Abstract: This invention provides a method for detecting an analyte in a sample using electromagnetic radiation comprising: (i) providing a labelled reagent, the labelled reagent having a binding site which is capable of binding the analyte or an analogue of the analyte and a label, wherein the label is capable of absorbing the electromagnetic radiation to generate energy by non-radiative decay; (ii) providing a device having a radiation source adapted to generate a series of pulses of electromagnetic radiation, a transducer having a pyroelectric or piezoelectric element and electrodes, which is capable of transducing energy generated by non-radiative decay into an electrical signal, a detector which is capable of detecting the electrical signal, a controller for controlling the source of electromagnetic radiation and the detector, wherein the device has a first and second chamber, the first chamber containing a first reagent proximal to the transducer, wherein the first reagent is capable of binding to the analyte suc

Abstract: A system and method are described for alerting a user that an area they have entered or are about to enter has a restriction on carriage of a firearm. Methods include detecting the presence of a firearm within an intelligent article of luggage, detecting the current geographic location, comparing the current geographic location to a set of restricted carriage locations, and presenting an alert.

Abstract: Methods and systems for implementing a highly available distributed queue using replicated messages are disclosed. An enqueue request is received from a client at a particular queue host of a plurality of queue hosts. The enqueue request comprises a message and a replica count greater than one. One or more copies of a replication request are sent from the particular queue host to one or more additional queue hosts. The replication request comprises the message. The quantity of copies of the replication request is determined based at least in part on the replica count. An initial replica of the message is enqueued at the particular queue host. One or more additional replicas of the message are enqueued at the one or more additional queue hosts. A quantity of the one or more additional replicas is determined based at least in part on the replica count.

Abstract: Methods for accurately and efficiently estimating a disinfestation rate of disinfestation equipment and making adjustments based on the estimated disinfestation rate to achieve a desired disinfestation rate are provided. In one example, a disinfestation rate may be based on a number of infested products in an untreated sample out of a total number of products in the untreated sample and based on a number of infested products in a treated sample out of a total number of products in the treated sample.

Abstract: A system and method are described for alerting a user that an area they have entered or are about to enter has a restriction on carriage of a firearm. Methods include detecting the presence of a firearm within an intelligent article of luggage, detecting the current geographic location, comparing the current geographic location to a set of restricted carriage locations, and presenting an alert.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for determining a predicted impact point of a selected weapon and associated round based on stored ballistic information, provided elevation data, provided azimuth data, and provided position data.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for compression of tables based on occurrence of values. In general, a number representing an amount of occurrences of a frequently occurring value in a group of adjacent rows of a column is generated, a vector representing whether the frequently occurring value exists in a row of the column is generated, and the number and the vector are stored to enable searches of the data represented by the number and the vector. The vector may omit a portion representing the group of adjacent rows. The values may be dictionary-based compression values representing business data such as business objects. The compression may be performed in-memory, in parallel, to improve memory utilization, network bandwidth consumption, and processing performance.

Abstract: A method includes capturing a digital content segment, generating a first identifier, and associating the first identifier with a digital image in the memory of an electronic device. The method also includes generating a second identifier and associating the second identifier with a digital content segment in the memory. The method further includes transferring at least one of the digital image and the digital content segment to a server computer via a network, wherein the first identifier is transferred in association with the digital image and the second identifier is transferred in association with the digital content segment. The method also includes generating an electronic file providing a sequential clip listing associated with rendering a digital media message. The electronic file includes the first and second identifiers, a first indicator identifying a first frame of the digital media message, and a second indicator identifying a second frame of the digital media message.

Abstract: The techniques described herein provide software testing of a candidate software system. In some examples, an interceptor intercepts at least one production request to a production software system. The duplicating proxy service causes the at least one intercepted request to be processed by the candidate software system being validated and the production software system being used to validate the candidate software system. The duplicating proxy service may then compare and/or analyze at least one candidate response to the intercepted request from the candidate software system and at least one production response to the intercepted request from the production software system.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for determining a predicted impact point of a selected weapon and associated round based on stored ballistic information, provided elevation data, provided azimuth data, and provided position data.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. A system may include assembly cells each including an assembly track and assembly carriages that ride thereon and which engage components of partially-assembled cartridges. A transfer apparatus may transfer partially-assembled cartridges between the assembly cells. In another example system, cartridges may be assembled on platforms on a rotary track. The platforms may include assembly grippers with sequentially-opening clamps configured to receive the components of the partially-assembled cartridges. Related methods are also provided.

Abstract: A system and method are described for alerting a user that an area they have entered or are about to enter has a restriction on carriage of a firearm. Methods include detecting the presence of a firearm within an intelligent article of luggage, detecting the current geographic location, comparing the current geographic location to a set of restricted carriage locations, and presenting an alert.

Abstract: A user configurable interface view can be generated for a media device or other information handling system that is independent of any interface views defined by media content providers. Generating the user configurable interface view includes identifying content data streams that are included in user interface views defined by the media content providers and then selecting a desired subset of the data content streams. The selected data content streams are then aggregated and the user configurable interface view is generated. The resulting user interface view will be independent of any interface views defined by the media content providers.

Abstract: A method includes the following steps. Runtime statistics related to data transaction processing in a concurrent system are collected. A given request to access shared data in the concurrent system is receive. Based on the collected runtime statistics, the number of reattempts the given request can make to access the shared data prior to access control being switched from a hardware transactional memory to a locking mechanism is adaptively determined.

Abstract: A method includes the following steps. Runtime statistics related to data transaction processing in a concurrent system are collected. A given request to access shared data in the concurrent system is receive. Based on the collected runtime statistics, the number of reattempts the given request can make to access the shared data prior to access control being switched from a hardware transactional memory to a locking mechanism is adaptively determined.

Abstract: A device for detecting an analyte in a sample, which includes a radiation source adapted to generate electromagnetic radiation; a transducer capable of transducing a change in energy to an electrical signal; at least one tethered reagent on or proximal to the transducer, the tethered reagent having a binding site which is capable of binding the analyte; a chamber for holding the sample in fluid contact with transducer, wherein the chamber is adapted to contain the sample on inversion, partial inversion or agitation of the device; and a detector which is capable of detecting the electrical signal generated by the transducer.

Abstract: Techniques are described for analyzing communication data packets captured at a computing device, and identifying subsets of packets that carry data for a connection or a communication involving the computing device. Incoming and outgoing packets may be captured using a packet capture process that executes separately from the services involved in the communications. A subset of the captured packets is determined that correspond to a transport layer connection carrying communications with a remote system. A sequence of packets associated with an application layer communication may be reconstructed by analyzing the subset of packets associated with the connection. The packets associated with the application layer communication or the transport layer connection may be stored in order, and accessed to diagnose communication issues.

Abstract: Techniques are described for providing a messaging service that employs a distributed key-value store for message persistence. On receiving a message to be enqueued for subsequent delivery, a message identifier is generated and employed as a key to store the message in the key-value store. The message identifier may be generated based on an available location in a message tracking data structure. In some cases, the message tracking data structure may be an append tree data structure that is substantially self-balancing as an increasing number of messages are tracked using the append tree data structure. The message tracking data structure may be further employed to determine a message identifier for a message to be vended from the key-value store.