Abstract: This invention is directed to a medical device having an elongate shaft having a distal end and a controller coupled to the shaft. A control member can extend through at least part of the elongate shaft and at least part of the controller, wherein the control member in a tensioned configuration can be moveable by the controller to control the distal end of the shaft and the control member can be slack in an untensioned configuration. A tensioning mechanism can be configured to move relative to at least one of the elongate shaft and the controller to tension the control member and automatically lock the control member in the tensioned configuration.

Abstract: Various techniques are described for platform management of integrated access of public and privately-accessible datasets utilizing federated query generation and query schema rewriting optimization, including receiving at a dataset access platform a query formatted according to a first data schema, generating a copy of the query, saving the query and the copy to a datastore, parsing the copy of the query in the first schema using an inference engine, determining whether the query comprises data associated with an access control condition associated with accessing the dataset, the access control condition being configured to indicate whether the query is permitted to access the dataset, and rewriting, using a proxy server, the copy of the query in a second schema by converting the copy of the query into a triple associated with the query and another triple associated with the access control condition.

Abstract: An operations center that performs a method that includes receiving a live content feed of a live event, inserting a time indication in the live content feed to generate a marked feed, the time indication indicative of a receive time that the live content feed is received at the operations center, encoding the marked feed to generate an Internet Protocol (IP) feed, the IP feed being exchanged through the operations center, determining a read time during a skip offset process corresponding to when the time indication is identified in the skip offset process, determining a propagation delay based on the read time and the receive time and generating a broadcast output that transitions, based on the propagation delay, from one of (i) the live event to recorded content or (ii) recorded content to the live event.

Abstract: A nicotine pod assembly for a nicotine e-vaping device may include a first section and a second section connected to the first section. The first section may define a pod outlet and be configured to hold a nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The second section may define a pod inlet and be configured to heat the nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The pod inlet is in fluidic communication with the pod outlet via a flow path. The flow path may include a first diverged portion, a second diverged portion, and a converged portion. A nicotine e-vaping device may include a device body defining a through hole configured to receive the nicotine pod assembly such that a pod inlet for the air flow is exposed when the nicotine pod assembly is seated within the through hole.

Abstract: For securing a physical environment, an intersection determination is performed using a first record of a first person and a second record of a second person, to determine whether a travel plan of the first person and a travel plan of the second person intersect at a location and a time. When the intersection determination is affirmative, an analysis is performed whether a first object associated with the first person and a second object associated with the second person are combinable to form a combined object having a combined property. When the combined property is designated as harmful in the physical environment, a suspicion indication is outputted. The suspicion indication includes an identity of the first person, an identity of the second person, and a level of suspicion.

Abstract: Various techniques are described for platform management of integrated access of public and privately-accessible datasets utilizing federated query generation and query schema rewriting optimization, including receiving at a dataset access platform a query formatted according to a first data schema, generating a copy of the query, saving the query and the copy to a datastore, parsing the copy of the query in the first schema using an inference engine, determining whether the query comprises data associated with an access control condition associated with accessing the dataset, the access control condition being configured to indicate whether the query is permitted to access the dataset, and rewriting, using a proxy server, the copy of the query in a second schema by converting the copy of the query into a triple associated with the query and another triple associated with the access control condition.

Abstract: A fuel pellet has a body made from a mixture of (a) 1-99 weight percent hemp byproduct, kenaf byproduct or a combination thereof and (b) 1-99 weight percent coal fines. A related method of making a fuel pellet includes the steps of: (1) mixing together (a) a hemp byproduct, a kenaf byproduct or a hemp byproduct and a kenaf byproduct and (b) coal fines to form a pelleting mixture; and (2) compressing or extruding the pelleting mixture and forming the fuel pellet in the absence of any added binder.

Abstract: an optical sensing system comprising: a processing circuit; a first calibration optical sensor, comprising a first sensor edge and a second sensor edge opposite to the first sensor edge; and a second calibration optical sensor, away from the first calibration optical sensor for a first distance, comprising a third sensor edge and a fourth sensor edge opposite to the third sensor edge. The processing circuit determines a target object has moved for a target distance if an object pattern of the target object moves from a first location in the first calibration sensor to a second location in the second calibration sensor, wherein a first sum of a second distance which is between the first location and the first sensor edge and a third distance between the second location and the third sensor edge equals to a reference distance.

Abstract: In some examples, just-in-time (JIT) control instructions upon execution cause a system to initiate a plurality of instances of JIT compilation of a first code called by a program, where the initiating of the plurality of instances of the JIT compilation of the first code is under control of the JIT control instructions that are outside the program, and the plurality of instances of the JIT compilation of the first code use respective different compilation settings, and are to produce respective JIT compiled instances of the first code.

Abstract: This “in vivo” medical treatment/diagnostic invention has the “intended use” of bombarding the family of coronavirus cells (and COVID-19 and variants) with an energy beam at a tuned frequency to cause them to resonant at a turbulent velocity the outer shell shatters causing their destruction. A Treatment Probe is advanced through the mouth into the windpipe, then an energy beam of extremely high frequency electromagnetic waves causes the cells to react by oscillating at a turbulence sufficient to shatter their electrostatic viral fields thus denaturing these viral cells The remaining active cells are attack by the body's immune system. Repeating treatment sessions stimulate the body's immune system to denatures/destroys the family of coronavirus cells.

