Abstract: A compression connector comprises a connector body comprising an inner surface and a threaded clamp at least partially positioned within the connector body and configured to slide relative to the connector body. A contact cone is positioned within the connector body and comprises an outer surface configured to engage with the inner surface of the connector body. An insulator is positioned proximate the contact cone and defines an aperture. An inner conductor comprises a contact component comprising an inner conductor basket and a cylindrical portion extending from the conductor basket, and an interface component defining an opening configured to engage with the cylindrical portion of the contact component. The contact component, the interface component, and the insulator are held together such that they form a rigid three-piece assembly when the threaded clamp couples an end of a cable.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for evaluating tissue damage and the use of spatial variation in Sub-Epidermal Moisture (SEM) values to determine damaged tissue for clinical intervention. The present disclosure provides methods of identifying deep and early-stage pressure-induced injuries or ulcers (PI/PU). The present disclosure provides algorithm for computing SEM delta values which inform clinical decision-making for developing intact skin PI/PUs including suspected deep tissue injury (sDTI) and Stage I PI/PUs.

Abstract: In a general aspect, a computing system is configured to execute a quantum approximate optimization algorithm. In some aspects, a control system identifies a pair of qubit devices in a quantum processor. The quantum processor includes a connection that provides coupling between the pair of qubit devices. ZZ coupling between the pair of qubit devices is activated to execute a cost function defined in the quantum approximate optimization algorithm. The cost function is associated with a maximum cut problem, and the ZZ coupling is activated by allowing the pair of qubits to evolve under a natural Hamiltonian for a time period ?. One or more of the pair of qubit devices is measured to obtain an output from an execution of the quantum approximate optimization algorithm.

Abstract: An impact absorbing reinforcement member for a liftgate of a vehicle includes a body having a first end and second end opposite the first end, the body including a center reinforcement member, a first outboard reinforcement member extending from the center reinforcement member to the first end and including a first plurality of curved segments, and a second outboard reinforcement member extending from the center reinforcement member to the second end and including a second plurality of curved segments. The first and second pluralities of curved segments laterally extend when the liftgate is subjected to an impact force.

Abstract: A liquid storage vessel having a base with a bottom and an interior floor; a continuous side extending vertically from the base and having an interior surface, the bottom and continuous side each including an internal layer and an external layer separated by a material barrier and configured such that the interior layers form an inner containment liner, and the external layers form a continuous exterior structural shell enclosing the inner containment liner. A top is affixed to the continuous side and has an interior ceiling. Access to the tank interior is provided by one or more manways. Mounting and connecting structures enable the tanks to be stacked directly atop one another and then structurally connected. The exterior structural shell is fabricated from high performance fiber reinforced concrete, and the inner containment liner is fabricated from a geopolymer concrete blend.

Abstract: A combustion engine is provided having combustion chambers with reciprocating pistons, intake ports and exhaust ports. Transfer ports may be provided between adjacent combustion chambers to provide a transfer channel that closes during a high load mode of operation of the engine and opens during a partial load mode of operation. Also provided are embodiments in which exhaust ports of adjacent combustion chambers are joined into a common exhaust channel that communicates with an exhaust header of the engine through valve means that open during the high load mode of operation of said engine and close during a partial load mode of operation.

Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform extracting meta features for an item to generate sparse feature embeddings for the item; reducing, using a multilayer perceptron, a dimension of the sparse feature embeddings to generate a representation vector for the meta features; extracting, using a recurrent neural network, sequential data from dense traffic features for the item over a period of time; and inputting the representation vector for the meta features and the sequential data from the dense traffic features into a multilayer neural network with a rectified linear unit (ReLU) activation function and a scoring layer to generate one or more performance metrics for the item. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A method of processing a nuclear material for use as a nuclear fuel in a nuclear reactor is disclosed herein. The nuclear material includes a complex isotope vector including a plurality of isotopes including a targeted isotope and a non-targeted isotope.

Abstract: A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that cause the one or more processors to perform: training a machine learning model using one or more training features, wherein each training feature of the one or more training features is segmented in a respective group of one or more groups by a respective time period; executing, after training the machine learning model, the machine learning model to generate a forecasting system to predict at least a predicted return on an ad spend (ROAS) value; and providing access to the forecasting system to predict one or more input parameters for an electronic advertising campaign to forecast one or more campaign predictions associated with the electronic advertising campaign. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.

Abstract: Ready-to-vape and ready-to-smoke precision pods and formulations thereof for harm reduction products particularly to assist smokers to quit tobacco products altogether or to switch to a less harmful product such as e-cigarettes or a tobacco heating product.

