Abstract: A food press is described. The food press includes a first unit, a moveable drawer, a pressing mechanism, and a base unit. The moveable drawer is lifted by the pressing mechanism away from the base unit and towards the first unit.

Abstract: Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an elongated shaft having distal portion and a supply lumen along at least a portion of the shaft. The shaft can be configured to locate the distal portion intravascularly at a treatment site proximate a renal artery or renal ostium. The supply lumen can be configured to receive a liquid refrigerant. The cryotherapeutic device can further include a cooling assembly at the distal portion of the shaft. The cooling assembly can include an applicator in fluid communication with the supply lumen and configured to deliver cryotherapeutic cooling to nerves proximate the target site when the cooling assembly is in a deployed state.

Abstract: The disclose relates to adenomas of the colon. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to biomarkers which may be used for the detection of advanced colorectal pre-cancerous adenomas (APA) The detection and measurement of these biomarkers in a biological sample may be used to inform the clinician as to whether further invasive procedures such as polypectomy are required.

Abstract: One example includes an atomic sensor system. The system includes an optical source configured to provide an optical beam and a plurality of sensor cell systems. Each of the sensor cell systems includes sensing media enclosed in a volume therein. The system also includes optics configured to provide the optical beam to each of the sensor cell systems to provide interaction of the optical beam with the vapor in each of the respective sensor cell systems. The optical beam exiting each of the sensor cell systems is a respective detection beam. The system further includes a detection system comprising at least one configured to receive the detection beam from each of the sensor cell systems and to determine a measurable parameter based on an optical characteristic associated with the detection beam from each of the sensor cell systems.

Abstract: Generally disclosed herein is a system for automatically controlling media being viewed by a user based on the user attention levels predicted from gaze and drowsiness estimation and the user's position in a pre-marked monitoring zone. The system may be configured to adjust the monitoring zones based on varying lighting conditions, varying poses of the subjects or users, and the varying distances between the media devices and the users. The system may be further configured to automatically pause or play back the media content based on the user's attention level or changes in positions of the user.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification of biomarkers which are associated with a higher risk of advanced colorectal Neoplasia (ACN), for example colorectal cancer (CRC), in a subject. The detection and measurement of these biomarkers in a biological sample may be used to inform the clinician as to whether further invasive procedures including colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy are required to provide a definitive diagnosis of colorectal cancer in the subject.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an improved dynamic seal system for a vacuum processing system that has a vacuum chamber within a process module. A rotational wafer stage is positioned within the process module. A first fluid line is operatively connected to the rotational wafer stage. A first differential pump line is operatively connected to the rotational wafer stage. A dynamic seal surrounds the first fluid line and the first differential pump line. The differential pumping of the dynamic seal by the first differential pump line, drains the first fluid from the dynamic seal to outside the tilt housing allowing for the monitoring of the dynamic seal for the presence of the first fluid outside the process module.

Abstract: An AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array), including: a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) substrate having an obverse surface; TRMs (Transmit/Receive Modules) disposed on the obverse surface; thermal pedestals wherein each thermal pedestal includes a wall, having a wall height, including wall surfaces and one of the wall surfaces being a contact surface; and a TIM (Thermal Interface Material), having a TIM height, disposed between a respective contact surface of the thermal pedestals and the obverse surface. The thermal pedestals are discrete with respect to one another, the contact surfaces of the thermal pedestals are interspersed about the TRMs, the thermal pedestals do not contact the TRMs, the TIM is electrically and thermally conductive, and the wall height plus the TIM height is sufficient to suppress resonances of the TRMs below a frequency greater than the Tx and Rx frequency bands of the TRMs.

Abstract: A higher order Floquet-mode structure (HOFS) integrated meander line polarizer and radome including: a substrate including layers having a dielectric constant (dk) of 2.9; a HOFS including metal layers disposed in a first subset of the layers; and meander lines, to provide a phase shift and match, disposed in a second subset of the layers, wherein the substrate includes a low-cost material and the metal layers include a feature trace and gap widths of about 10 mils or greater.

Abstract: An AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array), including: a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) substrate having an obverse surface; TRMs (Transmit/Receive Modules) disposed on the obverse surface; thermal pedestals wherein each thermal pedestal includes a wall, having a wall height, including wall surfaces and one of the wall surfaces being a contact surface; and a TIM (Thermal Interface Material), having a TIM height, disposed between a respective contact surface of the thermal pedestals and the obverse surface. A plurality of the thermal pedestals are physically interconnected, the TIM is electrically and thermally conductive, and the wall height plus the TIM height is sufficient to suppress resonances of the TRMs below a frequency greater than a Tx and Rx frequency band of the TRMs.

