Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes a substantially cylindrical cup containing a plant-based aerosol generating material and at least one inductively heatable susceptor element (26). The cup includes an open end and a bottom wall. The cup has a self-supporting moulded form and includes a flange at the open end and a closure attached to the flange. The closure and/or bottom wall is porous or includes one or more openings.

Abstract: A method of assessing latency in a communications network comprising attempting to contact from a UE in a cellular network a specific internet resource with a HTTP request addressed to the resource and capturing data specifying the period between making the attempt and receiving at the UE from the resource a response to the request. Thus, data can be obtained from which can be made an end-to-end measurement of the latency affecting a user of a UE. Such measurements can be used by the operator of the communications network to, amongst other things, assess whether the network is performing satisfactorily, to advise users about the performance of the network and, determine that hardware or software within the network needs repair, upgrade, or augmentation.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method to identify xenobiotics that can debilitate a target organism. In particular, the present disclosure provides methods of heterologously expressing a xenobiotic metabolizing enzyme from the target organism in yeast, libraries of yeast strains heterologously expressing a different xenobiotic metabolizing enzyme and methods of screening libraries with xenobiotics to identify a xenobiotic that debilitates a target organism. The disclosure further relates to a method of treating or preventing a nematode infection comprising administering, to a subject in need thereof, an effective amount of a compound of Formula I, or a solvate thereof, as well as certain novel compounds of Formula I, or a solvate thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for utilization of network mitigation techniques in the form of null address routing to mitigate coordinated DDOS attacks. A monitoring and mitigation service can characterize a command and control node as compromised or otherwise manipulated for purposes of generating distributed attacks. The monitoring and mitigation service can then identify network mitigation information in the form of null routing addresses that will cause network communications associated with the identified command and control node to be terminated or otherwise not delivered to the intended network-based resources. The monitoring and mitigation service can propagate the null routing address to routing components. The network mitigation information can be associated with expiration criteria for the routing components that receive and implement the network mitigation technique.

Abstract: An induction heater (10) for a jug (11). The jug (11) includes a base (12) from which there upwardly extends a side wall (13). The induction heater (10) includes an outer housing (15) that encloses that chamber (16). Located in the chamber (16) is the electronic component for the heater (10), including an electronic oscillator (17). The heater (10) includes a cavity (18) within which the jug (11) is located.

Abstract: A subsea sensor module includes a sensor housing having a first section, a second section and a third section, each section having an outer profile and a module flange having an inner profile. An outer surface of the flange is substantially perpendicular to an outer surface of the housing in the first section. The housing outer profile and flange inner profile are substantially the same along the second section of the housing. A shoulder is formed in the housing outer profile in the third section by a transition of the diameter of the outer profile from a smaller to a larger diameter. The flange has a corresponding shoulder in the flange inner profile; wherein the flange is shrink fit mounted radially outwardly of the sensor housing second section such that the shoulders are in contact.

Abstract: An actuation system for a valve assembly is provided, the actuation system includes an actuation unit arranged to engage with an operating member of a valve to drive rotation of the operating member; and a remote actuation device arranged at a distance from the actuation unit and coupled to the actuation unit by an actuation cable, the actuation cable being operable to engage the actuation unit to drive rotation of the operating member; wherein the actuation system further includes an environmentally sensitive actuator arranged to operate the actuation cable; and wherein the remote actuation device includes a manual input element arranged to operate the actuation cable.

Abstract: A decision support tool is provided for identifying and assisting clinicians with patient ventilator asynchrony. The information used to make the identification may include data from a patient's ventilator including the volume, flow, and pressure associated with that ventilator. At least some of this information may be used to compute one or more features for a time series of the data received for the patient. These features may be used in connection with heuristic rules and machine learning algorithms to identify instances of patient ventilator asynchrony. Based on the identification, one or more intervening actions may be initiated to reduce the impact of patient ventilator asynchrony.

Abstract: A well pump includes a plurality of diffusers, wherein each diffuser comprises a first threaded coupling on one longitudinal end and a second threaded coupling on an opposed longitudinal end. An impeller is disposed in each diffuser. The plurality of diffusers are coupled end to end to form a pump housing, in which the first threaded coupling on one diffuser is threadedly engaged to the second threaded coupling on adjacent diffuser.

Abstract: An aerosol generation article includes a housing, a substrate arranged within the housing, the substrate configured to generate an aerosol when heated; at least one heating element arranged within the housing and adjacent the substrate; wherein each heating element includes: a susceptor; and an insulator; wherein the susceptor and the insulator, with the insulator at least partially surrounding the susceptor, are configured such that, in use, when an electromagnetic field is applied by an aerosol generation device, the heating element heats the adjacent substrate without damaging the housing of the article.

