Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS). In particular, the present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions and formulations comprising cannabidiolic acid (CBDA) ester derivatives alone or in combination with one or more additional cannabinoid compound(s), and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient or diluent, for use in treating PWS.

Abstract: Disclosed are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for determining a digital marker indicative of a neurological condition. An embodiment operates by detecting a region of interest in an image frame of a face of a user. The region of interest includes an eye of the user and the image frame is obtained from a video stream. The embodiment then generates a point spread function (PSF) based on acquired data and a portion of the image frame specified by the region of interest, performs deconvolution on the portion of the image frame specified by the region of interest using the PSF, determines a set of oculometric parameters of the eye of the user using the deconvolved image, and determines one or more digital markers of the user based on the set of oculometric parameters. The one or more digital markers are indicative of a neurological condition of the user.

Abstract: A displacement-generating battery cell for driving a drug-delivery device is described. The cell may include at least one volume-changing element. The cell may include a housing formed according to a concertina-shaped design with folds in the walls thereof and may contain an internal chemical reaction system. The chemical reaction system may include an electrode. The electrode may be the volume-changing element. The arrangement of said chemical reaction system may be such that an expansion of the volume-changing element in a direction lengthens the cell and thus reduces the extent of the folds. Drug-delivery devices including the displacement-generating battery cell are also described.

Abstract: A method, including generating a demo recording of a web-based application including a set of web pages, the recording including a set of nodes corresponding to the web pages, each of the nodes including a set of web page resources. A given node is retrieved from the recording, and the set of web page resources in the retrieved node are processed so as render, on a display, a first web page including a set of first web page elements. Upon receiving, from a user, an input including a modification to a given first web page element, the retrieved set of web page resources are updated with the modified first web page element. Finally, the web-based application can be demonstrated by processing, by a client computer, the updated set of web page resources so as render, on the display, a second web page including a set of second web page elements.

Abstract: A method for making 3D nano-structure comprising at least two materials by spatially controlling the growth of the materials, is provided. Further, a method for making 3D nano-structure bound to a thermally labile substrate is provided. Composites, comprising a substrate bound to a 3D nano-structure, wherein the 3D nano-structure is arranged in a pattern are provided.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) signal. The apparatus may include a first oscillator configured to generate a first oscillation signal, a frequency modulator configured to generate a frequency-modulated oscillation signal from the first oscillation signal based on a sequence of control words, a frequency modulation code generator configured to generate a sequence of frequency modulation codes for generating an FMCW waveform, and a frequency multiplier configured to generate the FMCW signal by up-converting the frequency-modulated oscillation signal. The sequence of control words is generated based on the sequence of frequency modulation codes. The apparatus may include a second oscillator configured to generate a second oscillation signal, and a phase detector configured to detect a phase difference between the first oscillation signal and the second oscillation signal and generate an offset code based on the phase difference.

Abstract: A vacuum gripper comprises a rigid base element and a loop-shaped vacuum seal element. The base element has first and second opposite sides. The seal element is attached at least indirectly to the second side and protruding therefrom in a direction away from the first side. The seal element comprises a contact surface that at least partially contacts with an object surface and an encircling surface oriented transversely to the contact surface so as to define a chamber. The seal element is elastically deformable at the contact surface to enable conforming to the object surface when pressed thereagainst. The vacuum gripper comprises an air extraction means mounted to the first side to be in fluid communication with the chamber through the base element, and configured to continuously extract air from the chamber to cause the contact surface to be urged towards and grip the object surface when pressed thereagainst.

Abstract: Radar based systems and methods for gesture recognition to identify hand gestures remotely. A radar unit including a linear array of transmitter antennas and a linear array of receiver antennas monitors objects within a target zone. An image data file is generated by assigning each transmitter-receiver pair of antennas a spatial coordinate, an associated phase value and an associated amplitude value. The image data file is analyzed by a pattern recognition unit to detect assign a gesture state.

Abstract: Trocar components and methods of use are described, wherein the trocar components are configured to provide access to intraperitoneal space via the rectouterine pouch to surgical tools, which optionally include one or more surgical robot members. The surgical tools are optionally 5 mm or more in diameter. In some embodiments, a cannula part has a lumen sized to provide to a plurality of the surgical tools simultaneous transvaginal access to the intraperitoneal space via the rectouterine pouch. In some embodiments, an incision sized to receive a distal aperture of the cannula is created, optionally using one or two dilators. The dilators are sized to create (optionally starting from a puncture by a needle 2 mm in diameter or less) an oblong aperture. In some embodiments, the oblong aperture is at least twice as wide across a long diameter as across a short diameter.

