Abstract: Disclosed herein are Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated (Cas) 9-based system related compositions and methods of using said CRISPR/Cas9-based system related compositions for altering gene expression and genome engineering. Also disclosed herein are compositions and methods of using said compositions for altering gene expression and genome engineering in muscle, such as skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to perovskite materials, and in particular, to copper perovskite materials. The invention further relates to solid-state integrated, lightweight, photovoltaic or light-emitting devices with an active layer based on the copper perovskite materials.

Abstract: The invention addresses a new synthetic method, in a single reaction or in a double reaction, of compositions for animal feeding which comprise organic acid salts selected from formic, lactic, propionic, butyric, valerianic, lauric, benzoic, caprylic or capric acid, protected with soaps rich in fatty acids present in vegetable fats. The invention further describes the compositions themselves for animal feeding which comprise the salts of said organic acids protected with soaps, their use in animal feeding, in particular in monogastric animals and the food or feed itself which comprises the compositions described in the invention.

Abstract: A system is configured for real time detection and prevention of segregation of duties violations in business-critical applications. The system includes a software application monitor, a Segregation of Duties (SoD) conflict detection engine, a processor and a memory. The software application monitor configured to monitor an action executed by a user in the software application in real-time. The SoD conflict detection engine receives an action notification from the software application monitor having an action and an associated user, and determines whether the action is associated with a conflict in a conflict rule database. The engine looks up the user and action and determines if the user has permission to execute the action and/or if the user has previously executed the action, and if so outputs a preventive alert indicating a segregation of duties violation.

Abstract: A method includes identifying a plurality of functions performed by at least one of a sales division of an entity, a manufacturing division of the entity, or a supplier division of the entity during an intra-entity transaction by the at least one division. The method also includes determining, for each function of the plurality of functions, an allocation relationship based on an operating parameter of the at least one division, and determining, for each function, an intra-entity sales expense using the respective allocation relationship associated with each function. The method further includes providing, to the entity, an indication of net income and target earnings for the at least one division. The net income is provided for each function, and is determined based on the respective intra-entity sales expense associated with each function.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method comprising repetitive electromagnetic field shock to at least one living cell, wherein the repetitive electromagnetic field shock improves HSF1 and/or HSR function, and producing delaying and reversal of aging and age related diseases. Also disclosed herein is an apparatus adapted to deliver repetitive electromagnetic field shock to at least one living cell, wherein the repetitive electromagnetic field shock improves HSF1 and HSR function.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions of transcription activator-like effectors transcription factors and methods of using said compositions for inducing gene expression of mammalian genes.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel strains of probiotics for use in the gastrointestinal tract of a pet. The probiotics of the present invention are capable of fermenting starch to produce lactic acid and/or hydrogen peroxide anti-pathogenic metabolites. The present invention also provides a novel method for identifying the effectiveness of a pet probiotic in vitro. The method simulates the introduction of a probiotic candidate in the gastrointestinal tract of a pet and measures the anti-pathogenic effectiveness of the probiotic.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the combination of organic acid salts with at least one active ingredient of plant origin, preferably essential oils, partially protected with vegetable fats and/or oils, which prevent these active ingredients from being digested by stomach enzymes during the digestive process. The sodium salts of short-chain acids, preferably salts of butyric, acid are preferred. The preferred essential oils are ginger, piperine, oregano, garlic, thymol, carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde and/or any combinations thereof. The combination of organic acid salts and the essential oils protected with vegetable fats and/or oils, are used as powerful promoters or stimulants for animal growth, as organic bactericides against pathogenic bacteria present in said animals and as modulators of immune response thereof.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for pre-caching information in a database management system. Usage patterns of the database are analyzed to identify regularly recurring requests for information stored in the database. Based on the analyzed usage patterns, a pre-caching strategy is determined. The pre-caching strategy identifies information in the database that is likely to satisfy an anticipated future request. Prior to a time at which the future request is anticipated to be received, a cache in the database is populated with information that satisfies the anticipated future request in accordance with the determined pre-caching strategy. The information that populates the cache is retrieved from a storage medium that is slower to access than the cache.

