Abstract: A method includes determining, by an analysis system, a system aspect of a system for a protection evaluation. The method further includes determining, by the analysis system, at least one evaluation perspective for use in performing the protection evaluation on the system aspect. The method further includes determining, by the analysis system, at least one evaluation viewpoint for use in performing the protection analysis on the system aspect. The method further includes obtaining, by the analysis system, protection data regarding the system aspect in accordance with the at least one evaluation perspective and the at least one evaluation viewpoint. The method further includes calculating, by the analysis system, a protection rating as a measure of protection maturity for the system aspect based on the protection data, the at least one evaluation perspective, the at least one evaluation viewpoint, and at least one evaluation rating metric.

Abstract: A method includes transmitting, by a plurality of drive-sense circuits, a plurality of signals on a plurality of electrodes of an interactive display device and detecting, by a set of drive-sense circuits, a change in an electrical characteristic of a set of electrodes. The method further includes determining, by a processing module, that the change in the electrical characteristic is a change in mutual capacitance, determining presence of a non-interactive object, determining a two-dimensional shape of the non-interactive object, and determining whether the two dimensional shape of the non-interactive object is obstructing a personalized display area. When the non-interactive object is obstructing the at least the portion of the personalized display area, the method further includes determining a position of a user and adjusting positioning of at least a portion of the personalized display area based on the position of the user and the two-dimensional shape.

Abstract: A computer-based method for rendering modified graphical content is disclosed. The graphical content includes a plurality of cells. The method includes receiving the graphical content with metadata modifying the graphical content, rendering the graphical content upon a screen according to the metadata, and receiving user input. The method also includes in response to the user input, progressing through at least a subset of the cells, wherein the progressing includes moving a camera view from cell to cell in the at least a subset, each of the cells in the at least a subset being displayed as a focus point with surrounding area being adjusted in opacity according to the metadata.

Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: displaying content elements on one or more websites to users; performing a classification of the users into segments; receiving a request from a first user of the users to display a webpage of the one or more websites; determining an amount of information in a respective posterior distribution of each of the one or more first segments of the segments in which the first user is classified, for each of the content elements based on impression response data; selecting a selected content element from among the content elements based on weightings of the content elements for the one or more first segments; and generating the webpage comprising the selected content element. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A method includes determining, by an analysis system, a system sector of a system for an asset evaluation. The method further includes determining, by the analysis system, at least one evaluation perspective for use in performing the asset evaluation on the system sector. The method further includes determining, by the analysis system, at least one evaluation viewpoint for use in performing the asset evaluation on the system aspect. The method further includes obtaining, by the analysis system, asset data regarding the system aspect in accordance with the at least one evaluation perspective and the at least one evaluation viewpoint. The method further includes calculating, by the analysis system, an asset evaluation rating as a measure of system asset maturity for the system aspect based on the asset data, the at least one evaluation perspective, the at least one evaluation viewpoint, and at least one evaluation rating metric.

Abstract: A system, method, device, and platform for monetizing investment data. Electronic devices execute a data application. The data application is configured to capture user data associated with the user. The platform includes a data platform accessible by the electronic devices. The data platform receives one or more user identifications for a user, authenticates the user, receives one or more user queries, retrieves content associated with the one or more user queries including the investment data, displays the content in a continuous display in which the user is enabled to view any of the content generated during a session by zooming, scrolling, or rotating in multiple dimensions, receives revisions to the one or more queries, retrieves revised content associated with the revisions including revisions to the investment data, and displays the revised content in the continuous display and saving the previous content.

Abstract: A system, method, device, and platform for processing investment data. One or more user queries are received. Public and private database and resources are searched with defined data structures utilizing the one or more user queries. Unstructured data is searched utilizing the one or more user queries. Unstructured data is searched utilizing the one or more user queries. The unstructured data are searched utilizing the one or more user queries. Portions of the investment data retrieved in response to searching the defined data structures and unstructured data are culled. The investment data is sorted by rating and ranking the investment data.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for use in an electronic device having a non-volatile storage device and a volatile storage device, the method comprising: retrieving a first encoded data packet from a first address in the non-volatile storage device; decoding the first encoded data packet to obtain a first data item and a first error code corresponding to the first data item, the first encoded data packet being decoded by using a first coding key that is associated with the first address; detecting whether the first data item is corrupt based on the first error code and an error correction function, storing the first data item at a first address in the volatile storage device when the first data item is not corrupt, and transitioning the electronic device into a safe state when the first data item is corrupt.

Abstract: Processes and systems for the production of ethylbenzene using a dilute ethylene feed and subsequent recovery of ethane in the alkylation vent gas.

Abstract: One embodiment is directed to an adapter entity comprising a Technical Report 069 (TR-069) protocol automatic configuration server (ACS) module configured to communicate with managed equipment included in a radio access network (RAN) using the TR-069 protocol. The adapter entity further comprises a Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) server configured to communicate with an Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) Software Defined Network Radio instance (SDN-R) of an ONAP management and orchestration (MANO) environment using NETCONF. The adapter entity further comprises a TR-069-to-NETCONF mapper module, communicatively coupled to the TR-069 protocol ACS module and the NETCONF server, configured to dynamically map NETCONF requests and responses to and from TR-069 Protocol requests and responses. The adapter entity is configured to dynamically map NETCONF requests and responses to and from TR-069 Protocol requests and responses. Other embodiments and examples are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention herein provides a bottle for carrying a fluid or a semifluid, the bottle including: a mouth, a top section, a body, a bottom section, and a base each located sequentially on a y- axis; the body of the bottle comprising a plurality of planar walls, each wall having the same height and width and located perpendicular to the plane of the base on an x-axis, and a cross section of the body being a polygon selected from: triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon, and dodecagon; and a closure having a cross section of a circle or a polygon, and the closure reversibly attachable to the mouth to close the bottle and removable from the mouth to open the bottle. Further, the invention describes methods to obtain purified water using a filtration and purification device.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for video encoding/decoding. An apparatus includes processing circuitry that decodes prediction information for a current block in a current picture that is a part of a coded video sequence. The processing circuitry determines prediction samples of the current block based on a first linear transform of reference samples of the current block. One or more parameters of the first linear transform are determined based on one of the prediction information and one or more parameters of a second linear transform associated with another block in the coded video sequence. The processing circuitry reconstructs the current block based on the prediction samples.

