Abstract: In some examples, a transaction instrument includes a body that defines a first face and a second face, a chip assembly comprising an integrated circuit chip, an aperture in a portion of the body that provides access to a portion of the transaction instrument, and an attachment mechanism configured to secure the chip assembly at least partially within the body and hold the chip assembly substantially flush with the first face of the body. At least one of the body, the attachment mechanism, or a portion of the chip assembly is designed to fail in response to a force applied via the aperture in the body, and wherein the failure of the at least one of the body, the attachment mechanism, or the portion of the chip assembly, destroys the integrated circuit chip of the transaction instrument.

Abstract: A method for compressing information includes accessing a read of genomic sequencing data, aligning the read to a reference, generating alignment data based on alignment of the read, obtaining a set of contexts based on the alignment data, and compressing quality values corresponding to the alignment data based on the set of contexts. The alignment data may provide an indication of errors in the genomic sequencing data, and each of the quality values may provide an indication of a probability of error at one or more bases in the genomic sequencing data.

Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for automatically mapping physical data models or objects to logical data models which in turn are automatically mapped to business terms are disclosed. A database stores a raw physical data model of an application. A processor extracts the raw physical data model of the application from the database. The processor also converts physical object names associated with the raw physical data model into English terms based on a taxonomy expansion list; applies a plurality of standardization and contextualization rules to the English terms generated from converting the physical object names; outputs names based on applying the plurality of standardization and contextualization rules to the English terms; applies fuzzy logic and machine learning routines and matching algorithms for matching the names to predefined logical terms; and automatically generates a mapping of physical objects or elements in the application with logical attributes and related business terms.

Abstract: In one arrangement, a method for using symmetric keys between two entities comprising a device and a host include initiating, by the device, a transaction involving original data, wherein the original data needs to be verified by the host. The method further includes deriving, by the device, a first key based on a previously generated key and a first number, wherein the first key is unique to the transaction, and the first number is randomly generated. The method further includes sending, by the device, the first key to the host for verification.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ultraviolet radiation control system and a related method for control an ultraviolet radiation in a lithographic apparatus. The ultraviolet radiation control system comprises a housing; a conversion crystal (540), disposed on or in the housing, configured to convert an ultraviolet radiation to a fluorescent radiation; a plurality of photodetectors (550) configured to detect an intensity of a scattered portion of the fluorescent radiation; and at least one diffusive surface (545), disposed on or in the conversion crystal, configured to increase the intensity of the scattered portion of the fluorescent radiation.

Abstract: An ultrasound system according to some embodiments may include an ultrasound transducer configured to transmit ultrasound pulses toward tissue and generate echo signals responsive to the ultrasound pulses, a channel memory configured to store the echo signals, a beamformer configured to generated beamformed signals responsive to the echo signals, a neural network configured to receive one or more samples of the echo signals or the beamformed signals and produce a first type of ultrasound imaging data, and a processor configured to generate a second type of ultrasound imaging data, wherein the one or more processors may be further configured to generate an ultrasound image based on the first type of ultrasound imaging data and the second type of ultrasound imaging data and to cause a display communicatively coupled therewith to display the ultrasound image.

Abstract: The invention provides means and methods for producing one or more Ig-like molecules in a single host cell. Novel CH3 mutations enabling the production of monospecific and/or bispecific Ig-like molecules of interest are also provided.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for quantum computing (QC) detection. An example QC detection system includes QC detection data generation circuitry that generates QC detection data. The QC detection system also includes cryptographic circuitry that distorts the QC detection data via a first post-quantum cryptographic (PQC) technique and generates a pair of asymmetric cryptographic keys including a public cryptographic key and a private cryptographic key. The cryptographic circuitry further generates encrypted QC detection data based on the pair of asymmetric cryptographic keys and destroys the private cryptographic key. The QC detection system further includes data monitoring circuitry that monitors a set of data environments for electronic information related to the encrypted QC detection data.

Abstract: An application programming interface (API) call is received to obtain an access data object that includes a permission of an application provider to access a resource of an entity. A previous permission to access a second resource of the entity is identified. As a result of receiving the API call, an access data object is generated to include the permission and the previous permission.

Abstract: In the field of wireless communications, approaches for a reallocation and reservation of resources for high priority communications, for a Quality of Service feedback, and for handling certain events in a wireless communication network are described. Embodiments relate to the implementation of the approaches for entities of a wireless communication network or system performing sidelink communications. In particular, improved approaches for a reallocation and reservation of resources for high priority communications, for a Quality of Service feedback, and for handling certain events in a wireless communication network are presented.

Abstract: Techniques described herein involve testing the knowledge of a learner by evaluating a response to an open-ended question that prompts a learner to provide a short answer. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes receiving, by a computing system, a learner question and a model answer to the learner question; outputting, by the computing system, the learner question; responsive to outputting the learner question, receiving, by the computing system, a learner answer; performing, by the computing system, an entailment assessment based on the model answer and the learner answer; determining, by the computing system and based on the entailment assessment, an evaluation of the learner answer; outputting, by the computing system, information about the evaluation; and controlling, by the computing system, a downstream computing system based on the information about the evaluation.

