Abstract: A robotic system is disclosed. The system includes a memory that stores for each of a plurality of items a set of attribute values. The system includes a processor(s) that uses the attribute values to simulate the placement of items, including by determining, iteratively, for each next item a placement location at which to place the item on a simulated stack of items on the pallet, using the attribute values and a geometric model of where items have been simulated to have been placed to estimate a state of the stack after each of a subset of simulated placements, and using the estimated state to inform a next placement decision. The steps of determining for each next item a placement location and estimating the state of the stack until all of at least a subset of the plurality of items have been simulated as having been placed on the stack.

Abstract: Editing data sets via non-editable workbooks including presenting, by a workbook manager on a client computing system, a workbook in an exploration mode that displays edits to the workbook without altering the workbook, wherein the workbook presents a data set from a cloud-based data warehouse; receiving, by the workbook manager via the workbook, a change to the workbook and an edit to the data set from a client account associated with the client computing system; determining, by the workbook manager, that the client account is authorized to edit the data set on the cloud-based data warehouse and that the client account lacks authorization to commit changes to the workbook; and applying, by the workbook manager, the edit to the data set in the cloud-based data warehouse.

Abstract: There is provided a system and method of runtime examination of a semiconductor specimen. The method includes obtaining a runtime image representative of an inspection area of the specimen, the runtime image having a relatively low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR); and processing the runtime image using a machine learning (ML) model to obtain examination data specific for a given examination application, wherein the ML model is previously trained for the given examination application using one or more training samples, each training sample representative of a respective reference area sharing the same design pattern as the inspection area and comprising: a first training image of the respective reference area having a relatively low SNR; and label data indicative of ground truth in the respective reference area pertaining to the given examination application, the label data obtained by annotating a second training image of the respective reference area having a relatively high SNR.

Abstract: A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. Data communication is made more efficient by removing the need to copy data in the networking stack, using hardware accelerated end-to-end checksum calculation, and supporting transmission formatting of data and header for special cases.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for managing a storage system, comprising: analyzing an access request for a first storage block of the set of storage blocks; in response to the access request comprising a read request: in response to the first storage block residing in the cache: processing the read request from the cache; promoting the first storage block within the cache; and destaging the first storage block to the storage device with the first compression ratio; and in response to the first storage block not residing in the cache: processing the read request from the storage device; and copying the first storage block to the cache; in response to the access request comprising a write request: writing the first storage block to the cache; and destaging the first storage block to the storage device using the first compression ratio.

Abstract: An agitating shaft for use with an agitating screen of a mechanical screening bucket is provided. The agitating shaft may include a shaft member and a spacer rail. The spacer rail may include a base having a mounting surface that engages the shaft member, protrusions extending in a direction opposite the mounting surface, and recesses formed between the plurality of protrusions. The agitating shaft may also include first agitating discs, second agitating discs, and circular spacer discs. The first agitating discs and the second agitating discs may be coupled to the shaft member and the spacer rail such that the first agitating discs and the second agitating discs engage the recesses of the spacer rail. The circular spacer discs may be coupled to the shaft member and the spacer rail such that the circular spacer discs engage the protrusions of the spacer rail.

Abstract: Optimizing configuration rules in a computerized system comprises accessing a set of configuration rules associated with one or more management domains, computing standardized configuration rules, and iteratively optimizing these rules. The optimization process involves computing a candidate set of optimized rules, comparing the candidate set of optimized rules to the original set using a distance metric, and accepting the optimized set if it meets a proximity threshold. System configuration values are then modified based on the optimized rules. The method enhances efficiency and security in identity management systems by reducing redundancies, updating outdated rules, and simplifying rule expressions.

Abstract: Eyewear that includes a frame supporting an optical element. The frame has a first side and a second side. The eyewear also includes a temple adjacent the first side of the frame. The temple includes a first portion adjacent the frame and a second portion releasably connected to the first portion. The eyewear also includes an electrical connector embedded within the first portion of the temple. The second portion conceals the electrical connector from an exterior of the eyewear when the second portion connects to the first portion in a concealed state, and exposes the electrical connector from the exterior of the eyewear when disconnected from the first portion in an exposed state.

Abstract: Collect a full band capture spectral reading from a plurality of cable/fiber broadband network customer units (e.g., cable modems or equivalent optical units); for each of the cable/fiber broadband network customer units, construct an ideal spectral reading. For each of the cable/fiber broadband network customer units, subtract the ideal spectral reading from the full band capture spectral reading to obtain a resultant spectrum. For at least one of the cable/fiber broadband network customer units, identify a persistent deviation from zero in the resultant spectrum that does not match a known impairment type. Identify at least one new impairment type corresponding to the persistent deviation from zero. Remediation of the new impairment type can be carried out as appropriate, and/or a detection pattern can be deployed to identify future occurrences of the new impairment type.

