Abstract: A thermal sensor module, comprising: a housing, wherein the housing comprises a first end and a second end, wherein the housing is hollow and configured to allow a fluid to flow into the housing through the first end and exit through the second end; a heat source, wherein the heat source is disposed at a central axis of the housing and traverses at least partially through the housing; and a temperature sensor, wherein the temperature sensor is positioned in the housing to measure temperature of the fluid flowing in the housing.

Abstract: An integrated computing element for an optical computing device includes a flexible optical substrate. The integrated computing element also includes at least one optical thin film deposited on a first surface of the flexible optical substrate. The at least one optical thin film is configured to selectively pass fractions of electromagnetic radiation at different wavelengths.

Abstract: A system and method uses one or more repurposed data fields in a payment transaction message to pass the merchant consumable data from a mobile device to the merchant system using an existing channel. The merchant consumable data relate to loyalty or rewards.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for using anomaly detection in timeseries data of user sentiment to detect incidents in computing systems and identify events within an enterprise. An anomaly detection system may receive social media messages that include a timestamp indicating when each message was published. The system may generate sentiment identifiers for the social media messages. The sentiment identifiers and timestamps associated with the social media messages may be used to generate a timeseries dataset for each type of sentiment identifier. The timeseries datasets may be input into an anomaly detection model to determine whether an anomaly has occurred. The system may retrieve textual data from the social media messages associated with the detected anomaly and may use the text to determine a computing system or event associated with the detected anomaly.

Abstract: State of the art networking solutions are tightly coupled and proprietary in nature due to multiple vendors in the networking domain. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for management and orchestration of heterogeneous network environment using dynamic, robust and network aware microservices. The method enables a platform for automatically and dynamically identifying appropriate group of microservices in accordance with network type and service type specified by the user, thus providing a solution that generates network aware microservices for each network in the heterogeneous network landscape. Furthermore, the system manages the identified microservices for each of the network by managing the life cycle of these microservices. The right life cycle management and coordination of the microservices for the network is in-line with desired goals/business logic, in a reliable and scalable manner, in heterogeneous network environments.

Abstract: In preferred embodiments, the present disclosure relates to methods for transportation of hazardous waste and/or waste classified under TSCA, and may comprise the acts of: translocating at least one intermodal trailer chassis from a primary terrestrial site to a first stationary barge, wherein said trailer chassis is carrying an intermodal shipping container containing the waste material, and wherein the first stationary barge is adapted to rise and fall with changes to the water level; moving the intermodal trailer chassis carrying the intermodal shipping container from the first stationary barge to a mobile barge adapted to traverse the body of water; traversing the body of water with the mobile barge; and offloading the at least one intermodal trailer chassis carrying the intermodal shipping container to a secondary terrestrial site via a second stationary barge.

Abstract: Systems, methods, articles of manufacture, and computer-readable media for verification of medical status using a contactless card. An application may receive a request specifying a subject and a medical condition. The application may receive a cryptogram from a contactless card. The application may receive a decryption result from a server and determine that the server decrypted the cryptogram. The application may receive, from the contactless card, a medical attestation, a digital signature of the medical attestation, and a public key of the digital signature. The application may decrypt the digital signature based on the public key of the digital signature and verify the medical attestation based on the decrypted digital signature. The application may determine, based on the verification of the medical attestation, that the subject is immune to the medical condition. The application may output a result that the subject is immune to the medical condition.

Abstract: A press-fit terminal for connecting a first component and a second component includes a first elastic portion for engaging with the first component, a second elastic portion for engaging with the second component, and an intermediate portion arranged between the first and second elastic portions in an axial direction of the terminal. The intermediate portion comprises a first plurality of radially extending arms for engaging with the first component and a second plurality of radially extending arms for engaging with the second component.

Abstract: A key broker monitors network traffic metadata and determines which decryption keys are required at one or more packet brokers in order to decrypt relevant traffic required by various network monitoring devices. The key broker retrieves the required keys from a secure keystore distributes them, as needed, to the network packet brokers, and dynamically updates the decryption keys stored in the network packet brokers in response to changes in network traffic.

