Abstract: An apparatus to facilitate barrier state save and restore for preemption in a graphics environment is disclosed. The apparatus includes processing resources to execute a plurality of execution threads that are comprised in a thread group (TG) and mid-thread preemption barrier save and restore hardware circuitry to: initiate an exception handling routine in response to a mid-thread preemption event, the exception handling routine to cause a barrier signaling event to be issued; receive indication of a valid designated thread status for a thread of a thread group (TG) in response to the barrier signaling event; and in response to receiving the indication of the valid designated thread status for the thread of the TG, cause, by the thread of the TG having the valid designated thread status, a barrier save routine and a barrier restore routine to be initiated for named barriers of the TG.

Abstract: A fan assembly, including a fan body including first and second retention assemblies and an inlet surface defining an air inlet. A motor-driven impeller contained within the fan body generates an airflow. A filter assembly attached to the fan body includes one or more flexible filter media, a first engagement element positioned at first edge of the filter media, and a second engagement element positioned at a second, opposite edge of the filter media. The filter assembly is furlable, and the first and second engagement elements releasably engage with the respective first and second retention assemblies of the fan body to retain the filter assembly tautly over the inlet surface in an at least partially unfurled state, such that, in use, airflow drawn through the air inlet by the motor-driven impeller is drawn through the filter media. The fan body is cylindrical in shape and the filter assembly wraps around substantially all the fan body.

Abstract: Toggling between different arrangements of discrete graphical elements conveying representations of alphanumeric data in a non-alphanumeric manner includes: causing an initial arrangement of tiles on a display. The tiles are associated with items including first and second characteristics having first and second alphanumeric values, and each item is associated with a common objective. Each tile adopts first and second visual characteristics. The tiles are grouped based on the second visual characteristics, and are arranged to visualize progress toward the common objective. In response to a trigger, underlying first alphanumeric values of each item are aggregated on a grouping-by-grouping basis, and the groupings are merged into an associated merged tile expressing the second visual characteristic. The merged tiles have different sizes based on the aggregating of the underlying associated first alphanumeric values.

Abstract: Fibers comprising a lamin-based protein, wherein the fiber is characterized by a diameter between 10 ?m and 180 ?m are disclosed. Further, articles comprising the fibers and methods for producing same are disclosed.

Abstract: The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to the collection of bodily fluids through the use of gravity and microfluidic properties by way of a collector. The collector can make use of microfluidic networks connected to collection sites on the skin of a subject to gather and shuttle blood into a reservoir by a combination of capillary action and gravitational forces. The collected fluid is moved through the microfluidic networks and into the reservoir by a variety of approaches.

Abstract: An image sensor pixel is provided that includes a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD), an analog counter coupled to a cathode terminal of the SPAD, and a comparator having a first input coupled to a floating diffusion node in the analog counter, a second input configured to receive a reference voltage, and a clock input configured to receive a comparator clock signal from the analog counter. The image sensor pixel can further include an analog memory circuit selectively coupled to an output of the comparator. The analog memory circuit can include a read enable switch coupled between the output of the comparator and a storage node and a plurality of capacitors coupled to the storage node via respective switches.

Abstract: Operations for arranging discrete graphical elements representing alphanumeric data in a non-alphanumeric manner include causing an arrangement of a plurality of tiles on a display, the tiles being associated with items associated with a common objective and including a first and second characteristics having first and alphanumeric values. Each tile adopts first and second visual characteristics, has a unique position within the initial arrangement, and the tiles visualize progress toward the common objective. Changes in the first or second alphanumeric values cause: re-sorting the tiles to an updated arrangement differing from the initial arrangement; a first visual change in the first visual characteristic or the second visual characteristic of the first tile; and a second visual change in the first visual characteristic or the second visual characteristic of a second tile.

Abstract: Various collection devices, systems and methods relating to the use of devices with open microfluidic channels disposed within a housing defining a lumen. These devices make use of microneedles passed through apertures to induce fluid flow into microfluidic channel networks for collection and analysis. The device can be actuated via button when placed on the skin of a patient to collect a fluid sample, such as a blood draw.

Abstract: Described herein are compositions, combinations, and methods relating to treating or preventing immune-related diseases, type 1 diabetes, transplant rejection, or lung fibrosis, or slowing or delaying aging processes or extending lifespan in a subject, including subjects with rs3751143.

Abstract: An ultra-high reliability station (UHR STA) requests that medium access control (MAC) header protection padding be included in an MAC Protocol Data Unit (MPDU). A protected control frame may be received from the UHR AP comprising an MPDU that includes a MAC header protection padding field. The MAC header protection padding field may comprise padding to allow for additional time for the processing circuitry to compute the MIC before sending the ACK. For multi-link operations (MLOs) when MAC header protection padding is used, each link may be configured with an independent replay counter and a different key is used for the protected control frame and a protected MAC header in each link. The independent replay counter in each link is reset to zero when the key is derived or rekeyed and set to a packet or sequence number (PN or SN) of the protected control frame or protected MAC header when the MIC is verified.

