Abstract: A filter medium for fluid filtration, said filter medium having two layers, including at least one coarse filter layer and a fine filter layer which is arranged downstream of the coarse filter layer in the through-flow direction. The coarse filter layer and the fine filter layer are connected to one another without the use of chemical binding agents. The coarse filter layer and the fine filter layer are each a polymer non-woven of thermoplastic polymer fibres. The fibre fineness of the thermoplastic polymer fibres in the fine filter layer is greater than the fibre fineness of the thermoplastic polymer fibres in the coarse filter layer. The thermoplastic fibres of the coarse filter layer as well as the thermoplastic layers of the fine filter layer are melt-blown fibres.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an electronic display configured to be positioned in a first location and one or more processors electronically coupled to the electronic display. The processors receive a video from a server. The video depicts a view of a second location and includes an image of a rectangular casing, a frame, and one or more muntins. The image is composited with the video by the server to provide an illusion of a window in the second location to a user viewing the video. The rectangular casing surrounds the window. The processors synchronize a time-of-view at the second location in the video with a time-of-day at the first location and synchronize a second length-of-day at the second location in the video with a first length-of-day at the first location. The processors transmit the video to the electronic display for viewing by the user.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive information indicating a timer value of a timer associated with discarding a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) service data unit (SDU). The UE may determine that a timer modification condition is satisfied. The UE may modify the timer value based at least in part on the determination that the timer modification condition is satisfied. The UE may transmit a communication using the modified timer value. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A method for determining a customized medication for weight-loss including a variable composition. The variable composition includes one or more additive ingredients selected from a plurality of additive ingredients. The method includes the steps of displaying a plurality of questions to a user, receiving user responses from the user corresponding to each question in the plurality of questions, analyzing the user responses, disqualifying any of the additive ingredients in the plurality of additive ingredients based on the user responses, and creating a customized medication for the user once a user response has been received for each of the questions in the plurality of questions. The customized medication includes any of the additive ingredients in the variable composition which have not been disqualified.

Abstract: A method and system for modifying images captured by mobile robots. The method includes capturing at least one image via at least one visual sensor of a mobile robot; converting the at least one image into image data; storing image data; detecting at least one identifier present in the image data; applying an obfuscation to the at least one detected identifier in the image data to gain obfuscated image data; and providing the obfuscated image data to at least one authorized agent. The system includes at least one capturing component wherein the capturing component is configured to capture at least one image at any positioning of the mobile robots; a converting component wherein the converting component is configured to convert at least one image into image data; a storing component for storing the image data; a processing component.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes obtaining a usecase specification and a usecase runtime specification corresponding to the usecase. The usecase includes a plurality of applications each being associated with a micro-service providing a corresponding functionality within the usecase for performing a task. The method further includes determining that at least one instance of the at least one of the plurality of applications can be reused during execution of the usecase based on the usecase specification and the usecase runtime specification, and reusing the at least one instance during execution of the usecase.

Abstract: Techniques pertaining to vehicle occupancy indication and utilization thereof are described. A method may involve determining occupancy information regarding a number of occupants in a vehicle. The method may also involve indicating the occupancy information in either or both of a human-perceivable way and a machine-perceivable way.

Abstract: Systems and methods for utilizing compliance drivers to conserve system resources are provided. Data that corresponds to a pre-determined historical period may be used. A method may extract issue information, regulations data, operations loss data, drivers data, pending activities data and/or pending examinations data. The method may perform a plurality of transformations on the issue information, the drivers data, the regulations data, and the operations loss. The transformations may apply enterprise compliance hierarchy information and transform the data associated with the issue information, the drivers data, the regulations data, and the operations loss data into quarterly information. The method may include performing transformations on issue information, regulations data, operations loss data and drivers data. The method may perform final transformations in order to either allocate resources to remediate a compliance trend, remediate a compliance projection, or correct a current compliance issue.

Abstract: A fractional lobe processor is disclosed. The fractional lobe processor comprises an intake zone comprising at least one deep flighted shovel element on each intermeshing screw for receiving a input blend comprising an active substance and an excipient; a granulation zone consisting of only fractional lobe elements, and having a provision for introducing moisture or a binder solution, for granulating the active substance and the excipient; an optional, drying zone for drying the wet granules; and a discharge zone for discharging the granules; wherein the granulation zone is located before the discharge zone and after the intake zone; wherein the drying zone has one or more fractional lobe elements on each shaft; and wherein the granulation zone has a plurality of fractional lobe elements on each shaft.

Abstract: Methods for granulating a pharmaceutical powder in a single piece of equipment include at least the following: (a) continuously introducing the pharmaceutical powder and a granulating fluid to the single piece of equipment, (b) passing the pharmaceutical powder and the granulating fluid through a granulating zone of the single piece of equipment to form wet granules, (c) passing the wet granules through a drying zone of the single piece of equipment, (d) optionally passing granules through a discharge zone of the single piece of equipment, and (e) continuously discharging the granules from the single piece of equipment where the single piece of equipment is not a fluid bed processor.

