Abstract: A dust cap adapted to fit within a fiber optic adapter. The dust cap includes a dust cap body having a back adapter end and may or may not have a front knob end. The dust cap body is shaped such that the back adapter end has a press fit with a fiber optic adapter. An opening accommodates an adapter ferrule and a flange is secured in an adapter by a stabilizer and projection or dust and port identification cap body. The dust cap also transmits laser light along a longitudinal axis of the solid mass of the dust cap body from just beyond the back adapter end to just beyond the front knob end.

Abstract: Among other things, a rowing exercise machine includes a movable inertial element, an eddy current brake coupled to the movable inertial element, a rowing grip coupled to the movable inertial element, and control circuitry coupled to the eddy current brake to cause a resistance to motion of the rowing grip during part of a rowing stroke. The resistance to motion of the rowing grip during the drive phase of the rowing stroke conforms to a target feel for a rower. The target feel corresponds to a feel for a rower of a target other rowing exercise machine or other target feel of interest.

Abstract: An automated carrier system is disclosed for moving objects to be processed. The automated carrier system includes a discontinuous plurality of track sections on which an automated carrier may be directed to move, and the automated carrier includes a base structure on which an object may be supported, and at least two wheels assemblies being pivotally supported on the base structure for pivoting movement from a first position to a second position to effect a change in direction of movement of the carrier.

Abstract: A washing machine appliance includes a tub and a rotatable basket therein. Methods of operating the washing machine appliance may include, and/or the washing machine appliance may be configured for, measuring a first inertia of a load of articles in the basket by rotating the basket at rotational speeds outside of a resonance speed zone. A water extraction operation is performed after measuring the first inertia of the load of articles. The water extraction operation includes rotating the basket at speeds outside of the resonance speed zone. A second inertia of the load of articles after the water extraction operation is measured by rotating the basket at rotational speeds outside of the resonance speed zone. A load type of the load of articles is determined based on the second inertia. The basket is rotated at speeds within the resonance speed zone only once prior to the water extraction operation.

Abstract: Provided herein are devices and methods for analysis and/or exercise of a body region of a subject. Such devices may include a guide arm supported by a support frame; a receiving surface supported by the guide arm, the receiving surface for receiving input force from the subject; and a motor assembly in communication with the guide arm, the motor assembly controlling movement of the receiving surface based on received input force. Exercise and/or analysis methods described herein may include steps of instructing the subject to apply an input force to a receiving surface; sensing the applied input force over time; and controlling movement of the receiving surface based on the received input force using a motor assembly, whereby the motor assembly moves the receiving surface in a pre-determined direction, so long as the input force remains within an allowable tolerance, until a pre-set end position is reached.

Abstract: A method of assessing gut health in a subject is provided. The method involves placing a device on or near the subject's skin and measuring a level of hydrogen gas emanating through the subject's skin. The device includes an electrochemical sensor capable of detecting hydrogen gas and a means of connecting the device to an apparatus having a central processing unit (CPU). The apparatus provides information on hydrogen gas level and the hydrogen gas level is used to assess gut health of the subject.

Abstract: This invention relates to compositions of matter, methods, modules and instruments for automated mammalian cell growth and mammalian cell transduction followed by nucleic acid-guided nuclease editing in live mammalian cells.

Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are disclosed for inter-app communications between software applications on a mobile communications device. In one aspect, a computer-readable medium on a mobile computing device comprising an inter-application communication data structure to facilitate transitioning and distributing data between software applications in a shared app group for an operating system of the mobile computing device includes a scheme field of the data structure providing a scheme id associated with a target software app to transition to from a source software app, wherein the scheme id is listed on a scheme list stored with the source software app; and a payload field of the data structure providing data and/or an identification where to access data in a shared file system accessible to the software applications in the shared app group, wherein the payload field is encrypted.

Abstract: Reservations of resources within a dynamic workspace are made and facilitated including by pushing configurations specific to a worker for whom a reservation is made to the resource for a limited time period for the reservation. When the worker arrives for the reservation and checks in, configurations associated with the worker are obtained and pushed to the resource to configure the resource for use by the worker for a time period of the reservation. In some cases, an identity of the worker may be verified to complete the check in process for the reservation. In response to an end time of the reservation being determined, such as based on a scheduled end time for the reservation or based on a determination that the resource has gone unused for some amount of time, the configurations are removed from the resource to prepare the resource for use by a next worker.

