Abstract: The inventive technology describe herein employs a removal assist mechanism for a firearm magazine that eliminates hang-ups and gravitational restrictions and allows consistent, reliable, safe, and dependable magazine ejection from a firearm. This removal assist mechanism is for a firearm having a magazine release actuator. The embodiment of the overall mechanism includes a biasing mechanism connected to the magazine and which extends from the magazine to contact a part of a firearm containing the magazine, wherein the biasing mechanism biases against the firearm part when the magazine is inserted into the firearm and remains under resistive force while the magazine is retained therein, until released by the magazine release actuator whereupon releasing the biasing mechanism assists in ejection of the magazine.

Abstract: A vehicle roof stiffener includes at least one fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) portion and at least one metal or metal alloy portion. The FRP portion includes at least one transition structure including a metal or a metal alloy. At least some of the fibers of the FRP portion are embedded in the transition structure. The metal or metal alloy portion is secured to the transition structure of the FRP portion. In an example vehicle roof stiffener, the metal portion extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of a vehicle, and the FRP portion extends transverse to the longitudinal axis. The example vehicle roof stiffener may include a front FRP portion, a rear FRP portion, and two metal side portions. The metal side portions and the FRP portions may be joined by welding the transition structures to the metal portions.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described to automatically identify, measure, and resolve the problem of confounding audiences for predictive modeling exercises involving classification. An example system is described for recursively executing an algorithm that ingests, at minimum, one or more predictors, an outcome variable, a performance improvement threshold at which the system will terminate, and a maximum recursion depth at which the system will terminate if the performance improvement threshold is not met.

Abstract: A vehicle roof stiffener includes at least one fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) portion and at least one metal or metal alloy portion. The FRP portion includes at least one transition structure including a metal or a metal alloy. At least some of the fibers of the FRP portion are embedded in the transition structure. The metal or metal alloy portion is secured to the transition structure of the FRP portion. In an example vehicle roof stiffener, the metal portion extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of a vehicle, and the FRP portion extends transverse to the longitudinal axis. The example vehicle roof stiffener may include a front FRP portion, a rear FRP portion, and two metal side portions. The metal side portions and the FRP portions may be joined by welding the transition structures to the metal portions.

Abstract: A vehicle roof stiffener includes at least one fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) portion and at least one metal or metal alloy portion. The FRP portion includes at least one transition structure including a metal or a metal alloy. At least some of the fibers of the FRP portion are embedded in the transition structure. The metal or metal alloy portion is secured to the transition structure of the FRP portion. In an example vehicle roof stiffener, the metal portion extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of a vehicle, and the FRP portion extends transverse to the longitudinal axis. The example vehicle roof stiffener may include a front FRP portion, a rear FRP portion, and two metal side portions. The metal side portions and the FRP portions may be joined by welding the transition structures to the metal portions.

Abstract: Systems for modulating one or more neurons using focused ultrasound (FUS) include a transducer mount, a recording chamber disposed at an angle relative the transducer mount and configured to contain the one or more neurons within the recording chamber, an ultrasound transducer disposed on the transducer mount to provide an ultrasound stimulus having one or more ultrasound parameters to the one or more neurons, and a processor configured to adjust the one or more ultrasound parameters to produce one or more action potentials from the one or more neurons in response to the ultrasound stimulus, the one or more action potentials corresponding to one or more of a pain or sensation response, a pain or sensation suppression, or neural control of organ function induced by the one or more neurons.

Abstract: A vehicle roof stiffener includes at least one fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) portion and at least one metal or metal alloy portion. The FRP portion includes at least one transition structure including a metal or a metal alloy. At least some of the fibers of the FRP portion are embedded in the transition structure. The metal or metal alloy portion is secured to the transition structure of the FRP portion. In an example vehicle roof stiffener, the metal portion extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of a vehicle, and the FRP portion extends transverse to the longitudinal axis. The example vehicle roof stiffener may include a front FRP portion, a rear FRP portion, and two metal side portions. The metal side portions and the FRP portions may be joined by welding the transition structures to the metal portions.

Abstract: A method for automatic detection of inconsistencies in an appraisal by extracting data from the appraisal to create component data arranged into a predetermined set of categories and selecting a control identifier to trigger a generation of comparison data. Further, through a comparison between the comparison data and the component data, inconsistencies within the appraisal are identified.

Abstract: Automatically rating appraisal quality and evaluating comparables listed on the appraisal. A comparable selection model selects control comparables using transaction data and property characteristics relative to a subject from a database. An evaluation model compares the control comparables to the listed comparables to generate a quality rating for the appraisal based on category scores that result from an appraisal evaluation over a set of categories.

Abstract: The gaming system, gaming device and method provides a reel game that includes stacks of symbols configured on the reels to minimize the effects of blocking often associated with stacks of symbols. The gaming device includes a plurality of reels wherein each reel includes a reel-strip and a plurality of symbols. The plurality of reels can be configured to include at least one stack of symbols wherein a stack of symbols is formed by placing a plurality of a designated symbol adjacent to each other on a single reel. In one embodiment, the gaming device is configured such that each subsequent reel includes a quantity of stacked symbols that is greater than the quantity of stacked symbols on a previous reel. This configuration provides that winning symbol combinations including non-stacked symbols can be formed across adjacent reels even if each reel generated a stack of symbols.

Abstract: The gaming system, gaming device and method provides a reel game that includes stacks of symbols configured on the reels to minimize the effects of blocking often associated with stacks of symbols. The gaming device includes a plurality of reels wherein each reel includes a reel-strip and a plurality of symbols. The plurality of reels can be configured to include at least one stack of symbols wherein a stack of symbols is formed by placing a plurality of a designated symbol adjacent to each other on a single reel. In one embodiment, the gaming device is configured such that each subsequent reel includes a quantity of stacked symbols that is greater than the quantity of stacked symbols on a previous reel. This configuration provides that winning symbol combinations including non-stacked symbols can be formed across adjacent reels even if each reel generated a stack of symbols.