Abstract: Disclosed herein is a surgical instrument configured for attachment to a surgical device. The surgical instrument includes a distal region having a curved internal surface configured to mate with a curved external surface of the surgical device, a rotational locking feature that limits rotational movement of the instrument with respect to the surgical device, and an axial locking feature that limits axial movement of the blade with respect to the surgical device. Methods of using the surgical instruments include sliding the axial locking feature past a corresponding axial locking feature on the surgical device, locking the axial locking feature to the corresponding axial locking feature on the surgical device (thereby limiting axial movement of the elongated blade with respect to the surgical device), adjusting the position of the surgical device using the surgical instrument, and disengaging the axial locking feature (for example, by using a disengagement instrument).

Abstract: A system may determine relevance prompts based on input documents and a relevance prompt template and may transmit the plurality of relevance prompts to a large language model for completion. The system may receive response messages including chunk relevance scores. The system may select a subset of the input documents based on the chunk relevance scores. The system may determine query response prompts including text from the selected input documents the natural language query, and a second set of natural language instructions to address the natural language query. The system may determine a response to the natural language query based on answers determined in response to the query response prompts.

Abstract: A wireless communication system for batteries removably mountable in local use vehicles and chargeable in a charging repository includes a plurality of batteries, each battery having a housing; a first wireless communication device attached to an outer surface of the housing for receiving and transmitting data; and electrical contacts attached to the housing for selectively providing power to or from the battery. A plurality of second wireless communication devices is mountable to either a one of the local use vehicles or to a location in the charging repository for communication with one of the first wireless communication devices when in an adjacent communication orientation.

Abstract: Various embodiments of a vortex hybrid motor are described herein. In some embodiments, the vortex hybrid motor may include a housing with a solid propellant positioned within the housing, and an injector ring positioned at a proximal end of the housing. The injector ring can include a plurality of angled injector units each including a first injector and a second injector angled towards an impingement point. A first fluid stream of a liquid propellant dispensed from the first injector can collide with a second fluid stream of the liquid propellant dispensed from the second injector to atomize the liquid propellant and form a spray fan formation. At least one of the first injector and the second injector can be positioned at an injection angle relative to the sidewall to create a swirl flow of the atomized injector fluid.

Abstract: Methods and devices for distributing and receiving content are provided. In one example aspect, a method comprises: receiving a command on a first electronic device to output content at an output device associated with a second electronic device; and in response to receiving the command to output content at the output device associated with the second electronic device: providing content access information from the first electronic device to the second electronic device, and adjusting a security state on the second electronic device.

Abstract: A query request identifying a query and a plurality of text portions for determining an answer to the query may be received. Relevance scores corresponding with respective ones of the text portions may be determined based on application of one or more machine learning models to the respective text portion and the query. A subset of the text portions may be selected based on the relevance scores. A response message to the query request including an answer to the query in natural language text generated by a large language model based on the first subset of text portions may be determined.

Abstract: A regular expression prompt may be determined by combining a regular expression prompt template with input text from an input document. The regular expression prompt template may include a natural language instruction to identify one or more regular expressions from the input text and one or more fillable portions designated for filling with the input text. The regular expression prompt may be sent to a large language model for evaluation, and one or more regular expressions may be identified based on a response received from the large language model. The regular expressions may be used to disaggregate the input text, and the disaggregated text portions may be used to determine a structured document based on the input document. The structured document may be used to determine a response to a query of the input document.

Abstract: Various embodiments of a vortex hybrid motor are described herein. In some embodiments, the vortex hybrid motor may include a housing with a solid propellant positioned within the housing, and an injector ring positioned at a proximal end of the housing. The injector ring can include a plurality of angled injector units each including a first injector and a second injector angled towards an impingement point. A first fluid stream of a liquid propellant dispensed from the first injector can collide with a second fluid stream of the liquid propellant dispensed from the second injector to atomize the liquid propellant and form a spray fan formation.

Abstract: A web-based tool performs records matching in response to a freeform text input, to find highly contextually-related sentences in a corpus of records. Each sentence in the corpus is converted into a full-size vector representation, and each vector's angle within space is measured. Each full-size vector is compressed to a smaller vector and a loss function is used to preserve for each vector the angle within the lower-dimensional space that existed for the higher-dimensional vector. Full-size and reduced vector representations are generated from the freeform text input. The reduced-size vector of the input is compared to those of the corpus of text to identify, in real-time, a set of vector nearest neighbors that includes, with high accuracy, representations of all records in the corpus similar to the input. Full-size vectors for the nearest neighbors are in turn retrieved and compared to the input, and ranked results are generated.

