Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems that can maintain patient privacy in a video stream of a medical facility by obfuscating all patient identity information such that the patient's identity and medical information is protected. In addition, the system and methods disclosed herein can limit the change in the perspective of the camera based on a defined privacy zone in the medical facility such that the privacy zone is not in the field of view of the camera.

Abstract: A formable, deformable or shapeable toy snake or snake accessory is provided. The toy, snake can include one or more head weights, such as a plurality of weighted head beads. The body of the toy snake is deformable and is made of bendable material that may have elastic or springing properties. The tail of the toy snake can include a plurality of tail beads. At least some of the head weights may push the head forward when a user swings a central section of the snake with forward and then rearward acceleration. The head weight or weights cause a mouth of the toy snake to open as a weight of the head weight or weights pushes the head of the snake forward.

Abstract: A method for storing data in a storage system having solid-state memory is provided. The method includes determining portions of the solid-state memory that have a faster access rate and portions of the solid-state memory that have a slower access rate, relative to each other or to a threshold. The method includes writing data bits of erasure coded data to the portions of the solid-state memory having the faster access rate, and writing one or more parity bits of the erasure coded data to the portions of the solid-state memory having the slower access rate. A storage system is also provided.

Abstract: A storage system has priority queues for real time-class file system messaging and backup-class file system messaging. The storage system includes servers, coupled as a storage cluster, storage devices and a network coupling the servers and the storage devices. The servers have priority queues. The servers operate the priority queues for messaging from the servers to the storage devices via the network in accordance with a real time-class file system and a backup-class file system. A first subset of the priority queues has higher priority on the network for real time-class file system messaging of at least one type. A second subset of the priority queues has lower priority on the network for backup-class file system messaging of at least one type.

Abstract: A method for preserving a media access control (MAC) address of a virtual server is provided. The method includes assigning a physical computing resource to a virtual server, assigning a physical storage memory resource to the virtual server, and assigning a physical network resource to the virtual server. The method includes assigning a virtual MAC address to the virtual server, the virtual MAC address to remain with the virtual server despite reassignment of one or more of the physical computing resource, the physical storage memory resource or the physical network resource, wherein at least one method operation is performed by a processor. A computing and storage system is also provided.

Abstract: An electronic device, and an operation method thereof, are disclosed. The electronic device may include a memory; and a processor configured to execute at least one operating system executed in a first region allowing an operation based on a first authority; execute at least one application executed in a second region allowing an operation based on a second authority; receive a first authority policy from a server; obtain a second authority policy from the at least one application; and in response to detection of access to at least one device resource by the at least one application, configure authority of access to the at least one device resource, according to a third authority policy based on the first authority policy and the second authority policy, by using an authority determination module executed in a third region allowing an operation based on a third authority.

Abstract: A method for storage cluster expansion is provided. The method includes distributing user data throughout a storage cluster as directed by each of a plurality of authorities in the storage cluster. Each of the plurality of authorities has a plurality of wards, and each of the plurality of wards has ownership of a range of the user data. The method includes splitting one of the plurality of authorities, as a parent authority, into at least two child authorities and assigning a first subset of the plurality of wards of the parent authority to one of the at least two child authorities, and a second subset of the plurality of wards of the parent authority to another one of the at least two child authorities.

Abstract: A smoke evacuation pencil having an internal smoke evacuation channel with the distal end directly connected to the proximal smoke hose fitting without a proximal seal and the distal end located at or near the distal end of the surgical pencil forming a seamless channel. Said internal smoke evacuation channel having a sufficient length to diameter ratio creating a near friction free rotation of the internal smoke evacuation channel. Said seamless internal channel from proximal end to distal end eliminates the need for seals commonly found on prior art smoke evacuation pencils having multi-seamed smoke evacuation channel components.

Abstract: A system including a processor may filter a population to identify a group having members, and deliver, over an electronic network, a survey to members of the group to determine value preferences and value gaps. The survey may be made according to a set of paired comparisons or other related techniques. The system may generate vectors according to the determined value preferences and value gaps for members of the group, which may have lengths equal to numbers of determined values for the members. The system may cluster members of the group into segments by calculating patterns of differences between generated vectors. Results of this process enable the creation of a predictive model to estimate segment membership, which can be used in the generation of a promotion for display corresponding to a clustered segment, and deliver the promotion to a client device associated for display.

