Abstract: A semiconductor substrate has a substrate trench extending from a front surface and including a lower part and an upper part. A first insulation layer lines the substrate trench, and a first conductive material is insulated from the semiconductor substrate by the first insulating layer to form a transistor field plate electrode. A gate trench in the first insulation layer defines an integral part of the first insulating layer surrounding the first conductive material in an upper part of the substrate trench. A second insulating layer lines the semiconductor substrate at the upper part of the substrate trench in the gate trench. A second conductive material fills the gate. The second conductive material forms a transistor gate electrode that is insulated from the semiconductor substrate by the second insulating layer and further insulated from the first conductive material by the integral part of the first insulating layer.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable media for registration and preference configuration. One system includes a non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive, via a graphical user interface (GUI) from a user device, a user profile configuration setting and a designation of at least one experience provider with which to share user data. The one or more processors further to store, via associate linking, the user profile configuration setting and the designation of the at least one experience provider with which to share the user data. The one or more processors further to generate an access token including a configuration enabling access to the data protection system and a mapping to configuration settings for the at least one experience provider. The one or more processors further to provide the access token to the at least one experience provider.

Abstract: A computing system includes a customer database and a token vault and is configured to provision a single use token to a customer computing device, receive, from a transaction terminal over a network, a transaction request specifying the single use token and including an identification code generated by an authentication device, detokenize the single use token, authenticate, based on the identification code and the single use token, the transaction request by determining that the identification code is associated with an authorized user and that an authorized financial account is associated with the single use token specified in the transaction request, authorize the transaction request based on the transaction request being authenticated, and transmit a confirmation to the transaction terminal over the network.

Abstract: A pressure-sensor includes a substrate with a cavity therein and a membrane suspended over the cavity. The cavity is connected to external air pressure so a change in external air pressure causes out-of-plane movement of the membrane. A frame suspended over the membrane includes a segment connected to the membrane but disconnected from other frame portions. A projection extends from the frame. A first spring is connected to the projection, a second spring is connected to the segment, and an end portion connects the springs so out-of-plane movement of the membrane applies out-of-plane force to the second spring, which is transferred to the first spring by the end portion and translated to an in-plane force by the first spring and applied to the projection. This causes lateral sliding movement of the frame with respect to the substrate. A capacitive-sensor detects sliding movement of the frame with respect to the substrate.

Abstract: A computing system includes a database and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to: receive, from an entity computing system, a request related to a layaway transaction of a user; and, in response to receiving the request, automatically facilitate initiation of a layaway deposit account by associating the layaway deposit account with a user profile stored in the database, generating a link between the layaway deposit account and a physical card number, generating a rule that governs the physical card number, and associating the rule with the physical card number. The at least one processor is further configured to receive, from an automated teller machine (ATM), a transaction request that complies with the rule associated with the physical card number.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a sequential logic circuit and a circuit configured to change operation as a function of state output signals provided by state flip-flops of the sequential logic circuit. With a test mode signal asserted, a test circuit writes and reads the content of the state flip-flops in order to test the operation of the sequential logic circuit. A processing system includes at least one storage circuit interposed between the circuit and a respective state output signal. Each storage circuit receives the respective state output signal and provides a modified state signal to the circuit. When the test mode signal is de-asserted, the storage circuit provides the received state output signal in a transparent manner to the circuit and stores the received state output signal to a storage element. When the test mode signal is asserted, the storage circuit provides the stored state output signal to the circuit.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, for assessing biases of a risk assessment model. The method, system, and computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, comprising: receiving, by a processor, a first model; generating, by the processor, a first model score output file by evaluating the first model; transmitting, by the processor, the first model score output file to a disparate impact analysis (DIA) service; utilizing, by the processor, the DIA service to obtain, from a government monitoring information (GMI) database, first GMI data that corresponds to a first set of ethics and compliance initiative (ECI) information; further utilizing, by the processor, the DIA service to calculate first DIA results by analyzing the first set of ECI information and the first GMI data; and determining, based on the first DIA results, whether any features of the first model exceed at least one predetermined threshold.

Abstract: Embodiments herein describe systems, methods, and devices for thermal conditioning of patterning devices at a litho-graphic apparatus. A patterning device cooling system for thermally conditioning a patterning device (202) of a lithographic apparatus is described, the cooling system including a thermal conditioner that thermally conditions the patterning device, and a controller that controls the thermal conditioner to determine a temperature state of the patterning device, determine a production state of the litho-graphic apparatus, and thermally condition the patterning device for exposures based on the temperature state and a production state of the lithographic apparatus.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated selection of standing settlement instructions are disclosed. According to one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor a method for automated selection of standing settlement instructions may include: (1) receiving, from a trading platform, historic trade data for a plurality of customers; (2) training a generic SSI sub-model with the historic trade data for the plurality of customers, resulting in a generic SSI prediction; (3) training a customer-specific SSI sub-model with the historic trade data for one of the customers, resulting in a customer-specific SSI prediction; (4) combining the generic SSI prediction and the customer-specific SSI prediction resulting in a final classification model; (5) receiving a trade to be executed for the customer; (6) applying the final classification model to the trade, resulting in a final SSI selection; and (7) executing the trade using the final SSI selection.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method for providing an exacerbation risk score for a respiratory disease of a patient. The system measures a heart signal and/or a blood circulation signal of a patient and detects cough events and sneeze events in the measurement data. The cough events and sneeze events are indicative for an onset of a contagion and/or an allergy, which can rapidly exacerbate a respiratory disease of the patient. Thus, the system is configured for providing unobtrusively an exacerbation risk score to the patient and/or to a physician.

