Abstract: A cell deactivation device includes a cell deactivation container. The cell deactivation container includes a plurality of microfluidic channels, a lid covering the plurality of microfluidic channels, the lid having a thickness of less than about 150 microns, and a distribution manifold configured to distribute a fluid to the plurality of microfluidic channels. The cell deactivation device further includes an irradiation source configured to generate an electron beam and transmit the electron beam through the lid of the cell deactivation container and into a fluid passing through the plurality of microfluidic channels.

Abstract: In one aspect, disclosed is an example method for use in connection with a media-presentation device presenting a media program via a display screen of the media-presentation device, the method including: (i) during presentation of a temporal portion of the media program, identifying an audience engagement region of presented content, wherein the identified audience engagement region is less than an entirety of a display area that corresponds to the display screen; (ii) using at least the identified audience engagement region as a basis to select a media segment from among multiple candidate media segments; (iii) identifying an upcoming media segment insertion point within the media program; and (iv) facilitating the media-presentation device inserting, at the identified media segment insertion point within the media program, the selected media segment.

Abstract: An agricultural autonomous vehicle is provided which is operable to traverse a field and perform one or more detection tasks.

Abstract: A multi-layered food product comprises a filling encapsulated by a dough layer, and the multi-layered food product can optionally include one or more toppings atop the dough layer.

Abstract: A scope system includes a processor and a scope device. The scope device includes a handle configured to remain outside of the body and an elongated shaft extending from the handle to a distal tip and including a working channel extending therethrough. The working channel is open at the distal tip of the shaft. The shaft is inserted through a bodily lumen to a target surgical site. The shaft includes at least one sensor transmitting to the processor sensor data relating to the target surgical site.

Abstract: An example hydraulic tool includes: a fluid reservoir; a pump; an electric motor; a cylinder; a piston; a first trigger button; a second trigger button; and a controller configured to perform operations comprising: receiving a first signal when the first trigger button is triggered, responsively, causing the electric motor to rotate in a first rotational direction, thereby: (i) causing the pump to provide fluid to the cylinder, and (ii) causing the piston to move in a first linear direction, thereafter, receiving a second signal when the second trigger button is triggered, and responsively to the second signal, causing the electric motor to rotate in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction, thereby: (i) opening a fluid path from the cylinder to the fluid reservoir, and (ii) causing the piston to move in a second linear direction opposite the first linear direction.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a body and an outer cannula extending distally from the body along a longitudinal axis and fixedly secured to the body. The outer cannula includes a proximal portion having a first cross-dimension and a distal portion having a second cross-dimension smaller than the first cross-dimension. The distal portion is configured to guide the cylindrical proximal portion into a trocar port. The apparatus also includes an inner cannula slidably disposed in the outer cannula for translating longitudinally relative to the outer cannula. The inner cannula includes an open proximal end, an open distal end configured to pierce a retina of the eye, and a lumen extending between the open proximal end and the open distal end. The lumen is configured to communicate a fluid from the open proximal end to the open distal end for delivering the fluid into a subretinal region of the eye.

Abstract: A roof integrated photovoltaic system includes a starter bar having a foot base and configured to be installed to a roof deck, a plurality of water shedding layers, and a photovoltaic module. One of the plurality of water shedding layers is configured to be installed over the foot base of the starter bar, and one of another of which is configured to overlap and be installed over the one of the plurality of water shedding layers. The system further includes a foot module configured to be attached to an upper portion of the photovoltaic module. A lower portion of the photovoltaic module is configured to align with the foot base of the starter bar, and the foot module is configured to be affixed on a last overlapping layer of the plurality of water shedding layers to the roof deck.

Abstract: A polarized light microscope includes a light source configured to illuminate a specimen and an imaging sensor configured to capture an image of the specimen. The polarized light microscope also includes a first circular polarizer positioned between the light source and the specimen. A birefringent mosaic mask is positioned between the specimen and the imaging sensor. The polarized light microscope also includes a second polarizer positioned between the mask and the imaging sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides traceless linkers, which can link an inducer of protein-protein interaction to a cell binding agent. Also provided are compositions comprising the linked compounds. The compounds and compositions are useful for treating diseases such as cancer in subjects in need thereof.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices allow intravascular or percutaneous mapping, orientation and/or ablation, in bodily cavities or lumens. A device includes elongate members, moveable between an unexpanded configuration and an expanded or fanned configuration. The elongate members form a stack in the unexpanded configuration to fit through a catheter sheath. The elongate members follow respective arcuate or curvilinear paths as advanced from the sheath into the bent or coiled stack configuration, adopting volute, scroll or rho shapes, and may be nested. The elongated members are fanned or radially spaced circumferentially with respect to one another into the expanded or fanned configuration. Transducer elements carried by elongate members sense various physiological characteristics of or proximate tissue, and/or may apply energy to or proximate tissue. The elongate members are rotatable in groups or as a group in the expanded configuration. The device is retractable.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may be configured to transmit an indication of UE capability to support a cross frequency range/band sounding reference signal (SRS) indication for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) scheduling. The UE may transmit the indication of the UE capability to the network node, the indication of the UE capability including an association between a first reference signal (RS) transmitted in a first frequency band and a second frequency band, the second frequency band being different from the first frequency band, transmit the first RS in the first frequency band to the network node, and receive an uplink (UL) grant scheduling a UL channel associated with the second frequency band from the network node, the UL grant being based at least in part on the first RS in the first frequency band.

