Abstract: An interconnect that has an electrically conductive layer, where a first and second insulator layers are coupled with the conductive layer. A region of the conductive layer includes an opening of a portion of the first insulator layer the second insulator layer that are adjacent to the region. An electrical connector of a first device is electrically coupled to a portion of the region on a first side of the conductive layer and an electrical conductor of a second device is electrically coupled with a portion of the region on the second side. Also, an interconnect coupled with a substrate that includes a cylinder extending from a side of the substrate with a plate coupled at the end of the cylinder with an opening that includes two or more tabs of the plate extending into the opening to receive a connector.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for improving the quality of electrospray ionization mass spectrometer (ESI-MS) data are described, as are methods, devices, and systems for achieving improved correlation between chemical separation data and mass spectrometry data.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for non-invasively predicting a hemodynamic state and/or an anesthetic depth of a patient, such as a pediatric patient. The method may include receiving a peripheral venous pressure (PVP) waveform from the patient, cleaning the PVP waveform, transforming the PVP waveform into the frequency domain, and automatically predicting the hemodynamic state and/or the anesthetic depth of the patient.

Abstract: An apparatus for testing integrated circuits (ICs) , includes a first thermal contact structure having a first surface to interface with a heat source and an opposing second surface to interface with a device under test (DUT). A second thermal contact structure is above the first thermal contact structure and separated therefrom by a variable-resistance thermal interface (VRTI) structure operable to couple or decouple the first and second thermal contact structures from one another. The VRTI structure has a maximal thermal conductivity associated with a first state, and a minimal thermal conductivity associated with a second state.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for improving the quality of electrospray ionization mass spectrometer (ESI-MS) data are described, as are methods, devices, and systems for achieving improved correlation between chemical separation data and mass spectrometry data.

Abstract: Patient specific medical balloons, assemblies, and systems for forming the same, and devices and methods for treating patients in need of a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are disclosed. The assembly for forming the medical balloon comprises a form for receiving a parison where the form is configured to prepare a patient specific medical balloon matched in geometry to a blood vessel or a lesion for a patient in need of a PCI.

Abstract: The method comprises capturing a plurality of images of a single biometric object during a single activation of a biometric sensor and ranking the images based on a ranking metric value of each of the images to determine a highest ranked image and at least one non-highest ranked image. The method comprises comparing, in a first matching attempt for the biometric object, the highest ranked image to templates of a plurality of pre-stored biometric object templates, wherein a matching metric is determined for each compared template, and generating a match indicating signal when it is determined that at least one of the matching metrics exceeds a matching threshold value. When it is determined that none of the matching metrics exceed the matching threshold value, one of the non-highest ranked images is compared, in a further matching attempt, to templates of the plurality of templates based on the matching metrics.

Abstract: An interconnect that has an electrically conductive layer, where a first and second insulator layers are coupled with the conductive layer. A region of the conductive layer includes an opening of a portion of the first insulator layer the second insulator layer that are adjacent to the region. An electrical connector of a first device is electrically coupled to a portion of the region on a first side of the conductive layer and an electrical conductor of a second device is electrically coupled with a portion of the region on the second side. Also, an interconnect coupled with a substrate that includes a cylinder extending from a side of the substrate with a plate coupled at the end of the cylinder with an opening that includes two or more tabs of the plate extending into the opening to receive a connector.

Abstract: An apparatus for testing integrated circuits (ICs), comprising a first thermal contact structure having a first surface to interface with a heat source, the first surface is opposite a second surface. A second thermal contact structure is above the first thermal contact structure and separated therefrom. The second thermal contact structure has a third surface to interface with a cold mass. The third surface is opposite a fourth surface, and the fourth surface is opposite the second surface. A variable-resistance thermal interface (VRTI) structure is between the first and second thermal contact structures. The VRTI structure has a maximal thermal conductivity associated with a first state, and a minimal thermal conductivity associated with a second state.

Abstract: The method comprises capturing a plurality of images of a single biometric object during a single activation of a biometric sensor and ranking the images based on a ranking metric value of each of the images to determine a highest ranked image and at least one non-highest ranked image. The method comprises comparing, in a first matching attempt for the biometric object, the highest ranked image to templates of a plurality of pre-stored biometric object templates, wherein a matching metric is determined for each compared template, and generating a match indicating signal when it is determined that at least one of the matching metrics exceeds a matching threshold value. When it is determined that none of the matching metrics exceed the matching threshold value, one of the non-highest ranked images is compared, in a further matching attempt, to templates of the plurality of templates based on the matching metrics.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for improving the quality of electrospray ionization mass spectrometer (ESI-MS) data are described, as are methods, devices, and systems for achieving improved correlation between chemical separation data and mass spectrometry data.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for improving the quality of electrospray ionization mass spectrometer (ESI-MS) data are described, as are methods, devices, and systems for achieving improved correlation between chemical separation data and mass spectrometry data.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for improving the quality of electrospray ionization mass spectrometer (ESI-MS) data are described, as are methods, devices, and systems for achieving improved correlation between chemical separation data and mass spectrometry data.

Abstract: Customizations, made at various levels in the customization channel, are saved as separate sets of customization deltas that are applied to a base computing system in order to generate a given solution. In a multi-tenant environment, groups of tenants access different solutions or customization deltas. The tenants are automatically grouped, based upon the solution or customization deltas that they access, and the deltas for those customizations are applied to the base system at runtime, for each group.

Abstract: Customizations, made at various levels in the customization channel, are saved as separate sets of customization deltas that are applied to a base computing system in order to generate a given solution. In a multi-tenant environment, groups of tenants access different solutions or customization deltas. The tenants are automatically grouped, based upon the solution or customization deltas that they access, and the deltas for those customizations are applied to the base system at runtime, for each group.

Abstract: Customizations, made at various levels in the customization channel, are saved as separate sets of customization deltas that are applied to a base computing system in order to generate a given solution. In a multi-tenant environment, groups of tenants access different solutions or customization deltas. The tenants are automatically grouped, based upon the solution or customization deltas that they access, and the deltas for those customizations are applied to the base system at runtime, for each group.

Abstract: This invention provides methods and systems for injection of analytes into a separation channel for resolution and detection. Samples can be preconditioned and concentrated by isotachophoresis (ITP) before the injection is triggered by a detected voltage event. Separation of analytes from other sample constituents can be enhanced using skewing channel ITP.

Abstract: Customizations, made at various levels in the customization channel, are saved as separate sets of customization deltas that are applied to a base computing system in order to generate a given solution. In a multi-tenant environment, groups of tenants access different solutions or customization deltas. The tenants are automatically grouped, based upon the solution or customization deltas that they access, and the deltas for those customizations are applied to the base system at runtime, for each group.

Abstract: A method of authenticating a finger against a stored template and expanding the stored template. The method comprises acquiring a present fingerprint image; retrieving a stored enrollment representation, comprising said stored template, and a representation of at least a first previous fingerprint image acquired in connection with a previous failed authentication attempt; and determining if the stored template should be expanded. When it is determined that a first match between a present fingerprint image representation and the stored template fulfills a first template updating requirement and a second match between the present fingerprint image representation and said at least first previous fingerprint image representation fulfills said second template updating requirement, a signal indicating a successful authentication is provided; and a first expanded template is formed based on said stored template, said present fingerprint image and said at least first previous fingerprint image.

Abstract: The invention provides optical instrument systems and methods for analyzing signals from biological arrays, and performing analytical amplification reactions for identifying the presence or absence of a target nucleic acid sequence in a sample to be analyzed.