Abstract: An armor component and manufacturing thereof which includes a ceramic hard material, where the hard material has a bulk density that is lower than 3.5 g/cm3 and includes grains of ceramic material having a Vickers hardness that is higher than 15 GPa, bonded by an bonding matrix, the bonding matrix representing between 20 and 80% by weight of the constituent hard material of the ceramic body, and including alumina, silicon nitride and TiCxN1-x crystalline phases, wherein x is included between 0 and 1.

Abstract: Systems and devices are provided for heating an infusible liquid. The inline heater includes a fluid flow channel defined by a conduit for flowing an infusible liquid through a first portion of the conduit having a first cross-sectional dimension to a second portion of the conduit having a smaller second cross-sectional dimension. A nozzle is disposed in the first portion of the conduit. A heating element in thermal communication with an outer surface of the second portion of the conduit conducts heat through the conduit into the infusible liquid. The nozzle is positioned to spray the infusible liquid about a circumference of an inner wall of the second portion of the conduit to provide increased heat transfer from the heating element to the infusible liquid. The inline heater may be formed as a cassette for use in a dialysis machine.

Abstract: A fluid treatment device has an exchangeable treatment unit and a connection head. A bayonet-type connection device connects connection head and treatment unit to each other by a plug-in/rotation movement about a connection axis of the treatment device and is provided with a housing connection part and a head connection part that operatively engage each other to form a connection of the bayonet-type connection device. Housing connection part and head connection part each have a mutually complementary functional element extending circumferentially about the connection axis and operatively connectable to each other. The bayonet-type connection device has a pretension element for realizing a mechanical pretension pressing the functional elements against each other. The pretension element is a spring element with outwardly projecting spring arms with radially outer end faces provided with a straight section that is tangential to a rim extending in circular shape around the connection axis.

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a Pose Correction Engine (“Engine”). The Engine generates a reference image of the object of interest. The reference image portrays the object of interest oriented according to a first pose. The Engine receives a source image of an instance of the object. The source image portrays the instance of the object oriented according to a variation of the first pose. The Engine determines a difference between the first pose of the reference image and the variation of the first pose of the source image. The Engine identifies, based on the determined difference, one or portions of a three-dimensional (3D) map of a shape of the object obscured by the variation of the first pose portrayed in the source image. The Engine generates a pose corrected image of the instance of the object that portrays at least a portion of the source image and at least the identified portion of the 3D map of the shape of the object.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system, a method and a computer-readable medium for live streaming data search. The method includes receiving a search word, converting the search word into a search vector, receiving an attribute vector matching the search vector, and providing information of a first live streaming program corresponding to the attribute vector. The attribute vector varies according to contents of the first live streaming program while the first live streaming program is being distributed. The present disclosure can deliver contextual search results and text search results simultaneously in a real time manner.

Abstract: A fluid treatment device has a treatment unit and a connection head. A detachable bayonet-type connection device connects the connection head and the treatment unit to each other about a connection axis of the treatment device by a housing connection part of the treatment unit and a head connection part of the connection head that operatively engage each other to form the connection of the detachable bayonet-type connection device. A pretension element is provided for realizing a mechanical pretension pressing the connection head and the treatment unit against each other. A splash guard part is provided that covers at least the detachable bayonet-type connection device.

Abstract: A chip package and method for fabricating the same are provided that include a IC dies bonded to a thermal carrier having a plurality of metallic pillars. In one example, a chip package includes an interconnect routing structure and a first die disposed on a first surface of the interconnect routing structure. The first die has a circuitry connected to a circuitry of the interconnect routing structure. The chip package also includes a second die at least partially disposed over the first die. The second die has a circuitry connected to the circuitry of the first die. A thermal carrier is bonded on the second die. At least one of the thermal carrier, the first die, or the second die includes a plurality of metallic pillars configured to transfer heat, wherein the plurality of metallic pillars are electrically floating.

