Abstract: A decompression surgery system includes an instrument shuttle configured to engage a first side of a target anatomical location, the instrument shuttle including a track. The system further includes a working channel configured to couple to and advance along the track of the instrument shuttle, the working channel having a distal end configured to engage a second side of the target anatomical location so that the target anatomical location is positioned between a portion of the instrument shuttle and the distal end of the working channel. The working channel is configured to receive one or more instruments therethrough.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein for facilitating blockchain operations in decentralized applications by offering enhanced efficient when conducting blockchain operations using cryptography-based, digital ledgers through the use of specialized indexing. For example, as opposed to relying on raw blockchain data to power decentralized applications, the methods and systems use a blockchain indexer. The blockchain indexer provides a queryable record of a subset of blockchain operations.

Abstract: A system for an agricultural sprayer includes a boom assembly operably coupled with a chassis. A steering system is operably coupled with the chassis and includes a steering sensor. The system also includes one or more imaging devices and one or more nozzle assemblies. A computing system is operably coupled with the one or more imaging devices and the one or more nozzle assemblies. The computing system is configured to receive data related to a first imaged portion of an agricultural field from the one or more imaging devices; identify a target within the first imaged portion of the agricultural field; receive data related to an inputted steering command from the steering system; and determine a target offset of the target relative to the sprayer path and a boom offset of the assembly relative to the sprayer path.

Abstract: Operations of a search management system are disclosed. The operations may include: identifying a data corpus containing a plurality of documents, generating sets of feature vectors representing the plurality of documents, receiving a query to search the data corpus, generating a query vector for the query, identifying a target feature vector that meets a similarity threshold by comparing the query vector to the feature vectors, and presenting a query result that includes at least part of the document. The feature vectors may be generated by executing a multi-step partitioning process for partitioning a respective document into a plurality of document partitions, such that the sets of feature vectors that are generated correspond to the plurality of document partitions for the respective document. The query result may include a target partition from among the plurality of document partitions represented by the target feature vector.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an evaluation index calculation device, an evaluation index calculation method, and an evaluation index calculation program which are capable of diversifying an evaluation index representing an optical state of a light control sheet. The evaluation index calculation device acquires an evaluation image of an imaging target in a predetermined environment, captured via a light control sheet, and calculates a degree of obscuring caused by the light control sheet in the evaluation image, as an evaluation index, through image analysis of the evaluation image.

Abstract: A method for establishing a communication connection includes sending a first packet data network (PDN) connection request message to a network side for internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) registration; repeatedly sending the first PDN connection request message for the IMS registration when the IMS registration fails; and sending a second PDN connection request message to the network side for the IMS registration when a number of times the IMS registration fails reaches a predetermined number. The second PDN connection request message and the first PDN connection request message include different PDN types.

Abstract: A reamer attachment system for attaching a reamer to a robotic arm comprises a reaming guide comprising a guide shaft and a collar attached to the guide shaft, a reamer shaft extending through the collar to articulate against the collar, and a reamer lock couplable to the reamer shaft to engage the collar and prevent axial displacement of the reamer shaft relative to the collar while permitting the reamer shaft to articulate against the collar. A method for collaborative reaming of a bone between a surgical robot and a surgeon comprises positioning a reamer guide at a location in a coordinate system for the surgical robot system using a robotic arm of the surgical robot, coupling a reamer to the reamer guide such that a reamer axis passes through the location, constraining movement of the reamer along the reamer axis, and pivoting the reamer at the location to remove bone.

Abstract: A trap is provided, including: a clamping device, being operable to provide a catching space; and a shielding member, movably connected to the clamping device, the shielding member being movable to shield at least part of the catching space.

Abstract: A method of decoding includes receiving a bitstream having a plurality of layers and a video parameter set (VPS), where the VPS includes a direct reference layer flag, where the direct reference layer flag equal to a first value specifies that a second layer is not a direct reference layer for a first layer, and where the direct reference layer flag equal to a second value specifies that the second layer is the direct reference layer for the first layer; deriving a reference layer flag by: initially setting the reference layer flag to the first value; and updating the reference layer flag to the second value when the direct reference layer flag has the second value; and decoding a picture from the first layer in accordance with the reference layer flag to obtain a decoded picture.

Abstract: A bone plate includes a main body defining one or more openings and a cavity. A support member formed of a different material than the material of the main body is disposed in the cavity and defines one or more openings, each of which is coaxial with an opening of the main body. The support member extends into circumferential recesses defined by the main body. Circumferential projections bounding each main body opening are disposed between circumferential projections of the main body and are disposed entirely within the support member. Bone plate systems, methods of treatment, and methods of manufacturing are also described.

