Abstract: A receiver receives communications over a communication channel, which may distort an incoming communication signal. In order to counter this distortion, the frequency response of the receiver is manipulated by adjusting several frequency response parameters. Each frequency response parameter controls at least a portion of the frequency response of the receiver. The optimal values for the frequency response parameters are determined by modifying an initial set of values for the frequency response parameters through one or more of stochastic hill climbing operations until a performance metric associated with the receiver reaches a local maximum. The modified values are displaced through one or more mutation operations. The stochastic hill climbing operations may subsequently be performed on the mutated values to generate the final values for the frequency response parameters.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to utilizing a sonication probe. In some embodiments, there is provided a rice cooker utilizing a sonication probe to cook rice including a rice cooker housing; a pH sensor; a temperature sensor; a viscosity sensor; a sonication probe; and a control circuit configured to control an operation of the sonication probe that causes the sonication probe to stop emitting one or more sound waves to substantially halt breakdown of amylose of the rice based on a pH value, a temperature value, and a viscosity value associated with the rice.

Abstract: In some examples, extended reality based positive affect implementation for product development may include determining, for a user wearing or utilizing a device, characteristics and an environment of the user. Based on the characteristics and the environment of the user, a plurality of augmentation elements may be determined. A recommendation of a plurality of augmentation elements from the determined plurality of augmentation elements may be generated. Based on selection of an augmentation element from the recommended plurality of augmentation elements, the augmentation element may be rendered in an extended environment and/or an immediate environment of the user. Interaction of the user may be controlled with the rendered augmentation element. Feedback of the user may be analyzed with respect to the rendered augmentation element.

Abstract: A medical device includes opposing first and second end effectors coupled together to move from an open configuration to a closed configuration, a first link with a distal end pivotally connected to a proximal end of the first end effector, the first link including a first slot at a proximal end of the first link, a second link with a distal end pivotally connected to a proximal end of the second end effector, and a first actuator pin slidable within the first slot.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for relighting images using predicted deep reflectance fields are provided.

Abstract: A method for double anonymization of data includes: receiving, by a first computing system, a plurality of first data sets, each including a set identifier and personally identifiable information; anonymizing, by the first computing system, each of the first data sets, by hashing the set identifier included in each first data set to obtain a hashed identifier and deidentifying the personally identifiable information; transmitting, by the first computing system, the plurality of anonymized first data sets to a second computing system, wherein the second computing system is distinct and separate from the first computing system; anonymizing, by the second computing system, each of the anyonmized first data sets, by hashing the hashed identifier to obtain a double-hashed identifier; and storing, in the second computing system or a third separate and distinct computing system, the plurality of double anonymized first data.

Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes a method for enhanced signaling gateway status detection and selection for emergency calls. The method includes, in a mobility management entity (MME) including at least one processor, detecting that a signaling gateway is in a risky state using a combination of echo request and call setup signaling timeouts. The method further includes marking the signaling gateway as risky in a signaling gateway status database maintained by the MME. The method further includes performing signaling gateway selection for an emergency call in a manner that excludes signaling gateways marked as risky.

Abstract: Mechanisms are provided, in a hierarchical feedback aggregation (HFA) system implemented in one or more data processing systems, for collecting and presenting user feedback information for a composite offering. A backend engine of the HFA system, implemented in a first data processing system, registers a hierarchical feedback model for the composite offering. A frontend engine of the HFA system, implemented in a second data processing system, receives user feedback for an identified component of the composite offering. The backend engine of the HFA system generates an aggregate user feedback score for the identified component based on a combination of the user feedback for the identified component and aggregate user feedback scores for child components of the identified component in the hierarchical feedback model. The backend engine outputs a representation of the generated aggregate user feedback score for the component to a user.

Abstract: A Data Storage Device (DSD) or a server is set to an unlocked state to allow access to a memory of the DSD or to a DSD of the server. Communication is established with an access station using a wireless communication interface, and an access code is received from the access station via the wireless communication interface. If the received access code is determined to be valid, the DSD or server is set to the unlocked state. According to another aspect, communication is established with a DSD or a server using a wireless communication interface, and an access code is generated and sent to the DSD or the server for setting the DSD or the server to the unlocked state.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a rigid body, a flexible sealing element, a nozzle assembly, and an electrode. The rigid body defines a channel, a reservoir, and a vent path. The reservoir is in fluid communication with the channel. The vent path is in fluid communication with the reservoir. The reservoir is configured to provide spacing between the channel and the vent path. The sealing element is positioned distal to the rigid body. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle head and a post. The post extends distally through the channel of the rigid body. The nozzle head projects distally from a distal end of the post. The electrode is disposed within the channel of the rigid body. The reservoir extends laterally from a longitudinal axis defined by the electrode.

