Abstract: A system and a method for maintaining an X-ray focal spot position at a desired location on an X-ray detector of an X-ray imaging system include obtaining, via processing circuitry, a scan protocol for performing an X-ray scan with the X-ray imaging system. The system and the method also include determining, via the processing circuitry, a bending magnet current value to utilize to maintain the X-ray focal spot position of an X-ray beam emitted from an X-ray tube of the X-ray imaging system at the desired location on the X-ray detector based on a plurality of acquisition parameters of the X-ray scan. The system and the method further include utilizing, via the processing circuitry, the bending magnet current value during the X-ray scan to maintain the X-ray focal spot position at the desired location on the X-ray detector.

Abstract: An apparatus, including: a clock gating circuit (CGC), including: a clock gating device configured to selectively gate/pass a selected clock signal based on an enable signal to generate an output clock signal; and a clock selection circuit configured to select a non-complementary clock signal or a complementary clock signal to generate the selected clock signal based on the output clock signal and the non-complementary clock signal or the complementary clock signal.

Abstract: A friction creating surgical glove system includes a cotton mesh superficial glove having a palmar portion, a thumb portion, a first finger portion, a second finger portion, a third finger portion, and a fourth finger portion, and a gauze pocket coupled to the cotton mesh superficial glove configured to house a radio-opaque liner.

Abstract: Bit-flip object insertion techniques are provided for use with a non-volatile memory (NVM) wherein an object is inserted into a background image by flipping or inverting one or more bits within the pixels of the background image that correspond to the shape and insertion location of an object being inserted. In an illustrative example, pixels within the background image that correspond to the shape and insertion location of the object are XORed with binary 1s. This flips the bits of those pixels to change the color (hue) and/or intensity (brightness) of the pixels so the object appears in the background image. In other examples, only the most significant bits of pixels in the background image are inverted (flipped). Exemplary latch-based procedures are described herein for high-speed processing on an NVM die. Multiple plane NVM die implementations are also described for massive processing.

Abstract: An interactive top-down emissions model, and methods of generating thereof, are disclosed. An example method comprises: receiving reference emissions reports respectively associated with an organization, a basin, or a facility. Each reference emissions report indicates reference emissions data associated with the organization, the basin, or the facility over a predefined time period. Facility information indicating ownership history and/or placement history of facilities are also received.

Abstract: A surgical robotic system includes an instrument having a shaft defining a longitudinal axis and an end effector pivotable relative to the shaft at a yaw angle, the end effector including a pair of jaws pivotable at a pitch angle and openable to a jaw angle. The system also includes a first imaging device configured to obtain a first image of the end effector along a first axis; a second imaging device configured to obtain a second image of the end effector along a second axis; and a third imaging device configured to obtain a third image of the end effector along a third axis, wherein each of the first, second, and third axes are transverse relative to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a process, an apparatus, and an article of manufacture for storing encrypted documents using a plurality of participating nodes that submit transactions to and/or retrieve transactions from a blockchain network. Functionality disclosed herein includes, but is not limited to, generating a collaborative public key with each of the participating nodes having a share of a corresponding collaborative private key, submitting, based on the collaborative public key and one or more shares of corresponding collaborative public keys, a respective encrypted document to a document repository, submitting a commitment transaction and a subsequent transaction associated with the encrypted document, and, at a future time, retrieving, based on a share of the collaborative public key, a set of subsequent transactions to generate a collective private key and decrypt the encrypted document.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for a two-way valve assembly for a medical device. The two-way valve assembly has a knob seated within a valve body, two inlet passages leading to a suction source and a gas source, an outlet passage leading to an endoscope fluid channel, and an internal channel connecting one of the two inlet passages to the outlet passage. A spring presses the knob into the valve body to seal the openings along the channels and passages. Rotating the knob slides one or more guide pins on the knob along one or more guide grooves on the body and connects the other inlet passage to the outlet passage, such that the same endoscope fluid channel can be used both for suction, as in clearing fluid from within a patient, and delivering gas, as in insufflation.

Abstract: A forceps is provided and includes a housing having a shaft. An end effector assembly operatively connects to a distal end of the shaft and includes a pair of first and second jaw members. One or both of the first and second jaw members is movable relative to the other jaw member from a clamping position to an open position. A resilient member operably couples to at least one of the first and second jaw members. The resilient member is configured to bias the first and second jaw members in the clamping position and provide a closure force on tissue disposed therebetween.

Abstract: Described herein are multi-well separation devices configured to allow a composition comprising a target agent to be separated into multiple wells, subdivided, recombined into a single well, and/or re-separated into the same or a different configuration of wells. Also described herein are reagent loading devices configured to simultaneously deliver one or more test agents to a plurality of volumes without having to individually deliver the test agents. Together, these devices allow high throughput parallel processes without repetitive pipetting or liquid handling robotics, though they may also be used separately. Also described herein are kits and systems for chemical or biological assays, as well as methods for using the multi-well separation devices and reagent loading devices described herein.

Abstract: A combination patient return pad and surgical smoke evacuator includes a return electrode configured to attach to a surface and a suction tube for drawing surgical smoke from a surgical site.

