Abstract: A composition configured for oral use is provided, the composition including a filler in an amount of at least 20% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, and at least one active ingredient including one or more botanical materials, stimulants, amino acids, vitamins, antioxidants, cannabinoids, pharmaceutical agents, or a combination thereof. The composition further includes a salt and at least one sweetener. The composition has a moisture content of at least about 40% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.

Abstract: Technologies are provided for predictive modeling potential issues that may arise in a retail store enterprise and offer remedies to address the issues. The system includes machine learning model(s) that proactively isolate systematic problems in a retail store enterprise, such as operational deficiencies, breakdowns in training, and execution failures that lead to negative sales/margin impact. In some embodiments, the system leverages artificial intelligence to create actionable leading indicators and high-confidence predictive models. These indicators allow the system to facilitate a determination of the genesis or “root cause” of these issues and how to “course correct.

Abstract: A method including the steps of: identifying, using one or more processors, business data associated with problems within a business environment; generating, using one or more processors, one or more notifications related to the identified business data; sending, using one or more processors, the one or more notifications to a computer system associated with a user; monitoring, using one or more processors, the user's interaction with the business data; and reporting, using one or more processors, the monitored interaction with the business data.

Abstract: A computerized identity matching management system including a computer receiving a request from a capture apparatus waiting to commence a biometric capture process, to initiate the capture process is disclosed. The computer responds to the request to return a message to the capture apparatus at a first instant in time, the message containing a unique code, and where receipt of the message containing the code at the capture apparatus causes initiation of the capture process. The computer, after returning a message, receives a captured biometric from the capture apparatus coded with the code, at a second instant in time. The computer operates, when the second instant is less than a predetermined time later than the first instant, to decode the captured biometric and initiate a matching process to find a match for the decoded captured biometric against records and to generate an identification code when a match is found.

Abstract: The invention concerns a computerized identity matching management process. The process comprises the steps of a management computer receiving a request from capture apparatus waiting to commence a biometric capture process, to initiate the capture process. The management computer responds to the request to return a message to the capture apparatus at a first instant in time, the message containing a unique code, and where receipt of the message containing the code at the caprture apparatus causes initiation of the capture process. The management computer, after returning a message, receives a capturated biometric from the capture apparatus coded with the code, at a second instant in time. The management computer operates, when the second instant is less than a predetermined time later than the first instant, to decode the captured biometric and initiate a matching process to find a match for the decoded captured biometric against stored records and to generate an identification code when a match is found.

Abstract: In a secure fast packet switch having a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports, a method of determining which port in the plurality of output ports data that is received on one input port in the plurality of input ports is to be sent to, the method including the steps of determining a physical layer address of a sending node, determining a physical layer address of a receiving node, determining an input port in the plurality of input ports that the data was received on, determining if the physical layer address of the sending node and the physical layer address of the receiving node are an allowed combination, determining the magnitude of the node identification number of the sending node, determining the magnitude of the node identification number of the receiving node, obtaining outbound port information from a first predetermined location in a data structure stored in a memory if the node identification number of the sending node is greater than the node identification number of the recei

Abstract: In a secure fast packet switch having a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports, a method of determining which port in the plurality of output ports data that is received on one input port in the plurality of input ports is to be sent to, the method including the steps of determining a physical layer address of a sending node, determining a physical layer address of a receiving node, determining an input port in the plurality of input ports that the data was received on, determining if the physical layer address of the sending node and the physical layer address of the receiving node are an allowed combination, determining the magnitude of the node identification number of the sending node, determining the magnitude of the node identification number of the receiving node, obtaining outbound port information from a first predetermined location in a data structure stored in a memory if the node identification number of the sending node is greater than the node identification number of the recei

Abstract: In a secure fast packet switch having a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports, a method of determining which port in the plurality of output ports data that is received on one input port in the plurality of input ports is to be sent to, the method including the steps of determining a physical layer address of a sending node, determining a physical layer address of a receiving node, determining an input port in the plurality of input ports that the data was received on, determining if the physical layer address of the sending node and the physical layer address of the receiving node are an allowed combination, determining the magnitude of the node identification number of the sending node, determining the magnitude of the node identification number of the receiving node, obtaining outbound port information from a first predetermined location in a data structure stored in a memory if the node identification number of the sending node is greater than the node identification number of the recei