Abstract: A fixture for supporting an article (e.g., a guitar such as a Stratocaster® guitar body) and controlling the position of the article relative to a print head to allow a contoured portion of a surface of the article to be printed by the print head. The fixture may include a pivot axis about which the article is pivotal. A cam surface may be engaged by the article and/or a bracket of the fixture to which the article is affixed to prescribe the controlled movement of the article based on relative movement between the article and the print head. In turn, both planar and contoured portions of the guitar surface may be printed during a single print operation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a synthetic T cell receptor (TCR) having antigenic specificity for an HLA-A2-restricted epitope of thyroglobulin (TG), TG470-478. Related polypeptides and proteins, as well as related nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, and populations of cells are also provided. Antibodies, or an antigen binding portion thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions relating to the TCRs of the invention are also provided. Also disclosed are methods of detecting the presence of cancer in a mammal and methods of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal.

Abstract: A liquid transfer device is provided for mixing a medicament additive contained within a vial with an infusion liquid contained within an infusion liquid container to form a medicated infusion liquid. The liquid transfer device includes a trifurcated connector body defining a barrel at a first end thereof, an IV spike at a second end thereof and a vial adapter lumen with a vial adapter secured thereto at a third end thereof. A plunger having an IV port is slidably engaged with the barrel to form a syringe integrated with the device. The syringe enables the device to flush out the flow path between the IV port and the IV spike connected to the medicated infusion liquid, and any residual unmixed medicament additive therein, after combining the medicament additive with the infusion liquid.

Abstract: Methods and devices for consistently and accurately controlling the depth of the graft tunnel. A sheath is inserted into the bone until a stop member on the sheath contacts the bone. A cutting member is then deployed to drill a larger bore in the tunnel until making contact with the distal end of the sheath. The cutting member may be drawn retrograde within the tunnel, or driven antegrade from an opening opposite the opening in which the sheath resides. The drill and the sheath can then be removed, leaving the tunnel that includes a tunnel portion sized to fit a graft so that the graft fits tightly within the tunnel portion and is flush with the opening of the tunnel.

Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first interaction request to transfer a first interaction amount from a sender to a receiver. The first interaction request comprise a sender identifier, a receiver identifier, the first interaction amount, and a condition. The computer generates a smart contract this information, and then hashes the to form a first hash key. The computer incorporates the information, and the first hash key into a first block in a blockchain. The computer receives a second interaction request from the receiver device to transferring a second amount from the receiver to a third party, the second interaction request comprising the receiver identifier, a second interaction amount, and a third party identifier. The computer hashes this information to form a second hash key. The server computer incorporates this information and the second hash key into a second block in the blockchain.

Abstract: The W-CONNECTOR (“W-CONNECTOR”) facilitates the enrollment of payment accounts in a consumer's virtual wallet. The consumer may be logged into their payment account issuer's web site and designate one or more payment accounts for enrollment in a virtual wallet. The issuer may then share account, billing and/or other relevant information with the virtual wallet provider to facilitate the enrollment of the designated payment accounts in the virtual wallet. The W-CONNECTOR may also be configured to facilitate the creation and funding of pre-paid accounts in a consumer's virtual wallet.

Abstract: An exemplary system, method and computer-accessible medium can include receiving information regarding a purchase by a person, receiving financial account information regarding a financial account associated with the person that was used to fund the purchase, generating rewards information associated with the purchase, generating an authentication token(s) based on the financial account information, sending the rewards information and the authentication token(s) over a network, and receiving a confirmation, over the network, that a rewards account associated with the person has been updated.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to method and system for product data categorization based on text and attribute factorization. The method includes acquiring an input describing a set of product data from an application data store for categorization. The set of product data by removing extraneous text based on a predefined template. Further a dictionary for the set of product data based on a set of attributes comprising a product key with its corresponding product value. Further, a multi-level contextual data for the set of product data are extracted by assigning a weight to each product data based on likelihood and creating a set of datapoints for each product data. The set of product data are categorized by feeding the set of data points to a set of predefined parameters to compute a minimum count, a total size, total number of epochs, a skip gram value and a hierarchical softmax.

Abstract: A technique for assessing a vehicle condition is provided that determines whether damage has occurred to the vehicle using electrical property data acquired by one or more electrical property detection systems disposed on one or more surfaces of the vehicles. The electrical property detection system include a conductive polymer material that changes in response to chemical deformations and/or mechanical deformations in the conductive polymer material, which may result from objects and/or other vehicles damaging the conductive polymer material. Based on the electrical property data, a control system may generate a damage assessment output, such as an alert for a vehicle owner.

Abstract: A seal for use within a hydrocarbon environment including a core and a shell that is coupled to the core. The core includes an elastomeric core material with a first modulus. The shell includes a shell material with a second modulus that is lesser than the first modulus. The core and the shell can be positioned to generate a pressure and electrical seal at a sealing interface.

