Abstract: An electronic device that performs image editing is described. During operation, the electronic device may provide, addressed to a computer system, an image. Then, the electronic device may receive, associated with the computer system, values of a set of parameters or settings, where the values of the set of parameters or settings correspond to auto-setting values of the set of parameters or settings and second values of the set of parameters or settings associated with a preset, where the preset is associated a user of the electronic device or another individual than the user. For example, the other individual may be a professional photographer. Next, the electronic device may perform, using image-editing software, the image editing on the image based at least in part on the values of the set of parameters or settings, where the image editing modifies one or more attributes of the image on a pixel basis.

Abstract: The disclosure generally pertains to recommending an alternative off-road track to a driver of a vehicle. In an example method, a processor receives a sensor signal that is generated in response to an operating condition of the vehicle on an off-road track. The operating condition can include, for example, an angular orientation of a chassis portion of the vehicle with respect to a ground surface (yaw, pitch, roll, etc.), steering characteristics, speed characteristics, and/or braking characteristics. The processor evaluates the sensor signal to identify an attribute of the off-road track, such as, for example, a difficulty factor and/or a challenge level. The processor may assign a track score to the off-road track based on the attribute and may provide to the driver, a recommendation for use of another off-road track based on comparing the first track score to a second track score associated with the other off-road track.

Abstract: A method for execution by a point of sale device includes receiving a redemption request from a user computing device, the redemption request including a signature generated utilizing a private key of a public/private key pair associated with the user computing device. The method further includes sending use information regarding the redemption request to a marketplace server. The method further includes receiving authorization information from the marketplace server, the authorization information including a portion of a blockchain associated with the exchange item, the portion including the public key of the public/private key pair. The method further includes extracting the public key from the received portion of the blockchain associated with the exchange item. The method further includes verifying the signature utilizing the extracted public key and when the signature is verified, authorizing the redemption request.

Abstract: A casing mill including a first milling configuration having a first blade for milling a first casing section, and a second milling configuration having a second blade, the second blade being an ultra-high expansion blade for milling a second casing section. A wellbore system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, two nested casings disposed within the borehole, a string disposed within the casings, a casing mill disposed within or as a part of the string and including a first milling configuration having a first blade for milling a first casing section, and a second milling configuration having a second blade, the second blade being an ultra-high expansion blade for milling a second casing section, the second casing section being radially outwardly disposed of the first casing section, and a stroking tool disposed between the first milling configuration and the second milling configuration.

Abstract: A quantum error correcting code with dynamically generated logical qubits is provided. When viewed as a subsystem code, the code has no logical qubits. Nevertheless, the measurement patterns generate logical qubits, allowing the code to act as a fault-tolerant quantum memory. Each measurement can be a two-qubit Pauli measurement.

Abstract: A stair system for providing access to a cargo platform of a commercial vehicle is disclosed. The stair system is movable between a deployed configuration and a stowed configuration. The stair system comprises a mounting plate, a stair assembly, and a linkage assembly. The mounting plate is configured to be attached to the cargo platform of the commercial vehicle. The stair assembly includes a top platform that is slidably received within the mounting plate and a plurality of step platforms that is pivotally attached to the top platform. The linkage assembly comprising at least one slotted link that includes a slot and at least one first link that is slidable relative to the slot. When in the stowed configuration, the stair system is configured to be positioned beneath the cargo platform. When in the deployed configuration, the stair system is configured to extend outwardly from the cargo platform.

Abstract: A method of treating diseases with the compound of Formula I is disclosed. The compound exhibits therapeutic effect to the treatment of various diseases including neurodegenerative diseases, muscular dystrophy, and cardiovascular diseases.

Abstract: A mechanical device for grasping an object includes a receiver having a distal end shaft with an internal bore, the internal bore defining a recessed track. The recessed track defines a curvilinear path having two sets of resting peaks, each set of resting peaks being at a different height relative to a centerline of the curvilinear path. An actuator is slidably engaged with the receiver and includes a central shaft and an activator disposed at a distal end portion of the central shaft. A rotatable sleeve is disposed within the internal bore of the receiver and is coupled to the actuator. The rotatable sleeve has opposed protrusions, the opposed protrusions being disposed within the recessed track of the receiver. A pilot is secured to a distal end portion of the receiver and a grasping device is mounted to the pilot and coupled to the activator.

Abstract: A system and method including an ion transfer cell including a first side and a second side separated by an ion-permeable membrane. A first flow channel is included on the first side, where the first flow channel includes a first liquid electrolyte slurry, where the first liquid electrolyte slurry comprises first particles, where the first particles are configured to accept or deploy at least one electron-ion pair. A first electrode is included within the first electrode flow channel, where the first electrode is along and in substantial contact with the ion-permeable membrane, where the first electrode is configured to facilitate a flow of ions through the first electrode to and from the first particles and the ion-permeable membrane. The first liquid electrolyte slurry is configured to flow through the first electrode flow channel in one of two opposite directions across the first electrode.

Abstract: A surface-modified cannula includes a hollow shaft having a proximal opening and one or more surface features along a portion of the length of the hollow shaft, the one or more surface features including one or more channels, one or more depressions, and/or two or more ports each extending at least partially between an outer diameter and an inner diameter of the hollow shaft. The one or more surface features are configured to enable, upon delivery of the cannula to a position proximate to a wound site in the blood vessel, collection of the patient’s blood from the wound site, and ejection of the blood along an access path to the wound site, thereby enabling blood to migrate from the wound site to a region surrounding and extending from the wound site along the access path.

