Abstract: In some embodiments, an absolute position sensing system includes a magnetic field sensor and a target structure. The sensor includes an emitting coil configured to generate a magnetic field in response to a current through the emitting coil, a first arrangement of magnetic field sensing elements, and a second arrangement of magnetic field sensing elements. The target structure includes a plurality of coil elements arranged such that, during movement of the target structure relative to the sensor, the emitted field induces a current in different ones of the coil elements resulting in the generation of non-uniform magnetic fields about the first and second arrangements of magnetic field sensing elements. The sensor is configured to process a first signal from the first arrangement of magnetic field sensing elements and a second signal from the second arrangement of magnetic field sensing elements to determine an absolute position of the target structure.

Abstract: An air filter assembly includes a housing defining an interior volume, an air intake formed in the housing, a debris outlet formed in the housing, a filtered air outlet formed in the housing, and a filter element positioned within the interior volume. The filter element includes a first end portion including a first body and a boss extending outward away from the first body, a second end portion including a second body and defining an opening formed through the second body, and a filter media positioned between the first end portion and the second end portion. The first end portion is formed from a first material having a first hardness, and the second end portion is formed from a second material having a second hardness less than the first hardness. The second body is in engagement with the filtered air outlet.

Abstract: Provided are compounds of the Formula (I), or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein X1, X2, X3, R1-R9, RA, RB, RD, A1, A2, and subscripts t and w are as herein described. The compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts can trap IL-1? and are expected to have utility as therapeutic agents, for example, for treating cardiovascular disease and inflammatory disorders. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions which comprise the compounds disclosed herein or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The disclosure also relates to methods for use of the compounds or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts in the therapy and prophylaxis of cardiovascular disease and inflammatory disorders and for preparing pharmaceuticals for this purpose.

Abstract: A method for generating storyboards is described. An extraction prompt is provided to a first generative neural network model. The extraction prompt is a text-based prompt that instructs the first generative neural network model how to identify timestamps of segments having related content within transcripts according to dialog within the transcripts. A transcript of a meeting is provided as an input to the first generative neural network model. Segment timestamps for identified segments within the meeting are received from the first generative neural network model based on the extraction prompt and the transcript. Segment images for the identified segments are generated using a second generative neural network model, wherein each of the segment images represents segment content within a corresponding identified segment.

Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a processor or processors to obtain a mesh representing volumetric data of at least one three-dimensional (3D) visual content, partition a plurality of vertices of the mesh into a plurality of groups, and encode the volumetric data based on encoding a middle point of an edge of at least one of the groups and then at least one of deriving a residual vector, based on forward prediction at least one of the vertices based on the middle point, and symmetry encoding.

Abstract: For each job of a plurality of jobs, a plurality of instances of the job may be generated that are associated with a plurality of subnets of a plurality of regions of an account. Job allocation requests received at a queue may be sequentially processed to determine a respective subnet of a respective region to allocate each job to. The determination may be based on a number of data processing units currently available to the account and one or more subnet conditions of the subnets. Each job may be allocated accordingly to cause an execution of an instance of each job associated with the respective subnet of the respective region. As each job is allocated, a resource status table for the account may be maintained. The table may be updated based on a deallocation request received at the queue subsequent to a completion of each job.

Abstract: Example embodiments provide systems and methods for increasing the cryptographic strength of an encryption or message-authentication-code-(MAC) generation technique. According to some embodiments, a MAC may be constructed around a shared secret (such as a random initialization number), thereby increasing strength of the MAC against brute force attacks based on the size of the shared secret. The MAC may be combined with randomized data, and may also be encrypted to further bolster the strength of the code. These elements (shared secret, MAC algorithm, and encryption algorithm) may be employed in various combinations and to varying degrees, depending on the application and desired level of security. At each stage, the cryptographic construct operates on the cyptographically modified data from the previous stage. This layering of cryptographic constructs may increase the strength of the group of contrasts more efficiently than applying any one construct with a larger key size or similar increase in complexity.

Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a hollow body portion and a face portion coupled to the hollow body portion. The face portion includes a face toe edge, a face heel edge, a face top edge, and a face sole edge, a perimeter portion extending inward from the face toe edge, the face heel edge, the face top edge, and a face sole edge, and a plurality of face thickness regions bound by the perimeter portion and extending between the face sole edge and the face top edge. Each of the plurality of face thickness regions has a face thickness, and the face thickness increases in a sole-to-top direction. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: Innovations in syntax and semantics of coded picture buffer removal delay (“CPBRD”) values potentially simplify splicing operations. For example, a video encoder sets a CPBRD value for a current picture that indicates an increment value relative to a nominal coded picture buffer removal time of a preceding picture in decoding order, regardless of whether the preceding picture has a buffering period SEI message. The encoder can signal the CPBRD value according to a single-value approach in which a flag indicates how to interpret the CPBRD value, according to a two-value approach in which another CPBRD value (having a different interpretation) is also signaled, or according to a two-value approach that uses a flag and a delta value. A corresponding video decoder receives and parses the CPBRD value for the current picture. A splicing tool can perform simple concatenation operations to splice bitstreams using CPBRD value for the current picture.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes cleaning and treating formulations including components that interact together to form stable combinations of hydrogen peroxide and a probiotic bacterial solution to provide an immediate oxidative cleaning or treatment effect and a residual antimicrobial effect when applied to a substrate. Cleaning and treating formulations of the present disclosure may include about 0.05% to about 7.00% of hydrogen peroxide, about 5.0×104 to about 5.5×108 cfu/ml of bacterial spores, about 0.20% to about 6.00% of a surfactant; and about 78.00% to about 84.00% of an aqueous carrier. The formulation may also include about 0.01% to about 0.05% of a stabilizer, such as an acid-based stabilizer, and about 0.05% to about 2.00% of a buffer system to control pH fluctuation over the shelf life of the product. Furthermore, formulations may include a fragrance, odor neutralizer, and/or malodor counteractant; and optional ingredients which do not adversely affect the composition.

