Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system includes a storage container containing a supply of an aerosol-forming substrate, a fluid permeable heating element positioned across an opening in the storage container, a protective cover coupled to the storage container and covering the fluid permeable heating element, at least one air inlet, at least one air outlet, and an airflow path from the at least one air inlet to the at least one air outlet. The protective cover is configured such that a portion of the airflow path is between the protective cover and the fluid permeable heating element.

Abstract: A computer system and method having a user interface including a touch-sensitive display screen. The system and method enables entry of a password which includes displaying a first array of a plurality of images on the touch-sensitive display prompting a user to select with a finger one of the plurality of images displayed. Subsequently at least another array of a plurality of images successive to the first array is displayed on the touch sensitive display prompting a user to select with a finger one of the plurality of images displayed in the another array of images. A computer processor then determines if a user selected a predetermined image from the first array of the plurality of images and a predetermined image from each at least another array of plurality of images displayed after the first array. If determined, the user is permitted access to an application executable on the computer system.

Abstract: In some aspects, the present disclosure includes systems and methods for modeling a fracturing operation in a subsurface formation. The method includes generating an earth model of the subsurface formation, wherein the earth model is generated considering unstructured gridding; generating a fracture model of the subsurface formation based, at least in part, on the earth model of the subsurface formation, and wherein the fracture model is generated considering unstructured gridding; and performing a reservoir simulation of at least one reservoir in the subsurface formation based, at least in part, on the earth model and the fracture model, wherein the reservoir simulation is performed using unstructured gridding.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally relate to methods and systems for operating authorization rules. An authorization rule has conditions that may be satisfied by an authorization request. A rule is rotated between the first mode and the second mode over a time interval wherein a first set of authorization requests are received. A first subset of the first set of authorization requests may not be rejected. After the first time interval, the authorization requests that were not rejected may be validated through an independent process. An accuracy rate for the rule is determined based on the portion of authorization requests that are valid and satisfied the conditions of the rule.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling a scheduling order per category is disclosed. A scheduling order can be designated for the delivery and playback of multimedia content (e.g., music, news, other audio, advertising, etc.) with respect to particular slots within the scheduling order. The scheduling order can be configured to include a forward order per category or a reverse order per category with respect to the playback of the multimedia content in order to control the scheduling order for the eventual airplay of the multimedia content over a radio station or network of associated radio stations. A reverse scheduling technique provides an ideal rotation of songs when a pre-programmed show interferes with a normal rotation. Any rotational compromises can be buried in off-peak audience listening hours of the programming day using the disclosed reverse scheduling technique.

Abstract: In some implementations, a device may detect edges in an image, and may identify, based on the edges, a rectangle that bounds a document in the image. The device may detect lines in the image, and may identify edge candidate lines by discarding one or more of the lines. The device may identify intersection points where lines, included in the edge candidate lines, intersect with one another. The device may identify corner candidate points by discarding one or more points included in the intersection points, and may identify a corner point included in the corner candidate points. The corner point may be a point, included in the corner candidate points, that is closest to one corner of the bounding rectangle. The device may perform perspective correction on the image of the document based on identifying the corner point.

Abstract: A system to determine a difference in a time zone of a user's computer accessing the Internet through an Internet Service Provider (“ISP”) server and the time zone of the ISP server including capturing from a clock of the user's computer the user's time zone, capturing the location of the ISP server, calculating a difference in the time zone of the user's computer and a time zone of the ISP server to determine a delta time zone number; and reporting the delta time zone number.

Abstract: Method and system of estimating a shape of a borehole include receiving data points associated with a standoff measurement for the borehole, wherein each data point includes a radial distance value and an azimuthal value corresponding to the radial distance value. The method and system determine point-to-point angles for the data points based on at least the azimuthal value associated with each data point, wherein each point-to-point angle spans between two adjacent data points. The method and system select a geometric shape from a plurality of geometric shapes to fit to the data points based on the point-to-point angles, the plurality of geometric shapes including a circle and an ellipse. A shape of the borehole is estimated at a location of the standoff measurement based on the selected geometric shape.

Abstract: A downhole drilling tool designed for drilling a wellbore is disclosed. The drilling tool includes a bit body and a first plurality of blades and a second plurality of blades on exterior portions of the bit body. A first group of track-set cutting elements is on exterior portions of the first plurality of blades and a second group of track-set cutting elements is on the second plurality of blades. The first and second plurality of blades and the first group and second group of track-set cutting elements cooperate with each other to form a composite bit face profile such that each respective group of at least three neighbor cutting elements on the composite bite face profile is force balanced with respect to each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for designing webpage and, more particularly, to systems and methods for designing artifacts associated with a webpage in a web development environment. In one embodiment, a system for designing artifacts associated with a webpage is provided. The system may identify a style pattern based on an HTML pattern of the webpage and one or more boundary conditions. The system may also determine one or more editing operations to be performed on the artifacts based on one or more style specifications. The system may further perform the one or more determined editing operations on the artifacts based a value associated with one or more of the artifacts, the style pattern, and the boundary conditions, and render design of the artifacts based on the performance of the editing operations.