Abstract: Medical or surgical devices, instruments, systems, and methods for use in optically sensing loads acting on a patient's anatomy may include a surgical device or instrument configured for insertion to a surgical site and an interrogator coupled to the surgical device or instrument via an optical fiber having a sensing area at a location of the surgical device or instrument at which a load is to be sensed. The measured load may be used as being indicative of a load acting on a patient's anatomy. Such measured or determined load may be used to make decisions before, during, or after a patient procedure.

Abstract: A fishing rod is disclosed. The fishing rod includes a rod body. The rod body has a first cylindrical part. The first cylindrical part has a lower portion formed by a concave outer surface that is recessed and a convex inner surface that protrudes convexly along the concave outer surface.

Abstract: A microinstrument system comprises: a microinstrument, having at least one integrated optical fiber which has a distal end facing the object to be observed; a recording apparatus, to which light from the object to be observed can be supplied for recording image data with the aid of the at least one optical fiber; a determining device, which is designed to determine the positions of the distal end of the at least one optical fiber at the recording times of the particular image data; wherein a data-processing device, connected to the recording apparatus in order to receive the image data; is connected to the determining device in order to receive the position data; and is designed to compile the image data with the aid of the position data to form a two-dimensional or three-dimensional image.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for controlling the execution of concurrent threads executing tasks in a database management system. A first task is executed at a first thread from a pool of threads for execution of tasks at the database management system. It can be identified that the execution of the first task is paused and that the first task is in a sleep mode. In response to identifying that the first task is in an awake mode after the sleep mode, it can be determined whether a current number of threads in the pool that are currently processing tasks in parallel is below an allowed number of threads. It can be determined that the allowed number of threads has been reached and a waiting status can be assigned to the first task at the first thread.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a scoop-type cat toilet. The scoop-type cat toilet includes a housing having at least one opening through which a cat enters or exits an internal space of the housing, an excrement box having excrement sand, rails provided on inner surfaces of two opposite lateral surfaces of the housing, a collection part including gear boxes having gears configured to move along the rails, and a scooper connected to the gear boxes and configured to scoop and move excrement mixed with the excrement sand, and a collection box configured to accommodate the excrement moved by the collection part.

Abstract: A method may include: receiving an original dataset and a sensitive attribute; initializing a distilled dataset from the original dataset; initializing a classification model; sampling original dataset data and an original dataset label from the original dataset, and distilled dataset data and a distilled dataset label from the distilled dataset; providing the sampled original dataset data from the original dataset to the classification model, resulting in an original dataset prediction probability; providing the sampled distilled dataset data from the distilled dataset to the classification model, resulting in a distilled dataset prediction probability; calculating a distilled dataset cross-entropy loss for the distilled dataset prediction probability and the distilled dataset label; calculating distilled dataset gradients for the distilled dataset cross-entropy loss; calculating a distance between the gradients as a matching loss; and updating the distilled dataset with the matching loss.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for data management are described. In some systems, a client may request for a data management system (DMS) to execute a first instance of a query to obtain, from a database, first information that is responsive to the query. The DMS may identify, in response to the query being executed in an execution time that is greater than a threshold amount of time, an improved version of the query that is associated with a second execution time that is less than the threshold amount of time. The DMS may store the improved version of the query. The DMS may retrieve the improved version of the query in response to receiving a second instance of the query. The DMS may execute the improved version of the query after retrieving the improved version from storage to obtain, from the database, second information that is responsive to the query.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for processing requests for performing operations on resources in a software defined datacenter (SDDC). The resources are software-defined (SD) resources in some embodiments. The method initially receives a request to perform an operation with respect to a first resource in the SDDC. The method identifies a policy that matches (i.e., is applicable to) the received request for the first resource by comparing a set of attributes of the request with sets of attributes of a set of policies that place constraints on operations specified for resources. In some embodiments, several sets of attributes for several policies can be expressed for resources at different hierarchal resource levels of the SDDC. The method rejects the received request when the identified policy specifies that the requested operation violates a constraint on operations specified for the first resource.

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to fetching network device topologies using a timestamp-callback map. The timestamp-callback map includes timestamps paired with references to unique callback functions that fetch topologies for network devices when executed. Examples include setting an alarm for each timestamp in the timestamp-callback map. When an alarm generates a notification, examples create worker threads of a network profiler service. Each worker thread executes a respective unique callback function to fetch a topology for a network device from a topology service. Examples describe different implementations of the timestamp-callback map that can be optimized in various embodiments.

Abstract: Provided are a method and system for selecting and ranking keywords, including a process through which a universe of potential keywords tied to various topics is generated and filtered. Once this is completed, search engine ranking pages (SERPs) are generated for these potential keywords. Reference text associated with topics of interest is also generated by the system of the present invention. This can be accomplished in various ways according to the teachings herein. For example, reference text can be generated using generative AI functionality. Initial reference text can be later improved upon using machine learning techniques so as to adjust reference text that is too broad or narrow in scope. Reference text and SERP results are used in connection with a model to generate semantic similarity scores which are then used for ranking and selecting keywords.