Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fiber management device or system for facilitating routing and storing optical fibers. The fiber management device includes a flexible, film-like substrate that has optical fiber management, storing functionality, and splicing functionality all on one film-like substrate. The flexible, film-like substrate can provide a routing path for routing optical fibers onto a flexible planar substrate that can be temporarily supported by, mounted on or attached to the flexible planar substrate. The flexible, film-like substrate can accommodate fibers that are in a multi-fiber (e.g., ribbon) configuration or a single fiber configuration.

Abstract: A wireless battery-powered daylight sensor for measuring a total light intensity in a space is operable to transmit wireless signals using a variable transmission rate that is dependent upon the total light intensity in the space. The sensor comprises a photosensitive circuit, a wireless transmitter for transmitting the wireless signals, a controller coupled to the photosensitive circuit and the wireless transmitter, and a battery for powering the photosensitive circuit, the wireless transmitter, and the controller. The photosensitive circuit is operable to generate a light intensity control signal in response to the total light intensity in the space. The controller transmits the wireless signals in response to the light intensity control signal using the variable transmission rate that is dependent upon the total light intensity in the space. The variable transmission rate may be dependent upon an amount of change of the total light intensity in the space.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to circuits, systems, and methods of operation for a memory device. In an example, a memory device includes a memory array including a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell having an impedance that varies in accordance with a respective data value stored therein; and a tracking memory cell having an impedance based on a tracking data value stored therein; and a read circuit coupled to the memory array, the read circuit configured to determine an impedance of a selected memory cells with respect to the impedance of the tracking memory cell; read a data value stored within the selected memory cell based upon a voltage change of a signal node voltage corresponding to the impedance of the selected memory cell.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to fairly ordering financial market trades received from different market participant computers via a cloud computing network. In one example, a plurality of trades generated by a plurality of market participant computers are received. The trades are generated based at least on a financial market data point received by the plurality of market participant computers. Each trade is tagged with a delivery clock time stamp that tracks time in relation to financial market events that occur at a corresponding market participant computer. The trades are ordered based on the delivery clock time stamps and sent to a central exchange server computer. The central exchange server computer processes the trades.

Abstract: A wireless device validates a DCI. The validating may be based on second bit(s) in an RV field of the DCI. The validating may be based on comparing first bit(s) in a HARQ process number field of the DCI with a first sequence of bit(s) in response to the first bit(s) not indicating a configuration index and the DCI having a first format. The first sequence may be determined using a first configuration parameter. The validating may not be based on comparing the first bit(s) with the first sequence in response to the DCI having a second format. The wireless device may transmit a confirmation in response to the validation.

Abstract: A system and method for speed control as a function of battery capability in an electric aircraft is illustrated. The system comprises a battery pack coupled to the electric aircraft, a sensor coupled to the battery pack and configured to detect a battery pack output, and a computing device coupled to the sensor. The computing device is configured to receive the battery pack output from the sensor and adjust a maximum speed of the electric aircraft as a function of the battery pack output and a battery pack output threshold.

Abstract: A wireless device receives, from a network node of a first network via a packet data unit (PDU) session of a second network, a congestion notification of the first network. The wireless device sends, to the second network, the congestion notification of the first network.

Abstract: At least some aspects of this disclosure include one or more auxinic herbicides with relatively low volatility. Some of these compounds may be especially useful when used in the process of growing commercially important plants. Methods for using these actives to control the growth and spread of unwanted plants and/or to hasten the growth of desirable plants are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A valve system for controlling a flow of material includes a pipeline including an upstream portion a downstream portion. The system includes a variable flow restrictor configured for providing a restrictive orifice within the pipeline and creating a pressure differential in the flow of material high-pressure material in the upstream portion and low-pressure material in the downstream portion. The system includes a low-pressure tube connected to the downstream portion and a low-pressure chamber connected to the tube and receiving low-pressure material. The chamber includes a secondary flapper configured for selectively blocking the tube. The system includes a primary flapper disposed between the upstream portion and the low-pressure chamber and configured to be disposed in one of a first and second position. The flapper is held in the first position by the pressure differential. The flapper moves to the second position blocking the pipeline when a leak occurs.

Abstract: A computing system includes a logic subsystem and a storage subsystem holding instructions executable by the logic subsystem to implement a transformer-based text encoder. The transformer-based text encoder includes a plurality of transformer blocks previously-trained to apply encoding operations to computer-readable text representations of input text strings, the computer-readable text representations including computer-readable question representations of input text questions, and computer-readable passage representations of input text passages. The plurality of transformer blocks include a shared transformer block trained for both the computer-readable question representations and the computer-readable passage representations and a specialized transformer block including two or more input-specific subnetworks, and a routing function to select an input-specific subnetwork of the two or more input-specific subnetworks for each of the computer-readable text representations.