Abstract: A disk for use with a tillage machine includes a body portion rotatable about an axis of rotation. The body portion has a circumferential edge and a concavity with a first radius defined from a point on the axis of rotation. A hub portion is continuous with the body portion and presents an abutment face having a concavity with a second radius defined from a point on the axis of rotation. An aperture extends through the abutment face and is centered about the axis of rotation.

Abstract: Provided is a system and method that can identify whether an item is a dangerous good. The system can determine whether a product belongs in any of a number of different classes of dangerous goods from among a plurality of different regulations based on a machine learning algorithm which performs a text-based classification. In one example, the method may include receiving an identification of an object, retrieving a plurality of descriptive attributes of the object from a data store and converting the plurality of descriptive attributes into an input string, predicting whether the object is a dangerous object via execution of a text-based machine learning algorithm that receives the input string as an input, and outputting information about the prediction of the object for display via a user interface.

Abstract: Provided is a system and method that can assign a product to a regulatory group via a machine learning algorithm. The system can predict whether a product belongs in any of a number of different groups and retrieve regulations for the predicted groups. In one example, the method may include receiving an alphanumeric identifier of an object, predicting that the object is included within one or more regulatory categories via execution of a regulatory-based machine learning algorithm that receives the identifier of the object as an input and classifies the object into the one or more regulatory categories, retrieving regulation information about the one or more predicted regulatory categories for at least one jurisdiction associated with the object, and outputting the retrieved regulation information about the one or more predicted regulations for display via a user interface.

Abstract: Examples described herein can identify items from third-party or backend services, obtain relevant information for those items, and automatically populate hyperlinks relevant to those items in a draft email. A regular expressions search can be executed on the text of a draft email. When a match is found, the email client can request, from a server, an object associated with the matching expression. The server can obtain the object, using one or more connectors that provide access to a backend system, and provide it to the email client. The email client can extract a URL from the object and enter the URL into a links table stored on the user device. The email client can pull the URL from the links table and use it to automatically generate a hyperlink of the regular expression within the body of the draft email.

Abstract: A method and system directed to performing account activity tracking is provided. More specifically, user activity associated with a user's first account may influence when a user's second account is signed out due to inactivity. Accordingly, an activity request including a first identifier associated with a first user account may be received from a first entity, and based on the first identifier associated with the first user account, a second identifier associated with a second user account may be retrieved, where the first identifier and the second identifier are linked to one another. Activity information for the second identifier associated with the second user account may be obtained which may be provided to the entity. A decision as to whether or not to keep the user signed in may be based on the activity information.

Abstract: A mold includes a first section, a second section, and a weakened region that joins the first section to the second section. The weakened region is breakable, deflectable, or deformable in response to a first threshold force to enable the first section to be removed from a shell independently of the second section after the shell is formed over the mold. The first threshold force is less than a second threshold force that would damage or permanently deform the shell. The first section is a first mold of at least a portion of one or more first teeth of a dental arch and the second section is a second mold of at least a portion of one or more second teeth of the dental arch.

Abstract: A method for generation and distribution of protected user-specific information includes encrypting, by a processing device of a computer system, using a first encryption key of an encryption key pair, predetermined digits of a payment account number, the encryption yielding an encrypted identifier. The processing device of the computer system then generates a machine-readable code that is encoded with the encrypted identifier and additional data. A transmitting device of the computer system transmits, via an electronic communication, the generated machine-readable code to an electronic device of a user and transmits a second encryption key, of the encryption key pair, to a specialized computer system, wherein the second encryption key is associated with the first encryption key used to yield the encrypted identifier.

Abstract: Methods of and systems for identifying a discrete participant among a plurality of participants in an audio/video communication (e.g., video content, digital video content, audio content, and audio-visual content) that include: receiving the audio/video communication; identifying from the audio/video communication content (e.g., using metadata from the broadcast content to identify each participant) multiple identification-related features for each participant; associating a first identification-related feature of a first participant to a second identification-related feature of the first participant; organizing the associated identification-related features of the first participant into a feature class(es); logically relating a first feature class to a second feature class; and attributing a grouping of logically-related feature classes to the discrete participant.

Abstract: A virtual agent for resolving an issue with one or more objects is described, wherein each object is accessible by one of more users of a customer. The virtual agent receives information derived from one or more coded optical indicia specifying an intent of a virtual agent conversation, wherein the intent identifies an issue to be resolved; and based on the intent, process the information to further resolution of the issue. The received information may further specify at least one parameter, wherein the at least one parameter represents supplemental information required for resolution of the issue.

Abstract: A method for operating a feed module of an SCR catalytic converter system which has a feed pump, a feedback pump and a hydraulic interface channel. The feed module is operated in a test state in which a feed operation of the feed pump takes place and a feed operation of the feedback pump does not take place. Owing to a time profile of an MSP current (IMSP) of the feed pump it is decided in the test state whether the feed module is to change into a thawing state.