Abstract: Temperature-controllable reagent cartridges and systems for controlling the temperature in such reagent cartridges are provided. An example such system may include a reagent cartridge having reagent reservoirs located at least in part within an interior plenum volume of a cartridge housing. In such an example system, each reagent reservoir may be defined, in part, by a sidewall, and a first reagent reservoir may be spaced apart from a second reagent reservoir to form a fluid flow passage between corresponding sidewalls thereof. A fluid inlet through the cartridge housing may be provided that fluidically connects the interior plenum volume with a fluid supply port of a temperature control system of an analysis instrument when the reagent cartridge is received by the analysis instrument; a fluid outlet through the cartridge housing that fluidically connects the interior plenum volume with a fluid return port of the temperature control system may also be provided.

Abstract: Processes for separating methane from a gas mixture that comprises methane and C2 gas, including C2+ gas, and other gases, including CO2 and H2S, that are based upon formation of gas hydrates, and systems useful for implementing such processes, are disclosed.

Abstract: Automated evaluation and extraction of information from piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs). Aspects of the systems and methods utilize machine learning and image processing techniques to extract relevant information, such as tag names, tag numbers, and symbols, and their positions, from P&IDs. Further aspects feed errors back to a machine learning system to update its learning and improve operation of the systems and methods.

Abstract: A computer process including receiving first patient bone data of a patient leg and foot in a first pose, the first pose comprising a position and orientation of the patient leg relative to the patient foot as defined in the first patient bone data. The computer process may further include receiving second patient bone data of the patient leg and foot in a second pose, the second pose comprising a position and orientation of the patient leg relative to the patient foot as defined in the second patient bone data. The computer process may further include generating a 3D bone model of the patient leg and foot. Finally, the computer process may include modifying the 3D bone model of the patient leg and foot such that the plurality of 3D bone models are reoriented into a third pose that matches the second pose.

Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques of collecting analyzing information on various types of applications in an environment by an application performance analytics platform and acting on the analyzed information. The application performance analytics platform may include at least a monitoring system, a time series database, and an APM tool collector, all of which may be programmatically interfaced with or connected to each other. The APM tool collector may access or pull APM metrics from one or more APM tools and input the metrics to the monitoring system. The time series database may access or pull log files and extract log data for analysis. Based on the analysis, the application performance analytics platform may generate one or more alerts.

Abstract: A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product deletes data from a storage device. One or more processors identify a component sensitivity level of a component, an input sensitivity level of a data input to the component, and an output sensitivity level of a data output from the component, where the data output is stored in a storage device. The processor(s) average the component sensitivity level, the input sensitivity level, and the output sensitivity level to establish a composite sensitivity level, determine a deletion mode for deleting the output data from the storage device based on the composite sensitivity level, and delete the output data from the storage device by utilizing the deletion mode.

Abstract: A system and method for compressing video is disclosed, in which video frames that are only between consecutive I-frames are grouped into a video data set. The video data set is split into separate homogeneous files, and each of the homogeneous files are individually compressed. In one embodiment, the individually compressed files are multiplexed to form a bit stream.

Abstract: Methods performed by a User Equipment (UE) are provided for enabling Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (MBMS) reception, the methods include creating, by at least one processor, a unified service guide including a list of at least one MBMS service available over at least one communication path based on information about the at least one MBMS service; selecting, by the at least one processor, a first communication path among the at least one communication path for a selected MBMS service among the list of the at least one MBMS service based on at least one of a signal condition of Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) cell, signal conditions of a serving cell, service availability or a packet switched (PS) enabled stack; and providing, by the at least one processor, the selected MBMS service over the selected communication path.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a dual inhibitor of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and histone deacetylase (HDAC), including a core containing a quinazoline moiety or a quinazolin-4(3H)-one moiety, a kinase hinge binding moiety, and a histone deacetylase pharmacophore, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a prodrug thereof, or solvate thereof. The present invention is also directed to a histone deacetylase inhibitor, including a core containing a quinazolin-4(3H)-one moiety and a histone deacetylase pharmacophore.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are tunneling field effect transistors (TFETs), and related methods and computing devices. In some embodiments, a TFET may include: a first source/drain material having a p-type conductivity; a second source/drain material having an n-type conductivity; a channel material at least partially between the first source/drain material and the second source/drain material, wherein the channel material has a first side face and a second side face opposite the first side face; and a gate above the channel material, on the first side face, and on the second side face.

