Abstract: A system for ongoing multifactor authentication is provided. The system includes a computer device including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The at least one memory device includes computer instructions that cause the at least one processor to a) instruct a computer device to conduct a multifactor authentication of a user; calculate an authentication level for the user based upon the multifactor authentication of the user; b) continually monitor one or more actions of the user to determine additional authentication data; c) update the authentication level for the user based upon the additional authentication data; d) receive a request from the user to access a first content; e) access an authentication profile for the first content; f) compare the authentication profile to the updated authentication level for the user; and g) determine whether to grant access to the first content based upon the comparison.

Abstract: A system for dynamic trust-based network architectures is provided. The system includes a computer device programmed to: a) store plurality of records for a plurality of network elements, wherein each record of the plurality of records includes a current status of the corresponding network element of the plurality of network elements; b) receive a request for a set of network elements for data transmission; c) scan the plurality of records for a plurality of available network elements for the request; d) select a first set of network elements to meet the request from the plurality of network elements based upon the current status of each of the plurality of available network elements; e) generate a response to the request based upon the first set of network elements; f) receive a confirmation of the response; and g) configure the first set of network elements to complete the data transmission.

Abstract: A chevron ring is disclosed. In various embodiments, the chevron ring includes an attachment ring; and a chevron, the chevron connected to and extending downstream of the attachment ring and having a trailing edge portion, the chevron defining a hollow portion between the attachment ring and the trailing edge portion.

Abstract: A verification operating system (VOS) is an intermediary operating system that verifies data of a primary operating system before the primary operating system controls of the computing device. When the computing device is initialized, initial boot processes load the VOS instead of the primary operating system. The VOS performs verification processes on data storing the primary operating system to verify that the primary operating system has not been manipulated or corrupted before passing control of the computing device to the primary operating system. A VOS also may be used to verify an operating system used by a virtual machine (VM). The VOS verifies data storing a VM operating system to be used for requested VMs. If the VOS verifies that the VM OS data is accurate, the VOS provides the VM OS data to a hypervisor for use in a VM.

Abstract: There are disclosed monitoring and advanced asset recovery devices and systems (“MAARS”). In an embodiment, a MAARS device includes a housing, a circuit board fixedly attached to the housing, affixed to the circuit board is a processor/microcontroller/minicomputer, electronic components to support the microcontroller, sensor modules, wireless modules, a power source, and an antenna. Each of the microcontroller, electronic components, sensor modules, wireless modules, and power source form an integrated circuit and are in communication with one another. The monitoring and advanced asset recovery device is configured to be installed inside a container where the device will measure and monitor a number of variables to determine the status, condition, and location of the container. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Abstract: A mobile edge computing system, a communication network and a method of using a mobile edge computing device. The mobile edge computing system includes a communication module that establishes signal communication over numerous wireless communication protocols at least one of which uses a low power wide area network protocol. A logic device is made up of a distributed set of processing units including both a central processing unit and one or more processors configured for performing machine learning operations the latter of which include one or more of a graphical processor unit and a tensor processing unit. When the system receives event data that has been acquired by one or more of the communication module and a sensor, the system executes a trained machine learning model and conveys, using the low power wide area network protocol, an output that has been produced by the trained machine learning model.

Abstract: A lighting device includes a connector body defining a first axis and a second axis, and a light head rotatably coupled to the connector body for rotation about the first axis. The light head includes a housing and a light source supported by the housing. The lighting device also includes a first leg rotatably coupled to the connector body for rotation about the second axis. The first leg extends to a first distal end. The lighting device also includes a second leg rotatably coupled to the connector body for rotation about the second axis independent from the first leg. The second leg extends to a second distal end. The first distal end of the first leg removably engages the second distal end of the second leg. The first leg and the second leg are configurable to support the light head.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for security-related risk detection using artificial intelligence techniques are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes obtaining data related to at least one user associated with at least one interaction; identifying information pertaining to the at least one user by processing at least a portion of the obtained data using one or more artificial intelligence techniques; determining, based at least in part on at least a portion of the identified information, one or more security risks associated with the at least one user within a context of the at least one interaction; and performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on the one or more determined security risks.

Abstract: A surgical robotic system is configured to control a surgical robotic arm that conforms to the constraints of an incision point without physical constraints, such as a port latch coupling an access port to the robotic arm. The system is also configured to continuously monitor and determine the relative location of the incision point, the access port with respect to the robotic arm, and/or the instrument. Location and position of these components may be accomplished using cameras, electromagnetic sensors, and other tracking methodologies.

Abstract: A spacecraft propulsion system including a first thruster system including a first power processing unit connected to a first thruster string via a crossover switching unit and connected to a second thruster string via the crossover switching unit. A second thruster system including a second power processing unit connected to the second thruster string via the crossover switching unit and to the first thruster string via the crossover switching unit. A controller is connected to each of the first power processing unit, the second power processing unit, and the crossover switching unit.

