Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a network monitoring device for a supercomputer system having a plurality of supercomputer nodes. The network monitoring device may utilize plug-in software modules to provide network monitoring capabilities related to discovering the network topologies of the supercomputer system, determining network and computing resources that are available for new applications in the supercomputer system, collecting network and computing resources that are being used by running software applications in the supercomputer system, and monitoring running software applications on the supercomputer system.

Abstract: An adjustable workstation is described. The workstation includes a table top, a legs assembly mounted below the table top, a base frame mounted to the legs assembly, and an adjustment mechanism configured to move the legs assembly to adjust the height of the table top relative to the base frame. The adjustment mechanism can include a gas spring and an actuator. A user can actuate the actuator to adjust the height of the table top. The gas spring can provide force, which aids the user in raising or lowering the table top.

Abstract: An acceleration sensor includes a base substrate provided with a first recess part, and a sensor part located on the first recess part and swingably supported in a depth direction of the first recess part by a support part, wherein the sensor part is sectioned into a first part and a second part by the support part, includes a movable electrode part in the first part and the second part, a through hole is provided at least at an end side in the second part larger in mass than the first part, and the base substrate includes a fixed electrode part in a position opposed to the movable electrode part in the first recessed part, and a second recess part deeper than the first recess part is provided in a position opposed to the end side of the sensor part.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes a database server system comprising a storage arrangement for storing at least one database and at least one processor operable for receiving a database request over a computer network and accessing the storage arrangement. The processor is further operable for carrying out a monitoring task. The monitoring task determines whether a monitoring description has been stored into the database by the database request. Furthermore, the monitoring task performs a monitoring operation which is specified in the monitoring description. The monitoring operation yields at least one result value. The monitoring task submits a monitoring result request in order to insert the at least one result value into the database. The invention also relates to a computer program product and to a method for performing a monitoring operation on a database server system.

Abstract: A motor control method includes acquiring a component BEMF? on an ?-axis and a component BEMF? on a ?-axis of counter electromotive force of a motor in an ??-fixed coordinate system; performing time differentiation on the component BEMF? on the ?-axis and the component BEMF? on the ?-axis; obtaining a difference value between first and second multiplication values, the first multiplication value being obtained by multiplying the component BEMF? on the ?-axis by a differential value of the component BEMF? on the ?-axis, the second multiplication value being obtained by multiplying the component BEMF? on the ?-axis by a differential value of the component BEMF? on the ?-axis; detecting a rotation direction of the rotor based on the difference value; and controlling the motor based on a detection result of the rotation direction of the rotor.

Abstract: A flexible aes instruction for a general purpose processor is provided that performs aes encryption or decryption using n rounds, where n includes the standard aes set of rounds {10, 12, 14}. A parameter is provided to allow the type of aes round to be selected, that is, whether it is a “last round”. In addition to standard aes, the flexible aes instruction allows an AES-like cipher with 20 rounds to be specified or a “one round” pass.

Abstract: A computer implemented method of assuring correctness of data updated at a remote server and used by a local application, comprising one or more processors at a client terminal adapted to receive from a remote server updated values for a plurality of data items associated with a dataset required for execution of an application executed by the processor(s) where the dataset defines a close relation among the plurality of associated data items, determine whether the reception includes updated values for all of the associated data items, retrieve automatically from a local memory resource, previous values for all of the associated data items in case the updated value is missing for at least one of the associated data items and provide to the application the updated values or the previous values according to the determination.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a user information obtaining unit and a high-image-quality area control unit. The user information obtaining unit obtains detected user information on a user, the user information excluding gaze information. The high-image-quality area control unit determines a high-image-quality area on the basis of the user information, a quality of an image displayed in the high-image-quality area being higher than a quality of an image displayed in an area other than the high-image-quality area in an entire area of a display viewed by the user.

Abstract: A sensor control arrangement may comprise a host controller, a remote sensor interface, a power/data bus extending between the host controller and the remote sensor interface, and an electromagnetic sensor configured to receive an AC signal from the host controller via the power/data bus, and send an a sensor signal to the remote sensor interface via the power/data bus.

Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing system and an information processing method capable of auditing the utterance data of an agent more flexibly. [Solution] An information processing system including: a storage section that stores utterance data of an agent; a communication section that receives request information transmitted from a client terminal and requesting utterance data of a specific agent from a user; and a control section that, when the request information is received through the communication section, replies to the client terminal with corresponding utterance data, and in accordance with feedback from the user with respect to the utterance data, updates an utterance probability level expressing a probability that the specific agent will utter utterance content indicated by the utterance data, and records the updated utterance probability level in association with the specific agent and the utterance content in the storage section.

