Abstract: Systems and methods for decryption of payloads are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, systems and methods herein are configured for decrypting thousands of transactions per second. Further, in particular embodiments, the systems and methods herein are scalable, such that many thousands of transactions can be processed per second upon replicating particular architectural components.

Abstract: A computer can comprise a housing, a microprocessor disposed within the housing, a display, and a communication interface communicatively coupled to the microprocessor. The computer can be configured, responsive to locating decodable indicia within content viewable on the display, to decode the decodable indicia to produce at least one decoded message. The computer can be further configured to display the content with decoded message data being embedded into the content. The decoded message data can be provided by at least one decoded message, data derived from the decoded message.

Abstract: A method for etching a metal containing material is provided. The metal containing material is exposed to a halogen containing fluid or plasma to convert at least some of the metal containing material into a metal halide material. The metal halide material is exposed to a ligand containing fluid or plasma, wherein at least some of the metal halide material is formed into a metal halide ligand complex. At least some of the metal halide ligand complex is vaporized.

Abstract: Retrieval assemblies configured to capture an obstruction located in a bodily duct of a patient and associated methods are provided. According to one implementation a retrieval assembly is provided that includes a proximal collar, a distal collar and a plurality of elongate clot capturing elements that each has proximal and distal ends that are respectively coupled to the proximal and distal collars. The retrieval device is mounted on an elongate wire with at least one of the proximal collar and distal collar being slideable along a portion of the length of the elongate wire to enable the retrieval device to transition from an unexpanded state to an expanded state. At least a portion of one or both of proximal and distal end sections of the elongate clot capturing elements being arranged curved about a longitudinal axis of the retrieval device when the retrieval device is in the unexpanded state.

Abstract: Development of resists are useful, for example, to form a patterning mask in the context of high-resolution patterning. Development can be accomplished using an organic vapor such as a carboxylic acid. In some implementations, the organic vapor is trifluoroacetic acid. In some implementations, the organic vapor is hexafluoro-acetylacetone. A metal-containing resist film such as an EUV-sensitive organo-metal oxide may be deposited on a semiconductor substrate using a dry or wet deposition technique. The metal-containing resist film on the semiconductor substrate may be developed using the organic vapor, or residue of metal-containing resist material formed on surfaces of a process chamber may be removed using the organic vapor.

Abstract: Methods and systems for a materials handling vehicle comprising a processor and a sensor to record warehouse features. The processor is configured to generate and extract features from sensor data, create a factor graph (FG) including a sensor extrinsics node (e0), and generate an initial vehicle node (v0), initial sensor frame node (c0), and initial sensor feature node (f0) that comprises a selected extracted feature associated with c0 and v0 in an initial data association. A subsequent vehicle node (v1) is generated based on an accumulated odometry amount, and a subsequent sensor frame node (c1) is generated and associated with e0, v1, and one of f0 or a subsequent sensor feature node (f1) in a subsequent data association. The FG is optimized to provide a sensor calibration output based on the data associations, and the vehicle is navigated based on the sensor calibration output.

Abstract: Suture retention devices are disclosed that are configured to grip one or more end portions of a suture at multiple locations. According to one aspect, at least first and second gripping locations are provided between a depressible first actuator and a wall of housing in which the first actuator resides. In addition, at least third and fourth gripping locations are provided between the depressible first actuator and a depressible second actuator located inside a cavity of the first actuator. According to another aspect, at least first and second gripping locations are provided as a result of an actuator rotating between first and second angular positions inside a housing of the suture retention device. According to another aspect, suture retention devices that include indica of the size of a puncture wound site are provided.

Abstract: A computer can comprise a housing, a microprocessor disposed within the housing, a display, and a communication interface communicatively coupled to the microprocessor. The computer can be configured, responsive to locating decodable indicia within content viewable on the display, to decode the decodable indicia to produce at least one decoded message. The computer can be further configured to display the content with decoded message data being embedded into the content. The decoded message data can be provided by at least one decoded message, data derived from the decoded message.

Abstract: Systems and methods for Endovascular Perfusion Augmentation for Critical Care (EPACC) are provided. The system may include a catheter having an expandable aortic blood flow regulation device disposed on the distal end of the catheter for placement within an aorta of a patient. The system may also include a catheter controller unit that causes the expandable aortic blood flow regulation device to expand and contract to restrict blood flow through the aorta.

