Abstract: A footwear sanitizing system; the footwear sanitizing system includes a sterilizing unit, a first shoe tree, a second shoe tree, and a charger working in combination to provide a sterilizing device for footwear. The footwear sanitizing system provides internal and external sanitization of footwear worn in healthcare facilities through ultraviolet radiation, preventing unwanted transfer of bacteria and germs both within and outside of the environment of use of the footwear. Users are notified of completion of the sanitization via a software application program hosted on a computing device. The footwear sanitizing system reduces the risks of nosocomial infections and healthcare-associated infections occurring within, and transferred from, healthcare facilities via a necessary fomite.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an indication of a selected metric to be predicted, such as an insurance related metric, may be received. A system may analyze historical information to automatically determine a set of relevant underlying factors for that selected metric and a predictive model may be created. One or more future scenarios associated with an impact on relevant underlying factors may be defined, and a series of predicted impacted future values may be identified for those impacted relevant underlying factors. A series of impacted future values may then be predicted for the selected metric based on the predicted impacted future values and the predictive model.