Abstract: A controllable lighting device may comprise a drive circuit characterized by one or more cycles and a control circuit configured to control the drive circuit to conduct a load current through a light source of the lighting device. The control circuit may be configured to determine one or more operating parameters of the lighting device during a present cycle of the drive circuit based on a feedback signal indicative of a peak magnitude of the load current conducted through the light source. The control circuit may be able to adjust an average magnitude of the load current conducted through the light source so as to adjust an intensity of the light source towards a target intensity based on the operating parameters.

Abstract: An electric air heater system including a first electric air heater module. The first electric air heater module including an outer casing having an inner surface, a first end, and a second end; a refractory insulation layer in tight communication with the outer casing; an inner cavity within the refractory insulation layer; and a plurality of tubes extending through the inner cavity from the first end to the second end, the plurality of tubes each having an exterior surface. Each tube is fixed relative to the outer casing at the first end, and each tube has an electrical connection disposed at the first end. The plurality of tubes is arranged into one or more bundles of tubes, where each bundle includes two or more tubes having a plurality of fins extending radially from the exterior surface, and a heating element axially through a hollow interior of the tube.

Abstract: A forest fire retardant composition contains water and a retardant compound that includes a halide salt, a non-halide salt, a metal oxide, a metal hydroxide, or combinations thereof. The halide salt may be magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, or both. The magnesium chloride hydrate has a formula MgCl2(H2O)x, wherein x is at least one of x=1, 2, 4, 6, 8, or 12. The calcium chloride hydrate has a formula CaCl2)(H2O)x, wherein x is at least one of 1, 2, 4, or 6. The composition may be in the form of a liquid concentrate or a final diluted product. The final diluted product is effective in suppressing, retarding, and controlling forest fires while exhibiting corrosion resistance and low toxicity.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer readable medium embodiments for machine learning systems to process interactive communications between at least two participants. Speech and text within the interactive communications are analyzed using machine learning models to infer insights located within the interactive communications. The inferred insights are converted to descriptive text or audio and tagged to the interactive communication as graphics or audio whispers reflecting the insights added to the interactive communication.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention comprises a system and method for control of a transaction state system utilizing a distributed ledger. First, the system and method includes an application plane layer adapted to receive instructions regarding operation of the transaction state system. Preferably, the application plane layer is coupled to the application plane layer interface. Second, a control plane layer is provided, the control plane layer including an adaptive control unit, such as a cognitive computing unit, artificial intelligence unit or machine-learning unit. Third, a data plane layer includes an input interface to receive data input from one or more data sources and to provide output coupled to a decentralized distributed ledger, the data plane layer is coupled to the control plane layer. Optionally, the system and method serve to implement a smart contract on a decentralized distributed ledger.

Abstract: Methods and systems cause display of email messages of a user on a screen of a computing system based on scores associated with the email messages. An email ranking system may have assigned the scores to the email messages. The scores are based on actions that other recipients of the email messages have taken with respect to the email messages. In calculating the scores, the actions of the other recipients may receive different weights based on how closely connected a recipient is to the user and a type of connection the recipient has to the user. A network graph may indicate how closely connected the recipient is to the user and the type of connection the recipient has to the user.

Abstract: An apparatus for venting battery ejecta for use in an electric aircraft is presented. The apparatus includes a battery module with a plurality of electrochemical cells. The electrochemical cells include a vent port connected to a venting path to an outlet used to vent battery ejecta in thermal runaway events. The apparatus is designed to prevent ejecta from passing beneath an electrochemical cell.

Abstract: An element for an aerosol-generating system, a cartridge for an aerosol-generating system, and an aerosol-generating system, wherein the element, the cartridge and the aerosol-generating system each include a storage portion for storing an aerosol-forming substrate and a manually operated disabling mechanism for rendering the element, the cartridge, or the aerosol-generating system irreversibly inoperable. The element, the cartridge, and the aerosol-generating system may include an aerosol generator and one or more air passages. The disabling mechanism may be configured to render at least one of the storage portion, the aerosol generator, and the one or more air passages irreversibly inoperable.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a telecommunication device including an enclosure configured to be mounted to a telecommunication rack. The device also includes a tray that mounts within the enclosure, the tray being slidably movable relative to the enclosure along a front-to-rear axis between a first position and a second position. The tray is fully within the enclosure when in the first position. A forward portion of the tray projects forwardly from the front end of the enclosure and a rearward portion of the tray is within the enclosure when the tray is in the second position. A spool mounts on the tray and is moveable with the tray as the tray is moved between the first and second positions. The spool being rotatable relative to the tray and the enclosure to allow cable to be paid out from the spool at least when the tray is in the second position.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to generating expressive avatars using multi-modal three-dimensional face modeling and tracking. One example includes a computer system comprising a processor coupled to a storage system that stores instructions. Upon execution by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to receive initialization data describing an initial state of a facial model. The instructions further cause the processor to receive a plurality of multi-modal data signals. The instructions further cause the processor to perform a fitting process using the initialization data and the plurality of multi-modal data signals. The instructions further cause the processor to determine a set of parameters based on the fitting process, wherein the determined set of parameters describes an updated state of the facial model.