Abstract: A surface mounted electric strike for selectively retaining a door latch of a door is provided. The electric strike comprises a housing mounted to a surface of the door frame, wherein the housing defines a cavity configured for receiving the door latch. A keeper is mounted within the housing and movable between a latched position and an unlatched position. The keeper includes a keeper body portion and an extended lobe portion having a terminal end. An actuating assembly is configured for moving between a first mode and a second mode, wherein when the actuating assembly is in the first mode the keeper is prevented from moving toward the unlatched position, and wherein when the actuating assembly is in the second mode the keeper is permitted to move toward the unlatched position.

Abstract: A data processing system comprises a pool of reconfigurable data flow resources and a runtime processor. The pool of reconfigurable data flow resources includes arrays of physical configurable units and memory. The runtime processor includes logic to receive a plurality of configuration files for user applications. The configuration files include configurations of virtual data flow resources required to execute the user applications. The runtime processor also includes logic to allocate physical configurable units and memory in the pool of reconfigurable data flow resources to the virtual data flow resources and load the configuration files to the allocated physical configurable units. The runtime processor further includes logic to execute the user applications using the allocated physical configurable units and memory.

Abstract: Fault resolution for light fixtures is provided. A system can receive, from a client device via a network, an identifier of a light fixture detected by the client device. The system can receive, from the client device, an indication of performance of the light fixture. The system can determine, based on the identifier and the indication of performance, a status of a warranty for the light fixture. The system can generate, based on the status of the warranty, an action to improve performance of the light fixture.

Abstract: Buffer assignment in a contiguous area in a coarse-grained reconfigurable (CGR) array is optimized by temporarily assigning a first buffer portion and a second buffer portion to first and second physical memory units, routing connections in the contiguous area, and calculating a first cost. A list of candidates for a third physical memory unit is created, and a best cost and a best candidate are initialized. For each candidate, the first and second buffer are reassigned to the candidate, connections for data and dataflow control information in the contiguous area are routed, and a second cost is calculated. If the second cost is better than the best cost, the best cost and the best candidate are updated.

Abstract: A privilege management method includes receiving, from a first user via a privileges plugin, a request to recommend a candidate to perform a task on behalf of the first user; calculating, responsive to the request to recommend the candidate, a recommendation score for each of a plurality of second users based on a position level score, a capability level score, a task similarity score, and a familiarity score; and sending a list of recommended candidates to the first user via the privileges plugin, where the list of recommended candidates includes at least one of the second users for which the recommendation score is greater than a threshold score.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for glycosylation and preparation of compounds. The compounds include galactosylated, sialylated, fucosylated, and N-acetylglucosaminylated compounds from simple animal-derived, plant-derived, or microbe-derived oligosaccharides and sugars. In certain embodiments, the invention provides trinucleotide-free enzymatic production of oligosaccharides starting from simple sugars that include plant-based sugars. The invention also provides the enzymatic production of fucosylated oligosaccharides and fucosylated antibody-glycan conjugates from common sugars. The production may be a cell-free, one-pot synthesis using enzymes, and in some embodiments, immobilized enzymes. The synthesis is a highly customizable and highly efficient cell-free manufacturing process. In some embodiments, lactose derivatives and human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are produced.

Abstract: An aircraft light unit is disclosed herein. The aircraft light unit includes a housing having a first side and an opposing second side, a light coupled to the first side of the housing, a circuit board assembly coupled to second side of the housing, a thermoelectric cooler coupled to the circuit board assembly and configured to dissipated heat from the circuit board assembly, and a heat sink disposed over the thermoelectric cooler and configured to dissipate heat from the thermoelectric cooler.

Abstract: A modular surface mounted electric strike system is provided. The system comprises a universal base plate having first and second sides, each having first and second mounting points. Each electric strike module includes a header, a keeper assembly, and an actuator assembly configured for moving between a keeper blocking mode and a second mode. When the first and second latches are separated a first distance, the first and second electric strike modules are attached to the first mounting locations on the respective first and second sides of the base plate. When the first and second latches are separated a second distance, the first electric strike module is attached to the second mounting location on either the first or second sides of the base plate, and the second electric strike module is attached to the second mounting location on the other of the first or second side of the base plate.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a vertical fin-based field effect transistor (FET) includes providing a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface, the semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type, epitaxially growing a first semiconductor layer on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, the first semiconductor layer having the first conductivity type and including a drift layer and a graded doping layer on the drift layer, and epitaxially growing a second semiconductor layer having the first conductivity type on the graded doping layer. The method also includes forming a metal compound layer on the second semiconductor layer, forming a patterned hard mask layer on the metal compound layer, and etching the metal compound layer and the second semiconductor layer using the patterned hard mask layer as a mask exposing a surface of the graded doping layer to form a plurality of fins surrounded by a trench.

