Abstract: A computing device includes an intrusion switch and a battery-backed volatile memory. The battery-backed volatile memory is configured to indicate a physical intrusion when the physical intrusion is detected by the intrusion switch. The triggering of the intrusion switch interrupts a power supply to the battery-backed volatile memory. A method of detecting hardware intrusion in a computing device is also described.

Abstract: An electrical heater, an exhaust treatment assembly, and method of manufacture. The heater includes a resistive portion configured to generate heat when electrical current is passed therethrough. A plurality of slots extend into the resistive portion from an outer periphery of the resistive portion and define a serpentine current-carrying path extending through the resistive portion between a pair of electrode attachment portions. Each of the electrode attachment portions is connected to a respective end segment that is bounded between an outer periphery of the resistive portion and a respective first slot of the plurality of slots. At least one auxiliary slot in each of the end segments that extends from the outer periphery toward the first slot in a direction transverse to the first slot to bias current flow through a concentrated region adjacent to and extending along the first slot in each end segment.

Abstract: A system includes a processor, a robotic arm comprising an end effector, wherein the end effector comprises a plurality of ridges, a sensor configured to detect vibrations from the plurality of ridges, and a memory module. The memory module stores machine-readable instructions that cause the processor to perform operations including contacting, with the plurality of ridges, a target object, detecting, with the sensor, vibrations from the plurality of ridges caused by a movement between the target object and the plurality of ridges, determining an attribute of the movement based on the detected signals, and adjusting the end effector based on the attribute of the movement.

Abstract: An image processing system is provided. The image processing system includes a display, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores processor-executable code that when executed by the processor causes receiving images of a region of interest of a patient with an enteric tube or line disposed within the region of interest, detecting the medical tube or line within the image, generating a combined image by combining the received images, and superimposing graphical markers on the combined image that indicate placement or misplacement of the enteric tube or line, and displaying the combined image on a display. In further aspects, a classification of the enteric tube or line (e.g., correctly placed tube present, malpositioned tube present, and so forth) and a detected positional change in the placement of the enteric tube or line may be determined and communicated to one or more clinicians.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for monitoring the performance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models and applications in the medical imaging domain, without requiring access to the underlying clinical data. The system extracts characteristics of input data, model performance, and user feedback at the point of encounter, and uses these characteristics as a surrogate for the underlying input data. The invention further includes a method for determining deviations by comparing the extracted characteristics against previously determined characteristics and responding to deviations exceeding a threshold by transmitting an alert to a user device.

Abstract: Macrocyclic Complement Factor D inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions, and uses thereof, as well as processes for their manufacture are provided. The compounds provided include Formula I, Formula II, Formula III, Formula IV, Formula V, Formula VI, Formula VII, and Formula VIII or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, isotopic analog, N-oxide, or isolated isomer thereof, optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable composition. The inhibitors described herein target Factor D and inhibit or regulate the complement cascade.

Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to a method and system for time series forecasting incorporating seasonal correlations using scalable architecture. The scalable architecture comprises parallel encoders, a neural network layer and a decoder. The neural network layer is either an attention layer or RNN layer. Each of the encoders and the decoder comprises multiple sequential encoder and decoder units, respectively. The parallel encoders encode seasonal correlations in a time series to generate summary vectors which are then processed along with state of a previous decoder unit by the neural network layer to generate a feature vector whose size is independent of order of seasonality of the time series. The feature vector is then processed by a next decoder unit to forecast a seasonal time series data at a subsequent time step. This process is repeated for all the decoder units to train the deep neural network model for time series forecasting.

Abstract: A method for generating an audio signal includes capturing, during a traversal event, at least one audio stream associated with one or more of a content, an ambient audio stream, and at least one user interface (UI) frame; obtaining a set of audio features, and obtaining one or more of UI elements; determining an audio gain based on a prioritization and a weighted average of the extracted set of audio features; determining a UI context based on a UI contextual score of the extracted one or more UI elements; obtaining an audio map comprising at least one biased audio file and at least one unbiased audio file; and obtaining the audio signal based on a priority order assigned to the at least one biased audio file and the at least one unbiased audio file associated with the audio map.

Abstract: In some implementations, an ingress node may receive first traffic from a host device. The ingress node may determine and based on an ingress filter of the ingress node, that traffic from the host device is allowed. The ingress node may select, using a load balancing functionality, and based on determining that traffic from the host device is allowed, a security node, of a plurality of security nodes, to which the ingress node is to forward the first traffic. The ingress node may forward the first traffic to the selected security node. The ingress node may receive, based on forwarding the first traffic, a message that indicates that traffic from the host device is to be blocked. The ingress node may update, using the message, the ingress filter of the ingress node to indicate that traffic from the host device is to be blocked.

