Abstract: Disclosed are compositions comprising a first lipid-conjugated oligonucleotide comprising a first lipid moiety, a first hybridization region, and a first primer region; a second lipid-conjugated oligonucleotide comprising a second hybridization region and a second lipid moiety, wherein the second hybridization region is the reverse complement of the first hybridization region; and a third oligonucleotide comprising a second primer region, a barcode region, and a capture sequence, wherein the second primer region is the reverse complement of the first primer region; compositions comprising a lipid-conjugated DNA oligonucleotide comprising a lipid moiety, a barcode region, and a capture sequence; and composition comprising a first lipid-conjugated DNA oligonucleotide comprising a lipid moiety and a first primer region; and a second DNA oligonucleotide comprising a second primer region, a barcode region, and a capture sequence, wherein the second primer region is the reverse complement of the first primer region

Abstract: A method is described that includes, on an image processor having a two dimensional execution lane array and a two dimensional shift register array, repeatedly shifting first content of multiple rows or columns of the two dimensional shift register array and repeatedly executing at least one instruction between shifts that operates on the shifted first content and/or second content that is resident in respective locations of the two dimensional shift register array that the shifted first content has been shifted into.

Abstract: An aerial vehicle with a plurality of selectively collapsible arms capable of transitioning between an extended state and a contracted state is described. In the extended position, the distance between the main body of the vehicle and the rotor associated with each arm is maximized. In the contracted state, the distance between the main body of the vehicle and the rotor associated with each arm is minimized. In certain embodiments, each of the arms may include one or more tape springs that are biased to selectively move the associated one or more rotors of each arm between the retracted and extended states.

Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes an execution lane array coupled to a two dimensional shift register array structure. Locations in the execution lane array are coupled to same locations in the two-dimensional shift register array structure such that different execution lanes have different dedicated registers.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media are provided for crowdsourcing actions and commands of a digital assistant application, irrespective of the languages spoken by users of the digital assistant application. Techniques described herein enable the on-boarding of actions datasets, which include defined commands and actions that result therefrom, from client devices to a remote server device. More specifically, the described techniques facilitate the proper on-boarding, distribution, and retrieval of action datasets regardless of the command language employed by users of the digital assistant application to invoke a properly-determined corresponding action.

Abstract: A coupling system for quickly connecting fluid conveying conduits.

Abstract: The present invention provides assistance to a user that is on-boarding an action for a virtual assistant. Methods and systems provide, based on an initial command group, recommendations for additional commands, actions, and applications that are relevant to commands included in the initial command group. The initial command group includes commands that include a sequence of natural language words or tokens. Additional commands are determined. The additional commands are relevant to the initial commands and provided to the user as recommended commands to include in the command group. The additional commands are determined by employing the initial commands as search queries to search preprocessed document clusters. Each document included in the document clusters relates to a potential command to include in the command group. In response to receiving a selection of a recommended command, the command group is updated to include the selected recommended command.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to assemblies and methods for repairing bone defects. The assemblies disclosed herein may be utilized for determining a dimension of a surgical site and removing bone prior to positioning a graft and/or implant at the surgical site.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for the automated discovery and extraction of discourse phrases, or in other words terms that representative of a topic or concept communicated via a plurality of electronic documents, to facilitate the generation of a language model that is applicable to interpreting commands for invoking application-based actions via a digital assistant device. An electronic document corpus can be generated having a plurality of electronic documents that are clustered based on entropy, among other things. The clusters can be associated with a corresponding plurality of cluster attractors that are generally representative of a context of the documents included therein. The clusters can be grouped based on determined relationships, such that the groups can be further analyzed and terms or phrases representative of a discourse associated with the grouped documents can be determined.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for generating a language model that is applicable to the interpretation of commands for invoking application-based actions via a digital assistant device. In various embodiments, command templates that are each mapped to one of a plurality of action datasets are obtained to generate synthetic documents of a language model document corpus. Each synthetic document can be modified to include a tag that corresponds to an associated command template from which the document's generation was based. The language model can include a plurality of document clusters that are generated based on the modified synthetic documents, among other things.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for automatically extracting discovered topics and/or from determined discourse clusters for the generation of a language model that is applicable to interpreting commands received from a digital assistant device. An electronic document corpus can be generated having a plurality of documents that are clustered based on entropy, among other things. The clusters can be associated with a corresponding plurality of cluster attractors that are generally representative of a context of the documents included therein. The documents within the cluster for each of the document clusters can be analyzed, so that clusters determined representative of a hierarchical discourse community can be determined and logically merged. The merged clusters can be analyzed, such that topics and/or sub-topics can be determined and extracted therefrom, for indexing and storage, among other things.

Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing and/or interacting with a profile verification service. A processor executing a profile verification service can receive a request to verify a user profile associated with a user of a social networking application. The processor can identify a computing device associated with the user profile, obtain location data that relates to the user profile and the computing device, and identify an activity associated with the computing device based upon the location data. The processor can determine if the user profile is accurate based upon the activity identified. If a determination is made that the user profile is accurate, the processor can verify the user profile. If a determination is made that the user profile is not accurate, the processor can update the user profile.

Abstract: A method is described that includes executing a convolutional neural network layer on an image processor having an array of execution lanes and a two-dimensional shift register. The two-dimensional shift register provides local respective register space for the execution lanes. The executing of the convolutional neural network includes loading a plane of image data of a three-dimensional block of image data into the two-dimensional shift register.

Abstract: To provide mobile device coupons and discounts, a mobile device couponing system is provided to generate and send coupons to mobile devices based on a probability that the mobile device is within a defined region. The value of the coupons can be inversely proportional to the probability that the mobile device is within the defined region. The probabilities can be precomputed by calculating the probability that each cell in grid in or around the defined region is in the defined region using a set of standardized location resolutions. When location information is received from the mobile device, the probability that the mobile device is within the defined region can be retrieved based on the closest cell that matches the location indicated in the location information and the standardized location resolution closest to the location resolution indicated by the mobile device.

Abstract: A lighting apparatus and system which employs LED boards as a light source, as well as diffusers for casting light toward workspaces and other areas of interest. The apparatus is modular to permit the system to be adaptively configured in a wide variety of arrangements. An apparatus module has a housing assembly mounting a direct light LED board, a diffuser, and a hub connecting the housing assembly to the diffuser and holding the diffuser and housing assembly in spaced-apart relation. By the apparatus, the direct light LED board projects light from the housing assembly and across a separation distance toward the diffuser. The diffuser receives the direct light and diffuses the direct light from the module. Light originates in the housing assembly, is transmitted to the diffuser, and the diffused light is then projected from the module for illuminating the surrounding environment.

Abstract: A lighting apparatus and system which employs LED boards as a light source, as well as diffusers for casting light toward workspaces and other areas of interest. The apparatus is modular to permit the system to be adaptively configured in a wide variety of arrangements. An apparatus module has a housing assembly mounting a direct light LED board, a diffuser, and a hub connecting the housing assembly to the diffuser and holding the diffuser and housing assembly in spaced-apart relation. By the apparatus, the direct light LED board projects light from the housing assembly and across a separation distance toward the diffuser. The diffuser receives the direct light and diffuses the direct light from the module. Light originates in the housing assembly, is transmitted to the diffuser, and the diffused light is then projected from the module for illuminating the surrounding environment.

Abstract: A method is described that includes executing a convolutional neural network layer on an image processor having an array of execution lanes and a two-dimensional shift register. The executing of the convolutional neural network includes loading a plane of image data of a three-dimensional block of image data into the two-dimensional shift register.

Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes an image processing unit. The image processing unit includes a plurality of stencil processor circuits each comprising an array of execution unit lanes coupled to a two-dimensional shift register array structure to simultaneously process multiple overlapping stencils through execution of program code. The image processing unit includes a plurality of sheet generators respectively coupled between the plurality of stencil processors and the network. The sheet generators are to parse input line groups of image data into input sheets of image data for processing by the stencil processors, and, to form output line groups of image data from output sheets of image data received from the stencil processors. The image processing unit includes a plurality of line buffer units coupled to the network to pass line groups in a direction from producing stencil processors to consuming stencil processors to implement an overall program flow.

Abstract: A method is described that includes, on an image processor having a two dimensional execution lane array and a two dimensional shift register array, repeatedly shifting first content of multiple rows or columns of the two dimensional shift register array and repeatedly executing at least one instruction between shifts that operates on the shifted first content and/or second content that is resident in respective locations of the two dimensional shift register array that the shifted first content has been shifted into.