Abstract: Injectable compositions that can be added to parenteral nutrition are provided. In particular, a stable injectable composition is provided which includes water, and at least one of about 800 ?g to about 4,000 ?g of zinc, about 40 ?g to about 400 ?g of copper, from about 4 ?g to about 90 ?g of selenium, or from about 1 ?g to about 80 ?g of manganese per 1 mL of the injectable composition. Methods of preparing and using of the stable injectable composition are also provided.

Abstract: A method for removing one or more objects or materials from a body lumen includes delivering a tube and an expandable device to the body lumen to a position proximal to the one or more objects or materials. The expandable device is positioned with a lumen of the tube, and the expandable device includes a lumen extending from a distal portion to a proximal portion. The method further includes proximally retracting the tube such that the expandable device remains in the position proximal to the one or more objects or materials, distally advancing the expandable device such that the distal portion of the expandable device at least partially surrounds the one or more objects or materials, at least partially closing a distal end of the expandable device, and moving the expandable device proximally to remove the expandable device and the one or more objects or materials from the lumen.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds and compositions useful in the treatment of GLS1 mediated diseases, such as cancer, having the structure of Formula I: Methods of inhibition GLS1 activity in a human or animal subject are also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a tissue debridement device and describes an example treatment for ANP using the tissue debridement device. The tissue debridement device has a sheath, a distal tip, and a plurality of rotating tines coupled to the distal tip and the sheath. The distal tip can be adjusted to be closer or further from the sheath to change a diameter of the rotating tines, thereby changing a cutting diameter of the tissue debridement device.

Abstract: A system on a chip (SoC) includes a first subsystem, a second subsystem and a compression block connected to the first and second subsystems, wherein the compression block includes a decoder and an encoder. The compression block receives spill data generated by a compute element in one of the first and second subsystems, compresses the spill data using the encoder and stores the compressed spill data in a data block in local memory of one of the compute elements.

Abstract: A cannulation device is adapted to gain access to the patient's common bile duct. In some instances, the cannulation device includes a first guidewire lumen extending through an elongate shaft and terminating at a first oblique guidewire port, and a second guidewire lumen extending through the elongate shaft and terminating at a second oblique guidewire port. In some instances, the cannulation device includes an inflatable balloon that is inflatable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration in which the inflatable balloon is adapted to occlude the patient's pancreatic duct. In some instances, the cannulation device includes an expandable element that is expandable from a collapsed configuration in which the expandable element is disposed within the guidewire lumen and an extended configuration in which a portion of the expandable element extends distally from a guidewire port.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for preparing maleic acid or a derivative thereof, the process comprising a step b) of oxidizing 5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone and/or cis-?-formylacrylic acid to maleic acid or a derivative thereof by contacting the 5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone and/or cis-?-formylacrylic acid with molecular oxygen (O2) in the presence of a catalyst. In a particular embodiment, the step b) is preceded by a step a) of oxidizing a furanic compound according to formula I into the 5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone and/or cis-?-formylacrylic acid, wherein R1 is H, CH2OH, CO2H or CHO and R2 is H, OH, C1-C6 alkyl or O(C1-C6 alkyl), or esters, ethers, amides, acid halides, anhydrides, carboximidates, nitriles, and salts of formula I.

Abstract: Injectable compositions that can be added to parenteral nutrition are provided. In particular, a stable injectable composition is provided which includes water, and at least one of about 800 ?g to about 4,000 ?g of zinc, about 40 ?g to about 400 ?g of copper, from about 4 ?g to about 90 ?g of selenium, or from about 1 ?g to about 80 ?g of manganese per 1 mL of the injectable composition. Methods of preparing and using of the stable injectable composition are also provided.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically updating biometric data for a user by preferably retaining an ongoing digital collection of images/biometric captures/IOT (“Internet of Things”) captures taken over the life of the user. Changes in appearance of the user due to age, health, facial hair, hair color, hair length and many other evolutionary changes are automatically captured and contribute to the learning set. Accordingly, the system itself gets smarter and faster with every subsequent authentication. In one non-limiting embodiment, a target of the most recent 500 captures are retained, and tuning may suggest a greater number of captures should or could be used. Preferably, with each new capture the oldest capture in the ongoing digital collection is automatically deleted by the system.

Abstract: A fire suppression system is disclosed. The fire suppression system comprises a first storage cylinder configured for storing a first suppression solution. The system comprises a second storage cylinder operatively connected to the first storage cylinder. The second storage cylinder is configured for storing a second suppression solution, wherein in response to a detection of a fire condition, the first storage cylinder is configured to release the first solution into the second storage cylinder to cause the second solution to be delivered first during a first phase of a discharge.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a system includes a buffer configured to store a plurality of pixel blocks of an image, a first processor unit configured to receive a pixel block of the of the plurality of pixel blocks and select whether to separately encode or jointly encode pixel components of the pixel block by computing eigenvalues for the pixel components, a second processor unit configured to compute, responsive to the first processing unit selecting to jointly encode the pixel block, (i) an eigenvector for the pixel components of the pixel block based on the eigenvalues and (ii) endpoints on the eigenvector for encoding the pixel components, an encoder unit configured to encode, responsive to the first processing unit selecting to jointly encode the pixel block, the pixel components of the pixel block jointly based on the eigenvector and the endpoints.