Abstract: Methods of diagnosing and/or monitoring tuberculosis (TB) in a subject by analyzing a test sample comprising at least one volatile organic compound (VOC) or semi-volatile organic compound (SVOC) emitted or excreted from the skin of the subject. The test sample can be analyzed by a sensing unit comprising nanomaterials- and/or polymer-based sensors. Further provided is a skin-mountable device comprising a fixing unit and said sensing unit. Also discloses a method of diagnosing and/or monitoring tuberculosis, comprising analyzing specific skin-emitted VOCs or SVOCs, which are indicative of tuberculosis in a subject.

Abstract: There is provided a method for creating a presentation based on grouping of social media content, comprising: receiving a trend represented by at least one term; sending first requests to social network servers, each request including the at least one term; aggregating first user uploaded media content items received from the social network servers in response to the requests; extracting terms from the aggregated user uploaded media content items; associating at least some of the extracted terms with the trend; sending second requests to the social network servers, each request including the at least some of the extracted terms associated with the trend; aggregating second user uploaded media content items received from the social network servers in response to the second requests; and forwarding at least some members of the aggregated second user uploaded media content items to a presentation on a client terminal.

Abstract: An example method disclosed herein includes training a mask model to generate masks of drill core data, wherein the mask model is trained using first training data comprising at least infrared images of the drill core data and training a mineral prediction model to generate mineralogy maps corresponding to the drill core data, where the mineral prediction model is trained using second training data comprising at least masks of the drill core data. The method further includes generating, by the mask model, a mask corresponding to a sample using a hyperspectral image corresponding to the sample and generating, by the mineral prediction model, a mineralogy map corresponding to the sample based on the mask corresponding to the sample.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to microbial compositions for enhancing bile acid metabolism in a subject, methods of manufacturing the compositions, and methods of selecting subjects in need of treatment with the compositions. Certain bile acid transforming or converting genes and bile acid transforming or converting bacteria are used to select desired bacterial isolates or suitable donors or patients, predict treatment success, or track treatment response.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to reduce the latency in accessing an input/output (I/O) hardware register by software executing on a central processing unit (CPU). The hardware register is located in a controller coupled to the CPU via an I/O bus. The CPU software can send a command to the controller for execution. The controller can execute the command and update the hardware register to indicate that the command has been executed. The controller can write contents of the hardware register to a specified address in a CPU memory that is assigned by the CPU software. The CPU software can read the specified address to determine that the command has been executed instead of reading the hardware register on the I/O bus.

Abstract: A system for estimating greenhouse gas emission in an environment housing an animal population, the system comprising: one or more monitoring devices configured to monitor parameters of members of the animal population; a data repository comprising one or more records, each of the records (i) being associated with a respective member of the members, and (ii) including one or more parameters of the respective member as monitored by at least one of the monitoring devices over time; and a processing circuitry configured to: obtain at least a subset of the records, the subset being associated with a group of members of the animal population; determine one or more greenhouse gas emission affecting parameters based on the subset; estimate an amount of greenhouse gas emission in the environment utilizing the greenhouse gas emission affecting parameters; and perform an action utilizing the estimated amount of greenhouse gas emission in the environment.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to hardware control of processor performance levels are described. In one embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of logical processing elements; and a power management circuit to change a highest non-guaranteed performance level and a highest guaranteed performance level for each of the plurality of logical processing elements, and set a notification in a status register when the highest non-guaranteed performance level is changed to a new highest non-guaranteed performance level.

Abstract: A vacuum gripper comprises a rigid base element and a loop-shaped vacuum seal element. The base element has first and second opposite sides. The seal element is attached at least indirectly to the second side and protruding therefrom in a direction away from the first side. The seal element comprises a contact surface that at least partially contacts with an object surface and an encircling surface oriented transversely to the contact surface so as to define a chamber. The seal element is elastically deformable at the contact surface to enable conforming to the object surface when pressed thereagainst. The vacuum gripper comprises an air extraction means mounted to the first side to be in fluid communication with the chamber through the base element, and configured to continuously extract air from the chamber to cause the contact surface to be urged towards and grip the object surface when pressed thereagainst.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to instructions to reset software thread runtime property histories in a hardware processor are described. In one embodiment, a hardware processor includes a hardware guide scheduler comprising a plurality of software thread runtime property histories; a decoder to decode a single instruction into a decoded single instruction, the single instruction having a field that identifies a model-specific register; and an execution circuit to execute the decoded single instruction to check that an enable bit of the model-specific register is set, and when the enable bit is set, to reset the plurality of software thread runtime property histories of the hardware guide scheduler.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a light emitting device, comprises mixing a first solution containing a polymeric component with a second solution containing quantum-confinement structures, to provide a solution mixture, and dispensing the solution mixture to form a fiber. The fiber is allow to be self-drawn such that at least one section of the fiber has a reduced diameter relative to another section.