Abstract: A gap gauge is disclosed for facilitating an arthroplasty procedure on a first bone and a second bone of a patient. The gap gauge may include a first plate positionable in contact with the first bone, a second plate positionable in contact with the second bone. The second plate may be displaced from the first plate by a displacement. The gap gauge may further include a separator connected to the first plate and the second plate, a separation indicator coupled to the separator and configured to indicate the displacement, and a balance indicator connected to at least one of the first plate and the second plate. The balance indicator may indicate a balance status between the first plate and the second plate. The separator can be actuated to adjust the displacement.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for use with an electric vehicle in an inactive state, when a temperature of a high-voltage electric storage power source in the electric vehicle is below a predetermined level, a temperature control system is actuated to control temperature of the high-voltage electric storage power source. When a charge level of a low-voltage electric storage power source is below a predetermined level, power is provided to the low-voltage electric storage power source from the high-voltage electric storage power source.

Abstract: A retractor assembly may include a retractor removably coupled with a retractor handle. The retractor may include a handle connection feature, a retractor shaft, an arcuate projection having a convex retractor surface and a cutting shield surface, and a guide projection having an aperture shaped to receive at least a portion of a femoral condyle therein to position the retractor relative to a tibial plateau. The retractor handle may include a handle portion and a retractor connection feature. The retractor may be placed on a lateral side of a medial collateral ligament of a knee joint to retract the medial collateral ligament away from a tibial plateau of the knee joint and protect the medial collateral ligament during a tibial plateau resection procedure.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide distributed control plane functions for radio-based networks. In one embodiment, control plane network traffic for a first functionality of a control plane network function in a radio-based network is routed to a first control plane component in an edge location of the radio-based network. Control plane network traffic for a second functionality of the control plane network function in the radio-based network is routed to a second control plane component in a centralized location of the radio-based network.

Abstract: System for adaptive routing in time division multiple access-based wideband mobile adhoc network employs an enhanced OLSR-based routing protocol designed for TDMA-based mobile adhoc network to spread the link quality information and calculates adaptive routing paths based on the link quality. The system employs a signal-to-noise ratio calculation, demodulation and decoding block, link quality estimator, FIFO, link quality broadcast, network layer link state broadcast, link state table, adaptive routing, path calculation block and routing table blocks to achieve the desired results.

Abstract: A progressive bonus award system integrated within a mobile application is disclosed. Upon receiving data of a transaction performed by a player using the mobile application and determining that the player is participating in a progressive bonus award associated with the mobile application, a determination is made whether to issue a ticket to the player for the transaction performed by the player. The ticket includes a ticket identifier. An additional value is added to the progressive bonus award based at least in part on the transaction performed by the player to progressively increase the progressive bonus award during a promotional time period, and at the end of the promotional time period, a winning ticket identifier is randomly drawn and verified that the winning ticket identifier matches the ticket identifier of the ticket issued to the player and displayed within the mobile application along with an awarded amount to the player.

Abstract: A system for replacing a natural articular surface on a bone may include a bone anchoring component with a bone engagement surface securable to a resected surface of the bone, an arthroplasty prosthesis, and a component attachment feature positioned intermediate a prosthesis attachment feature and the bone anchoring component. The arthroplasty prosthesis may include a joint-facing side with an articular surface, a bone-facing side opposite the joint-facing side, and the prosthesis attachment feature on the bone-facing side with an outer prosthesis projection including a rotary recess formed therein. The component attachment feature may include a component projection shaped for reception within the rotary recess. The component attachment feature may rotatably couple with the prosthesis attachment feature proximally, and couple with the bone anchoring component distally, enabling the bone anchoring component to rotatably move relative to the bone-facing side of the arthroplasty prosthesis.

Abstract: A retractor assembly may include a retractor removably coupled with a retractor handle. The retractor may include a handle connection feature, a retractor shaft, an arcuate projection having a convex retractor surface and a cutting shield surface, and a guide projection having an aperture shaped to receive at least a portion of a femoral condyle therein to position the retractor relative to a tibial plateau. The retractor handle may include a handle portion and a retractor connection feature. The retractor may be placed on a lateral side of a medial collateral ligament of a knee joint to retract the medial collateral ligament away from a tibial plateau of the knee joint and protect the medial collateral ligament during a tibial plateau resection procedure.

Abstract: A gap gauge is disclosed for facilitating an arthroplasty procedure on a first bone and a second bone of a patient. The gap gauge may include a first plate positionable in contact with the first bone, a second plate positionable in contact with the second bone. The second plate may be displaced from the first plate by a displacement. The gap gauge may further include a separator connected to the first plate and the second plate, a separation indicator coupled to the separator and configured to indicate the displacement, and a balance indicator connected to at least one of the first plate and the second plate. The balance indicator may indicate a balance status between the first plate and the second plate. The separator can be actuated to adjust the displacement.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for securely replicating data, such as from an on-premises database to remote network-accessible storage, with high throughput and robust security mechanisms. Messages or events may be published via a first message queue service, such as an on-premises message queue service, that are then encrypted, optionally at the field level, before being passed to a managed message queue service. The encrypted messages may then be processed by a replication application configured to split batches of messages into sub-batches that are processed in parallel before being committed to a managed database at the batch level as individual batches complete processing.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed to improve inspection techniques for integrated circuits with backside power delivery. An example disclosed apparatus includes at least one programmable circuit to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to modulate first and second bitlines for a bitcell in a memory array of an integrated circuit between first and second voltages at a frequency for a period of time, the modulating of the first and second bitlines to produce a periodic heat signal in the integrated circuit, cause a thermal imaging sensor to capture a series of images of the integrated circuit during the period of time, and determine a location of a defect in the integrated circuit based on the series of images.