Abstract: A fibre cement plate includes a rectangular body having a top edge and a bottom edge arranged spaced apart and substantially parallel to each other, first and second lateral edges arranged spaced apart and substantially perpendicularly to the top and bottom edges and inwards and outwards facing surfaces. Further, the first and second lateral edges are disposed substantially parallel to each other and connect the top and bottom edges. Moreover, the bottom edge is provided with a longitudinal groove and the top edge is provided with an elongated projection adapted to be inserted inside an elongated groove of a bottom edge of an adjacent identical fibre cement plate. Also, the first lateral edge is provided with an elongated groove and the second lateral edge is provided with an elongated projection adapted for insertion inside an elongated groove of a first lateral edge of an adjacent identical fibre cement plate.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a plasma processing chamber, a source power (SP) control path configured to generate a plasma in the processing chamber by generating SP pulses according to SP pulse parameters, and a timing circuit coupled to the SP control path. The timing circuit is configured to generate a delay causing a nonzero offset duration separating trailing edges of the SP pulses and leading edges of bias power (BP) pulses, and to output a trigger signal immediately following the nonzero offset duration. The plasma processing apparatus further includes a BP control path coupled to the timing circuit and configured to generate BP pulses triggered by the trigger signal and to couple the BP pulses to a substrate disposed in the processing chamber. The BP pulses are generated according to BP pulse parameters that are separate from the SP pulse parameters.

Abstract: A furniture panel joining system includes a joint piece for connecting a furniture panel. The joint piece has a base body having a male connector to be inserted into T-slot of a furniture panel. The joint piece has a top portion provided with at least one female connector. The female connector is configured for receiving a male member formed by a pin head of a couple item. The couple item is of benefit for attaching a furniture item which in particular includes a wired electronic unit in a quick manner without a need for a tool or glue to the furniture panel.

Abstract: Systems and methods for modeling live events are disclosed. A system can maintain results of simulations of a plurality of live events. The results can correspond to a plurality of conditional events that occur during each simulation. The system can receive selections of candidate outcomes for the conditional events to occur during a live event from a computing device, and identify a subset of the simulations having outcomes that correspond to the selections of the candidate outcomes. The system can generate an odds value based on a number of simulations in the subset and the total number of simulations for the live event, and can provide the odds value for presentation at the computing device.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide for identification and visualization of nerves proximate a surgical site within the brain during brain surgery. The system includes a nerve monitoring system that includes a tool suitable for insertion into the brain of a patient, response sensors suitable for mounting on the skin of the patient, a nerve monitoring control system. The system also includes a fluoroscopic imaging system used to obtain fluoroscopic images of the brain and the tool during the surgery. The nerve monitoring system is interoperable with the fluoroscopic imaging system to determine the location of the tool tip corresponding a signal from the response sensors, and present a screen element in a corresponding location in the fluoroscopic images.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting device (10), comprising: at least one light source (12) adapted to emit light (28a, 28b); a uniform diffuser (20) forming a light exit window of the lighting device; and a non-uniform volumetric diffuser (16) arranged between the at least one light source and the uniform diffuser.

Abstract: A glass container is provided having a glass tube with a first end and a second end and a glass bottom closing the second end. The glass tube has a longitudinal axis and has, in a direction from the first to the second end, a top region, a junction region, a neck region, a shoulder region, and a body region. The top region is at the first end and has an outer diameter (dt), the neck region has an outer diameter (dn) with dn<dt, the body region extends to the second end and has an outer diameter (db) with db>dt, and the glass tube in the body region has a thickness (lb). The outer contour in a transition area between the top and neck regions is defined by a radius of curvature. The glass containers have a neck squeeze test load of at least 1100 N.

Abstract: A patient ventilation system and a computing device-implemented method determine oxygen consumption in a mechanically ventilated subject includes receiving a signal representing a total flow at an inspiratory outlet of a ventilator, calculating a transport delay time between inspiratory and expiratory gas sample points in a patient ventilation circuitry, transmitting a signal to an inlet selector valve to selectively open a fluid path between the inspiratory gas sample point and an oxygen sensor or between the expiratory gas sample point and the oxygen sensor, receiving data representing oxygen content and carbon dioxide content over a period of time, calculating oxygen consumption data over the period of time from the data representing the total flow, oxygen content and carbon dioxide content and from the transport delay time, and displaying the oxygen consumption data over the period of time.