Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds and ligands, and compositions formed therewith, that modulate insulin secretion and suppress appetite by activating ectopic olfactory receptors. Also disclosed herein are methods for using the compositions to treat endocrine diseases, such as type-2 diabetes, and disorders, such as abnormal insulin secretion.

Abstract: Various disclosed embodiments include illustrative control units, systems, and methods. In an illustrative embodiment, a control unit includes a processor and non-transitory computer-readable media that stores computer-executable instructions configured to cause the processor to determine a start charging time, receive a battery temperature value, and instruct the thermal control system to start heating the battery responsive to the start charging time and the battery temperature value in an energy saving way.

Abstract: Techniques for establishing a secure connection between a lead device and a secondary device are disclosed herein. According to an embodiment, the lead device receives a request to establish a secure connection with the secondary device. The lead device determines whether the secure connection is an initial connection with the secondary device. In response to a determination that the secure connection is not an initial connection with the secondary device, the lead device authenticates the secondary device using one or more credentials associated with the secondary device and stored by the lead device. In response to a successful authentication using the one or more credentials, the lead device establishes the secure connection with the secondary device.

Abstract: A code insertion engine predicts one or more statements of a programming language to be inserted at an insertion point in between existing source code statements of a source code program being edited. The code insertion engine extracts the surrounding context of the insertion point which includes the source code immediately preceding and the source code immediately following the insertion point. The code insertion engine uses a neural expansion model and a neural selector model to predict the one or more statements most likely to be inserted into the insertion point that are syntactically and semantically consistent with the surrounding context of the existing program.

Abstract: Software systems and methods convert algorithms and software codes into time affecting linear pathways (TALPs) via decomposition and convert paired Input/Output (I/O) datasets into TALPs via Value Complexity polynomials. Generated TALPs can be enhanced through merging with other TALPs. TALPs can be grouped by matching the outputs of the TALP-associated prediction polynomials with some set of given criteria into families and cross-families that are useful in a new type of software optimization that allows for output values of grouped TALPs to be modeled, pooled, discretized and optimized to enhance goals or meet user goals.

Abstract: An apparatus for suspending a sensor element is provided. The apparatus can include a housing including a cavity, an inner surface, and a first end cap integrally formed within a first end of the housing. The housing can include a sensor element therein. The first end cap can include a first plurality of suspension elements integrally formed within the first end cap and arranged to project from a surface of the first end cap toward the cavity. The inner surface of the housing and/or the first plurality of suspension elements can suspend the sensor element within the cavity as the sensor element translates within the cavity. Related systems and methods of manufacture are also described.

Abstract: Computer-implemented processes and systems described herein are directed to reducing volumes of data sent from edge devices to a data center. Each edge device runs an agent that collects event information generated by event sources of the edge device in a runtime interval. Each agent reduces the event information to relevant event information at the edge device in accordance with instructions received from a controller server of the data center. The relevant event information contains less information than the event information. Each agent forwards the relevant event information over the internet to external services executed at the data center, where the relevant event information is stored in a data storage device of the data center.

Abstract: A heat pipe cooled nuclear reactor core (“reactor core”) includes an array of fuel, an array of primary heat rejection heat pipes, and an array of moderator cooling heat pipes or thermosiphons. Each moderator cooling heat pipe in the array of moderator cooling heat pipes is surrounded by metal hydride moderator materials, slowing neutrons from a fission energy range to a lower energy range in the reactor core.

Abstract: In some implementations, an instruction management system may receive, from a plurality of user devices, a set of feedback associated with the instruction document. The instruction management system may identify a compliance activity associated with the instruction document and identify at least one location in the instruction document based on the set of feedback. The instruction management system may trigger an instruction to a tracking system to open a ticket associated with the compliance activity and the at least one location.

Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods for downloading chargeback records. For example, the method may include selecting a merchant from a first web portal associated with a first financial institution and providing first authentication information associated with the merchant and the first financial institution into the first web portal. The method may then include accessing, via the first web portal, first chargeback records for the merchant. Additionally, the method can include selecting the merchant from a second web portal associated with a second financial institution and providing second authentication information associated with the merchant and with the second financial institution into the second web portal. The second authentication information can be different than the first authentication information. Then, the method can include accessing second chargeback records for the merchant.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method for dynamically exchanging runtime state data between datacenters with a gateway using a controller bridge is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method comprises: receiving one or more first runtime state data from one or more logical sharding central control planes (“CCPs”) controlling one or more logical sharding hosts; receiving one or more second runtime state data from a gateway that is controlled by a CCP that also controls one or more physical sharding hosts; aggregating to aggregated runtime state data, the one or more first runtime state data received from the one or more logical sharding CCPs and the one or more second runtime state data received from the gateway; determining updated runtime state data based on the aggregated runtime state data, the one or more first runtime state data, and the one or more second runtime state data; and transmitting the updated runtime state data to at least one of the one or more logical sharding CCPs and the gateway.