Abstract: A dishwasher having a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber has a chassis supporting the tub. The chassis has a base and defines a space below the tub, and a terminal box having at least one enclosure wall defining an interior is located within the space. A wire connection box is located within the interior of the terminal box. The wire connection box includes a housing and multiple terminals, and is configured to receive and couple the electrical connection for the dishwasher and the electrical mains power line.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a sterilisation apparatus for sterilising a channel of a surgical scoping device. The apparatus includes: a gas supply having a conduit to deliver an ionisable gas to the channel of the surgical scoping device; and, a sterilisation instrument, separate from the gas supply and the conduit, configured to be inserted through the channel of a surgical scoping device. The sterilisation instrument includes an elongate probe. The elongate probe includes: a transmission line for conveying radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic (EM) energy and/or microwave EM energy; and, a probe tip connected at the distal end of the transmission line for receiving the RF and/or microwave EM energy, the probe tip comprising an electrode assembly configured to produce an electric field from the received RF and/or microwave frequency EM energy to generate a plasma of the ionisable gas delivered to the channel from the gas supply.

Abstract: Injectable compositions that can be added to parenteral nutrition are provided. In particular, a stable injectable composition is provided which includes water, and at least one of about 800 ?g to about 4,000 ?g of zinc, about 40 ?g to about 400 ?g of copper, from about 4 ?g to about 90 ?g of selenium, or from about 1 ?g to about 80 ?g of manganese per 1 mL of the injectable composition. Methods of preparing and using of the stable injectable composition are also provided.

Abstract: A system for quickly deploying WFM systems in contact centers is provided. A user or administrator can quickly install a WFM application on a deployment server. The administrator can provide the WFM application access to the contact center data where the WFM application can import data from the contact center about one or more customers, agents, queues, teams, and any other items typically associated with contact centers. The imported data may also include presence data about the agents, teams, and customers. Based on the imported data, the WFM application may execute one or more workflows to automatically determine information such as maximum and minimum hours, break patterns, and shift data about the agents and teams.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically updating biometric data for a user by preferably retaining an ongoing digital collection of images/biometric captures/IOT (“Internet of Things”) captures taken over the life of the user. Changes in appearance of the user due to age, health, facial hair, hair color, hair length and many other evolutionary changes are automatically captured and contribute to the learning set. Accordingly, the system itself gets smarter and faster with every subsequent authentication. In one non-limiting embodiment, a target of the most recent 500 captures are retained, and tuning may suggest a greater number of captures should or could be used. Preferably, with each new capture the oldest capture in the ongoing digital collection is automatically deleted by the system.

Abstract: Injectable compositions that can be added to parenteral nutrition are provided. In particular, a stable injectable composition is provided which includes water, and at least one of about 800 µg to about 4,000 µg of zinc, about 40 µg to about 400 µg of copper, from about 4 µg to about 90 µg of selenium, or from about 1 µg to about 80 µg of manganese per 1 mL of the injectable composition. Methods of preparing and using of the stable injectable composition are also provided.

Abstract: Systems and methods for concept based searching or recommendation based on a concept networks are disclosed. More particularly, embodiments of a concept based approach to the search and analysis of data, including the creation, update or use of concept networks in searching and analyzing data are disclosed, including embodiments of the usage of such concept networks in artificial intelligence systems that are capable of utilizing concepts expressed by users to return or evaluate associated entities or content.

Abstract: A wakeboat creates a wake, the performance level of the wake varying depending upon the mass of the wakeboat, the wakeboat including a hull; an engine supported by the hull; a controller supported by the hull; a processor coupled to the controller; a memory coupled to the processor; a sensor configured to measure at least one parameter of the wakeboat, the controller being coupled to the sensor and being configured to receive data from the sensor, the controller being configured to derive the present mass of the wakeboat from said sensor data, the controller being configured to determine the present wake performance level of the wakeboat based on the present mass of the wakeboat; and a tablet computer coupled to the controller, the controller being configured to use the tablet computer to indicate the present wake performance level of the wakeboat.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may access color components of a pixel region in an image, and then determine a color variance for each of the color components. The computing system may further determine a desired bit allocation for each of the color components based on the color variance associated with that color component. The computing system may then determine a total bit allocation for the pixel region based on the desired bit allocations for the color components, as well as a number of unallocated bits available for allocation. The computing system may further determine a final bit allocation for each of the color components by allocating the total bit allocation to each of the color components according to the desired bit allocation for each of the color components. The computing system may then encode each of the color components using the associated final bit allocation.