Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a query from a user; identifying that a desired definition of the at least one term is unknown, by determining that the at least one term does not map to a term having a known definition; receiving the definition of the at least one term from the user; adding the definition to a domain grammar comprising (i) domain-specific terminology and (ii) definitions corresponding to the terms within the domain grammar, wherein the adding comprises (a) extracting expressions from the requested definition and (b) adding, for the at least one term, the expressions into a structured format within the domain grammar; combining (iii) the requested definition and (iv) terms from the parsed query having previously known definitions into a complete query; and providing a response to the query by executing the complete query on a knowledge store.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are ethylene-based polymers generally characterized by a density of at least 0.94 g/cm3, a high load melt index from 4 to 20 g/10 min, a zero-shear viscosity at 190° C. from 20,000 to 400,000 kPa-sec, and a relaxation time at 190° C. from 225 to 3000 sec. These ethylene polymers can be produced by peroxide-treating a broad molecular weight distribution Ziegler-catalyzed resin, and can be used in large diameter, thick wall pipes and other end-use applications.

Abstract: Embodiments provide methods and systems for determining optimal interbank network for routing payment transactions. Method performed by server system includes accessing historical transaction data of acquirer from acquirer database, determining payment transaction types corresponding to future payment transactions processing via acquirer for particular period of time based on historical transaction data, predicting fixed interchange cost for each payment transaction type incurring to acquirer for routing future payment transactions through interbank network of interbank networks based on interchange prediction model, performing linear optimization utilizing set of metrics, to make decision whether to apply merchant-specific discount to particular payment transaction type, or not, and routing real-time payment transactions through optimal interbank networks with lowest total transaction cost.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media that leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning to identify molecules or compounds for use in pharmaceuticals. In aspects, one or more machine learning (ML) models may be trained to identify molecules based on pharmaceutical data that indicates properties of previously-identified pharmaceutical molecules, such as physiochemical structure, side effects, toxicity, solubility, and the like. The ML models may include generative models, such as generative adversarial networks or variational autoencoders. The trained ML models may be used to identify new (e.g., previously-unidentified) molecules, or the trained ML models may be provided to client devices for use in molecule identification (e.g., drug discovery).

Abstract: Systems and methods for constructing 3-dimensional (3D) parts are disclosed. A printing system may include a deposition system configured to print a plurality of 2-dimensional (2D) layers onto a plurality of carrier sheets. The printing system also includes a transferring system configured to transfer a 2D layer from a carrier sheet of the plurality of carrier sheets, onto the 3D part. The 3D part may be located on a base substrate. The printing system further includes a feed system configured to provide the plurality of carrier sheets from the deposition system to the transfer system in a successive fashion while maintaining the directionality of printing in the deposition and transferring systems.

Abstract: Systems and methods related to a social syndicate platform for buyers and sellers on a social network includes aggregating requests for goods or services by individual members of a social network. Individual members may send buyer-sourced requests for deals to business members of the social network with parameters restricting which businesses may be considered in the request. Business members may send discounted offers for goods and services including restrictions on which individuals may receive the offer. A computing system may facilitate deals between businesses and individuals based on financial health considerations and make offer recommendations to business and deal recommendations to individuals.

Abstract: A charger for a battery power system can include first and second switching bridges with inputs couplable to an AC source, at least one transformer having two or more primary windings (connected in series and coupled to the switching bridges) and at least two secondary windings, and second rectifier/chargers, each coupled to at least one of the secondary windings and couplable to at least one battery. The switching bridges may be respectively operable during positive and negative half cycles of the AC source to deliver an AC voltage to the transformer. The rectifier/chargers may be operable in a first mode to receive an AC voltage from the transformer and deliver a DC voltage for charging the respective battery. In some multi-battery embodiments, the rectifier/chargers may also be operable in a second mode to deliver an AC voltage from a respective battery to the transformer to balance charge between the batteries.

Abstract: A system and a method for providing data computation using quantum computing is disclosed. In particular, the present invention enables client computing devices to readily access quantum computers and perform complex computational tasks using quantum computing. In operation, a computational problem is defined based on one or more inputs received from the client device. The one or more inputs include an objective, and one or more parameters associated with the objective. Further, a category associated with the computational problem is identified. Furthermore, one or more predefined machine learning codes are determined based on the identified category of the computational problem. Finally, the computational problem is encoded into a format interpretable by the quantum computers, and processed by the quantum computers based on the selected one or more machine learning codes to obtain an optimal solution to the computational problem.

Abstract: Existing methods of automated testing of web service APIs require additional tools to extract API related details and configuration files to create test cases. The method and system disclosed herein taps annotations present in code of web service APIs to extract API related details and creates test cases using the extracted data. The method disclosed herein describes an approach to identify resource classes related to a plurality of web service APIs using built-in annotations in code of web application under test. Further, the identified resource classes are scanned to extract API related details (metadata) using built-in annotations and annotations given by a developer. Further, the extracted metadata is forwarded to a test engine server which generates a plurality of test cases using the extracted metadata. Further, the plurality of web service APIs are tested using the generated test cases.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are transistors including two-dimensional materials, as well as related methods and devices. In some embodiments, a transistor may include a first two-dimensional channel material and a second two-dimensional source/drain (S/D) material in a source/drain (S/D), and the first two-dimensional material and the second two-dimensional material may have different compositions or thicknesses. In some embodiments, a transistor may include a first two-dimensional material in a channel and a second two-dimensional material in a source/drain (S/D), wherein the first two-dimensional material is a single-crystal material, and the second two-dimensional material is a single-crystal material.

