Abstract: Solutions for optimizing job runtimes via prediction-based token allocation includes receiving training data comprising historical run data, the historical run data comprising job characteristics, runtime results, and a token count for each of a plurality of prior jobs, and the job characteristics comprising an intermediate representation and job graph data; based at least on the training data, training a token estimator, the token estimator comprising a machine learning (ML) model; receiving job characteristics for a user-submitted job; based at least on the received job characteristics, generating, with the token estimator, token prediction data for the user-submitted job; selecting a token count for the user-submitted job, based at least on the token prediction data; identifying the selected token count to an execution environment; and executing, with the execution environment, the user-submitted job in accordance with the selected token count.

Abstract: A high flow capacity flexible earth drainage system and method for relieving and conveying pore water is disclosed. In some embodiments, the presently disclosed high flow capacity flexible earth drainage system and method provide an arrangement of high flow capacity flexible earth drains, wherein each flexible earth drain may include one or more flexible ridged panels, one or more single-sided flexible ridged panels, one or more two-sided flexible ridged panels, and/or one or more flexible zigzag panels arranged longitudinal within a geotextile filter fabric sleeve. Further, a method is provided of installing the high flow capacity flexible earth drains to form the presently disclosed high flow capacity flexible earth drainage system for relieving and conveying pore water.

Abstract: A particular computing device providing service to a user device may become unavailable. If a computing device becomes unavailable, a backup computing device may be requested to provide services to user devices on a temporary basis to allow call completion. Messages to the backup computing device instance may indicate the basis for service issues and prompt further action by the computing device, such as registration with an alternative computing device or re-registration with a computing device that was determined to be unavailable.

Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a housing. The housing can circumscribe a turbine coupled that is coupled to a gear train in a gear box via a drive shaft. The gear train can couple to an output shaft via at least a carrier. The air turbine starter can include at least a first bearing assembly and a second bearing assembly to rotatably support the drive shaft and the output shaft.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, materials and devices for approximation of blood volume in a fluid, such as in a biological fluid collected during a surgical procedure. The method and devices include the use of a RBC flocculant, such as polyDADMAC, and an approximate blood hematocrit for the type of animal, as well as a calculated RBC packing ratio corresponding to the collection device being used. Also provided is a Blood Indicator Panel (BIP), comprising a series of markings calculated from an observed red blood settlement volume, the average animal type hematocrit, and a calculated RBC packing ratio “?” value for the collection device. Pediatric (about 200 ml or 250 ml size container), adult human (about 1,000 ml-1,500 ml) and veterinary (about 500 ml-2,500 ml) collection containers are also disclosed, that include a RBC flocculant, for use in approximating blood volume in a fluid.

Abstract: This document relates to using secure MPC to select digital components in ways that preserve user privacy and protects the security of data of each party that is involved in the selection process. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, by a first computing system of a secure MPC system and from a client device, a digital component request and a nonce. The first computing system generates, based on the nonce and a function, an array including a share of a Bloom filter representing user group identifiers for user groups that include a user of the client device as a member. For each of multiple user group identifiers, the first computing system calculates, in collaboration with one or more second computing systems of the secure MPC system and using the array, a respective first secret share of one or more user group membership condition parameters.

Abstract: A technology to identify processing paths of untrusted input data received by applications that are vulnerable to attacks and to further detect and prevent actual attacks that try to exploit those vulnerabilities is disclosed. Application code is augmented at run-time with sensor code which detects the entry of input-data into the application and further traces the propagation, manipulation and, sanitization of this input-data until its usage in a data sink. The so generated data-flow traces reveal data-flow paths that lack required sanitization measures to neutralize potentially harmful input-data. Such data-flow paths are reported as vulnerabilities. Further, input-data that reaches data-sink interfaces is scanned by data-sink sensors to identify harmful input data. On identification of harmful input data, an attack is reported, and countermeasures are applied to prevent the identified attack.

Abstract: The disclosure includes systems, assemblies, sub-assemblies and methods for removably and securely attaching a hydrofoil to a board used in water sports. At least some of the systems include toolless removable attachment. In various embodiments, the attachment a hydrofoil adaptor mechanically attached to a trench frame by one or more toolless locking assemblies.

Abstract: Embodiments include originating and terminating a short message service (SMS) message using an IP network. Delivery of an SMS message is attempted on a first network a first predetermined number of times according to a first predetermined time schedule. Delivery of the SMS message on a second network is attempted after a failure to deliver the SMS message on the first network. Reattempted delivery of the SMS message on the first network is followed by reattempted delivery of the SMS message on the second network, according to a second predetermined time schedule. Embodiments also include monitoring registration of a recipient of the SMS message, receiving a new registration, and attempting delivery of the SMS message on the network associated with the new registration.

