Abstract: A medical device for the electromagnetic tracking of a medical instrument transported through the medical device. The medical device has a central axis and a channel that receives and transports a medical instrument through the medical device. The channel extends to a distal portion of the medical device and connects with an opening in the medical device that is not aligned with the central axis. The medical device includes a tracking component that is a plurality of coordinated electromagnetic sensors for generating a virtual axis of travel for the medical instrument, with the virtual axis passing through the opening of the device and being aligned with tool insertion axis.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for developing an individual-specific patient baseline for a target patient. An exemplary method involves: determining one or more acuity scores for the target patient; identifying patient health data corresponding to one or more low acuity time periods; storing retrospective clinical data from a group of patients in a second database; comparing the patient health data corresponding to the one or more low acuity time periods with retrospective clinical data from a group of patients by identifying one or more patient subgroups; determining the individual-specific patient baseline using an adaptive baseline selection algorithm, wherein the adaptive baseline selection algorithm is used to determine whether to determine the individual-specific patient baseline using patient health data or using retrospective clinical data from one or more patient subgroups; and displaying, using a user interface, the individual-specific patient baseline.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are power conversion devices comprising power modules, capacitor modules, and support frames. The power modules may be operable to convert direct current (DC) electricity to alternating current (AC) electricity. The capacitor modules may be electrically connected to the power modules. The support frames may house the power modules and conductor plates, and the capacitor modules may be at least partially wound around exterior sides of the support frames. Such arrangements may advantageously take up less installation space and/or have better form factors than power conversion devices with cylindrical capacitors.

Abstract: A milking system includes a milking device with a milking control, a milk line, and a sampling/analysis device. The milking control controls the milking based on said analysis. The sampling/analysis device includes a reagent carrier, including a tape with a first side with a reagent pad that detects the presence of a substance in the milk sample and a second side, a dosing device to provide a droplet of said sample onto the reagent pad, a source for emitting source radiation onto the reagent pad, and a sensor to detect response radiation emitted by the reagent pad, and to analyse the detected response radiation to indicate the presence or concentration of said substance. The first side faces away from the sensor during analysing by the sensor. By viewing “from below”, the observed reaction in the reagent is cleaner, and suffers less from artefacts, and the camera will stay cleaner.

Abstract: A method and a computing apparatus for generating a personal financial plan are provided. The method includes: receiving a first input that includes information about an initial financial state of an individual person; receiving a second input that includes information about a goal financial state of the individual person; receiving a third input about financial habits of the individual person; defining a set of available user actions, each respective available user action being assigned a corresponding probability that indicates a likelihood that the individual person successfully performs the respective available user action; determining, based on the defined set of available user actions and heuristics designed to maximize a likelihood of execution, proposed sequences of potential user actions by which the goal financial state is achievable; and calculating, for each proposed sequence, a respective likelihood score that indicates a corresponding feasibility of a successful completion thereof.

Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for data migration readiness of a target data source are disclosed. A processor receives a request having configurable filters and parameters from a consumer service to obtain data; invokes, in response to receiving the request, a service application programming interface (API) for the data; fetches requested data from a legacy data source in response to calling the service API; fetches data corresponding to the same request having the same configurable filters and parameters from a target data source; compare the fetched data from the legacy data source to the fetched data from the target data source; generates, in response to comparing, a data quality validation score; and when it is determined that the data quality validation score is equal to or more that predetermined threshold value, validates the target data source for migration readiness and terminating the legacy data source.

Abstract: A metrology system includes a radiation source, an adjustable diffractive element, an optical system, an optical element, and a processor. The radiation source generates radiation. The adjustable diffractive element diffracts the radiation to generate first and second beams of radiation. The first and second beams have first and second different non-zero diffraction orders, respectively. The optical system directs the first and second beams toward a target structure such that first and second scattered beams of radiation are generated based on the first and second beams, respectively. The metrology system adjusts a phase difference of the first and second scattered beams. The optical element interferes the first and second scattered beams at an imaging detector that generates a detection signal. The processor receives and analyzes the detection signal to determine a property of the target structure based on the adjusted phase difference.

Abstract: A method for providing ingestion checkpointing from an event topic is disclosed. The method includes polling, via an event consumer, a message broker to initiate consumption of events from the event topic, the event topic relating to event storage; checkpointing, based on a result of the polling, the consumption of the events by writing corresponding data in multiple stages to a checkpointing durable store; inserting an event pending status for each of the events in an events time bucket table; committing, via the event consumer, the consumption of the events; initiating event processing for the events; and updating the events time bucket table with an event complete status when consumption of the events are completed.

Abstract: A method for providing test and regression automation via a cloud native elastic tool is disclosed. The method includes obtaining test configurations, the test configurations corresponding to a test suite; parsing the test configurations to identify testing conditions for the test suite; automatically determining testing parameters for executing the test suite based on the identified testing conditions; executing the test suite based on the automatically determined testing parameters in a computing environment, the computing environment including a distributed computing environment; verifying results of the executing; and generating a report for the test suite, the report including information that corresponds to the automatically determined testing parameters, an execution status, and a verification result.

