Abstract: An implant removal tool used to remove a femoral implant from a femur bone by providing a substantially U-shaped body having a substantially rectangular-shaped opening located thereon that allows the substantially U-shaped body to be placed over a neck of a femoral implant so a sharpened front edge of the substantially U-shaped body makes direct contact with an inner surface of the stem of the femoral implant. The U-shaped body may have front side edges that extend beyond a front edge to allow the front side edges to cut anterior and posterior surface of the implant.

Abstract: Embodiments of the presently disclosed invention relate generally to a smoking device. In an example embodiment, the smoking device can comprise an outer shell comprising a conduit having a conduit input end. The smoking device can further comprise a frame coupled to the outer shell, a top door pivotally connected to a top portion of the frame, a heating element positioned on a bottom surface of the top door, and a front door pivotally connected to the frame and the top door. The top door and the front door can be adapted to move between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The front door can further comprise a heating chamber configured to receive a combustible smoking substance and further configured to be positioned above the conduit input end when the top door and the front door are in a closed configuration.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine total audience ratings. An example apparatus includes metrics generator circuitry to generate a first audience size for media accessed by first devices of a first media platform at a first level of aggregation, the first level of aggregation corresponding to the media accessed on a first television network and on a first website, generate a second audience size for the media accessed by the first devices of the first media platform at a second level of aggregation, the second level of aggregation corresponding to the media accessed on the first television network and accessed on the first website and a second website, comparator circuitry to compare the first audience size to the second audience size, adjustor circuitry to reduce the first audience size based on the second audience size, and audience determination circuitry to determine a total audience size.

Abstract: An example system includes an infrared emitter to output infrared light towards a target, where the infrared light reflects from the target to produce reflected infrared light, and a detector to receive the reflected infrared light and to provide a signal based on the reflected infrared light. The system also includes a lighting system that includes a light emitter to output visible light, a mirror configured (i) to allow the visible light to pass through the mirror and to reflect the reflected infrared light onto the detector, or (ii) to allow the reflected infrared light to pass through the mirror and onto the detector and to reflect the visible light, and one or more optical elements configured to affect the visible light and the reflected infrared light.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a unique identifier from an item and sending a communication to an electronic device requesting that a user confirm a pending transaction, receiving input from the electronic device associated, and sending the received input to an authentication system for completing a transaction. In another embodiment, a system comprises a sensor, an authentication system, and a transaction processing system. The sensor is configured to emit energy and receive at least one first identifier, send at least one communication to an electronic device requesting a second identifier, receive at least one second identifier, and send the at least one first identifier and the at least one second identifier to the authentication system.

Abstract: A first wireless device receives, from a second wireless device, one or more first sidelink transmissions in one or more first consecutive time slots in a resource pool. The first wireless device determines, based on one or more second consecutive time slots for one or more second sidelink transmissions in the resource pool being overlapped with the one or more first consecutive time slots in time domain, to skip a listen-before-talk (LBT) based channel access procedure for the one or more second sidelink transmissions. The first wireless device transmits, based on the determining and in the one or more second consecutive time slots, the one or more second sidelink transmissions.

Abstract: Formulations of substances comprising at least one RNA stabilizing substance and at least one substance comprising extracellular RNA or based on RNA and methods of using the formulations to improve the storage and use stability of substances comprising extracellular RNA or based on RNA at temperatures of 4° C. and above in solution without lyophilization.

Abstract: A cockpit table system includes an airplane cockpit having a pair of front seats. A console is positioned in front of the seats and includes a central section that extends between the seats. The central section has a first lateral wall positioned adjacent to a first one of the seats and a second lateral wall positioned adjacent to a second one of the seats. A top wall extends between the first and second lateral walls. A frame is mounted to the console and is positioned adjacent to and outside of each of the first and second lateral walls. A first tray is mounted on the frame adjacent to the first lateral wall and a second tray is mounted on the frame adjacent to the second lateral wall. The first and second trays laterally extend away from each other and over their respectively adjacent seats.

Abstract: Systems, assemblies, and methods to enhance the efficiency of operation of a gas turbine engine may include a turbine housing positioned to at least partially enclose the gas turbine engine, and a filtration assembly connected to the turbine housing to supply at least partially filtered intake air to an air inlet assembly associated with the gas turbine engine. The filtration assembly may include one or more inertial separators configured to separate a first portion of particles, liquids, and/or combinations thereof from ambient air supplied to the gas turbine engine, thereby to provide at least partially filtered intake air, and one or more filters positioned downstream of the one or more inertial separators to separate a second portion of the particles, liquids, and/or combinations thereof from the at least partially filtered intake air.

Abstract: A credit score prediction (CSP) computing device comprising at least one processor in communication with a memory device. The at least one processor can be configured to receive current user data and current vehicle telematics data associated with a first user. The at least one processor further can be configured to apply a model, as trained, to the current user data and the current vehicle telematics data to predict a credit score associated with the first user. The model can be trained using a training dataset. The at least one processor also can be configured to determine a probability of error associated with the credit score, as predicted, based upon a number of records in the current vehicle telematics data. The probability of error can be lower when the number of records in the current vehicle telematics data is higher.