Abstract: A method of implementing TITO voucher exchanges between casinos for a player includes receiving a withdrawal request from the player to withdraw an amount of funds at a first casino, identifying a first player account having a first TITO voucher at the first casino, the first casino having a first TITO server, determining that the amount of the withdrawal request exceeds a balance of the first TITO voucher, identifying a second player account having a second TITO voucher at a second casino, the second casino having a second TITO server, selecting and redeeming the second TITO voucher using the second TITO server to generate proceeds, purchasing, using the first TITO server and the proceeds, a third TITO voucher, providing the third TITO voucher to the player, and recording in a central ledger, TITO transactions at the first TITO server and the second TITO server used to process the withdrawal request.

Abstract: Radar signal detection and parameter estimation is central in passive surveillance systems, providing inputs for many information processing modules in order to detect, localize, indentify and intercept hostile targets. The proposed method for detecting radar signals and estimating their intra-pulse parameters in time-varying noisy environments consists of several stages: magnitude-squared envelopes calculation, adaptive noise floor estimation, detection statistics calculation, rising edge detection, time of arrival estimation, falling edge detection, time of departure estimation, pulse width estimation, amplitude estimation and center frequency and bandwidth estimation. Estimated intra-pulse parameters are wrapped into pulse descriptor words (PDWs) for information processing tasks, where each PDW consists of time of arrival, time of departure, pulse width, pulse amplitude, center frequency, signal bandwidth, noise floor level and additional useful information.

Abstract: Implant assemblies, systems, kits, and methods for replacing a knee joint may include a universal femoral trial component for preparing and trialing a femoral bone of a patient to receive a plurality of different femoral implant types. The assembly may include a body and drill guide and an attachment mechanism including first and second compressible tabs and a rotatable handle operationally connected to the first and second tabs. The universal femoral trial component may be configured to receive any of a plurality of femoral bone preparation attachments and any of a plurality of femoral trial attachments in order to facilitate the preparation and trialing of the femoral bone to receive the plurality of different femoral implant types.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a representation of a spoken utterance, processing the representation of the spoken utterance to identify, from a number of candidate domains, a request and a serving domain, and routing the request to a personal assistant based on the request and the serving domain. Identification of the serving domain is based on one or more of a contextual state, a behavior profile of a speaker of the utterance, and a semantic content of the utterance.

Abstract: A knee joint prosthesis may be for implantation in a knee of a patient. The knee prosthesis may comprise a tibial component configured to be implanted on the tibia and a femoral component configured to be implanted on the femur. The femoral component may comprise a medial condyle with a medial articulation surface and a lateral condyle with a lateral articulation surface. The medial articulation surface and the lateral articulation surface may be shaped substantially symmetrically to each other across a femoral component plane bisecting the femoral component. The tibial component may comprise an articulation surface with a medial articulation side configured to articulate with the medial articulation surface and a lateral articulation side configured to articulate with the lateral articulation surface. The medial articulation side and the lateral articulation side may be shaped substantially asymmetrically to each other across a tibial component plane bisecting the tibial component.

Abstract: A knee joint prosthesis system for implantation in a first knee joint of a patient. The first knee joint has a condition. The knee joint prosthesis system includes a tibial baseplate component, a femoral component having a femoral articulation surface, and a tibial insert. The tibial insert includes a tibial articulation surface configured to articulate with the femoral articulation surface. The tibial articulation surface includes a medial tibial compartment asymmetrical to a lateral tibial compartment. The tibial articulation surface is shaped to cooperate with the femoral articulation surface to adapt kinematics of the first knee joint having the condition and the tibial articulation surface is also suitable for implantation in a second knee joint on a second side, the second knee joint lacking the condition.

Abstract: An arthroplasty system may include an arthroplasty prosthesis with a joint-facing side having an articular surface and a bone-facing side having a prosthesis attachment feature, a bone anchoring component, and a component attachment feature configured to translatably couple the bone anchoring component to the prosthesis attachment feature. In a first unlocked configuration, the component attachment feature and the prosthesis attachment feature may be translatably coupled with each other enabling the bone anchoring component to translatably move with respect to the bone-facing side of the arthroplasty prosthesis. In a second locked configuration, at least one of the component attachment feature and the prosthesis attachment feature may expand and secure a relative position of the component attachment feature to the prosthesis attachment feature and prevent the bone anchoring component from translatably moving relative to the bone-facing side of the arthroplasty prosthesis.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a representation of a spoken utterance, processing the representation of the spoken utterance to identify, from a number of candidate domains, a request and a serving domain, and routing the request to a personal assistant based on the request and the serving domain. Identification of the serving domain is based on one or more of a contextual state, a behavior profile of a speaker of the utterance, and a semantic content of the utterance.

Abstract: A knee joint prosthesis system for implantation in a first knee joint of a patient. The first knee joint has a condition. The knee joint prosthesis system includes a tibial baseplate component, a femoral component having a femoral articulation surface, and a tibial insert. The tibial insert includes a tibial articulation surface configured to articulate with the femoral articulation surface. The tibial articulation surface includes a medial tibial compartment asymmetrical to a lateral tibial compartment. The tibial articulation surface is shaped to cooperate with the femoral articulation surface to adapt kinematics of the first knee joint having the condition and the tibial articulation surface is also suitable for implantation in a second knee joint on a second side, the second knee joint lacking the condition.