Abstract: A method of operating a storage system having solid-state storage memory with segment level heterogeneity is provided. The method includes mapping data into data segments, and mapping the data segments into data stripes. The method includes writing a first data stripe from a first data segment across a first plurality of blades of the storage system comprising heterogeneous total amounts of the solid-state storage memory per blade, and writing a second data stripe from the first data segment across a second plurality of blades of the storage system.

Abstract: One or more performance parameters associated with data stored at a storage device of a plurality of storage devices are received by a storage controller. A first number of blocks of the storage device to a high resiliency portion and a second number of blocks of the storage device to a low resiliency portion of the storage device are allocated based on the one or more performance parameters.

Abstract: A system for cloud-based file services, comprising: a plurality of single-tenant file system nodes configured to provide file system access to an object store via a plurality of multitenant storage nodes; the plurality of multitenant storage nodes sharing access to the object store; and one or more management nodes configured to provision resources for the plurality of single-tenant file system nodes and the plurality of multitenant storage nodes, including modifying resources within the system.

Abstract: A method for accessing a file in a storage system is provided. The method includes determining, for each file chunk of the file, an authority among differing storage nodes of the storage system and receiving from the authority having ownership of the file chunk, location information for the file chunk. The method includes accessing file chunks of the file as directed by each of the determined authorities.

Abstract: A storage system establishes a staging region, for temporary writing of arriving data, and a stable region, for transfer of data from the staging region, in storage memory. The storage system establishes resiliency groups, each with a characteristic level of redundancy that is settable on an individual basis. The storage system performs data accesses of data stripes in accordance with the staging region, the stable region, a first resiliency group and a second resiliency group.

Abstract: Providing for increased flexibility for large scale parity, the including: writing data to a storage system, including utilizing a first data protection scheme; identifying, for storage media in the storage system, characteristics of the storage media; identifying, in dependence up the characteristics for the storage media, a second data protection scheme to use for the data; and writing the data to the to the storage system utilizing the second data protection scheme.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided that cause plasma-based chemical reactions. An example plasma-based reactor system includes a reactor chamber and an inlet port configured to provide an entry point for one or more reagents to enter the reactor chamber. The reactor system also includes an outlet port configured to provide an exit point for one or more chemical products to exit the reactor chamber. The reactor system also includes a resonator disposed within the reactor chamber and configured to provide a low-temperature coronal plasma when excited at a resonant wavelength. The low-temperature coronal plasma is configured to chemically modify at least a portion of the one or more reagents so as to form one or more chemical products.

Abstract: A pallet sled includes a pair of tines extending forward from a base. A load wheel supports each of the pair of tines. The load wheels are each configured to move away from the respective tine to lift the respective tine upward relative to a support surface on which the load wheel is supported. A processor on the pallet sled records usage of the sled, such as lift cycles, location over time, battery condition, lift height, weight lifted, distance traveled, and the like. A communication circuit may be configured to send data from the pallet sled to a remote server. An identification reader may be configured to read an identification tag of an object supported on the pair of tines, such as an rfid tag on a pallet.

Abstract: A read request with a high priority indication is received. A determination as to whether an in progress flash programming operation would delay processing the read request for a threshold amount of time is made. In response to determining that the in progress flash programming operation delays processing the read request for the threshold amount of time, the in progress flash programming operation is interrupted.

Abstract: A novel invention squeegee cleans in a first direction, manually or by robot, the inner surface of a bore referred to as a hollow-shape, comprising a longitudinal shaft with a distal end squeegee element, and a cooperatively aligned sheath. Said squeegee element is comprised of shape conforming flexible disks in combination with shape conforming flexible tabbed fins having incrementally sized surface openings to form an ascending or descending path to incrementally collect contaminants. From said first direction the invention exits said hollow-shape distal end, cleaning said inner surface. Said sheath is selectively moved from a first proximal position to a second distal position covering said squeegee element and isolating collected contaminants. A second opposite direction retracts said invention from said hollow-shape, with manual or robotic means, by removing said isolated contaminants preventing recontamination of said inner surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to pyrazole derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to HbS modulators of formula (I) or tautomers thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said modulators or tautomers thereof, wherein X, Y, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description. HbS modulators are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, including sickle cell disease (SCD).