Abstract: Determining an in-plane thermal conductivity of anisotropic materials, such as display stacks, printed circuit boards (PCBs), and composite housings, includes heating a first region of an anisotropic sample, cooling a second region of the sample, and measuring temperature at a first location between the first region and the second region and a second location between the first region and the second region. The in-plane thermal conductivity of the sample is computed based at least in part on the temperature at the first location, the temperature at the second location, the distance from the first region to the second region, a thickness of the substantially planar anisotropic substrate, and an amount of heat applied to the first region.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a cable connector including: a first connector body portion including a first plurality of electrical contacts arranged to contact electrical contacts of a first surface of an edge connector substrate; a second connector body portion separate from the first connector body portion and including a second plurality of electrical contacts arranged to oppose the first plurality of electrical contacts of the first connector body portion and to contact electrical contacts of a second surface of the edge connector substrate, wherein the first and second plurality of electrical contacts are electrically coupled to one or more cables; and a joining mechanism configured to join the first connector body portion and the second connector body portion together and to apply a bias force to the edge connector substrate when the edge connector substrate is arranged between the first connector body portion and the second connector body portion.

Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to sharing policy and configuration information related to a configuration item (CI). In an example, a configuration item coupled to a network fabric that is managed via a first management platform may be identified. The configuration item may be managed via a second management platform. A policy associated with the CI may be determined from the second management platform. Configuration information related to the policy may be determined from the second management platform. The policy and the configuration information related to the policy may be stored. The policy and the configuration information related to the policy may be shared with first management platform, wherein the policy and the configuration information related to the policy may be useable to define configuration information for a configuration item managed via first management platform.

Abstract: An arrangement, method and computer program product are provided for limiting circulating currents in a converter converting between AC and DC. The converter has a number of AC and DC terminals and includes a number of converter arms, where a first and a second converter arm are connected in parallel between a first DC terminal and a first AC terminal. Each converter arm includes a string of series-connected converter cells. The arrangement includes a control unit that obtains a current of the first converter arm and a current of the second converter arm, forms an average of the two converter arm currents, forms a first and a second voltage control signal based on the average and uses the first and second voltage control signal in the control of the voltage provided by the first and second converter arm.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate generally to a data processing system that optimizes or dynamically content items for transmission to client computing devices. The data processing system can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of data packet transmission over one or more computer networks by, for example, dynamically selecting content items from a plurality of content items for transmission to a client computing device. The system can reduce network bandwidth utilization by selecting content items that substantially match the predicted exposure interval of the content segments. Matching the content item length to the predicted exposure length can reduce network bandwidth utilization by not transmitting content items to the client computing device with a low probability of presentation.

Abstract: This application discloses a design verification tool to generate an interconnect between portions of a circuit design in a mixed language environment. The design verification tool can select an interconnect generation technique based on characteristics for the portions of the circuit design and, during elaboration of the circuit design, utilize the selected interconnect generation technique to generate the interconnect. The design verification tool can generate the interconnect without the circuit design including code to identify the selected interconnect generation technique to the design verification tool. The design verification tool can perform functional verification operations on the elaborated circuit design, and modify results of the functional verification operations to remove an intermediate hierarchy utilized to generate the interconnect during elaboration. The modified results can show the portions of the circuit design being directly connected by the interconnect.

Abstract: One or more roadway features can be determined based on information received from one or more vehicles traveling on a roadway. A data packet can be received from a remote vehicle. The data packet can include data corresponding to locations and headings of the remote vehicle. A path history for the remote vehicle can be determined based on the data packet. The path history can include data points corresponding to a plurality of locations and headings for the remote vehicle. A geometry for a portion of the roadway preceding the remote vehicle can be determined using the path history. The determined geometry of the roadway can be used to determine a driving maneuver for a vehicle and/or to verify a map.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system provides the ability to manipulate multiple digital objects. A plurality of digital objects with attributes are acquired. Two or more of the digital objects are selected. Attributes of the selected digital objects are selected. An interchange operation to be performed with the selected attributes of the selected digital objects is determined. The selected attributes are interchanged between the selected digital objects based on the determined interchange operation. The selected digital objects with interchanged attributes are output.

Abstract: A system described herein may allow for the frictionless authentication of a user and/or user device (e.g., without requiring that the user provide login details, such as a user name and password). The frictionless authentication may occur via a licensed wireless network, even when the user device is actively engaged in communications with an unlicensed wireless network (and/or is not engaged in communications with the licensed wireless network).

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for monitoring elements of a distributed computing system is disclosed. In the embodiment, the method involves evaluating a metric event from a monitored element based on at least one of tags and conditions of the monitored element by applying declared group functions corresponding to declared groups over the metric event and at least one of admitting the monitored element into membership of a declared group, evicting the monitored element from membership of a declared group, and maintaining membership of the monitored element in a declared group based on the evaluation of the metric event.

