Abstract: A breast pump system comprises at least one wearable milk collection hub connected via an air line to a combined external air pump and control unit. Each milk collection hub comprises: (a) a breast shield made up of a breast flange and a nipple tunnel; (b) a flexible diaphragm that is configured to prevent milk from reaching the external air pump; (c) an outer shell that is configured to removably attach to the breast shield, such that, when attached, the breast shield and outer shell form a vessel for collecting milk; and (d) a diaphragm cap that is configured to be secured over the diaphragm, forms part of the front face of the outer shell, and includes a port connected to the air line.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a stage configured to hold a component. A radiant energy device is operable to generate and project radiant energy in a patterned image. An actuator is configured to change a relative position of the stage relative to the radiant energy device. A resin management system includes a material deposition assembly upstream configured to deposit a resin on a resin support. The material deposition assembly includes a reservoir configured to retain a first volume of the resin and define a thickness of the resin on the resin support as the resin support is translated in an X-axis direction. The material deposition assembly further includes a vessel positioned above the reservoir in a Z-axis direction and configured to store a second volume of the resin. In addition, the material deposition assembly includes a conduit configured to direct the resin from the vessel to the reservoir.

Abstract: A reclamation system for an additive manufacturing apparatus can include a collection structure configured to remove at least a portion of the resin from a foil. A containment vessel can be configured to retain the resin removed from the foil. A drain can direct the resin from the containment vessel to a reservoir.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus can include a stage configured to hold one or more cured layers of resin that form a component. A radiant energy device can be operable to generate and project radiant energy in a patterned image. An actuator can be configured to change a relative position of the stage relative to the radiant energy device. A reclamation system can be downstream of the stage and can be configured to remove at least a portion of the resin from a resin support. The reclamation system can include a first collection structure configured to accept a resin support therethrough along a resin support movement direction. A first scraper is positioned within the first collection structure. The first scraper has an elongation axis that is offset from the resin support movement direction by an offset angle that is less than 90 degrees.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a support plate defining a window and a resin support configured to support an uncured layer of resin. A stage is configured to hold one or more cured layers of the resin to form a component positioned opposite a support plate. A radiant energy device is positioned on an opposite side of the resin support from the stage and is operable to generate and project radiant energy in a patterned image through the window. The stage is configured to move simultaneously with the resin support from a first position to a second position in an X-axis direction.

Abstract: A bodily fluid collection system for collecting a bodily fluid from a patient, and a bodily fluid transfer system for transferring collected bodily fluid to a second collection device. A collection adapter has a connection port configured to securely connect with a hub of a syringe, and a collection interface opposite the connection port creates a fluid conduit to the barrel via the connection port and an inlet of the hub. A proximal adapter is connected to a proximal end of the fluid channel from the patient, and configured to removably interact with the collection interface of the collection adapter to connect the proximal end of the fluid channel to the barrel via the fluid conduit and inlet to the barrel to allow conveyance into the barrel of the at least some of the sampling portion of the sample of bodily fluid. The proximal adapter can be removed to allow access to any bodily fluid collected by the syringe.