Abstract: Various embodiments attempt to predict items in a new product category that may be of interest to a particular user when the user has not interacted with or made purchases in that product category. In accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure, this is accomplished by training machine learning models, such as deep neural networks, using both the historical purchase data from the particular user as well as the historical purchase data from many other users to infer what new category of items the particular user might be interested in. In some embodiments, the previous purchase data of the other users are used to construct a graph, and the graph is used to train the machine learning model rather than the raw data. The graph can represent the entirety of the previous purchase data with less actual data, thereby requiring less memory and other computational resources.

Abstract: Methods for granulating powder in a single piece of equipment include at least the following: (a) continuously introducing the powder and a granulating fluid to the single piece of equipment; (b) passing the powder and the granulating fluid through a granulating zone of the single piece of equipment to form wet granules; (c) passing the wet granules through a drying zone of the single piece of equipment; (d) optionally passing granules through a discharge zone of the single piece of equipment; and (e) continuously discharging the granules from the single piece of equipment where the single piece of equipment is not a fluid bed processor.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating an output voltage signal based on an input voltage signal. The apparatus includes a first field effect transistor (FET) including a first gate configured to receive a first gate voltage based on the input voltage signal; a second (FET) including a second gate configured to receive a second gate voltage based on the input voltage signal, wherein the first and second FETs are coupled in series between a first voltage rail and a second voltage rail, and wherein the output voltage signal is produced at an output node between the first and second FETs; and a gate overdrive circuit configured to temporarily reduce the first gate voltage during a portion of a transition of the output voltage signal from a logic low level to a logic high level.

Abstract: A method for managing network congestion is provided. The method comprises: receiving, at a receiver, a packet comprising a timestamp provided by a first clock of a sender; deriving, by the receiver, a latency value based at least in part on the timestamp provided by the first clock and a receipt time provided by a second clock of the receiver; determining a latency change by comparing the latency value with a previous latency value; and determining a state of network congestion based at least in part on the latency change.

Abstract: Methods, agents, and devices to treat medical conditions through local chemical neuromodulation of the autonomic nervous system are described. Drug formulations may be injected at or near ganglia, nerve plexi, ganglionated plexi, and nerves to treat different diseases. Target sites for the treatment of cardiac and other disease conditions may include extrinsic stellate (cervicothoracic) and cervical ganglia of the sympathetic chain, and intrinsic cardiac nerves and ganglionated plexi innervating the myocardium.

Abstract: An example method includes sending a request for performance information associated with one or more candidate devices with which a device may perform a new transaction, responsive to sending the request, receiving the performance information that includes data associated with at least one historical transaction previously performed by the one or more candidate devices, analyzing the performance information using one or more device-specific performance criteria defined by the device, wherein the one or more device-specific performance criteria are associated with the new transaction and/or the candidate devices, determining, based on the analyzing, rating information associated with the candidate devices, wherein the rating information is customized for the device using the device-specific performance criteria that are defined by the device, selecting, based on the rating information, a particular candidate device from the one or more candidate devices, and initiating, with the particular candidate device, pe

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for simulations of vehicle-based item delivery. In some examples, a method can include generating a simulation of at least a portion of an environment in which items are to be delivered by a delivery vehicle; determining delivery locations associated with at least one delivery route for the delivery vehicle in the environment within the simulation; determining delivery location groups for the delivery location based on a delivery range of drones associated with the delivery vehicles; and determining waypoints for the delivery vehicle on the delivery route based on a minimum travel time associated with at least one drone of the drones.

Abstract: An automated liquid dispensing attachment monitors and controls preparation of drinks poured from bottles. The automated liquid dispensing attachment attaches to a bottle and senses multiple aspects of the pouring of the drink, and based on the sensor outputs, monitors and controls the flow of fluids from the bottle through the attachment. The automated liquid dispensing attachment communicates with other electronic devices to enable individualized control and monitoring, and data aggregation and analysis.

Abstract: With exponential growth in virtualized traffic within physical data centers, many end users (e.g., individuals and enterprises) have begun moving work processes and data to cloud computing platforms. However, accessing virtualized traffic traversing the cloud computing platforms for application, network, and security analysis is a challenge. Introduced here, therefore, are visibility platforms for monitoring virtualized traffic traversing a cloud computing platform, such as Amazon Web Services, VMware, and OpenStack. A visibility platform can be integrated into a cloud computing platform to provide a coherent view of virtualized traffic in motion across the cloud computing platform for a given end user. Said another way, a visibility platform can intelligently select, filter, and forward virtualized traffic belonging to an end user to a monitoring infrastructure, thereby eliminating traffic blind spots.

Abstract: A redundant key management system includes a key management system coupled to a plurality of server devices through a network. A first server device includes a managed device coupled to a first remote access controller device that receive a device locking key from the key management system and uses it to lock the managed device. The first remote access controller device then encrypts the device locking key, broadcasts the encrypted device locking key through the network to a second remote access controller device in a second server device, and erases the device locking key. Subsequently, the first remote access controller device transmits a request to retrieve the encrypted device locking key. When the first remote access controller receives the encrypted device locking key from the second remote access controller device, it decrypts the encrypted device locking key and uses the resulting device locking key to unlock the managed device.