Abstract: The present embodiments relate generally to data communications, and more particularly to systems including high-speed serializer-deserializer circuits having TCOILs. One or more embodiments are directed to a four-terminal TCOIL structure that consumes the same amount of area on a chip as a traditional three-terminal structure, while providing more bandwidth and less reflection and group delay variation.

Abstract: An active cooling system and method for using the active cooling system are described. The active cooling system includes a cooling element having a first side and a second side. The first side of the cooling element is distal to a heat-generating structure and in communication with a fluid. The second side of the cooling element is proximal to the heat-generating structure. The cooling element is configured to direct the fluid using a vibrational motion from the first side of the cooling element to the second side such that the fluid moves in a direction that is incident on a surface of the heat-generating structure at a substantially perpendicular angle and then is deflected to move along the surface of the heat-generating structure to extract heat from the heat-generating structure.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide various examples of a face-image training data preparation system for performing large-scale face-image training data acquisition, preprocessing, cleaning, balancing, and post-processing. The disclosed training data preparation system can collect a very large set of loosely-labeled images of different people from the public domain, and then generate a raw training dataset including a set of incorrectly-labeled face images. The disclosed training data preparation system can then perform cleaning and balancing operations on the raw training dataset to generate a high-quality face-image training dataset free of the incorrectly-labeled face images. The processed high-quality face-image training dataset can be subsequently used to train deep-neural-network-based face recognition systems to achieve high performance in various face recognition applications.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to drive a laser diode are disclosed comprising increasing a bias current to the laser diode to a threshold level, wherein the threshold level is below an actuation level of the laser diode and wherein a resistor is placed in parallel to the laser diode, charging a capacitance to a precharge capacitance of a circuit including the laser diode, wherein the precharge capacitance is below a capacitance actuation level of the laser diode; and actuating the laser diode.

Abstract: A method for generating a panoramic image is disclosed. The method comprises simultaneously capturing images from multiple camera sensors aligned horizontally along an arc and having an overlapping field of view; performing a cylindrical projection to project the captured images from the multiple camera sensors to a cylindrical images; and aligning overlapping regions of the cylindrical images corresponding to the overlapping field of view based on an absolute difference of luminance, wherein the cylindrical projection is performed by adjusting a radius for the cylindrical projection, wherein the radius is adjusted based on a scale factor and wherein the scale factor is calculated based on a rigid transform and wherein the scale factor is iteratively calculated for two sensors from the multiple camera sensors.

Abstract: An antenna structure includes a metal frame. The metal frame includes a first gap, a second gap, a third gap, and a fourth gap to separate a first antenna, a second antenna, a third antenna, and a fourth antenna from the metal frame. The metal frame includes a fifth antenna. The first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna, and the fourth antenna cooperatively form a first multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna to provide a 4×4 multiple-input multiple-output function in a second frequency band. The first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna, and the fifth antenna cooperatively form a second MIMO antenna to provide a 4×4 multiple-input multiple-output function in a third frequency band. The first antenna and the third antenna cooperatively form a third MIMO antenna to provide a 2×2 multiple-input multiple-output function in a first frequency band.

Abstract: Methods and systems for non-intrusively detecting existence of fissile materials by measuring energetic prompt neutrons. The unique nature of the prompt neutron energy spectrum from photo-fission arising from emission of neutrons from almost fully accelerated fragments is used to unambiguously identify fissile material. Angular distribution of prompt neutrons from photo-fission and energy distribution correlated to neutron angle relative to the photon beam are used to distinguish odd-even from even-even nuclei undergoing photo-fission. Independence of the neutron yield curve (yield as a function of electron beam energy or photon energy) on neutron energy is used to distinguish photo-fission from other processes such as (?, n). Different beam geometries detect localized samples of fissile material and fissile materials dispersed as small fragments or thin sheets over broad regions.

Abstract: A single piece expansion plug and method of using the same in connection with a tool is provided. The plug has an inner recess extending partially into a top of the plug, the inner recess defining a tapered inner wall. The plug is installed with a tool having a tapered end at a greater angle with respect to the taper inner wall. The tool presses against the tapered inner wall to expand the plug against a hole. The tool includes a pin that retracts against a spring to seat the plug in the hole to be sealed such that the pin contacts the plug prior to the tapered inner wall and tapered end coming into contact.

Abstract: Methods and systems for adaptively sanitizing data for endpoints are described herein. A system may contain one or more endpoints that receive requests for data and provide responses to the requests. A sanitizer may adaptively sanitize each request and response according to a sanitation level provided by a log analyzer. The sanitation level may be based on a risk level of attack at the endpoint as determined by the log analyzer. The log analyzer may analyze logs containing all operations performed at the endpoint to determine a sanitation level. Thus, the amount of sanitation performed by the sanitizer can be tailored to the needs of any given endpoint.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for security event detection through virtual machine introspection. Example methods involve monitoring usage of a plurality of resources by a first virtual machine executing on a computing device by a monitoring agent, the monitoring agent executing on the computing device separate from the first virtual machine. Example methods further involve detecting a potential security event by comparing the usage of the plurality of resources to resource usage patterns. Example methods further involve assigning a severity level to the detected potential security event, and initiating a security action defined for the assigned severity level.

