Abstract: A fin sealer and method to seal a radially outwardly directed fin of a tubular web structure by directing the fin through a nip between a first and a second fin sealing rollers while communicating heat to the fin through at least one of the fin sealing rollers is provided. The fin sealer is configured to maintain a nominal face-to-face relation between an outer annulus of the first fin sealing roller and an outer annulus of the second fin sealing roller with a flexible connection between a hub element of the second fin sealing roller with the outer annulus of the second fin sealing roller.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to method and system of electric vehicle route planning for multi-service delivery and on-route energy replenishment. Last mile delivery is a critical component of supply chains that impacts both customer experience and delivery cost. The method disclosed processes a received user request comprising a current location of the user, one or more required services, and a time window rendered between each of the required services and for the user request a graph is generated. Further, the trained learning agent generates a route map indicating a plurality of waypoint locations for the electric vehicle to visit each node in accordance with minimized trip cost of fleet and time duration where each node has a state action pair for the electric vehicle. The learning agent learns continuously during the interaction with the delivery environment and obtains feedback for every associated action.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a payment card comprising two discrete or more payment accounts associated with primary account numbers (PANs). Each PAN comprises a magnetic strip, EMV chip, CCV, and contactless payment circuit. The contactless payment circuits wirelessly transmit PAN information to a point-of-sale (POS) terminal enabling an end-user engage in a payment transaction with a merchant. The payment card further comprises two switches, a first switch on a first side of the payment card associated with a first contactless payment circuit and a second switch on a second side of the payment card associated with a second contactless payment circuit. The first switch and second switch are configured to detect a user input by an end-user and dynamically activate the first contactless payment circuit associated with the first PAN or the second contactless payment circuit associated with the second PAN.

Abstract: A mobile merchant may have an entrance area which may have a geo-fence area which has a communication device to communicate with a payment device of a user when in or passing through the geo-fence area such as getting on a bus. The location of the start of the communication may be noted and stored as a first or starting location. When the user gets off the mobile merchant, the communication between the communication device and the payment device may end. Location of the end of the communication may also be noted and stored as a second or ending location. The first and second location and data from the payment device may be communicated to a billing computing device which may determine a price for the trip from the first location and the second location and the price may be applied to the payment account represented by the payment data.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and techniques for improving operation of a gas chromatograph or a computer that identifies compounds that correspond to peaks in a graph of gas chromatograph data (chromatogram). Each of the peaks included in the chromatogram may be associated with retention times that are measured amounts of time that correspond to how long it took for respective compounds included in a sample to move through the gas chromatograph. Measured retention times may be compared to standard retention times to identify retention time shifts. These retention times shifts may correspond to a function that may be used to predict retention times of other compounds that could be included in the sample. When a measured retention time that is associated with an unclassified peak in the chromatogram matches a predicted retention time of a specific compound to a threshold level, the unclassified peak may be identified the specific compound.

Abstract: A method of generating an aerosol in an aerosol-generating system includes storing liquid aerosol-forming substrate in a liquid storage portion and delivering via a pump a liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion to an atomizer. The method also includes sensing a puff via a a puff sensor in an airflow path of the aerosol-generating system and determining a puff intensity during the puff via a controller. The delivery flow rate of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the atomizer is adjusted in response to the determined puff intensity.

Abstract: Human-understandable explanations of Artificial Intelligence (AI) based models are crucial to building transparency and trust in AI based solutions. More importantly, these explanations need to be contextual, applicable to the domain the model is used in and relevant to the concerned stakeholder. Conventionally, there is a lack of communicating these explanations to various stakeholders in a language that they can understand and relate to. The present disclosure facilitates the conversational agents (chat bots) with intelligence and actions that would help them communicate the right information to the right stakeholder in the right way. In the present disclosure, contextual explanation for user queries is generated based on the output from AI models. Here, the impacting features are obtained from the explainer model associated with the prediction model and the contextual information is generated. Further, the contextual information is converted to the contextual explanation to the user.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to methods and systems for crypto-agile encryption and decryption. A computer system can possess a protocol file that identifies one or more cryptographic software modules. Using these cryptographic software modules, the computer system can generate a plurality of shared secrets and a session key, then use the session key to encrypt a message. The message can be sent to a server computer that can subsequently decrypt the message. At a later time, the protocol file can be updated to identify a different set of cryptographic software modules, which can be used to encrypt messages. Further, the server computer can transmit additional cryptographic software modules to the computer system, enabling the computer system to use those cryptographic software modules to generate cryptographic keys. As such, the cryptographic protocol file can be changed in response to changes in the cryptographic needs of the computer system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carrier-formulated mRNA comprising at least one coding sequence encoding an influenza HA stem polypeptide, and to related aspects.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for task adaptation using fuzzy deep learning architecture. In the present disclosure, a low-shot approach for knee injury classification is proposed along with a deep learning architecture utilizing a fuzzy layer. For the low-shot approach, a stage of knowledge transfer takes place from a first classification task (source task) to a second classification task (target task) through a task adaptation approach. The first classification task and the second classification task are two related diagnoses of the knee, where sufficient labeled samples are available for first classification task but very few labeled samples are available for and the second classification task. Further, the trained fuzzy deep learning architecture is used to generate pseudo-labels for a collection of unlabeled samples available for and the second classification task.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for providing low-friction layered authentication to provide account information with a single user pin input for an online payment transaction. A user provides an online payment service with a UID, which sends the UID to a financial institution. The financial institution verifies whether the user and online payment transaction associated with the UID satisfy a set of rules. A one-time pin is sent to provide an additional layer of authentication. Once the authentication is complete, the financial institution provides account information to the online payment service for use in the online payment transaction.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying network elements of a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) domain of an optical waveguide communication system that includes a group of optical-add-drop multiplexor (OADM) devices. Operations are observed for the WDM domain configured to deliver communication services configured for simultaneously transporting independent signals across a network of single optical waveguides. A demand for optical waveguide communication services is determined and the WDM network is configured according to the optical fiber communication link requirement and according to the observations. The configured WDM network includes at least one OADM device of the group of OADM devices configured to provide a WDM cross-frequency network path of the configured WDM network. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Methods and systems generating real-time notifications of software application importance based on current processing requirements. The method includes receiving a first dataset, wherein the first dataset comprises recovery time estimates for processing requirements. The method includes receiving a second dataset, wherein the second dataset comprises second recovery time estimates for applications. The method includes receiving a third dataset, wherein the third dataset comprises dependencies between processing requirements and applications. The method determines many-to-many relationships between the processing requirements and applications based on the dependencies. The method inputs the many-to-many relationships into a machine learning model to identify importance metrics for each application. The method generates, for display on a user interface, a ranking of the applications in order of importance metric.

