Abstract: Bias in Machine Learning (ML) is when an ML algorithm tends to incompletely learn relevant and important patterns from a dataset, or learns the patterns from data incorrectly. Such inaccuracy can cause the algorithm to miss important relationships between patterns and features in data, resulting in inaccurate algorithm predictions. Systems and methods for detecting potential ML bias in input image datasets are described herein. After a target image is received, a subset of images related to the target image is extracted. The target image and subset of images are analyzed under an imbalance assessment and data bias assessment to determine the presence of any potential data bias in a ML training pipeline. If any data bias is determined, one or more messages summarizing the assessments and including explanations to enable more accurate predictions in image assessments are sent to the user.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formulae I and II, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, which are inhibitors of the complement system. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a compound, and methods of using the compounds and compositions in the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition characterized by aberrant complement system activity.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein to enhance capability of floating level translators. For example, increased headroom is accomplished by adaptively bypassing the protection elements of the voltage level translator. In an example, a floating level translator can translate an input signal from a low-voltage domain to a high-voltage domain. A bypass circuit is coupled across the protection elements. The bypass circuit selectively engages during low-voltage operation (e.g., thereby providing a lower loss path relative to loss caused by the high-voltage protection elements and thus increasing the headroom swing), and disengages responsive to the high-voltage reference rail of the high-voltage domain exceeding a threshold or otherwise being high enough (e.g., greater than the potential of the low-voltage domain power rail). The bypass circuit can be implemented in a relatively low-complexity manner (e.g., back-to-back high-voltage FETs) without additional signals to control low-voltage capability.

Abstract: Novel techniques for end-to-end file storage replication and security between file systems in different cloud infrastructure regions are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a file storage service generates deltas between snapshots in a source file system, and transfers the deltas and associated data through a high-throughput object storage to recreate a new snapshot in a target file system located in a different region during disaster recovery. The file storage service utilizes novel techniques to achieve scalable, reliable, and restartable end-to-end replication. Novel techniques are also described to ensure a secure transfer of information and consistency during the end-to-end replication.

Abstract: Techniques are described for maintaining data consistency when failure events occur during file storage replications between file systems in different cloud infrastructure regions. In certain embodiments, two generation numbers (or different identifications) are assigned to two groups of processed B-tree key-value pairs, one before and one after a failure event, within a key range. In some embodiments, the two generation numbers are assigned to a group of B-tree key-value pairs processed by a failed thread and another group of B-tree key-value pairs processed by a substitute thread taking over the failed thread to avoid potential data corruption.

Abstract: Techniques are described for performing different types of restart operations for a file storage replication between a source file system and a target file system in different cloud infrastructure regions. In certain embodiments, the disclosed techniques perform a restart operation to terminate a current cross-region replication by synchronizing resource cleanup operations in the source file system and the target file system, respectively. In other embodiments, disclosed techniques perform a restart operation to allow a customer to reuse the source file system by identifying a restartable base snapshot in the source file system without dependency on the target file system.

Abstract: Novel techniques are described for maintaining file consistency between different cloud infrastructure regions during cross-region file storage replication. The novel techniques comprise upon detecting a file deletion status (i.e., a file directory entry version marked as deletion) in a source file system during a replication cycle, retrieving file name from a valid file directory entry of a prior snapshot to construct a temporary file directory entry containing necessary information for a target file system to reconstruct a duplicate file directory entry version marked as deletion. The temporary file directory entry is transferred from the source file system to the target file system during the same replication cycle.

Abstract: Techniques are described for performing different types of restart operations for a file storage replication between a source file system and a target file system in different cloud infrastructure regions. In certain embodiments, the disclosed techniques perform a restart operation to terminate a current cross-region replication by synchronizing resource cleanup operations in the source file system and the target file system, respectively. In other embodiments, disclosed techniques perform a restart operation to allow a customer to reuse the source file system by identifying a restartable base snapshot in the source file system without dependency on the target file system.

Abstract: Techniques are described for checkpointing multiple key ranges in parallel and concurrently during file storage replications between file systems in different cloud infrastructure regions. In certain embodiments, multiple range threads processing multiple key ranges, one thread per key range, create checkpoints for their respective key ranges in parallel and concurrently after processing a per-determined number of B-tree keys. In certain embodiments, each thread requests a lock from a central checkpoint record and takes turns for updating a status byte while continuing processing the B-tree keys in its responsible key range. In certain embodiments, upon encountering a failure event, either a system crash or a thread failure, each thread restarts its B-tree key processing from a B-tree key after the most recent checkpoint.

Abstract: Techniques are described for ensuring end-to-end fair-share resource utilization during cross-region replication. In certain embodiments, a fair-share architecture is used for communication among pipeline stages performing a cross-region replication between different cloud infrastructure regions. Cross-region replication-related jobs are distributed evenly from a pipeline stage into a temporary buffer in the fair-share architecture, and then further distributed evenly form the fair-share architecture to parallel running threads of next pipeline stage for execute. Techniques for static and dynamic resource allocations are also disclosed.