Abstract: A system for producing and transporting crude oil, comprising a well for producing the crude oil; a processing facility for processing the crude oil; and a pipeline traversing at least a portion of the distance between the well and the processing facility, wherein at least a portion of the pipeline travels through an atmosphere having a temperature less than 20° C., wherein the pipeline comprises a coating on an inner surface of the pipeline, and wherein the crude oil comprises a surfactant additive.

Abstract: A vehicle camera cleaning system includes an air source and a computer processing unit configured to communicate with the air source. The air source is configured to apply an air flow to a lens of a camera. The camera includes a successive and repeated operational mode and non-operational mode. The computer processing unit includes a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions to cause the computer processing unit to transmit a signal to the air source to actuate the air flow based on the camera being in the non-operational mode.

Abstract: Provided is process including receiving a request to authenticate a user; sending instructions to present an authentication user interface including a geographic map; receiving geolocations on the geographic map selected by the user; comparing the geolocations to a sequence of geolocations in an authentication credential to determine whether to authenticate the user.

Abstract: An IPT primary or secondary circuit includes a converter connected to a primary energy source and a compensation network. A supplementary energy source is connected to the compensation network and the converter transfers energy between the primary energy source or another IPT primary or secondary circuit and the supplementary energy source.

Abstract: Novel crystalline ponatinib hydrochloride forms designated Form alpha and Form beta are disclosed. Form alpha is characterized by data selected from an XRPD pattern with peaks at about 6.5, 9.0, 12.25, 14.4, 16.70, 19.6, 22.2, 24.5, 28.2±0.2 degrees 2-theta; an XRPD pattern substantially as depicted in FIG. 1; and/or a combination thereof. Form beta is characterized by data selected from an XRPD pattern with peaks at about 10.7,15.2, 15.8, 16.4 23.1, 25.0, 27.8±0.2 degrees 2-theta; an XRPD pattern substantially as depicted in FIG. 3; and/or combinations thereof. Processes for making Form alpha and Form beta are disclosed.

Abstract: An example device includes camera hardware, processing circuitry, and a memory device implementing a buffer. The processing circuitry is configured to store a first subset of frames received by the camera hardware to a buffer, according to a first buffering rate, to determine scene-change information associated with at least one of the received frames, and to determine a second buffering rate, based on the determined scene-change information. The processing circuitry is further configured to store a second subset of the received frames to the buffer according to the second buffering rate, the second plurality of received frames including different pictures from the pictures of the first plurality of received frames.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to system(s) and method(s) for registration of a custom component on a Stream Analytics Platform. The system is configured to receive a program file and one or more registration instructions corresponding to the custom component, from a primary user of the Stream Analytics Platform. Further, a program code may be extracted from the program file by parsing the program file. Further, the system is configured to register the program code as a registered custom component, on the Stream Analytics Platform based on the one or more registration instructions. Once registered, the registered custom component is available over a Graphical User Interface (GUI) of the Stream Analytics Platform. The system enables at least the primary user or a set of secondary users of the Stream Analytics platform to use the registered custom component, based on the one or more registration instructions, for designing a distributed processing pipeline.

Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent extending from an inflow end to an outflow end and a plurality of prosthetic valve leaflets coupled to the stent. The prosthetic heart valve may also include a sealing ring coupled to the inflow end of the stent, the sealing ring comprising a tube extending circumferentially around the inflow end of the stent. The tube may be formed from a wire coiled into a repeating shape, such as a rectangle or a diamond, so that the tube is collapsible. A covering may at least partially surround the tube. The sealing ring may include a first filler positioned within the tube and/or a second filler positioned between the tube and the covering.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a plastic composite component (CC) in which a first fiber material (F1) is impregnated with a polyamide matrix polymer (PAM) to obtain a matrix composition (MC), to which a surface composition (SC) is applied, and a first plastic component (C1) is obtained. In a second step, a second plastic component (C2) is molded onto the first plastic component (C1), giving the plastic composite component (CC). The invention further relates to the plastic composite component (CC) obtainable by the process of the invention. The present invention further provides for the use of polyethyleneimine (PEI) for improving the impregnation of the first fiber material (F1) with the polyamide matrix polymer (PAM).

Abstract: A system of multi-modal transmission of packetized data in a voice activated data packet based computer network environment is provided. A natural language processor component can parse an input audio signal to identify a request and a trigger keyword. Based on the input audio signal, a direct action application programming interface can generate a first action data structure, and a content selector component can select a content item. An interface management component can identify first and second candidate interfaces, and respective resource utilization values. The interface management component can select, based on the resource utilization values, the first candidate interface to present the content item. The interface management component can provide the first action data structure to the client computing device for rendering as audio output, and can transmit the content item converted for a first modality to deliver the content item for rendering from the selected interface.