Abstract: A new approach is proposed to support SRAM less bootup of an electronic device. A portion of a cache unit of a processor is utilized as a SRAM to maintain data to be accessed via read and/or write operations for bootup of the electronic device. First, the portion of the cache unit is mapped to a region of a memory, which has not been initialized. The processor reads data from a non-modifiable storage to be used for the bootup process of the electronic device and writes the data into the portion of the cache unit serving as the SRAM. To prevent having to read or write to the uninitialized memory, any read operation to the memory region returns a specific value and any write operation to the memory region is dropped. The processor then accesses the data stored in the portion of the cache unit to bootup the electronic device.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for providing security postures for a service provided by a heterogenous system. A method for verifying trust by a service node includes receiving a request for a security information of the service node from a client device, wherein the request includes information identifying a service to receive from the service node, identifying a related node to communicate with the service node based on the service, after identifying the related node, requesting a security information of the related node, generating a composite security information from the security information of the service node and the security information of the related node, and sending the composite security information to the client device. The composite security information provides security claims for a service implemented by a heterogenous devices that have different trusted execution environments.

Abstract: In a running distributed data storage system that actively processes I/Os, metadata nodes are commissioned and decommissioned without taking down the storage system and without introducing interruptions to metadata or payload data I/O. The inflow of reads and writes continues without interruption even while new metadata nodes are in the process of being added and/or removed and the strong consistency of the system is guaranteed. Commissioning and decommissioning nodes within the running system enables streamlined replacement of permanently failed nodes and advantageously enables the system to adapt elastically to workload changes. An illustrative distributed barrier logic (the “view change barrier”) controls a multi-state process that controls a coordinated step-wise progression of the metadata nodes from an old view to a new normal. Rules for I/O handling govern each state until the state machine loop has been traversed and the system reaches its new normal.

Abstract: The described embodiments set forth techniques for management of electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) profiles for a wireless device, including in-field replacement of provisioning (bootstrap) eSIM profiles. Public key infrastructure (PKI) information for an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) profile management server is installed in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of a wireless device at a time of manufacture and used subsequently by the wireless device to conduct an eSIM profile management session and verify authorization of the OEM profile management server to manage, e.g., update and/or replace, one or more eSIM profiles on the eUICC of the wireless device.

Abstract: A system to operate voice control for a vehicle includes: a switch; a control unit operatively coupled to the switch, the control unit having a communication module; and a safety gear having a voice input module. The voice input module is configured to communicate with the communication module. The voice input module receives voice input from a rider and establishes communication with the communication module when the switch is actuated. The switch is configured to be actuated in one or more positions by the rider, the switch based on the position of actuation generates a corresponding electric signal.

Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein describe deploying a plurality of microservices to calculate an insurance rate. The plurality of microservices may operate in parallel to calculate a plurality of partial rates that are combined (e.g., added up) to determine the insurance rate. During the calculating steps, one or more rating factors may be cached and/or stored. The plurality of microservices may reduce the time and/or resources required by a processor to calculate an insurance rate, while the stored rating factors may be displayed to the user to provide greater transparency into how the insurance rate was calculated.

Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositons thereof. which are useful for treating a variety of conditions associated with TREX1.

Abstract: Systems and methods of monitoring inventory of a product storage facility include an image capture device configured to move about the product storage areas of the product storage facility and capture images of the product storage areas from various angles. A computing device coupled to the image capture device obtains the images of the product storage areas captured by the image capture device and processes the obtained images of the product storage areas to detect individual products captured in the obtained images. Based on detection of the individual products captured in the images, the computing device analyzes each of the obtained images to extract meta data from the packaging the individual products to detect one more keywords and determine the locations of the detected keywords on the packaging, and then utilize this information to predict an identity of the products associated with the packaging.

Abstract: A universal respiratory detector for detecting a respiratory gas. The universal respiratory detector may include a plurality of layers with a visual indicator to quickly and reversibly change color to detect a respiratory gas parameter such as carbon dioxide. The color change may be visible from both sides of the detector. In some examples, the respiratory detector may be a biocompatible and conformable sticker for mounting on a person's face or an oxygen delivery device.

Abstract: An electrical heater and method for heating a catalyst. The electrical heater includes a honeycomb body having a central axis extending longitudinally therethrough. The honeycomb body includes a matrix of intersecting walls forming a plurality of cells extending axially through the honeycomb body. A plurality of electrodes are positioned about an outer periphery of the honeycomb body. The plurality of electrodes are arranged into a plurality of pairs of electrodes that comprises at least a first pair of electrodes and a second pair of electrodes. Each pair of electrodes includes a first electrode and a second electrode. An electrode length of the electrodes along the outer periphery is proportional to a central current path length between center points of the electrodes of that pair of electrode. The electrode lengths of the electrodes of the first and second pairs of electrode are different.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed to improve fan operability control using smart materials. An engine comprising an engine surface in an airflow path, a sensor positioned on the engine surface, and a smart-material-based feature positioned on the engine surface, the smart-material-based feature triggered to modify the airflow path when the sensor outputs an indication of a detected deviation from a reference value of an operating parameter of the engine.