Abstract: Pre-authorized communication services and/or transactions are provided via a plurality of networks in response to a request received from a user to provide at least one of a communication service, a transaction and user account information via a plurality of networks of different types. Prior to processing the request, there is verification of the user's authorization to receive the at least one of the communication service, the transaction, and the user account information, and that an account associated with the user has a sufficient amount currently available for payment of the at least one of the communication service and the transaction. After verification, an authorized account associated with the user is charged in real time as the at least one of the communication service and the transaction is provided.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and apparatuses for a medication adherence apparatus and methods of use. A method of adhering to medical prescription requirements combines sensors and hardware to record a cap state including an orientation, temperature, time stamp, and location of a cap device to enhance a patient's adherence to medical prescription when operably coupled with a computing device.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for improved imaging device configuration are disclosed and described. An example apparatus includes a memory storing a first neural network that is trained to map image quality metrics to corresponding scan parameters. The example apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive specified image quality metrics; instruct the trained first neural network to generate scan parameters based on the specified image quality metrics to configure an imaging device for image acquisition; and instruct the imaging device to acquire one or more resulting images using the generated scan parameters.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for protecting coherent memory contents in a coherent data processing network by filtering data access requests and snoop response based on the Read/Write (R/W) access permissions. Requests are augmented with access permissions in memory protection units and the access permissions are used to control memory access by home nodes of the network.

Abstract: The present application provides a method of increasing relative abundance of Oscillospira in gastro-intestinal tract of a subject. The method comprising administering to said subject at least 2.5 g per day of fructo-oligosaccharide, such that the abundance of Oscillospira is increased to a statistically significant level when measured by F-test. A composition for increasing relative abundance of Oscillospira in gastro-intestinal tract of a subject is also disclosed.

Abstract: Image enhancement systems and methods with variable number of excitation (NEX) acquisitions accelerated using compressed sensing for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging are provided. The MR system comprises a body coil adapted to emit electromagnetic waves onto the anatomy of interest and receive the signals emitted from the anatomy of interest. The system comprises variable number of excitations (NEX) based compressed sensing by acquisition of different points in k-space using the body coil. A first neural network comprising an image enhancement module is provided to reconstruct the body coil images that provides a high-quality image. The high-quality image is stored in an image database. A processor is configured to connect the image database to a second neural network that is a deep learning network trained to assess the image quality and provide feedback to the processor and the first neural network.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a permanent magnet (PM) motor driven hoist system. The hoist system includes a PM out-runner motor with a stator on a fixed central shaft with stator coils, and an outer rotor assembly coaxial with and rotatable about the stator. The rotor having a rotating housing with an outer surface radially outward of the shaft and an inner surface radially inward of the shaft and plurality of PMs disposed at the inner surface configured to magnetically couple with the stator. The rotating housing coupled to the cable drum such that rotation of the rotor assembly causes rotation of the cable drum. The system also includes a controller connected to a power source and the motor, configured to generate excitation signals applied to the stator coils to induce a torque in the outer rotor assembly and cause it to rotate about the stator and central shaft.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods include an upstream exhaust analysis circuit structured to determine a characteristic of an exhaust gas stream entering a nitrous oxide (NOx) storage catalyst; a prediction circuit structured to predict a downstream NOx concentration of an exhaust gas stream exiting the NOx storage catalyst based on a model of a NOx storage capacity or a dynamic response of the NOx storage catalyst; a downstream exhaust analysis circuit structured to determine a downstream NOx concentration of the exhaust gas stream exiting the NOx storage catalyst; and a comparison circuit structured to compare the predicted downstream NOx concentration to the determined downstream NOx concentration, and determine a health of the NOx storage catalyst based on the comparison.

Abstract: Sulfonyl hydroxamic acid compounds have the following general formula: Ring A and B are aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, fused aryl or fused alkyl group, and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are hydrogen, alkoxy, aryloxy, hydroxy, ester, amide, amino, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, nitro, cyano, ester, or aldehyde. The compounds are HDAC inhibitors. Processes can be used for preparation of these indole-based sulfonyl hydroxamic acid derivatives.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a device writes messages and corresponding trace-on-failure flags to log files when failure conditions are detected. The device propagates the trace-on-failure flags to headers of the log files. The device forms a file index of the log files that have trace-on-failure flags set in their headers. The device performs, using the file index, a lookup of messages in the log files associated with a particular error context. The device sends data from the lookup to an electronic display.