Abstract: Methods and systems for handling telephone calls relating to recurring customer questions and inquiries so as to decrease a likelihood of additional calls regarding the same issues and thereby improve customer experience while reducing an overall call volume are provided. The method includes: receiving an incoming telephone call from a person; capturing an audio signal that corresponds to a voice of the person; analyzing the audio signal by detecting phonetic intonations applying a digital filter to the intonations; and determining whether an inquiry articulated by the person during the telephone call has been adequately addressed. The method may further include using machine learning to generate an output that indicates an expression of certainty or uncertainty in the voice of the person.

Abstract: A method for performing a determination of voter eligibility and facilitation of secure electronic voting is provided. The method includes authenticating a voter according to security setting and displaying a voting page for a jurisdiction corresponding to the voter's residence. The method then transmits to an adjudicating entity, voter information for determination of voter eligibility, and stores the voter information in a non-public blockchain. The method further includes determining whether the voter is eligible to vote based on the voter information stored in the non-public blockchain, generating a unique voter specific ballot for the voter in response to a determination that the voter is eligible to vote, and transmitting, to the adjudicating entity, a ballot selection received from the voter. The ballot selection is then stored on a public blockchain, and made available for release.

Abstract: A steam cooking apparatus has a cooking chamber, and a heating chamber adjacent the cooking chamber used for heating air laden with steam. Further, a steam heater is provided in the cooking chamber. Air and steam are circulated between the cooking chamber and the heating chamber, by means of an air circulation arrangement. A food support is provided for mounting in the cooking chamber. The food support has a bottom surface which includes a channel arrangement for positioning over the steam heater. The channel arrangement results in desired flow conditions over the steam heater to enable efficient generation of steam.

Abstract: Disclosed is a food processing apparatus having a food processing chamber, comprising a blade arrangement and a motor arranged to drive the blade arrangement. The blade arrangement comprises a body having a surface arrangement delimiting a cavity and a plurality of cutting blades extending from the surface arrangement into the cavity.

Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate a mobile wallet splitting payments to an invoice between multiple payment accounts are disclosed herein. The mobile wallet can receive an invoice, and then select a set of payment accounts to each pay a portion of the invoice. The mobile wallet can send the payment information to a point of sale device, indicating that the payment include multiple payments from different payment accounts. The point of sale device can then process the multiple payments, either sequentially, or in parallel. In an embodiment, the mobile wallet can receive partial payments from other mobile wallets for the invoice, collect the payments together, and send the payment information at once to the point of sale device for the set of mobile wallets.

Abstract: A method and system for classifying and verifying data are provided. The method includes receiving first information that relates to an individual person; categorizing each item of the first information as relating to either a non-mutable attribute or a mutable attribute of the individual person; verifying an accuracy of each item of the first information by comparing the respective item with second information that is independently maintained by an external source; and when a request for updating first information that relates to a mutable attribute of the individual person is received, verifying an accuracy of the first information to be updated by using an external source.

Abstract: Methods and systems of exchanging data using payment cards with universal reference numbers are disclosed. A merchant computing system includes a merchant input/output assembly receiving a universal reference number from a customer at a point of sale. A merchant database retrievably stores a plurality of universal reference numbers and customer information associated with each of the plurality of universal reference numbers. A transaction circuit receives the universal reference number from the merchant input/output assembly, retrieves customer information associated with the universal reference number, and provides an output relating to a transaction based on the customer information.

Abstract: A method and a system for providing a shared state module that acts as a common interface for facilitating data sharing among microservice front-end modules that are being used in conjunction with one another within a single application are provided. The method includes: receiving an input that includes information that relates to a set of microservice modules to be utilized for constructing an application; uploading each of the set of microservice modules and a shared state module that is configured to facilitate data sharing; transmitting, to each of the set of microservice modules, an instruction that provides access to the shared state module; and when a particular microservice module requests a subset of data that is accessible via the shared state module, causing the requested subset of data to be received by the particular microservice module.

Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for creating and managing smart contracts on a blockchain is provided. A method includes detecting, by the computing system, a code language of the smart contract code, wherein each of a plurality of code languages is associated with at least one of a plurality of blockchain platforms; determining, by the computing system, based at least partially on the code language of the smart contract code, an optimal blockchain platform to deploy the smart contract onto, the optimal blockchain platform being one of the plurality of blockchain platforms associated with the detected code language, the smart contract code capable of being deployed onto two or more blockchain platforms; compiling, by the computing system, the smart contract code based on the determination of the optimal blockchain platform so as to generate smart contract byte code and metadata; and deploying, by the computing system, the smart contract byte code to the optimal blockchain platform.

Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for automatically protecting sensitive information data entering application logs, events, metrics, traces, or other outputs are disclosed. A processor receives source code associated with an application being developed; parses the source code and identifies variables or fields in the source code that include sensitive information data; applies artificial intelligence or machine learning algorithm to the source code to automatically identify variables that contain the sensitive information data based on the identified variables or fields and annotating accordingly. Each annotation is a hint that data associated with corresponding annotation is confidential and sensitive information that should not be published, logged, or printed.

Abstract: Methods and systems for using images that represent time-series data to forecast corresponding images depicting future values of the time-series data are provided. The method includes: receiving a set of time-series data; converting the set of time-series data into a partial first image that includes a blank region to which future data to be included in the first set of time-series data corresponds; and performing an inpainting operation with respect to the partial first image by generating pixels for filling in the blank region in order to produce an augmented version of the first image. A machine learning algorithm that is trained by using historical time-series data may be used to perform the inpainting operation.