Abstract: A process for the synthesis of lactams suitable for use in antimicrobial, anti-biofilm and bacteriostatic compositions.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an audible and/or tactile indicator for use with a drug delivery device including a resilient force member configured to reside in two or more states having two or more different conformations, wherein in a relaxed state, the resilient force member is relaxed in a first conformation, wherein in a biased state, the resilient force member is biased to store energy in a second conformation different to the first conformation, wherein the resilient force member releases stored energy to generate an audible signal when changing from the biased state into the relaxed state due to a transition from the second conformation to the first conformation, wherein the resilient force member is bent by a certain angle about a longitudinal axis forming a longitudinal round fold with two adjacent angled wing-shaped sections.

Abstract: System and methods for providing private social networks, which are cloud-based in some instances, are provided herein. A method includes receiving a selection of the digital data on a private user secure data storage device from a first user, receiving a selection of one or more individuals to be given access to the digital data, applying access rights for the digital data, creating a URL that points to a location within the private user secure data storage device where the digital data resides, posting the URL to a plurality of social networks using a shared message, receiving a request from a second user for the digital data when the second user clicks the URL in the shared message, and serving the digital data to the second user directly from the private user secure data storage device without storing the digital data on any of the plurality of social networks.

Abstract: Medical devices, systems, and methods reduce the distance between two points in tissue, often for treatment of congestive heart failure and often in a minimally invasive manner. An anchor is inserted along an insertion path through a first wall of the heart. An arm of the anchor is deployed and rotationally positioned according to a desired alignment. Application of tension to the anchor may draw the first and second walls of the heart into contact along a desired contour so as to effect a desired change in the geometry of the heart. Additional anchors may be inserted and aligned with the first anchor to close off a portion of a ventricle such that the ventricle is geometrically remodeled and disease progression is reversed, halted, and/or slowed.

Abstract: A processing system for processing objects using a programmable motion device is disclosed. The processing system includes a perception unit for perceiving identifying indicia representative of an identity of a plurality of objects received from an input conveyance system, an acquisition system for acquiring an object from the plurality of objects at an input area using an end effector of the programmable motion device, wherein the programmable motion device is adapted for assisting in the delivery of the object to an identified processing bin, and the identified processing bin is associated with the identifying indicia and said identified processing location is provided as one of a plurality of processing bins, and a delivery system for bringing the identified processing bin toward the object, where the delivery system includes a carrier for carrying the identified processing bin toward the object.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for a language proficiency inference system used to determine a user's proficiency in one or more languages. The language proficiency inference system determines both text-based probability scores and profile-based probability scores indicating a probability that a user speaks a language or set of languages. The text-based probability score is based on text associated with the first user, whereas the profile-based probability score is based profile data of the user. The language proficiency inference system determines aggregated probability scores based on the corresponding text-based and profile-based probability scores. For example, the aggregated probability score is the sum of the text and profile-based probability scores. The language proficiency inference system uses the aggregated scores to determine the languages in which the user is proficient.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods that employ a pump to assist or support blood flow. An apparatus for pumping blood may include a pump housing having an outer wall disposed about a longitudinal pump axis, and having an upstream end and a downstream end; a blood flow straightener having a plurality of fins and positioned in the upstream end of the pump housing and secured to the pump housing by the plurality of fins; a diffuser having a plurality of diffuser fins and positioned in the downstream end of the pump housing and secured to the pump housing by the plurality of diffuser fins; and an impeller positioned between the blood flow straightener and the diffuser, and including a plurality of impeller blades. The apparatus may further include a pump drive configured to impart a rotational motion to the impeller by applying a magnetic field.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed herein for providing a sanitizing bottle. A sanitizing bottle includes a storage body to store liquid; a cap configured to removably attach to the storage body; a cap sensor disposed on the storage body to determine whether the cap is attached to the storage body; a UV emitter to emit UV light in the storage body; and a processor coupled to the cap sensor and the UV emitter. The processor is to activate the UV emitter responsive to determining, via the cap sensor, the cap is attached to the storage body. The processor is to deactivate the UV emitter responsive to determining, via the cap sensor, the cap is not attached to the storage body.