Abstract: An electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly. The ESP assembly comprises a first ESP component having a first drive shaft defining a plurality of male splines and defining at least one cut-out area; a second ESP component having a second drive shaft defining a plurality of male splines; a coupling shell defining a first plurality of female splines configured to mate with the male splines of the first drive shaft, a second plurality of female splines configured to mate with the male splines of the second drive shafts, and at least one shouldered aperture configured to align with the cut-out area of the first drive shaft; and at least one removable lug having a pin that is configured to extend through the shouldered aperture in the coupling shell to engage with the at least one cut-out area of the first drive shaft.

Abstract: An initiator circuit for a perforating gun includes a microprocessor structured to perform a circuit-startup algorithm comprising determining whether the circuit supply voltage is stable enough for operation and, if it is, or if a predetermined period of time has passed since powering up the circuit, sending a message indicating the circuit (and thus gun) is ready for operation. The sent message may be a communication uplink indicating an address of the circuit and its ready state or a short burst of pulses indicating the circuit's ready state.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for making purchases at a merchant point-of-sale (POS) device using a mobile device. Transaction information may be communicated from the POS device to the mobile device and an authorization from the purchaser to proceed with the transaction returned to the POS device from the mobile device. After authorization, the POS device may communicate the transaction information together with an identifier of the mobile device to a financial institution to process payment. The financial institution may confirm the transaction with the purchaser at the mobile device using the identifier of the mobile device. Upon receiving a confirmation response from the mobile device, the financial institution may then transfer funds from a purchaser account to a merchant account.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments may include a system for converting a physical meeting into a virtual meeting. The system may receive scheduling and location data associated with a first user. The system may determine whether the first user has an upcoming meeting at a physical location, and responsive to such determination, may determine a proximity of the first user to the upcoming meeting. The system may determine, by an MLM and based on the proximity, a probability that the first user will be late to the upcoming meeting. The system may determine whether the probability exceeds a predetermined threshold, and responsive to such determination, may convert the upcoming meeting to a virtual meeting by generating a virtual meeting link, and may transmit, to user device(s), a notification comprising the virtual meeting link.

Abstract: The aim of the invention is to analyze and evaluate a data set of action objects which arise in audio and/or visual media contents. The action objects are visual and/or audible objects or elements in an audio and/or visual media content which can be perceived by a viewer and/or listener and are not physical characteristics of the digital data of a video file or an audio file. Another aim of the invention is to analyze and evaluate the action objects described in the data set by means of parameters and parameter values according to the significance of the parameters and parameter values and the quality of the data set with respect to the action objects and to make the same measurable.

Abstract: HIC-resistant materials may include sensors embedded within or otherwise coupled thereto for use in a hydrogen service environment. In an example, a diagnostic system includes a first sensor embedded within a structural metal for exposure to hydrogen for generating a signal response to both the hydrogen and one or more parameter. A second sensor is embedded within the structural metal for generating another signal response to the one or more parameter. A hydrogen-suppressing layer is provided to suppress any response of the second sensor to the hydrogen. A controller in communication with the first and second sensors distinguishes the signal response of the first sensor from the signal response of the second sensor to characterize the hydrogen and the one or more other parameter.

Abstract: In some implementations, a card for communicating with a front-end device may include a substrate and an audio generator at least partially embedded in the substrate and configured to generate audio waves. Additionally, the card may include a contact at least partially embedded in the substrate and configured to activate the audio generator and circuitry configured to process an incoming signal from the contact and to transmit an outgoing signal to the audio generator. Additionally, or alternatively, the card may include an output device in lieu of the audio generator. Accordingly, the circuitry may be configured to process an incoming signal from the contact and to transmit an outgoing signal to an audio generator via the output device.

Abstract: A satellite launcher having a body comprising a planar surface and an axial bore; a plurality of satellite tubes, each satellite tube for releasably retaining a satellite and having an open end for facing the planar surface; a first and a second track system, each comprising: a track extending along the planar surface through the axial bore with a track opening at the axial bore, a magazine slideably attached to the track, the magazine for detachably retaining satellite tubes, and a drive system for moving the first magazine along the first track. The track of the second track system angularly offset from the track of the first track system relative to the axial bore, the second track defining a second track opening at the axial bore. When one of the satellite tubes is aligned with the axial bore, the satellite contained therein is free to drop out.

Abstract: Provided is a downhole material test sub assembly, a well system including the same, and a method for using the same. The downhole material test sub assembly, in one aspect, includes a flange for coupling to a mandrel, and one or more retainer assemblies coupled to the flange, the one or more retainer assemblies configured to accept a test specimen for running within a wellbore on the mandrel. The downhole material test sub assembly, according to another aspect, includes a mandrel and one or more grooves or pockets located in an outer surface of the mandrel, the one or more grooves or pockets configured to accept a test specimen for running within a wellbore on the mandrel.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein relate to a call management system that aims to provide a more efficient, secure, and dynamic technique for authenticating a user based on a location of the user. A server of the call management system receives a phone call from a user device. The server transfers the phone call to an analyst device. When the analyst device accepts the phone call, the server starts an electronic communication session between the user device and the analyst device. The server then determines a current location of the user. The server further determines a question for authentication of the user based on the current location. The server transmits the question to the analyst device. The analyst device transmits the question to the user device via the server. In response to an answer received from the user device, the server authenticates the user.