Abstract: A computational storage device (CSD) is provided with a processor that obtains fixed point data having an initial precision (e.g., 32 bits per word) and determines a computation precision requirement for the fixed point data (such as a requirement for regular precision processing as opposed to low precision processing). The processor separates the fixed point data, based on the computational precision requirement, into a first group of bits, e.g., the most significant bits, and a second group of bits, e.g., the least significant bits, then separately stores the first the second groups of bits in the NVM array so that the different groups of bits can be fetched and managed separately. In this manner, bitwise grouping of fixed point data may be exploited to facilitate low precision processing when it is sufficient, while also accommodating full or regular precision processing when needed. Various methods are also described.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for managing channel bandwidth of signals are provided herein. Example method include receiving signals from one or more antenna feeds, each signal having a first bandwidth. Some example methods include, in a plurality of processing blocks operating in parallel in one or more processors, performing one or more channelizer operations on portions of the signals, each channelizer operation creates a plurality of channels having a bandwidth smaller than the first bandwidth. Some methods may include, in a plurality of processing blocks in the one or more processors, performing one or more combiner operations on the channels, each operation combines the bandwidth of a subset of the channels into a combined channel, the plurality of processing blocks operating in parallel. The method then outputs the combined channel to a network.

Abstract: Described herein are technologies for concentrating rare-earth elements from a heavy fraction of grit in gangue produced in kaolin mining. In some examples, grit is separated as a non-clay fraction of gangue produced in a kaolin mining operation. The grit is separated into a heavy mineral grit sub-fraction and a light mineral grit sub-fraction. Rare-earth elements, particularly heavy rare-earth elements, are thereafter extracted from the heavy mineral grit sub-fraction using various extraction technologies.

Abstract: Medical devices and related methods are described, including a medical device that includes a shaft defining at least one working channel extending from a proximal end of the shaft to a distal end of the shaft along a longitudinal axis and a distal tip coupled to the shaft. The working channel may have a cross-sectional dimension that allows passage of an instrument therethrough. The distal tip may include a first arm and a second arm, the first arm being moveable relative to the second arm between a first configuration that obstructs a portion of the working channel and a second configuration that provides unobstructed access to the working channel, e.g., to allow the instrument to extend distal to the medical device.

Abstract: A computing platform may train, using unsupervised learning techniques, a synthetic identity detection model to detect attempts to generate synthetic identities. The computing platform may receive identity information corresponding to an identity generation request. The computing platform may use the synthetic identity detection model to: 1) generate information clusters corresponding to the identity information, 2) compare a difference between actual and expected information clusters to an anomaly detection threshold, 3) based on identifying that the number of information clusters meets or exceeds the anomaly detection threshold, generate a threat score corresponding to the identity information, 4) compare the threat score to a synthetic identity detection threshold, and 5) based on identifying that the threat score meets or exceeds the synthetic identity detection threshold, identify a synthetic identity generation attempt.

Abstract: Arrangements for dynamic variable determination and labeling are provided. In some aspects, a computing platform may receive historical user data from a plurality of data sources. The computing platform may train, using the historical user data, a machine learning model to generate a plurality of dynamic variable profiles and evaluate data to detect potential unauthorized activity. One or more dynamic variable profiles of the generated plurality of dynamic variable profiles may be associated with a user. User specific data may be received and may include user identifying data and a request for a user event. The user specific data may be input to the machine learning model and, upon execution of the model, the model may output a determination of whether an anomaly exists in the user specific data. If an anomaly is detected, a mitigating action may be identified and transmitted to one or more computing devices for execution.

Abstract: A base substrate, high-k substrate layers on the base substrate with discrete decoupling capacitors embedded, high density substrate layers on the high-k substrate layers supporting wiring and wiring spacing of less than 2 up to about 10 micron width, pitch connectivity between the upper surface of the base substrate and a lower surface of the set of high density substrate layers supports less than 50 up to about 300 micron pitch, the pitch connectivity on an upper surface of the set of high density substrate layers supports less than about 150 micron pitch. A method including attaching a set of metal posts at each contact on a lower surface of a set of high density substrate layers, attaching to a handler, attaching an interconnect layer to a base substrate, and attaching the set of high density substrate layers to the base substrate while aligning each metal post with a contact.

Abstract: Techniques are presented for fault-resistant multi-node communication among a plurality of participating nodes, providing such cryptographic techniques for ensuring and controlling security in respect of blockchains. Techniques include adding, by a node, a first string to a set of-strings, wherein a first string is a pseudorandom string; shuffling, by the node, the order of the-strings in the set; sending the set to a next node; receiving, by the node, a further shuffled set of strings from another of the participating nodes, the further shuffled set of strings including the first string; replacing the first string in the further shuffled set of strings with a first output address, the first output address being the respective output address of the node; and forwarding the further shuffled set of strings containing the first output address to a subsequent node.

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for analyzing micro-anomalies in anonymized electronic data. The present disclosure is configured to import or retrieve a first data set, process the first data set to develop at least one event-outcome projection, define an outcome projection data set, import or receive a monitored user data set, anonymize the monitored user data set, define an avatar data set process the avatar data set, wherein the steps of import or receive a monitored user data set, anonymize the monitored user data set, and define an avatar data set are repeated one or more times.