Abstract: A system for generating a graphical user interface in a client device. The system may include a processor in communication with the client device and a database. The processor may execute: receiving a request for occupancy information of a specified merchant; obtaining a plurality of credit card authorizations associated with the merchant; generating a posted transaction array based on the credit card authorizations; removing outlier members of the posted transaction array by applying a threshold filter; generating a transaction frequency array based on the posted transaction array, the transaction frequency array comprising weekdays and aggregated transactions associated with the weekdays; modifying the transaction frequency array by applying a transformation to the aggregated transactions; generating a smoothed array by applying a kernel density estimate to the transaction frequency array; and generating a graphical user interface displaying information in the smoothed array.

Abstract: A method for preparing a vacuum insulated panel includes forming an internal cavity between a liner and a wrapper and preparing a filler material to be disposed in the internal cavity. The filler material includes a first part and a second part and is prepared by treating a surface of the first part. A coating is applied to the surface of the first part with a chemical having a first charge. The coating forms a first surface charge on the surface of the first part. The method further includes mixing the first part with the second part forming the filler material. The second part includes a material having a second surface charge opposite the first surface charge.

Abstract: Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application relate to a public snapshot service for creating and managing block-level snapshots. For example, the public snapshot service can create a snapshot based on (i) a specification of a parent snapshot to be used as a basis for a given snapshot, and (ii) a specification of the data blocks to be backed up in the given snapshot. The data blocks in the snapshot may be stored in a specific storage path structure that facilitates computation of a block difference with respect to the parent snapshot.

Abstract: Systems and methods for retrieving, in a first application using one or more processors, a user profile in which the user profile includes a user ID, and the first application includes a first application interface. The systems and methods further include detecting user selection, in the first application interface, of a sync command to a second application, in which the second application includes an executable script associated with the user ID, retrieving the executable script in response to the detecting the user selection of the sync command, integrating the executable script into an HTML, interface associated with the user profile, and generating a two-dimensional graphical component in response to the integration of the executable script.

Abstract: A high voltage battery system can receive power from an AC grid and deliver power to a low voltage battery system. Embodiments can include an active filter and high voltage to low voltage (HVLV) DCDC converter to reduce harmonics associated with the charger reaching the low voltage battery system and further to stabilize the voltage presented to the HVLV DCDC converter to improve its operating efficiency.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of providing distributed storage services to a host computer from a network interface card (NIC) of the host computer. At the NIC, the method accesses a set of one or more external storages operating outside of the host computer through a shared port of the NIC that is not only used to access the set of external storages but also for forwarding packets not related to an external storage. In some embodiments, the method accesses the external storage set by using a network fabric storage driver that employs a network fabric storage protocol to access the external storage set. The method presents the external storage as a local storage of the host computer to a set of programs executing on the host computer. In some embodiments, the method presents the local storage by using a storage emulation layer on the NIC to create a local storage construct that presents the set of external storages as a local storage of the host computer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for securing a computer workload. The method may comprise: receiving a workload; embedding a secure agent into the workload, wherein the secure agent comprises (i) a shim layer located between an application libraries layer of the workload and an operating system service layer and (ii) a security policy repository; and implementing security policies based at least in part on application programming interface (API) calls intercepted by the shim layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are transistors including two-dimensional materials, as well as related methods and devices. In some embodiments, a transistor may include a first two-dimensional channel material and a second two-dimensional source/drain (S/D) material in a source/drain (S/D), and the first two-dimensional material and the second two-dimensional material may have different compositions or thicknesses. In some embodiments, a transistor may include a first two-dimensional material in a channel and a second two-dimensional material in a source/drain (S/D), wherein the first two-dimensional material is a single-crystal material, and the second two-dimensional material is a single-crystal material.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for lifecycle management for customized natural language processing are disclosed. A natural language processing (NLP) customization service determines a task definition associated with an NLP model based (at least in part) on user input. The task definition comprises an indication of one or more tasks to be implemented using the NLP model and one or more requirements associated with use of the NLP model. The service determines the NLP model based (at least in part) on the task definition. The service trains the NLP model. The NLP model is used to perform inference for a plurality of input documents. The inference outputs a plurality of predictions based (at least in part) on the input documents. Inference data is collected based (at least in part) on the inference. The service generates a retrained NLP model based (at least in part) on the inference data.

Abstract: The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementation for secure data management associated with a record owner. A request is first received from a service provider for validating one or more data items in order to carry out a transaction between the record owner and the service provider. The record owner performs authentication required and send the request to a trusted party seeking to validate the one or more data items, wherein the trusted party is authorized to access the one or more data items. When a cloaked identifier to be used for validating the one or more data items is received from the trusted party, it is sent to the service provider for the service provider to use for validating the one or more data items.