Abstract: A system and method for analyzing the cybersecurity risk of a computer network. The system and method may feature a computer network analyzer configured to obtain information about the computer network, scoring logic for assessing the cybersecurity risk of the computer network, and a graphic module for displaying the evaluation results. The computer network analyzer may be configured to score the computer network based on the computer network's protection capabilities and recovery capabilities. The computer network analyzer may be configured to use item response theory to score, evaluate, and analyze the computer network's protection capabilities and recovery capabilities.

Abstract: A shapeable inlet manifold for a hypersonic scramjet includes an inlet lower cowling; a mount surface; and an inlet stream surface movably coupled to the mount surface, wherein the inlet lower cowling and the inlet stream surface define an opening of the shapeable inlet manifold allowing fluid flow therethrough. The inlet stream surface has first and second dispositions relative to the lower cowling defining first and second shapes of the opening, thereby providing respective first and second flow characteristics through the inlet manifold during flight.

Abstract: Biosynthetic melanin can capture fentanyl from aqueous environments. The captured fentanyl can be released by introducing the fentanyl-bound melanin to an acidic environment. In this way, fentanyl can capture melanin for subsequent detection/analysis, in addition to operating to remove fentanyl for decontamination.

Abstract: An example method to characterize an anomaly includes obtaining information about an item using a first mode scan and detecting whether the item contains an anomaly based on the information. The method further includes determining, responsive to detecting the anomaly, an area of interest of the item corresponding to a location of the anomaly, and determining a strategy including a procedure to obtain other information of the area of interest. The method refines a characterization of the anomaly based on the other information, and compares the characterization of the anomaly to a predetermined criterion. The method iteratively revises the strategy to perform additional available procedures, to further refine the characterization of the anomaly. When the characterization of the anomaly meets the predetermined criterion corresponding to a prohibited item, the method identifies the anomaly as prohibited.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed towards a device and method relating to heating a sample. For example, a device includes a housing to support a sample including a trace of an explosive. A power supply is coupled to the housing to provide power to a heating element coupled to the housing. The heating element is configured to heat the sample to generate a vapor of at least one ingredient of the trace.

Abstract: A method includes receiving lidar data associated with remote sensing of moving water, and calibrating the lidar data, the calibration being based on one or more measurements contemporaneously measured with remote sensing of the moving water. The method includes refining the calibrated lidar data, the refinement being based on bubble detection associated with the moving water, where the refining includes discriminating between one or more signals associated with the bubble detection and one or more signals associated with non-bubble background detection. The method includes determining, from the refined lidar data, a bubble mask via feature detection based on depolarization ratio, and determining, based on the bubble mask, one or more bubble characteristics associated with the moving water.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for mapping arbitrary isolated quantum-mechanical systems to quantum processor registers on quantum computers that use available symmetry to maximize compactness. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure exploit existing symmetries in the simulated system to minimize the required number of quantum bits (qubits) in the quantum processor.

Abstract: A system and method for securely exchanging information between a server and an endpoint. A firewall and switch may administer connections between the endpoint and the server. The network interface of the server may send and receive information through the firewall and switch. A program task in the sever may set the network interface to be in an “on state” for a predetermined amount of time on a specific date thereby creating an active time transfer window that the network interface can receive communications from the endpoint.

Abstract: Methods for detecting presence of one or more of Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumooniae, Toxoplasma gondii, Moraxella catarrhalis, Escherichia coli, Shigella, Staphylococcus aureus, Pneumocystis jirovecii, Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Ureaplasma parvum, Ureaplasma spp., Bartonella spp., Streptococcus agalactiae, and Neisseria meningitidis nucleic acids in a sample, such as a biological sample obtained from a subject, or an environmental sample, are provided. This disclosure also provides probes, primers, and kits for detecting one or more of Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Toxoplasma gondii, Moraxella catarrhalis, Escherichia coli, Shigella, Staphylococcus aureus, Pneumocystis jirovecii, Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Ureaplasma parvum, Ureaplasma spp., Bartonella spp., Streptococcus agalactiae, and Neisseria meningitidis in a sample.

Abstract: A method of training a document parsing artificial intelligence (AI) system, the method includes configuring a PYTHON data structure for generating a simulated document for training the document parsing AI system and a JAVA data structure for generating a non-simulated document for training the document parsing AI system. The method includes training the document parsing AI system based on a generated word-processing format file and on a parsed JSON file for the simulated document made via the PYTHON and JAVA data structures. The method includes parsing, a received document, with the trained document parsing AI system to determine one or more characteristics associated with textual data written to the received document, and generating an output of the parsed received document.

