Abstract: A driver action system for monitoring traffic and capturing specific information about the car and the driver from a GPS device and other IoT sensors. Driver history and tendencies can provide insight into a driver's intention while on the road. The system will analyze the collected information and broadcast an alert to other drivers in the same area. A broadcast to the other devices or users in the area would include the probability or percentage of the driver taking a particular action or a lack of familiarity with the area.

Abstract: Techniques for conditional presentation of auxiliary information are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises determining, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, feedback information for a user in response to a media presentation, wherein the feedback information is indicative of a mental state of the user during presentation of the media presentation. The computer-implemented method can further comprise determining content of the media presentation associated with the mental state of the user, and determining auxiliary information about the content based on the mental state of the user. The computer-implemented method can further comprise providing, by the device, the content to a user device during the presentation of the media presentation and for rendering at the user device in association with presentation of the content.

Abstract: Software for processing a database query that includes: (i) receiving a query of a database including a search value; (ii) determining a distance between the search value and at least one reference value; (iii) determining a maximum distance from the search value to be used in searching a plurality of datasets of the database, wherein the maximum distance from the search value defines a search range and is based, at least in part, on the determined distance between the search value and the at least one reference value; (iv) determining a subset of datasets from the plurality of datasets that includes datasets for which a data range with respect to each reference value overlaps with the search range; and (v) performing approximate string matching for the search value on the subset of datasets.

Abstract: In an approach to managing a display of an application by an operating system, one or more computer processors launch a pointing mechanism by an operating system. The one or more computer processors receive an application area, where the application area is defined by movement of the pointing mechanism on a display device. The one or more computer processors receive a launch of one or more applications. The one or more computer processors display the one or more applications in the application area.

Abstract: A computing device includes an interface configured to interface and communicate with a dispersed or distributed storage network (DSN), a memory that stores operational instructions, and a processing module operably coupled to the interface and memory such that the processing module, when operable within the computing device based on the operational instructions, is configured to perform various operations. The computing device receives first samples corresponding to inputs that characterize configuration of the DSN and receives second samples corresponding to outputs that characterize system behavior of the DSN. The computing device then processes the first and samples to generate a DSN model to generate predictive performance of the outputs based on various values of the inputs. In some instances, the DSN model is based on a neural network model that employs the inputs that characterize the configuration of the DSN and generates the outputs that characterize system behavior of the DSN.

Abstract: A method of forming metallic pillars between a fluid inlet and outlet for two-phase fluid cooling. The method may include; forming an arrangement of metallic pillars between two structures, the metallic pillars are electrically connected to metallic connecting lines that run through each of the two structures, the arrangement of metallic pillars located between a fluid inlet and a fluid channel, the fluid channel having channel walls running between arrangements of the metallic pillars and a fluid outlet, whereby a fluid passes through the arrangement of metallic pillars to flow into the fluid channel.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure for use in single molecule real time DNA sequencing technology is provided. The structure includes a semiconductor substrate including a first region and an adjoining second region. A photodetector is present in the first region and a plurality of semiconductor devices is present in the second region. A contact wire is located on a surface of a dielectric material that surrounds the photodetector and contacts a topmost surface of the photodetector and a portion of one of the semiconductor devices. An interconnect structure is located above the first region and the second region, and a metal layer is located atop the interconnect structure. The metal layer has a zero waveguide module located above the first region of the semiconductor substrate. A DNA polymerase can be present at the bottom of the zero waveguide module.

Abstract: A source code processing application may process source code and realize the results of the code in a map configuration. In one example, the map may be displayed with a number of stations and pathways between the stations to illustrate associations with classes of the source code. An example method of operation may include one or more of retrieving source code comprising a class from memory, processing the source code to identify an error associated with the class, creating a map with a station linked to the error, and displaying the map on a device.

Abstract: A method and associated system for managing vehicle fuel safety. Input from at least one sensor is received. The input indicates that a fuel pump nozzle of a fuel pump is disengaged from the fuel pump or inserted into a vehicle's tank enclosure. The vehicle adjacent to the fuel pump is monitored to detect when the vehicle is preparing to move or is starting to move away from the fuel pump. An alarm is activated indicating that the fuel pump nozzle is disengaged from the fuel pump, or inserted into the vehicle's tank enclosure, and the vehicle is preparing to move or is starting to move.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes an optoelectronic device located in one region of a substrate. A dielectric material is located adjacent and atop the optoelectronic device. A top contact is located within a region of the dielectric material and contacting a topmost surface of the optoelectronic device. A bottom metal contact is located beneath the optoelectronic device and lining a pair of openings located with other regions of the dielectric material, wherein a portion of the bottom metal contact contacts an entire bottommost surface of the optoelectronic device.

