Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed provide a laser-assisted micro-mass spectrometer, which can include a pulsed inlet, a multi-wavelength laser system, and a first mass spectrometer module including a plurality of first ionization sources. In an embodiment, the pulsed inlet can be configured to receive a neutral sample of analyte material and provide it to said first mass spectrometer module.

Abstract: A combination gas burner assembly includes a first burner forming a first profile shape and a second burner positioned above the first burner. The second burner forms a second profile shape different from the first profile shape. The first burner and the second burner form a perimeter of the gas burner assembly. The first profile shape overlaps with the second profile shape forming an overlapping portion of the perimeter.

Abstract: Techniques for testing semiconductor devices include a semiconductor device having a plurality of components, a test bus, and a test data transfer unit. The test data transfer unit receives, from a host computer, configuration information for performing a test of the semiconductor device, reads, via a high-speed data transfer link, test data associated with the test from memory of the host computer using direct memory access, sends the test data to the plurality of components via the test bus, causes one or more operations to be performed on the semiconductor device to effect at least a portion of the test, and after the one or more operations have completed, retrieves test results of the at least a portion of the test from the test bus and stores, via the high-speed data transfer link, the test results in the memory of the host computer using direct memory access.

Abstract: Cloud application fault detection is described. At an observability framework implemented by a processor, log files associated with applications are received, wherein the log files are automatically streamed from at least one log directory. A template is applied to the log files automatically streamed from the at least one log directory as the log files are received to identify faults of the applications associated with the log files. The log files automatically streamed from the at least one log directory are processed as the log files are received based on the faults to generate an error message identifying the faults of the applications associated with the log files.

Abstract: A system, method and non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions executable by one or more processors to display, a listing of one or more Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) units; receive, by an orchestrator tool, a first user selection of a first set of O-RAN units; receive a first user entry of a version identifier of a first upgrade; receive a second user entry of a path associated with the first upgrade; receive a first request to deploy the first upgrade to the first set of O-RAN units; and in response to receiving the first request, prepare a first standardized configuration payload. The first standardized configuration payload includes the version identifier of the first upgrade; and the path associated with the first upgrade. The instructions cause transmission of the first standardized configuration payload in a first configuration file to a configuration management module or service.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using a large language model as a common interface between entities in a supply chain network. One of the methods includes receiving, by a supply chain analysis system, a plurality of messages from entities in a supply chain network having a plurality of entities. Each message is provided to a large language model that is configured to generate modified messages that are in a standardized format, wherein the standardized format includes one or more data elements representing a proposed exchange in the supply chain network. The standardized messages are provided to one or more of the entities in the supply chain network to effectuate a communications interface through the large language model for entities in the supply chain network.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method performed by the electronic device are provided. The method includes receiving a management frame for each of one or more links transmitted by at least one hub device, determining a predicted downlink (DL) throughput and a predicted uplink (UL) throughput for each of the links based on the management frame, determining a target link based on the determined predicted DL throughput and the predicted UL throughput for each of the links, and exchanging data with an external electronic device through the target link.

Abstract: The present technology includes semiconductor devices with improved stress in a channel region. The semiconductor devices include a substrate, a source region, a drain region, a channel region that includes at least one channel located between the source and the drain, a first gate region, and a second gate region. The first gate region includes a self-aligned single diffusion break, and the second gate region includes a first gate enclosing the channel between the source region and the drain region. The self-aligned single diffusion break also contains a stressed dielectric material having a stress of about 500 MPa or greater.

Abstract: A battery charging system can include a first charger module having a first AC side couplable to an AC source and a first DC side couplable to a battery and first control circuitry that operates the first charger to charge or discharge the battery; and a second charger module having a second AC side couplable to the AC source and a second DC side couplable to the battery and second control circuitry that operates the second charger to generate heat, wherein: if the first charger module is charging the battery from the AC source, the second control circuitry operates the second charger to generate heat without delivering charging current to the battery; and if the second charger is discharging the battery to the AC source, the second control circuitry operates the second charger to generate heat without delivering current to the AC source.

Abstract: An automated power on notification system includes a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store instructions thereon. The system further includes a processor connected to the non-transitory computer readable medium. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for detecting a failure to establish a connection with a newly powered on component. The processor is further configured to instruct a transmitter to transmit a periodic timer signal to the newly powered on component, wherein the periodic timer signal indicates a time period for the newly powered on component to wait prior to repeating an attempt to connect to a network. The processor is further configured to receive a connection request from the newly powered on component after the time period has elapsed. The processor is further configured to establish a connection between the newly powered on component and the network.

Abstract: Operating a battery charger having an AC side stacked half bridge configuration coupled to a primary winding of a transformer and a DC side stacked half bridge configuration coupled to a secondary winding of the transformer to provide heating can include either operating the AC side stacked half bridges to provide a current path through the primary winding that does not include an AC source or operating the DC side stacked half bridges to provide a current path through the secondary winding that does not include a battery. In the former case, operation can include operating the DC side stacked half bridges to alternate between switching states that selectively couple a battery to the secondary winding of the transformer. In the latter case, operation can include operating the AC side stacked half bridges to alternate between switching states that selectively couple the AC source to the primary winding.

