Abstract: Woven irrigation tubing comprises a woven, extrusion coated & laminated tube formed of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) outer layer, a low density polyethylene (LDPE) middle layer and a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) inner layer. The finished tubing is treated for ultraviolet resistance. The tubing is tied off at a distal end with a proximal end connected to a pressurized irrigation source. Watering holes are created in the tubing at spaced intervals and the resulting water streams are directed into parallel plowed furrows. The tubing is completely recyclable. The tubing is formed by manufacturing tape for the woven outer tubing cover, stretching the tape along its length to strengthen it, weaving the outer layer from the tape, flattening the woven outer layer, extrusion coating each surface of the outer layer with LDPE, laminating the LLDPE inner layer to the LDPE, reversing and winding the tubing for storage and distribution.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods and compositions for assessing an amount of donor-specific fraction of cell-free DNA, such as from a subject. The methods and compositions provided herein can be used to determine risk of a condition, such as transplant organ injury (e.g., cellular injury), cellular rejection grade, antibody-mediated rejection, cardiac allograft vasculopathy, and/or cardiac arrest in a transplant subject.

Abstract: Woven irrigation tubing comprising a woven, extrusion coated & laminated tube formed of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) outer layer, a low density polyethylene (LDPE) middle layer and a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) inner layer. The finished tubing is treated for ultraviolet resistance. The tubing is tied off at a distal end with a proximal end connected to a pressurized irrigation source. Watering holes are created in the tubing at spaced intervals and the resulting water streams are directed into parallel plowed furrows. The tubing is completely recyclable. The tubing is formed by manufacturing tape for the woven outer tubing cover, stretching the tape along its length to strengthen it, weaving the outer layer from the tape, flattening the woven outer layer, extrusion coating each surface of the outer layer with LDPE, laminating the LLDPE inner layer to the LDPE, reversing and winding the tubing for storage and distribution.

Abstract: A suitability analysis platform may receive one or more environmental parameter values of one or more environmental parameters collected for a plurality of sites by multiple sensor devices. The platform may aggregate the one or more environmental parameter values collected for each site of the plurality of sites by each site. Subsequently, the platform may receive queries for suitable sites for performing activities from user devices, in which each of the queries includes one or more environmental parameter value criteria for at least one corresponding environmental parameter of a suitable site for performing a specific activity. The platform may provide responses to the queries in which each response includes information on one or more sites of the plurality of sites with one or more environmental parameter values that match or are closest to the one or more environmental parameter value criteria of the corresponding query.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods and compositions for assessing risk by obtaining the product of a donor-specific fraction and total cell-free DNA, such as from a transplant subject. The methods and compositions provided herein can be used to assess a transplant subject to determine risk of one or more transplant complications (e.g., death) and/or a need for monitoring or treatment.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that enable a Meeting Expense and Verification (MEV) controller to infer the meeting expense of a proposed meeting. The MEV controller may analyze a meeting request to identify meeting attendees, and in doing so, determine the meeting expense. In response to the meeting expense being greater than a predetermined meeting expense threshold, the MEV controller may suspend the meeting request.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that enable a Meeting Expense and Verification (MEV) controller to monitor in-person and virtual meetings, and dynamically generate a meeting attendance record. The MEV system may receive, from a meeting organizer device, meeting data associated with a scheduled meeting that is to occur at a scheduled meeting location, virtual or in-person, and at a scheduled meeting time. The MEV system may further identify meeting attendee devices associated with the meeting attendees of the scheduled meeting, and monitor location data associated with the meeting attendee device. In doing so, the MEV system may generate a meeting attendance record based on a correlation of location data of the meeting attendee devices and the scheduled meeting location.

Abstract: Modulating and optimizing operation parameters such as power usage of wireless networks include determining a baseline reference level for a network demand at a base station in a network during a first time interval. The transmission power of the base station corresponding to the baseline reference level is determined, and the network demand at the base station in the network is forecasted during a second time interval. A difference between the projected network demand and the baseline reference level at the second time is determined. The transmission power of the base station is adjusted by a predetermined increment during the second time interval based at least on the difference.

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring mobile devices in a controlled environment are provided. One or more mobile devices may be accessible through a communication port of the mobile device. One or more monitoring devices may be configured to monitor the one or more mobile devices. A processor in communication with the one or more monitoring devices may control the monitoring devices and receive signals from the monitoring devices. A server in communication with the mobile devices may create a communication channel with each of the mobile devices, with each communication channel accessible through a network for use by software developers and testers. Thus, monitoring and detection of malfunctions or other abnormalities of the mobile devices is achieved, and remediation may be performed.

Abstract: A method of powering a controller using an intermediate device with power from an environmental system may include receiving current from a power wire from the environmental system; passing the current from the power wire to a second command wire from the controller; monitoring the current flowing between the power wire and the second command wire while the current is below a threshold indicative of an amount of current used to power the controller from the environmental system; detecting when the current flowing between the power wire and the second command wire exceeds the threshold indicating that the controller is sending a command to the environmental system to perform the function; and sending a command to environmental system using a first command wire from the environmental system after detecting that the current exceeds the threshold.

