Abstract: A system for categorizing, visualizing, and recommending Cannabis products based on objective data of the chemical composition of products is described. This system allows Cannabis products to be visualized and compared based on their chemical composition, even by laypeople with little or no knowledge of the underlying objective data. A recommendation system is built upon this which can recommend products for consumption, including a user interface for receiving user input, which includes at least one of demographic data, desired level of psychoactivity, or prior experience with the product, a merchant interface for receiving merchant input, including at least one of general data descriptive of the regulated product, lab data descriptive of the regulated products chemical composition, and user data descriptive of subjective effects of the regulated product on a user; and a decision engine making a recommendation of product according to correlation of the lab data with the user data.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to modified orthopoxvirus vectors, as well as methods of using the same for the treatment of various cancers. The disclosure provides modified orthopoxvirus vectors that exhibit various beneficial therapeutic activities, including enhanced oncolytic activity, spread of infection, immune evasion, tumor persistence, capacity for incorporation of exogenous DNA sequences and safety. The viruses we have discovered are also amenable to large scale manufacturing protocols.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds and compositions useful in the treatment of GLS1 mediated diseases, such as cancer, having the structure of Formula I: Methods of inhibition GLS1 activity in a human or animal subject are also provided.

Abstract: A vertical farming structure having vertical grow towers and associated conveyance mechanisms for moving the vertical grow towers through a controlled environment, while being exposed to controlled conditions, such as lighting, airflow, humidity and nutritional support. The present disclosure describes a reciprocating cam mechanism that provides a cost-efficient mechanism for conveying vertical grow towers in the controlled environment. The reciprocating cam mechanism can be arranged to increase the spacing of the grow towers as they are conveyed through the controlled environment to index the crops growing on the towers. The present disclosure also describes a tower shuttle mechanism that provides operational flexibility by decoupling the loading and unloading operations of the grow towers from the vertical farming structure and, therefore, allowing multiple grow towers to be extracted for harvesting in a batch process before loading new grow towers into the vertical farming structure in a separate process.

Abstract: Facility layouts and configurations for an automated crop production system for controlled environment agriculture. In particular implementations, the core of the facility comprises a controlled growth environment and a central processing system. The controlled growth environment includes systems for exposing crops housed in modules, such as grow towers, to controlled environmental conditions. The central processing system may include various stations and functionality both for preparing crop-bearing modules to be inserted in the controlled growth environment, for harvesting crops from the crop-bearing modules after they have been extracted from the controlled growth environment, and for cleaning or washing crop-bearing modules for re-use. The controlled growth environment may include vertical farming structure having vertical grow towers and associated conveyance mechanisms for moving the vertical grow towers along one or more grow lines.

Abstract: A rail assembly includes assembly includes a fixed carriage and a clamping system. The fixed carriage defines a receiving area and a rail at least partially supported within the receiving area. The rail is slidable along an axis relative to the receiving area. The clamping system applies a clamping force on the rail within the receiving area. A movable assembly may be supported on the rail such that the movable assembly is movable along the axis relative to the fixed carriage.

Abstract: An irrigation device is provided with an indicator that may be converted to indicate a condition, such as use with non-potable fluid. The irrigation device includes an inlet, and outlet, and a body defining a flow path from the inlet to the outlet. It further includes a cover with a removable section, and an indicator at least partially under the removable cover. The indicia indicate a condition of the irrigation device, such as being used with non-potable fluid. In one state, the cover is intact and the indicia are not exposed. In another state, the removable section has been removed and the indicia are at least partially exposed.

Abstract: Exemplified methods and systems facilitate presentation of data derived from measurements of endotoxins in fluid samples. In particular, the exemplified methods and systems facilitate presentation of such measurements in a graphical user interface and/or in a report for endotoxin concentrations in a fluid sample. The presentation facilitates a unified and intuitive graphic visualization that are presented within a single interactive interface and/or report.

Abstract: The current invention concerns composition comprising bitumen, one or more plasticity modifying agent(s), and lignin, as well as methods and uses related to such compositions. In particular, compositions are disclosed with improved properties, such as mixing properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to asphalt mixture compositions, suitable for building roads, pavements and paved areas, roofing, vehicle parking areas, house-drives, footways, recreation areas such as tennis courts or playgrounds, agricultural uses such as farm roads or animal cubicles, airfields, runways and access roads, hard standings, storage areas, hydraulic applications such as dam construction, coastal protection and other. The present invention also concerns a method of providing such compositions and various uses thereof. In particular, this invention concerns the replacement of, at least a part of, a binder or a binder composition comprised by said asphalt mixture composition, said binder or binder composition preferably being bitumen or polymer modified bitumen, with digestate additive and one or more further component(s), such as aggregate(s), additive(s) and/or filler(s).

