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Managing a vendor may comprise identifying a product to be supplied to an entity. Risk elements associated with the product may be determined by performing a product category-driven risk assessment. A transaction level risk assessment is performed for one or more vendors proposed to supply the product to the entity. At least one management action is determined for reducing risk for a risk element of the plurality of risk elements associated with supplying the product to the entity by a selected vendor from a group comprising the one or more vendors proposed to the supply the product to the entity, wherein the at least one management action is determined according to results of the product category-driven risk assessment and the transaction level risk assessment for the selected entity. A vendor level quality plan for the selected vendor is created that comprises the at least one management action.

In one embodiment, a method for enhanced call pickup includes accessing data indicating a current status of each of one or more users in a call pickup group (CPG) with respect to an incoming phone call to a phone number corresponding to the CPG and communicating the data to one or more endpoints of one or more users in the CPG for display to one or more users in the CPG. A display of the data to a first user in the CPG facilitates the first user determining a current status of each of one or more second users in the CPG to facilitate a decision by the first user regarding whether to pick up the incoming phone call.

According to one embodiment, a breathing device includes an oral appliance arch, a post, and first and second masks that are separately adjustable relative to the oral appliance arch. The first mask defines a first interior space and is configured to deliver gas to a user's nose when the first mask is connected to a gas delivery device. The second mask defines a second interior space and is configured to be adjustably secured to the post and to form a substantial seal around the user's oral cavity when pressed against a portion of the user's mouth. The post is coupled to the oral appliance arch and is configured to adjustably secure the first mask relative to the oral appliance arch.

An electronic marketplace includes one or more computers supporting a market. There are fewer participants on a first side of the market than on a second side. Participants on the first side have a greater market capacity than market participants on the second side. Offers on the first side are inaccessible and offers on the second side are accessible to the participants. Offers are received from participants on the first side and participants on the second side. Each offer includes an offered price and an offered quantity. Any offers on the first side that include equal offered prices and any offers on the second side that include equal offered prices are prioritized according to a prioritization scheme, which determines the order in which they are matched with other offers. A first offer on the first side is matched with a second offer on the second side according to a relationship between offered prices associated with the first and second offers, and a strike price is determined based on the relationship.

In one embodiment, a system for enhancing predictive modeling includes an interface operable to receive a first dataset. The system may also include a processor communicatively coupled to the interface that is operable to generate a holdout dataset based on the first dataset. The processor may also train each of a plurality of boosting models in parallel using the first dataset, wherein for each of a number of iterations, training comprises: building a one-level binary decision tree to train a split-node variable; calculating an impurity of the split-node variable; and calculating an optimal split node, wherein the optimal split node is the split-node variable with a lowest impurity between the plurality of boosting models. The system may then determine a final model based on one of the plurality of boosting models that provides the lowest error rate when applied to the holdout dataset.

A system includes an optical power meter operable to generate an optical power signal corresponding to the optical power of a received output signal generated by an optical IQ-modulator. The system further includes a processor operable to receive the optical power signal and determine, based on a minimization algorithm and the received optical power signal, a first bias voltage to be applied to a first sub-modulator of the optical IQ-modulator and a second bias voltage to be applied to a second sub-modulator of the optical IQ-modulator. The system may also include a peak power meter operable to generate a peak power signal corresponding to the peak power of the received output signal generated by the optical IQ-modulator, wherein the processor is further operable to determine, based on a minimization algorithm and the received peak power signal, a third bias voltage to be applied to a phase shift component of the optical IQ-modulator.

A method includes receiving web page identifiers associated with a website and determining whether the web page identifiers identify redundant web pages of the website. One or more web page identifiers are removed from the web page identifiers that identify redundant web pages to create a group of web page identifiers. A user responsible for at least one of the web pages identified in the group of web page identifiers is determined. A risk level is determined for each of the web pages identified in the group based on a plurality of risk factors, the user is associated with the risk level, and the association between the user and the risk level is stored in a database.

In one embodiment, a system for dispensing pet food includes a chamber, a transport conveyor, a blade, and an extractor. The chamber may dispense a pet found pouch to the transport conveyer. The transport conveyor may receive the pet food pouch and transport the pet food pouch to the blade wherein the blade may cut open the pet food pouch. The transport conveyor may then move the opened pet food pouch to the extractor. The transport conveyor may activate the extractor causing the extractor to lower onto the transport conveyor and extract pet food from the pet food pouch into a food tray. The transport conveyor may dispose the pet food pouch into a trash tray by releasing a trapdoor.

In one embodiment, a convertible multi-use writing instrument includes a quick-use arrangement including a quick-use writing instrument and a quick-use cap for encapsulating the quick-use writing instrument. The quick-use arrangement is convertible to a full-size arrangement. The convertible multi-use writing instrument also includes the full-size arrangement. The full-size arrangement includes a full-size writing instrument that is convertible to the quick-use arrangement.