Abstract: A privacy enabled system for managing clinical study participant travel has a database (stores data: clinical study, participant, clinical site and trip data sets) and a graphical user interface that has a Travel Planning Interface and is in data communication with an input device and the database. The data sets include a Study Travel Policy, a Study Visit Schedule (appointment procedure, appointment schedule), a traveler profile, traveler personal data (traveler contact information), a site appointment location associated with the appointment procedure, and site contact information. The travel planning interface receives the trip data set (trip segment data) from the database and the input device. The travel planning interface transmits the trip segment data to and receives booked travel data from a travel booking module, generates an itinerary that has booked travel and trip segment data, and transmits the itinerary according to the traveler contact information and the site contact information.

Abstract: Systems for visualization and management of a travel policy for a clinical study have a study dataset having a first travel policy condition, a study travel policy dataset having a main travel policy and a specialized travel policy, and a GUI having a travel policies interface and a travel policy control. The first travel policy condition may be a country, a clinical site, a traveler policy label, a visit attribute, a visit policy label, and combinations thereof. The specialized travel policy (a country policy, a site policy, a first visit policy, a second visit policy, a custom policy, and combinations thereof) is programmatically associated with the first travel policy condition.

Abstract: A seating arrangement includes a support shell including a seat portion and a chair back portion each configured to support a seated user, the chair seat portion having a front region and a rear region and the chair back portion having an upper region and a lower region, where the rear region of the seat portion is coupled to the lower region of the chair back portion, a control member including a substantially flexible front support and an attachment point, where the front support engages the support shell in the front region of the seat portion and the control member engages the back portion, and a substantially rigid second support attached to the control member at the attachment point, wherein the control member is an integral, one-piece component including multiple flex regions configured to allow the support shell to move between an upright and reclined position.

Abstract: A bone cutting guide may include a support that contains a shaft movable relative to the support. The shaft may carry a guide member having one or more cut guides through which a clinician inserts a cutting member to cut bone positioned under the guide cut guides. In operation, a clinician may fixate the support of the bone cutting guide to a bone and translate the guide member until the one or more cut guides are positioned at a desired cut location. The clinician may then perform a cut through the cut guide.

Abstract: In one or more arrangements, a sweep system for livestock grazing is provided to facilitate movement of livestock when an enclosure is moved. The system includes a frame having a front end, a rear end, and opposing sides. The system has one or more wheel assemblies attached to the frame to facilitate movement of the frame along the ground. The system includes a sweep mechanism connected to the frame that facilitates movement of the livestock.

Abstract: A regulator valve has a check valve manifold for use in subsea control circuits. For example, the regulator valve having the check valve manifold can be used in a circuit between a directional control valve and an actuator for a gate valve. The check valve manifold can have a flange that attaches to the regulator valve to communicate with the supply-side and outlet-side of the regulator valve. Internal communication inside the manifold includes a check valve. If the pressure in the circuit downstream of the regulator valve needs to be vented, the check valve can open to allow the pressure to bleed from the outlet-side back to the supply-side without needing to pass through the internal pressure control valve of the regulator.

Abstract: A colored glass article includes greater than or equal to 50 mol % and less than or equal to 80 mol % SiO2; greater than or equal to 7 mol % and less than or equal to 25 mol % Al2O3; greater than or equal to 1 mol % and less than or equal to 15 mol % B2O3; greater than or equal to 5 mol % and less than or equal to 20 mol % Li2O; greater than or equal to 0.5 mol % and less than or equal to 15 mol % Na2O; greater than 0 mol % and less than or equal to 1 mol % K2O; and greater than or equal to 1×10?6 mol % and less than or equal to 1 mol % Au. R2O—Al2O3 is greater than or equal to ?5 mol % and less than or equal to 7 mol %, R2O being the sum of Li2O, Na2O, and K2O.

Abstract: An aircraft includes external structures, and one or more thermal emitters integrated with one or more of the external structures. The one or more thermal emitters are configured to generate heat to deice the one or more external structures. The one or more thermal emitters are configured to receive electrical power from one or more of an auxiliary power unit of the aircraft, a power distribution system of the aircraft, one or more engines of the aircraft, or an external power cart that is separate and distinct from the aircraft.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for controlling a patient's body temperature by endovascular heat exchange.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: in which p, q, Y1, Y2, R1, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, R5a, R5b, R7 and R8 are defined in the Summary of the Invention; capable of inhibiting the activity of SHP2. The invention further provides a process for the preparation of compounds of the invention, pharmaceutical preparations comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds and compositions in the management of diseases or disorders associated with the aberrant activity of SHP2.