Abstract: Authenticating a mobile user device with a mobile network operator in advance of an MNO authentication request from the mobile user device can be done by a satellite network sending an authentication request to the MNO system, obtaining a set of authentication vectors related to the mobile user device, storing them into a proxy home location register, receiving the MNO authentication request from the mobile user device, generating an authentication request response based on the authentication vectors, sending the authentication request response to the mobile user device, receiving an authentication response including a received signed response, comparing the received signed response with the stored signed response, and if the received signed response and stored signed response match, deem that to be a successful authentication, add an MNO location update message to a request queue and forward the MNO location update message to the MNO system over the channel when available.

Abstract: A metal matrix composite to high tolerate wear as a property has been produced by infiltration casting of a Fe Alloy and a spinel ceramic by using a material design for i) metal transport phenomena conditions, ii) predefined wetting and capillarity and iii) processing child insert/mother casting methodology to produce a final casting in shape and form to meet the needs of a mining end user.

Abstract: A closure including an outer shell and an inner shell that cooperate to provide child-resistant opening features is provided. The inner shell includes at least one lug that cooperates with at least one lug of the outer shell to provide the child-resistant opening feature. The closure also includes a tamper evident band to provide an indicator of when the closure has been opened relative to an underlying container.

Abstract: A mobile oxygen point of use apparatus includes a standalone and portable mounting panel having a first side and a second side and is configured to be portably relocated within a facility by at least one human operator. A first set of oxygen flow regulators are mounted on the first side of the mounting panel and have multiple first oxygen inputs and multiple first oxygen outputs. A second set of oxygen flow regulators are mounted on the second side of the mounting panel and have multiple second oxygen inputs and multiple second oxygen outputs. A low pressure oxygen input is mounted on the mounting panel and a single pipeline or hose is configured to be connected from the low pressure oxygen input to a source of oxygen. Distribution plumbing connects the low pressure oxygen input to the multiple first oxygen inputs and the multiple second oxygen inputs.

Abstract: Provided are genetically edited animals, particularly dairy animals such as cows or heifers, that lactate without having first been pregnant. Also provided are methods and reagents for creating genetically modified animals. Specifically provided are genetically edited dairy animals that have a histidine to arginine substitution in the prolactin receptor gene.

Abstract: A fire prevention coating formula is applied to surfaces in order to reduce and prevent the spread of fires across the applied surfaces. The homogeneous coating mixture is applied to surfaces through spraying or painting means. When heated, the fire prevention coating formula forms a thick, stable, passivating oxide layer protecting the surface from further reaction.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods in pulsed arc welding. A robotic welding system, having a welding torch with a contact tip, is configured to perform the following method: (a) generate and output a series of a determined number of welding output pulses as a welding wire electrode is fed toward a workpiece; (b) stop generating welding output pulses while allowing the welding wire electrode to continue to be fed toward the workpiece in an attempt to electrically short to the workpiece; (c) attempt to confirm that the welding wire electrode has electrically shorted to the workpiece within a determined error time period; and (d) repeat steps (a) through (c) if electrical shorting of the welding wire electrode has been confirmed within the determined error time period, else, shut down the robotic welding system to avoid damaging the welding torch.

Abstract: A conical shaped bicycle cassette has a unitary sprocket assembly. Each annular portion of an individual sprocket is mechanically supported either from a back of the sprocket, in an axial direction toward a bicycle hub or from an inner radial direction toward a centerline axis of the bicycle cassette and hub. The axial support zones and radial support zones are alternated around a circumference of the sprocket so that an entirety of the sprocket is supported in either the axial direction or the radial direction. In this way, the chain driving loads on the cassette are spread throughout the entire cassette and the areas of highly localized stress from the cassette are removed.

