Abstract: A method of operating a phonetic game system can comprise: providing a misspelled instruction instructing a player to intentionally misspell; drawing a card having a word; writing the word as a misspelled word, the misspelled word still being phonetically correct; and awarding a point based on the misspelled word being phonetically correct.

Abstract: A method and hardware for performing hardware efficient unbiased rounding of a number includes receiving the number in a binary format having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises bits of the number above a rounding point and the second portion comprises bits of the number after the rounding point. The method includes adding a first amount to the number to obtain a first value. Further the method comprises determining if the bit above the rounding point for a controlling value is ‘0’ bit or a ‘1’ bit. The controlling value is either the received number in the binary format or the first value. The method further includes adding a second amount to ‘b+1’ LSBs of the first value to obtain a second value if the bit above the rounding point for the controlling value is a ‘0’ bit and rounding the number by truncating the last b bits of the second value or the last b bits of the first value based on the determination.

Abstract: A dermal filler composition including a coloring agent dispersed in a continuous phase composed of cross-linked hyaluronic acid gel particles, wherein the coloring agent is one or more of vitamin B2 and B12.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are presented to determine a pose of an object. In at least one embodiment, a network is trained to predict a pose of an autonomous object based, at least in part, on only one image of the autonomous object.

Abstract: A document is received from a document provider. A representation of the document provider associated with the document within a document provider space is determined based at least in part on text boxes and corresponding coordinates associated with the text boxes within the document. The document provider associated with the document is determined based on a measure of similarity. A database is updated to associate the document with the determined document provider.

Abstract: A document is received from a document provider. A representation of the document provider associated with the document within a document provider space is determined based at least in part on text boxes and corresponding coordinates associated with the text boxes within the document. The document provider associated with the document is determined based on a measure of similarity. A database is updated to associate the document with the determined document provider.

Abstract: In a liquid chromatographic system, a processor is configured to analyze a sample through a first stream which is an analysis flow path including a first column, to obtain at least one of a result of analysis for quality control of the first stream and information that specifies a sample to be analyzed in the first stream, to specify, among two or more combinations of a cleaning method and a cleaning execution condition, a first combination including an execution condition to which at least one of the result of analysis for quality control and the information corresponds, and to drive one or more cleaning pumps in accordance with the cleaning method included in the first combination.

Abstract: A liquid chromatographic system includes a first cleaning pump that supplies a cleaning solution to a first valve, a selector valve connected to a first column and a second column, the selector valve switching an object to be connected to a detector that analyzes a separated sample between the first column and the second column, and a controller. The controller can have the first cleaning pump driven to clean the selector valve with the cleaning solution that flows through a first analysis flow path.

Abstract: A liquid chromatographic system includes a column, a needle, a valve, a pump, and an analysis flow path. The valve sets the analysis flow path by switching between a first flow path through which an eluent flows from the valve to the column via the needle and a second flow path through which the eluent flows from the valve to the column not via the needle. The first flow path can be cleaned by drive of a first cleaning pump while the first flow path is set, and the second flow path can be cleaned by drive of the first cleaning pump while the second flow path is set.

Abstract: A hardware downscaling module and downscaling methods for downscaling a two-dimensional array of values. The hardware downscaling unit comprises a first group of one-dimensional downscalers; and a second group of one-dimensional downscalers; wherein the first group of one-dimensional downscalers is arranged to receive a two-dimensional array of values and to perform downscaling in series in a first dimension; and wherein the second group of one-dimensional downscalers is arranged to receive an output from the first group of one-dimensional downscalers and to perform downscaling in series in a second dimension.

Abstract: Hydrolysis of water-reactive nanoporous nonprecious metals to produce hydrogen fuel on-demand for non-stationary applications is a promising method to overcome infrastructural limitations associated with current hydrogen storage and delivery systems. However, the pyrophoricity of highly reactive nanoporous nonprecious metals presents a safety and stability issue. Herein we demonstrate a method to stabilize pyrophoric nanoporous nonprecious metals by using a composite pellet structure consisting of a nanoporous nonprecious metal and a highly hygroscopic material that (i) can trap and absorb high quantities of water vapor to prevent heat buildup and subsequent pyrophoric ignition from exothermic oxidation from oxygen, and (ii) can also undergo hydrolysis to produce hydrogen, thus, making it possible to suppress the pyrophoricity without sacrificing the overall hydrogen generation yield of the composite.