Abstract: In some aspects, a method for mediation of a screenshot capture by a client application based on policy includes identifying, by a client application on a client device, a policy for mediating one or more screenshots of content displayed via the client application. An embedded browser within the client application accesses a network application of one or more servers. The method further includes intercepting, by the client application, a request to capture a screenshot of at least a portion of the network application being displayed, determining, by the client application, one or more mediation actions to perform on the screenshot responsive to the policy, performing, by the client application, the one or more mediation actions on the screenshot, and providing, by the client responsive to the request, the screenshot resulting from the one or more mediation actions.

Abstract: A medical waste fluid collection cart may include a container assembly and a suction tube having a lumen extending through the suction tube. The suction tube may communicate with the container to deposit waste fluid from a surgical site in the container. The container assembly may include a container, a base forming a bottom of the container, and a lid assembly. The base may include an interior surface defining a draining opening. The interior surface may extend along a ramped path toward the drain opening. The lid assembly may include a lid ring and a lid capable of engaging each other with a twist lock mechanism. The lid ring may engage the container and the lid may cover at least part of a central opening to the container. The container may have a window and a tinting assembly. The container assembly may have a vacuum level detection system.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using point-in-time architecture (PTA) databases. An exemplary method includes: organizing first data, received from a first data source, in a first PTA database; organizing second data, received from a second data source, in the first PTA database or a second PTA database; receiving a first instruction to process the first data and the second data using a first statistical operation; receiving a first instruction to process the first data and the second data using a first statistical operation; executing the first statistical operation for the first data and the second data; receiving a second instruction to process the first data and the second data using a second statistical operation; receiving a second instruction to process the first data and the second data using a second statistical operation; and executing the second statistical operation for the first data and the second data.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media storing instructions are described for receiving an Enterprise Quality Management (EQM) communication from a first computer system on the computer network, the EQM communication being transmitted in a first data format and being configured to pass EQM data between the first computer system and a second computer system on the computer network, determining whether the EQM communication is in a data format interpretable by the second computer system, transforming the EQM communication into a second data format interpretable by the second computer system based at least in part on a determination that the EQM communication is not in a data format interpretable by the second computer system, and transmitting the transformed EQM communication to the second computer system.

Abstract: The present specification discloses a covert mobile inspection vehicle with a backscatter X-ray scanning system that has an X-ray source and detectors for obtaining a radiographic image of an object outside the vehicle. The systems preferably include at least one sensor for determining a distance from at least one of the detectors to points on the surface of the object being scanned, a processor for processing the obtained radiographic image by using the determined distance of the object to obtain an atomic number of each material contained in the object, and one or more sensors to obtain surveillance data from a predefined area surrounding the vehicle.

Abstract: An antenna structure includes a housing, a first feed source, a ground portion, a radiator, and a second feed source. The housing includes a front frame, a backboard, and a side frame. The side frame defines a slot. The front frame defines a first gap, a second gap, and a groove. A radiating portion and a coupling portion are divided from the housing by the slot, the first gap, the second gap, and the groove. The first feed source is electrically connected to the radiating portion. One end of the ground portion is electrically connected to the radiating portion and another end of the ground portion is grounded. The radiator is coupled with and apart from the coupling portion. The second feed source is electrically connected to the radiator and a current from the second feed source is coupled to the coupling portion through the radiator.

Abstract: A portable electronic device with large display screen-to-body includes a housing, a first display, a circuit board, and an optical module. The first display is a transparent display. The optical module is electrically connected to the circuit board and positioned below the first display. The first display, the optical module, and the circuit board are received in the housing, the optical module is configured to receive external light passing through the first display even as the first display is displaying images. Operating methods for the portable electronic device in various modes are also provided.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a stairway system may include a staircase having a plurality of steps and including a plurality of actuators. Each step may be coupled to one or more actuators and may be configured to move vertically in coordination with one or more other steps to provide a virtual platform to carry a user from a first elevation to a second elevation as the user moves. A control system may cause the virtual platform to move continuously along the staircase by progressively adjusting a sequential set of steps to a common elevation, such that a user can walk forward across a level platform formed from two or more steps while the virtual platform changes elevation carrying the user.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing sheet or web material from a roll employs an at least partially hollow cutting tube that rotates against a cull roll. The cutting tube has a slot along some of the length of the tube and carries a blade that is extendable from the slot. As the slot positions against the cull roll, the blade is extended and translated along the length of the slot to cut the material away from the roll.

Abstract: The methods described herein allow for the classification of patients into groups for receiving optimized radiation treatment based on patient specific biomarker signature. The biomarker signature includes markers that have been shown to correlate with TGF-B expression and to be associated with tumor aggressiveness, radioresistance and poor prognosis. The markers play a key role in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition. The methods described herein provide the dual benefits of anti-tumor efficacy plus normal tissue protection when combining TGF-B inhibitors with ionizing radiation to treat cancer patients.