Abstract: There is provided a respiratory monitoring device (100) comprising one or more respiratory-related sensors (110) and a first circuit board comprising a controller. The one or more respiratory-related sensors are separated from and in communication the first circuit board. There is also provided a respiratory monitoring device comprising a controller, one or more respiratory-related sensor and an input means (114). The input means is arranged to trigger the controller to suspend sensing by at least one of the one or more respiratory-related sensors for one or more predetermined time periods. There is also provided a respiratory monitoring device having a housing comprising a front surface (102) at which one or more respiratory-related sensors are arranged, and a back surface (120), wherein the front surface is arranged to indicate an intended orientation to a user of the respiratory monitoring device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for a molded body comprising a recombinant spider silk protein, and a plasticizer. Further, the present disclosure relates to a molded body comprising a recombinant spider silk protein and a plasticizer, and a process for preparing the molded body.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine having a waste heat recovery system is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, a turbine section, and an exhaust section in serial flow order and together defining a core air flowpath, the exhaust section including a primary exhaust flowpath and a waste heat recovery flowpath parallel to the primary exhaust flowpath; and the waste heat recovery system includes a heat source exchanger positioned in thermal communication with a first portion of the waste heat recovery flowpath.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods to skip inconsequential matrix operations. In one example, a processor includes decode circuitry to decode an instruction having fields to specify an opcode and locations of first source, second source, and destination matrices, the opcode indicating that the processor is to multiply each element at row M and column K of the first source matrix with a corresponding element at row K and column N of the second source matrix, and accumulate a resulting product with previous contents of a corresponding element at row M and column N of the destination matrix, the processor to skip multiplications that, based on detected values of corresponding multiplicands, would generate inconsequential results; scheduling circuitry to schedule execution of the instruction; and execution circuitry to execute the instructions as per the opcode.

Abstract: Complement Factor D inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions, and uses thereof, as well as processes for their manufacture are provided. The compounds provided include Formula I, Formula II, Formula III, and Formula IV or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, isotopic analog, N-oxide, or isolated isomer thereof, optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable composition. The inhibitors described herein target Factor D and inhibit or regulate the complement cascade.

Abstract: A cassette assembly is disclosed attachable to an end portion of a waterborne vessel including a cassette section to bear against an external structure in use. The cassette section is movable relative to the vessel in a direction towards an opposite end of the vessel. A resilient buffer system counters movement of the cassette section when the vessel is moved towards the external structure, wherein the resilient buffer system includes a fluid-operated buffer. A waterborne vessel includes a receiving portion for receiving the cassette assembly, and can be used to service a water-accessible structure such as a wind turbine.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 07220837 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 07220837, to the plants of soybean cultivar 07220837, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 07220837, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 07220837. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 07220837. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 07220837, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 07220837 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: Introduced here is an artificial intelligence system designed for machine learning. The system may be based on a neuromorphic computational model that learns spatial patterns in inputs using data structures called Sparse Distributed Representations (SDRs) to represent the inputs. Moreover, the system can generate signatures for these SDRs, and these signatures may be used to create definitions of classes or subclasses for classification purposes.

Abstract: An electrical connector including a substrate, a pitch transformation routing assembly formed on the substrate and including pitch transformation routing members, a first set of contact members where each contact member extends away from a first end of a corresponding pitch transformation routing member, and a second set of contact members where each contact member extends away from a second end of a corresponding pitch transformation routing member. Each pitch transformation routing member includes multiple routing sections, where each routing section extends in the first direction or the second direction. In a first subset of the pitch transformation routing members, the pitch transformation routing members have routing sections with different dimensions in the first direction and the second direction.

Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for identifying anomalous network behavior. In aspects, a network event may be observed network sensors. One or more characteristics may be extracted from the network event and used to construct an evidence vector. The evidence vector may be compared to a mapping of previously-identified events and/or event characteristics. The mapping may be represented as one or more clusters of expected behaviors and anomalous behaviors. The mapping may be modeled using analytic models for direction detection and magnitude detection. One or more centroids may be identified for each of the clusters. A “best fit” may be determined and scored for each of the analytic models. The scores may be fused into single binocular score and used to determine whether the evidence vector is likely to represent an anomaly.

Abstract: A furniture assembly and/or a mechanical coupling system for coupling furniture parts together to form an assembled article of furniture. The furniture assembly may include first and second furniture parts, each of which includes a board or other structural member and a coupler. The first furniture part may include a male coupler attached to the board and the second furniture part may include a female coupler attached to the board. The male and female couplers may be coupled together to thereby couple the first and second furniture parts together to form the assembled article of furniture. The male and female couplers may include engagement features that facilitate the coupling of the furniture parts together and to prevent them from becoming detached during normal use of the assembled article of furniture.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 01160922 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 01160922, to the plants of soybean cultivar 01160922, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 01160922, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 01160922. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 01160922. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 01160922, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 01160922 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: The disclosure provides bone graft materials, methods for their use and manufacture. Exemplary bone graft materials comprise combining a radiopaque component with a cancellous bone component to produce a bone graft material, wherein the cancellous bone component comprises native osteoreparative cells. Methods for treating a subject with the bone graft material are also provided.

Abstract: The high sensitivity provided by an enhanced DAS system comprising a DAS interrogator and a high reflectivity fiber allows for the deployment of such a high reflectivity fiber as part of a wireline intervention cable which can be temporarily lowered into a well, thus avoiding the need to permanently cement such a high reflectivity optical fiber cable into the well. Instead, such a wireline cable incorporating the high reflectivity optical fiber has been found to be sensitive enough to detect micro-seismic activity and low frequency strain with many more measurement points and channels than conventional wireline deployed geophones and tiltmeters. Additionally, the cable requires no clamping and can be easily and quickly removed from one well and placed in another well.

Abstract: Devices and methods for performing pre-analysis sample processing of biological and chemical samples using robotic liquid handlers are disclosed. Methods for solid phase extraction, protein precipitation and filtration of biological and chemical samples using automation and the devices in a rapid and convenient way are described.

Abstract: A load sensing assembly for a spinal implant includes a set screw having a central opening that extends from a first end of the set screw toward a second end of the set screw. The second end of the set screw is configured to engage with an anchoring member. The load sensing assembly includes an antenna, an integrated circuit in communication with the antenna, where the integrated circuit is positioned within the central opening of the set screw, and a strain gauge in connection with the integrated circuit. The strain gauge is located within the central opening of the set screw in proximity to the second end of the set screw.

Abstract: An insurance recommendation engine receives customer data and using trained models recommends one or more insurance products that are suitable for the customer. The recommendation engine also provides an explanation as to why the particular products have been recommended. The recommendation models are incorporated into a system that can improves the customer's experience.

Abstract: A processor receives, as input, a first hardware description language (HDL) file defining an entity of a modular circuit design. The first HDL file instantiates, by a storage element declaration in a hardware description language, a storage element within the entity. The first HDL file omits a port map for the storage element. Based on the first HDL file, the processor automatically fully elaborates a port map for the storage element. The processor stores, in data storage, a derived second HDL file defining the entity and including the port map.

Abstract: A system for improving a discovery process for a virtual environment, the system comprising an environment discovery unit operable to perform a discovery process comprising navigation of the virtual environment and identification of one or more aspects of the virtual environment, a performance analysis unit operable to evaluate the effectiveness of the discovery process, and a discovery update unit operable to modify future operation of the environment discovery unit in dependence upon the evaluation.

Abstract: A microscope scanner is provided comprising a detector array for obtaining an image from a sample and a sample holder configured to move relative to the detector array. The sample holder can be configured to move to a plurality of target positions relative to the detector array in accordance with position control signals issued by a controller and the detector array is configured to capture images during an imaging scan based on the position control signals.