Abstract: A visual inspection device includes a body having a support portion and a grip portion extending from the support portion. The device also includes a flexible cable having a first end portion coupled to the body and a second end portion, and a camera assembly coupled to the second end portion of the flexible cable. The camera assembly includes an image sensor operable to transmit image data through the flexible cable. The device further includes a display supported by the support portion of the body. The display is electrically connected to the flexible cable to display image date from the image sensor. The device is powered by a rechargeable battery pack removably coupled to the body.

Abstract: A powered dispensing tool includes a housing, a motor positioned within the housing, a rack coupled to the motor for powered translation in at least one of a forward direction and a reverse direction, and a transmission selectively coupling the motor and the rack. The transmission includes an input ring rotatable in response to rotation of the motor in a first direction corresponding with powered translation of the rack in the forward direction, a first clutch member engaged with the rack through an intermediate gear, and a second clutch member that receives torque from the input ring and that is movable in response to rotation of the motor in the first direction toward a first position engaging the first clutch member. The second clutch member is also movable in response to rotation of the motor in an opposite, second direction toward a second position disengaged from the first clutch member.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method for adaptive auto-pipelining of a stream processing application, wherein the stream processing application includes one or more threads. Runtime of the stream processing application is initiated with a stream processing application manager. The stream processing application is monitored with a monitoring module during the runtime, wherein the monitoring of the stream processing application includes identifying threads in the stream processing application that execute operators in a data flow graph, and determining an amount of work that each of the threads are performing on operators of the logical data flow graph. A processor identifies one or more operators in the data flow graph to add one or more additional threads based on the monitoring of the stream processing application during the runtime.

Abstract: The present invention provides a complete artificial intelligence system for the acquisition and analysis of nucleic acid array hybridization information. The system includes a central data processing facility and one or more user facilities, linked by encrypted connections. Each user facility may include an optical scanning system to collect hybridization signals from a nucleic acid array, an image processing system to convert the optical data into a set of hybridization parameters, a connection to a data network, and a user interface to display, manipulate, search, and analyze hybridization information. This system reads data from a nucleic acid microarray, analyzes test results, evaluates patient risk for various ailments, and recommends methods of treatment. The automated artificial intelligence system is a real time, dynamic decision making tool that can be used in conjunction with a clinical analysis system, and with the information obtained in a research and development environment.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method for exploiting stateless and stateful data parallelism in a streaming application, wherein a compiler determines whether an operator of the streaming application is safe to parallelize based on a definition of the operator and an instance of the definition. The operator is not safe to parallelize when the operator has selectivity greater than 1, wherein the selectivity is the number of output tuples generated for each input tuple. Parallel regions are formed within the streaming application with the compiler when the operator is safe to parallelize. Synchronization strategies for the parallel regions are determined with the compiler, wherein the synchronization strategies are determined based on the definition of the operator and the instance of the definition. The synchronization strategies of the parallel regions are enforced with a runtime system.

Abstract: A method of implanting a support in a patient includes providing an anchor introducer that is wearable on a finger, and wearing the anchor introducer on the finger and positioning the anchor introducer such that at least a distal tip of the finger is available for palpating tissue internal to the patient. The method also includes attaching an anchor to the anchor introducer, and inserting the finger that is wearing the anchor introducer into an incision and palpating a tissue landmark inside a pelvis of the patient with the distal tip of the finger. The method additionally includes driving the anchor into the tissue landmark inside the pelvis of the patient, detaching the anchor from the anchor introducer, associating the support with the anchor, and securing the support to the tissue landmark inside the pelvis of the patient.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method for exploiting stateless and stateful data parallelism in a streaming application, wherein a compiler determines whether an operator of the streaming application is safe to parallelize based on a definition of the operator and an instance of the definition. The operator is not safe to parallelize when the operator has selectivity greater than 1, wherein the selectivity is the number of output tuples generated for each input tuple. Parallel regions are formed within the streaming application with the compiler when the operator is safe to parallelize. Synchronization strategies for the parallel regions are determined with the compiler, wherein the synchronization strategies are determined based on the definition of the operator and the instance of the definition. The synchronization strategies of the parallel regions are enforced with a runtime system.

Abstract: A visual inspection device includes a body having a support portion and a grip portion extending from the support portion. The device also includes a flexible cable having a first end portion coupled to the body and a second end portion, and a camera assembly coupled to the second end portion of the flexible cable. The camera assembly includes an image sensor operable to transmit image data through the flexible cable. The device further includes a display supported by the support portion of the body. The display is electrically connected to the flexible cable to display image date from the image sensor. The device is powered by a rechargeable battery pack removably coupled to the body.

Abstract: A method to optimize performance of an operator on a computer system includes determining whether the system is busy, decreasing a software thread level within the operator if the system is busy, and increasing the software thread level within the operator if the system is not busy and a performance measure of the system at a current software thread level of the operator is greater than a performance measure of the system when the operator has a lower software thread level.