Abstract: A vacuum adsorption system includes a cylinder including a cylinder block, a piston, and a piston rod mounted in the cylinder block, and a vacuum pressure control device controlling a vacuum pressure in an inner cavity of the cylinder block. The piston rod has a vacuum suction hole communicating with the inner cavity. The vacuum pressure in the inner cavity is controlled so that a contact force applied by the piston rod on an object adsorbed by the vacuum suction hole of the piston rod is less than or equal to a predetermined contact force.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the electronic vaping device includes a cartridge and a battery section. The cartridge and the battery section are connectable so as to define an air inlet between a portion of the cartridge and a portion of the battery section.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an aerial base station determining operating frequencies of terrestrial base stations, and taking one or more actions to reduce the potential for interference between the aerial base station and the terrestrial base stations. Actions taken by the aerial base station may include changing frequency, changing altitude, changing location, and changing transmit power. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing access interactions between a user device and an access device. A method comprises receiving, by an access device with a single universal kernel comprising a plurality of interaction functionalities and a plurality of sub-kernels, data comprising a kernel identifier identifying a requested kernel of a plurality of kernels to perform an interaction. The access device with the single kernel may determine a first sub-kernel of a plurality of sub-kernels corresponding to an interaction functionality based on the kernel identifier. The access device with the single universal kernel may then process the interaction according to the interaction functionality corresponding to the determined sub-kernel.

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: Traditional systems that enable extracting information from Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) lack accuracy due to existing noise in the images or require a significant volume of annotated symbols for training if deep learning models that provide good accuracy are utilized. Conventional few-shot/one-shot learning approaches require a significant number of training tasks for meta-training prior. The present disclosure provides a method and system that utilizes the one-shot learning approach that enables symbol recognition using a single instance per symbol class which is represented as a graph with points (pixels) sampled along the boundaries of different symbols present in the P&ID and subsequently, utilizes a Graph Convolutional Neural Network (GCNN) or a GCNN appended to a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for symbol classification. Accordingly, given a clean symbol image for each symbol class, all instances of the symbol class may be recognized from noisy and crowded P&IDs.

Abstract: An electronic smoking article includes an outer tube extending in a longitudinal direction, an inner tube within the outer tube and including a pair of opposing slots, a liquid supply comprising a liquid material, a coil heater, a wick and a mouth end insert. The coil heater is located in the inner tube. The coil heater is formed of an iron-free, nickel-chromium alloy and has substantially uniformly spaced windings. The wick is surrounded by the coil heater such that the wick delivers liquid material to the coil heater and the coil heater heats the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol in the inner tube.

Abstract: A system enables entities to access a single platform in order to utilize electronic data storage for storing different types of information. One or more computers may operate an electronic data storage processing network that entities can access when updating information in electronic data storage. The electronic data storage processing network may operate a plurality of electronic data storage processing modules, which can include an aggregator module, a formatter module, an operator signer module, and a validator module. Based on the specific use case for which electronic data storage is utilized, recordable data that is to be added to the electronic data storage can be processed by the appropriate aggregating, formatting, signing, and validating functions provided by the electronic data storage processing modules.

Abstract: The need for an accurate, early, and precise estimation of expected delivery date (EDD) for the pregnant subject is vital. A system and method for predicting a day/date of delivery for a pregnant subject using one or more microbiome samples collected from the pregnant subject is provided. The disclosure relates to applying machine learning techniques on the microbiome characterization data corresponding to the biological sample(s) collected from the pregnant subject. The method further comprises using the predicted EDD to suitably plan and take required medical treatment or precautions or medical advice for the pregnant subject to prevent any pregnancy and/or delivery related complications and to manage the delivery appropriately. The disclosure also provides compositions of the microbiome data which can potentially influence the delivery date, or the method provides exemplary compositions of the microbiome data which plays vital role in estimating the EDD of the pregnant subject.

Abstract: A smart forms solution that enables transactions institutions to provide configuration parameters in a streamlined manner so that developers can construct end-to-end solutions in an automated manner includes performing, by a processor, operations including: receiving data from a form in a webpage; validating the received data; saving the validated data; determining a location to send the saved data; sending the saved data to the determined location; invoking an API at the determined location with the saved data; and using the saved data to perform a manual operation.

Abstract: A downhole turbine may include a stator disposed in a turbine housing, a rotor disposed between the stator and the turbine housing and wherein the rotor includes an outer housing, a gap that separates the stator and the rotor, wherein the gap is oil filled, and one or more blades disposed on the outer housing between the turbine housing and the rotor. The downhole turbine may further include a compressible medium attached to the outer housing between the stator and the outer housing, wherein the compressible medium is separated from the stator by the gap, and one or more magnets attached to an inner surface of the compressible medium, wherein the one or more magnets are separated from the stator by the gap.