Abstract: A machine and method for packaging tobacco sachets, comprising a plurality of linearly arranged, multi-functional, vertically moveable chambers having fluid sealing means on lower portions thereof, conveyor means disposed below the plurality of multi-functional, vertically moveable chambers, and a lidding apparatus disposed downstream of and in communication with the plurality of vertically moveable chambers through the conveyor means.

Abstract: A reservoir assembly that holds a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation in a reservoir includes a reservoir assembly connector assembly defining a connector conduit, and which may be configured to detachably couple with a non-nicotine vaporizer assembly based on a connector element of the non-nicotine vaporizer assembly engaging with the connector conduit of the connector conduit. The reservoir assembly may include an isolation structure configured to move in relation to both the reservoir and the non-nicotine vaporizer connector assembly between a first position where the isolation structure exposes the non-nicotine vaporizer assembly to the reservoir and at least partially obstructs the connector conduit to restrict the connector element from disengaging from the connector conduit, and a second position where the isolation structure isolates the non-nicotine vaporizer assembly from the reservoir and opens the connector conduit to enable the connector element to disengage from the connector conduit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for remote monitoring of wind turbines for extraction and transformation of wind turbine data into a uniform consolidated datamart, irrespective of make and model of wind turbines. The system connects a cluster of wind turbines or individual turbines to a cloud network and transmits a plurality of operating parameter data to on-premise or a remote cloud-based processing and database unit for further processing and analysis. The system operates on data acquisition from wind turbines and controls the operations of wind turbines using SCADA applications and GSM modem to provide faster data acquisition and data aggregation to give real time insights into wind turbine or wind farm performance and operational levels.

Abstract: A system for contactless operation of an aircraft lavatory door comprises a controller operatively connected to control an actuator for opening and closing a lavatory door. A gesture sensing system is operatively connected to the controller for sending gesture data to the controller indicative of a user gesturing for the actuator to actuate. A mmWave radar sensing system is operatively connected to the controller to indicate user presence. The controller includes machine readable instructions configured to verify gesture input from the gesture sensing system using input from the mmWave radar sensing system before controlling the actuator to open or close the lavatory door.

Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to provide a semi-local authentication scheme. A server can transmit one or more encryption mechanisms to a user device, which in turn can transmit the encrypted mechanisms to one or more secondary devices associated with the user device, where the user device and the secondary devices share a local connection. The secondary devices can transmit the one or more encrypted mechanism utilizing one or more one or more decryption mechanisms supplied by the server, and then transmit the result of the decryption, e.g. decrypted codes, back to the user device, which in turn can then transmit a final decrypted code or codes to the server. Upon confirming receipt of the decryption from the user device, the server can authorize access (via the user device) to one or more devices, networks, applications, and/or components.

Abstract: A vehicle lift system includes a plurality of lift groups, each lift group including a plurality of lift columns configured to lift a vehicle and a control device. The system further includes a linker module comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is encoded with programming instructions executable by the processor to receive at least one user command from the control device of at least one of the plurality of lift groups, poll the control device of each lift group in the plurality of lift groups, determine, based on the polling, whether the received command can be executed, responsive to determining that the received command can be executed, send a custom instruction to each lift group to execute the received command, and responsive to determining that the received command cannot be executed, provide a notification to the user.

Abstract: A method may comprise disposing a downhole pressure sampling tool into a wellbore; calculating a prior distribution based at least in part on one or more proxy logs, moving the downhole pressure sampling tool to a first location in the wellbore, taking at least one measurement with the downhole pressure sampling tool at the first location in the wellbore, calculating a posterior distribution based at least in part on the at least one measurement and the prior distribution, identifying a second location based at least in part on the posterior distribution, and moving the downhole pressure sampling tool to the second location.