Abstract: A scupper suitable for a bearing compartment of a gas turbine engine includes a windage blocker in a gutter section upstream of a drain hole, the windage blocker extends from a wall of the gutter section. A method for capturing wept oil in a bearing compartment of a gas turbine engine includes positioning a windage blocker adjacent to a drain hole forming a passage space and increasing a pressure upstream of the windage blocker to generate a vortex downstream of the windage blocker creating an oil re-circulation zone promoting oil drainage into the drain hole.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a bottom case and a wireless charging puck. The bottom case includes a bay. The wireless charging puck fits into the bay, and is detachable from the bottom case. When the wireless charging puck is fitted into the bay, the wireless charging puck is configured as a power receiving unit to receive wireless power. When the wireless charging puck is detached from the bay, the wireless charging puck is configured as a power transmitting unit to provide wireless power to an external device.

Abstract: Antigen binding molecules (ABMs) comprising Fab domains in non-native configurations, ABM conjugates comprising the ABMs and cytotoxic or cytostatic agents, pharmaceutical compositions containing the ABMs and ABM conjugates, methods of using the ABMs, ABM conjugates and pharmaceutical compositions for treating cancer, nucleic acids encoding the ABMs, cells engineered to express the ABMs, and methods of producing ABMs.

Abstract: A hearing assistance system is disclosed that comprises a hearing assistance device configured to reproduce sounds and to assist a person to hear the sounds, the hearing assistance device including a left hearing assistance device and a right hearing assistance device, and a computing device in communication with the hearing assistance device. The computing device interacts with the hearing assistance device to implement a fitting mode wherein the hearing assistance device is caused to generate fitting sounds usable to evaluate whether the left and right hearing devices are properly fitted into respective left and right ears of the person. The computing device produces a communication indicative of whether the left and right hearing assistance devices are properly fitted into respective left and right ears of the person.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to compositions comprising a first structure of the formula: or a salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, Ar1, and n are defined herein. Materials, devices, and methods of using such compositions are also described.

Abstract: A storage system and related method are for operating solid-state storage memory in a storage system. Zones of solid-state storage memory are provided. Each zone includes a portion of the solid-state storage memory. The zone has a data write requirement for the zone for reliability of data reads. The storage system adjusts power loss protection for at least one zone. The adjusting is based on the data write requirement for the zone and responsive to detecting a power loss.

Abstract: A system and method and system for providing preoperative patient intraoral scanning for diagnosis and preparation of a treatment plan utilizing the proposed system in advance of the crown surgery and intraoperative patient intraoral scanning for system assessment and verification for the method of treatment. More specifically, the proposed invention proposes a method and system of patient intraoral scanning to identify the best prefabricated crown for use for the patient and develop a plan for intraoral surface treatment for the identified prefabricated crown and automated crown inventory management.

Abstract: A method for activating a catalyst is described comprising the steps of: (i) installing a reduced and passivated catalyst containing crystallites of a catalytic metal comprising nickel, cobalt or iron in elemental form encapsulated by a layer comprising an oxide of the catalytic metal in a reactor, such as a steam methane reforming reactor, in which it is to be used, and (ii) heating the reduced and passivated catalyst in the reactor under a vacuum or an inert gas to a temperature in the range (TT?X) to (TT+Y), where TT is the Tammann temperature of the catalytic metal in elemental form in degrees Centigrade, X is 400 and Y is 200, to form a catalytically active surface on the catalyst without requiring the application of a reducing gas.

Abstract: A system and method and system for providing preoperative patient intraoral scanning for diagnosis and preparation of a treatment plan utilizing the proposed system in advance of the crown surgery and intraoperative patient intraoral scanning for system assessment and verification for the method of treatment. More specifically, the proposed invention proposes a method and system of patient intraoral scanning to identify the best predesigned crown for use for the patient and develop a plan for intraoral surface treatment for the identified predesigned crown and automated crown inventory management.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for bone stabilization, especially proximal humeral stabilization. The stabilization system may include a bone plate having an elongated portion extending along a longitudinal axis and an enlarged head portion extending from the elongated portion. The stabilization system may include an intramedullary nail having an upper portion and a lower portion extending from the upper portion, the upper portion and the lower portion including a plurality of holes. A plurality of fasteners may be configured to extend through one or more of the plurality of through holes in the bone plate and/or one or more of the plurality of holes in the intramedullary nail and into the bone. The plate and nail may each be used alone or in combination together to stabilize a fracture in a long bone, such as a humerus.

