Abstract: A microfluidic chip for modelling flow through a vein includes a body including a microchannel extending between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, wherein at least a portion of the microchannel is coated with endothelial cells that form vascular lumen, and a venous valve formed in the body and positioned along the microchannel, wherein the venous valve includes a pair of leaflets defining a pair of cusps of the venous valve, and a flow channel positioned between the leaflets.

Abstract: A circuit for providing an alternating signal to a switching node. The circuit includes three power transistors, two capacitors, and two gate drivers. The first and second transistors are connected in series, with the switching node connected therebetween. When the first transistor is on and the second transistor is off, a high voltage is provided to the switching node via the first transistor. When the first transistor is off and the second transistor is on, a low voltage is provided to the switching node via the second transistor. The transistors are controlled via the gate drivers. Charge is provided to the gate drivers via the capacitors. The capacitors are charged via an intermediate power source, with the third power transistor connected in diode configuration between the two capacitors. The circuit is capable of withstanding high voltage differences across the transistors, and may be implemented monolithically on a same epitaxial stack.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for context relevant data migration to a cloud server with job rescheduling are provided. The method identifies a contextual situation associated with at least a portion of data sets available for migration to a cloud server by a set of data sources. The method identifies an application associated with the contextual situation. A set of use characteristics are determined for the data sets based on the contextual situation and the application. Bandwidths are determined for one or more data sources. One or more data sets are selected for prioritization based on a contextual relevance, the set of use characteristics, and the bandwidths for the one or more data sources. The method schedules a job processing sequence of the selected one or more data sets based, at least in part, on the contextual relevancy, the set of use characteristics, and the bandwidths.

Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for determining an encryption technique for a modified data object to backup. Deep data inspection is performed on an object using a natural language processing module to determine facets for the object. The facets provide facet values for instances of sensitive information in the object. The facet values for the object are processed to determine a cumulative facet value. A determination is made of an encryption technique comprising one of a plurality of different encryption techniques to use on the object based on the cumulative facet value. The determined encryption technique is used to encrypt the object to transfer to a backup storage.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product utilizing autonomous vehicles as mobile edge data nodes for data storage and distribution. Information pertaining to data being generated and used in a smart city is collected to predict the data demand in a region of the smart city. If the predicted data demand for a region of the smart city exceeds a threshold value (capacity to service the predicted data demand), then one or more available parking spots in this region of the smart city are identified. Furthermore, one or more available autonomous vehicles functioning as mobile edge data nodes to assist in servicing the predicted data demand in this region of the smart city are identified. Such identified autonomous vehicles may then be instructed to park in one of the identified available parking spots to assist in servicing the predicted data demand in this region of the smart city.

Abstract: Provided is a computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for predictive service orchestration using threat modeling analytics. A processor may identify a plurality of attributes of a client computing environment. The processor may collect threat modeling content for a plurality of vendor computing environments. The processor may analyze the threat modeling content for the plurality of vendor computing environments. The processor may compare the analyzed threat modeling content for the plurality of vendor computing environments with the plurality of attributes of the client computing environment. The processor may generate, based on the comparing, a client threat model for the client computing environment.

Abstract: An isolation driver circuit for a pulse width modulation signal. The isolation driver circuit includes a rising edge detection circuit, a falling edge detection circuit, and a decoder. The rising edge detection circuit and the falling edge detection circuit respectively detect rising edges and falling edges of the input pulse width modulation signal, and respectively output corresponding rising edge detection signals and falling edge detection signals that are capacitively isolated from the input pulse width modulation signal. The decoder receives the rising edge detection signals and the falling edge detection signals, and outputs respective rising edges and falling edges of an output pulse width modulation signal that temporally align with the respective rising edges and falling edges of the input pulse width modulation signal. Thus, information stored in the pulse widths of the input pulse width modulation signal are preserved with high fidelity in the output pulse width modulation signal.

Abstract: A circuit that is capable of generating a negative voltage on a negative voltage supply node. The circuit includes a negative voltage generation circuit, an oscillator and an oscillator control signal generator. The negative voltage generation circuit generates a negative voltage on the negative voltage supply node in response to receiving a signal from the oscillator. The negative voltage generated by the negative voltage generation circuit depends upon the frequency of the signal from the oscillator. The oscillator control signal generator controls the frequency of the signal from the oscillator by sensing the negative voltage present on the negative voltage supply node, and by increasing or decreasing the frequency of the signal from the oscillator accordingly. Thus, charge is replenished to the negative voltage supply node to more closely match the drawing of charge from that negative voltage supply node, thereby more accurately generating the negative voltage.

Abstract: A computer implemented method is provided. A number of processor units identify a number of candidate applications for processing requests based on types of application programming interface for each application. The number of processor units validate metadata related to status of applications for each application in the number of candidate applications. The number of processor units select a subgroup of applications from the number of candidate applications to process requests based on the validated metadata.

Abstract: Various examples in accordance with the present disclosure provide example methods, systems, and apparatuses for reading non-volatile memories.