Abstract: An aerial vehicle may include a first wing structure. The aerial vehicle may further include a first propeller and a second propeller disposed along the first wing structure. The aerial vehicle may further include a second wing structure disposed to intersect the first wing structure to form a cross configuration. The aerial vehicle may further include a third propeller and a fourth propeller disposed along the second wing structure. In a hovering orientation of the aerial vehicle, respective propeller rotational axes of the first and second propellers may be angled off-vertical in respective planes which may be perpendicular to a transverse axis of the first wing structure, and respective propeller rotational axes of the third and fourth propellers may be angled off-vertical in respective planes which may be perpendicular to a transverse axis of the second wing structure.

Abstract: A method of modifying a surface of a workpiece comprises providing a system comprising a sealed mixing vessel having an interior chamber wherein the workpiece and working bodies are contained. The sealed mixing vessel is then uniaxially vibrated at a frequency between 15 hertz and 1 kilohertz, and at a vibrational amplitude between about 0.2 cm and 3 cm such that the working bodies impact the surface of the workpiece. The method is useful for shot peening and abrasive finishing the workpiece.

Abstract: This device is a combination of an expandable or inflatable bladder or balloon in conjunction with a rigid or semi-rigid skin contact surface or structure to reduce bleeding from a skin insertion wound site and a vascular wound site after a vascular intervention or surgical procedure is performed. The device may be held in contact or close contact with the skin by a circumferential band, a clamp or other mechanism and provides a more consistent and uniform surface area contact and compression force. The contact surface or foot provides a uniform surface area contact as compared to the ever-changing contact surface area from an inflatable bladder.

Abstract: A neural network system for generating a quality assurance alert is provided. A computing device analyzes a quality assurance profile. A computing device arranges data in neurons of, at least, a first layer of a neural network. A computing device generates a threshold level of prediction of quality assurance based, at least in part, on output data from a neural network. A computing device applies output data from a neural network to a regression profile to determine a probability that a quality assurance issue will occur. A computing device generates a message that includes a quality assurance evaluation based, at least, on the determined probability that the quality assurance issue will occur.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and systems. Embodiments of the present invention can dynamically determine whether a received command conflicts with a current environment setting. Embodiments of the present invention can, in response to determining that the impact of a received command conflicts with a current environment setting, determine one or more solutions that resolves the received command. Embodiments of the present invention can then execute at least one of the one or more determined solutions.

Abstract: An embodiment for determining a drop-off location of a passenger is provided. The embodiment may include receiving a pick-up location and drop-off location from one or more passengers. The embodiment may also include identifying the one or more passengers to be picked up from a passenger profile. The embodiment may further include identifying one or more factors associated with each passenger. The embodiment may also include in response to determining the drop-off location is not appropriate, notifying the one or more passengers of an alternative drop-off location. The embodiment may further include in response to determining the drop-off location is appropriate, dropping the one or more passengers off at the drop-off location. The embodiment may also include in response to determining the one or more passengers are not responsive to the notification, dropping each passenger who did not respond off at the alternative drop-off location.

Abstract: An object detection system and method includes: an optical image sensor arranged to perform the following steps: capturing a calibration image during a calibration stage, dividing the calibration image into a plurality of quadrants, and calculating a parameter for each of the quadrants; capturing a plurality of raw images during a detection stage, dividing each image of the raw images into a plurality of quadrants, and calculating a parameter for each of the quadrants; comparing the respective parameters of each quadrant of a raw image with the respective parameters of each quadrant of the calibration image to generate a ratio value for each quadrant; and comparing the ratio value of each quadrant with a predetermined threshold. When each ratio value of specific quadrants of the quadrants is greater than the predetermined threshold, object detection is confirmed.

Abstract: A flow path component assembly includes a flow path component having a plurality of segments that extend circumferentially about an axis and mounted in a support structure. At least one of the plurality of segments have a first wall and a second wall that extend radially outward from a base portion. The first wall is axially spaced from the second wall. A coating is on a portion of the first wall and a portion of the second wall. The coating is in contact with a feature on the support structure.

Abstract: A method of generating a set of examples for explaining decisions made by a machine learning program, involving receiving a set of training data for training the program, and for given subsets of the training data, determining each of (a) a probability of a user correctly inferring a future decision of the program after observing the respective decisions of the program for the given subset of the training data, (b) a suitability of a size of the given subset, and (c) an average probability of the user correctly inferring a future decision of the program after observing the respective decisions of the program for an unspecified subset of the training data. The determinations (a), (b) and (c) are used to score each of the given subsets of training data, and a subset of training data is selected as the generated set of examples based on the scores.

Abstract: A device designed to be packed into a wound that will expand to fill the voids of the wound to control bleeding is provided. The device is comprised of two or more individual pouches, linked together, and filled with an expandable material that will swell upon absorption of blood through the pouch walls.