Abstract: A system of embedding access control logic into a network gear according to an embodiment includes a plurality of access control devices including corresponding lock mechanisms configured to control access through corresponding passageways, a headend access control system configured to manage access control data associated with the plurality of access control devices, and a network switch communicatively coupled to the headend access control system and comprising a smart communication manager, wherein the smart communication manager includes an application programming interface accessible by the headend access control system and translates commands received from the headend access control system into payloads readable by the plurality of access control devices.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for increasing energy output from Z-pinch and other plasma confinement systems. In one example, a system may include memory storing instructions that, if executed by one or more processors, cause the system to adjust one or more parameters to generate a magnetic field which is sufficiently strong to axially compress a fuel gas to induce thermonuclear fusion and increase a fusion energy gain factor greater than a fusion energy gain factor limit attainable by the thermonuclear fusion. In certain examples, adjusting the one or more parameters may include adjusting a duty cycle of a discharge current applied to the fuel gas based, at least in part, on an amount of thermal collisions between fusion byproducts and the fuel gas. In certain examples, by adjusting the duty cycle, the magnetic field may be adjusted to induce or increase the thermal collisions.

Abstract: An orthopedic instrument for knee arthroplasty includes an anterior-posterior sizer assembly, a tensor assembly and a rotation mechanism. The sizer assembly includes a stylus, a sizer body including medial and lateral posterior feet extending substantially perpendicularly from the sizer body, and a sizer slider that can slide relative to the sizer body along a medial-lateral direction relative to a patient's knee. The tensor assembly includes a tensor frame having a central portion, medial and lateral wings extending at an angle from the central portion, and medial and lateral posterior feet extending substantially perpendicularly to the central portion. The rotation mechanism includes a portion coupled to the tensor frame of the tensor assembly and a portion coupled to the sizer body. The rotation mechanism is configured to rotate the medial and lateral posterior feet of the sizer body relative to the tensor frame toward a lateral side of the patient's knee.

Abstract: Vehicles and related systems and monitoring methods are provided for detecting a loss of isolation on one side of a power converter. One method involves monitoring a normalized voltage input to a power conversion module coupled to the electric motor, in response to the normalized voltage exceeding a diagnostic activation threshold, determining a first number of instances of a range between successive extremas of the normalized voltage exceeding a loss of isolation range threshold over a diagnostic window of time, and automatically initiating a remedial action when the first number is greater than a loss of isolation detection threshold.

Abstract: A server device is provided for protecting personal information. The server device includes a transceiver configured for operable communication with at least one client over a communication network, and a processor including a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the server device to store a database including one or more fields of personally identifiable information (PII), generate a query for the database to request access a first field of the one or more fields of PII, wherein the query includes a use for the requested field of PII, query the database to determine if the use for the requested field of PII is valid, and when the use for the request field of PII is valid, provide access to the requested field of PII data.

Abstract: A system and method for qualification, testing or mapping multi-strand fiber optic cables is for identification, mapping and troubleshooting of multi-fiber cables. The system and method may include a first end transmit device and a second end receive device. The first end transmit device includes at least one fiber port configured to engage a connector for an individual optical fiber, and optical light sources configured to emit an optical light in each of the fiber ports. A controller is configured to control the optical light sources to emit coded light patterns through each of the fiber ports. The first end transmit device emits coded light patterns into each of the fiber ports corresponding to a unique port signature of each fiber port. The second end receive device includes a camera configured to view and decode the coded light patterns to identify the unique port signature from each of the fiber ports.

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes an external provider subsystem and an electronic network subsystem in operable communication with the external provider subsystem. The electronic network subsystem is configured to provide a first microservice and a second microservice different from the first microservice. The wireless communication system further includes an in-home subsystem (i) separate from the external provider subsystem, (ii) in operable communication with the electronic network subsystem, and (iii) including a first micronet and a second micronet different from the first micronet. The first micronet is configured to operably interact with the first microservice, and the second micronet is configured to operably interact with the second microservice. The wireless communication system further includes at least one electronic device configured to operably connect with one of the first micronet and the second micronet.

Abstract: Various bone cement guides are disclosed that may connect directly to a fenestrated bone screw or connect to a spinal construct that is coupled to a fenestrated bone screw. In various embodiments, cement guides may include a three-part assembly including a hollow outer sleeve and a hollow inner sleeve with a removable inner rod. In various embodiments, the hollow inner sleeve may be movable between a retracted position and an extended position and in the extended position a distal end of the inner sleeve may splay outward and capture the head portion of a fenestrated bone screw. In other embodiments, a distal end of the outer sleeve may surround and capture tabs of an extended tulip head connector while the inner sleeve couples to an inside surface of the extended tulip head connector.

Abstract: A bone screw has a first portion including a head. A second portion includes a threaded shaft having a length and a major diameter. The shaft includes a length-to-major diameter ratio of less than about 2.0. The thread has a minor diameter and includes a major-diameter-to-minor diameter ratio of greater than about 2.0. The shaft further has at least one thread including a pitch of greater than about 1.0 mm and defining a pitch cavity for disposal of tissue. Systems and methods of use are disclosed.