Abstract: Adaptive automated testing methods and systems are disclosed. In an embodiment, an automatic test controller of an automated test system may collect a log of a plurality of actions executed by a plurality of devices of the automated test system and apply a heuristic to the log as the automated test system operates to determine whether to execute a next action by a device of the automated test system. When the next action is to be executed, the automatic test controller automatically directs the device to execute the next action. Otherwise, the automatic test controller indicates the next action was intentionally skipped by recording such omission in the log and automatically skipping the next action.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods and compositions for assessing amount(s) of total cell-free DNA in a subject. Such amount(s) can be used to determine risk in a subject, which subjects are non-transplant subjects, such as surgical subjects, in some preferred embodiments.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using automated mobile computing device testing to ensure that a given targeted message is actually appearing in an intended manner for various types of intended recipients. The intended content or format of a target message to be presented by each of a plurality of mobile computing devices may be based on characteristics of each device. The targeted message may be sent to each device, and an indication of the actual content and/or format of the targeted message as presented by each device may be received and compared to the intended content or format of the targeted message for each device. Errors associated with the targeted message may be detected based on any discrepancies between the intended content and/or format of the targeted message for each device and the actual content or format of the targeted message as presented by each device.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for testing features of a mobile device application based on their likely use by various user classes or personas. Each of a plurality of mobile computing devices may be associated with respective user classes that each have a respective set of characteristics. A particular mobile computing device application may be installed on each of the plurality of mobile computing devices, and each of the mobile computing devices may attempt to execute the same feature of the application. When any of the mobile computing devices fails to execute the feature, an indication of the failure may be logged, along with an indication of the user class associated with the mobile computing device that failed to execute the feature, and an error associated with the feature for one or more user classes may be detected based on the logged indication(s).

Abstract: Woven irrigation tubing comprising a woven, extrusion coated & laminated tube formed of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) outer layer, a low density polyethylene (LDPE) middle layer and a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) inner layer. The finished tubing is treated for ultraviolet resistance. The tubing is tied off at a distal end with a proximal end connected to a pressurized irrigation source. Watering holes are created in the tubing at spaced intervals and the resulting water streams are directed into parallel plowed furrows. The tubing is completely recyclable. The tubing is formed by manufacturing tape for the woven outer tubing cover, stretching the tape along its length to strengthen it, weaving the outer layer from the tape, flattening the woven outer layer, extrusion coating each surface of the outer layer with LDPE, laminating the LLDPE inner layer to the LDPE, reversing and winding the tubing for storage and distribution.

Abstract: Woven irrigation tubing comprising a woven, extrusion coated & laminated tube formed of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) outer layer, a low density polyethylene (LDPE) middle layer and a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) inner layer. The finished tubing is treated for ultraviolet resistance. The tubing is tied off at a distal end with a proximal end connected to a pressurized irrigation source. Watering holes are created in the tubing at spaced intervals and the resulting water streams are directed into parallel plowed furrows. The tubing is completely recyclable. The tubing is formed by manufacturing tape for the woven outer tubing cover, stretching the tape along its length to strengthen it, weaving the outer layer from the tape, flattening the woven outer layer, extrusion coating each surface of the outer layer with LDPE, laminating the LLDPE inner layer to the LDPE, reversing and winding the tubing for storage and distribution.

Abstract: A smart-home device may include an energy-storage element that stores energy harvested from an environmental system; a power wire connector and a return wire connector; and switching elements configured to operate in a first state where the switching elements create a connection between the power and the return; and a second state where the switching elements interrupt the connection between the power and return. The smart-home device may also include a circuit that controls the switching elements, where the circuit is configured to detect a zero-crossing of a current received through the power wire connector; wait for a first time interval after the zero-crossing is detected; after an expiration of the first time interval, enable active power stealing for a second time interval; and after an expiration of the second time interval, disable active power stealing.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of odor-inhibiting compositions and hygienic articles incorporating the same. In some embodiments, an odor-inhibiting composition comprises water-absorbing polymer particles; a first odor control agent comprising a chelation agent; and a second odor control agent.

Abstract: A smart-home device may include a temperature sensor, energy-consuming subsystems, and processors programmed to receive a temperature measurement from the temperature sensor for an ambient environment surrounding the temperature sensor; receive inputs from the energy-consuming subsystems that indicate power-consuming activities of the energy-consuming subsystems; providing the inputs from the energy-consuming subsystems to a model that is trained to calculate an effect of the power-consuming activity of the energy-consuming subsystems on the temperature measurement from the temperature sensor; and calculating an estimate of the temperature of the ambient environment by compensating the temperature measurement from the temperature sensor with using the effect of the power-consuming activity of the energy-consuming subsystems.

Abstract: A smart-home device may include a main power rail that provides power to components of the smart-home device; an integrator coupled to the main power rail that stores energy on an energy-storage device, where the energy stored on the energy-storage device is representative of an amount an amount of power provided to the smart-home device through the main power rail during an integration cycle of the integrator; and a counter that stores a number of integration cycles performed by the integrator during a time interval, where a total amount of power provided to the smart-home device through the main power rail during the time interval is represented by: (1) the number of integration cycles performed by the integrator during the time interval; and (2) the energy stored on the energy-storage device.