Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and/or processing a blockchain to maintain data security for confidential and/or personal data are provided. According to certain aspects, the disclosed data security techniques may enable access sharing functionality utilizing the blockchain. For example, access sharing may be utilized to file documents, share policy information, and/or comply with an audit. The data security techniques disclosed herein also enable the use of smart contracts to transfer funds associated with payment obligations and/or other forms of blockchain based payments, comply with anti-money laundering requirements, report industry data, validate interest payments and/or maintain agent sales data. Data security may be achieved through the use of public key/private key encryption techniques.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and/or processing a blockchain to maintain data security for confidential and/or personal data are provided. According to certain aspects, the disclosed data security techniques may enable access sharing functionality utilizing the blockchain. For example, access sharing may be utilized to share policy information. The policy information may be associated with a smart contract. Accordingly, the policy information may be encrypted using a public key for the smart contract and compiled into a block of the blockchain. In response to a request to provide access to the information to a particular node, the private key for the smart contract may be encrypted using the public key for the particular node and compiled into a block of the blockchain.

Abstract: Methods and systems for processing a blockchain comprising a plurality of immutable sales records corresponding to sales made by agents of an entity are provided. According to certain aspects, a transaction request indicating a sale made by an agent of the entity may be received at a first node. A block including a sales record indicating the sale made by the agent may be added to a blockchain and transmitted to another node for validation. The first node may add the block to a copy of the blockchain, where the block may be identified by a hash value that references a previous block in the blockchain that includes at least one additional sales record.

Abstract: An example method is performed by a computing device executing instructions stored in data storage, and includes receiving physiologic monitoring data from a plurality of sensors coupled to a patient, receiving information indicating a measurement of patient motion during the patient care event, determining whether the measurement of patient motion is above a threshold, based on determining whether the measurement of patient motion is above the threshold, generating, for the physiologic monitoring data, a respective quality indicator, analyzing, by the computing device, (i) a combination of the physiologic monitoring data from the plurality of sensors and (ii) the respective quality indicator for the physiologic monitoring data to generate a response dependent upon the combination of the physiologic monitoring data as weighted by the respective quality indicator, and based on analyzing, outputting caregiver feedback by the computing device according to the response.

Abstract: Techniques for administering therapy and monitoring a subject based on communication between medical devices are described. An example method includes receiving, by an external defibrillator, data from a mechanical chest compression device that is administering chest compressions to a subject, determining, by the external defibrillator analyzing the data, a control parameter for controlling administration of a therapy to the subject by the external defibrillator, and administering, by the external defibrillator, the therapy to the subject in accordance with the control parameter.

Abstract: Techniques for pairing medical devices are described. An example method includes detecting a signal indicating a physiological parameter of a subject and determining, by analyzing the signal, that a second medical device is administering a treatment to the subject. In response to determining that the second medical device is administering the treatment to the subject, the method further includes pairing a first medical device with the second medical device. In response to pairing the first medical device with the second medical device, the method further includes transmitting data to the second medical device over a wireless channel.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and/or processing a blockchain to maintain data security for confidential and/or personal data are provided. According to certain aspects, the disclosed data security techniques may enable access sharing functionality utilizing the blockchain. For example, access sharing may be utilized to file documents, share policy information, and/or comply with an audit. The data security techniques disclosed herein also enable the use of smart contracts to transfer funds associated with payment obligations and/or other forms of blockchain based payments, comply with anti-money laundering requirements, report industry data, validate interest payments and/or maintain agent sales data. Data security may be achieved through the use of public key/private key encryption techniques.

Abstract: An intumescent polymer composition includes a matrix polymer, an acid catalyst source, a nitrogen source and an ionic phyllosilicate synergist having substantial cationic exchange capacity.

Abstract: An intumescent polymer composition includes a matrix polymer, an acid catalyst source, a nitrogen source and an ionic phyllosilicate synergist having substantial cationic exchange capacity.

Abstract: An intumescent polymer composition includes a matrix polymer, an acid catalyst source, a nitrogen source and an ionic phyllosilicate synergist having substantial cationic exchange capacity.

Abstract: A process for the production of pentaerythritol phosphate alcohol (PEPA) comprising reacting in the liquid phase phosphorus oxychloride (POCl3) with pentaerythritol (PE) at a reaction temperature of at least about 100° C. in the presence of a solvent which is an alkane substituted with at least one halogen atom and having an atmospheric boiling point of about 40 to about 150° C., e.g., 1,2-dichloroethane (ethylene dichloride). The reaction pressure is sufficiently high to maintain the solvent in the liquid phase.

Abstract: A personal subscriber unit (PSU) (100) operating in a two-way communication system (170) includes a receiver (104) and a transmitter (106) coupled to a processor (124) and a user interface (110) coupled to the processor for providing at least an alert (120) to a user of the PSU. The processor is programmed to activate a scheduled alert (202) at the PSU, calculate location data (204 or 220) from a communication system (170, 140, or 147), await a user reply (206) in response to the scheduled alert from a user of the PSU, receive a communication request (212) from a central base station controller (150) if the user reply from the user is not received, and to transmit the location data (204 or 220) to the central base station controller if there is no user reply to the communication request.

Abstract: The status command and communication device has a single user actuatable control input which is configured as a switch. The switch has a first and a second output state and the system monitors the switch and generates a first, second, and third status commands based upon the detection of first, second and third predetermined sequential switch output states. Based upon the status commands, the command and communication device generates a position signal based upon GPS position locating signals. The device further transmits the position signal and the status commands to a central station which, in turn, generates responsive communications to the device. Other passive input devices are included in the command and communication device (e.g., microphone) as well as an on/off switch. The device also includes, in a preferred embodiment, audio outputs and visual outputs for the user.

Abstract: A global status and position reporting system for a remote unit having a status and position transmit/receive unit with at least one status and/or event input connected to a respective status and/or event sensor for reporting at least one system status and/or event and position of the remote unit, and a status output connected to a communication interface; at least one base unit adapted for receiving a status and position report, disposed at a position spaced away from the remote unit; position independent communications means including communications interfaces respectively disposed in the remote unit and in the base unit for transmitting a status and position report from the remote unit to the base unit upon receipt of an activating prompt from the status sensor or a prompt initiated at the base unit.