Abstract: A cold forming process for forming a meat patty includes heating a ground meat product to a temperature T1, wherein T1?40° F. The ground meat product is formed into an uncooked patty at temperature T1. The uncooked patty is precooked to form a precooked patty having a skin of depth D comprising denatured protein. The skin is formed on at least an area on the outside of the precooked patty. At least a first portion of the meat product disposed beneath said skin is at approximately T1. The precooked patty is cooked to form a cooked patty, wherein said at least a first portion of the meat product is at a temperature T2. The cooked patty is then frozen and then packaged.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second exposed electrical contacts and a cavity having a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) structure therein. A conductive path extends from the first exposed electrical contact to the cavity and an over-voltage protection element electrically is coupled between the first and second exposed electrical contacts.

Abstract: Multiple degenerately-doped silicon layers are implemented within resonant structures to control multiple orders of temperature coefficients of frequency.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for compressing video data, the method comprising: obtaining video data; extracting at least one object of interest from the video data using at least one classifier associated with at least one feature detectable in the video data; and preparing compressed video data comprising at least one object of interest extracted from the video data.

Abstract: A moveable micromachined member of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes an insulating layer disposed between first and second electrically conductive layers. First and second mechanical structures secure the moveable micromachined member to a substrate of the MEMS device and include respective first and second electrical interconnect layers coupled in series, with the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member and each other, between first and second electrical terminals to enable conduction of a first joule-heating current from the first electrical terminal to the second electrical terminal through the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member.

Abstract: Degenerately doped semiconductor materials are deployed within resonant structures to control the first and higher order temperature coefficients of frequency, thereby enabling temperature dependence to be engineered without need for cumulative material layers which tend to drive up cost and compromise resonator performance.

Abstract: Surgical tissue retraction systems and methods are described herein. Such systems and methods can be employed in some embodiments to provide medial-lateral tissue retraction to increase access to a surgical site. In one embodiment, a surgical instrument can include a body configured to couple to an implantable anchor, a first tissue manipulating implement coupled to the body and capable of polyaxial movement relative thereto, and a second tissue manipulating implement coupled to the body and capable of polyaxial movement relative thereto. Further, the first and second tissue manipulating implements can be opposed to one another such that they can move any of toward and away from one another.

Abstract: Surgical support instruments are described herein that can couple to, e.g., an implanted anchor and provide a platform for coupling other surgical implements thereto. In one embodiment, an instrument can include an elongate body having opposed projections extending laterally from a distal portion thereof that can at least partially surround a shank of an implantable anchor such that a longitudinal axis of the elongate body is laterally offset from a longitudinal axis of the anchor. The instrument can further include a lock configured to exert a drag force on a head of the anchor to control polyaxial movement of the instrument relative to the anchor. Further, a proximal portion of the elongate body can be configured to receive a retractor assembly including a plurality of tissue manipulating implements and selectively lock the retractor assembly at any of a plurality of positions along a length of the elongate body.

Abstract: A warm forming process for forming a meat patty includes heating a ground meat product to a temperature T1, wherein T1>32° F. The ground meat product is formed into an uncooked patty at temperature T1. The uncooked patty is precooked to form a precooked patty having a skin of depth D comprising denatured protein. The skin is formed on at least an area on the outside of the precooked patty. At least a first portion of the meat product disposed beneath said skin is at approximately T1. The precooked patty is cooked to form a cooked patty, wherein said at least a first portion of the meat product is at a temperature T2. The cooked patty is then frozen and then packaged.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for detecting the presence of Mcm5 in a subject, the method comprising preparing a sample from said subject by exposing the sample to a lysis buffer and performing an assay to determine the concentration of Mcm5 by exposing the sample to a first monoclonal antibody and/or a second monoclonal antibody and measuring the amount of Mcm5 that binds to the first monoclonal antibody and/or the second monoclonal antibody. The invention further relates to kits that can be used in the methods.

Abstract: A moveable micromachined member of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes an insulating layer disposed between first and second electrically conductive layers. First and second mechanical structures secure the moveable micromachined member to a substrate of the MEMS device and include respective first and second electrical interconnect layers coupled in series, with the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member and each other, between first and second electrical terminals to enable conduction of a first joule-heating current from the first electrical terminal to the second electrical terminal through the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for mapping spatial and temporal measurements of motion constrained objects in a scene, e.g., vehicles. The method comprises determining a location parameter, and/or other interesting properties, for each of a plurality of objects at a plurality of points over time; generating a vector field over location and time using the location parameters, to specify the motion of each object over time; deriving measurements for each object using velocities from the vector field for that object, as the object moves through the scene over time; and outputting both individual and aggregate object and object property flow for the plurality of objects. Combining the generated map with a network graph and/or network model can provide network flow insights useful for historic event analysis, network flow monitoring, and planning purposes.

Abstract: A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonator includes a degenerately-doped single-crystal silicon layer and a piezoelectric material layer disposed on the degenerately-doped single-crystal silicon layer. An electrically-conductive material layer is disposed on the piezoelectric material layer opposite the degenerately-doped single-crystal silicon layer, and patterned to form first and second electrodes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for analysing a urine sample from a subject comprising exposing the urine sample to a lysis buffer which is capable of releasing at least one biomarker from cells in the urine sample. The present invention further relates to kits, devices, and apparatuses that can be used in these methods. Finally, the present invention relates to methods for detecting the presence of a urological cancer in a subject comprising performing an assay on a sample from a subject to determine the concentration of an Mcm protein.

Abstract: Degenerately doped semiconductor materials are deployed within resonant structures to control the first and higher order temperature coefficients of frequency, thereby enabling temperature dependence to be engineered without need for cumulative material layers which tend to drive up cost and compromise resonator performance.

Abstract: Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: identifying, by a processor, at least one keep clear zone having a beginning and an ending within a roadway; determining, by a processor, if a speed of the vehicle is expected to be below a threshold when a position of the vehicle is expected to be within the keep clear zone; creating, by a processor, a stop point associated with the keep clear zone based on the determining; generating, by a processor, advice to a path planner based on the stop point; generating, by a processor, a path plan based on the stop point; and controlling, by a processor, the vehicle based on the path plan.

Abstract: A moveable micromachined member of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes an insulating layer disposed between first and second electrically conductive layers. First and second mechanical structures secure the moveable micromachined member to a substrate of the MEMS device and include respective first and second electrical interconnect layers coupled in series, with the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member and each other, between first and second electrical terminals to enable conduction of a first joule-heating current from the first electrical terminal to the second electrical terminal through the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member.

Abstract: In a MEMS device having a substrate and a moveable micromachined member, a mechanical structure secures the moveable micromachined member to the substrate, thermally isolates the moveable micromachined member from the substrate and provides a conduction path to enable heating of the moveable micromachined member to a temperature of at least 300 degrees Celsius.

Abstract: Degenerately doped semiconductor materials are deployed within resonant structures to control the first and higher order temperature coefficients of frequency, thereby enabling temperature dependence to be engineered without need for cumulative material layers which tend to drive up cost and compromise resonator performance.

Abstract: To address problems that video imaging systems and platforms face when analyzing image and video content for detection and feature extraction, a solution is provided in which accumulating significant amounts of data suitable for training and learning analytics is leveraged to improve over time, the classifiers used to perform the detection and feature extraction, by employing a larger search space and generate additional and more complex classifiers through distributed processing. A distributed learning platform is therefore provided, which is configured for operating on large scale data, in a true big data paradigm. The learning platform is operable to empirically estimate a set of optimal feature vectors and a set of discriminant functions using a parallelizable learning algorithm. A method of adding new data into a database utilized by such a learning platform is also provided.