Abstract: A point of sale shelf stacker display system has a front wall with a plurality of apertures and cross-bars. The rear wall supports one or more tab locking systems. The system further includes two side walls coupled to the front wall and the rear wall. The tab locking systems may receive a tab from a shelf. The shelf is supported by a cross-bar and at least one tab locking system. The shelf may include a front facing member which wraps around a respective cross-bar. Each tab locking system may include an upper slot and a lower slot positioned within the rear wall. Each tab from the shelf may exit an upper slot and may enter a lower slot. The shelf having at least one tab may be made from a single sheet of material.

Abstract: Sorbent materials are described that have enhanced performance in removing chlorine and chloramine, among other toxic compounds. The sorbent materials are formed by a process which includes steps of oxidation, adding a nitrogen-containing compound, and calcining the sorbent. The processes of forming the sorbent materials are also disclosed. The sorbent materials have excellent performance as measured by a chloramine and/or chlorine destruction number, and the sorbents retain a high nitrogen edge concentration. The sorbent materials may also be incorporated into devices such as filter assemblies.

Abstract: A point of sale shelf stacker display system has a front wall with a plurality of apertures and cross-bars. The rear wall supports one or more tab locking systems. The system further includes two side walls coupled to the front wall and the rear wall. The tab locking systems may receive a tab from a shelf. The shelf is supported by a cross-bar and at least one tab locking system. The shelf may include a front facing member which wraps around a respective cross-bar. Each tab locking system may include an upper slot and a lower slot positioned within the rear wall. Each tab from the shelf may exit an upper slot and may enter a lower slot. The shelf having at least one tab may be made from a single sheet of material.

Abstract: An improved basket system may include a handle component, where the handle component has at least two panels. Each panel may have a plurality of ear features. And the system may further include a box component, where the handle component is coupled to the box component by the plurality of ear features. The box component may have side walls, where each side wall includes a pair of panels folded over each other for engaging an ear feature of the handle component. The system may also have ports disposed within the box component. One of the ports may be positioned within a floor portion of the box component. One of the ports may be positioned within a side wall of the box component. And each of the ports may have a substantially rectangular geometry. The handle component may also have an arch geometry.

Abstract: Sorbent materials are described that have enhanced performance in removing chlorine and chloramine, among other toxic compounds. The sorbent materials are formed by a process which includes steps of oxidation, adding a nitrogen-containing compound, and calcining the sorbent. The processes of forming the sorbent materials are also disclosed. The sorbent materials have excellent performance as measured by a chloramine and/or chlorine destruction number, and the sorbents retain a high nitrogen edge concentration. The sorbent materials may also be incorporated into devices such as filter assemblies.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to obtain transaction confirmation are described. One example method includes emulating a payment method using a close-proximity communication device of a mobile device, establishing a close-proximity communication link using the close-proximity communication device of the mobile device, transferring payment information from the mobile device using the close-proximity communication device, switching the close-proximity communication device of the mobile device to an information receiving communication mode, and receiving a transaction confirmation at the close-proximity communication device of the mobile device. Other implementations are possible.

Abstract: A method includes detecting a query gesture and actuating, in response to the query gesture, an actuator to provide tactile feedback including information associated with the query gesture. The query gesture may be detected on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device.

Abstract: Sorbent materials are described that have enhanced performance in removing chlorine and chloramine, among other toxic compounds. The sorbent materials are formed by a process which includes steps of oxidation using an oxidizing agent, adding a nitrogen-containing compound, and calcining the sorbent.

Abstract: A method includes detecting a query gesture and actuating, in response to the query gesture, an actuator to provide tactile feedback including information associated with the query gesture. The query gesture may be detected on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device.

Abstract: Systems and methods of transmitting location data based on wireless communication activity can include a location transmitting device having a sensor communicatively coupled to a low-power transmitter. The transmitter (e.g., a Bluetooth™ transmitter) can transmit location data from which an electronic device can derive its location. The sensor can be a sensor configured to detect wireless data transmissions (e.g., cellular data transmissions). In one example, the transmitter can transmit location data in response to the sensor detecting data transmissions of an electronic device. The transmitter can remain in an idle, standby, or otherwise low-power state until the sensor detects data transmissions of an electronic device. In response, the transmitter can transmit data which can be received by the electronic device. The electronic device can then derive the electronic device's location from the data transmitted by the transmitter.

Abstract: A communication system may include a transaction terminal configured to perform a transaction based upon receiving account information, a first NFC device(s), and a mobile wireless communication device. The mobile device may include a second NFC device configured to communicate with the first NFC device(s) upon being swiped therewith, a memory configured to store account information associated with different accounts and store respective account swipe patterns for the different accounts, where each account swipe pattern comprising at least one of a set time or a set number of swipes, and a controller. The controller may be configured to detect a swipe pattern, determine whether the detected swipe pattern corresponds to one of the plurality of stored account swipe patterns, determine a respective account based upon the determined corresponding stored account swipe pattern, and communicate the associated account information for the determined respective account to the transaction terminal.