Abstract: A welding system includes a power supply configured to generate a welding waveform. A wire feeder conducts the welding waveform to a wire electrode, and includes a drive motor that drives the wire electrode bidirectionally, a motor current sensor that senses a current level of the motor, and a controller that receives a current level signal from the motor current sensor and controls operations of the motor. A welding current sensor senses welding current level, and a welding voltage sensor senses welding voltage level, and the sensors are located with the power supply or the wire feeder. The controller is configured to determine a contact event between the wire electrode and a non-workpiece object based on the current level signal from the motor current sensor and one or both of the welding current level and the welding voltage level, and automatically retract the wire electrode upon determining the contact event.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for reselling a reserved instance, which creates earnings by purchasing a reserved instance from a reserved instance providing system, such as a cloud service system, and reselling the reserved instance to a client, and a recording medium in which a program for executing the method is written. The system purchases a reserved instance from a reserved instance providing system and resells the reserved instance to a client, and includes an instance usage prediction unit for predicting instance usage of a client using a machine learning model pre-trained in relation to the instance usage, a reserved instance purchase quantity determination unit for determining a reserved instance purchase quantity based on the instance usage, a reserved instance purchase unit for purchasing the reserved instance based on the reserved instance purchase quantity, and an instance reselling unit for reselling the purchased reserved instance to the client.

Abstract: A system for monitoring organ health during treatment for cancer and the like makes use of physiological imaging of the kind used for treatment monitoring and organ-specific processing to provide a comprehensive assessment of treatment side-effects.

Abstract: A framework for an automated news recommendation system for financial analysis. The system includes the automated ingestion, relevancy, clustering, and ranking of news events for financial analysts in the capital markets. The framework is adaptable to any form of input news data and can seamlessly integrate with other data used for analysis like financial data.

Abstract: A package includes a container and a closure cap for mounting on the container. The closure cap is coupled to a neck of the container to block selectively removal of product stored within the container at the selection of a user.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a structural frame member which includes a brace member that is used to absorb energy when the structural frame is subjected to loadings such as seismic, wind and gravity loads. The brace member is coupled to a restraining member that increases the buckling capacity of the brace member so that the brace member has approximately the same load axial capacity in compression as in tension. Embodiments of the invention also relate to the design, construction and assembly of the connection of the brace member that couples the brace member to a gusset plate which is coupled to the beam and column in the structural frame.

Abstract: A method for repairing a light-emitting device, which comprises a plurality of light-emitting units disposed on a circuit substrate with at least one of the plurality of light-emitting units being damaged. The method for repairing a light-emitting device including the following steps is provided: removing the at least one damaged light-emitting unit from the circuit substrate to form an unoccupied position on the circuit substrate; providing a good light-emitting unit on a bottom of which a volatile adhesive material has been applied; using a pick and place module to place the good light-emitting unit at the unoccupied position on the circuit substrate; and melting and solidifying the volatile adhesive material so that the good light-emitting unit is affixed at the unoccupied position.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for performing a digital currency escrow swap on a network of nodes is disclosed. The method includes placing transfer orders through an intermediate node and sending signed transfer order transactions with digital wallets to an escrow swap node. The method further includes performing a transfer-in order finishing operation by requesting a transfer of digital currency to the escrow swap node and receiving the digital currency via the transfer-in node. For each sell order, digital securities are transferred to the escrow swap node via the transfer-out node. The digital securities are sent from the escrow swap node. For each transfer-out order, the digital currency is sent to the transfer-out node. The method includes an analogous operation to finish a transfer-out order.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for performing a token escrow swap on a network of nodes is disclosed herein. The method includes performing a buy operation including receiving an indication of a buy order placed by a buyer node through a broker-dealer node. The indication of the buy order includes attributes of the buy order. The method further includes creating an unsigned token allowance transaction for the buy order and an unsigned buy order transaction and sending the unsigned token allowance transaction for the buy order and the unsigned buy order transaction to the broker-dealer node. Doing so enables signing the unsigned token allowance transaction for the buy order by the buyer node and signing the unsigned buy order transaction by the broker-dealer node for a token escrow swap node.