Abstract: A method for performing fact verification includes receiving a document for verification; identifying and extracting, on the computer network, at least two named entities from the document for verification and associated information as metadata; identifying, off-chain, identifiers of relevant documents corresponding to each of the at least two named entities, the relevant documents being authenticated documents including one or more of the at least two named entities; identifying a predetermined number of relevant documents among the identified relevant documents based on a number of the at least two named entities present and a number of occurrences for each of the named entities; and determining whether the document to be verified is supported by the predetermined number of relevant documents.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for automatically deriving data transformation criteria. An example method includes receiving, by communications circuitry, a source dataset and a target dataset and identifying, by a model generator, a target variable. The example method further includes training, by the model generator, a decision tree for the target variable using the source dataset and the target dataset such that the trained decision tree can predict a value for the target variable from new source data. The example method further includes deriving, by a derivation engine, a set of parameters and pseudocode for producing the target variable from the source dataset.

Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating communication between computing systems may include a device which establishes a connection between a first application executing on a first server and a second application executing on a second server. The first application and the second application may be linked to a common account holder. The first application may transmit, to the second application, at least a portion of data associated with the common account holder and accessible via the first application. The first application may generate populated form fields for a form associated with the first application using data from the second application and the data received by the second application from the first application. The first application may generate a new account for the common account holder using the populated form fields received from the second application.

Abstract: The disclosure is in the technical field of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. More particularly, the disclosure is in the technical field of cultivation or fermentation of metabolically engineered cells. The disclosure describes a cell metabolically engineered for production of a mixture of at least four different neutral non-fucosylated oligosaccharides. Furthermore, the disclosure provides a method for the production of a mixture of at least four different neutral non-fucosylated oligosaccharides by a cell as well as the purification of at least one of the oligosaccharides from the cultivation.

Abstract: An audio apparatus and method employ a first renderer circuit, wherein the first renderer circuit is arranged to render audio elements by generating a first set of audio signals for a set of loudspeakers; and a second renderer circuit, wherein the second renderer circuit is arranged to render audio elements by generating a second set of audio signals for headphones. The audio apparatus and method select between the first renderer circuit and the second renderer circuit such that the rendering of at least a first part of a first audio element is in response to a first audio rendering property indicator which is received in an audio signal. The first audio rendering property indicator is indicative of an audio format of the first audio element.

Abstract: In one example, a method of data restore testing is disclosed. The method may determine whether to validate a request to restore a backup of production data. The request may be for a database backup, a file system backup or another data type. The method may generate a database instance that restores a backup database data if the request is for database data and may generate a file system instance to restore a backup file system if the request is for a backup of a file system. The method may lockdown access to the restored backup, validate the integrity of the restored backup relative to production data. The validation may be based on a checksum of the restored backup and a checksum of the production data, for example.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel N-(isopropyl-triazolyl)pyridinyl)-heteroaryl-carboxamide derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; a preparation method thereof; and use for preventing or treating an ASK-1 mediated disease comprising the same as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A device is arranged for determining a first distance according to a ranging protocol using a measurement message from a second device. A cooperating device (130) has a directional antenna (133) and is located at a trusted distance (150) sharing a connecting direction (160) with the first device. The cooperating device determines a third direction of the same measurement message, and transfers support data to the first device based on the third direction. The first device first determines a first angle (161) between the first direction and the connecting direction and obtains a third angle (163) between the third direction and the connecting direction using the support data. Then a verification test is performed on the first distance (151), the trusted distance (150), the first and the third angle. The first distance is reliable when said distances and angles correspond to a viable spatial constellation (100) of the devices.

Abstract: System and methods for managing third party tokens and transaction across issuer ecosystems are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing device comprising at least one computer processor, a method for managing payment tokens may include: (1) a first computer program associated with a financial institution and executed by the information processing device accessing a payment token associated with a second computer program executed by the information processing device; (2) the first computer program identifying the payment token as associated with a financial instrument issued by the financial institution; (3) a backend for the financial institution generating an association between the payment token and the financial institution; and (4) the backend for the financial institution communicating the association to an authorization platform for the financial institution.

Abstract: A method for performing de-identified location analytics is provided. The method may include generating a de-identified image by removing the identifiable characteristics from a building arrangement image; generating a binary threshold image by processing the de-identified image using a threshold process; generating a segmentation image by removing any segmentation objects of the binary threshold image with an area less than a defined pixel area; extracting room definitions from the segmentation image, wherein each room definition comprises a series of pixels corresponding to an outline of one of the rooms of the building arrangement image; generating a pixilation table, the pixilation table comprising room definition entries corresponding to the room definitions of the segmentation image, wherein each pixel of the segmentation image is mapped to the room definition entry corresponding to the room definition of the outline surrounding the pixel; and assigning a label to each room definition entry.