Abstract: Systems and methods for simulating a three-dimensional orientation of a surgical hardware device about an insertion point of an anatomy using a diagnostic representation of the anatomy. The method including displaying the diagnostic representation of the anatomy; displaying a movable marker to represent the insertion point in the anatomy along with the diagnostic representation of the anatomy; moving the movable marker to the insertion point at a desired location in the anatomy as represented by the diagnostic representation of the anatomy; displaying a simulated surgical hardware device, along with the diagnostic representation of the anatomy, aligned with the insertion point of the diagnostic representation of the anatomy; rotating the simulated surgical hardware device about the insertion point; and designating the orientation of the surgical hardware device on the diagnostic representation of the anatomy relative to the insertion point at the desired location.

Abstract: An interactive projection system and method comprising a camera/projector unit having a computer processor connected via a network to a content server and content database. The system projects interactive trigger areas on a three-dimensional object. Specific content stored on the content server or locally in the memory of the computer processor is associated with each trigger area. A user interacts with the trigger areas and the system projects informational or entertainment content about the object on the surface of the object.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention relate to system and method for controlling data streaming rate in a content distribution network (CDN) based on the network performance measurement. Embodiments of the system involve estimating a maximum stable rate for streaming data and sending a media control packet including the maximum stable rate to a CDN gateway on a user-side device. Based on the maximum stable rate, a media server may adjust the streaming rate of the media file segments. Upon receiving the media control packet, the CDN gateway read the maximum stable rate and may reduce the instantaneous streaming speed if the current streaming rate is higher than the maximum stable rate. Alternatively, in response to the current streaming rate being much less than the maximum stable rate, the media server increases the instantaneous rate.

Abstract: Systems and methods for adaptively adjusting a slew rate of a dejitter buffer in a remote device in a distributed access architecture. The slew rate may be adjusted based on measurements of a fullness state of a buffer made over time. The measurements may be used to calculate a frequency offset value between the rate at which data leaves the buffer relative to the rate at which data enters the buffer and/or used to calculate a current working depth of the buffer. The adaptive slew rate adjustments may be based on the frequency offset value and/or the current working depth.

Abstract: A method including sorting multiple package delivery requests in a descending order based on a respective degree of limitation for a first respective constraint for each of the multiple package delivery requests. In some embodiments, each of the multiple package delivery requests comprises the first respective constraint and a respective destination. In many embodiments, the method further can include generating one or more delivery routes originated from a depot based, at least in part, on the multiple package delivery requests, as sorted, and a respective destination distance for each pair of the multiple package delivery requests. In some embodiments, the method additionally can include generating one or more driving directions based on the one or more delivery routes. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A system and associated method for authorizing a transaction between a teller device and a user device is disclosed. The system can include a teller device configured to generate a remote signing notification. The system can include a server device configured to receive the remote signing notification from the teller device and generate a transaction document based on the remote signing notification. The system can include a user device configured to display a webpage based on the URI and perform a signature in the signature section of the webpage and transmit the signature from the user device to the server device to authorize the transaction.

Abstract: A system for generating a program includes a computing device configured to acquire at least a hematological datum, retrieve a hematological profile as a function of the at least a hematological datum, classify the hematological profile to a hematological disorder bundle, determine, using the hematological disorder bundle and the hematological profile, at least a nutritional level, wherein determining includes identifying a hematological relationship relating an effect of a plurality of nutritional levels on the hematological disorder bundle and determining the at least a nutritional level as a function of the hematological relationship and the hematological profile, identify, using the at least a nutritional level, at least a nutrition element, and generate a consumption program as a function of the at least a nutrition element.

Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, perform certain acts. The acts can include generating a digital twin network simulation of a physical computer network controlled through a software-defined-network (SDN) control system. The acts also can include training a routing agent model on the digital twin network simulation using a reinforcement-learning model on traffic that flows through nodes of the digital twin network simulation. The routing agent model includes a machine-learning model. The acts additionally can include deploying the routing agent model, as trained, from the digital twin network simulation to the SDN control system of the physical computer network. Other embodiments are described.

Abstract: A management tray is disposed inside a drop terminal to organize and guide optical fibers. The management tray may define an anchor station, connector storage stations, a splice retention station, a fanout station, and/or a splitter retention station.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for supplying fuel, enabling communications, and conveying electric power associated with operation of a hydraulic fracturing unit of a plurality of hydraulic fracturing units are disclosed and may include a fuel line connection assembly configured to be connected to the first hydraulic fracturing unit and to supply fuel from a fuel source to a gas turbine engine connected to the hydraulic fracturing unit. A system also may include a communications cable assembly configured to be connected to the hydraulic fracturing unit and to enable data communications between the hydraulic fracturing unit and a data center or another hydraulic fracturing unit. A system further may include a power cable assembly configured to be connected to the hydraulic fracturing unit and to convey electric power between the hydraulic fracturing unit and a remote electrical power source or the plurality of hydraulic fracturing units.