Abstract: In part, in one aspect, the disclosure relates to a cosmetic tissue treatment probe. The probe may include a cannula having a length. The cannula includes a conductive material, an inner surface, an outer surface, a cannula wall disposed between the inner surface and the outer surface, a proximal end, a distal end, a tip, and one or more apertures defined by the cannula wall. The cannula wall has a cannula wall thickness and a cannula length. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the tip is defined by the distal end. The conductive material is configured for electrical communication with an RF generator, the conductive material configured to generate a heat effect in response to a RF signal received from the RF generator, wherein the heat effect is generated relative to a medium or tissue in fluid communication with the one or more apertures.

Abstract: A blower includes a housing including an inlet and an outlet, a motor to drive a rotatable shaft, first and second impellers provided to the shaft, the first and second impellers each including a plurality of impeller blades, a first stationary component provided to the housing and including stator vanes downstream of the first impeller, and a second stationary component provided to the housing and including stator vanes downstream of the second impeller. A first set of stator vanes of the first stationary component is provided around the motor and are configured and arranged to direct airflow along the motor, to de-swirl the airflow and to decelerate air to increase pressure. A blower including a third impeller and third stationary component positioned above the first impeller is also described.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for determining a dosage of semaglutide for administering to a patient for the treatment of obesity includes receiving patient data relating to a patient, wherein the patient data includes patient weight data; processing the patient data with a dosage calculator to determine the dosage of semaglutide for administering to the patient; and administering the dosage.

Abstract: A method of conditioning a well bore featuring an annulus (50) between a bore-lining tubing (20) and a surrounding bore wall (110) comprises pumping conditioning fluid through an inner tubing (10) located within the bore-lining tubing (20) and into a portion of the well bore containing the bore-lining tubing to affect the temperature of the portion of the well bore containing the bore-lining tubing. The annulus (50) between the bore-lining tubing (20) and the surrounding bore wall (110) is at least partially filled with settable material (54). The affected temperature of the portion of the well bore containing the bore-lining tubing influences the setting of the settable material. For example, heating the bore may accelerate setting of the material, while cooling the bore may retard setting of the material.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to lubricating compositions achieving piston cleanliness pursuant to CEC L-117-20 (VW TDi3) that fail to achieve desired piston cleanliness pursuant to CEC L-078-99 (VW TDi2).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to engine lubricating oil compositions and methods of lubricating a diesel internal combustion engine effective to achieve robust performance in both durability (i.e., piston cleanliness) and improved fuel economy. In one aspect, the engine lubricating oil compositions herein have a composition effective to achieve passing piston cleanliness pursuant to CEC L-117-20 (i.e., the VW TDi3 test) and to achieve a positive fuel economy increase as measured pursuant to JASO M 366, and preferably a fuel economy improvement as measured pursuant to JASO M 366 of at least about 0.5 percent. The engine lubricating oil compositions herein may have a viscosity grade of 0W-8, 0W-12, 0W16, and/or 0W-20.

Abstract: A cloud computing system may be configured to test a cloud-native application to improve cloud-native application suitability. The system may include a processor and a computer readable medium operably coupled thereto, the computer readable medium including a plurality of instructions stored in association therewith that are accessible to, and executable by, the processor, to perform cloud-based testing operations which may include adjusting one or more of: a network path of an interaction among the plurality of interconnected subcomponents, the automated testing routine, or an infrastructure component affecting the cloud-native application.

Abstract: An airflow metering device for metering airflow to a heat exchanger of a vehicle includes a first movable airflow fabric member and a second airflow fabric member. In a first closed position, the first movable airflow fabric member and second airflow fabric members meet at a central area of the airflow. The first movable airflow fabric member and second airflow fabric member are actuatable for withdrawing away from each other for providing an opening from the close position outward. This provides a central opening for metering airflow to the heat exchanger such as a radiator or the like. A continuous loop drive system is used for actuating both first and second airflow fabric members simultaneously.

Abstract: An offshore method includes providing an elongate support string for extending between a mobile offshore drilling unit and a seabed location. The string has an upper portion and a lower portion, and an articulated joint is provided between the upper portion and the lower portion. The provision of the articulated joint maintains the lower portion of the elongate support string in a substantially vertical orientation and increases the safe operating radius of the mobile offshore drilling unit or increases the speed at which the unit may transit through the sea with objects suspended via the elongate support string.

Abstract: A well construction method, and corresponding apparatus, in which a drilled bore (106) is lined with a plurality of successively smaller diameter sections of bore-lining tubing includes at least one casing (108, 110, 112) and at least one liner (120). The well construction method comprises: drilling a final section of a bore (106) to intersect a hydrocarbon-bearing formation (130); providing a shoe (134) at a distal end of a liner and a running tool (150) at a proximal end of the liner, and coupling an inner string (140) between the shoe (134) and the running tool (150); running the liner (120) into the final section of the bore (106) such that the liner extends into the hydrocarbon-bearing formation (130); pumping a settable material (116) from surface (104), through the inner string (140), and through the shoe (134) to at least partially fill an outer annulus (114) surrounding the liner (120); and retrieving the inner string (140) and the running tool (150).

