Abstract: A secondary battery module containing an energy storage device; an integrated voltage converter; power switching network; and charge controller that is configured via a variable pull-down resistor attached to an input contact to configure a plurality of autonomous modes without user input. The pull-down resistor is typically embedded in accessory cables or equipment attached to the battery module. Autonomous modes include energy harvesting, energy sharing, MPPT photovoltaic charging, USB port power source, programmable power supply, ideal diode output control, etc. In addition, the battery contains a digital communication bus that allows for full control of all functions by an external controller. A scalable power system is implemented with multiple battery modules attached to an external controller and common bus bar to increase power output and battery system capacity.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program product for ensuring compliance by an employee to requirements of an employer includes storing a profile of each employee in a database. The profile of each employee includes information about one or more contractual relationships related to a practice of that employee. A first online portal is provided to each employee with a profile in the database. The first online portal presented to each employee has a user interface customized for that employee through which that employee dynamically manages the information in the profile of that employee. An employer of one or more of the employees with a profile stored in the database accesses the dynamically managed information in each profile of that one or more employees through a second online portal. One or more rules are automatically applied to the information accessed by the employer to determine whether the one or more employees are in compliance with requirements of the employer.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program product for managing contracts between professionals and organizations include providing online access to a proposed contract through a first online portal to a professional, who is a party to the proposed contract, and to a legal representative through an online legal portal. A review of the proposed contract, performed by the legal representative through the online legal portal, is guided in accordance with predefined criteria. Certain data extracted from the proposed contract by the legal representative are recorded in a database through the online legal portal.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program product for verifying financial exchanges made by an organization to a professional include obtaining, from a third-party database, payment information related to payments purportedly made by one or more organizations to a professional, automatically comparing the payment information obtained from the third-party database related to the payments purportedly made by one or more organizations to the professional with payment information entered by the professional through an online portal into a second database, and displaying, to an authorized viewer, results of the comparison of the payment information entered by the professional into the second database with the payment information obtained from the third-party database, to facilitate identifying discrepancies therebetween.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program product for reviewing current research and collaboration activities of a professional in real-time maintain, in storage memory, a database containing profiles of professionals including current research and collaboration activities of such professionals, submit a query to the database to search for information related to the research and collaboration activities associated with the profile of a given professional, and display, in response to receiving results of the query submitted to the database, each current research and collaboration activity of the given professional.