Abstract: A method performed by a cloud computing platform of a cloud service is disclosed to assess a data security of a database deployed in a cloud environment associated with a user of the cloud service. The method includes creating a sandbox environment in the cloud environment associated with the user, loading scanner code in the sandbox environment, wherein the scanner code includes code for performing a data security assessment, loading and restoring a snapshot of the database in the sandbox environment, setting a unique password for admin access to the restored snapshot of the database, executing the scanner code in the sandbox environment to perform the data security assessment on the restored snapshot of the database, and tearing down the sandbox environment in response to a determination that the scanner code has finished execution.

Abstract: A system for automating testing of a software product is provided including an automation test framework module configured to receive input from the framework to define and maintain test suite modules to test the software product including object requirements for tests based on user stories and/or requirements associated with the software product; build object instance navigation and automated test scripts based on the received input; and provide an object instance navigation map for the test suite modules, wherein the automation test framework module receives the input, builds the object instances and provides the object instance navigation map before or in parallel with coding analysis, design and coding of the software product. Thus, embodiments of the present inventive concept replace manual tests with an automated system. Related methods and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: An oral tobacco product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix and tobacco fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix. The oral tobacco product can be formed by extruding a mixture of mouth-stable polymer and tobacco fibers.

Abstract: An intelligent forecasting system that includes sources of financial and non-financial input data and a user interface generator for generating user interfaces having window elements that display the input data. The window element includes a persistent navigation pane element having vertically stacked actuatable navigation soft buttons for accessing one or more portions of an intelligent forecasting. The navigation soft buttons include, among other buttons, an Outlier Treatment soft button for processing the input data by applying thereto a statistical processing model to detect outliers in the input data, a Model Selection soft button for selecting a statistical forecasting model to apply to the input data, a Signal Explorer soft button for selecting a signal transformation method for transforming the input data, a Model Prediction soft button for selecting one of the statistical forecasting models to apply to the input data, and a Simple Prediction soft button for automatically generating forecasts.

Abstract: In an aspect, a method for imaging a target comprises steps of: performing optical coherence tomography (OCT) scanning on the target with one or more beams of source light, the one or more beams of source light comprising a plurality of wavelengths; wherein performing OCT scanning comprises: providing the source light to a reference optical path and to a sample optical path, wherein providing the source light to a sample optical path comprises illuminating the target with the source light; and recording interference data corresponding to an interaction of a light from the reference optical path and a light from the sample optical path; processing the interference data; and identifying blood or one or more blood-features in the target based on an optical attenuation of light in or associated with the sample optical path by the blood or the one or more blood-features.

Abstract: An intelligent hub for interfacing with other devices and performing smart audio or video source selection.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method executable by a computer to process metadata of a data source is provided. The method includes: processing, by a processor of the computer, the metadata to determine a graph of nodes and edges; converting, by the processor of the computer, the graph from a cyclic graph to an acyclic graph; converting, by the processor of the computer, the acyclic graph to a listing; performing, by the processor of the computer, a topological sort on the listing; and generating a report that includes the sorted listing.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a number of sequences involved in the transport of alkaloids from the root to the leaf in tobacco, methods of using such sequences, tobacco plants carrying modifications to such sequences, and tobacco products made from such plants.

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of authenticating a user, by a first system node, based on a first set of user credentials, computing, by the first system node, a second set of user credentials for a second system node, testing the second system node, by the first system node, to determine if the second system node has a user with the second set of the user credentials, and responsive to the second system node not having the user with the second set of the user credentials, creating a user with the second set of the user credentials.

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of authenticating a user, by a first system node, based on a first set of user credentials, computing, by the first system node, a second set of user credentials for a second system node, determining, by the first system node, if the second system node has a user with the second set of the user credentials, and responsive to the second system node not having the user with second set of the user credentials, deleting, by the first system node, an existing user of the second system node.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for reducing communications between servers and a mobile device and providing enhanced security and privacy to wireless beacon services. This can involve a broadcast device transmitting a beacon transmission using a short range wireless radio, such a Bluetooth or WiFi, and including a MAC address, a first unique identifier, and a beacon service identifier. The mobile device then selects one or more unique identifiers from received beacon transmissions, by filtering (that is, selecting) those beacon transmissions which include the beacon service identifier. The wireless device then takes further action, if the first unique identifier is present among the selected one or more unique identifiers, using stored information from the server. The stored information may be delivered to the wireless device in response to the wireless device sending the first unique identifier to a server, or the stored information may have been previously downloaded.

