Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for allocating resources. The method comprises receiving, by a computing device using a resource allocation machine learning framework, historical data comprising one or more causal variables corresponding to one or more actions or inactions with respect to one or more resource-requesting entities and one or more outcomes of one or more actions, identifying, by the computing device, given ones of one or more resource-requesting entity subgroups based at least in part on the one or more causal effect predictions, and performing, by the computing device, one or more prediction-based actions based at least in part on the identification of the given one or more resource-requesting entity subgroups.

Abstract: The presently disclosed invention relates to methods of creating a laminar and shear stress environment for cells and Multidirectional Shear Stress Apparatuses comprising a baseplate, a dish attached to the baseplate, a motor attached to the baseplate, the motor turning a shaft, a cone functionally and rotationally attached to the shaft, a first plurality of wells defined in the baseplate to receive coverslips

Abstract: A hand held corner sanding sponge includes a backing layer of an open-celled foam material having first and second major surfaces that meet at a right angle and third and fourth major surfaces that meet at a right angle. The cross-sectional dimension between the intersection of the first and second major surfaces from the intersection of the third and fourth major surfaces is about 4 inches to about 6 inches. First and second side surfaces are located between the first and second major surface and the third and fourth major surfaces forming a generally hexagonal shape. The cross-sectional dimension between the first and second side surfaces is about 3 inches to about 4 inches. A layer of flexible adhesive is adhered to at least the first and second major surfaces of the backing layer. A layer of abrasive particles is adhered to the major surfaces by the flexible adhesive.

Abstract: In one illustrative embodiment, a computer implemented method for an accelerated service delivery service is provided. The computer implemented method comprises receiving input data describing a source service model and a target service model, comparing the source service model and the target service model and, identifying differences between the source service model and the target service model to form a first set of identified differences, and responsive to an identification of differences, creating a set of transforms for the first set of identified differences. The computer implemented method further identifying differences between the set of transforms and the described target service model, to form a second set of identified differences. The computer implemented method evaluating the second set of identified differences to determine whether results are acceptable and responsive to a determination that results are acceptable, accepting the target service model.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for inducing rapid, in vitro growth and development of robust basal lamina matrix that is similar to the in vivo matrix has been developed. The apparatus is a critical assembly concentration apparatus that limits the diffusion of secreted basal membrane components from mammalian cells to the immediate pericellular environment, while maintaining a nutrient rich environment for the cells to thrive. The CAC comprises a culture medium holder and a semipermeable membrane that limits diffusion based on size of molecules. The semipermeable membrane is chosen to inhibit protein diffusion, but to allow smaller nutrients to diffuse freely. The CAC apparatus was tested with a tumor cell line, L-2 cells, and was found to decrease the time necessary to assemble a robust matrix to about 24 to about 72 hr. The CAC design was modified to bio-engineer a three-dimensional matrix using smooth muscle cells. The three-dimensional design can be used to grow artificial tissues or organs, e.g.

Abstract: A hand held corner sanding sponge includes a backing layer of an open-celled foam material having first and second major surfaces that meet at a right angle and third and fourth major surfaces that meet at a right angle. The cross-sectional dimension between the intersection of the first and second major surfaces from the intersection of the third and fourth major surfaces is about 4 inches to about 6 inches. First and second side surfaces are located between the first and second major surface and the third and fourth major surfaces forming a generally hexagonal shape. The cross-sectional dimension between the first and second side surfaces is about 3 inches to about 4 inches. A layer of flexible adhesive is adhered to at least the first and second major surfaces of the backing layer. A layer of abrasive particles is adhered to the major surfaces by the flexible adhesive.

Abstract: A method for suppressing the viscosity of a calcium exotoxin slurry is disclosed. The method comprises adding to the slurry a viscosity-suppressing amount of a copolymer of a vinyl-based monomer and 2-acrylamide-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid or its sodium salt. The copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 10,000. A slurry comprising calcium exotoxin and about 0.25 to about 2.5 percent by weight of such copolymer is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for controlling foam in a fermentation broth by adding to the fermentation broth an effective amount of a composition comprising a compound corresponding to the formula: ##STR1## wherein AO is an oxyalkylene copolymer moiety of oxypropylene and oxyethylene units, each oxyalkylene copolymer moiety having a molecular weight of at least about 300 and an oxypropylene to oxyethylene molar ratio of from about 2:1 to about 10:1, n is an integer from about 1 to about 20, R is an alkyl group of from about three to about twelve carbon atoms, and R' is methylene or substituted methylene. The composition can be added to fermentation broths to prevent the formation of foam or to reduce foam which has already formed. The above defined composition is also disclosed in a form free of solvent, such as xylene.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for holding, rotating and positioning a jack for the purpose of attaching said jack to one side of a structural support. The apparatus comprises a base and a holder. The base has a device to mount the base on the structural support. The holder is pivotally connected at one end to the base for displacement between a first location above said structural support and a second location at said one side. The holder has a receiver operable in a closed position to retain the jack as the holder is pivoted between said locations in order to position the jack for attachment to said one side of the structural support. The receiver is actuatable to an open position for removal of the holder from the jack after said attachment. The holder is displaceable from said second location back to said first location for removal of the apparatus from the support.