Abstract: An image inspection apparatus includes an imaging section including a light-condensing optical system configured to condense reflected light of illumination light and a line camera for receiving the reflected light, an imaging inclination sensor capable of outputting, a direction orthogonal to a Z axis and parallel to an arranging direction of imaging elements is represented as an X axis, and a direction orthogonal to the X axis and the Z axis is represented as a Y axis, values indicating inclinations of the X axis, the Y axis, and the Z axis of the imaging section with respect to a horizontal direction or a gravity direction, and a display control section for causing a display section to display figures or values indicating degrees of at least any two inclinations among the inclinations of the X axis, the Y axis, and the Z axis of the imaging section.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a mechanism capable of efficiently operating vast millimeter-wave band resources. [Solution] Provided is an apparatus that operates a small cell, the apparatus including: a processing unit configured to improve a downlink quality of a unit frequency band used in the small cell by limiting resources used for downlink transmission.

Abstract: Environmental monitoring devices for detecting and warning users of unhealthy levels of a given substance are disclosed having more than one sensor for each substance to be detected. A processing unit, wirelessly coupled to the sensors in the devices can be configured to receive each of the output signals from the sensors, determine a detection signal for the substance based on the output signals, determine a gain of a majority of the sensors, and generate a calibration action responsive to the output signals deviating by a threshold amount, wherein the calibration action comprises adjusting a gain of a deviating sensor to correspond with the gain of the majority of sensors.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for deploying and implementing centralized trading and tracking computing platforms to support tri-party trading are presented. In some embodiments, a central trading computing platform may receive, from a discretionary and managed accounts administration computer system associated with a financial institution, trade information defining one or more trades in one or more exchange traded funds or equity securities for one or more accounts administrated by the financial institution. Subsequently, the computing platform may validate the trade information and create order information. Then, the computing platform may send, the order information to a clearing entity computer system.

Abstract: An MRI apparatus includes a processing circuitry that executes a pulse sequence by which a data acquiring process is repeatedly performed multiple times where data is acquired every time each of waiting periods has elapsed since a tag pulse used for labeling a fluid flowing into an image taking region of a patient is applied, that acquires, at at least one time among the multiple times, data corresponding to one region by using a three-dimensional sequence, out of three-dimensional data acquired while being divided into regions, during each of the data acquiring processes corresponding to a first waiting period among the waiting periods, and that acquires data allocated to the one time by using a two-dimensional sequence, out of a slice of two-dimensional data corresponding to the entire three-dimensional data, during each of the data acquiring processes corresponding to a second waiting period different from the first waiting period.

Abstract: A border assembly includes a semi-tubular reflector segment and a semi-tubular diffuser segment in front of the reflector segment. The reflector segment includes an inner sidewall and an outer sidewall, and a cavity therebetween. The cavity includes a backspace midway along the reflector segment and a front exit spaced therefrom. The reflector segment is configured, in relation to light emanated from the backspace, to discharge light originating from the emanated light through the front exit all along the reflector segment with a regular intensity, with the discharged light including reflections of the emanated light off the outer sidewall. The diffuser segment includes a back face positioned over the front exit and a front face spaced therefrom. The diffuser segment is configured to diffusively transmit the discharged light, resulting in the front face casting a glow.

Abstract: A driving device includes a plurality of motive power generators that receive electric power supply and generate motive power, the plurality of motive power generators form a plurality of sets of motive power generators in which two or more of the motive power generators are electrically parallel-connected, and the plurality of sets of motive power generators are electrically series-connected. A driving device includes a plurality of vibrators that receive electric power supply and vibrate and provide drive power for driving a driven member to the driven member, the plurality of vibrators form a plurality of sets of vibrators in which two or more of the vibrators are electrically parallel-connected, and the plurality of sets of vibrators are electrically series-connected.

Abstract: An imaging control device according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a motion vector calculation unit that calculates a motion vector of a tracking target on the basis of a moving image obtained by an imaging unit, a tracking direction instruction input unit that receives an input of a tracking direction instruction indicating a specific tracking direction for tracking the tracking target, a tracking direction motion component extraction unit that extracts a motion component in the specific tracking direction from the motion vector of the tracking target on the basis of the tracking direction instruction; and a drive information generation unit that generates drive information of only the specific tracking direction of a pan and tilt mechanism on the basis of the extracted motion component in the specific tracking direction.