Abstract: To expedite electronic delivery and return of a document, the document is sent to an electronic mail system and stored in an electronic form thereat. The recipient is informed that the document is available thereto at any of a plurality of merchants where the document may be retrieved. The recipient visits one of the plurality of merchants and at the visited merchant retrieves the document in the electronic form from the mail system to a computing device at the visited merchant. The recipient then reviews and executes the document at the visited merchant, and sends the executed document in an electronic form to the organization by way of the visited merchant and the computing device thereat.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a system and method for automatic replenishment and management of inventory determines residual level of one or more household commodities, provides information concerning the residual level of one or more household commodities to various vendors, and a users' electronic device application using which the user can decide to place an order. The system includes plurality of sensor enabled commodity containers for inventory, communication boxes for receiving and further reporting current residual level of the one or more household commodities and a host server for integrating the received residual level information with one or more unique identifiers. Further, the host server provides the integrated information list to third parties without having any manual involvement in the whole process.

Abstract: A fuel dispenser including one or more processors in a local or distributed computing system provide techniques for smart fuel dispensing that represent a marriage of vehicle telematics data, a smart fuel dispenser, and a customer device (e.g., a mobile device, tablet, computer, etc.). The techniques disclosed particularly provide a customizable fueling experience to customers and, for example, communicate fuel dispensing configuration information to/from a customer, pair vehicles to a fueling dispenser (e.g., using combinations of vehicle telematics, mobile phone data, fuel dispensing data, etc.), initiate/terminate fueling sessions, recommend fuel grades, establish customer accounts for various payment options, and look forward to potential itineraries (e.g., planned trips) to provide recommendations for vehicle maintenance, fuel grades, additives, etc.).

Abstract: Some embodiments described herein relate to methods comprising providing a proposed invert emulsion formulation, wherein the proposed invert emulsion formulation comprises an oil phase, an aqueous phase, and a particulates fraction comprising a first sub-fraction and a second sub-fraction, wherein the first sub-fraction comprises high-gravity particulates and the second sub-fraction comprises low-gravity particulates; calculating an initial associative stability value of the proposed invert emulsion based on the degree of association between the aqueous phase and the particulates fraction comprising both the first sub-fraction and the second sub-fraction; manipulating the proposed invert emulsion based on the initial associative stability value so as to produce an associatively stable invert emulsion having a final associative stability value in the range of between about 50% and about 100%; and introducing the associatively stable invert emulsion into a subterranean formation.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising memory configured to store a user-specific calibration metric, at least one processing core, configured to determine an activity type identifier of an activity a user is engaged in, and to determine a user-specific intensity level of the activity, wherein determining the user-specific intensity level is based at least partly on the identifier of the activity type, the user-specific calibration metric and data obtained from a kinematic sensor, and to obtain the user-specific calibration metric by performing a calibration procedure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the treatment of hepatic disorders in a subject in need thereof. More specifically, the methods of the invention are based on the administration, preferably, systemic administration, of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one biocompatible alginate biomaterial, any modification thereof and any combination thereof. The invention further provides methods for sustaining serum albumin levels, and/or reducing serum AST and ALT, in subjects suffering from hepatic disorder. Still further, the invention provides methods for reducing apoptosis and inducing cell proliferation in a damaged liver tissue of a subject suffering of hepatic disorder, using the alginate biomaterial described by the invention.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for stress testing a vehicle identification model by determining image quality parameters optimizing model confidence values. The embodiments comprise one or more memory devices storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute instructions. The one or more processors perform operations comprising receiving a first set of images of the vehicle, wherein the images contain preset values for parameters comprising at least one of a rotation, a focus, a contrast, and a color. The system further analyzes the first set of images with an identification model and determining an initial identification confidence of the vehicle. The system further modifies the first set of images, compares the modified images to the first set of images, and determines whether the model should be modified based on at least the comparison.

Abstract: Systems and methods for downhole formation testing based on the use of one or more elongated sealing pads disposed in various orientations capable of sealing off and collecting or injecting fluids from elongated portions along the surface of a borehole. The various orientations and amount of extension of each sealing pad can increase the flow area by collecting fluids from an extended portion along the surface of a wellbore, which is likely to straddle one or more layers in laminated or fractured formations. Various designs and arrangements for use with a fluid tester, which may be part of a modular fluid tool, are disclosed in accordance with different embodiments.

Abstract: This disclosure includes utilizing a token cryptogram with a browser to facilitate a transaction. A webpage of a website is configured to accept a token cryptogram in fields of the webpage. The webpage of the website may indicate that it is token-aware and is configured to accept the token cryptograms.