Abstract: Perceptive scaling of computing resources is disclosed. News sources can be analyzed to identify a future event as well as an occurrence date and type of the event. A computing resource affected by the event can be determined based on the type of event. A scaling strategy can be formulated for the computing resource, such as scaling up or out, to address resource load introduced by the event. The extent of scaling can be determined based on the predicted impact of the event on the computing resource. Subsequently, the scaling strategy can be scheduled for execution before the occurrence date. The scaling strategy can later be terminated or deactivated after the event terminates.

Abstract: This document describes methods and systems of adaptive fingerprint-enrollment to finger characteristics using local under-display fingerprint sensors, UDFPS, in an electronic device. The electronic device includes an adaptive-enrollment module that determines characteristics of a fingerprint based on information corresponding to a touch input detected by a touch-display device, including size and shape of an area of the touch input. Based on the fingerprint characteristics, a number and location of enrollment touches used for completing enrollment of the fingerprint are adjusted to minimize the number of enrollment touches required to complete the enrollment, minimize the amount of time needed to complete the enrollment, and maximize coverage of the fingerprint.

Abstract: Systems and methods for visualizations of music may include one or more processors which receive an audio input, and compute a simulation of a human auditory periphery using the audio input. The processor(s) may generate one or more visual patterns on a visual display, according to the simulation, the one or visual patterns synchronized to the audio input.

Abstract: Implementations described herein relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media to encode a video. A method includes capturing a video frame that includes a face of a person. The method further includes detecting a face in the video frame. The method further includes segmenting the video frame into a plurality of rectangles, the plurality of rectangles including a face rectangle with pixels corresponding to the face in the video frame. The method further includes packing the video frame based on the plurality of rectangles, wherein a greater number of pixels are allocated to the face rectangle as compared to other rectangles in the plurality of rectangles. The method further includes encoding the video frame with metadata describing the packing.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to measure exposure to streaming media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes communication interface circuitry to obtain metering data, the metering data including a first metadata tag extracted from media at a time corresponding to a media event associated with the media, the metering data omitting second metadata tags extracted from the media by a media monitor, the second metadata tags identified for omission based on a temporal proximity of the second metadata tags to the media event, the first and second metadata tags extracted from the media when the media is presented; memory; instructions included in the apparatus; and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to determine a first exposure of an audience to the media based on the metering data, the first exposure being the same as a second exposure determined based on an analysis of the first metadata tags.

Abstract: A wireless testing system is provided that testing transmission speeds associated with a WLAN or other wireless network. In one instance, a network transmission between a device in a telecommunications network and a modem be measured and initiated via an application executed on a mobile device. One or more Wi-Fi speed tests may also be performed to determine a transmission speed between a wireless device associated with the premises and the modem of the WLAN. To conduct the Wi-Fi speed test, a mobile device (such as the mobile device executing the application) may transmit, in some instances in response to an input to the mobile device, an instruction to the test controller to conduct the Wi-Fi speed test. The measured transmission speeds may be controlled by a controller that may store the speed test results in a network repository available to the mobile device.

Abstract: A management system includes a processor system in operative connection with a communication system. The communication system is configured to be in communicative connection with a gas monitoring system of an entity. The gas monitoring system further includes one or more portable gas detection instruments which include one or more gas sensors and a rechargeable battery system. The gas monitoring system further includes one or more chargers configured to charge the rechargeable battery system of each of the portable gas detection instruments. The management system further includes a memory system in operative connection with the processor system. The memory system includes an algorithm executable by the processor system stored therein and a database associated with the algorithm stored therein, which includes data identifying each of the chargers as an asset of the entity and each of the portable gas detection instruments as an asset of the entity.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for storing items in storage facilities. The method can include receiving, by a computing system, a request to identify a destination location for a storage item, identifying a set of available storage locations from among a plurality of storage locations, and determining a score for each respective storage location of the set of available storage locations based on multiple sub-scores specific to the respective storage location, to generate a set of scores corresponding to the set of available storage locations. The method also includes selecting a selected storage location from among the available storage locations based on the selected storage location having a most favorable score from among the set of scores corresponding to the set of available storage locations, and providing instructions to cause a mechanical moving system to route the storage item to the selected storage location.

Abstract: A method for damping oscillations in a tower of a wind turbine includes determining a primary rotational frequency of the rotor (fp) that correlates to a tower resonance frequency (fr). The method defines an exclusion zone between a first rotational frequency of the rotor (f1) that is less than the primary rotational frequency (fp) and a second rotational frequency of the rotor (f2) that is greater than the primary rotational frequency (fp). At rotor frequencies below the exclusion zone, a first tower-damping force strategy is applied. At rotor frequencies above the exclusion zone, a second tower-damping force strategy is applied that is different from the first tower-damping force strategy.