improved by use of such tissue include heart valves, including percutaneous heart valves, and vascular grafts, patches and the like. Such enhanced materials can be sourced from specific populations of animals, such as neonatal calves, or in range-fed adult cattle, or can be fabricated or created from cell populations exhibiting such properties.

Abstract: A rotational atherectomy system may include a drive shaft, a motor, and a clutch with a threshold torque where the clutch may include a motor plate rotationally connected to the motor, a drive shaft plate rotationally connected to the drive shaft, and a biasing clutch configured to rotationally engage the motor plate and the drive shaft plate, wherein torques less than the threshold torque are transmitted completely between the motor plate and the drive shaft plate, which remain rotationally coupled by static friction, and wherein torques greater than the threshold torque cause the motor plate and the drive shaft plate to rotate relative to one another and cause a residual torque to be transmitted between the motor and the drive shaft, the residual torque being less than the threshold torque and being determined by a kinetic coefficient of friction.

Abstract: A simulation system may include a base with a working surface, an artery element configured to simulate an artery with a blockage and adapted to receive a distal portion of a handheld manually manipulated device, and a vascular pathway arranged on the working surface and configured for securing the artery element to the base.