Abstract: In one respect, there is provided a system for training a neural network adapted for classifying one or more scripts. The system may include at least one processor and at least one memory. The memory may include program code which when executed by the at least one memory provides operations including: receiving a disassembled binary file that includes a plurality of instructions; processing the disassembled binary file with a convolutional neural network configured to detect a presence of one or more sequences of instructions amongst the plurality of instructions and determine a classification for the disassembled binary file based at least in part on the presence of the one or more sequences of instructions; and providing, as an output, the classification of the disassembled binary file. Related computer-implemented methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: Data is received that characterizes artefacts associated with each of a plurality of layers of a first machine learning model. Fingerprints are then generated for each of the artefacts in the layers of the first machine learning model. These generated fingerprints collectively form a model indicator for the first machine learning model. It is then determined whether the first machine learning model is derived from another machine learning model by performing a similarity analysis between the model indicator for the first machine learning model and model indicators generated for each of a plurality of reference machine learning models each comprising a respective set of fingerprints. Data characterizing the determination can be provided to a consuming application or process. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tobacco plants, tobacco seeds, compositions, and methods related to the identification and introgression of the Pale Yellow locus in tobacco. It also relates to generating novel mutations within the PY locus in tobacco.

Abstract: Data is received that characterizes artefacts associated with each of a plurality of layers of a first machine learning model. Fingerprints are generated corresponding to each of the artefacts in each layer. The generated fingerprints can collectively form a model indicator for the first machine learning model. A second machine learning model then determines, based on the generated fingerprints, whether the first machine learning model is derived from another machine learning model. Data provided this characterization can be provided to a consuming application or process. This second machine learning model can be trained model with historical fingerprints having a known provenance classification. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

Abstract: A system is provided for classifying an instruction sequence with a machine learning model. The system may include at least one processor and at least one memory. The memory may include program code that provides operations when executed by the at least one processor. The operations may include: processing an instruction sequence with a trained machine learning model configured to detect one or more interdependencies amongst a plurality of tokens in the instruction sequence and determine a classification for the instruction sequence based on the one or more interdependencies amongst the plurality of tokens; and providing, as an output, the classification of the instruction sequence. Related methods and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.

Abstract: Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and computing devices are disclosed that obtains and stores a mapping of status values to process-blocks within stages associated with a linear process performed on an enterprise application network. A work item status in change records of the database is correlated with the status values based on the mapping to identify one of the stages for work items. Event records are then generated based on the correlation, activity records of the database, and another correlation of a unique identifier of one of the work items in each of the change and activity records. A generated value stream map (VSM) is then output for display that comprises a graphical timeline of activity associated with the linear process and metrics generated based on the event records and comprising real-time metrics for the process-blocks or stages and aggregate metrics for the linear process.

Abstract: An embodiment of a computerized method for detecting bootkits is described. Herein, a lowest level software component within a software stack, such as a lowest software driver within a disk driver stack, is determined. The lowest level software component being in communication with a hardware abstraction layer of a storage device. Thereafter, stored information is extracted from the storage device via the lowest level software component, and representative data based on the stored information, such as execution hashes, are generated. The generated data is analyzed to determine whether the stored information includes a bootkit.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for feedback-driven narrative-structure representation of a network computing environment. The method may include: monitoring the network computing environment; obtaining, via the monitoring, data relating to an action performed in the network computing environment; generating an initial natural language narrative describing the action; exposing or providing a representation of the initial natural language narrative to an individual user; receiving input from the individual user in response to the initial natural language narrative; based at least in part on the input, generating a revised natural language narrative relating to the action; and exposing or providing a representation of the revised natural language narrative to the individual user.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for targeted narrative-structure representation of a network computing environment. The method may include: monitoring the network computing environment; obtaining, via the monitoring, data relating to an action performed in the network computing environment; selecting a first preference set from a plurality of preference sets, each of the preference sets corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of user roles and including a first structural narrative definition configured for the corresponding one of the user roles; generating a first natural language narrative describing the action based on the selected first preference set; and exposing or providing a representation of the first natural language narrative to an individual user assigned to a first user role of the user roles corresponding to the first preference set.

Abstract: Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and computing devices are disclosed that provision an analytics application in an instance of a software development platform. The analytics application comprises a schema, one or more functions, and one or more dashboard templates. Raw analytics data is extracted according to the schema. The raw analytics data is logged by the software development platform in one or more databases and is based on monitored activity associated with a software development process performed on the software development platform. The one or more functions are then applied to the extracted raw analytics data to generate performance metrics for the software development process. The one or more dashboard templates are populated based on the performance metrics and the populated one or more dashboard templates are embedded into a user interface of the software development platform to facilitate visualization of the raw analytics data.