Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to automated monitoring and detection of computing threats. A threat detection computing system is configured to monitor for security threats on a networked system. The threat detection system monitors process calls to detect otherwise benign activity that exceeds an expected threshold and identifies threat actor actions that would otherwise go un-noticed and be associated with normal computer activity.

Abstract: An air purification unit has an air inlet, an air outlet separated a distance from the air inlet, and an ultraviolet light source positioned along a length of the distance. The air purification unit also has a removable ionization cell comprising an inner surface coated with a catalyst and an outer surface, wherein the removable ionization cell has an unfolded position where the outer surface is substantially flat, and a folded position in which the inner surface is configured to substantially surround the ultraviolet light source.

Abstract: Air purification devices are disclosed that cleanse air of germs and microbes through an oxidation process using an ultraviolet light source that causes a chemical reaction with a proximate catalyst-coated surface. The devices use a replaceable ionization cell folded into a core assembly and positioned around the ultraviolet light source. The ionization cell is coated with the reactive catalyst on at least an inner surface facing the light source and air is cleansed as it passes through the ionization cell. The devices provide safety mechanisms to protect against human exposure to the ultraviolet light.

Abstract: A chalk line reel system includes a chalk cartridge having a cartridge housing including a chalk compartment at least partially filled with chalk and a chalk dispensing opening to the chalk compartment. The chalk cartridge has a frangible seal closing the chalk dispensing opening. The chalk line reel system includes a chalk line housing having an interior space, a mount structure for releasably mounting the chalk cartridge, and a seal breaking structure configured to break the frangible seal to allow chalk to be dispensed from the chalk compartment into the interior space with the chalk cartridge engaged in the mount structure. The chalk line reel system includes a reel mounted to the housing for rotation relative to the housing about a reel axis, and a chalk line wound around the reel and engageable with chalk contained in the interior space.

Abstract: A method for encoding an input audio stream including the steps of obtaining a first playback stream presentation of the input audio stream intended for reproduction on a first audio reproduction system, obtaining a second playback stream presentation of the input audio stream intended for reproduction on a second audio reproduction system, determining a set of transform parameters suitable for transforming an intermediate playback stream presentation to an approximation of the second playback stream presentation, wherein the transform parameters are determined by minimization of a measure of a difference between the approximation of the second playback stream presentation and the second playback stream presentation, and encoding the first playback stream presentation and the set of transform parameters for transmission to a decoder.

Abstract: A stator vane assembly includes a platform that defines an opening. The stator vane assembly further includes an airfoil segment that includes an airfoil and a boss. The airfoil includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a suction side wall, and a pressure side wall. The airfoil extends radially between a base and a tip. The boss extends from at least one of the base or the tip of the airfoil. The boss is disposed in the opening of the platform. The stator vane assembly further includes a mechanical retention device that couples the platform to the boss of the airfoil segment.

Abstract: A headstone socket preserver for insertion in the ground adjacent to a burial site. The headstone socket preserver has a body comprising a top surface, a bottom surface spaced from the top surface along a first axis, and at least one peripheral surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The body can have a decreasing width dimension, measured along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, between the top surface and the bottom surface.

Abstract: Multiport assemblies comprising one or more optical ports for receiving an external optical fiber connector for making an optical connection along with useful mounting features for securing the multiport assembly are disclosed. The multiport assembly comprises a mounting member having an aperture and a standoff that is coupled to a shell. The standoff extends outward from a lower surface of the shell to allow easy mounting to irregular surfaces. In another embodiment, the multiport assembly may comprise a second mounting member with an aperture and standoff that is received in a rear shell aperture to inhibit damage to the multiport assembly if a fastener is over-tightened during mounting. In further embodiments, the multiport assembly may comprise a dust plug having a locking feature and a keying port that is received in an optical port for inhibiting dirt, dust or debris from entering when the optical port is not in use.

Abstract: An end effector for a robotic surgical tool includes a lower jaw, and an upper jaw opposite the lower jaw and including a first component part matable with a second component part at a mated interface that extends longitudinally and vertically.

