Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01077010. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01077010. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01077010 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01077010 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: Techniques for implementing and/or operating a pipeline system. The pipeline system includes a pipe segment, in which the pipe segment includes tubing that defines a pipe bore and a fluid conduit in a tubing annulus, and a pipe fitting to be secured to the pipe segment. The pipe fitting includes a fitting body that defines a fitting bore, a fitting jacket implemented circumferentially around the fitting body to define a tubing cavity, in which the tubing of the pipe segment is to be inserted into the tubing cavity and the fitting jacket is to be conformally deformed around the tubing of the pipe segment, and a fitting liner secured in the fitting bore of the pipe fitting such that a body section of the fitting liner is secured directly against the fitting body to facilitate blocking a solid particle in a slurry that flows therethrough from contacting the fitting body.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing one or more surfaces of an artificial reality scene. The one or more surfaces are generated based on one or more images of the artificial reality scene rendered at a first rate and based on a first viewing position. The method includes generating subframes at a second rate higher than the first rate. Each of the subframes is generated by determining a second viewing position, determining a visibility of the one or more surfaces of the artificial reality scene from the second viewing position, generating, based on the determined visibility of the one or more surfaces, color values of the subframe corresponding to output positions of a display, and providing the color values of the subframe for display.

Abstract: A public speaking trainer has a computer system including a display monitor. A microphone is coupled to the computer system. A video capture device is coupled to the computer system. A biometric device is coupled to the computer system. A simulated environment including a simulated audience member is rendered on the display monitor using the computer system. A presentation is recorded onto the computer system using the microphone and video capture device. A first feature of the presentation is extracted based on data from the microphone and video capture device while recording the presentation. A metric is calculated based on the first feature. The simulated audience member is animated in response to a change in the metric. A score is generated based on the metric. The score is displayed on the display monitor of the computer system after recording the presentation. A training video is suggested based on the score.

Abstract: A processor is configured to maintain, for encoding current values related to the transform coefficients a first line buffer and a second line buffer. The current values are arranged along a current scan-order anti-diagonal line. The first line buffer includes first values of a first scan-order anti-diagonal line. The second line buffer includes second values of a second scan-order anti-diagonal line. The processor is further configured to interleave the first values and the second values in a destination buffer; select, using the destination buffer, a probability distribution for coding a current value of the current values; entropy encode, in a compressed bitstream, the current value using the probability distribution; and replace, for coding values of an immediately subsequent scan-order anti-diagonal line to the current scan-order anti-diagonal line, one of the second line buffer or the first line buffer with the current scan-order anti-diagonal line.

Abstract: A method of treating an aqueous composition includes immersing a galvanic cell in the aqueous composition to form a treated aqueous composition. The galvanic cell includes an anode including Mg, Al, Fe, Zn, or a combination thereof. The galvanic cell includes a cathode having a different composition than the anode, the cathode including Cu, Ni, Fe, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A route examining system includes first and second detection units and an identification unit. The first and second detection units are configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle system traveling along a route having plural conductive tracks. The first and second detection units are disposed at spaced apart locations along a length of the vehicle system. The first and second detection units are configured to monitor one or more electrical characteristics of the conductive tracks in response to an examination signal being electrically injected into at least one of the conductive tracks. The identification unit includes one or more processors configured to determine that a section of the route includes an electrical short responsive to the one or more electrical characteristics monitored by the first and second detection units indicating that the examination signal is received by only one of the first and second detection units.

Abstract: Provided are Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) formulations that offer high and tunable Cu removal rates and low copper dishing for the broad or advanced node copper or Through Silica Via (TSV). The CMP compositions provide high selectivity of Cu film vs. other barrier layers, such as Ta, TaN, Ti, and TiN, and dielectric films, such as TEOS, low-k, and ultra low-k films. The CMP polishing formulations comprise solvent, abrasive, at least three chelators selected from the group consisting of amino acids, amino acid derivatives, organic amine, and combinations therefor; wherein at least one chelator is an amino acid or an amino acid derivative. Additionally, organic quaternary ammonium salt, corrosion inhibitor, oxidizer, pH adjustor and biocide are used in the formulations.

Abstract: A drive system (46) for a telescoping boom (22) includes an elongated member (48), a locking head (50) configured to be driven on the elongated member, an actuator (52) configured to drive the locking head on the elongated member, and a cabling assembly (54) interconnected between the actuator and the locking head such that the locking head is driven on the elongated member in response to operation of the actuator, the cabling assembly including a cable (64) and a plurality of sheaves (66, 68). The telescoping boom includes a base section (34) and one or more telescoping sections (36, 38, 40) configured for telescoping movement relative to the base section, and the locking head is configured to selectively engage and disengage a telescoping section of the one or more telescoping sections.

Abstract: A heating system for use in the solar powered heating of water. The heating system is used in conjunction with a solar water farm to desalinate water. The water farm can be utilized on a variety of scales and can be applied to agricultural farms for large scale reclamation of deserts.