Abstract: An embodiment provides unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for infrastructure surveillance and monitoring. One example includes monitoring power grid components such as high voltage power lines. The UAVs may coordinate, for example using swarm behavior, and be controlled via a platform system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media that generate a modified digital image depicting a transparent object utilizing a transparency properties neural network. For example, the disclosed system accesses a trimap for a source digital image depicting a transparent object. The disclosed system utilizes the trimap of the source digital image and the source digital image to generate an alpha matte and a refractive flow. Specifically, the disclosed system generates the alpha matte and refractive flow by utilizing a transparency properties neural network. Furthermore, the disclosed system generates the modified digital image depicting the transparent object (from the source digital image) within a background of a target digital image, by modifying a portion of the background of a target digital image behind the transparent object utilizing the alpha matte and the refractive flow.

Abstract: Methods and systems herein identify and redact personally identifiable information. A PII sensitivity detection framework includes multiple layers where each layer corresponds to a computer model. The framework analyzes data stored within different data tables and predicts whether a data column includes PII. The first layer corresponds to an artificial intelligence model that analyzes each column metadata and predicts a first score indicative of a likelihood of PII. The second layer corresponds to a rule-based computer model that uses various rules to determine a second score indicative of a likelihood of PII for each column. The third layer corresponds to a column content model that analyzes content of each column using various natural language processing techniques to generate a third score indicative of a likelihood of PII. The framework masks data being presented to a user based on the scores generated via execution of one or more of the layers.

Abstract: A method comprising creating, by a computer-based system for shifting financial responsibility for a transaction from a merchant to a transaction account issuer, a digital wallet associated with a transaction account holder, wherein the digital wallet comprises one or more attributes associated with the transaction account holder, confirming, by the computer-based system, the attribute in response to a transaction request, and/or determining, by the computer-based system, whether to shift financial responsibility for the transaction from the merchant to the transaction account issuer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and method for controlling fouling in a process for cleaning a hydrocarbon gas. The methods may include adding an effective amount of a composition to a conduit including the hydrocarbon gas. The composition includes an anti-foam compound and other components are optional, such as a solvent or additive. The compositions and methods may also be used for controlling fouling of equipment used during a process for cleaning and compressing a hydrocarbon gas. The equipment may be selected from, for example, a slug catcher, a scrubber, a suction drum, a compressor, and any combination thereof.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and system for generating efficient cross-layer key performance indicators for monitoring, managing and debugging communications networks. An exemplary method embodiment includes the steps of: generating a plurality of different cross-layer key performance indicators (CL-KPIs) from a set of event data records corresponding to a first period of time and a first base protocol, each CL-KPI in said plurality of different CL-KPIs being for a different failure cause scenario; identifying a CL-KPI in the plurality of different CL-KPIs corresponding to the first period of time and the first base protocol having a highest CL-KPI value and determining a most likely failure cause scenario for said first base protocol to be the failure cause scenario associated with the identified CL-KPI having the highest CL-KPI value.

Abstract: The present technology includes semiconductor devices with improved stress in a channel region. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a source region, a drain region, a channel region that includes at least one channel located between the source and the drain. Devices include a first gate region having a first self-aligned single diffusion break in a n-MOS region, and a second gate region includes having a self-aligned single diffusion break in a p-MOS region. The second self-aligned single diffusion break also contains a liner and a compressive stressed material, where the stressed metal fill exhibits a compressive stress of about 350 MPa or greater.

Abstract: The disclosed technology provides solutions for applying a flare detection model to an image for detecting road flares in an environment by an autonomous vehicle (AV). A method comprises accessing a flare detection model that is trained to recognize a bounded outer region and a bounded inner region; and detect a flare object within the bounded inner region and refrain from detecting an object in the bounded outer region; applying the flare detection model to an image of the environment to recognize an outer region corresponding to a glow of a flare and an inner region that corresponds to the flare in the environment; and detecting the flare in the environment within the inner region based on the inner region being recognized by the flare detection model and contained within the outer region that is also recognized by the flare detection model. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.

Abstract: According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for detecting deliberate motion of a catheter positioned within a patient and including a magnetic sensor includes collecting a plurality of first magnetic sensor samples. The method includes measuring a sensor position P0 in 3D coordinates for each of the first magnetic sensor samples and measuring a sensor orientation for each of the first magnetic sensor samples. Measuring the sensor orientation includes generating a first vector (P0-P1) and generating a second vector (P0-P2) orthogonal to the first vector. The method includes removing a respiration motion frequency component from the from the plurality of first magnetic sensor samples with a signal processing filter. A running variance for each axis (x, y, z) of the P1 and P2 is computed. The method includes generating an output indicative of detected deliberate motion based on the computed running variance.