Abstract: A process for direct reduction of iron ore in a solid state includes exposing briquettes of iron ore fragments and biomass to electromagnetic energy under anoxic conditions and generating heat within iron ore in the briquettes. The iron ore is reduced in a solid state within the briquettes, and the biomass provides a source of reductant.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to anti-PVRIG antibodies and stable liquid pharmaceutical formulations thereof. The present invention is directed to monotherapy and combination treatments with anti-PVRIG antibodies and anti-PD-1 antibodies, in particular nivolumab, using stable liquid pharmaceutical formulations thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to nucleic acid molecules in respect of which changes to DNA methylation levels are indicative of the onset or predisposition to die onset of a neoplasm. More particularly, the present invention is directed to nucleic acid molecules in respect of which changes to DNA methylation levels are indicative of the onset and/or progression of a large intestine neoplasm, such as an adenoma or adenocarcinoma. The DNA methylation status of the present invention is useful in a range of applications including, but not limited to, those relating to the diagnosis and/or monitoring of colorectal neoplasms, such as colorectal adenocarcinomas. Accordingly, in a related aspect the present invention is directed to a method of screening for the onset, predisposition to the onset and/or progression of a neoplasm by screening for modulation in DNA methylation of one or more nucleic acid molecules.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for “recycling” a significant amount of heat within a linear hearth furnace by means of an endless conveyor that transports briquettes through the furnace from an inlet (briquette feed) end to an outlet (DRI discharge) end and then returns to the inlet end and transfers a significant amount of heat from the outlet end to the inlet end of the furnace.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus method for producing direct reduced iron (DRI) from iron ore using biomass as a source of reductant and as a heating source of the iron ore and electromagnetic energy as a further heating source in a furnace having multiple zones. The zones include a preheat zone and a reduction zone between an inlet for briquettes of iron ore and biomass and an outlet for direct reduced iron. The method includes counter-current movement of (a) briquettes of iron ore and biomass in a direction from the inlet to the outlet and (b) combustible gases in an opposite direction in the furnace.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides several methods for processing a substrate within a shutterless ion beam etching (IBE) system or shutterless ion assist ion beam deposition (IBD) system while preventing electrostatic damage to the substrate. In the IBE, at an etch completion, the ion energy to the ion source is reduced to less than 20 electron volts while at least one of the devices of the plurality of devices on the top surface of the substrate is exposed to a portion of the ion beam. In the IBD, at a deposition ion assist completion, the ion energy from the second ion source is reduced to less than 20 electron volts while at least one of the devices of the plurality of devices on the top surface of the substrate is exposed to the second ion beam.

Abstract: A radiating element including: Higher order Floquet Structure (HOFS) layers comprising a top PCB metal layer, a mid PCB metal layer, and a low PCB metal layer; component layers comprising electronics to connect to the HOFS layers; and a unit cell constructively defined by the HOFS layers, wherein the unit cell is capable of operating as a transceiver, the unit cell has an operating range of 10.7 GHz to 14.5 GHz, and an area of the unit cell is 0.3125?2.

Abstract: A higher order Floquet-mode structure (HOFS) integrated meander line polarizer and radome including: a substrate including layers having a dielectric constant (dk) of 2.9; a HOFS including metal layers disposed in a first subset of the layers; and meander lines, to provide a phase shift and match, disposed in a second subset of the layers, wherein the substrate includes a low-cost material and the metal layers include a feature trace and gap widths of about 10 mils or greater.

Abstract: A compacted ‘green’ briquette between 5 cm3 and 20 cm3 including, prior to reduction in a direct reduction process, a composition including at least 30% lignocellulosic biomass material by dry weight and at least 55% iron ore fines by weight, a density of between 1.4 g/cm3 and 2.0 g/cm3, and a compaction strength of at least 500N. A direct reduced iron briquette suitable for the production of iron and/or steel including at least 85% iron by weight and at least 1% fixed carbon by weight, and a volume of between 7.5 cm3 and 30 cm3, wherein the briquette has, prior to reduction (i.e. as a ‘green’ briquette), the above composition.

Abstract: A process and an apparatus for producing direct reduced iron (“DRI”) from iron ore and biomass are disclosed. The process includes heating a batch of iron ore and biomass in a batch oven (3) and reducing iron ore and forming a solid DRI product having a metallisation of 80-99% and generating an offgas. The process includes discharging the solid product at the end of the batch cycle and discharging offgas during the course of the batch cycle. The process operates the batch oven in a temperature range of 700-1100#C in a batch cycle time of 10-100 hours.