Abstract: A provider network may implement network entity registry for network entity handles included in network traffic policies enforced for a provider network. Network entity entries may be maintained in a network entity registry that specify network address information for network entity handles included in network traffic control policies. Network traffic control policies may be enforced by a network traffic controller. When an update to an network entity entry is received, the network entity entry may be updated and network address information specified in the network entity entry may be provided to a subset of network traffic controls implemented in a provider network for those network traffic controls enforcing network traffic policies including the network entity handle for the updated network entity entry. Network entity entries may, in some embodiments, not be updated by a network entity entry owner.

Abstract: A method and system for providing an enterprise grade runtime on communication devices, for priority based application management. The system provides priority based resource access for applications that are registered as enterprise applications. The system further performs a priority based resource utilization wherein selected resources are monitored and managed to ensure optimum resource utilization. The system also ensures that selected enterprise applications are always ON.

Abstract: A network analysis module may obtain information including but not limited to network traffic and topology information for a network environment including multiple separate networks and physical connections between the networks. The module generates a network topology model including but not limited to extreme-case failure or break information according to the network topology information, and applies the historical network traffic information to the network topology model to predict future expected normal traffic load and extreme-case traffic load for each route over the physical connections between the networks. Output may include one or more reports for each route, each report indicating the historical and predicted traffic levels for both normal and extreme-case scenarios of a respective route.

Abstract: A low-offset bandgap circuit including a core bandgap circuit and an offset-cancelling circuit is provided. The low-offset bandgap circuit provides a reference voltage at an output node. The core bandgap circuit includes a core operational amplifier to generate a core current. The offset-cancelling circuit is coupled to two input terminals of the core operational amplifier. The offset-cancelling circuit is configured to generate a compensation current according to the voltages at the two input terminals of the core operational amplifier so as to compensate for an offset voltage of the core operational amplifier. The reference voltage is generated according to the core current and the compensation current.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mechanical draft cooling tower that employs air cooled condenser modules. The aforementioned cooling tower operates by mechanical draft and achieves the exchange of heat between two fluids such as atmospheric air, ordinarily, and another fluid which is usually steam. The aforementioned cooling tower utilizes a modular air cooled condenser concept wherein the air cooled condensers utilize heat exchange deltas that use tube bundles that are manufactured and assembled prior to being shipped to the tower site.

Abstract: There is provided a process for producing H2S comprising: a) continuously providing an electron donor at a variable rate to a biosolution comprising sulphur-reducing bacteria; b) reacting elemental sulphur with HS? to from soluble polysulphide; c) providing said polysulphide to a bioreactor having the biosolution, thereby producing H2S gas in the bioreactor; and d) continuously removing H2S gas from the bioreactor, wherein an average rate of providing polysulphide to sulphur-reducing bacteria is equal to an average rate of polysulphide consumption by the sulphur-reducing bacteria.

Abstract: Pressure-balanced fluid pressure regulators are described. An example fluid regulator includes a fluid flow control member disposed within a fluid flow passageway of a valve body and moves relative to a seat ring to modulate fluid flow through the fluid flow passageway. A valve stem couples the fluid flow control member to an actuator. The valve stem has a pathway to allow fluid from an inlet of the fluid flow passageway to flow across the flow control member between a first side of the flow control member and a second side of the flow control member opposite the first side to pressure-balance the fluid flow control member.

Abstract: A slam-shut safety device having a disc arrestor includes a valve body, a valve seat between an inlet and an outlet, and a reset pin shiftable between untripped and tripped positions. A valve disc support includes has a threaded stem and is operatively coupled to the reset pin. A valve disc fits on the stem of the support and shifts in response to movement of the valve disc support between an open position and a closed second position in which the valve disc is seated against the valve seat. A threaded nut is securable to the threaded portion of the stem of the valve disc support, and an arrestor spring is positioned on the stem of the valve disc support and is secured by the threaded nut. The arrestor spring is arranged to apply a biasing force to valve disc.

Abstract: Approaches enable a component such as a camera of a computing device to be collocated, or otherwise placed in proximity under the same cover sheet of material with an light source. A cover sheet can include a transmissive barrier positioned therein. The transmissive barrier can include at least one of a light scattering or light blocking feature. A light source and camera sensor can be positioned on a same side of the cover sheet and the transmissive barrier can be positioned between the light source and the camera such that light reflected from the light source by a portion of the cover sheet towards the camera is at least scattered, refracted, diffracted, blocked, or otherwise reduced using a determined pattern, layer, or other such feature in order to reduce an amount of light of the light source that is reflected from a surface or feature of the cover sheet and is detected by the camera.