Abstract: Data items are aggregated in a quantile sketch according to a compactor hierarchy. A first number of data items are stored in a first buffer corresponding to a first (i.e., lowest) compaction level of the compactor hierarchy, and a top level number of data items are stored in a top buffer corresponding to a top compaction level of the compactor hierarchy. For a first subset of the first number of data items, each data item is already stored in the top buffer, and a weight of the respective data item stored in the top buffer is increased by 1. For a second subset of the first number of data items, each data item does not match any data item stored in the top buffer, and a second number of data items are selected from the second subset and stored in a second buffer of a second compaction level.

Abstract: A method for training a locally interpretable model includes obtaining a set of training samples and training a black-box model using the set of training samples. The method also includes generating, using the trained black-box model and the set of training samples, a set of auxiliary training samples and training a baseline interpretable model using the set of auxiliary training samples. The method also includes training, using the set of auxiliary training samples and baseline interpretable model, an instance-wise weight estimator model. For each auxiliary training sample in the set of auxiliary training samples, the method also includes determining, using the trained instance-wise weight estimator model, a selection probability for the auxiliary training sample. The method also includes selecting, based on the selection probabilities, a subset of auxiliary training samples and training the locally interpretable model using the subset of auxiliary training samples.

Abstract: A medical device holding assembly includes a carrier sheath, which carries an endoluminal medical device such as an embolization coil. The assembly also includes a housing including at least one holding element to hold the sheath, and a fixation device attached to the housing and coupled to the sheath. The fixation device includes a locking element having an unlocked configuration, which allows the sheath to slide relative to the housing, and a locked configuration, which fixes the sheath to the housing. A lock actuator is configured to lock permanently the locking element into the locked configuration. As a result, the sheath with the medical device held therewithin cannot be removed from the holding assembly during the deployment procedure, thereby ensuring that the procedure can be carried out by a single person and also protecting the integrity of the medical device before it is deployed into a patient.

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 may include a body portion including an interior cavity, a filler material in the interior cavity, and a face portion having a front surface, a back surface, a face perimeter defined by a face toe edge, a face heel edge, a face top edge, and a face sole edge.

Abstract: A method of processing measurements of a fluid inside a fluid distribution system includes receiving data wirelessly into a communications hub from a sensing device of a hydrant, the communications hub positioned inside a bonnet cavity of the hydrant, the communications hub including: a PCB; at least one battery in electrical communication with the PCB; and a first antenna in electrical communication with the PCB; a second antenna in electrical communication with the PCB; and transmitting the data to the second antenna.

Abstract: A connector assembly comprising a shielding shell, a heat dissipating module and a clip. The shielding shell comprises a top wall and two side walls. The heat dissipating module comprises a thermal conducting plate which is provided to a top wall of the shielding shell. Side edges of the thermal conducting plate comprise rearward stopped portions toward the rear. The clip comprises an elastic pressing portion which presses against a top surface of the thermal conducting plate and outer side plates which are assembled to the corresponding side walls of the shielding shell. The outer side plate comprises a rearward displace limiting portion. The rearward displace limiting portion cooperates with the corresponding rearward stopped portion of the thermal conducting plate so as to limit relative displacement of the thermal conducting plate relative to the shielding shell toward the rear. Therefore, it may prevent the thermal conducting plate from disengaging.

Abstract: A server system can include an internal computer network including at least one client server configured to establish a data transfer connection to an external computer network, and at least one proxy server system positioned between the internal computer network and the external computer network. The proxy server system can include a proxy server positioned between a first firewall and a second firewall, where the first firewall is positioned between the first proxy server and the internal computer network, and the second firewall is positioned between the proxy server and the external computer network. The server system can develop and maintain a proxy server system that includes a whitelist of sites deemed necessary and/or desirable for system operation. The whitelist can be updated as a user works with and uses the system. Such updates can take place continuously in real or near-real time or periodically as frequently as desired.

Abstract: One example method includes selecting a best performing memory for an operation. A data protection system may maintain a global view of performance data for multiple namespaces. The performance data may reflect latency and/or bandwidth for each of the namespaces. The global view may be updated. When performing an operation, the best performing namespace can be selected from the global view based on performance.

Abstract: Example embodiments of systems and methods for preventing chip fraud are provided. A chip fraud prevention system may comprise a device including a chip, wherein the chip is at least partially encompassed in a chip pocket. One or more connections may be communicatively coupled to one or more surfaces of the chip, and a capacitance member may be coupled to a surface of the chip. The capacitance member may comprise a known capacitance value and the chip may comprise a memory containing an applet, wherein the applet is configured to measure the capacitance value of the capacitance member.

Abstract: An audio system comprises an array of transparent piezoelectric transducers on a transparent surface. Each transparent piezoelectric transducer includes one or more piezoelectric layers and one or more conductive layers that are substantially transparent to visible light. A transparent piezoelectric transducer may include, e.g., a first conductive layer, a first piezoelectric layer on the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer on the first piezoelectric layer. Or in another example, the transparent piezoelectric transducer includes many (e.g., 20-30) piezoelectric layers and many (e.g., 20-30) conductive layers.