Abstract: Systems and methods for broadcasting an audio or visual alert that includes a description of features of an ambient object extracted from an image captured by a camera of a doorbell device are provided. Such systems and methods can include the camera capturing the image when the ambient object is within a field of view of the camera and a processor receiving the image from the camera, processing the image with an artificial intelligence model to identify and extract details of the features of the ambient object, and initiating a broadcast of the audio or visual alert by an alert device associated with the camera, wherein the audio or visual alert can include the description of the features of the ambient object.

Abstract: The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented systems, apparatuses, and processes that securely track, manage, and provision elements of interaction data within a computing environment in accordance with encrypted permissioning data recorded onto a permissioned distributed ledger. For example, an apparatus may obtain query data that includes an identifier of a computing system and a query term, and access one or more ledger blocks of a permissioned distributed ledger that include encrypted permissioning data and interaction data. The apparatus may decrypt the encrypted permissioning data using a master cryptographic key of a centralized authority.

Abstract: Gate all around semiconductor devices, such as nanowire or nanoribbon devices, are described that include a low dielectric constant (“low-?”) material disposed between a first nanowire closest to the substrate and the substrate. This configuration enables gate control over all surfaces of the nanowires in a channel region of a semiconductor device via the high-k dielectric material, while also preventing leakage current from the first nanowire into the substrate.

Abstract: A GNSS hostile environment simulator for accurate real-time processor & hardware in the loop (PHIL) simulations of a multiple antenna GNSSR/AJ system models antenna effects over the entire signal bandwidth allowing direct injection of the RF into the GNSSR. Computational efficiency is achieved by applying the antenna patterns in the frequency domain. To preserve the integrity of the antenna signals, the transmitter signals are generated over an extended period to push any residual ringing outside the update window. Efficiency is further enhanced by using a combination of single-precision and double-precision floating-point units to generate the samples of the transmitter signals with single-precision floating-point. All subsequent calculations are then computed in single-precision.

Abstract: Systems for selecting, generating, and breeding hybrid dairy cattle are described, as are methods for maintaining herds of hybrid cattle.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are related to a system and a method of remotely rendering artificial reality. In one approach, a console determines an expected transmission end time of a first session for wireless transmission of image data indicating an image of artificial reality to a head wearable display. In one approach, the console determines an expected process end time of generating additional data associated with the image of the artificial reality. In one approach, the console compares the expected transmission end time and the expected process end time. The console may transmit, to the head wearable display in the first session, the additional data together with the image data, in response to the expected process end time being less than the expected transmission end time.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method that includes pyrolyzing a biomass to produce a pyrolysis oil and upgrading the pyrolysis oil to yield a first upgraded pyrolysis oil, where the pyrolysis oil is in at least one of a liquid phase and/or a vapor phase, the pyrolyzing is performed in a pyrolysis reactor at a first temperature between 400° C. and 600° C., the biomass has a residence time of less than five seconds in the pyrolysis reactor, the upgrading is performed in a fluidized bed reactor, and the upgrading is catalyzed using a zeolite.

Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for utilizing a protocol over RDMA network fabric between a first computing node and a second computing node. The protocol identifies a first threshold and a second threshold. A transfer request is received, and, a data size associated with the transfer request is determined. Based up the data size associated with the transfer request, one of at least three transfer modes is selected to perform the transfer request in accordance with the first threshold and the second threshold. Each transfer mode utilizes flow control and at least one RDMA operation. The selected transfer mode is utilized to perform the transfer request.

Abstract: An embodiment of a support assembly for a grill may include a leg subassembly comprising a first leg and a second leg, a leg subassembly comprising a first leg and a second leg, the first leg defining a retaining aperture, and a rotatable pin collar assembly configured to couple the first leg to the second leg in a slidable and lockable connection, the rotatable pin collar assembly including a spring pin configured to be retained in the retaining aperture at a first longitudinal position on the first leg when the grill is in a standing locked configuration and configured to be positioned at a second longitudinal position on the first leg when the grill is in a collapsed configuration.