Abstract: A monitoring system that monitors a reactor for producing a reaction product includes a first controller that controls the reactor, an analyzer that analyzes the reaction product, a second controller that controls the analyzer, and an information transmission device that transmits information between the first controller and the second controller, wherein the information transmission device includes an information receiver that receives information from one controller of the first and second controllers, a converter that converts information received from the information receiver into a format processable by another controller of the first and second controllers, and an information sender that sends information converted by the converter to the other controller.

Abstract: A shoe sole device is disclosed that is an improvement to the soles of shoes and boots that helps prevent objects from penetrating the soles. Further, the device helps improve the posture of the user and prevents the user from getting electrocuted through the bottom of his or her footwear. The shoe sole device comprises a body component that is configured in the shape of a conventional shoe sole. The body component would comprise a flexible metal or alloy component that is encompassed by a non-electrically conductive rubber or plastic component. The body component can also comprise a therapeutic foam cushion component that offers comfort and allows the user to build better posture while wearing footwear equipped with the device.

Abstract: Data processing systems (e.g. image processing systems) and methods are provided for processing a stream of data values (e.g. pixel values). The image processing system comprises a processing module configured to: receive a plurality of pixel values; and implement processing of a particular pixel value by operating on a particular subset of the received pixel values, by: defining a set of one or more groups into which pixel values within the particular subset can be grouped; classifying each of the pixel values within the particular subset into one of the groups of the set of one or more groups based on the value of that pixel value; processing the particular pixel value using one or more of the pixel values of the particular subset in dependence on the classification of the pixel values of the particular subset into the one or more groups; and outputting the processed particular pixel value.

Abstract: Beads for use in dermal filler polymers, which are characterized in that they are spherical, have an average diameter between about 40 microns and about 500 microns and range in diameter between about 20 and about 900 microns. The present invention further includes each of a dermal filler incorporating the beads, an apparatus containing the dermal filler along at least one filler polymer, which is hyaluronic acid or a derivative thereof, and a method for injecting the dermal filler nasolabial skin folds of a patient's face.

Abstract: A hyaluronic acid (HA) bead and a filler including the same, along with a process for preparing the HA beads. The process includes combining an HA compound with sodium hydroxide, forming an HA solution, and injecting the HA solution into an oil solution, forming an emulsion with HA beads. A cross-linking reagent is added and the mixture is stirred for 24 hours in room temperature, thereby forming cross-linked HA beads. The HA beads are cross-linked and adapted to dissolve in vivo upon contact with hyaluronidase.

Abstract: Median values for a stream of received data values in a data processing system (e.g. an image processing system) are determined. A first median value of the received data values within a first subset of data values of the received stream is determined, and intermediate data used for determining the first median value is stored. The stored intermediate data is used to determine a median value of the received data values within a second subset of data values of the received stream, wherein the second subset at least partially overlaps with the first subset. The determined median values are outputted for use in the data processing system, e.g. for further processing.

Abstract: Data processing systems (e.g. image processing systems) and methods are provided for processing a stream of data values (e.g. pixel values). In each of a plurality of iterations, a respective particular data value of the stream is processed by operating on a respective particular subset of data values of the stream. In each iteration: group indication data for at least one group is retrieved and used to define a set of groups into which data values within the particular subset can be grouped; each of the data values within the particular subset is grouped into one of the groups of the set of groups; the particular data value is processed using one or more of the data values of the particular subset in dependence on the classification of the data values into the groups; and group indication data is stored for a group, for use in a subsequent iteration.

Abstract: A liquid chromatographic system includes a column, a needle, a valve, a pump, and an analysis flow path. The valve sets the analysis flow path by switching between a first flow path through which an eluent flows from the valve to the column via the needle and a second flow path through which the eluent flows from the valve to the column not via the needle. The first flow path can be cleaned by drive of a first cleaning pump while the first flow path is set, and the second flow path can be cleaned by drive of the first cleaning pump while the second flow path is set.

Abstract: A liquid chromatographic system includes a first cleaning pump that supplies a cleaning solution to a first valve, a selector valve connected to a first column and a second column, the selector valve switching an object to be connected to a detector that analyzes a separated sample between the first column and the second column, and a controller. The controller can have the first cleaning pump driven to clean the selector valve with the cleaning solution that flows through a first analysis flow path.