An apparatus of one embodiment translates computer code from a first programming language to a second programming language. The apparatus includes an interface, a memory, and a processor. The interface is operable to receive a compiler output that is associated with source code written in a first programming language. The memory is operable to store the compiler output. The processor is communicatively coupled to the interface and the memory and is operable to analyze the data structures within the compiler output, build an internal representation of the source code based on the compiler output, and create a source code template associated with a second programming language.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a system for translating a boosting algorithm includes an interface communicatively coupled to a processor. The interface is operable to receive a trained boosting model. The processor is operable to identify a plurality of split-node variables associated with the trained boosting model. Each of the plurality of split-node variables comprises a variable name, a cutoff point, and a weight. The processor may aggregate the split-node variables by variable name and cutoff point and then combine the weights of each of the plurality of split-node variables having the same variable name and cutoff point. The processor may then create a linear model based on the combined variables.

An air mover comprising a housing with a top portion is disclosed. A mounting bracket is recessed into the housing through the top portion of the housing. The mounting bracket comprises a plurality of top chords intersecting at a first portion of an inner web and a plurality of bottom chords intersecting at a second portion of the inner web. The mounting bracket also has a base plate coupled to the plurality of bottom chords. A motor is coupled to the base plate of the mounting bracket. An impeller is coupled to the motor. The air mover further comprises a housing cover that has an inlet ring positioned on the top portion of the housing. The housing cover is coupled to the mounting bracket via the mounting flanges and a portion of the inlet ring protrudes into the impeller inlet inside the housing.

In one embodiment, a method for wavelet analysis of one or more time domain reflectometry (TDR) signals to determine one or more characteristics of one or more anomalies in a wire includes receiving a TDR signal that has reflected back up a wire from an anomaly in the wire, calculating a wavelet analysis result from a wavelet analysis of the TDR signal, accessing a library of one or more reference wavelet analysis results that each correspond to one or more known anomalies having one or more known characteristics, and comparing the wavelet analysis result with one or more reference wavelet analysis results. If the wavelet analysis result corresponds to one or more particular reference wavelet analysis results, it is indicated that the anomaly in the wire has one or more particular known characteristics of one or more particular known anomalies corresponding to the one or more particular reference wavelet analysis results. If the wavelet analysis result of the TDR signal does not correspond to one or more reference wavelet analysis results, it is indicated that the anomaly in the wire lacks one or more known characteristics of one or more known anomalies corresponding to one or more reference wavelet analysis results in the library.

Establishing a vendor profile may comprise identifying a plurality of risk elements associated with a vendor that supplies one or more products to an entity. Any completed management actions for the vendor that mitigate risk associated with any of the identified risk elements are identified. A performance requirement for the vendor associated with at least one of the products supplied by the vendor to the entity is identified. A performance measurement for the identified performance requirement for the vendor is identified. A residual risk for at least one of the identified risk elements is determined according to a completed management action that reduces risk associated with the at least one of the identified risk elements. A performance level is determined according to the performance requirement and the performance measurement. A vendor profile is created according to the identified risk elements, completed management actions, identified performance requirements, and performance measurement.

In one embodiment, a switching system includes a backplane and multiple cards that each support multiple ASIC devices. Each ASIC device is associated with a subset of the network interfaces associated with the switching system. At least one ASIC device on a card may communicate switched data to an outgoing network interface associated with the card. Remaining ASIC devices on the card may communicate switched data to one or more other cards, using the backplane, for communication to one or more outgoing network interfaces associated with the other cards. In another embodiment, a device for switching data from a first bus to a second bus in a TDM switching system is provided. In another embodiment, a method for switching data between a plurality of network interfaces in a switching system is disclosed.

A roller cone drill bit having a bit body with at least one support arm extending from the bit body. Each support arm may have an interior surface and exterior surface with an associated spindle extending from the interior surface. A respective cone assembly may be rotatably disposed on each spindle. A gap formed between interior portions of each cone assembly and exterior portions of the associated spindle with a fluid seal disposed in the gap to block fluid flow therethrough. Each cone assembly includes a generally circular back surface disposed adjacent to the interior surface of the associated support arm. A flow diverter groove formed in the interior surface of each support arm spaced from the associated spindle. Each diverter groove having a variable geometry to enhance the flow of fluid containing downhole debris away from the associated real assembly, and each diverter groove having a variable geometry.

According to one embodiment, a system includes a memory comprising instructions; an interface; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the interface. The interface is configured to receive an indication of a trigger event associated with a user account. The processor is configured, when executing the instructions, to select one or more transactions of a plurality of transactions associated with the user account, determine, for each of the selected transactions using one or more rules, whether the transaction is potentially fraudulent, and generate, for each transaction identified as potentially fraudulent, a notification comprising an identification of the transaction.