Abstract: A sensing cable for protection against rodent damage includes an optical component comprising at least one optical fiber, a plurality of armor components embedded in the jacket, and a strength member embedded in the cable jacket, wherein when viewed in cross-section, each component of the plurality of armor components and the strength member surround the optical component with a gap formed between each component of the plurality of armor components and the optical transmission component and the strength member.

Abstract: An optical fiber carrying structure and a method of making are disclosed. The structure comprises a central core extending from a first end to a second end, and subunits wound around a portion of the central core. The subunits include one or more optical fiber subunits having at least one optical fiber, a connector is attached to an end of the optical fiber subunit, and a filler rod is coupled to the optical fiber subunit.

Abstract: Embodiments of a bundled optical fiber cable are provided. Included therein is a central cable unit spanning a first length from a first end to a second end. The central cable unit has a first plurality of optical fibers disposed within a cable jacket. The bundled optical fiber cable also includes at least one optical fiber drop cable wound around the cable jacket of the central cable unit. Each optical fiber drop cable spans a second length from a first end to a second end. Further, each optical fiber drop cable includes one or more optical fibers disposed within a buffer tube. The first end of each optical fiber drop cable is substantially coterminal with the first end of the central cable unit, and the first length spanned by the central cable unit is longer than the second length spanned by each of the optical fiber drop cables.

Abstract: A system, methods, and apparatuses are provided for valuation and exchange of stored value assets, information of value, and the transfer of value to or among individuals. The exchanged assets may be of a similar nature, e.g., music files exchanged for other music files, and exchange or trade of information such as rewards value or a restaurant coupon. The exchanged assets may also be other dissimilar assets exchanged between individuals and/or entities. The exchange may be initiated in numerous ways such as after completing a review, exchanging or trading a gift card, a prepaid card, a reward card, a coupon, a ticket, a pass, and/or the like when in proximity to a specific location or a location of some type or category, and/or exchanging or trading of other assets between individuals based on one or more constraints such as time, location, need, desire for the assets, and/or proximity.

Abstract: A spoofing detection system including at least one antenna, a receiver and a controller is provided. The at least one receiver is in communication with the at least one antenna to receive detected satellite signals. The controller is configured to determine raw pseudorange values from the received satellite signals. The controller is further configured to apply at least one first filter on the raw pseudorange values to generate at least an output of first filtered pseudorange values. The controller is also conjured to compare an output of the first filtered pseudorange values with one of the raw pseudorange values and second filtered pseudorange values from a second filter. The controller is further configured to determine if spoofing is present in the received satellite signals based on a determined divergence between the output of first filtered pseudorange values and one of the raw pseudorange values and the second filtered pseudorange values.

Abstract: A device provides a variety of fracture fixation options should a fracture occur after total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty, and provides associated methods and apparatus for application of provided fixation. The ability to pre-engineer fracture fixation contingent solutions into femoral or tibial components provides for a distinct clinical advantage in the planning and execution for periprosthetic fracture fixation. Said methods and apparatus include targeting devices which allow for intimate association of fixed angle locking screws in pre-drilled holes in an existing prosthetic, femoral nail, or other components including additional fixation components. Such apparatus and methods further include the use of alignment devices and other components to allow for ease of repair of fractures utilizing the pre-engineered solutions.

Abstract: A method including: a) causing a tool mounted on a machine tool to work on a workpiece, and at least one sensor, which is configured to measure one or more aspects of the tool and/or machine tool, collecting sensor data during said working; b) a measurement device inspecting the part of the workpiece that was worked on at step a) to obtain measurement data; and c) calculating sensor-to-workpiece data calibration information from the sensor data and the measurement data.

Abstract: A tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. The tobacco may be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.