Abstract: Quasi-planar borane doped into (hexathiol)triphenylenes (TPP) operates as the photoactive component in the heterojunction of photovoltaics or photodiodes in heterojunctions with monolayer graphene.

Abstract: Tunable devices and methods for fine tuning the optical responses of thin film devices post fabrication are described. This approach modifies the refractive indices of the chalcogenide glass thin films incorporated into the devices, and using this change in the refractive indices to fine tune the optical responses of the devices. Thermal annealing may be used to modify the refractive index. Thermal annealing provides good uniformity in large-area devices and may be applied to multi-layer structures.

Abstract: A method for using a single-pixel camera to reconstruct images of objects obscured by fog or other dynamic scattering media. A pseudo-random phase or intensity pattern is imposed on illumination beams directed at a target. The beam with the imposed pattern forms a pseudo random pattern on the target. Information regarding the pattern imposed on each pulse is entered into a data processor/controller. The illumination beams with the pseudo random patterns are reflected off the target, collected by receiving optics and a bucket detector and converted into electronic signals fed into the data processor/controller. The data processor/controller applies a high-pass filter to remove slower signal variations produced by dynamic changes in the scattering medium over time. The filtered bucket values are then used together with their corresponding speckle patterns to generate the images using any appropriate reconstruction algorithm such as CGI or CSI.

Abstract: A system and method for securely exchanging information between a server and an endpoint. A firewall and switch may administer connections between the endpoint and the server. The network interface of the server may send and receive information through the firewall and switch. A program task in the sever may set the network interface to be in an “on state” for a predetermined amount of time on a specific date thereby creating an active time transfer window that the network interface can receive communications from the endpoint.

Abstract: A system for generating a coherent laser light includes a light source configured to pump a first color laser light and a device configured to generate a coherent second color light and a coherent third color light. The device includes a waveguide configured to couple to the light source and a microring resonator coupled to the light source via the waveguide. The microring resonator is configured to generate a coherent second color light and a coherent third color light. The generation of the coherent second color light and the coherent third color light is based on hybrid-mode optical parametric oscillation.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for addressing the complexity inherent in evaluating Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) systems by using meta-agent based adaptation in multi-agent systems. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multi-agent based automated evaluation capability for distributed, SOA systems that can dynamically adapt to the non-deterministic nature of such systems to enable a continuous monitoring capability for detecting and circumventing operational errors as they arise.

Abstract: A method of preparing borosulfate materials avoids the need for fuming sulfuric acid, also known as oleum. Instead, B(OH)3 present in solution in concentrated sulfuric acid at 5% to 15% by weight is reacted with a cation source at 100-250° C. under dynamic vacuum while in connection with a receiving vessel comprising a desiccant and separate from the reaction vessel, thereby causing formation of a borosulfate material in the reaction vessel while eliminated water is collected in the receiving vessel.

Abstract: A method including configuring, an Iridium antenna of a deck box device, to receive satellite communications based in the L band frequency range, establishing a point-to-point connection with an L-band satellite communication device via a gateway device, the L-band satellite communication device configured to receive sampled data from one or more sampling devices and receiving, by the Iridium antenna, one or more data messages from a respective sampling device via the established point-to-point connection. The method including parsing the Short Burst Data packets of each data message to retrieve the sampled data, converting, the retrieved sampled data from each respective data message into a common format, determining, one or more characteristics associated with the converted sampled data, generating a visualization based on the one or more determined characteristics, and actuating a strategic operation associated with the one or more sampling devices based on the generated visualization.

Abstract: A method of reversible swelling and collapsing of the latent pores of natural fiber welded biopolymer by way of sequential solvent treatment to i) regenerate mesoporous biopolymeric structures, comprising the steps of providing a nonporous natural fiber welded biopolymer composite, submerging the nonporous composite in polar solvent, exchanging submersion solvents, typically starting from a solvent of polar identity and ending with a solvent of nonpolar identity, then removing the solvent; and ii) regenerate nonporous biopolymeric structures, comprising the steps of providing a mesoporous natural fiber welded biopolymer composite, submerging the mesoporous composite in polar solvent, then removing the solvent. A mesoporous biopolymeric structure wherein the NFW nonporous composite expresses a BET surface area change of <5 m2 g?1 to >40 m2 g?1. A nonporous biopolymeric structure wherein the NFW mesoporous composite expresses a BET surface area change of >40 m2 g?1 to <5 m2 g?1.