Abstract: Example systems, devices, and methods can initiate playback of content on a client device. The client device determines an advertisement slot is identifiable in the content with a lead time greater than a lead threshold. A first advertisement can be prefetched in response to a playback time of the advertisement slot approaching in the content. The first advertisement is targeted based on the client device and the content. The client device plays the prefetched first advertisement during playback of the content. The prefetched first advertisement can be stored in response to the client device pausing playback before the advertisement slot, skipping the advertisement slot, or rewinding before the advertisement slot. The first advertisement can be prefetched from a demand-side platform for delivery to a user account associated with the client device.

Abstract: A method of repairing a multi-layer component of an engine in-module includes identifying a damage location on the multi-layer component. The damage location extends at least partially into a ceramic-based top layer of the multi-layer component. The method further includes depositing a material composition onto the damage location at a first temperature range so as to cover the damage location. The material composition includes one or more sintering additives. Further, the method includes applying localized curing to the material composition deposited at the damage location at a second temperature range, the second temperature range being higher than the first temperature range.

Abstract: Example methods disclosed herein include accessing common homes data for a group of common homes, the common homes data including return path data and panel meter data. Disclosed example methods also include accessing common homes data for a group of common homes, the common homes data including first return path data and corresponding panel meter data associated with respective ones of the common homes, grouping the common homes data into view segments, classifying the view segments based on whether the return path data in respective ones of the view segments has matching panel meter data to determine labeled view segments, generating features from the labeled view segments, training a machine learning algorithm based on the features, and applying second return path data to the trained machine learning algorithm to determine whether a media device associated with the second return path data is on or off.

Abstract: A swirler assembly for a combustor includes at least one swirler including a plurality of swirl vanes arrayed about an axis of the swirler. The plurality of swirl vanes includes a first ring of first sub-vanes and a second ring of second sub-vanes, the first ring of first sub-vanes and the second ring of second sub-vanes being separated by a gap therebetween.

Abstract: Certain embodiments disclosed herein provide application-specific launch optimization. Aspects of the present disclosure include one or more cost functions for each application, where each cost function corresponds to a likelihood that a particular application should be placed into a particular pre-activation state. For each of the inactive applications, a respective one of the pre-activation states is selected based on comparing cost values obtained by evaluating the cost functions. Each of the inactive applications can be moved to or maintained in the respectively-selected pre-activation state to more efficiently provide an expedited application launch experience for a user.

Abstract: A falloposcope is described, and a method of screening a patient for fallopian tube and/or ovarian cancer with the falloposcope. The falloposcope can perform optical imaging, including fluorescence imaging and/or optical coherence tomography (OCT), and optionally include a channel for a sampling wire, within a diameter of about 0.7 millimeter. The method includes inserting the falloposcope through a lumen of vagina, cervix, uterus, and fallopian tube so a tip of the falloposcope is in proximity to a first fallopian tube or ovary of the patient; providing fluorescence stimulus wavelength through an illumination fiber of the falloposcope while imaging light at fluorescence emission wavelength through a coherent fiber bundle to form fluorescence emissions images; and determining suspect tissue. Then the sampling wire is used to collect cells from the suspect tissue for karyotype and other analysis.

Abstract: A computing system identifies a plurality of virtualization elements executing on a cloud computing environment. The computing system retrieves a first set of data related to software resources executing across the plurality of virtualization elements. The computing system retrieves a second set of data related to hardware resources associated with the plurality of virtualization elements. The computing system retrieves delta updates to the first set of data, wherein the delta updates are retrieved in real-time. The computing system generates a first database. The first database includes the first set of data related to the software resources, the second set of data related to the hardware resources associated with the plurality of virtualization elements, and the delta updates. The computing system generates a configuration management database hosted by a configuration management database system.

Abstract: A method of determining an operating configuration of a stove having: a cooktop having a plurality of heating regions; a power cord connected to a receptacle; a housing; a battery disposed within the housing, where the obtained stove use data comprises information regarding use of at least one of the heating regions of the cooktop. The method includes determining an operating configuration based at least in part on obtained stove use data and obtained power availability data, the determined operating configuration including one of: a full power configuration where the heating regions operate at a maximum power greater than 120V input voltage based on power from both the receptacle and the battery or power solely from the battery, and a reduced power configuration where the heating regions operate at a reduced power less than the maximum power, based on power solely from the receptacle or power solely from the battery.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method for determining feature importance in an ensemble model including a plurality of Machine Learning (ML) models is disclosed. The method includes receiving a dataset comprising input features and a forecast result. The method also includes generating a ranking-based feature list based on the input features. Further, the method includes generating a feature importance output based on the ranking-based features lists. Furthermore, the method includes determining a weightage value corresponding to each of the plurality of ML models based on an accuracy value associated with the corresponding machine learning model. The method also includes determining a weightage-based feature importance value corresponding to each input feature corresponding to the feature importance output based on the determined weightage value corresponding to each ML model responsible for the corresponding input feature in the feature importance output.