Abstract: A wood monitoring system and method is disclosed for monitoring lumber characteristics (e.g., lumber moisture) in environments of extremely high and prolonged temperature and moisture, e.g., a kiln. The monitoring system and method includes: (a) Sensors (provided within lumber stacks), wherein such sensors are battery powered and wirelessly communicate measurements indicative of moisture content of the wood adjacent to and/or between metal plates provided in an electrical circuit with the sensors and the wood between the plates; (b) Computer implemented methods and systems for wireless communication that conserve sensor battery power such that the sensors can operate for, e.g., six months within extremely adverse temperature and moisture environmental variations; and (c) Computer implemented methods and systems for estimating moisture content with a wood/lumber stack, and for predicting such moisture content (e.g., as a substantially steady state within the wood) after drying completion.

Abstract: A digital suture fixation system includes an anchor, an introducer that is attachable to a finger of a person such that at least a distal tip of the finger is available to palpate tissue and identify a landmark within a patient, and a delivery device attached to the introducer. The anchor is removably attached to the delivery device. The anchor is exposed on an exterior of the delivery device and the delivery device is positioned to allow the finger to push the anchor into the landmark.

Abstract: A bearing support housing for a gas turbine engine includes: an annular mounting flange; a first bearing cage including: an annular first bearing support ring; and an annular array of axially-extending first spring arms interconnecting the first bearing support ring and the mounting flange; and a second bearing cage including: an annular second bearing support ring; and an annular array of axially-extending second spring arms interconnecting the second bearing support ring and the mounting flange, the second spring arms defining spaces therebetween. The first spring arms are received between the second spring arms, and the bearing cages are sized so as to permit independent flexing motion of the first and second spring arms.

Abstract: The invention is a sleeve for application to a human extremity. The sleeve has a tubular structure with distal and proximal openings, a pre-flexed section between the openings, and distal and proximal contact zones on opposing sides of the pre-flexed section. At least the distal contact zone extends from the pre-flexed section in a conically tapering manner. A distal end zone is disposed between the distal contact zone and the distal end. The distal end zone may also be conically tapered toward the distal end, and in one embodiment has a different degree of taper that the distal contact zone.

Abstract: A battery charger for charging a first battery pack and a second battery pack includes a housing, a charging circuit positioned within the housing, and a first charging port coupled to the housing and electrically coupled to the charging circuit. The first charging port is configured to support the first battery pack and defines a first connection axis along which the first battery pack is movable to connect with the charging circuit. The battery charger also includes a second charging port coupled to the housing and electrically coupled to the charging circuit. The second charging port is configured to support the second battery pack while the first charging port supports the first battery pack. The second charging port defines a second connection axis along which the second battery pack is movable to connect with the charging circuit. The first connection axis is angled relative to the second connection axis.

Abstract: A method for hashing executable files may include identifying an executable file comprising non-variable executable content that contributes to the functionality of the executable file and does not vary among instances of the executable file. The method may also include identifying, within the executable file, non-executable content that does not contribute to the functionality of the executable file. The method may further include creating a normalized executable file by normalizing at least a portion of the non-executable content of the executable file without normalizing the non-variable executable content of the executable file. The method may include calculating a hash value that represents the normalized executable file. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A system includes a power tool having a motor, a drive mechanism mechanically coupled to the motor, and an output element mechanically coupled to the drive mechanism. The motor is operable to drive the drive mechanism and the output element. The system also includes a non-motorized sensing tool having a printed circuit board and a sensing element electrically coupled to the printed circuit board. The sensing element is operable to detect an external characteristic and output a signal to the circuit board. The circuit board is operable to condition the signal into a human-comprehensible form. The system further includes a rechargeable battery pack removably and independently coupled to the power tool and the non-motorized sensing tool to power the motor to drive the drive mechanism and the output element when connected to the power tool and the circuit board and the sensing element when connected to the non-motorized sensing tool.

Abstract: A candidate signature for a known malware entity is selected for analysis. A set of malware entities that contain the candidate signature is identified. A diversity measurement for the candidate signature is determined. The diversity measurement describes the diversity of the set of malware entities that contain the candidate signature. A determination is made whether to use the candidate signature to identify the known malware entity based at least in part on the diversity measurement. Responsive to the determination, the candidate malware signature is stored as a signature for the known malware entity.

Abstract: A digital suture fixation system includes an anchor, an introducer that is attachable to a finger of a person such that at least a distal tip of the finger is available to palpate tissue and identify a landmark within a patient, and a delivery device attached to the introducer. The anchor is removably attached to the delivery device. The anchor is exposed on an exterior of the delivery device and the delivery device is positioned to allow the finger to push the anchor into the landmark.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for facilitating automatic malware signature generation may comprise providing a byte sequence marked for possible inclusion within one or more malware signatures, determining a context diversity of the byte sequence within malware files each containing the byte sequence in accordance with a diversity-based heuristic, and preventing the byte sequence from being included within the one or more malware signatures in accordance with the determined context diversity. Corresponding systems and computer-readable storage media are also disclosed.

Abstract: A visual inspection device includes a body having a support portion and a grip portion extending from the support portion. The device also includes a flexible cable having a first end portion coupled to the body and a second end portion, and a camera assembly coupled to the second end portion of the flexible cable. The camera assembly includes an image sensor operable to transmit image data through the flexible cable. The device further includes a display supported by the support portion of the body. The display is electrically connected to the flexible cable to display image date from the image sensor. The device is powered by a rechargeable battery pack removably coupled to the body.