Abstract: Next generation network architectures enable instantiation of network slices in which traffic may be transported via one or more virtual networks overlaying the physical network infrastructure. To enable a slice management system to be able to obtain information on virtual networks of instantiated network slices, such as utilization data indicative of at least one of: a bandwidth capacity, computing capacity and storage capacity of one or more physical links via which traffic of the virtual networks is routed, an interfacing system is provided. The interfacing system may establish an interface between the slice management system operating in the domain of network slices and the network management system operating in the domain of physical network equipment, and thereby enable the slice management system to take into account such utilization data in its slice management operation.

Abstract: A system implemented on a server computer for managing digital certificates includes a certificate management agent module, a digital certificate processing module and a configuration module. The certificate management agent module processes requests to create a plurality of certificate management agents. Each of the certificate management agents is configured to manage a lifecycle of a digital certificate for a client electronic device. The digital certificate processing module processes requests from the certificate management agent module for digital certificates for the plurality of certificate management agents. The configuration module receives and processes configuration parameters for the certificate management agents and for the digital certificates.

Abstract: An arrangement including a transmission, a feedthrough tube, and a fixing means is disclosed. A fixing means is disclosed whereby the feedthrough tube is fixed in the transmission. The fixing means includes an electrical non-conductor. Arrangements are disclosed in which the feedthrough tube is fixed axially and immovably in the fixing means.

Abstract: A system includes a customer database that stores user information regarding a plurality of customers; a network interface configured to communicate data over a network; and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: receive a first indication that a customer is within a first predetermined distance of an automated teller machine (ATM) drive-through area; transmit an authorization signal to the customer computing device configured to activate an ATM pre-stage function of an application implemented on the customer computing device to pre-stage an ATM transaction; receive a second indication that the customer is within a second predetermined distance of an ATM in the ATM drive-through area; transmit transaction information regarding the ATM transaction to the ATM; and authorize the ATM transaction at the ATM in an ATM drive-through area based on the transaction information.

Abstract: Systems and methods relating to a lockbox bank for currency drop-offs are provided. A lockbox bank includes one or more lockboxes, a safe coupled to the one or more lockboxes, and a terminal of a lockbox computing system. Each lockbox includes a receptacle configured to receive a currency drop-off and a locking mechanism. The terminal includes a network interface, a display device, one or more input/output devices, and a processing circuit including a processor and a memory. The memory is structured to store instructions that are executable by the processor and cause the processing circuit to receive a request from the customer to use a lockbox for a currency drop-off, receive access credentials, verify the access credentials, in response to successful verification, grant the customer access to a lockbox, and in response to determining that the drop-off has been completed, move the drop-off from the receptacle to the safe.

Abstract: An apparatus for exposure of a relief precursor (P) which comprises a substrate layer and at least one photosensitive layer. The apparatus includes a carrying structure for carrying a relief precursor and an LED array configured to illuminate a photosensitive layer of the relief precursor carried by the carrying structure. The LED array is configured to illuminate simultaneously a predetermined surface area of at least 900 cm2. The LED array includes a plurality of subsets of one or more LEDs, each subset being individually controllable. The apparatus also includes a control unit to control the plurality of subsets individually, and such that an irradiation intensity difference in the predetermined surface area is within a predetermined range.

Abstract: A provider computer system can receive a request for payment of a bill issued by a third party biller. The provider computer system can generate a passcode. Generating the passcode can include transforming data into the passcode. The provider computer system can transmit the passcode. A transaction machine can provide a user interface to receive the passcode. The transaction machine can receive the passcode via the user interface. The transaction machine can transmit a passcode verification request to the provider computer system. The transaction machine can receive a passcode verification message from the provider computer system. The transaction machine can prompt, responsive to receiving the passcode verification message, a third party customer to provide payment for the bill. The transaction machine can receive a payment associated with the bill. The transaction machine can transmit a payment notification to the provider computer system.

Abstract: A detection system (200) includes an illumination system (210), a first optical system (232), a phase modulator (220), a lock-in detector (255), and a function generator (230). The illumination system is configured to transmit an illumination beam (218) along an illumination path. The first optical system is configured to transmit the illumination beam toward a diffraction target (204) on a substrate (202). The first optical system is further configured to transmit a signal beam including diffraction order sub-beams (222, 224, 226) that are diffracted by the diffraction target. The phase modulator is configured to modulate the illumination beam or the signal beam based on a reference signal. The lock-in detector is configured to collect the signal beam and to measure a characteristic of the diffraction target based on the signal beam and the reference signal. The function generator is configured to generate the reference signal for the phase modulator and the lock-in detector.