Abstract: A procedure to broadcast digital multimedia contents to subscribers, where a first digital data transport stream broadcast to subscribers from a head end (12) via a first telecommunications network other than a telecommunications network based on an Internet IP protocol is received in a customer device (15); transmission from a first retransmission unit (153) of a lost packet petition message to a second retransmission unit (132) contained in a service application unit (13) connectable to the customer device (15) via a second telecommunications network (11) based on an Internet IP protocol; in response to the lost packet petition message from the first data transport stream, transmission of a second digital data stream that comprises at least one packet lost form the first digital data transport stream.

Abstract: A procedure for broadcasting multimedia digital content to subscribers, in which a first transport stream of digital data is transmitted from a header source (12) through a first telecommunications network differing from a telecommunications network based on an IP internet protocol to subscribers and is received in a customer device (15); transmission from a first channel change unit (153) of a first channel change message to a second change unit (132) of a service application unit (13) connectable to the device (15) through a second telecommunications network (11) based on an IP internet protocol; in response to a channel change message received by the first change unit (153); transmission of a second digital data stream associated with the desired channel, which begins in a key frame stored in a second storage unit (133) of the server (13), in response to the reception of the first change message received in the second channel change unit.

Abstract: Methods and systems for securing digital imagery are provided. In one respect, embedding, compression, encryption, data hiding, and other imaging processing techniques and systems may be provided for digital image security. In one non-limiting example, a method for producing a compressed and encrypted image is provided. An image may be converted into a binary bit stream, and the bit stream may be decomposed into a plurality of segments. A binary sequence based on a first key may be generated and may be used to generate a code matrix. A distance between the code matrix and the distance may be determined for each of the plurality of segments. Using a combined first and second key, a compressed and encrypted image may be obtained.

Abstract: Apparatus for encrypting a stream of audiovisual data generated by an encoder (11); comprises an encrypter (113) module that analyses the data stream to determine if said stream includes at least one slice relative to a layer of video codification; for encrypting at least a set of bit nearby or adjacent to a slice header; and inserts the generated encrypted set of bit into the data stream that will be transported by a digital telecommunications network (12) to a customer's local equipment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel lactic acid bacterial micro-organisms that have been isolated and selected for their probiotic potential and their use for the preparation of petfood compositions intended to improve the health of pets, and to compositions containing the same.

Abstract: Methods and systems for securing digital imagery are provided. In one respect, embedding, compression, encryption, data hiding, and other imaging processing techniques and systems may be provided for digital image security. In one non-limiting example, a method for producing a compressed and encrypted image is provided. An image may be converted into a binary bit stream, and the bit stream may be decomposed into a plurality of segments. A binary sequence based on a first key may be generated and may be used to generate a code matrix. A distance between the code matrix and the distance may be determined for each of the plurality of segments. Using a combined first and second key, a compressed and encrypted image may be obtained.

Abstract: Methods and systems for securing digital imagery are provided. In one respect, embedding, compression, encryption, data hiding, and other imaging processing techniques and systems may be provided for digital image security. In one non-limiting example, a method for producing a compressed and encrypted image is provided. An image may be converted into a binary bit stream, and the bit stream may be decomposed into a plurality of segments. A binary sequence based on a first key may be generated and may be used to generate a code matrix. A distance between the code matrix and the distance may be determined for each of the plurality of segments. Using a combined first and second key, a compressed and encrypted image may be obtained.

Abstract: A minimum aerodynamic interference support for models in a cryogenic wind tunnel includes two main pieces: a front sting substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the model and a blade, integrated together and describing an obtuse angle. The support is connected to the model by means of the blade, being the model such that it emulates a tail section and/or wings of an aircraft. The front sting of the support comprises an extension, extended horizontally underneath a frontal zone of the fuselage of the model, starting from the point where the blade starts and extending past the point where the blade is connected to the model, in such a way that the length and area dimensions of the cross-section of the extension are obtained by applying the aerodynamic principle, area rule, to the ensemble made up by the front sting, the blade, the model and the extension.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel lactic acid bacterial micro-organisms that have been isolated and selected for their probiotic potential and their use for the preparation of petfood compositions intended to improve the health of pets, and to compositions containing the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel lactic acid bacterial micro-organisms that have been isolated and selected for their probiotic potential and their use for the preparation of petfood compositions intended to improve the health of pets, and to compositions containing the same.