Abstract: A system for indexing and searching includes an input interface and a processor. The interface is to receive a request to search for a term. The processor is to determine a search response based at least in part on a security associated with an index field and the term.

Abstract: A start-up routine for a mass spectrometer is performed automatically upon switching ON the mass spectrometer. The mass spectrometer comprises a plurality of functional modules connected thereto, each module operable to perform a predetermined function of the mass spectrometer in use. The start-up routine comprises detecting which functional modules are present in the set of a plurality of functional modules connected to the mass spectrometer, and performing one or more steps of the start-up routine based upon the results of the detection.

Abstract: A capacitive system includes a module circuit card assembly including a first modular keying and alignment mechanism and a second modular keying and alignment mechanism. The first and second modular keying and alignment mechanisms are configured for mechanical alignment and electrical connection with a backplane circuit card assembly (CCA). A capacitor is mounted to the module circuit card assembly and is electrically connected to each of the first and second modular keying and alignment mechanisms through a charge/discharge circuit. The circuit is configured to: charge the capacitor with the module circuit card assembly connected to the backplane CCA, discharge the capacitor with the module circuit card assembly connected to the backplane CCA for providing backup power, and discharge the capacitor through a bleed resistor of the circuit upon disconnection of the module circuit card assembly from the backplane CCA.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, cells, and compositions for producing a product of interest, e.g., a recombinant protein. In particular, the present disclosure provides improved mammalian cells expressing the product of interest, where the cells (e.g., Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells) have reduced or eliminated activity, e.g., expression, of certain host cell proteins, e.g., enzymes including, but not limited to, certain lipases, esterases, and/or hydrolases.

Abstract: A tissue cutting assembly used for cutting tissue samples from a tissue sample includes a substrate configured to receive the tissue sample thereon, a frame defining an opening through which the tissue sample is exposed, and a tissue cutting guide positioned and held stationary within the opening in at least two distinct positions onto the tissue sample. The tissue cutting guide defines one or more cutting slits through which a user can insert and guide a cutting device to cut the tissue sample along a length corresponding to the length of the one or more slits in each of the at least two distinct positions to form cut tissue samples of desired widths and lengths.

Abstract: A method includes selecting a landing waypoint on a runway and selecting a starting waypoint based on a location/heading of an aircraft relative to the runway. The method includes selecting additional waypoints between the starting waypoint and the landing waypoint. The starting and additional waypoints include latitude, longitude, and altitude variables. A sequence of waypoints from the starting waypoint to the landing waypoint via the additional waypoints indicates a desired location for the aircraft to traverse. The method includes generating location constraints for the starting and additional waypoints and generating an objective function for optimizing at least one of the variables. Additionally, the method includes generating a solution for the objective function subject to the location constraints. The solution includes latitude, longitude, and altitude values for the variables.

Abstract: A device for administering a fluid into a human cavity or animal cavity through an orifice includes a container for housing a fluid. The container includes a bottom portion, a tip portion, and a directional flange disposed between the bottom portion and the tip portion. The bottom portion has a bottom, a squeezing section, and a narrowing section adjacent the directional flange. The tip portion has an end section with an end face and a body section defining an elongated structure extending from the directional flange to the end face. The directional flange comprises an upper surface and a lower surface connected to one another by an edge and the edge has a rigidity less than the tip portion such that the edge collapses in response to a force applied to the tip portion causing movement of the end face relative to the bottom portion.

Abstract: The subject disclosure provides for a system for protecting a tissue specimen. The system also includes a tray having a base with a surface portion for supporting the tissue specimen and a receiver portion, and a spacer with a body portion and a securing portion engaging the receiver portion of the base to position the body portion above the surface portion of the base. The system also includes a sterile container having a top and a bottom defining a cavity with the tray positionable within the cavity such that the body portion of the spacer engages the top of the sterile container to elevate the top of the sterile container away from the surface portion of the base for protecting the tissue specimen from contamination.

Abstract: A field device is configured to determine whether a device update is to be transmitted to a central server. The field device determines a period of time between an update time and a previous update time and a set of device conditions associated with a user utilization of the field device. The field device utilizes at least one of the period of time and the set of device conditions to determine an update schedule for the field device. The update schedule is determined by the field device utilizing a set of internal criteria that the period of time and the set of device conditions are evaluated against. The field device generates a device update from the set of device conditions and the update schedule and transmits the device update to a central server. The field device, via the device update causes the central server to utilize the update schedule.

Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, systems for enabling physical retail stores and other facilities to implement both automated- and manual-checkout techniques for customers of the stores and/or facilities. For example, the described systems may enable a retail store to implement technology where users are able to pick items from shelves and other inventory locations and exit the store without performing manual checkout of the items, as well as technology to allow users to pay for their items using point-of-sale (POS) and/or other manual-checkout techniques. The systems described herein thus enable hybrid retail facilities, as opposed to a retail facility that is either entirely traditional or entirely enabled for automated checkout.

Abstract: A wall-mounted scratching structure assembly for cats includes a mounting frame affixed to a vertical surface, the mounting frame including a wall-facing surface mounted against the vertical surface, a post-facing surface facing away from the vertical surface, and an attachment mechanism affixing the mounting frame to the vertical surface. The attachment mechanism may further allow a plurality of assemblies to be connected so as to create a stable, continuous climbing path for a cat.

Abstract: Controlling an in-flight spin-rate of a spin-stabilized guided projectile is disclosed. In various embodiments, the projectile includes a despun control portion configured for despinning relative to a projectile chassis and for directional control of the projectile. In various embodiments, controlling the in-flight spin-rate includes determining a gyroscopic stability factor for the guided projectile using the in-flight spin rate and a forward velocity of the guided projectile, determining that the gyroscopic stability factor exceeds a stability threshold, and spin-braking the guided projectile, in response to determining that the gyroscopic stability factor exceeds a threshold value, by braking rotation of the despun control portion by which the gyroscopic stability factor of the guided projectile is reduced to a second gyroscopic stability factor.

Abstract: Herein is disclosed a rim for a wheel. the rim comprising a barrel having first and second flanges extending radially outward from opposing edges of the barrel. and the barrel comprising a first bead seat and a second bead seat arranged axially inwardly. respectively. of the first and second flanges, wherein the barrel, and first and second flanges. comprise layers of structural fibres bound in a polymer matrix, wherein a pre-form insert is disposed between layers of the structural fibres. wherein the insert comprises a material which acts to absorb and/or deflect and/or dissipate energy from a load or impact applied axially and/or radially to a rim and/or acts to increase the hoop stiffness of the wheel and wherein the insert has, when viewed in cross-section (with the axis of the rim being parallel to the plane of the cross-section). two elongate portions. with a first elongate portion of the insert extending into one of the first or second flanges.

Abstract: A headstone socket preserver for insertion in the ground adjacent to a burial site. The headstone socket preserver has a body comprising a top surface, a bottom surface spaced from the top surface along a first axis, and at least one peripheral surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The body can have a decreasing width dimension, measured along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, between the top surface and the bottom surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, cells, and compositions for producing a product of interest, e.g., a recombinant protein. In particular, the present disclosure provides improved mammalian cells expressing the product of interest, where the cells (e.g., Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells) have reduced or eliminated activity, e.g., expression, of certain host cell proteins, e.g., enzymes including, but not limited to, certain lipases, esterases, and/or hydrolases.

Abstract: Provided are embodiments for monitoring clock drift. Embodiments may include an XOR gate that is configured to receive a first clock signal from a first clock source and a second clock signal from a second clock source, wherein the XOR logic gate is further configured to generate a switching output based on an XOR operation of the first clock signal and the second clock signal, and a rising edge detector and a falling edge detector that are configured to detect a rising edge and a falling edge of the switching output. Embodiments may also include an AND gate that is configured to threshold compare the rising edge to a configurable threshold to determine if a fault condition exists indicating clock drift between the first clock signal and the second clock signal and provide an indication of the fault condition based at least in part on the comparison.

Abstract: Techniques for dynamic profile data ingestion are described. The system may process profile data associated with one device, such as a mobile device, to associate it with another device, such as a vehicle. For example, when a connection is made between the first device and the second device, the profile data associated with the first device may be associated with the second device, in a manner using a remote system. The remote system may temporarily associate the profile data with the second device, enabling the system to interpret a command using the profile data.

Abstract: The invention relates to various compositions for improving exercise performance and/or recovery. The invention also relates to methods of using these compositions and kits including these compositions to improve exercise performance and/or recovery.

Abstract: A start-up routine for a mass spectrometer is performed automatically upon switching ON the mass spectrometer. The mass spectrometer comprises a plurality of functional modules connected thereto, each module operable to perform a predetermined function of the mass spectrometer in use. The start-up routine comprises detecting which functional modules are present in the set of a plurality of functional modules connected to the mass spectrometer, and performing one or more steps of the start-up routine based upon the results of the detection.