Abstract: A method of forming a variable refractive index thin film includes forming a coating including a tin (II) halide precursor and a liquid solvent, where the composition and/or concentration of the liquid solvent may vary spatially over one or more lateral dimension(s) of the coating. Annealing at elevated temperature may induce densification of the coating and the formation of a thin film having a variable refractive index. Local variability in the refractive index may be correlated to the location oxidation state of tin within the thin film, which may be related to the conformation of the liquid solvent.

Abstract: A wedge to be used with a lockdown ring is disclosed. The lockdown ring is to be used with a wellhead. The wedge is enabled to engage a separation in the lockdown ring. The wedge includes a stopping feature to enable the wedge to be in one of a plurality of positions within the separation in the lockdown ring.

Abstract: The invention provides a transgenic corn event MON95275, plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts (including pollen, seed, and cells, and tissues corresponding to tassel, root, stalk, stem, leaf, cobb, and the like), progeny plants, commodity products comprising detectable amounts of corn event MON95275 DNA. The invention also provides polynucleotides specific for corn event MON95275 and methods for using and detecting corn event MON95275 DNA as well as plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts, progeny plants, and commodity products comprising corn event MON95275. The invention also provides methods related to making and using corn event MON95275.

Abstract: A switchable polarizer includes a transparent layer and switchable material layer. The switchable material layer includes strips of a switchable material that are arranged to polarize incident light propagating through the transparent layer when the switchable material is heated to a threshold switching temperature. The incident light propagating through the transparent layer is unpolarized by the strips of the switchable material when the switchable material is below the threshold switching temperature.

Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to email threading based on machine learning determined categories and features. A network system accesses a plurality of emails addressed to a user. The network system then classifies, using a machine learning model, each email into at least one of a plurality of categories. For a category of the plurality of categories, one or more feature values are extracted from each email in the category. Based on the category and the extracted feature values, the network system groups messages having a same feature value in the same category together into a single email thread. Information related to the single email thread is then presented at a client device of the user.

Abstract: A method for enhanced transducer fault detection including receiving data characterizing an electrical signal generated by a transducer, and determining that the received data is outside of a predetermined operational range of the transducer. The method can also include determining a period of time that the received data remains outside of the operational range, and comparing the period of time to a predetermined fault time delay. The method can also include determining that the period of time that the data remains outside of the operational range is greater than or equal to the predetermined fault time delay, and determining that the data is invalid, responsive to determining that the period of time is greater than or equal to the predetermined fault time delay. The method can also include determining a fault case from a plurality of fault cases based on the invalid received data, and providing the determined fault case.

Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product or medicinal nicotine product including nicotine and acyl nornicotine. Preferably, the acyl nornicotine is selected from the group consisting of N-Pentanoylnornicotine, N-Hexanoylnornicotine, N-Heptanolynornicotine, N-Octanoylnornicotine, N-Nonanoylnornicotine, N-Decanoylnornicotine, N-Undecanoylnornicotine, and N-Dedecanoylnornicotine. Also disclosed are methods of making such products.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for automated autonomous vehicle pose validation. An embodiment operates by generating a range image from a point cloud solution comprising a pose estimate for an autonomous vehicle. The embodiment queries the range image for predicted ranges and predicted class labels corresponding to lidar beams projected into the range image. The embodiment generates a vector of features from the range image. The embodiment compares a plurality of values to the vector of features using a binary classifier. The embodiment validates the autonomous vehicle pose based on the comparison of the plurality of values to the vector of features using the binary classifier.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of reducing latency of changing an operating state of a processor from a low-power state to a normal-power state. For example, providing a notification from a hardware system to the processor or receiving the notification at the processor, indicating that a transaction layer packet will be provided to the processor at a future time, may trigger the processor to change the operating state from the low-power state to the normal-power state. In another example, receipt of a transaction layer packet at the processor from a hardware system may trigger the processor to change the operating state from the low-power state to the normal-power state.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for configuring a physical network card or physical network controller (pNIC) to provide flow processing offload (FPO) for a host computer connected to the pNIC. The host computers host a set of compute nodes in a virtual network. The set of compute nodes are each associated with a set of interfaces that are each assigned a locally-unique virtual port identifier (VPID) by a flow processing and action generator. The pNIC includes a set of interfaces that are assigned physical port identifiers (PPIDs) by the pNIC. The method includes providing the pNIC with a set of mappings between VPIDs and PPIDs. The method also includes sending updates to the mappings as compute nodes migrate, connect to different interfaces of the pNIC, are assigned different VPIDs, etc.