Abstract: A polymer ammunition cartridge that includes a cartridge body extending from the base end and a cartridge nose extending from the body is disclosed. The cartridge nose has a shoulder and a neck that extends to a projectile opening forming a distal end of the cartridge. Defined on the inner surface of the neck at an intermediate position between the shoulder and the projectile opening is an annular shelf. The neck further includes at least one wicking groove formed on the inner surface and extending from the projectile opening to the annular shelf. The wicking groove is configured to receive adhesive after a bullet has been installed into the neck and the annular shelf arrests the flow of adhesive thereby structurally limiting bondage between the neck and a bullet to the longitudinal length of the wicking grooves.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for interfaces to manage inter-regional connectivity for direct network peerings. A system may include a connectivity coordinator, a first resource collection in a first geographical zone and a second resource collection in a second geographical zone. The coordinator implements a programmatic interface defining connectivity operations. The coordinator receives a request via the interface to establish a logically isolated network path to the second resource collection on behalf of a client that has a dedicated physical link set up to connect to the first resource collection. In response to the request, the coordinator performs one or more configuration operations to enable traffic to flow from the client's network to the second resource collection over a logically isolated network path using the dedicated physical link.

Abstract: An example heat pump system includes a low-height cabinet configured to be mounted to a ceiling. The low-height cabinet includes a frame and a plurality of panels that define a compressor compartment, a blower compartment, and a plenum compartment. The frame includes one or more dividers that separate the blower compartment, the plenum compartment, and the compressor compartment from each other. The example heat pump system also includes a compressor installed horizontally in the compressor compartment, a heat exchanger installed vertically in the compressor compartment, a blower assembly installed in the blower compartment, and an air coil installed in the blower compartment.

Abstract: An example method is provided for resuming a communication session encrypted using a post-quantum cipher. The example method can include receiving, by a first computing system, a resumption message from a second computing system. The example method can include decrypting, by the first computing system, the resumption message to obtain a resumption secret, wherein the resumption secret is based on at least a portion of a shared secret that was obtained using a post-quantum cipher during a prior handshake sequence between the first computing system and the second computing system. The example method can include encrypting, by the first computing system, one or more messages using a session key based on the resumption secret. The example method can include sending, by the first computing system, the encrypted one or more messages to the second computing system.

Abstract: Self-aligned gate endcap (SAGE) architectures with improved caps, and methods of fabricating self-aligned gate endcap (SAGE) architectures with improved caps, are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a first gate structure over a first semiconductor fin. A second gate structure is over a second semiconductor fin. A gate endcap isolation structure is between the first gate structure and the second gate structure. The gate endcap isolation structure has a higher-k dielectric cap layer on a lower-k dielectric wall. The higher-k dielectric cap layer includes hafnium and oxygen and has 70% or greater monoclinic crystallinity.

Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product are provided for providing multi-cloud collaboration. In one embodiment, the technique comprises obtaining registration information for a plurality of participants. The participants are devices located on a plurality of computer networks. A measurement query request is received from a query requester. The query requester is one of the plurality of participants. Contributions measurements is also received from a subset of the plurality of participants and measurement data is then updated based on the contributions received from the subset of participants. Measurement data is the provided in response to said measurement query. The amount of data provided depends on a set of policies regarding measurement contributions made by the query requester.

Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for customizing an avatar in a virtual environment. A user that is interacting with the virtual environment, and to whom the avatar is to be rendered in the virtual environment, is identified and classified with regard to a plurality of affinity groups specifying levels of affinity between the first user and an operator of the avatar. A user security and privacy policy (USPP) data structure, associated with the operator, is retrieved that specifying security and privacy policies for each affinity group in the plurality of affinity groups. Based on the user classification and the security and privacy policy, an anonymization operation is applied to static and/or dynamic characteristics data for the operator which are used to render the avatar, to thereby generate anonymized characteristic data. The anonymized characteristic data is output for rendering the avatar in the virtual environment.

Abstract: A rehabilitation device for exercising a human appendage comprises a housing defining a reservoir and a thermally controllable viscous fluid contained within the reservoir, the thermally controllable viscous fluid having a temperature and a viscosity. The thermally controllable viscous fluid experiences an apparent change in viscosity when exposed to a change in temperature. A heating apparatus is provided for increasing the temperature of the thermally controllable viscous fluid, and a cooling apparatus is provided for decreasing the temperature of the thermally controllable viscous fluid. A temperature control apparatus is provided for selectively increasing or decreasing the temperature of the thermally controllable viscous fluid and thereby decreasing or increasing the viscosity of the thermally controllable viscous fluid.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to catalyst systems comprising a metal ligand complex procatalyst, and an activator, wherein the activator comprises an anion and a cation, the anion having a structure according to formula (I).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a portable display device with an attached collapsible screen that is removeable, which may be employed as a portable display device with the screen removed, and where the device can be stored in a compact and portable form with the attached screen in a collapsed state and provide a large, attached screen for display when erected and arms for adjusting images on said screen when erected.

Abstract: A security system may use a netting to apprehend suspects of crime and prevent them from leaving the scene of the crime. The security system can include a netting, trolley system, frame, and triggering device. The netting can be connected to the trolley system. The trolley system can be supported by the frame, which can cover points of egress and ingress of buildings. When the triggering system is activated, netting can travel down the trolley system to apprehend the suspect until law enforcement has a chance to arrive on the scene.