Abstract: An aerosol generating article, for use in a non-combustible aerosol generating device including a filtering mouthpiece, an aerosol generating segment and a spacer element positioned between the aerosol generating segment and the filtering mouthpiece, is wrapped at least partially by a first wrapper, wherein the first wrapper includes an outer and an inner surface. Furthermore, the aerosol generating article extends in a length and a circumferential direction. The first wrapper includes at least one tobacco leaf portion. A method for manufacturing such an aerosol generating article is also provided.

Abstract: A headset apparatus for a subject has an ultrasound transducer mounted within an earpiece of the headset, wherein the ultrasound transducer is configured to nest against an ear of the subject. A headband is coupled to the earpiece and is configured to extend across a parietal region of the head and to provide flexure that exerts a force for urging the ultrasound transducer against a pinna surface of the subject's ear. An alignment projection extending from the earpiece is configured as an alignment feature for positioning the ultrasound transducer against the pinna surface when the alignment projection is seated within the opening of an ear canal of the subject. The transducer and alignment projection are in fixed positions relative to each other within the earpiece.

Abstract: There is disclosed herein a coffee machine (10) including: a body (12); a steam wand (14), to froth milk, attached to the body (12); and a cleaning mechanism (20), the cleaning mechanism (20) including: a stem (22) having a first end portion (24) attached to the body (12), and a second end portion (26) extending longitudinally away from the first end portion (24); and a supply of water under pressure to deliver water to the second end portion (26), wherein water under pressure is delivered to the second end portion (26) to produce at least one water jet directed at the steam wand (14).

Abstract: A strain wave gear system includes a circular spline arranged around a longitudinal axis, a flexible spline within and coaxial with the circular spline and a wave generator within and coaxial with the flexible spline. The wave generator is non-circular in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The flexible spline is arranged to flex in response to rotation of the wave generator. The wave generator is configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis such that the flexible spline is arranged to selectively engage with the circular spline. The strain wave gear system further includes a bearing arrangement between and coaxial with the wave generator and the flexible spline. The bearing arrangement comprises a plurality of bearings and a cage arranged to retain the plurality of bearings. The plurality of bearings are located at more than two axial positions within the cage.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing cylindrical inductively heatable aerosol generating articles includes: (i) supplying a plurality of cylindrical aerosol generating articles to a plurality of first receiving portions of a first transfer unit; (ii) supplying a plurality of inductively heatable susceptor elements to a second receiving portion of a second unit; (iii) aligning a longitudinal direction of the first receiving portions and a longitudinal direction of the second receiving portion; and (iv) sequentially positioning one of the inductively heatable susceptor elements in each of the cylindrical aerosol generating articles by sequentially moving each of the cylindrical aerosol generating articles supplied to the first receiving portions and the inductively heatable susceptor elements supplied to the second receiving portion relative to each other. An apparatus for performing the method is also described.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a target; a laser emitter configured to emit light and vaporise a vaporisable material at the target in use; and an optional light guide for guiding light emitted from the laser emitter to the target. An aerosol generating system includes the aerosol generating device and an outer shell for receiving the aerosol generating device in use.

Abstract: Provided is a method for authenticating a user communicating with an enterprise via a network. The method includes receiving, via the network, authenticators for a user from a first user device associated with the user, and storing the received authenticators. A first authenticator from the stored authenticators is selected to be used for authenticating the user based on an authentication policy received from the enterprise. An authentication request is transmitted to a user device requesting the first authenticator and the user is authentication by comparing the received authenticator with the stored first authenticator.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for management and control for ephemeral data are described. A host system may configure a memory device of a memory system to store ephemeral data. The host system may configure the memory device for a performance mode, which may include suspending memory management operations of a portion of the memory device based on allocating the portion for storing the ephemeral data. After storing the ephemeral data to the portion, the memory system may perform an error control procedure to identify one or more errors in the ephemeral data. The memory system may transmit an indication of the one or more errors to the host system, where the host system may determine to ignore the errors, or transfer back-up ephemeral data to the portion of the memory device from another portion of the memory device or from another memory device of the memory system.

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are improved address prediction and memory preloading that leverages next-delta prediction and/or far-delta prediction for scheduling using a DNN. Previous memory access sequence data that identify one or more memory addresses previously accessed by one or more processors of a system may be processed and then converted into a sequence of delta values. The sequence of delta values are then mapped to one or more classes that are then input to a DNN. The DNN then outputs a predicted future class identifier sequence that represents addresses that the DNN predicts will be accessed by the processor in the future. The predicted future class identifier sequence is then converted back to a predicted delta value sequence and back into a set of one or more predicted addresses.

Abstract: An inhalation device with at least one liquid jet device, such as a micro heater or resistor, having at least one nozzle to produce liquid drops on demand in a mouthpiece, wherein at least one nozzle is closable by a valve. The valve may be adapted to cover the at least one nozzle.