Abstract: A blower includes a housing including an inlet and an outlet, a motor to drive a rotatable shaft, first and second impellers provided to the shaft, the first and second impellers each including a plurality of impeller blades, a first stationary component provided to the housing and including stator vanes downstream of the first impeller, and a second stationary component provided to the housing and including stator vanes downstream of the second impeller. A first set of stator vanes of the first stationary component is provided around the motor and are configured and arranged to direct airflow along the motor, to de-swirl the airflow and to decelerate air to increase pressure. A blower including a third impeller and third stationary component positioned above the first impeller is also described.

Abstract: A method of conditioning a well bore featuring an annulus (50) between a bore-lining tubing (20) and a surrounding bore wall (110) comprises pumping conditioning fluid through an inner tubing (10) located within the bore-lining tubing (20) and into a portion of the well bore containing the bore-lining tubing to affect the temperature of the portion of the well bore containing the bore-lining tubing. The annulus (50) between the bore-lining tubing (20) and the surrounding bore wall (110) is at least partially filled with settable material (54). The affected temperature of the portion of the well bore containing the bore-lining tubing influences the setting of the settable material. For example, heating the bore may accelerate setting of the material, while cooling the bore may retard setting of the material.

Abstract: An engineered bacterial strain expressing dehydrogenases capable of oxidizing D- sorbitol to 2-keto-gulonic acid is provided by the present invention. Methods of using same in a one-pot synthesis of L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C) are also described.

Abstract: A respiratory gas analyzer device (10), such as a capnograph device, is disclosed. A gas measurement component (28), such as a carbon dioxide measurement component in the case of a capnograph, is configured to measure at least one respired gas component (e.g. carbon dioxide). A pump (20) is connected to draw respired gas through the gas measurement component. A pressure gauge (30) is connected to measure pressure in an airflow pathway including the gas measurement component and the pump. An electronic pump controller (40) is programmed to start the pump in response to pressure measured by the pressure gauge satisfying a pump turn on criterion.

Abstract: An apparatus for ensuring proper location for a cutout in a sheet of construction material, to provide for access to an electrical box, includes an electrical box locator device with a body and at least one spike. The body mounts to the front opening of the electrical box and the spike projects perpendicularly relative to the plane of the electrical box opening such that it pierces the sheet of construction material and is visible on the side of the sheet of construction material opposite the side facing the electrical box once the sheet of construction material is positioned over the opening of the electrical box so as to help in locating a cutout in the sheet of construction material for the electrical box.

Abstract: A portable positron emission tomography (PET) scanner includes a rotatable scan detector ring which can be rotated 90 degrees for imaging a patient in a vertical or horizontal orientation. In the vertical orientation, a patient can be standing or seating such that the aperture of the scan detector ring is raised to allow the patient to be within the scanning region and lower to perform the image scanning on the patient. In the horizontal orientation, a patient must be lying down on a platform whereby the platform is moved within the aperture of the scan detector ring to perform the image scanning on the patient. In this horizontal orientation, the scan detector ring is also stowed and secured to be moved to other scanning locations.

Abstract: A patient monitoring device includes a capnograph device (10) and a pulse oximeter (70). An electronic processor (84) is programmed to generate a capnography index (50) indicative of patient well-being from a capnogram measured by the capnograph device, and to generate an arterial blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) index (90) indicative of patient well-being from SpO2 (72) measured by the pulse oximeter. A patient safety index (92) is computed from the capnography index and the SpO2 index. One or more clinical warnings are determined based at least in part on the patient safety index. A display component (82) is configured to display at least one of the computed one or more clinical warnings.

Abstract: A kit for forming and installing an electrical box for housing at least one electrical device. The kit comprises a front segment having a rear and a rear segment having a front. The kit may also comprise at least one cover that is capable of being attached to the front segment. The cover has at least one opening through which an electrical device is accessible. The kit may further comprise a plurality of intermediate segments each having a front and a rear having attachment means that allow the segments to be securely attached in series.

Abstract: A respiratory gas analyzer device (10), such as a capnograph device, is disclosed. A gas measurement component (28), such as a carbon dioxide measurement component in the case of a capnograph, is configured to measure at least one respired gas component (e.g. carbon dioxide). A pump (20) is connected to draw respired gas through the gas measurement component. A pressure gauge (30) is connected to measure pressure in an airflow pathway including the gas measurement component and the pump. An electronic pump controller (40) is programmed to start the pump in response to pressure measured by the pressure gauge satisfying a pump turn on criterion.

Abstract: A capnograph device (10) includes a carbon dioxide measurement component (20) and an electronic processor (30) programmed to generate a capnogram (40) comprising carbon dioxide level sample values measured as a function of time. End-tidal carbon dioxide (etC02) is determined from the capnogram, and an etC02 parameter quality index (etC02 PQI) (44) is computed using one or more quantitative capnogram waveform metrics computed from the capnogram. A respiration rate (RR) value is also determined from the capnogram, and a RR PQI (46) computed using the RR value and the etC02 PQI. A respiratory well-being index (RWI) (50) may be computed from the etC02 and RR values and the etC02 and RR PQI values. In some embodiments the one or more capnogram waveform metrics are computed from a capnogram histogram generated from the capnogram.