Abstract: An HVAC system includes a refrigerant sub-system and an air treatment sub-system. The air treatment sub-system includes a three-way heat exchanger. The HVAC system is operable to circulate heat transfer fluid between the heat exchanger and the refrigerant sub-system. The heat exchanger includes panel assemblies, heat transfer fluid inlet and outlet manifolds, and a heat transfer fluid inlet and outlet. Each panel assembly includes a heat transfer fluid channel and a desiccant channel separated from the heat transfer fluid channel. The inlet and outlet manifolds are connected to the heat transfer fluid channel of each panel assembly, and each extend between lateral sides of the heat exchanger. The inlet manifold is closed at a first lateral side and connected to the inlet at a second lateral side, and the outlet manifold is closed at the second lateral side and connected to the outlet at the first lateral side.

Abstract: A chip includes a merger cell including a first p-type length of diffusion (LOD) region extending in a first direction, a first n-well underneath the first p-type LOD region, a first supply rail configured to receive a first supply voltage, and a first n-tap coupling the first n-well to the first supply rail. The merger cell also includes a second p-type length of diffusion (LOD) region extending in the first direction, a second n-well underneath the second p-type LOD region, a second supply rail configured to receive a second supply voltage different from the first supply voltage, and a second n-tap coupling the second n-well to the second supply rail.

Abstract: A low voltage (LV) charging system for charging a high voltage (HV) rechargeable energy storage system (RESS), such as a HV RESS operable for electrically powering a traction motor of an electric vehicle. The LV charging system may include an input configured for receiving LV electrical power from a LV source and a distributed converter system configured for charging a plurality of modules of the HV RESS via a plurality of charging circuits. The charging circuits may be configured for separately charging one of the modules with a charging electrical power derived from converting the LV electrical power. The LV charging system may further include a controller configured for individually controlling the charging electrical power provided via each of the charging circuits.

Abstract: This disclosure details a base station and client devices using dynamic spectrum access for communication within a frequency spectrum by selecting channels dynamically for efficient communication. This includes identifying active uplink and downlink channels from an available list and allocating them to multiple client devices based on their locations, with some devices sharing common active channels. A downlink channel is designated as a beaconing channel, used for beaconing with embedded information, including the coordinates of a region among a plurality of regions, available channels for the region, and a buffer slot in the channels, during a beaconing period occurring outside regular transmission times. Acknowledgments with medium access control (MAC) commands for an identified subset of client devices sharing an active channel are grouped and transmitted, with each message in the plurality of messages on the uplink channels followed by a downlink acknowledgment.

Abstract: Among other things, the present disclosure provides oligonucleotides, compositions, and methods thereof. Among other things, the present disclosure encompasses the recognition that structural elements of oligonucleotides, such as base sequence, chemical modifications (e.g., modifications of sugar, base, and/or internucleotidic linkages) or patterns thereof, conjugation with additional chemical moieties, and/or stereochemistry [e.g., stereochemistry of backbone chiral centers (chiral internucleotidic linkages)], and/or patterns thereof, can have significant impact on oligonucleotide properties and activities, e.g., knockdown ability, stability, delivery, etc. In some embodiments, the oligonucleotides decrease the expression, activity and/or level of a C9orf72 gene, including but not limited to, one comprising a repeat expansion, or a gene product thereof.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor power device is provided. The method includes forming at least two trench regions within a semiconductor region, etching each trench region so that the mesa region extends above an upper surface of each trench region, and forming a plurality of spacers, where the spacers are located over each trench region and are adjacent to the mesa region.

Abstract: A power semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a power semiconductor device is provided, including a shield gate trench (SGT) metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET). The present disclosure provides for a MOSFET with a reduced charge between the gate conductive region and the drain or collector region, in order to improve the switching efficiency of the MOSFET.

Abstract: A method may include transmitting one or more first test signals to electrical pathways of a connector-cable interface between a cable and a test circuit board in the absence of mechanical stress applied by a mechanical stressor to the connector-cable interface, performing measurements for one or more signal equalization parameters based on resultant signals from the electrical pathways resulting from the one or more first test signals in the 10 absence of and in the presence of mechanical stress applied by the mechanical stressor to the connector-cable interface, and based on differences between the measurements, determining whether or not the connector-cable interface has satisfied signal integrity requirements.

Abstract: Existing Convolutional Dictionary Learning (CDL) based machine fault classification do not utilize label information while learning the dictionary, hence the representation learned are not class-discriminative. Method and system disclosed herein provide a label-consistent convolutional dictionary learning approach for machine fault classification. The approach involves generating a training data for a classifier, wherein coefficients forming a plurality of class-discriminative features form the training data. The training data is then used to train a classifier, which is then used to perform machine fault classification for a given test data.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with a configurable identification mechanism of debug parameters are described. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a graphical user interface (GUI) for a debugging program, where the GUI is configured to provide options to configure naming rules for threads during debugging of a computer process that includes multiple threads. The options to configure the naming rules may include configuring a naming rule that adds one or more context identifiers to a thread name. The thread name may be generated by automatically populating one or more of the context identifiers with a variable value that occurs during execution of the thread that corresponds to the one or more context identifiers. A conditional breakpoint may be controlled during debugging that is thread-specific based on a condition including at least one context identifier that matches a portion of the thread name.