Abstract: The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to transacting in advance. More specifically, various embodiments relate to detecting a mobile computing device of a user within a proximity of a banking location; receiving, via the mobile application, an indication of a type of transaction to be conducted; and directing, via the mobile application, the user to an area of the banking location based on the type of transaction to complete the transaction.

Abstract: A set of nesting cups includes two or more cups, each cup including a respective rim having a flange, and a respective bowl depending from the rim. The respective bowl of each cup is formed by a curved side wall and one or two straight side walls extending from the respective rim of the cup to a closed bottom of the bowl. The curved side wall of each bowl has an upper edge at the rim of the cup, the upper edge forming a circle segment completed by a perimeter of the flange. The circle segments formed by the upper edges of the curved side walls of the cups define different included angles, and the bowls of the cups are sized to nest.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing documents is provided. The documents may be conveyed to a feeder for feeding documents to a scanner. The scanner scans each document to obtain image data and then discharges the document to one or more output or sort locations. The system may include a skew reduction assembly for reducing skew in the documents as the documents are fed to the scanner. The system may also include elements for improving image quality and reducing document damage while the document is scanned. The system may further include features for improving the stacking of the discharged documents.

Abstract: An energy storage system and energy storage module for providing electrical energy to a generator start energy system or other electrically driven system. One or more ultracapacitors are included within the energy storage module for storing and providing electrical charge via a two-post electrical connection of the energy storage module. A mountable housing of the energy storage module provides a variety of mounting orientations within a compartment of the generator start energy system or other electrically driven system.

Abstract: Systems and methods for informed mobility platform for an item processing supervisor within a distribution facility are disclosed. In one embodiment, a supervisor mobile terminal for electronically managing item processing activities associated with a distribution facility is provided. The terminal may include a transceiver circuit configured to wirelessly communicate with a server computer a plurality of sets of data relating to the item processing activities. The terminal may further include a user interface configured to display the plurality of sets of data and a controller in data communication with the transceiver circuit and the user interface. The controller may be configured to control the user interface to modify the at least one set of data and control the transceiver circuit to wirelessly communicate the modified data with the server computer such that the at least one set of data stored in the server computer is updated with the modified data.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a block device interface, an instruction to write data, the instruction comprising a memory location of the data; copying the data to pinned memory; performing, by a vector processor, one or more invertible transforms on the data; and writing the data from the pinned memory to one or more storage devices asynchronously. The pinned memory of the data corresponds to a location in pinned memory, the pinned memory being accessible by the vector processor and one or more other processors.

Abstract: A probe microscope comprising a probe array with an array of probes, each probe comprising a cantilever and a probe tip. A lighting system comprises a plurality of light sources. Each light source is configured to output a respective light beam. A lens array comprises an array of lenses. Each source lens is positioned to receive a respective one of the light beams from the lighting system. A collector lens is configured to collect the light beams from the lens array. An objective lens is configured to receive the light beams from the collector lens and focus each light beam onto the cantilever of a respective one of the probes. The lighting system is configured to modulate a power of the light beams to actuate the probes, and the lighting system is configured to modulate the power of some or all of the light beams independently.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter di of a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Ti that is less than or equal to 0.85*s1, wherein s1 is a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.

Abstract: A distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) system may include an optical fiber, a phase-sensitive OTDR (?-OTDR) coupled to the optical fiber, and a processor cooperating with the ?-OTDR. The processor may be configured to generate a series of covariance matrices for DAS data from the ?-OTDR, determine acoustic events based upon the covariance matrices and a machine learning network, and generate an acoustic event report from the acoustic events.

Abstract: A distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) system may include an optical fiber, a phase-sensitive OTDR (?-OTDR) coupled to the optical fiber, and a processor cooperating with the ?-OTDR. The processor may be configured to generate a series of covariance matrices for DAS data from the ?-OTDR, and determine an acoustic event based upon comparing the series of covariance matrices with a corresponding Toeplitz matrix.

Abstract: A distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) system may include an optical fiber, a phase-sensitive OTDR (?-OTDR) coupled to the optical fiber, and a processor cooperating with the ?-OTDR. The processor may be configured to train a plurality of machine learning networks with DAS data from the ?-OTDR based upon different respective optimizers, select a trained machine learning network from among the plurality thereof based upon a game theoretic model, and generate an acoustic event report from the DAS data using the selected trained machine learning network.

Abstract: A method performed by an enterprise search system to conduct an automated, computerized search for select operational attributes of a plurality of network devices is shown. The method comprises initiating the search via a user interface based on receipt of input information, which is used to form a query. The method then determines based on the query, one or more audits each specifying one or more tasks to be performed by at least a first network device to search for the select operational attributes. Subsequently, the method makes the one or more audits available to the first network device via a network, and receives, from the first network device, one or more responses to the query. The method may include generating one or more filter conditions to apply to results of executing the one or more tasks to yield the select operational attributes when included in the results.

Abstract: A system described herein may record, to a distributed ledger, information associating a particular application with a particular set of Quality of Service (“QoS”) information. A particular Multi-Access/Mobile Edge Computing (“MEC”) device operator system may access the distributed ledger to identify the information associating the particular application with the particular set of QoS information. The system may read, from the distributed ledger, MEC configuration information indicating that the MEC device operator system has configured one or more MEC devices, of a plurality of MEC devices to provide the particular application in accordance with the particular set of QoS information. The system may select a particular MEC device, from the plurality of MEC devices, based on a request and further based on the MEC configuration information, and may output an indication of the selected particular MEC device in response to the request.

Abstract: A garden bean variety designated ‘Kestrel’ is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of garden bean variety ‘Kestrel’, to the plants of garden bean variety ‘Kestrel’, and to methods for producing a bean plant by crossing the garden bean variety ‘Kestrel’ with itself or another bean line. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing a bean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other garden bean lines derived from the garden bean variety ‘Kestrel’.

Abstract: Securing a person with reduced mobility (PRM) device in a seating area is provided. More specifically, a securing apparatus includes a base plinth and a latching mechanism. The base plinth has at least one cavity and configured to be mounted with a track fitting for securing at least one seat thereon. The at least one seat includes a seatback and a base that is foldable against the seatback to accommodate a person with reduced mobility (PRM) device. The latching mechanism is in the at least one cavity of the base plinth and is configured to secure the PRM device to the base plinth when the PRM device is positioned proximate to the seatback and on the base plinth.

Abstract: A post anchor for a railing system or a fencing system. The post anchor has a base plate and a collar, where the collar extends from the base plate. The collar defines an interior capable of receiving a post. The post anchor can be unitarily formed. A drainage system can be included in the post anchor. An upper surface of the collar can have a recessed portion upon which a railing member can be rested during installation. Alternatively, the collar can be provided with a railing bracket having a pair of juxtaposed legs that define an opening in which a railing member can be received.

Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for controlling settings (and/or functions) of a vehicle via steering device finger tapping. A method generally includes receiving vibration information from a plurality of vibration sensors associated with a steering device, wherein the plurality of vibration sensors are configured to detect vibration on the steering device caused by a user of the vehicle; in response to receiving the vibration information, determining a user command based on the vibration information, determining a probability that the user intends to employ the user command via the vibration caused by the user, determining whether the probability is equal to or above a threshold, and selectively transmitting or not transmitting, to a controllable device, a control command corresponding to the user command based on whether the probability is determined to be equal to or above the threshold.