Abstract: A computer implemented method is described for validation of a service. A graph data structure is statically analyzed beginning prior to deployment of the service and continues after deployment. The method uses the static analysis to determine that a build exposing the service deviates from a pre-declared whitelist of dependencies. The method rejects insertion of the build into the graph data structure responsive to the determination in accord with a deny-by-default security posture.

Abstract: Herein is described a liquid electrophotographic ink composition including a carrier liquid and a resin including an acid copolymer and an acrylate copolymer, wherein the acrylate copolymer includes at least about 30 wt. % of the alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer.

Abstract: Vehicles according to at least some embodiments of the disclosure include a sensor, and a computing device comprising at least one hardware processing unit. The computing device is programmed to perform operations comprising capturing an image with the sensor, identifying an object in the image, and in response to an accuracy of the identification meeting a first criterion, pre-loading a braking system of the autonomous vehicle. In some aspects, the computing device may predict that an object not currently within a path of the vehicle has a probability of entering the path of the vehicle that meets a second criterion. When the probability of entering the path meets the second criterion, some of the disclosed embodiments may pre-load the braking system.

Abstract: A method for content delivery includes, in an edge gateway (64) coupled to an access network, intercepting packets that are communicated over a network tunnel between a user device (24) and a core network (36) for delivering content from a remote content server to the user device. The network tunnel is redirected toward a local content server (60) coupled to the access network. The content is delivered to the user device from the local content server over the redirected network tunnel.

Abstract: Pattern transfer sheets and methods are provided, providing multi-layer paste stack lines that are printed on a receiving substrate in a single illumination step. The paste is filled layer-by-layer, possibly having different materials in different layers, with layer thickness controlled by parameters of the filling elements, e.g., in case of blades, the pressure, angle, velocity and flexibility (material) of the blade. Specifically, a bottom layer of the stack may be configured to interface the receiving substrate while one or more top layers may be configured to optimize the quality of the printed features. For example, bottom layers may comprise to bind to the substrate, to modify the substrate (e.g., forming selective emitter (SE) therein) and/or provide a barrier from top layer(s) which may not be compatible with the substrate (e.g., copper on silicon). Releasing material may be used to support the single step release of the stack line.

Abstract: Pattern transfer printing (PTP) systems and methods are provided to improve the quality, accuracy and throughput of pattern transfer printing. PTP systems comprise a tape handling unit for handling a tape with pattern transfer sheets sections and for controllably delivering the pattern transfer sheets one-by-one for paste filling and consecutively for pattern transfer, with the tape moving from an unwinder roll to a re-winding roll. PTP systems further comprise a paste filling unit which enables continuous paste filling using a supporting counter roll opposite to the paste filling head, a wafer handling unit controllably delivering wafers for the pattern transfer in a parallelized manner that increases throughput, a paste transfer unit with enhanced accuracy and efficiency due to exact monitoring and wafer alignment, as well as a print quality control unit.

Abstract: Pattern transfer sheets and methods are provided for printing paste patterns (e.g., thin fingers) with a high aspect ratio and for increasing throughput in pattern transfer printing. Trenches in the pattern transfer sheets, that are configured to be filled with printing paste and to enable releasing the printing paste from the trenches onto a receiving substrate upon illumination by a laser beam—are coated internally by a coating configured to disintegrate upon the illumination. The coating is configured to enhance the releasing of the paste—increasing throughput and printing accuracy. The receiving substrate may be cleaned after paste deposition by removing disintegration products of the coating therefrom. Alternatively or complementarily, laser absorbing dye may be mixed into the printing paste to facilitate its release from the trenches.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are directed to efficient and robust resolution of edge-cases encountered by artificial intelligence systems in physical environments. In one aspect, a method may include receiving event data from a client application programming interface (API) associated with an intelligent software agent at least partially controlling an endpoint in an environment, the event data representing an edge-case encountered by the endpoint, identifying one or more tasks based on the event data, providing each task to a respective user interface of at least one user client, receiving, from a respective user interface of each user client, user input associated with each task provided to the at least one user client, based on the user input, determining a remedial action, and sending the remedial action to the client API to initiate resolution of the edge-case by the intelligent software agent at least partially controlling the endpoint in the environment.

Abstract: Diagnostic apparatus includes a plurality of antennas, which are configured to be disposed at different, respective locations on a thorax of a living body so as to direct radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic waves from different, respective directions toward a heart in the body and to output RF signals responsively to the waves that are scattered from the heart. Processing circuitry is configured to process the RF signals over time so as to provide a multi-dimensional measurement of a movement of the heart.

Abstract: Pattern transfer sheets, methods of monitoring pattern transfer printing, and pattern transfer printing systems are provided, for monitoring and adjusting laser illumination used for transferring paste patterns from trenches on the sheets onto a substrate such as electronic circuitry and/or solar cell substrates. Pattern transfer sheets comprise, outside the pattern, (i) trace mark(s) configured to receive the printing paste, aligned to the trenches and are wider than the width of the illuminating laser beam—to detect misalignment of paste release from within the trace mark(s) and/or (ii) working window marks configured to receive the printing paste, set at specified offsets with respect to specific trenches, with different working window marks set at different offsets—to correct the effective working window by adjusting the power of the laser beam.

Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and method operating an autonomous vehicle. A vehicle system may receive a plurality of inputs from a user of a vehicle, where the plurality of inputs includes a first labeling input received from the user and a first alert input received from the user. After determining that no user input has been received for an input threshold time, the vehicle system provides an alert prompt to the cockpit output device. This may cause the cockpit output device to provide the alert prompt to signal to the user to provide an alert input indicating that the user is alert.

Abstract: A computer implemented method is described for validation of a service. A graph data structure is statically analyzed beginning prior to deployment of the service and continues after deployment. The method uses the static analysis to determine that a build exposing the service deviates from a pre-declared whitelist of dependencies. The method rejects insertion of the build into the graph data structure responsive to the determination in accord with a deny-by-default security posture.

Abstract: Diagnostic apparatus includes a plurality of antennas, which are configured to be disposed at different, respective locations on a thorax of a living body so as to direct radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic waves from different, respective directions toward a heart in the body and to output RF signals responsively to the waves that are scattered from the heart. Processing circuitry is configured to process the RF signals over time so as to provide a multi-dimensional measurement of a movement of the heart.

Abstract: A photonic computing system is presented. The system comprises an arrangement of multiple photonic processing units having input and output ports, each of the photonic processing units comprising an array of photonic guiding units configured to define propagation conditions for multiple light fields associated with one or more optical processing tasks. The system also comprises a plurality of optical connectors, each of the optical connectors performing light field to light field coupling between the input and output ports of the photonic processing units, thereby providing a network of communicating processing units. The photonic computing system can be configured as a module enabling its housing in a network rack.

Abstract: A wavelength multiplexing system is presented comprising at least one basic functional unit extending between input and output light ports. The basic functional unit comprises at least one multi-core fiber. The multi-core fiber comprises N cores configured for supporting transmission of N wavelength channels ?1, . . . , ?n, wherein each of said at least one multi-core fibers is configured to apply a predetermined encoding pattern to the wavelength channels enabling linear mixing between them while propagating through multiple cores of said multi-core fiber. The encoding pattern may be configured to affect light propagation paths in the cores by inducing a predetermined dispersion pattern causing linear interaction and mixing between the channels; or may be configured to affect spectral encoding of the channels being transmitted through the cores by applying different weights to the channels.

Abstract: There are provided optical quantum logic gate (OQLG) characterized by 2n*2n unitary matrix and method of operating thereof. OQLG comprises first optical structure comprising 2n optically-coupled cores with one-to-one correspondence to input binary values specified by the matrix and second optical structure optically connected to the first optical structure and comprising 2n amplifying channels corresponding to the 2n cores. The first optical structure is configured to receive photons in binary fundamental quantum states (FQSs) representing input binary values specified by the matrix and to inject the received photons in the 2n cores, use optical coupling between the cores to mix the injected photons, and output photons into the second optical structure, wherein outputted mixed photons correspond to output binary values specified by the matrix.

Abstract: A computer implemented method is described for management of development and deployment of a service based architecture. A graph data structure is generated for the development and deployment of the service based architecture. The graph data structure includes multiple layers which include a core layer and a catalog layer. The graph data structure relates an initial tenant and one or more additional tenants or neighboring tenants in the core layer. The management device assigns a catalog data structure to the catalog layer of the graph data structure. The catalog data structure includes addresses for the initial tenant and the one or more additional tenants for respective hosted locations within the service based architecture. A service offering is described as one or more item nodes in the graph data structure. The graph data structure associates the item node to the catalog data structure of the catalog layer and the initial tenant in the core layer.

Abstract: A computer system includes one or more memory devices, non-resettable memory elements and a processor. The first memory device is configured to store in the one or more memory devices (i) a first version of a multi-stage bootstrap program for bootstrapping the computer system, the bootstrap program including a self-test program that tests the bootstrap program, and (ii) a second version of the bootstrap program known to be trustworthy. The non-resettable memory elements are configured to store non-resettable indicators including at least a self-test-request indicator and a self-test-passed indicator. The processor is configured to retrieve the first version of the bootstrap program, and, if the first version is at least as recent as the trustworthy second version, to bootstrap the computer system securely using the first version and the non-resettable indicators.

Abstract: Vehicles according to at least some embodiments of the disclosure include a sensor, and a computing device comprising at least one hardware processing unit. The computing device is programmed to perform operations comprising capturing an image with the sensor, identifying an object in the image, and in response to an accuracy of the identification meeting a first criterion, pre-loading a braking system of the autonomous vehicle. In some aspects, the computing device may predict that an obj ect not currently within a path of the vehicle has a probability of entering the path of the vehicle that meets a second criterion. When the probability of entering the path meets the second criterion, some of the disclosed embodiments may pre-load the braking system.

Abstract: The present invention is disclosing several methods related to intra-body navigation of radiopaque instrument through natural body cavities. One of the methods is disclosing the pose estimation of the imaging device using multiple images of radiopaque instrument acquired in the different poses of imaging device and previously acquired imaging. The other method allows to resolve the radiopaque instrument localization ambiguity using several approaches, such as radiopaque markers and instrument trajectory tracking.