Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation comprising blends of formulations (or colloidal dispersions) and its topical application. The formulation comprises at least two different types of colloidal dispersion comprising deformable colloidal particles, wherein the deformable colloidal particles comprise a non-ionic surfactant and/or a phospholipid. The deformable colloidal particles of the invention may comprise an agent of interest (AOI) or may be free of an AOI. The formulation may comprise an AOI that is not associated with the deformable colloidal particles. The present invention also includes kits comprising the formulation of the present invention and the use of the formulation in medicine, skin care and cosmetics.

Abstract: An IC device includes a transistor, a first layer, and a second layer. The first layer is coupled to the transistors and is between the transistor and the second layer in a first direction. The first layer includes a first structure and a second structure. The first structure includes a first metal (e.g., Ru). The second structure includes a second metal (e.g., Cu). The second structure may be wrapped around by a different material that may include a third metal (e.g., Co). The first structure may be shorter than the second structure in the first direction and narrower than the second structure in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first structure may be closer to the second layer than the second structure in the first direction. The first structure may be a wordline of a memory. The second structure may be a bitline.

Abstract: The invention relates to a detection arrangement, a detection system comprising said arrangement, and a method of processing data from said arrangement. The detector arrangement disclosed comprises at least one array of detectors, wherein the detectors are configured to detect photons emitted from an object as a result of positron annihilation due to irradiation of the object with photons of a predetermined energy. Each detector in the array is linked to or associated with one or more other detector in the array to define a region of interest (RoI). The detector arrangement comprises or is communicatively coupled to a coincidence trigger unit which is configured to register or determine a coincidence in response to receiving detection signals from two different detectors forming part of the same RoI and indicating detection of substantially back-to-back co-linear and co-incident photons in the RoI.

Abstract: An aqueous treating medium may include water; an acid selected from the group consisting of: HCl, HBr, HNO3, H2SO4, H2SO3, H3PO4, H3PO2, HOAc, citric acid, tartaric acid, ascorbic acid, EDTA, methanesulfonic acid, toluenesulfonic acid, and combinations thereof, wherein a concentration of the acid in the aqueous treating medium is from 0.5 M to 1.5 M; a salt, wherein a concentration of the salt in the aqueous treating medium is from greater than 0 M to 2 M; a fluoride-containing compound selected from the group consisting of: HF, NaF, NH4HF2, and combinations thereof, wherein a concentration of the fluoride-containing compound in the aqueous treating medium is from 0.026 M to 0.26 M; and silica, wherein the aqueous treating medium is saturated with silica.

Abstract: A method for plugging a subset of cells of a honeycomb structure that includes: covering a first end face of the honeycomb structure with a mask that comprises a body and a plurality of openings, wherein the plurality of openings of the mask is coincident with a plurality of cells of the honeycomb structure; providing a plug of material upon a film material; applying a force to the film material to push the plug of material through the plurality of openings of the mask and into the plurality of cells of the honeycomb structure; and measuring a pressure within the plurality of cells during the applying step, wherein the applying step further comprises adjusting the force applied to the film material based at least in part on the pressure within the plurality of cells to push the plug of material to a predetermined depth within the plurality of cells.

Abstract: An application debugger may define multiple unique initial states of execution for an application on behalf of a client. These unique initial states may include unique sets of application variable values. The application debugger may then create respective application runtimes initialized with the respective sets of application variable values. Then, the execution runtimes may be independently executed to a termination condition that may include a defined set of breakpoints, a normal termination or an abnormal termination. The application debugger may then receive termination state information from the respective execution runtimes, provide additional analysis of these termination states and report results to the client.

Abstract: A beverage container. The container includes an inner canister. The inner cannister includes a base coupled to a wall. The wall includes a first wall region and a second wall region adjoining the first wall region. The base and the wall forms an interior region for containing a beverage. The container also includes a lid configured to be removably coupled to the inner canister via a screw mechanism. The lid includes one or more lid magnets. The system also includes an outer sleeve configured to be removably coupled to the inner canister. The outer sleeve includes one or more sleeve magnets. The lids magnets are configured to magnetically couple with the sleeve magnets such that the lid is magnetically stuck to the sleeve and appears to levitate adjacent to the sleeve when the lid magnets come within close proximity to the sleeve magnets.

Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a base frame and an upper frame configured to support a mattress. The upper frame has a head portion including a recessed edge. Lift arms are coupled to the upperframe and configured to adjust a position of the upperframe. A first handle is coupled to the head portion on a first side of the recessed edge. A second handle is coupled to the head portion on a second side of the recessed edge. The first and second handles are configured to pivot inboard and toward one another to a lowered position extending over the upper frame adjacent to the recessed edge. An intravenous pole is pivotally coupled to the head portion and is adjustable between a deployed position and a stowed position. The intravenous pole extends along a rear wall of the recessed edge over the upper frame when in the stowed position.