Abstract: Combining through self-modulation a flow of active media from a working vessel of a bioprocess together with a flow of reference media and making a time- and/or spatially-resolved referenced optical measurement of the active vs reference media in a confined flow region and time, such that the two liquids are measured in substantially identical conditions.

Abstract: A holistic approach protects serverless applications in various cloud and/or non-cloud data center computing environments. An illustrative data storage management system deploys, or causes to be deployed, a discovery tracker function in a customer's cloud service account. The discovery tracker identifies and tracks what applications are executing therein, whether they are already known to the illustrative system or not. This aspect ensures that the system is up-to-date with a customer's cloud deployments, so that it may timely back up active applications, and conversely, so that it may dispose properly of copies of applications that are no longer deployed. The discovery tracker discovers application assets, relationships, and interoperability dependencies. The illustrative system creates a corresponding “application entity” that references the various assets. An orchestration function coordinates storage management operations to generate a set of copies of the application's discovered assets.

Abstract: An actuator controlled electric strike for operating in conjunction with a latch of a lockset. The strike comprises a keeper support bracket movable between first and second positions. When the bracket is in the first position a keeper is held in either a locked or unlocked position, and when the bracket is in the second position the keeper is movable to the other position. An actuating mechanism is operatively connected to the bracket and is configured to allow the bracket to move between the first and second positions. First and second biasing mechanisms apply a net force to the bracket. The first biasing mechanism applies a first force to the bracket in the first direction, and the second biasing mechanism applies a second force to the bracket in the second direction. When the bracket is in the first position, the net force of the biasing member is approximately zero.

Abstract: A vending machine cooling system incorporating R290 or other flammable refrigerant where there is no risk of the flammable refrigerant leaking inside the vending machine and possibly being ignited, through use of an unjointed dual walled refrigerant transport structure within the evaporator assembly positioned within the interior of the vending machine.

Abstract: This invention is directed to an expandable stent for implantation in a body lumen, such as an artery, and a method for making it from a single length of tubing. The stent consists of a plurality of radially expandable cylindrical elements generally aligned on a common axis and interconnected by one or more links. A Y-shaped member is comprised of a U-shaped member and a link having a curved portion and a straight portion to improve the flexibility and thereby improve the fatigue performance of the Y-link junction.

Abstract: Provided herein are modified Archaeal family B polymerases derived from the Archaeal microorganism Pyrococcus abyssi that exhibit improved incorporation of nucleotide analogues utilized in DNA sequencing.

Abstract: A pathogen disinfection apparatus includes an ultraviolet (UV) light source configured to emit UV light toward a target location to at least partially inactivate pathogens exposed to the emitted UV light in the path of the emitted light and a surface of the target location. The UV light has a mean peak wavelength between 200-280 nanometers. Further, the pathogen disinfection apparatus includes a distance sensor configured to determine a distance between the UV light source and the target location. Moreover, the pathogen disinfection apparatus includes dosimetry circuitry configured to monitor a dose of the UV light at the target location in real-time based at least in part on an intensity of the UV light and the distance between the UV light source and the target location.

Abstract: A network security system implements connectivity policies of a network environment. The network security system may use a network topology mapping to implement connectivity policies, where the network topology mapping includes sets of security zones, security devices, and zone paths between the security zones via the one or more security devices. The network security system can generate a universal representation of a connectivity policy for the network environment using a universal syntax. Using the network topology mapping, the network security system can identify zone paths between the security zones for implementing the connectivity policy. The network security system can configure security devices along the zone paths in accordance with the connectivity policies. Configuring security devices may include converting some or all of the universal representation of the connectivity policy into a device-specific representation in a native syntax of the security device.

Abstract: A data storage system according to certain aspects can share a single snapshot for multiple applications and/or agents. For example, the data storage system can receive snapshot commands from multiple applications and/or agents, and can group them for a single snapshot (e.g., based on time of receipt of the snapshot commands). Data associated with the multiple applications and/or agents may reside on a single LUN or volume. The data storage system can take a single snapshot of the LUN or volume, and generate metadata regarding which portion of the snapshot is related to which application. The single snapshot can be stored in one or more secondary storage devices. The single snapshot may be partitioned into portions relating to different applications and stored separately.

Abstract: A biopsy needle device is disclosed. The biopsy needle device may be configured to be advanced to a predetermined tissue sample, collect and sever the tissue sample utilizing an actuator comprising a linear displacement mechanism, and extract the tissue sample from a body tissue of a patient.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method and an apparatus for determining a corrected position of a vehicle based on a stable landmark. The method includes determining a last known position vector of the vehicle; capturing an image within a vicinity of a vehicle using an imaging device; identifying a stable landmark within the captured image based on a previously constructed reference map of the vicinity of the vehicle; determining a correction for a position of the vehicle based on the determined last known position vector of the vehicle and the identified stable landmark; and determining an updated position of the vehicle based on the determined correction.