Abstract: An electronic device displays a compass user interface with a direction indicator and a bearing indicator. The direction indicator provides an indication of a respective compass direction, wherein the appearance of the direction indicator is determined based on the orientation of the electronic device relative to the respective compass direction. The bearing indicator provides an indication of an offset from the respective compass direction. While displaying the bearing indicator, the electronic device detects rotation of the rotatable input mechanism and, in response, changes the displayed position of the bearing indicator from a first position to a second position by an amount that is determined in accordance with a magnitude of the rotation of the rotatable input mechanism.

Abstract: An ultra high-pressure liquid jet soil processing system of an agricultural implement is provided. The ultra high-pressure liquid jet soil processing system includes a frame, an ultra high pressure liquid pump disposed on the frame, a set of ultra high-pressure lines fluidly connected to the ultra high pressure liquid pump, and at least a first liquid jet soil implementation head and a second liquid jet soil implementation head fluidly connected to the ultra high pressure liquid pump via the set of ultra high-pressure lines. The first and second implementation heads are configured to condition soil for seed deposition by generating a plurality of trenches.

Abstract: A Single Armament Control Unit (SACU) that operates a single missile tube as opposed to multiple tubes. The SACU provides for interlock pin and umbilical depression from the housing on the rotation of a single crankshaft controlled by a single motor where the rotor of the motor and the rotational axis of the crankshaft are generally parallel to the missile tube.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for containing one or more shaped charges in a single plane, using a shaped charge housing containing a cluster of one or more shaped charges. The cluster contains with the apex ends facing each other, arrayed about the center axis of a gun body, and detonated from a single initiator located in the middle of the cluster of the one or more shaped charges. The shaped charge housing can be one of many shaped charge housings coupled together to perforate in a plurality of single planes.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for rendering a shared virtual meeting environment during a video meeting session. The shared virtual meeting environment comprises a shared virtual space which is accessible to the meeting participants and includes video streams for each of the respective meeting participants. The video streams may be repositioned within the shared virtual space based on user interaction within the shared virtual space.

Abstract: Techniques for control of an instrument include a device having an actuator. To perform an operation with an instrument coupled to the actuator, the instrument is operated according to a state machine by: transitioning the instrument from a gripped state to a clamped state in response to receiving a clamp command; transitioning the instrument from the clamped state to a firing state in response to receiving a fire command; transitioning the instrument from the firing state to a pause state in response to detecting a stall in the actuator used to actuate the instrument; transitioning the instrument from the pause state to a stop firing state in response to a pause limit being reached; and transitioning the instrument from the pause state to the firing state in response to the actuator beginning to move again or after a first predetermined period of time has elapsed since entering the pause state.

Abstract: A method of monitoring a heating operation on a component by a flame torch, including the steps of producing a flame with the flame torch, rotating the component with respect to the flame so that a circular weld is created on the component, and providing a first sensor that is operatively engaged with the component so that the first sensor monitors rotation or non-rotation of the components.

Abstract: A medical apparatus is adapted to facilitate a transfer of data to a computer system using a mobile device. The apparatus has a store of data, a display and a controller that generates a barcode encoding an access address for the computer system and the data, and displaying the barcode on the display.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides drink boxes for further use as stackable building blocks. Constructional building sets including two or more of the building blocks are described. A building block for a constructional building set may include, but is not limited to: a) a container configured to hold a fluid comprising side walls, a top surface comprising one or more projecting members and a bottom surface comprising one or more recessed members, wherein the projecting members on a first building block are in alignment and frictionally interlockable with the recessed members of a second building block, and wherein at least one of the projecting members forms a mouth for the container; and b) lid operable to engage with and seal the mouth of at least one of the projecting members.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes tasks performed by one or more processors in a management network: (a) receiving, from an end-user network, data associated with a plurality of agent instances servicing incoming communications for the contact center, wherein the contact center, the end-user network, and the management network are associated with the enterprise; (b) determining, based on a specification of a logical directive, an operation to be performed in relation to the plurality of agent instances, the specification of the logical directive having at least one condition that, if satisfied by the received data associated with the plurality of agent instances servicing the incoming communications for the contact center, defines the operation to be performed; and (c) causing the determined operation to be performed, wherein the operation includes sending a communication via the end-user network to at least one agent instance in the plurality of agent instances and/or to at least one supervisor instance

Abstract: A method and apparatus for attenuating a shaped charge explosive by layering shock attenuation materials in between an internal liner and external shell to form a shaped charge case.