Abstract: A sensor may be configured to determine how many people that have entered or exited a space. The sensor may comprise a pyroelectric infrared (PIR) detection circuit capable of generating different output signal patterns in response to a person entering or exiting the space. The sensor may determine whether the person has entered or exited the space based on the output signal pattern. The sensor may include a thermopile array, a radar detection circuit, or a visible light sensing circuit. The thermopile array, radar detection circuit, or visible light sensing circuit may be capable of detecting a person's location and/or movements within an area monitored by the sensor and determining, based on the detected movements, whether the person has entered or left the space. An occupant count of the space may then be determined accordingly by the sensor or by a system controller.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a console having a base housing having a first compartment having an open top end, a powered cover coupled to the base housing and configured to move between an open compartment position exposing the first compartment, and a closed compartment position covering the first compartment, at least one sensor including an imaging camera located in the vehicle and orientated to capture images of the first compartment when the cover is in the open compartment position, and image processing for processing the captured images and detecting one or more objects determined to be of value located within the first compartment. A controller controls the powered cover to move the powered cover from the open compartment position to the closed compartment position when an item of value is detected located within the first compartment.

Abstract: A method for making a growing medium includes a step of combining tree bark and/or wood components together to form an initial composition; heating the initial composition to a temperature greater than about 149° C. under steam in a pressurized vessel; processing the initial composition through a refiner with a plurality of opposing disks to obtain the fibrous growing medium, the refiner separating fibers from each other; wherein the growing medium has total porosity of 88 volume % or more.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a combination and/or composition for administration to animals. In some embodiments, the combination and/or composition can be administered to treat and/or prevent a disease in animals. In some embodiments, the combination and/or composition can be administered to promote animal health. In some embodiments, the combination comprises a composition comprising Yucca schidigera, Quillaja saponaria, and combinations thereof and a composition comprising an antimicrobial, an antibiotic, an anticoccidial, a vaccine, or combinations thereof. The combinations or compositions disclosed herein can also improve feed conversion rates in animals.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for a computerized framework that provides advanced privacy and security solutions to computer networks and the data housed and transferred therein. The disclosed framework provides multi-key encryption over a distributed, secure architecture that operates by protecting and ensuring the authorized use of an individual or entity's data. The disclosed computerized functionality can validate that a request for, access to and/or usage of private or restricted information is legitimate and approved, whereby approval can be required, provided and/or requested in real-time (e.g., near-real time and/or substantially simultaneous with the request), and/or or via pre-approved access for a defined period.

Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein enable accessing and updating content using deep linking. The system may generate a deep link for a user that links the user to an operator that requested generation of the deep link. The deep link may be encoded into a wirelessly detectable tag or a visually scannable code, which may be stored with user action data and an operator identifier. When a visually scannable code is scanned or a wirelessly detectable tag is accessed, the deep link is decoded and all data associated with the deep link is retrieve and generated for display, when needed. By generating deep links in combination with the visually scannable codes or wirelessly detectable tags, the system is able to provide quick and efficient data retrieval and update.

Abstract: A method includes generating a bitstream comprising an encoded three dimensional polygon mesh in accordance with dual degree connectivity comprising, when the polygon mesh comprises at least two different face degrees, a first sequence representing a vertex degree of each vertex in the polygon mesh, and a second sequence representing a face degree of each face in the polygon mesh, where each vertex degree in the first sequence and each face degree in the second sequence is followed by a degree offset, and at least one degree corresponding to a vertex degree in the first sequence or a face degree in the second sequence is encoded in accordance with a context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) model that encodes the at least one degree using a difference between the at least one degree and a degree mode that indicates a number of different types of face degrees.

Abstract: Innovations in use of chroma quantization parameter (“QP”) offsets when determining a control parameter for deblock filtering. For example, as part of encoding, an encoder sets a picture-level chroma QP offset and slice-level chroma QP offset for encoding of a slice of a picture. The encoder also performs deblock filtering of at least part of the slice, where derivation of a control parameter considers only the picture-level chroma QP offset. The encoder outputs at least part of a bitstream including the encoded content. As part of decoding, a corresponding decoder sets a picture-level chroma QP offset and a slice-level chroma QP offset for decoding of a slice of a picture, but derivation of a control parameter for deblock filtering considers only the picture-level chroma QP offset.

Abstract: Vaporizer pods for use with a vaporizer configured to generate vapor from dry herbs, and the vaporizer pods comprising reconstituted tobacco and very low THC reconstituted cannabis.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device may include a housing defining at least one internal compartment. The housing may be waterproof. The aerosol-generating device may further include a power supply, an electric heater, and/or a haptic feedback device. Each of the power supply, electric heater, and/or haptic feedback device may be positioned within one or more of the at least one internal compartment.