Abstract: In some implementations, a computing system can perform crowd sourced access point mapping using privacy preserving techniques. For example, a server device can receive access point data reports from multiple user devices that includes various attributes and/or measurements with respect to access points with which the user devices have established connections. The access point data reports can be delivered without identifying the user devices, or users thereof, and their exact locations. Based on the access point data reports, the server device can map locations of access points and relationships between access points to generate network topologies, network locations, network quality scores, and various other characteristics of networks and/or access points. The generated access point data can be served to user devices so that the user devices can improve the efficiency of the interactions between user devices and the detected access points and/or networks.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as a Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a method and system for enabling discontinuous reception (DRX) over an unlicensed band in cellular networks. In one embodiment, the method comprises of monitoring, by a user equipment (UE), an unlicensed channel at a pre-configured on period of a DRX cycle, wherein the UE wakes up during a DRX on period and sleeps during DRX off period, receiving an indication of extension of the DRX on period from an associated evolved node B (eNB) when the associated eNB is unable to acquire an unlicensed channel during a DRX on period of the licensed channel and continuously monitoring the unlicensed band for the extended DRX on period. The time period for extension of the DRX on period of the unlicensed channel is selected from a set of pre-specified extension values.

Abstract: A method of resource selection by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes detecting a need of an uplink transmission having a plurality of transmission parameters for at least one application from a plurality of applications having an associated transmission requirement. The method includes determining a set of configured grant resources available to the UE along with the associated plurality of grant resource parameters. The method includes determining transmission capability for the set of configured grant resources by analyzing the grant resource parameters. The method includes selecting at least one configured grant resource from the set of configured grant resources satisfying at least one transmission requirement of the at least one application.

Abstract: Techniques related to authentication and authorization are disclosed. In some embodiments, an access management system is provided for increasing the reliability of notification-based authentication and/or authorization. Push notifications, for example, may be used as part of multifactor authentication processing or authorization processing. In certain embodiments, in response to an event triggering an authentication or authorization flow for a user, multiple different ways are provided for delivering notifications related to the authentication or authorization flow to the user's device (e.g., a client device registered for push notification-based authentication or authorization). By providing multiple ways for communicating notifications related to the authentication or authorization to the user's device, the chance that an authentication-related or authorization-related notification is missed or not delivered to the user's device is dramatically reduced.

Abstract: A system for providing controlled access and tracking location of an individual within a restricted area includes access cards, access control devices, location tracking devices, a gateway device, and a server. The access card includes identification data which facilitates the access control devices to provide physical access to the individual into the restricted area. The access cards also transmit beacon signals to facilitate the access control devices and the location tracking devices to track location of the individual within the restricted area. The gateway device is connected to the access control devices and the location tracking devices. The server is connected to the gateway device.

Abstract: Techniques are described for enrolling an authentication device for generating time-based one-time passwords (TOTPs) for use with multi-factor authentication (MFA). A user is prompted to initiate an enrollment procedure after successful authentication based on a first authentication factor in connection with a request for a resource protected by an access management (AM) system. The authentication device contacts the AM system to establish that the authentication device is a trusted device (e.g., through validation of an authentication token contained in a Quick Response (QR) code generated by the AM system). After the authentication device has been established as a trusted device, the AM system sends a shared secret to the authentication device, which uses the shared secret to complete enrollment (e.g., by generating a TOTP for verification by the AM system). A session is then created for the user to enable access to the protected resource.

Abstract: A Top of Rack (TOR) switch operating with a Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) platform is implemented using commodity switch hardware and is configured to maintain or retrieve flow state information for incoming data flows in a load balancer. In one embodiment, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) informs a user mode container flow state information for each incoming data flow. The user mode container informs the ASIC of any affected flows that may result pursuant to a modified distributed system (e.g., added, updated, or removed servers). In other embodiments, the ASIC may utilize remote direct memory access (RDMA) to retrieve flow state information maintained by a remote device or may utilize the RDMA to retrieve network address translation (NAT) information for incoming traffic. In each of the implementations, the integrity of the load balancing system is maintained when the distributed system of servers changes.

Abstract: Software that answers questions asked of question answering systems, by performing the following steps: (i) identifying a hierarchy of question and answer pairs, where a first answer paired to a first question in the hierarchy of question and answer pairs includes at least a second answer paired to a second question in the hierarchy of question and answer pairs; (ii) receiving, by a question answering system, an input question from a first user; (iii) identifying first user contextual information pertaining to the first user; and (iv) answering the input question, by the question answering system, based, at least in part, on the hierarchy of question and answer pairs and the first user contextual information.

Abstract: Data replication groups may be used to store data in a distributed computing environment. A data replication group may include a set of nodes executing a consensus protocol. The nodes may be executed by a set of host computer systems within a distributed computing environment. In addition, the data replication group may include a number of slots used to store data. In this manner, a single data replication group may maintain a plurality of stored data objects.