Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring tobacco for packaging in pouches are disclosed. A system includes a hopper structured and arranged to hold a granular material in a hopper cavity. The system also includes a measuring system including a measuring cavity and a tube that is slidable in the hopper cavity between a first position unaligned with the measuring cavity and a second position over and aligned with the measuring cavity. The measuring system is configured to continuously communicate a vacuum to the measuring cavity. The measuring system is configured to move a portion of the granular material from the hopper cavity to the measuring cavity when the tube is in the first position. The measuring system is configured to move the portion of the granular material from the measuring cavity to a pouch making machine using pressurized gas that overcomes the vacuum when the tube is in the second position.

Abstract: A set of computing nodes may receive a corresponding set of heartbeat messages that originated at the set of computing nodes. The set of heartbeat messages may relate to selecting, among the set of computing nodes, a leader computing node to process a set of jobs. State information included in the heartbeat messages may be provided to a leader election algorithm that outputs information indicating one or more computing nodes that are most qualified to process the set of jobs based on processing capabilities of the computing nodes and processing constraints associated with the set of jobs. The computing node may select itself as the leader computing node to process the set of jobs based on determining, from the information output by the leader election algorithm, that the computing node is most qualified to process the set of jobs and no other computing nodes are processing the set of jobs.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and apparatus for assisted third-party password authentication. The method performed at a client device includes creating a secure connection from an inline frame associated with a first application on the client device to an authorization server for accessing a second application. The method includes identifying, by the inline frame, one or more events that represent inputs for a user authorization credential, and proxying, by the inline frame, the identified one or more events to the authorization server using the secure connection. The method includes receiving an authorization code from the authorization server in response to the proxying. The method includes redirecting, by the inline frame, the authorization code to the application on the client device. The method includes transmitting, from the client device to the authorization server, the authorization code to receive an access token for accessing the second application.

Abstract: A user may access an institution system via more than one communications channel, either by the same device (e.g., a mobile device accessing the institution system via a voice channel and a data channel) or by different devices (e.g., a personal computer via a web channel and a phone via a voice channel). If a user is not currently authenticated to a communications channel and attempts to access the institution system via a communications channel, the user may be authenticated using strong authentication. If the user is currently authenticated to the institution system via a communications channel and would like to engage a second communications channel to access the institution system, the user may authenticate to the second communications channel using both communications channels and weak authentication, such as single factor authentication or a challenge question.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for using one or more machine learning models to determine whether a user is expected to complete a task or action by a deadline. The one or more machine learning models may be trained and/or used to recommend a communication protocol for sending a reminder to the user such that the user is predicted to be more likely to complete an action by the action's deadline. A computing system may use the one or more machine learning models to generate a recommendation for type of reminder to send, for example, if it is predicted that the user is not expected to complete the task by the deadline. A computing system may determine the message to send, the communication protocol to use, and/or the time to send the message.

Abstract: Pipe]parameter determinations from electromagnetic logs can be improved, in accordance with various embodiments, by weighting signals with frequencies below a threshold associated with resolution degradation lower than signals with frequencies above the threshold. The threshold frequency may be determined based on a spatial resolution associated with the logging tool and a logging speed. Further embodiments are described.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include: receiving first data that may include information associated with an error in an execution of code; based on the first data, determining: for each contributor in a predetermined list of contributors: a respective familiarity value indicative of an amount of association between the contributor and the error in the code; and a respective set of task management statistics; and an urgency value of the error; using an optimization model, selecting at least one contributor from the predetermined list of contributors to assign to the error, the optimization model based on the respective familiarity values and the respective sets of task management statistics for each contributor, and the urgency value of the error; and transmitting a notification indicative of the error to a computing device associated with the at least one contributor assigned to the error.

Abstract: Aspects described herein may allow for receiving authorization allowing monitoring a user's spending account. A base-line spending profile and a dysfunctional spending profile for the user may be established. When notification of a pending purchase transaction is received, a determination may be made as to whether the pending purchase transaction is in accordance with the base-line spending profile of the user. If the pending purchase transaction is in accordance with the base-line spending profile of the user, the pending purchase transaction may be allowed. However, if the pending purchase transaction is not in accordance with the base-line spending profile of the user, then a temporary secondary approval may be instituted for a predetermined period of time and a secondary approval person may be electronically notified that their approval is required before allowing the pending purchase transaction to be made using the spending account of the user.

Abstract: A device identifies one or more user interface elements, in a user interface, associated with a fixed positioning characteristic and not positioned within another user interface element with the fixed positioning characteristic. The device repositions the one or more user interface elements in the user interface to vacate space for a new user interface element based on a size of the new user interface element and forgo repositioning one or more other user interface elements in the user interface that do not have the fixed positioning characteristic or are positioned within another user interface element with the fixed positioning characteristic. The device inserts the new user interface element into the user interface in a portion of the user interface vacated in connection with repositioning the one or more user interface elements, and provides the user interface for display based on inserting the new user interface element into the user interface.