Abstract: A fan assembly, including a fan body including an inlet surface defining an air inlet. A motor-driven impeller contained within the fan body generates an airflow. A filter assembly is arranged to removably engage with the fan body and to cover at least a portion of the inlet surface when engaged with the fan body. The filter assembly includes a filter and a housing for the filter, the housing being provided with a filter retention assembly for releasably retaining the filter in the housing, and a user interface for actuating the filter retention assembly to release the filter from the housing. Upon actuation of the filter retention assembly via the user interface, the filter is free to slide relative to the housing. Preferably, the user interface is positioned on the housing.

Abstract: A surgical instrument comprises a pair of jaw members comprising a first jaw member comprising a groove along a length portion of the first jaw member, the groove extending from a gripping surface of the first jaw member in a first direction, and a slot along the length portion of the first jaw member and extending from the groove in a second direction, the second direction being different than the first direction. The instrument further comprises a cutting element comprising a first edge engaged with the groove and translatable along the groove; and a retaining feature coupled to the first edge of the cutting element and engaged with the slot, the retaining feature remains engaged with the slot throughout a range of translation of the cutting element. The cutting element is translatable along the groove independently from a movement of the pair of jaw members between open and closed positions.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for carbon capture optimization in industrial facilities are disclosed herein. An example carbon capture process involves cooling a flue gas stream using at least one gas-to-air heat exchanger disposed upstream of a carbon dioxide (CO2) absorber. Another example carbon capture process involves heating a heat medium for solvent regeneration and CO2 stripping using a fired heater and/or using at least one waste heat recovery unit.

Abstract: A method for location determination in a wireless communications system solves a minimization problem using estimated time-of-arrivals (TOAs) of reference signals [108, 110, 112] received by a receiving node [100] from transmitting nodes [102, 104, 106] and predetermined locations of the transmitting nodes, to produce an estimate of unknown receiving node location and/or an estimate of an unknown time of transmission (t) of the reference signals. The minimization problem is defined in terms of a theoretical system model of time-of-arrivals (TOAs), linearized globally as a function of the unknown receiving node location, the unknown time of transmission (t) of the reference signals, and an additional intermediate variable (u) that defines a non-linear quadratic constraint over position coordinates of the unknown receiving node location and the time of transmission (t) of the reference signals, wherein the minimization problem optimizes the additional intermediate variable (u).

Abstract: A technique for power aware event scheduling including receiving, from a wireless access point, an indication of a scheduled reference event, determining, for an application event, an amount of time to generate data for a wireless uplink transmission associated with the application event, receiving timing information, the timing information indicating an amount of time to divide the generated data into data frames, determining an adjusted time based on the amount of time to generate data, the received timing information, and the scheduled reference event, triggering the application event at the adjusted time, and transmitting the data frames based on the scheduled reference event.

Abstract: A print head for a 3D printer can receive a syringe of printing material which controllably exits through a needle or nozzle. The print head has a misting port through which a mist of the chemical cross-linker flows around the printing material for curing. The print head further includes an extraction port for extracting excess chemical cross from around the printed object.

Abstract: An optical processor is presented for applying optical processing to a light field passing through a predetermined imaging lens unit. The optical processor comprises a pattern in the form of spaced apart regions of different optical properties. The pattern is configured to define a phase coder, and a dispersion profile coder. The phase coder affects profiles of Through Focus Modulation Transfer Function (TFMTF) for different wavelength components of the light field in accordance with a predetermined profile of an extended depth of focusing to be obtained by the imaging lens unit. The dispersion profile coder is configured in accordance with the imaging lens unit and the predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing to provide a predetermined overlapping between said TFMTF profiles within said predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing.

Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a header with a cavity, a pressure sensing element, an isolator, an isolator support, a damping gap, and oil. The pressure sensing element is in the cavity. The isolator has corrugations and is mounted to a top of the header. The isolator covers the cavity. The isolator support is in the cavity of the header above the pressure sensing element. The isolator support is corrugated. The corrugations of the isolator support align with the corrugations on the isolator. The damping gap is between the isolator support and the isolator. The damping gap has a constant width between the isolator support and the isolator. Oil fills the damping gap and the cavity in the header. The oil moves between the damping gap and the header cavity in response to external pressure changes moving the isolator.

Abstract: Connected computing enables the use of highly diverse environments that support operating frameworks for contemporary civilization. But computing productivity and trustworthiness are undermined by such environments' largely inchoate organization. These environments and their identity infrastructures are fragmented, and unnecessarily unreliable, insecure, and insufficiently informative due to current computing entity (e.g., resource) identification infrastructure design, which lacks root identification reliability. Such reliability is enabled herein by a fundamentally accurate and authenticity ensuring, near-existential or existential quality, biometrically and liveness based, portable identification and provenance infrastructure. Such an infrastructure provides ubiquitously available identification information that can be used universally for identification processes.