Abstract: A method for providing an application service to clients includes identifying a failure of the application service that causes the application service to be suspended; in response to identifying the failure: instantiating an instance of an application for providing the application service in a production host; identifying at least one virtual disk level backup that is: associated with the application and is a portion of deduplicated backups; extracting the at least one virtual disk level backup from deduplicated backups to obtain a copy of the at least one virtual disk level backup; identifying application data associated with the application within the copy of the at least one virtual disk level backup; transitioning an application service session for a client of the clients to the instance of the application; and resuming the application service for the client using the instance of the application and the application data.

Abstract: Interbody spinal implants comprise internal sidewalls having a roughened surface topography. The internal sidewalls may be those that surround a substantially hollow implant center, including the sidewalls of a vertical aperture and sidewalls of a transverse aperture. The roughened surface topography comprises macro, micro, and nano features that comprise an amplitude, a peak to valley height, and spacing.

Abstract: Two factor identification verification of controlled-environment facility residents and associated non-residents systems and methods capture, via a controlled-environment facility associated communications device, by a controlled-environment facility communications processing system, a first type of biometric sample of a user. The controlled-environment facility communications processing system submits the first type of biometric sample of the user to a centralized investigative data aggregation and analysis system, which verifies the user using the first type of biometric sample and determining. When the system(s) determine that a certainty of this resulting verification of the user does not meet a predetermined certainty threshold a second type of biometric sample of the user is captured and submitted for verification of the user.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include an agricultural composition containing an agriculturally active ingredient and a water conditioning agent. The water conditioning agent is an alkanolammonium sulfate. Embodiments of the present disclosure further include a method of conditioning water while maintaining comparable volatility in an agricultural formulation by adding at least one water conditioning agent to an agriculturally active ingredient, wherein the water conditioning agent comprises at least one alkanolamine sulfate.

Abstract: A module is used to configuring a multi-modular weighbridge. In one configuration, adjacent modules are coupled so that the modules bear as a unit upon the at least one load cell. In another configuration, the adjacent modules are coupled so that the modules bear independently upon associated load cells. In this latter configuration, a fastener assembly that couples the modules has a first fastener portion, affixed to an interior of each of the proximate compartments; and a second fastener portion connecting each of the first fastener portions to the other, the second fastener portion arranged to allow relative vertical movement of the modules while effectively restrictly any relative horizontal movement of the modules. In an embodiment, each first fastener portion has a clevis for receiving a tang provided by the second fastener portion, such that a clevis pin securing the tang is parallel to a horizontal plane of the module.

Abstract: Systems and methods for converting consumer coins, cash, and/or other forms of value for use with mobile commerce platforms implemented on, for example, smart phones, PDAs, and other mobile devices. In one embodiment, a method for implementing a mobile commerce account on a mobile device includes receiving coins and/or other funds from a user at a consumer-operated kiosk. The method can further include counting the coins and/or other funds to determine a value, and then communicating at least a portion of the value from the kiosk to the hand-held mobile device for deposit in the mobile commerce account.

Abstract: A method of presenting information to a party through a messaging application is described. Responsive to receipt of a communication from a party (e.g., the first user), a reply is sent. The communication and the reply is presented in an interface to the sender. The messaging system determines matching content that is relevant to one or both of the communication and the reply and determines a quality of the match. Determining the quality of the match may include determining a score for an advertisement based on the advertisement's responsiveness to content identified in the reply message that was sent. Based on a determination that the quality is above a threshold, the matching content is presented along with the communication and the reply.

Abstract: A composition for welding or brazing aluminum comprises silicon (Si) and magnesium (Mg) along with aluminum in an alloy suitable for use in welding and brazing. The Si content may vary between approximately 5.0 and 6.0 wt %, and the Mg content may vary between approximately 0.15 wt % and 0.50 wt %. The alloy is well suited for operations in which little or no dilution from the base metal affects the Si and/or Mg content of the filler metal. The Si content promotes fluidity and avoids stress concentrations and cracking. The Mg content provides enhanced strength. Resulting joints may have a strength at least equal to that of the base metal with little or no dilution (e.g., draw of Mg). The joints may be both heat treated and artificially aged or naturally aged.