Abstract: A method of forming a vertical transport fin field effect transistor and a long-channel field effect transistor on the same substrate, including, forming a recessed region in a substrate and a fin region adjacent to the recessed region, forming one or more vertical fins on the fin region, forming a long-channel pillar from the substrate in the recessed region, where the long-channel pillar is at a different elevation than the one or more vertical fins, forming two or more long-channel source/drain plugs on the long-channel pillar, forming a bottom source/drain plug in the fin region, where the bottom source/drain plug is below the one or more vertical fins, forming a gate structure on the long-channel pillar and a gate structure on the one or more vertical fins, and forming a top source/drain on the top surface of the one or more vertical fins.

Abstract: A method and system for variable air cooling for data centers. The system may include: an enclosure to be cooled suitable for housing hardware components; a cooling system including: a first air input for controllably allowing input of outside air from outside the enclosure; a second air input for controllably allowing input of recycled air from the enclosure; a selectively activatable cooling mechanism; an air output for allowing output of air into the enclosure; a first temperature monitor for monitoring an outside air temperature of air outside the enclosure; a second temperature monitor for monitoring a blowing air temperature of air at the air output; and a control mechanism for controlling an operation of the first air input, the second air input, and the cooling mechanism dependent on a monitored outside air temperature at the first temperature monitor and a monitored blowing air temperature at the second temperature monitor.

Abstract: Managing email content in an activity stream includes receiving a selection of a number of criteria that indicate content to be presented in an activity stream, retrieving email content based on the number of criteria, and displaying the email content in an activity stream by referencing email data related to the metadata.

Abstract: A method for discovering and publishing device changes in a cloud computing environment. The method includes scanning, by a processor, a computing environment to detect a multiple computing elements. The processor generates an index data structure including allocation of nodes that each represent a computing element of the multiple computing elements. The nodes each include a computed hash value that includes computing element status of the node and status of associated child nodes. The index data structure is monitored for discovering a change in status of any of the nodes. In response to determining a change in status of any of the nodes, the index data structure is re-generated and the hash value for each node associated with the change in status is re-computed. An updated status of one or more of the nodes is provided based on the change in status.

Abstract: A method begins by a processing module determining, by a first storage unit, that a storage growth rate is unfavorable for the first storage unit over an estimated time frame of reallocating at least a portion of encoded data slices stored in the first storage unit to one or more additional storage units. The method continues with the processing module when the storage growth rate is unfavorable, selecting an unfavorable growth rate abatement approach such that estimated required storage capacity is less than available storage capacity of the first storage unit for the estimated time frame of the reallocation of the at least a portion of encoded data slices. The method continues with the processing module facilitating implementation of the unfavorable growth rate abatement approach.

Abstract: A computing device can receive an incoming message. The incoming message can be one directed to a set of different client machines at approximately the same time. The computing device can perform a mitigation action that alters a presentation characteristic of the audible alert for the incoming message. The mitigation action ensures that the computing device and at least a subset of the other client devices within a predefined audio range of the computing device do not audibly present alerts for the incoming message in an unsynchronized manner.

Abstract: In an approach for customizing a mobile device interface based on touch points, a processor receives detection of points of contact between a user and a mobile device. A processor analyzes the points of contact between the user and the mobile device. A processor determines how many hands the user is holding the mobile device with. A processor determines a modification for a user interface for the mobile device, wherein determining the modification comprises: presenting a keyboard selected from the group consisting of: a first keyboard, based on a determination that the user is holding the mobile device with one hand, and a second keyboard, based on a determination that the user is holding the mobile device with two hands. A processor causes the modified user interface to be displayed on the mobile device.

Abstract: An electrical device including a substrate structure including a relaxed region of alternating layers of at least a first semiconductor material and a second semiconductor material. A first region of the substrate structure includes a first type conductivity semiconductor device having a first strain over a first portion of the relaxed region. A second region of the substrate structure includes a second type conductivity semiconductor device having a second strain over a second portion of the relaxed region. A third region of the substrate structure including a trench capacitor extending into relaxed region, wherein a width of the trench capacitor defined by the end to end distance of the node dielectric for the trench capacitor alternates between at least two width dimensions as a function of depth measured from the upper surface of the substrate structure.

Abstract: A joined structure which is configured such that a space between adjacent substrates is filled with a filling material. The joined structure includes a first substrate having a first conductor formed on a surface of the first substrate, a second substrate having a second conductor formed on a surface of the second substrate, arranged so that a surface of the first substrate faces a surface of the second substrate, a connecting conductor which electrically connects the first conductor and the second conductor, and a filling material between the first substrate and the second substrate. The filling material is formed into such a shape that a space is provided which corresponds to at least one of the first conductor, the second and the connecting conductor.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for importing data for an Entity Relationship (E-R) model includes receiving an exported E-R model data file of the E-R model, and determining a dependency type correlation of an entity and importing the entity directly if the determined dependency type is one of weak correlation and no correlation. The method also includes determining whether the imported entity with no correlation or weak correlation affects an entity recorded in a strong correlation table, and storing the entity in the strong correlation table until a minimum reference number of a strong correlation is satisfied if the dependency type correlation is strong. The method further includes importing the entity recorded in the strong correlation table, and deleting the entity recorded in the strong correlation table from the strong correlation table when the imported entity with no correlation or weak correlation affects an entity recorded in the strong correlation table.