Abstract: Novel techniques are described for performing hierarchical key management involving an end-to-end file storage replication between different cloud infrastructure regions. The novel hierarchical key management comprises three different keys, a first security key for the source region, a session key, valid only for a session, for the transfer of data between two different regions, and a second security key for the target region. Novel techniques are also described for using different file keys for different files of a file system in each region.

Abstract: Techniques are described for partitioning B-tree keys of file systems into key ranges for parallel processing in delta generation during file storage replications between file systems in different cloud infrastructure regions. In certain embodiments, a delta generation processing for cross-region replication may utilize a key-range splitting mechanism involving a recursive algorithm that partitions B-tree keys of a source file system into roughly equal-size key ranges. All the partitioned key ranges may be processed in parallel and concurrently by different processing threads, one thread per key range, to improve the performance of the delta generation and achieve scalability.

Abstract: Techniques are described for efficient replication and maintaining snapshot data consistency during file storage replication between file systems in different cloud infrastructure regions. In certain embodiments, snapshot creation and deletion requests that occur during cross-region replications may be temporarily withheld until appropriate times to execute such requests safely, depending on the timing relationship between such requests and cross-region replication cycles.

Abstract: Techniques are described for efficient replication and maintaining snapshot data consistency during file storage replication between file systems in different cloud infrastructure regions. In certain embodiments, provenance IDs are used to efficiently identify a starting point (e.g., a base snapshot) for a cross-region replication process, conserve cloud resources while reducing network and IO traffic.

Abstract: A personnel management system includes: a storage device that stores management information and a software program; and a processor that refers to the management information and executes the software program. The management information includes job information, for each job, indicating a date and time when the job is to be executed and a skill required for the job, job performance information, for each job, recording a date and time when the job is actually executed and an execution result of the job, skill information indicating the number of necessary personnel having the skill for each skill, and personnel information indicating a skill possessed by the personnel for each skill. The processor specifies a skill in which personnel is insufficient, creates an OJT plan for the insufficient skill, and compares the execution result of the number of personnel having the insufficient skill before and after the OJT is executed.

Abstract: Exhaust frequency mitigation apparatus, exhaust diffusers, and turbomachines are provided. An exhaust frequency mitigation apparatus includes a main body extending along an axial centerline from a base to a tip. the base defines a first diameter and the tip defining a second diameter. the main body converges from the first diameter to the second diameter with respect to the axial centerline. The base is configured to extend from an inner shell of a turbomachine exhaust diffuser. The exhaust frequency mitigation apparatus further includes at least one rib extending from a root coupled to the main body to a free end.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein to enhance capability of floating level translators. For example, increased headroom is accomplished by adaptively bypassing the protection elements of the voltage level translator. In an example, a floating level translator can translate an input signal from a low-voltage domain to a high-voltage domain. A bypass circuit is coupled across the protection elements. The bypass circuit selectively engages during low-voltage operation (e.g., thereby providing a lower loss path relative to loss caused by the high-voltage protection elements and thus increasing the headroom swing), and disengages responsive to the high-voltage reference rail of the high-voltage domain exceeding a threshold or otherwise being high enough (e.g., greater than the potential of the low-voltage domain power rail). The bypass circuit can be implemented in a relatively low-complexity manner (e.g., back-to-back high-voltage FETs) without additional signals to control low-voltage capability.

Abstract: An example assembly includes a main housing having an internal chamber therein; an electric motor disposed in the internal chamber of the main housing and comprising (i) a stator that is fixedly-positioned in the internal chamber of the main housing, and (ii) a motor rotor positioned within the stator and rotatable relative to the stator; a hydraulic pump positioned in the main housing, at least partially within the motor rotor of the electric motor, wherein the hydraulic pump is configured to receive fluid from an inlet port and provide fluid flow to an outlet port, wherein the hydraulic pump comprises a pump drive shaft rotatably-coupled to the motor rotor of the electric motor; and a plurality of cooling fluid channels formed in the main housing and configured to allow fluid to circulate through the main housing to cool the main housing.

Abstract: To improve promptness of anomaly detection after occurrence of an event, provided is an anomaly detection apparatus including a processor that executes a program and a storage device that stores the program. The processor executes a correction process of applying a scale transformation to correct second predicted data in time-series first predicted data of a monitoring target, the second predicted data including data after occurrence time of a specific event, and a detection process of detecting an anomaly of the monitoring target based on the second predicted data corrected in the correction process and based on second measured data in time-series first measured data of the monitoring target, the second measured data including data after the occurrence time of the specific event.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some examples, a base station may recover a UE from a Msg3 failure during an RA procedure. During the RA procedure, the base station may transmit a RAR message to the UE and in response to the RAR message the UE may transmit an uplink message (e.g., Msg3) to the base station over a first resource indicated in the RAR message. If the base station fails to decode or receive the uplink message over the first resource, the base station may transmit a grant to the UE indicating a second resource for retransmitting the uplink message and the UE may retransmit uplink message to the base station according to the grant.