Abstract: A cartridge for use with chemical or biological analysis systems is provided. The cartridge may include a floating microfluidic plate that is held in the cartridge using one or more floating support brackets that incorporate gaskets that may seal against fluidic ports on the microfluidic plate. The floating support brackets may include indexing features that may align the microfluidic plate with the seals.

Abstract: Systems and methods for neural network forecasting for tiered hydroponic farming configurations are disclosed. In embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes: determining, by a computing device, ecology factors associated with a plant of interest; determining, by the computing device, beneficial interdependencies of the ecology factors associated with the plant of interest using an artificial neural network system; and generating, by the computing device, an ecology framework for the plant of interest within a cultivation system based on the beneficial interdependencies of the ecology factors, wherein the ecology framework reflects ecological conditions desired to promote healthy growth of the plant of interest.

Abstract: The disclosure describes devices, systems, and techniques for identifying and treating bladder dysfunction. In one example, a method includes identifying one or more focal points at respective locations of bladder tissue of a bladder of a patient, the one or more focal points initiating coordinated contractions of a detrusor muscle. The method may also, or alternatively, include ablating, for each of the one or more focal points, a respective portion of the bladder tissue at the respective location of the focal point. Ablation of these targeted portions of the bladder tissue may reduce the coordinated contractions of the detrusor muscle and alleviate overactive bladder symptoms.

Abstract: A stair tower for a drilling rig is disclosed, the stair tower including a frame, one or more stair flights and platforms positioned within and mechanically coupled to the frame, and a cable tray pivotably coupled to the frame.

Abstract: A method establishes a session between a network service and a user device used by the user having a particular sociometric identity. One or more processors identify an interaction between a user and one or more provider entities. The processor(s) identify profiles for the one or more provider entities, where each profile of the one or more provider entities describes a type of service provided by a respective provider entity of the one or more provider entities, and compute a sociometric identity of the user based on the profiles of the one or more provider entities with which the user has had an interaction. One or more processors transmit the sociometric identity to a network service in order to establish a session between the network service and a user device used by the user having the sociometric identity.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for optimizing a program operation in a memory device to compensate for program speed variations due to block oxide thinning. In one approach, during a program operation, a program voltage which indicates program speed is acquired from sub-blocks with the highest and lowest program speeds. An initial program voltage for intermediate sub-blocks can be determined based on the acquired program voltages and the positions of the intermediate sub-blocks. The technique can accommodate a loss of one or both acquired program voltages if the programming is interrupted. In another approach, a program voltage which indicates program speed is acquired from one sub-block, and for a later-programmed sub-block, an appropriate offset is located from a table and summed with the acquired program voltage to determine an optimum initial program voltage.

Abstract: An apparatus including a substrate; a transistor device on the substrate including a channel and a source and a drain disposed between the channel; a source contact coupled to the source and a drain contact coupled to the drain; and the source and drain each including a composition including a concentration of germanium at an interface with the channel that is greater than a concentration of germanium at a junction with the source contact. A method including defining an area on a substrate for a transistor device; forming a source and a drain each including an interface with the channel; and forming a contact to one of the source and the drain, wherein a composition of each of the source and the drain includes a concentration of germanium at an interface with the channel that is greater than a concentration at a junction with the contact.

Abstract: Systems and techniques for autonomous vehicle decision making may include training an autonomous vehicle decision making database by capturing an image including a first training object and a second training object during a training phase. The first training object may be classified as a first class and the second training object may be classified as a second class based on a driver gaze location associated with a driver of the vehicle. The database may be built based on classification of the first training object and the second training object. The autonomous vehicle decision making database may be utilized to classify a first object as a first class and a second object as a second class during an operation phase. A processor may perform a first computation associated with the first object based on the classification of the first object and the classification of the second object.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for thwarting attempts at the unauthorized access to the restricted resources within the target server in a multi-node system. Real-time detection of the user ID and thread ID associated with attempts to access the restricted resources within the target server in a multi-node system is achieved by analyzing causality, message queue, and event-driven patterns.