Abstract: A microphone may comprise a microphone element for detecting sound, and a digital signal processor configured to process a first audio signal that is based on the sound in accordance with a selected one of a plurality of digital signal processing (DSP) modes. Each of the DSP modes may be for processing the first audio signal in a different way. For example, the DSP modes may account for distance of the person speaking (e.g., near versus far) and/or desired tone (e.g., darker, neutral, or bright tone). At least some of the modes may have, for example, an automatic level control setting to provide a more consistent volume as the user changes their distance from the microphone or changes their speaking level, and that may be associated with particular default (and/or adjustable) values of the parameters attack, hold, decay, maximum gain, and/or target gain, each depending upon which DSP is being applied.

Abstract: A computer can comprise a housing, a microprocessor disposed within the housing, a display, and a communication interface communicatively coupled to the microprocessor. The computer can be configured, responsive to locating decodable indicia within content viewable on the display, to decode the decodable indicia to produce at least one decoded message. The computer can be further configured to display the content with decoded message data being embedded into the content. The decoded message data can be provided by at least one decoded message, data derived from the decoded message.

Abstract: A computing device can generate an iFrame on a particular website hosted on a server. The computing device can receive payment data from the iFrame corresponding to a transaction on the particular website. The computing device can generate an eToken corresponding to the received payment data. The computing device can transmit the eToken to the server. The computing device can receive transaction data comprising the eToken and non-sensitive payment data corresponding to the transaction from the server. The computing device can determine the received payment data based on authenticating the eToken. The computing device can process the transaction.

Abstract: A tracking device includes an antenna, a printed energy storage device, a transmitter powered by the printed energy storage device, and control circuitry configured to control the transmitter to transmit, using the antenna, information indicating a status detected by a sensor.

Abstract: Systems and methods for blood flow control are described herein. In some variations, a blood flow control system may comprise a blood flow control device. The blood flow control device may be placed within a body of a patient and may comprise an expandable member and a sensor. The sensor may be configured to measure at least one of a physiologic condition of the patient and a pressure associated with the expandable member. The blood flow control system may include at least one controller communicably coupled to the sensor to: receive data indicative of at least one of the physiologic condition of the patient and the pressure associated with the expandable member from the sensor, compare the received data with target data, identify at least one error based on the comparison, and in response to identifying the error, inhibit at least one function of the blood flow control system.

Abstract: Gaming systems, methods, and machines provided herein may include dynamic displays in which one or more first display panels are arranged around an opening to provide a display frame, and a plurality of second display panels, each part of a different movable display unit, are arranged within the opening. A plurality of linear drive mechanisms may be configured to cause the movable display units to translate inward and outward relative to the display frame.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a film formed with a metal precursor and an organic precursor, as well as methods for forming and employing such films. The film can be employed as a photopatternable film or a radiation-sensitive film. In particular embodiments, the film includes alternating layers of metal-containing layers and organic layers. In other embodiments, the film includes a matrix of deposited metal and organic constituents.

Abstract: The exemplified methods and systems facilitate the configuration and training of a neural network (e.g., a deep neural network, a convolutional neural network (CNN), etc.), or ensemble(s) thereof, with a biophysical signal data set to ascertain estimate for the presence or non-presence of disease or pathology in a subject as well as to assess and/or classify disease or pathology, including for example in some cases the severity of such disease or pathology, in a subject. In the context of the heart, the methods and systems described herein facilitate the configuration and training of a neural network, or ensemble(s) thereof, with a cardiac signal data set to ascertain estimate for the presence or non-presence of coronary artery disease or coronary pathology.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a film formed with a tantalum-based precursor, as well as methods for forming and employing such films. The film can be employed as a photopatternable film or a radiation-sensitive film. In non-limiting embodiments, the radiation can include extreme ultraviolet (EUV) or deep ultraviolet (DUV) radiation.

Abstract: A computer can comprise a housing, a microprocessor disposed within the housing, a display, and a communication interface communicatively coupled to the microprocessor. The computer can be configured, responsive to locating decodable indicia within content viewable on the display, to decode the decodable indicia to produce at least one decoded message. The computer can be further configured to display the content with decoded message data being embedded into the content. The decoded message data can be provided by at least one decoded message, data derived from the decoded message.

Abstract: Methods for making thin-films on semiconductor substrates, which may be patterned using EUV, include: depositing the organometallic polymer-like material onto the surface of the semiconductor substrate, exposing the surface to EUV to form a pattern, and developing the pattern for later transfer to underlying layers. The depositing operations may be performed by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), atomic layer deposition (ALD), and ALD with a CVD component, such as a discontinuous, ALD-like process in which metal precursors and counter-reactants are separated in either time or space.