Abstract: The present disclosure discussed a device, method and/or system for temporarily closing and/or constricting one or more blood vessels upstream and/or downstream of the vascular intervention site to allow for aspiration of vascular debris resulting from a peripheral vascular surgical procedure so as to effectively remove such debris.

Abstract: A hair cutting appliance is configured to be moved through hair in a moving direction in order to cut hair. The hair cutting appliance includes a housing portion, a blade set having a skin-facing top surface, and a releasable attachment comb. The blade set is arranged pivotably with respect to the housing portion. The attachment comb includes a supporting frame, at least one spacing guard element configured to space the blade set from a working surface when in operation, a mounting portion configured to be attached to a housing portion of the hair cutting appliance, and an orientation determining portion configured to engage the blade set and to define a locking orientation of the blade set when mounted to the hair cutting appliance.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of medical imaging. The method comprises: receiving (200) an echo planar diffusion weighted magnetic resonance image (122) of a region of interest (309) descriptive of breast tissue; receiving (202) a fat suppressed T2 weighted magnetic resonance image (124) descriptive of the region of interest; segmenting (204) the echo planar diffusion weighted magnetic resonance image to identify high diffusion rate regions (128); segmenting (206) the fat suppressed T2 weighted magnetic resonance image to identify tissue regions (130); identifying (208) a portion of the tissue regions as advisory regions (134) by inputting the high diffusion rate regions and the tissue regions into an image processing module; and providing (210) the advisory regions as a segmentation of the fat suppressed T2 weighted magnetic resonance image.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method for testing a triple-voting flop (TVF) is provided. The method includes providing a first and a second scan enable signal by a control circuit to, respectively, a first scan flip-flop and a third scan flip-flop of the TVF; receiving a third scan enable signal at the second scan flip-flop of the TVF; providing a scan input signal to the first scan flip-flop, the second scan flip-flop, and the third scan flip-flop; controlling the first scan enable signal, the second scan enable signal, and the third scan enable signal; receiving, at an output of the TVF, a scan output signal; and determining whether the TVF suffers from a fault based on the scan output signal and the controlling of the first scan enable signal, the second scan enable signal, and the third scan enable signal.

Abstract: A method for filling an ink cartridge for a printer in an ink-filling station. The type of cartridge to be filled is determined and information associated with the cartridge to be filled is sought in a database. The cartridge is placed in the station. The cartridge includes a wall separating a reservoir of the cartridge from the outside. An opening passing through the wall from the outside to the reservoir is pierced, the position of the opening depends on the information. The cartridge is filled by injecting ink through the opening under ink-injection conditions dependent on the information. The opening is sealed by cooling a deposit of molten plastics material in the opening under sealing conditions dependent on the information. An internal reservoir is taken to a set pressure by blowing or sucking air to pressurize or depressurize the internal reservoir.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a campaign director (CD) system associated with a financial institution and an associated campaign manager (CM) unit executing on a mobile device used to facilitate behavior based allocation of payment tokens and activation of payment transactions based on the tokens. The CM unit of the mobile device may be programmed by the CD system at the financial institution to generate tokens according to a token generation model that is a function of financial behavior history associated with a credit card account. When a credit card is used to initiate a payment transaction with a merchant, the CM unit of the mobile device may generate a token for the payment transaction and send the token to the CD system at the financial institution. The CD system then determines whether to activate the payment transaction based on the token and merchant data associated with the payment transaction.

Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for detecting fake software tests are disclosed. A processor detects changes in a code against a commit timeline and stores historical record of code change differences over time onto a database. An API call is made to obtain from the database, for only the changed files in a given pull request, a list of the change differences which comes as a structured object. The processor converts the structured object into a single string value containing all of the change differences; and searches the string for a set of disallowed commands for checking for assertions in the given pull request which is attempting only to change code with a fake test that always passes the code in connection with testing the application. When such a command is found, comments back to the given pull request indicating that the given pull request contains the fake test.

Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for annotating an unlabeled dataset with constraint propagation are disclosed. A processor queries, by utilizing a user interface, a machine learning data model to fetch an unlabeled dataset; annotates the unlabeled dataset by labeling pairs of examples which are labeled with binary “YES” or “No” answers; generates, in response to annotating the unlabeled dataset, an annotated labeled dataset having annotated examples; propagates constraints based on a preconfigured rule in a manner such that a user can go back to previously annotated examples from the annotated labeled dataset; labels the previously annotated examples correctly when the user determines that the previously annotated examples are mis-labeled; and automatically trains the machine learning data model with correct labeling of the annotated examples.

Abstract: Test method of a vibrational MEMS structure wherein, a direct, variable modification voltage is applied to a resonance modification test structure having non-rectilinear electrodes, modifying the resonance frequency of the movable mass and the driving frequency. During the test, the movable mass is verified about stability and, if not stable, the vibrational MEMS structure is rejected.

