Abstract: A medicament preparation system includes a water purification module and a medicament proportioning module that is interoperable with a replaceable fluid circuit. The fluid circuit includes a purified water inlet, a product medicament outlet, and a plurality of pumping tube segments. At least a first concentrate container is connected by at least a portion of the fluid circuit to the product medicament output and a first concentration measurement sensor station is positioned in a flow path. A controller is programmed to calculate iteratively a concentration of a first concentrate from the first concentrate container and the purified water from a signal generated by the first concentration measurement sensor station and to regulate one or both of a first pumping actuator engaged with the first pumping tube segment and a second pumping actuator engaged with the second pumping tube segment, responsively to the concentration of the first concentrate and water.

Abstract: A button for a drug delivery device with a reduced operating loudness includes a plate-like button body forming a touch surface, wherein the plate-like button body is coupled by an axial supporting member to a noise-generating interface of the drug delivery device and movable into a longitudinal direction of the drug delivery device, wherein the plate-like button body includes a material composite with at least one first component consisting of a first material and at least one second component consisting of a second material different from the first material, wherein the at least one first component and the at least one second component are coupled via at least one coupling plane that is at least section wise slanted or perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Further, the disclosure describes a button assembly for a drug delivery device which is shock resistant.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a utility vehicle having a pivotable seat connected by a hinge to a fixed platform. The pivotable seat configured to pivot between a first position and a second position defining a standard seat location and a first wall of a cargo bay, respectively. A seatback is configured to form a second wall of a cargo bay when the pivotable seat is in the second position. First and second opposing side walls are positioned on either side of the pivotable seat. The side walls are configured to form barriers at either side of the cargo bay when the pivotable seat is in the second position.

Abstract: Degradation of the reflectivity of one or more reflective optical elements in a system for generating EUV radiation is reduced by the controlled introduction of a gas into a vacuum chamber containing the optical element. The gas may be added to the flow of another gas such as hydrogen or alternated with the introduction of hydrogen radicals.

Abstract: A message suggestion service may use clusters of pre-approved messages to improve the quality of messages suggested to users. During a conversation, messages of the conversation may be processed with a neural network to compute a conversation encoding vector. The neural network may also be used to compute pre-approved message encoding vectors of the pre-approved messages. Distances between the conversation encoding vector and the pre-approved message encoding vectors may be used to select one or more clusters. Distances between the conversation encoding vector and the pre-approved message encoding vectors may then be used to select one or more pre-approved messages from the selected clusters. The selected pre-approved messages may then be presented as suggested messages to a user.

Abstract: A patient support may be adjustable in height, width, length or a combination thereof. The patient support may be usable with normal sized patients or with bariatric patients. The patient support has a variety of features to enhance operability and/or functionality, including a width adjustable caster frame, width adjustable deck portions, a width adjustable headboard and an extendible foot board to provide extra length. An enhanced lift mechanism can accommodate bariatric patients and alternative functionality in achieving deck positions improves patient comfort. Various parts of the patient support including deck panels and the footboard may be removed and replaced with ease without complicated connectors.

Abstract: An intelligent item receptacle, system, and method for providing supplemental media content in response to depositing an item having media indicia disposed thereon. An intelligent item receptacle includes an item receptacle securely enclosing an interior volume, an item sensor configured to detect an inserted item, a camera within the interior volume configured to capture an image of the item, and an output configured to play audio or visual content to bystanders outside the item receptacle. Processing circuitry within the item receptacle analyzes the image to determine if the media indicia are present on the item and, if present, causes the output to play the audio or visual content associated with the media indicia.

Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling and maintaining the pressure in an ultra-stable optical resonance cavity are disclosed herein. A method for controlling and maintaining the pressure in an ultra-stable optical resonance cavity, for example, comprises providing an ultra-stable optical system housed in a vacuum housing enclosure and a pumping system in communication with the vacuum housing for maintaining a pressure in the vacuum housing less than 1×10?6 Torr. The pumping system may comprise combination pumping achieved with the simultaneous use of a getter pump and an ion pump that provide passive and active pumping, respectively. The pumping system may also comprise passive pumping only with a getter vacuum pump only. The present invention, disclosed herein, achieves passive, power-free pumping in ultra-stable laser systems thereby enhancing the portability of such systems.

Abstract: A razor blade including: a substrate having a tip portion including a tip region, a blade body including a base, and first and second outer sides disposed opposite a split line of the substrate, in which the first and second outer sides converge at a tip, the first outer side comprises a first coating disposed substantially thereon and extending from the tip region toward the base, and a first portion of the second outer side is substantially free of any coating, the first portion extending from the tip region toward the base or being spaced apart from the tip region and the base. Also provided is a method of coating the razor blade.

Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a quantum method for solving a second-order cone program (SOCP) instance, the method including: defining a Newton system for the SOCP instance by constructing matrix G and vector h based on the SOCP instance; preconditioning matrix G and vector h via row normalization to reduce a condition number of matrix G; iteratively determining u until a predetermined iteration condition is met, the iterations including: causing a quantum computing system to apply matrix G and vector h to a quantum linear system solver (QLSS) to generate a quantum state; causing the quantum computing system to perform quantum state tomography on the quantum state; and updating a value of u based on a current value of u and the output of the quantum state tomography; and determining a solution to the SOCP instance based on the updated value of u.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fishing enhancer to aid a fishing enthusiast in locating a line or fishing lure by enhancing the ability of a live sonar device to detect the size, shape, positioning, and location of a fishing lure (or line) after the lure has been cast into water. The present invention relates to a mixture having a formula including a carrier component, a scent component, a visual indicator and/or active particles. The mixture is placed on a lure, bait or fishing line to, not only attract fish, but enhance the image of the object to which the mixture is applied on a live sonar image.

Abstract: A system according to certain aspects of the disclosure provides drug pricing information from multiple PBMs to users. For example, the system may obtain, calculate, and/or estimate drug prices that are available under contracts or agreements between PBMs and various pharmacies. These prices may be prices of drugs for purchase at the various pharmacies. In response to requests for prices of particular drugs, the system can display relevant prices. For example, the system displays a price for each pharmacy chain and/or displays prices for a particular geographical area. The users can compare the prices for a particular drug and determine which pharmacy they would like to purchase the drug from. The system can provide a discount coupon that allows the users to purchase the drug at the price listed by the system at the selected pharmacy.

Abstract: A system for generating a user interface described herein can include a processor to detect a type of the system based on hardware components residing within the system or coupled to the system and determine a user interface manager to execute based on the type of the system. The processor can also execute the user interface manager to generate a user interface for the system, wherein the type of the user interface manager comprises a plurality of rules to indicate a layout of the user interface.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide a battery including a rolling diaphragm configured to move to accommodate an internal volume change of one or more components of the battery. Systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide a battery housing including a rolling diaphragm seal disposed between an interior volume of the battery and an electrode assembly within the battery. Various embodiments may provide an air electrode assembly including an air electrode supported on a buoyant platform such that the air electrode is above a surface of a volume of electrolyte when the buoyant platform is floating in the electrolyte.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing normalized hydrogen correction factor comprises: a set of sensors configured to measure telemetry data of a hydrogen production plant; a memory; a database; and a processor operatively coupled to the memory, the database, and the set of sensors. The processor is configured to: receive the telemetry data from the set of sensors; receive supplier data from the database; receive customer data from a customer; determine, using a machine learning model stored in the memory, and based on the telemetry data, the supplier data, and the customer data, a normalized hydrogen correction factor; and provide the normalized hydrogen correction factor to the customer.

Abstract: A switchable magnetic device comprising a first ferromagnetic material or layer comprising or consisting of a first rare earth nitride alloy, the first rare earth nitride alloy including at least two lanthanide species; a second ferromagnetic material or layer comprising or consisting of a second rare earth nitride alloy, the second rare earth nitride alloy including at least two lanthanide species; a blocking material or layer located between the first and second ferromagnetic materials or layers.

Abstract: This disclosure presents a process to determine an alignment parameter for geosteering a wellbore undergoing drilling operations. The process can receive one or more azimuthal image log data sets, one or more geology logs, and other input parameters. The image log data sets can be transformed to better approximate the geology logs, such as transforming a 3D representation to a 2D representation and flattening out curves represented in the original image log data. The geology logs or transformed image log data can then be moved to create an approximate alignment between the other log data. The movement, which can be a sliding movement, a linear movement, a tilting movement, an angling movement, or a rotating movement, can be used to determine the determined alignment parameter or final alignment parameter. The alignment parameter can be used as input into a geosteering system for the wellbore.

Abstract: A drive train for a wind-up injection device is described. The drive train includes a torsional energy storage adapted to be loaded or unloaded by a rotatable element, a rotatable user handle, a rotationally driveable expelling mechanism adapted to expel the liquid drug, and a clutch element coupled with the torsional energy storage via the rotatable element and including a ratchet for maintaining the rotatable element at one of a number of discrete angular positions against the torque of the torsional energy storage. The clutch element is adapted to transmit the torque from the user handle to the torsional energy storage, or alternatively from the torsional energy storage to the expelling mechanism. The ratchet is switchable from one position to an adjacent position by a torque transmitted from the user handle to the torsional energy storage. The drive train is adapted to dampen torque peaks visco-elastically and/or visco-frictionally.