Abstract: T-sensor devices that include a main conduit that defines a diffusion space, at least a first and second supply conduit for conveying fluids into the main conduit, and at least one sensor having a sensing zone that extends into the diffusion space in a fixed location relative to the main conduit. The first and second supply conduits are separated by divider from which a diffusion interface extends into the diffusion space. In order to capture sensing information without employing moving the physical location of sensors or employing more sensors, devices according to the invention alter a location of a diffusion interface extending into the diffusion space from a diffusion start point on the divider relative to the sensing zone of the at least one sensor, without altering the fixed location of the sensor relative to the main conduit. Methods of sensing properties of fluids and analytes are also disclosed.

Abstract: An information processing system includes an information processing device, an image forming device, an authentication server performing authentication of a user and a relay server receiving an authentication request from the image forming device and establishing data communication with the authentication server. The information processing device attaches authentication information set in advance in a printer driver to the print job and sends to the image forming device, while sending user information indicating that the user is successfully authenticated in the authentication server to the relay server.

Abstract: Methods of monitoring operation of a refrigerant-cycle system are disclosed. The methods include: measuring a first pressure of refrigerant input to a compressor of the refrigerant-cycle system using a first pressure sensor; measuring a first temperature of the refrigerant input to the compressor using a first temperature sensor; measuring a second pressure of refrigerant output by the compressor and input to a condenser of the refrigerant-cycle system using a second pressure sensor; measuring a second temperature of refrigerant output by the condenser using a second temperature sensor; measuring a third pressure of refrigerant output by the condenser using a third pressure sensor; and measuring current to the compressor using an electrical sensor. The methods further include identifying conditions of the refrigerant-cycle system based on the first temperature, the first pressure, the second temperature, the second pressure, the third pressure, and the current.

Abstract: A set of transcoding techniques are described for encoding media content on the fly based on device requesting the content. A copy of media content (video or audio file) is stored at a content delivery network (CDN) point-of-presence (POP) server or some other network edge server device. When a device requests the content, the CDN POP server determines the type of device based on the information contained in the request and transcodes the content on-the-fly into the correct encoding for that particular type of device when providing the content to the device. For example, if the requesting device is recognized to be a mobile phone having a particular operating system, the edge server can transcode the media content into the format suitable to display at the mobile phone using that particular operating system. The transcoding can be performed dynamically at the time of transmitting the content to the device.

Abstract: A computing device can utilize one or more sensors to capture data associated with a current environment, state, condition, property, etc. of the device. Based at least in part on the captured data, the current environment, state, condition, property, etc. of the computing device can be determined or identified. Based on the determined/identified current environment, state, condition, property, etc., the computing device can configure the notification intensity level for the device. The device can determine a suitable notification intensity level and set that notification intensity level for the device. An incoming communication received at the computing device while the device is still associated with the determined/identified current environment, state, condition, property, etc. can cause a notification to be outputted at the set notification intensity level.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for wafer level packaging and a package structure thereof. The method includes several steps. A through hole is formed in the interposer with a thickness that is less than the length of a first conducting pillar. The first conducting pillar is disposed inside the through hole. A redistribution layer is disposed and electrically connected with the first conducting pillar. A solder ball is disposed on the redistribution layer so as to form a wafer level packaging structure.

Abstract: A chromatography sensor device is provided that includes a first loading chamber into which a sample fluid can be inserted, a second loading chamber into which a buffer fluid can be inserted, a diffusion column adapted to communicate with the first loading chamber and the second loading chamber and having walls lined with a chromatography stationary phase, a first high finesse optical cavity communicating with the diffusion column at a first distance from the gate, a second high finesse optical cavity communicating with the diffusion column at a second distance from the gate; and one or more lasers for generating laser frequencies for exciting the first and second high finesse optical cavities, whereby the sample fluid may diffuse into the diffusion column containing the buffer fluid and the one or more lasers and associated detectors may be used to detect a molecule of interest in the sample fluid.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a voltage conversion apparatus having a first loop circuit and a second loop circuit which share an inductance component, in which a current passes through the first and second loop circuits alternately in accordance with ON/OFF operation of a first switching element provided in the first loop circuit, characterized in that a direction of a magnetic field through the first loop circuit generated at the ON operation of the first switching element in the first loop circuit is the same as a direction of a magnetic field through the second loop circuit generated at the OFF operation of the first switching element in the first loop circuit subsequent to the ON operation.

Abstract: A stylus can be used with a computing device and send an identifier to the computing device. The computing device can send the identifier of the stylus to a server and the server can provide the user's profile information to the computing device. The user can interact with the computing device using the stylus and any changes made to the profile can be sent back to and stored by the server. When the user uses the stylus with a second computing device the updated profile information can be sent to the second computing device.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to an apparatus and method for medical imaging comprising rotating two X-ray source-detector pairs around an axis of rotation simultaneously to quickly acquire image data and form a computed tomography (CT) dataset. The sources can be configured to emit radiation from a plurality of discrete locations. The CT dataset can be utilized as a prior to reconstruct a three-dimensional image from subsequent bi-planar imaging with these source-detector pairs.