Abstract: An embodiment defines, by a site reliability engineering maturity engine, a plurality of tenets, a tenet in the plurality of tenets representing a principle of site reliability engineering. The embodiment generates, by the site reliability engineering maturity engine for the plurality of tenets, a first site reliability engineering maturity assessment for a first hybrid cloud component, a second site reliability engineering maturity assessment for a second hybrid cloud component, and a third site reliability engineering maturity assessment for an application. The embodiment determines, by the site reliability engineering maturity engine, a workload placement for the application based on the first, second, and third site reliability engineering maturity assessments. The embodiment initiates, by the site reliability engineering maturity engine, a workload migration for the application based on the workload placement.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for using agents at a data lake to assist training, testing, and deploying a model for predicting one or more outputs from specified input to the model, using agents at the data lake. The agents identify at the data lake: hardware resources, a first portion of model input data for training and testing the model, a training language, and a first software resource. A first execution of the first software resource is triggered to split the first portion of the model input data into training input data and testing input data. A first portion of the hardware resources is identified for training and testing the model. A second software resource stored at the data lake is identified for optimizing the model in accordance with an optimization algorithm. Training the model at the data lake is triggered.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods for identifying query processing trends are provided. Aspects include receiving a plurality of queries, providing a response to each of the plurality of queries, and receiving client resource utilization information associated with processing the response. Aspects also include identifying one or more of the plurality of queries as periodically repeated queries and a trend of the client resource utilization information. Aspects further include determining a period of anticipated high demand on the database server based on the periodically repeated queries and the trend of the resource utilization information and broadcasting, by a database server to each of a plurality of clients, an indication of the period of anticipated high demand on the database server.

Abstract: A multiplexer includes an input, an output, and a main switch configured to pass a signal from the input to the output. The multiplexer includes two bootstrap circuits that collectively maintain a constant voltage between terminals of the main switch during alternating phases.

Abstract: A system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components, and a processor, operably coupled to the memory, that executes the computer executable components comprising: a scheduler component that schedules an electric charging time slot for a charging patch of a road for an electric vehicle based on an energy requirement of the electric vehicle and a destination arrival time requirement of the electric vehicle. In an embodiment, the scheduler component can schedule the electric charging time slot further based on passenger range anxiety. In an embodiment, the electric charging time slot can be adjusted based on a second energy requirement of a second electric vehicle.

Abstract: Multiple designs for a multi-layer circuit may be simulated to determine impedance profiles of each design, allowing a circuit designer to select a design based on the impedance profiles. One feature that can be modified is the structure surrounding the barrels of a differential VIA on layers that are not connected to the differential VIA. Specifically, one antipad can be used that surrounds both barrels or two antipads can be used, with one antipad for each barrel. Additionally, the size of the antipad or antipads can be modified. These modifications affect the impedance of the differential VIA. Additionally, a conductive region may be placed that connects to the VIA barrel even though the circuit on the layer does not connect to the VIA. This unused pad, surrounded by a non-conductive region, also affects the impedance of the differential VIA.

Abstract: According to one example, the present disclosure involves a system including a data-communications server which uses client-specific sets of data that respectively indicate, for each of a plurality of disparate client entities, data services including data-communications call routing services and parked-call services to be provided on behalf of the client entity from among the client entities. The server is to access the client-specific sets of data (e.g., as may be stored in database of a memory circuit), and, in response, the server receives incoming calls involving user endpoint devices associated with respective ones of the client entities. These actions may be followed by the server providing the data services for the incoming calls in a manner consistent with the client-specific sets of data, and conveying for one of the incoming calls, one of multiple call-related context indications to one of the user endpoint devices.

Abstract: A method for managing tasks performable by autonomous vehicles includes performing a setup for various utility capabilities of an autonomous vehicle, where the various utility capabilities of the autonomous vehicles perform multiple activities to complete a task. The method also includes receiving programming constructs to support task definitions and configurations of the various utility capabilities of the autonomous vehicle. The method also includes configuring the autonomous vehicle with the multiple activities to complete the task and associating each activity with one or more utility capabilities from the various utility capabilities of the autonomous vehicle. The method also includes instructing the autonomous vehicle to perform the multiple activities to complete the task and validating, via the various utility capabilities of the autonomous vehicle, the completion of the task.

Abstract: Estimates of amounts of time to transfer data to be replicated based on sizes of expected data transfers resulting from accumulated data since a previous data transfer are monitored. A determination as to whether an estimated amount of time to transfer the data exceeds an interval for replicating the data is made. The interval is determined based on a recovery point objective (RPO) for replicating the data. In response to determining that the estimated amount of time to transfer the data exceeds the interval, a subsequent interval for replicating the data is determined that satisfies the RPO.

Abstract: A multiplexer includes an input, an output, and a main switch configured to pass a signal from the input to the output. The multiplexer includes two bootstrap circuits that collectively maintain a constant voltage between terminals of the main switch during alternating phases.