Abstract: A join request from a patient computing system identifies a patient, who is assigned to a waiting pool exposing each patient therein to a provider admitting computing system. An admission selection of the patient is received from the provider admitting computing system, and an audiovisual admissions teleconference between the patient computing system and the provider admitting computing system is initiated. A practitioner selection assignment from the provider admitting computing system assigns the patient to a provider practitioner, and in response, the patient is assigned to a provider practitioner pool associated with a provider practitioner computing system. The provider practitioner pool exposes each patient therein to the provider practitioner computing system. The audiovisual admissions teleconference is terminated.

Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a base frame and an upper frame configured to support a mattress. The upper frame has a head portion including a recessed edge. Lift arms are coupled to the upper frame and configured to adjust a position of the upper frame. A first handle is coupled to the head portion on a first side of the recessed edge. A second handle is coupled to the head portion on a second side of the recessed edge. The first and second handles are configured to pivot inboard and toward one another to a lowered position extending over the upper frame adjacent to the recessed edge. An intravenous pole is pivotally coupled to the head portion and is adjustable between a deployed position and a stowed position. The intravenous pole extends along a rear wall of the recessed edge over the upper frame when in the stowed position.

Abstract: A method of separating infill material (105) of synthetic turf is disclosed. The infill material (105) comprises sand (155), rubber (165) and fibres (135). The method comprises combining the infill material (105) with water (106) to form an infill slurry (110), and separating one or more of the sand (155), rubber (165) and fibres (135) from the infill slurry (105). A hydrocyclone (104) may be used to separate the infill slurry (105) into a fibre slurry (107) and a sand/rubber slurry (111). An separation unit (200) for carrying out the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a support frame. A projection housing may be rotatably coupled with the support frame. The projection housing may include a body defining an aperture. A light source is configured to emit a beam of light. A projector may be configured to direct the beam of light through the aperture in the body and onto a surface.

Abstract: Embodiments included herein generally relate to measuring a latency of a playback device. For example, a method includes: determining a first latency of a playback device; determining a second latency of the playback device; comparing the second latency to the first latency to determine whether an event occurred at the playback device; and in response to detecting a latency change between the second latency and the first latency indicating the occurrence of the event, adjusting a timing of a data stream provided to the playback device based on the latency change.

Abstract: Hybrid tomato variety ‘H2012’ is described. The tomato variety is a ground-culture hybrid processing tomato variety suitable for machine harvest and is adaptable to the arid climactic conditions of regions such as California, USA, and Extremadura, Spain. It is a main season variety with resistance to verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1, 2, and 3, root knot nematode, and tomato spotted wilt virus. While the high viscosity of its processed juice make fruit of ‘H2012’ particularly valuable for production of sauces and paste, its uniform and attractive fruit are also valuable for whole-pack and peel/dice uses. The combination of extended field storage of the fruit with its resistance to fusarium wilt race 3 and tomato spotted wilt virus make it valuable to the tomato processing industry.

Abstract: Embodiments included herein generally relate to using non-audio data embedded in an audio signal. More particularly, embodiments relate to using non-audio data embedded into the audio signal to control an audio configuration of a plurality of speakers and/or to measure a delay of a playback device.

Abstract: Techniques for optimizing power and computational density of data centers are described. According to various embodiments, a benchmark test is performed by a computer data center system. Thereafter, transaction information and power consumption information associated with the performance of the benchmark test are accessed. An efficiency metric value is then generated based on the transaction information and the power consumption information. In some implementations, the efficiency metric value indicates a number of transactions executed via the computer data center system during a specific time period per unit of power consumed in executing the transactions during the specific time period. The generated efficiency metric value is then compared to a target threshold value. Thereafter, a performance summary report indicating the generated efficiency metric value, and indicating a result of the comparison of the generated efficiency metric value to the target value, is generated.

Abstract: Hybrid tomato variety ‘H2012’ is described. The tomato variety is a ground-culture hybrid processing tomato variety suitable for machine harvest and is adaptable to the arid climactic conditions of regions such as California, USA, and Extremadura, Spain. It is a main season variety with resistance to verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1, 2, and 3, root knot nematode, and tomato spotted wilt virus. While the high viscosity of its processed juice make fruit of ‘H2012’ particularly valuable for production of sauces and paste, its uniform and attractive fruit are also valuable for whole-pack and peel/dice uses. The combination of extended field storage of the fruit with its resistance to fusarium wilt race 3 and tomato spotted wilt virus make it valuable to the tomato processing industry.

Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present invention provide a solid state light-emitting device and a method of manufacturing the solid state light-emitting device. The method comprises preparing a thin layer of semiconducting perovskite nanoparticles embedded in a matrix or blend of a material that has a wider band gap than the semiconducting perovskite nanoparticles. In embodiments, the method comprises blending a solution of a semiconducting perovskite material or a precursor therefor with a solution of a material that has a wider band gap than the semiconducting perovskite material or a precursor therefor followed by removal of the solvent from the mixture thus formed, to give the semiconducting perovskite nanoparticles embedded in a matrix or blend of the material that has a wider band gap than the semiconducting perovskite nanoparticles.

Abstract: Embodiments included herein generally relate to using non-audio data embedded in an audio signal. More particularly, embodiments relate to using non-audio data embedded into the audio signal to control an audio configuration of a plurality of speakers and/or to measure a delay of a playback device.