Abstract: A packaged article is composed of a bulk bag having a top end and a bottom end. Further included is a pallet having a first side and a second side. Also included are an outer bag having a first closed end and a first open end and a heatshrink bag having a second closed end and a second open end. The first closed end of the outer bag is between the bottom end of the bulk bag and the first side of the pallet. The first open end of the outer bag is gathered over the top end of the bulk bag to enclose the bulk bag within the outer bag. The second closed end of the heatshrink bag is proximate to the top end of the bulk bag and the second open end contacts the second side of the pallet.

Abstract: A digital image of a check may be divided into segments. The segments may be processed to determine the edges between the background data and the check data in the segments of the digital image. A histogram of each segment may be determined and used to determine the edges of the check image portions in the segments and thus the edges of the check. The data outside the edges of the check image portions in the segments may be considered to be background data and may be identified and/or removed. The segments, with the background data removed, may be recombined into an image of the check and provided into a digital image file that may be transmitted to an institution system for deposit of the check in an account.

Abstract: A shuttle valve for a control valve coupled to an electronic fuel injector is disclosed. The shuttle valve may include a shuttle valve first end including an armature attachment portion operably coupled to an armature of the control valve and a shuttle valve second end opposite the shuttle valve first end defining a sealing portion of the control valve including an annular sealing surface. A valve guide portion may extend axially along a portion of the shuttle valve between the first and second ends. Furthermore, an engagement surface portion may be defined along the valve guide portion that is slidably engaged with a valve bore. Moreover, the shuttle valve may include a non-engagement surface portion defined along the valve guide portion, wherein the non-engagement surface is a non-continuous surface around a circumference of the valve guide portion and wherein the non-engagement surface is interspersed between portions of the engagement surface.

Abstract: The present application generally relates to a system that includes one or more sensors configured to acquire data representative of a geographic area, including municipal data, vehicular data, utility data, or a combination thereof. The system also includes a processor that receives a request for a loan from a requesting party. The request is associated with a service to be provided to the geographic area. The processor determines a factor for the geographic area based on the data, and the factor is representative of a presence of the service within the geographic area. Additionally, the processor determines a gap associated with the service within the geographic area. The gap is indicative of a perceived desire for the service within the geographic area. Furthermore, the processor determines whether the gap exceeds a threshold value and automatically transfers funds to the requesting party in response to the gap exceeding the threshold value.

Abstract: A method is provided. Cells of a digital model of a formation are classified corresponding with one or more classes based on minerals and/or pore sizes. Wettability of the formation in the digital model is calibrated based on imbibition and/or drainage curves from physical experimentation for a rock sample and the one or more classes of the cells of the digital model.

Abstract: Described herein is a network apparatus with secure element and related systems, methods, and apparatuses. A described method includes receiving a request to perform a transaction. The method also includes obtaining confirmation that a network address associated with the request corresponds to a registered physical address. The method further includes obtaining account data and conducting a transaction using the account data.

Abstract: There is provided a method of securely processing data in a third-party cloud environment, and a secure portion of a third-party cloud environment configured to perform the method.

Abstract: A downhole drilling system is disclosed. The downhole drilling system may include a drill bit including a first electrode and a second electrode. The downhole drilling system may also include a pulse-generating circuit coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode. A capacitor within the pulse-generating circuit may include a plurality of electrode sheets and a plurality of dielectric sheets interleaved with the plurality of electrode sheets. Each of the dielectric sheets may include a composite material including a polymer matrix formed from a polymer component and a nanoparticle component that increases the dielectric constant of the composite material above that of the polymer component.

Abstract: A wheelchair is provided. First supports for supporting a user of the wheelchair are unevenly disposed to form a perimeter, and second supports for supporting the user of the wheelchair are unevenly disposed at least partially within the perimeter of the first supports. The first supports support the user when the first supports are in a raised position and the second supports are in a lowered position. The second supports support the user when the second supports are in a raised position and the first supports are in a lowered position. A alternation of supporting the user with the first supports or the second supports facilitates reduction of pressure sores of the user. In various embodiments, multiple groups of supports are used, the supports contour to a user's anatomy and/or the supports are pneumatic.

Abstract: A method of generating retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells is disclosed. The method comprises: (a) culturing human pluripotent stem cells in a human feeder cell-conditioned medium to obtain a cultured population of human pluripotent stem cells; (b) culturing said cultured population of human pluripotent stem cells in a medium comprising a differentiating agent to obtain differentiating cells; and (c) culturing said differentiating cells in a medium comprising one or more members of the TGF? superfamily.

Abstract: A device receives position information from a sensor of the device, wherein the position information indicates a position of a user of the device and a position of a person proximate to the user. The device receives lighting information from the sensor, wherein the lighting information indicates lighting conditions around the device and the user. The device calculates a position adjustment for an infrared element of the device based on the position information and the lighting information, and calculates an intensity adjustment for the infrared element based on the position information and the lighting information. The device receives, via an input element of the device, input data provided by the user, and implements the position adjustment and the intensity adjustment to enable the infrared element, when illuminated, to reflect light away from the input element and to prevent image or video capture of the input data.