Abstract: A water heater system, the system comprising a water boiler including: a metallic spiral tube configured to receive at a top end thereof, from an external source, a fluid in a heated state; to output, at a bottom end thereof, the fluid in a cooled state; and a cylinder adapted to abut the metallic spiral tube; wherein the metallic spiral tube in the heated state, heats the cylinder which conducts the heat through the cylinder to heat water in the water boiler

Abstract: A device for suspending a ceiling from a building structure includes a first support wire with a first hoop portion and at least one first hook portion, a second support wire with a second hoop portion and at least one second hook portion, a first isolation cup, a second isolation cup, and a spring between the first and second isolation cups. The first and second support wires are positioned such that the first and second hoop portions are adjacent first and second ends of the spring, respectively, the first hook portion bears against the second isolation cup and the second hook portion bears against the first isolation cup.

Abstract: A work machine using a direct current power system that isolates reactive loads is described herein. The work machine uses a machine power distribution unit that receives direct current power from two or more battery banks of a power unit, whereby each of the battery banks deliver electrical power on a separate direct current bus. A machine power distribution unit of the work machine receives the electrical power from the battery and is used to isolate the power using bus connectors. One of the battery banks provides power to one direct current bus of the work machine and another battery bank provides power to another direct current bus of the work machine. A reactive load serviced by one of the battery banks is electrically disconnected from another reactive load serviced by the other battery bank.

Abstract: A compressor includes a check valve holder and a bypass valve holder, a first through-hole in a fixed scroll, a discharge buffer chamber enclosed by the floating seal plate and the fixed scroll, and a check valve in the discharge buffer chamber. A bypass passage is formed in the fixed scroll, the discharge buffer chamber is in communication with the bypass passages, and bypass valves are disposed in the bypass passages and are movable with respect to the bypass valve holder between a third position and a fourth position; the bypass valves open the bypass passages when the bypass valves are in the third position, and the bypass valves close the bypass passages when the bypass valves are in the fourth position.

Abstract: Methods and devices provide machine learning of mappings between test script endpoints and network configuration and state differences described according to YANG models. Such machine learning is implemented in a network environment by a training workflow and a production workflow, each implemented across a network device and a machine learning computing system, and each utilizing a learning model which includes an encoder-decoder architecture. The learning model is trained on training datasets which include mappings of executable endpoints to YANG model differences, generated by telemetry capture in network environments to generate training datasets.

Abstract: A method includes receiving intraoral scan data of dental site of a patient, generating a virtual three-dimensional (3D) model of the dental site using the intraoral scan data, and outputting a view of the virtual 3D model to a display. The method further includes identifying a plurality of areas of interest (AOIs) on the virtual 3D model, determining adjustments to the view of the virtual 3D model to transition between views of the plurality of AOIs, and automatically adjusting the view of the virtual 3D model based on the determined adjustments.

Abstract: A method including: extracting a set of video features representing properties of a video segment; generating a set of bitrate-resolution pairs based on the set of video features, each bitrate-resolution pair in the set of bitrate-resolution pairs defining a bitrate and defining a resolution estimated to maximize a quality score characterizing the video segment encoded at the bitrate; accessing a distribution of audience bandwidths; selecting a top bitrate-resolution pair in the set of bitrate-resolution pairs; selecting a bottom bitrate-resolution pair in the set of bitrate-resolution pairs; selecting a subset of bitrate-resolution pairs in the set of bitrate-resolution pairs based on the distribution of audience bandwidths, the subset of bitrate-resolution pairs defining bitrates less than the top bitrate and greater than the bottom bitrate; and generating an encoding ladder for the video segment comprising the top bitrate-resolution pair, the bottom bitrate-resolution pair, and the subset of bitrate-resolu

Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically tracking objects, and projecting rendered 3D content onto said objects in real-time. The methods described herein further include image data capture performed by various image-capturing devices, wherein said data is segmented into various components to identify one or more projectors for rendering and projecting 3D content components onto one or more objects.

Abstract: Methods provided by the present disclosure utilize extracorporeal shockwaves, mechanical impacts and/or principles of lithotripsy to break up a tissue sample into smaller fragments—clusters of cells and/or single cells—after which a desired cellular fraction can be isolated from the sample. Devices provided by the present disclosure deploy focused and/or directed shockwaves, and/or focused and directed mechanical impacts, to break apart a tissue sample. The devices maintain the sample in a sterile, closed environment during exposure to the shockwaves or mechanical impacts. Therefore, the shockwaves and/or mechanical impacts are generated outside of a closed device and are transmitted through one or more walls of the device into its interior, where the sample is located.

Abstract: A method of controlling a vibrational transducer, the method comprising: tracking a temperature metric of the vibrational transducer; and controlling a drive signal for the vibrational transducer, where the drive signal is limited to a value to protect the vibrational transducer from over excursion, and where said value is a function of the tracked temperature metric.