Abstract: A learning-based building block system is described. The learning-based building block system comprises at least two stackable blocks. The at least two stackable blocks may include: a first stackable block having a cube configuration, a second stackable building block having a sprocket configuration, a third stackable building block having a half-pipe configuration, and a fourth stackable building block having a table configuration. The configuration of each of the first, the second, the third, and the fourth stackable block is unique.

Abstract: A tissue processing system for processing a laboratory slide includes a slide holder for holding the slide, an outlet port positioned to direct a fluid stream onto the slide, and a device for moving the slide holder relative to the outlet port, or vice versa, to adjust a point on the slide at which the fluid stream is delivered onto the laboratory slide. The slide holder includes an absorbent pad configured to be positioned between one wall of the plurality of walls and a free edge of the slide for absorbing fluid travelling along the slide. A manifold of the system includes a first outlet port that directs a first fluid stream from a first fluid passageway onto the slide, and a second outlet port that directs a second fluid stream from a second fluid passageway onto a location of the slide that differs from the first fluid stream.

Abstract: A light assembly and method of forming light assemblies includes a flexible light layer, a thermoplastic housing, and an IMC layer. The flexible light layer has a flexible substrate, a printed circuit, and a plurality of LEDs extending outward from the flexible substrate. The IMC layer is formed opposite the flexible light layer from the thermoplastic housing and covers the LEDs. Forming may include placing the flexible light layer within a mold cavity, injecting the thermoplastic structure on one side of the flexible light layer, and injecting the IMC layer on the opposite side of the flexible light layer from the thermoplastic structure. Injecting the thermoplastic structure into the mold cavity may change the shape of the flexible light layer. Datum features of the flexible light layer may align the thermoplastic structure relative to the datum features.

Abstract: An analysis system includes a control module generates data gathering parameters and data analysis parameters based on one or more inputs regarding an evaluation of a system aspect under test of a system, a data input module receives system gathered data regarding the system aspect under test to produce gathered data, and a data analysis module configured to generate the evaluation of the system aspect under test based on the data analysis parameters and the gathered data One or more databases store one or more of the gathered data, the data analysis parameters, and the evaluation of the system aspect under test and one or more data extraction modules interact with the system aspect under test to extract data from the system aspect under test in accordance with a respective portion of the data gathering parameters to produce the system gathered data and provide the system gathered data.

Abstract: A method includes determining, by an analysis system, a system aspect of a system for an issue response planning evaluation. The method further includes determining, by the analysis system, at least one evaluation perspective and at least one evaluation viewpoint for use in performing the issue response planning evaluation on the system aspect. The method further includes obtaining, by the analysis system, issue response planning data regarding the system aspect in accordance with the at least one evaluation perspective and the at least one evaluation viewpoint. The method further includes calculating, by the analysis system, an issue response planning rating as a measure of system issue response planning maturity for the system aspect based on the issue response planning data, the at least one evaluation perspective, the at least one evaluation viewpoint, and at least one evaluation rating metric.

Abstract: In methods for simulating the evolution of a real-world quantum system over time, a state-preparation sequence of quantum gates is applied to a qubit register of a quantum computer. The state-preparation sequence is configured to prepare in the qubit register an initial model state representing an initial state of the real-world quantum system. A Hamiltonian operator for the real-world quantum system is received and used in the example method. The Hamiltonian operator represents two-body potential-energy interactions in a factorized form comprising at least one Majorana operator. A time-evolution-operator sequence of quantum gates comprising a block-encoded form of the Hamiltonian operator is now applied to the qubit register of the quantum computer, yielding a changed model state that represents a time-evolved state of the real-world quantum system. A measurement operation is applied subsequently to the qubit register.

Abstract: A system including a smart junction box (SJB) device having an adjusted weight measurement calculator (AWMC) module. The AWMC module configured to calculate an adjusted weight measurement representative of a weight of the stored material in bin based on the sensed weight measurement from those weight measurement sensors in a non-failure state and an ambient environmental condition compensation factor (AECCF), during the weight measurement cycle. The SJB device includes a thermometer to measure a local ambient temperature for use in determining the AECCF. The SJB device is configured to calculate the adjusted weight measurement based on the signals from the remaining sensors in a non-failure state while ghosting the failed sensor.

Abstract: This specification describes computer-implemented methods and systems. One method includes receiving, by a neural network of a speech recognition system, first data representing a first raw audio signal and second data representing a second raw audio signal. The first raw audio signal and the second raw audio signal describe audio occurring at a same period of time. The method further includes generating, by a spatial filtering layer of the neural network, a spatial filtered output using the first data and the second data, and generating, by a spectral filtering layer of the neural network, a spectral filtered output using the spatial filtered output. Generating the spectral filtered output comprises processing frequency-domain data representing the spatial filtered output. The method still further includes processing, by one or more additional layers of the neural network, the spectral filtered output to predict sub-word units encoded in both the first raw audio signal and the second raw audio signal.