Abstract: Implementations of enhancing privacy and anonymity for users of a computer system are provided. For example, selective anonymity for one or more users may be provided in which the one or more users may be anonymous or not, with various degrees of anonymity in between. A “vault” or other information repository may be used to save information (e.g., all information retained, all or a portion of privacy-related or personally-identifiable information) about a user that can be accessed by the user to see, reset, and or delete all or a portion of the information that is saved on the system. Further, “last known location” information may be kept, such that, in some implementations, the last known location (or a limited number of most recent locations) of a user may be kept such that historical information and/or a route of a user is not stored on the system.

Abstract: A client device selects animations for an AR character by prompting a large language model (LLM) to select from a set of possible animations for the AR character. The client device captures an image of its environment using a camera and identifies objects that are depicted in the image. The client device generates a prompt for an LLM that instructs the LLM to select from a set of candidate actions for an AR character to perform based on the identified objects. The LLM returns a response to the client device and the client device extracts a set of selected actions from the LLM's response. The client device identifies a set of animations that correspond to the actions selected by the LLM and renders AR content that depicts the AR character performing those actions. The client device augments the captured image to include the AR content and displays the augmented image.

Abstract: A wireless communication network performs a wireless handover of a user device, and in response to the handover, transfers signaling to reestablish security context with the user device. The wireless communication network exchanges security information with the user device to reestablish the security context in response to the signaling. The wireless communication network wirelessly exchanges user data with the user device based on the security context.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide systems for use in controlling irrigation, comprising: an irrigation controller configured to couple with one or more valves at a site and to control activation and deactivation of the one or more valves in accordance with an irrigation schedule stored in the irrigation controller; a wireless adapter directly communicationally coupled through a direct wired connection with the irrigation controller; and a network adapter wirelessly coupled over a point-to-point wireless communication path with the wireless adapter, wherein the network adapter is configured to further couple through a direct wired connection with a local router configured to provide communication over a distributed network to a remote server; wherein the wireless adapter is configured to poll the irrigation controller to acquire and locally store status information; and the wireless adapter is configured to communicate, over the point-to-point wireless channel, the status information to the server.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a clamp mechanism to secure a temperature sensor to a plumbing fixture. The clamp includes a first semicircular portion and a first sensor housing lobe; a second semicircular portion and a second sensor housing lobe; wherein the first and second sensor housing lobes being hingedly coupled together and defining a first bore between the first and second semicircular portions to fit around pipe structures and around a test cock, and wherein the first and second sensor housing lobes defining a second bore between the first and second sensor housing lobes to house a temperature sensor configured to generate temperature sensor data indicative of an ambient temperature around the plumbing fixture.

Abstract: A system includes a host network entity associated with a computing network. The host network entity may establish a first connection with a client network entity via a provisioner account in response to a connection request from a client network entity. The host network entity may receive a digital certificate from the client network entity via the first connection. The digital certificate may include an instruction set with a first instruction to generate an operator account for the client network entity. The host network entity may perform a validation of the digital certificate and the instruction set based on a public key associated with a certificate authority that is trusted by the host network entity, and responsive to the validation, the host network entity may generate the operator account based on the first instruction and establish a second connection with the client network entity via the operator account.

Abstract: Nanolattices exhibit attractive mechanical, energy conversion, and optical properties, but it is challenging to fabricate large nanolattices while maintaining the dense regular nanometre features that enable their properties. In this work, we report a crack-free self-assembly approach for fabricating centimetre-scale nickel nanolattices with a feature size of 100 nm and a grain size of 30 nm. The crack-free areas are 20,000 times larger than prior self-assembled nanolattices and contain 1,000 times the number of unit cells as 3D-printed nanolattices. These nickel nanolattices have a 260 MPa tensile strength, which approaches the theoretical strength limit for porous nickel and is 10 times the strength of prior nanolattices. The self-assembly method and porous metal mechanics reported in this work advances the fabrication and applications of high-strength multifunctional porous materials.

Abstract: Systems and methods for ray intersection against primitives are described. Primitive data is encoded efficiently into arrays of fixed-size data blocks using a data format which can be directly consumed for ray traversal. Vertex data in a block is pre-quantized and stored using a fixed-bit quantization grid. Mesh connectivity is encoded using a triangle strips based on control values representing triangle interconnectivity, and a compressed index buffer storing indices for vertices in each strip. Primitives can alternatively be quantized to generate primitive packets, that are stored compactly in, with, or near a leaf node of an acceleration structure. Low-precision intersection testers test a ray simultaneously against primitives to find candidate triangles that require full-precision intersection. Primitives that generate an inconclusive result during low-precision testing are retested using full-precision testers to definitively determine ray-triangle hits or misses.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for automatically detecting a deployment event for a user. An example method includes identifying a user behavior data set associated with a user and determining a predicted deployment event for the user based on the user behavior data set. The example method further includes providing a deployment confirmation prompt to the user in an instance in which a deployment likelihood score is determined to satisfy a deployment likelihood score threshold. The example method further includes receiving a deployment confirmation response indicative of user confirmation or denial of the predicted deployment event, and, in an instance in which the user confirms the predicted deployment event, performing one or more proactive operations for the user.