Abstract: Dust separation devices are disclosed to enable separating and collecting dust particles. A parabolic cyclone chamber is disclosed. The parabolic cyclone chamber has a bottom having an opening, an upper surface, a curved sidewall connecting the bottom to the upper surface, an entry path in a top portion of the cyclone chamber, an exit path extending through the upper surface, and a diverter wall sloping downward from the upper surface of the cyclone chamber toward the entry path.

Abstract: Systems and methods for golf analysis including a tag coupled to a golf club providing statistical analytics for coaching including text, tabular, graphic, and image-based outputs that include trends information for the golfer, all based upon actual golf play on course situations, wherein the golfer inputs shot data during play, without interrupting the flow of the game, and uploads the shot data for analytics and review online, and wherein all information related to a given user are reviewable by an authorized coach user through a web-based coach access account. The system is further operable to provide the coach user rights for providing corrective or instructive feedback to the user, including visual recommendations such as modified target areas.

Abstract: A single monolithic body extends in a longitudinal direction and includes multiple closed sections stacked vertically. A first end portion of the single monolithic body extends from one of the closed sections into an adjacent closed section, and a second end portion of the single monolithic body extends from one of the closed sections, along an exterior of an adjacent closed section, and laterally away from the single monolithic body to form a connecting flange.

Abstract: A vehicle system includes a first control module. The first control module is programmed to generate an update command including a plurality of authentication keys and a mapping associating the authentication keys with a plurality of second control modules transmit the update command over a vehicle network. The update command is functionally addressed to be receivable by the second control modules.

Abstract: A glove box for a vehicle includes a bin having an upper rim and defining a storage cavity accessible via an opening defined by the upper rim. The glove box further includes a retainer pivotably coupled to the bin and operable to pivot relative to the bin between a first position and a second position. In the first position, a portion of the retainer is positioned within the storage cavity. In the second position, the retainer is positioned wholly outside of the storage cavity.

Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein may include receiving from a user a selection of at least one die, a package type, and at least one test condition; generating, using a processor, a product die configuration and a product package configuration using a predictive modeling module and the at least one die and the package type; generating a graphic design system file; generating a package bonding diagram; generating a product spice model of the discrete device product using a technology computer aided design module; generating, using a processor, one or more datasheet characteristics of the discrete device product with the product SPICE model; generating a product datasheet for the discrete device product using the graphic design system file; and using a second interface generated by a computing device to provide access to the graphic design system file, the package bonding diagram, the product datasheet, and the product SPICE model.

Abstract: Wireless base stations and operating methods therefor are disclosed, where the wireless base station is configured for wireless communication with a plurality of terminals and comprises an antenna array to generate a plural beams. A scheduler allocates wireless resources comprising the plural beams and plural resource block groups. The wireless resource allocation for a given timeslot comprises an initial and an iterative stage, the initial stage comprising: selecting a first beam for allocation to a first terminal and determining a first selected subset of RBGs that satisfy a channel quality threshold. The iterative stage comprises selecting a further beam for allocation to a further terminal and determining a candidate subset of RBGs that each do not have expected interference above an interference tolerance threshold for any already-allocated resource. From this subset an allocation is made to satisfy a channel quality threshold. The iterative stage is repeated as required.

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, cause the one or more processors to perform operations: training, using labeled training data and a list of substitutes for an item, a machine learning algorithm; determining, using the machine learning algorithm, as trained, a respective similarity score for each substitute of the list of substitutes; ranking each substitute of the list of substitutes based on its respective similarity score; and re-training the machine learning algorithm based on at least the labeled training data and a highest ranked substitute of the list of substitutes. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.

Abstract: A wireless device receives a first downlink control information (DCI) indicating a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) codepoint that indicates a first TCI state and a second TCI state. The wireless device receives a second DCI comprising a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set field indicating to apply one or both of the first TCI state and the second TCI state to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission. A value of the SRS resource set field is one of: a first value indicating to apply the first TCI state, a second value indicating to apply the second TCI state, and a third value indicating to apply the first TCI state and the second TCI state. The wireless device transmits repetitions of the PUSCH transmission based on the value of the SRS resource set field.

Abstract: In some aspects, a computing system may use a surrogate machine learning model to detect whether a production or other machine learning model has a tendency to generate different output depending on which subpopulation a particular sample belongs to. The surrogate machine learning model may be trained using features/outputs that are not included in the data used by the production model. For example, by using demographic information in lieu of the original labels of a dataset that was used to train a production model, a surrogate model may be used to detect whether the production model is able to discern one or more characteristics associated with but not present in a sample using other features of the dataset. Output of the surrogate machine learning model may be clustered to detect whether certain subpopulations are treated differently by the production model.