Abstract: A platform for facilitating development of intelligence in an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) system generally includes a plurality of distinct data-handling layers comprising an industrial monitoring systems layer that collects data from or about a plurality of industrial entities in the IIoT system; an industrial entity-oriented data storage systems layer that stores the data collected by the industrial monitoring systems layer; an adaptive intelligent systems layer that provisions available computing resources within the platform; and an industrial management application platform layer that manages the platform in a common application environment.

Abstract: A method includes receiving user queries directed toward a cloud-based assistant service. For each received user query directed toward the cloud-based assistant service, the method also includes extracting one or more attributes from the user query and logging the user query into one or more of a plurality of category buckets based on the one or more attributes extracted from the user query. The method also includes determining when at least one of the plurality of category buckets includes a threshold number of the user queries logged into the at least one category bucket, and when the at least one of the plurality of category buckets includes the threshold number of the user queries, generating a distilled model of the cloud-based assistant service. The distilled model of the cloud-based assistant service is configured to execute on one or more target client devices.

Abstract: A bioreactor includes a reservoir container for holding a liquid medium, a duct providing a flowpath in a generally vertical direction upward from the reservoir container, a plurality of fiber assemblies located within the duct, a top of which is higher than a top of the plurality of fiber assemblies, and a circulation system. The upper end of the duct comprises an overflow wall surrounded by a moat, a bottom of which is lower than a top of the overflow wall. The upper end of the duct and moat contact a pocket region that is bounded by a structure that is connected to the duct and that is isolated from fluid communication with an exterior of the pocket region. The liquid medium flows over the overflow wall within the pocket region, contacts gas in the pocket region, overflows into the moat and is removed therefrom by the circulation system.

Abstract: Systems and methods for surfacing natural language queries from one or more transcripts. An example method may include converting received audio to text, through automated speech recognition, to form a transcript of the audio, wherein the transcript includes text of the audio and identifications of speakers associated with portions of the text corresponding to utterances from the respective speakers; generating input signals based on at least the transcript; executing at least one of one or more heuristics or a trained machine-learning (ML) model, using the generated input signals as an input, to generate at least one of a suggested natural language query for searching the transcript or a key moment within the received audio; and causing at least one of the suggested natural language query or the key moment to be surfaced on one or more remote devices.

Abstract: Aspects relate to apparatuses and methods for individualized polygraph testing. The apparatus including at least an interface configured to communicate questions to the user, at least a sensor configured to detect biofeedback signals as a function of a biofeedback of a user, wherein the biofeedback is associated with at least an answer to at least a question, and at least a computing device including at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive the biofeedback signals, generate a user state classifier, train the user state classifier as a function of a user state training set, wherein the user state training set includes biofeedback signals correlated to answers of known veracity, and classifying a biofeedback signal of the biofeedback signals to a user state as a function of the user state classifier.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an agricultural composition comprising paraformaldehyde, a nitrification inhibitor, urea, an ammonia source, or a combination thereof and one or more reaction products prepared from paraformaldehyde, a nitrification inhibitor, urea, an ammonia source, and optionally a solvent, wherein the one or more reaction products is present in an amount of at least 20 wt. % of the total weight of the agricultural composition. Also discloses is a fertilizer composition comprising the agricultural composition and a nitrogen source. Further disclosed are processes for preparing an agricultural composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is an immersion cooling unit including an immersion cell, defining an internal cavity. An electrical component is positioned in the internal cavity. A dielectric working fluid partially fills the internal cavity and at least partially immerses the electrical component. A condensing coil is positioned above the dielectric working fluid. The dielectric working fluid comprises at least one of 1,1,1,2,2,5,5,6,6,6-decafluoro-3-hexene, (HFO-153-10mczz), or 1,1,1,4,5,5,5-heptafluoro-4-trifluoromethyl-2-pentene, (HFO-153-10mzzy).

Abstract: Non-aqueous drilling fluids may be removed from a wellbore or tubing nor casing within the wellbore by introducing into the well a biodegradable aqueous fluid comprising banana.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatic calibration of large industrial engines in applications where the quality of the fuel supply is unknown and/or variable over time, particularly engines that drive compressors on a natural gas well site. A combination of throttles and an oxygen sensor including a mass-flow-air throttle and a mass-flow-gas throttle to determine the mass flow of air and mass flow of gas. As a response to exhaust gas oxygen level readings, the mass flow measurements are used to determine real time air-fuel ratios. An algorithm uses the air-fuel ratios as input data, wherein a microcontroller adjusts the throttles to meet engine performance demands. Additionally, using the air-fuel ratio data and suggested engine OEM calibration specifications as block multiplier inputs, particular fuel properties, such as British Thermal Unit (BTU) content, can be accurately interpolated, thereby enabling automatic calibration of the engine .

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a unique new approach to generating operating condition information used for assessing flow assurance and structural integrity. More specifically, apparatuses, systems and methods configured in accordance with embodiments of the present invention enable multiplexed arrangement of optical fiber for sensing of operating conditions within a structural member and utilize fiber optic sensors for enabling monitoring of operating condition information within one or more elongated tubular members. To this end, fiber optic sensors are strategically placed at a plurality of locations along a length of each elongated tubular member thereby allowing critical operating conditions such as strain, temperature and pressure of the elongated tubular member and/or a fluid therein to be monitored. A multiplexing unit is used for allowing selective configuration of individual lengths of optical fiber for creating one or more contiguous optical fiber structures.