Abstract: Method for treating a gaseous feedstock containing molecular oxygen and one or more volatile compounds, which method comprises the following steps: a) bringing said gaseous feedstock containing molecular oxygen and one or more volatile organic compounds into contact with a monolith comprising silica and titanium dioxide, said monolith comprising a type-I macropore volume, of which the diameter of the pores is greater than 50 nm and less than or equal to 1000 nm, of between from 0.1 to 3 ml/g, and a type-II macropore volume, of which the diameter of the pores is greater than 1 ?m and less than or equal to 10 ?m, of between from 1 to 8 ml/g; b) irradiating said monolith with at least one irradiation source producing at least one wavelength lower than 400 nm in order to convert said volatile organic compounds into carbon dioxide, said step b) being carried out at a temperature between ?30° C. and +200° C. and at a pressure between 0.01 MPa and 70 MPa.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for implementing a fault-tolerant parallel computation framework are disclosed. Execution of an application comprises execution of a plurality of processes in parallel. Process states for the processes are stored during the execution of the application. The processes use a message passing interface for exchanging messages with one other. The messages are exchanged and the process states are stored at a plurality of checkpoints during execution of the application. A final successful checkpoint is determined after the execution of the application is terminated. The final successful checkpoint represents the most recent checkpoint at which the processes exchanged messages successfully. Execution of the application is resumed from the final successful checkpoint using the process states stored at the final successful checkpoint.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for multi-phase coil control in power transfer systems. One example power transfer device generally includes a plurality of coils configured to generate at least one charging field, the plurality of coils comprising a first coil and a second coil, and a controller configured to identify that a coupling factor between the first coil and a third coil, which is external to the power transfer device, is at or below a threshold, and to adjust, based on the identification, one or more parameters associated with a current applied to the first coil to transfer power from the first coil to the second coil.

Abstract: In certain aspects, methods and systems for controlling power transfer at a wireless power receiver are disclosed. In certain aspects, a method includes determining a duty cycle of a DC-DC converter of the wireless power receiver. The method further includes determining a duty cycle limit for an AC switching controller based on the determined duty cycle. The method further includes determining an operational duty cycle for the AC switching controller. The method further includes comparing the operational duty cycle to the duty cycle limit. The method further includes adjusting at least one of a desired voltage and current input to the DC-DC converter when the operational duty cycle is greater than the duty cycle limit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to telecommunication techniques and integrated circuit (IC) devices. In a specific embodiment, the present invention provides a laser deriver apparatus that includes a main DAC section and a mini DAC section. The main DAC section processes input signal received from a pre-driver array and generates an intermediate output signal. The mini DAC section provides a compensation signal to reduce distortion of the intermediate output signal. The intermediate output signal is coupled to output terminals through a cascode section and/or a T-coil section. There are other embodiments as well.

Abstract: Memory management is provided for processors, such as GPUs used to process data using a trained machine learning model. Requests received to a CPU can be stored to a request queue until the queue is full, or until a timeout value has been reached for periods of lower activity. The requests can then be batched and sent to a GPU as a single message on a single thread. Memory can be pre-allocated, and the trained model loaded into GPU memory once for processing of the relevant batches. The individual requests can be processed by the GPU and the results analyzed to determine at least a subset of results to return to the CPU, which can be provided back as results of the processing.

Abstract: In certain aspects, methods and systems for converting DC power to AC power by a wireless power receiver are disclosed. Certain aspects provide a wireless power receiver including a resonant circuit. The wireless power receiver includes a first switching circuit coupled to the resonant circuit, the first switching circuit configured to act as an inverter and generate a first signal, based on an output from a battery, at a resonant frequency of the resonant circuit, the first signal having an envelope at a first frequency. The wireless power receiver includes a second switching circuit coupled to the resonant circuit that is configured to bias the second switching circuit at the resonant frequency in response to the first signal, wherein the second switching circuit is configured to act as a rectifier and is configured to extract the envelope to generate a second signal at half of the first frequency.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for multi-phase coil control in power transfer systems. One example power transfer device generally includes a plurality of coils configured to generate at least one charging field, the plurality of coils comprising a first coil and a second coil, and a controller configured to identify that a coupling factor between the first coil and a third coil, which is external to the power transfer device, is at or below a threshold, and to adjust, based on the identification, one or more parameters associated with a current applied to the first coil to transfer power from the first coil to the second coil.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for a ferrite arrangement that mitigates dimensional-tolerance effects on performance of a wireless charging pad, such as a WEVC pad. These systems and methods include a power-transfer structure having ferrite bars arranged to form ferrite strips in a staggered pattern to provide a path for magnetic flux induced by a magnetic field. The staggered pattern includes a series of ferrite strips that alternate defined starting-point locations at opposing sides of the power-transfer structure. Ending-point locations of the ferrite strips are not defined, but are based on an accumulation of lengthwise dimensional tolerances of the ferrite bars used to form the ferrite strips. Using the staggered pattern in a base power-transfer structure defines a coupling range for coupling with a vehicle power-transfer structure and a range limit for associated magnetic field emissions by the base power-transfer structure.