Abstract: Use of porous metal oxide microspheres as light stabilizers for shaped artificial polymer articles, wherein the porous metal oxide microspheres are prepared via a process comprising forming a liquid dispersion of polymer nanoparticles and a metal oxide; forming liquid droplets of the dispersion; drying the droplets to provide polymer template microspheres comprising polymer nanospheres; and removing the polymer nanospheres from the template microspheres to provide the porous metal oxide microspheres.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for storing a binary large object involve receiving, at a first node comprising part of a first blockchain, the binary large object; hashing the binary large object; sending the binary large object from the first node to at least one other node that is part of the first blockchain without using the first blockchain; and after the binary large object has been disseminated to at least the number of nodes on the first blockchain required to achieve consensus, storing a hash of the binary large object on the first blockchain. Sending the binary large object involves disseminating the binary large object to at least a number of nodes on the first blockchain required to achieve consensus.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for facilitating data transfer between blockchains, Data is sent from a first blockchain to a second blockchain. The data includes lineage verification data that permits the second blockchain to verify a lineage of at least one block of the first blockchain; a proper subset of all non-header data stored using the at least one block; and validity verification data that permits the second blockchain to verify validity of the proper subset of all non-header data sent to the second blockchain from the first blockchain. The proper subset of non-header data may be a slice of state data of an application stored in the first blockchain. The second blockchain verifies the lineage and validity of the data it receives, and creates a new block having non-header data comprising the data it received.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for performing hyperconvergence using blockchains involve running a hypervisor on a computer node, in which the hypervisor runs a host blockchain; and running on the hypervisor an emulated blockchain that emulates the host blockchain. The host blockchain may communicate with other blockchains via the emulated blockchain, thereby receiving actions to perform from those other blockchains and permitting those other blockchains to control the hardware on which the hypervisor and host blockchain run.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for virtualizing blockchains. A hypervisor is run on a computer node. The hypervisor includes a host controller. At least one guest blockchain is also run on the hypervisor, and the host controller allocates at least some hardware resources of the node in response to requests from the at least one guest blockchain. The host controller may include a host blockchain, and some or all of the at least one guest blockchain may be stored within the host blockchain.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for facilitating data transfer between blockchains, Data is sent from a first blockchain to a second blockchain. The data includes lineage verification data that permits the second blockchain to verify a lineage of at least one block of the first blockchain; a proper subset of all non-header data stored using the at least one block; and validity verification data that permits the second blockchain to verify validity of the proper subset of all non-header data sent to the second blockchain from the first blockchain. The proper subset of non-header data may be a slice of state data of an application stored in the first blockchain. The second blockchain verifies the lineage and validity of the data it receives, and creates a new block having non-header data comprising the data it received.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for generating a new blockchain involve storing, in an existing blockchain, a genesis block of the new blockchain; and hosting the new blockchain using the genesis block of the new blockchain as a first block of the new blockchain. The storing may be done before the hosting, such as when the existing blockchain generates the genesis block of the new blockchain itself and subsequently causes the new blockchain to be hosted. Alternatively, the hosting may be done before the storing, such as when a node foreign to the existing blockchain generates the genesis block of the new blockchain and hosts the new blockchain, and the genesis block of the new blockchain is subsequently introduced to and stored in the existing blockchain.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for performing hyperconvergence using blockchains involve running a hypervisor on a computer node, in which the hypervisor runs a host blockchain; and running on the hypervisor an emulated blockchain that emulates the host blockchain. The host blockchain may communicate with other blockchains via the emulated blockchain, thereby receiving actions to perform from those other blockchains and permitting those other blockchains to control the hardware on which the hypervisor and host blockchain run.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for storing a binary large object involve receiving, at a first node comprising part of a first blockchain, the binary large object; hashing the binary large object; sending the binary large object from the first node to at least one other node that is part of the first blockchain without using the first blockchain; and after the binary large object has been disseminated to at least the number of nodes on the first blockchain required to achieve consensus, storing a hash of the binary large object on the first blockchain. Sending the binary large object involves disseminating the binary large object to at least a number of nodes on the first blockchain required to achieve consensus.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for generating a new blockchain involve storing, in an existing blockchain, a genesis block of the new blockchain; and hosting the new blockchain using the genesis block of the new blockchain as a first block of the new blockchain. The storing may be done before the hosting, such as when the existing blockchain generates the genesis block of the new blockchain itself and subsequently causes the new blockchain to be hosted. Alternatively, the hosting may be done before the storing, such as when a node foreign to the existing blockchain generates the genesis block of the new blockchain and hosts the new blockchain, and the genesis block of the new blockchain is subsequently introduced to and stored in the existing blockchain.

Abstract: The invention provides the use of a compound for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of pain, wherein the compound is a compound of the formula (VI): or a salt, solvate, tautomer or N-oxide thereof; wherein the bicyclic group: is selected from the structures C1, C5 and C6: wherein n, R1, R2a, R3, R4a, R8 and R10 are as defined in the claims. The invention also provides the use of a compound of the formula (VI) for the manufacture of a medicament for the prophylaxis or treatment of a fungal, protozoal, viral or parasitic disease state or condition (other than a disease state or condition due to Plasmodium falciparum) or for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of Ewing's sarcoma, atherosclerosis or lupus erythematosus.

Abstract: A method for the application of at least two different powder coating layers to a substrate comprising the steps of application of a first powder coating layer followed by the application of a second powder coating layer, without any substantial curing of the first powder coating layer prior to the application of the second powder coating layer, followed by the simultaneous curing of the first powder coating layer and the second powder coating layer, wherein the first powder coating layer or the second powder coating layer comprises 1 to 10 weight % of a conductive component having a resistivity of below 5 ?cm at a packing volume of ?70%.

Abstract: The invention provides an acid addition salt of a compound of the formula (1). Also provided by the invention are processes for preparing the compound of formula (1) and alkyl analogs thereof, novel intermediates for use in the process and methods for preparing the intermediates. The invention also provides new medical uses of compounds of the formula (1) and its ethyl analog.