Abstract: A computer is programmed to determine a target area to project, along a planned travel path of a vehicle, a symbol based on detecting a target object. The computer is further programmed to actuate a light source to project the symbol moving within the target area.

Abstract: Provided is a method in a control system that is configured to provide command information to environmental adjustment equipment. The control system includes a plurality of user interface devices wherein each user interface device is configured to select an operating mode for a plurality of monitored areas in a building and wherein each user interface device is located in a different one of the monitored areas. The method comprises detecting a mode change request at a first user interface device for a first monitored area and executing the mode change request for the first monitored area while retaining a prior selected mode for another monitored area that was selected using a different user interface device when for each monitored area the environmental adjustment equipment includes a throttling device for controlling the flow of conditioned medium provided to the monitored area.

Abstract: Techniques expand storage space. Such techniques can create a storage stripe group during a shuffling operation after a storage device being added, without waiting for full completion of the shuffling operation. Such techniques can effectively reduce the waiting time for creating the storage stripe group. Besides, such techniques can support partial mapping of the storage stripe group, such that the storage resources mapped to the storage stripe group can be rapidly utilized.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for content presentation. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for a content item to be presented to a user; for a collection of content items, identifying one or more candidate content items including using image keywords derived from images associated with the user to identify the one or more candidate content items; selecting a content item responsive to the content request from the candidate content items; and sending the selected content item for presentation to the user.

Abstract: A method of performing angioplasty includes accessing an artery, inserting a tubular balloon into to the artery in a low-profile operating mode, the tubular balloon constrained in a generally helical shape, and forming a lumen within the generally helical shape by expanding the tubular balloon into a high-profile operating mode. A system for creating a lumen is also disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for creating different financial interests in a portfolio of stocks, a stock index or other financial assets based on a series of interim cash flows of the asset. Specifically, the present invention relates to systems and methods for dividing such assets into income and equity components. In one aspect, the income component is an ordinary dividend component for a fixed time period or until a fixed dollar amount has been paid and the equity component is a capital component that can be traded separately.

Abstract: An example technique may include performing, by a virtual reality application provided on a computing device, video rendering at a first video rendering rate based on updating an entire image on a screen of the computing device at a first update rate, determining that a performance of the video rendering is less than a threshold, performing, based on the determining, video rendering at a second video rendering rate by updating a first portion of the image at the first update rate, and by updating a second portion of the image at a second update rate that is less than the first update rate. Another example technique may include shifting, during an eye blinking period, one or both of a left eye image and a right eye image to reduce a disparity between a left viewed object and a right viewed object.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to computing devices, head-mounted display (HMD) devices, and methods for displaying an image via a display device. In one example, a method for displaying an image via a display device comprises receiving an original frame of reference, determining a rotated device orientation of the display device, and modifying the original frame of reference to a rotated frame of reference based on the rotated device orientation. The method further comprises sampling data describing a virtual world at the rotated frame of reference to produce an intermediate image frame, generating a final image frame by back-rotating the intermediate image frame to the original frame of reference, and displaying the final image frame via the display device.

Abstract: A method for generating a predicted segmentation map for potential objects in a future scene depicted in a future image is described. The method includes receiving input images that depict a same scene; processing a current input image to generate a segmentation map for potential objects in the current input image and a respective depth map; generating a point cloud for the current input image; processing the input images to generate, for each pair of two input images in the sequence, a respective ego-motion output that characterizes motion of the camera between the two input images; processing the ego-motion outputs to generate a future ego-motion output; processing the point cloud of the current input image and the future ego-motion output to generate a future point cloud; and processing the future point cloud to generate the predicted segmentation map for potential objects in the future scene depicted in the future image.