Abstract: Methods and systems of contingency management that utilize games of chance to reinforce positive behaviors in participants are disclosed herein. The utilization of games to reinforce positive behaviors may also be referred to as gamification. The contingency management systems and methods with gamification disclosed herein may reduce costs and increase engagement for participants in a contingency management program that utilizes such systems or methods.

Abstract: Data investigations are performed by querying a plurality of data sources. A system receives an investigation input and queries a plurality of data sources in accordance with the received input. The system receives, in response to the querying, response data from the plurality of data sources, and generates and stores a data structure representing relationships between the first investigation input and the first response data. The data structure may be in the form of a knowledge graph. The system may generate and display a visualization of the data structure. The system may generate and store a record of investigation steps used to generate the data structure, such that the investigation steps may be applied in future instances, for example using different inputs, to generate new data structures.

Abstract: Data investigations are performed by querying a plurality of data sources. A system receives an investigation input and queries a plurality of data sources in accordance with the received input. The system receives, in response to the querying, response data from the plurality of data sources, and generates and stores a data structure representing relationships between the first investigation input and the first response data. The data structure may be in the form of a knowledge graph. The system may generate and display a visualization of the data structure. The system may generate and store a record of investigation steps used to generate the data structure, such that the investigation steps may be applied in future instances, for example using different inputs, to generate new data structures.

Abstract: A method of playing a musical keyboard comprises four main steps. The first step involves providing a guide comprising multiple columns aligned with keys on the musical keyboard. The columns are further divided into rows defining multiple blocks containing color codes and numbers. The numbers are arranged in arithmetic progression in each color code extending across a single row. The second step involves playing a first key on the musical keyboard based on a selected color code represented in each predetermined row. The third step involves playing the subsequent keys on the musical keyboard as per the arithmetic progression of numbers in the subsequent rows. The fourth step involves shifting to a subsequent row of the sheet, to start playing a selected key and the subsequent keys on the musical keyboard based on the next color code and corresponding numbers represented in the subsequent rows.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for a Web-enabled transaction and collaborative management application in the form of a software application are described. In one embodiment, the application is the first Web-enabled, fully interactive transaction and collaborative management application designed from the user's perspective. In this embodiment, the application is centered around a user-friendly home navigation page designed to facilitate convenience for the user in accessing information or entering and tracking data. All information is sorted by project or matter name. The number of matters is virtually unlimited. A client user may view information one matter at a time, all matters at one, or any user-specified number of matters. Access is restricted to authorized users with password access rights.

Abstract: Efficient transfer of data to and from random access memory is described. Multiple request sources and a memory system comprise memory modules having memory banks, each bank containing rows of data. The retrieval comprises transferring all data pursuant to a given request by one source before any data is transferred pursuant to a subsequent request from said second source. This retrieval is achieved using a memory arbiter that implements an algorithm for atomic read/write. Each bank is assigned a FIFO buffer by the arbiter to store access requests. The access requests are arbitrated, and an encoded value of a winner of arbitration is loaded into the relevant FIFO buffer(s) before choosing the next winner. When an encoded value reaches the head of the buffer, all associated data is accessed in the given bank before accessing data for another request source.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition for application to metal packaging, containing: at least one crosslinkable base resin; a 1,3,5-triazine carbamate crosslinker; and a water-based carrier system. In preferred embodiments the crosslinker has the general formula wherein R is NHCOOR3, and wherein R1, R2 and R3 are independently alkyls having 1 to 8 carbon atoms. The present invention also provides containers coated with the above coatings, and methods of making the coated containers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system, apparatus and method to allow radio apparatus which can receive and process data in an analogue format such as FM and/or RDS, to continue to be used for the generation of audio and or a display when the original data which is received is in a digital format, such as in a DAB format, for a series of radio stations and/or when received from an electronic device. The invention provides an adaptor which is capable of receiving the data in the digital format and then processing the same and generating data, typically a portion of the received digital data, in an analogue format and transmitting the same to the radio apparatus for the generation of audio and/or a display via the same.

Abstract: A scanner which includes a motor for driving a load and circuitry for providing a position error signal responsive to the difference between a predicted position of the load and the actual position of the load, preferably a mirror scanning a scene. The motor is driven in response to the position error signal. The position error signal is provided plural times during a single scanning of the scene. The circuitry for providing a position error signal includes a closed loop filter system for filtering the error signal to provide a filtered error signal, an adaptive filter system for operating on the filtered error signal to provide an adaptively filtered error signal and summing circuitry for summing signals indicative of the predicted position, the filtered error signal and the adaptively filtered error signal. The closed loop filter system includes, in series, at least one first order lead lag filter and a double integral plus proportional filter.