Abstract: An example method includes receiving, by a computing system, from an aggregator computing system, an access request of an account at a financial institution, the access request including a user identifier associated with a user of the account and encrypted authentication information; decrypting, by the computing system, the encrypted authentication information; matching, by the computing system, the decrypted authentication information against stored authentication information associated with the user identifier of the user; and providing, by the computing system, an authentication decision to the aggregator computing system, the authentication decision enabling the aggregator computing system to access and display information of the account to the user.

Abstract: A training system includes shoot house walls connected to each other, each of the walls being constructed of a ballistic penetration-resistant material. The wall includes front and back surfaces extending from first and second edge connective structures. The first and second edge connective structures include an upright projection received in a crevice that allows for relative vertical motion between adjoining walls.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media of wrapping digital assets. One method includes receiving, from a central provider system, a digital asset signed by a central private key associated with a digital asset on a central ledger, and verifying the digital asset based on a central public key. The method further includes updating the digital asset including an assignee field, and receiving an attribute for a second assignee of the digital asset. The method further includes wrapping utilizing the private key of the public and private key pair, the digital asset with the attribute and receiving environmental data. The method further includes determining the at least one condition of the attribute is satisfied, and updating the assignee field.

Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: providing, in a collaboration space, a point conversion interface; passing, via the point conversion interface, user credentials to a third-party point issuer; receiving, via the point conversion interface and from the third-party point issuer, a number of points, wherein the number of points is associated with the user credentials; multiplying the number of points by a conversion factor, wherein the multiplying produces a number of unified points; crediting a points pool associated with a collaboration space, with the number of unified points; and receiving, at the collaboration space and from a user of the collaboration space, an instruction to apply the number of unified points to a travel objective, wherein the travel objective is included on a digital itinerary provided by the collaboration space.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a medical system (100, 300, 500) comprising: a memory (110) storing machine executable instructions, at least one set of predetermined coordinates (124), and a position identifying algorithm (122). The position identifying algorithm is configured for outputting a set of current coordinates (128) for each of the at least one set of predetermined coordinates in response to receiving a current image descriptive of an object (306, 310). The execution of machine executable instructions (120) causes a computational system (104) to repeatedly receive (200) a current image (126) from a camera system (304).

Abstract: The present invention proposes an apparatus (120) and method for detecting bone fracture of a subject on basis of ultrasound images. The apparatus (120) comprises a first fracture detector (122) and a second fracture detector (124). The first fracture detector (122) is configured to receive a first ultrasound image of a region of the subject, to identify a bone in the first ultrasound image, to identify at least one focus area within the region on basis of the identified bone, to generate focus area information indicating position of the at least one focus area, and to instruct an acquisition of a second ultrasound image of the region acquired based on the generated focus area information. The second fracture detector (124) is configured to receive the second ultrasound image, and to detect bone fracture on the basis of the second ultrasound image.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of Dixon-type MR imaging of an object (10) placed in an examination volume of a MR device (1). It is an object of the invention to provide a method that enables an improved Dixon water/fat separation in combination with a dual-acquisition gradient-echo imaging sequence.

Abstract: Systems and methods for token-based cross-currency interoperability are disclosed. In one embodiment, in a first financial institution information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for conducting a token-based cross-currency transaction may include: (1) receiving, from a first party, a transaction initiation request for a transaction amount to a second party; (2) deducting the transaction amount from a fiat currency account for the first party; (3) creating a token amount of tokens for the transaction amount; (4) writing the token amount to a distributed ledger; and (5) transferring the token amount of tokens to a second financial institution for the second party.

Abstract: Various examples are directed to providing portfolio management tools. For example, a system may generate a portfolio management user interface comprising a first table and a first rebalancing button. The first table may comprise an asset class name column; a model portfolio column indicating asset class weights in a model portfolio; a test portfolio column indicating asset class weights in a test portfolio; a modification column indicating modifications to asset class weights; a modified portfolio column indicating asset class weights in a modified portfolio; and a plurality of rows comprising a first row for a first asset class of the asset classes and a second row for a second asset class of the asset classes. The system may receive an indication that the user selected the rebalancing button and generate a first set of modifications to asset class weights to reduce a difference between the test portfolio and the model portfolio.

Abstract: Techniques are described that include detecting customer personal information within any appropriate set of data, such as customer communications produced by customer-facing services offered by an organization. Once detected, the customer personal information may be tokenized within the customer communications, making the data appropriate for external systems, such as cloud-hosted applications. The disclosed techniques include a masking service that may be plugged into an on-premises pipeline of any customer-facing service that makes requests to an off-premises, cloud-hosted application. The masking service may apply rule-based detection and/or machine learning-based detection to detect both structured and unstructured customer personal information included in customer communications. The masking service may further tokenize or otherwise obfuscate or replace the detected customer personal information.

Abstract: The invention also refers to a flexible coil element for a flexible coil array, for a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus. The invention also refers to a flexible coil array, for a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, for indicating a loading state of a flexible coil element being positioned on at least one inductive element. The invention also refers to a method for indicating a loading state of a flexible coil element being positioned on at least one inductive element. The flexible coil element is comprised by a flexible coil array, wherein the flexible coil array comprises at least one flexible coil element. Furthermore, the invention refers to a software package comprising instructions for carrying out the method steps.