Abstract: A method can include embedding one or more thermal sources in a semiconductor package substrate and positioning one or more substrate buildup layers above the one or more thermal sources. The method can also include forming one or more thermal vias in the one or more substrate buildup layers. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide, for a RAN (radio access network), a method of rapidly upgrading multiple machines distributed across multiple cell sites, each particular machine of the multiple machines executing one or more base station applications. The method downloads a second boot disk for each of the multiple machines at each of the multiple cell sites, the second boot disk including an upgraded version of a first boot disk currently used by each of the multiple machines. For each particular machine, the method (1) powers off the particular machine, (2) creates a copy of data stored by a data disk of the particular machine to preserve data stored currently on the data disk, (3) replaces the first boot disk of the particular machine with the second boot disk that is the upgraded version of the first boot disk, and (4) powers on the particular machine.

Abstract: Examples of systems described herein may manage durable handles for seamless failover. Durable handles may be stored in a persistent volume group. The persistent volume group may be moved, together with all or a portion of file share data, to another computing node responsive to an indication of a failure event. To accommodate asynchronous write shares, asynchronous write operations may also be provided to the target computing node. The asynchronous write operations may be processed before reconnecting clients to the file share.

Abstract: Methods for authenticating digital transactions include receiving a device registration request, a device attestation response including a first token, and a selection of an authentication mode from a device. In response to receiving the device registration request and determining that the selected authentication mode is a static personal identification number (PIN) authentication mode, a device registration response is provided to the device. A first payment transaction request and an enrolment request to authenticate a second payment transaction request using the static PIN authentication mode are subsequently received from the device. The device is communicated with to receive the static PIN from the device. The device is enrolled based on the static PIN. Systems and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: Examples described herein are generally directed towards generating, allocating, and assigning consistent file server user identifiers (IDs) (also described herein as a global identifier (GID)) domains subscribed to by file server(s) within a distributed file server environment. In operation, a virtualized file server of a distributed file server system may scan for and identify a trusted domain subscribed to by the virtualized file server. The virtualized file server may allocate to the trusted domain a range of file server user IDs. The virtualized file server may store a mapping between local user security identifiers (SIDs) in the trusted domain and a respective file server user IDs within the allocated range. The virtualized file server may provide the mapping to a replication target, such as during a replication, migration, and/or a disaster recovery event.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a chip package assembly that includes a package substrate coupled with an integrated circuit die, a stiffener attached to a top surface of the package substrate, and a connector assembly integrated with the stiffener. Both the connector assembly and the stiffener are disposed at a peripheral area of the top surface. The connector assembly includes a bracket and a connector. The connector is configured to connect with one or more optical cables or electrical connectors. The bracket may be formed by a cavity in the stiffener. The bracket may be attached to the top surface of the package substrate. The stiffener may be coupled with the bracket directly or via the connector. Additionally, a frame coupled to the stiffener or a PCB board may be used to secure the bracket in place.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may establish, using a first subscription of the UE, a first communication connection associated with a first service. The UE may establish, using a second subscription of the UE, a second communication connection associated with a second service. The UE may operate in a dual subscriber identity module (SIM) dual active (DSDA) mode based at least in part on establishing the first communication connection and establishing the second communication connection. The UE may perform an action to maintain concurrent services, including the first service and the second service, while operating in the DSDA mode. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: System and computer-implemented method for migrating partial tree structures of virtual disks for virtual computing instances between sites in a computer system uses a compressed trie, which is created from target tree structures of virtual disks at a plurality of target sites in the computer system. For a virtual computing instance selected, the compressed trie is used to find candidate target sites based on a disk chain string of the virtual computing instance. For each candidate target site, a cost value for migrating the virtual computing instance along with a partial source tree structure of virtual disks corresponding to the virtual computing instance from the source site to the candidate target site is calculated to select a target site with a lowest cost value as a migration option to reduce storage resource usage in the computer system.

Abstract: A fluid treatment device has an exchangeable treatment unit and a connection head. A bayonet-type connection device connects connection head and treatment unit to each other by a plug-in/rotation movement about a connection axis of the treatment device and is provided with a housing connection part and a head connection part that operatively engage each other to form a connection of the bayonet-type connection device. Housing connection part and head connection part each have a mutually complementary functional element extending circumferentially about the connection axis and operatively connectable to each other. The bayonet-type connection device has a pretension element for realizing a mechanical pretension pressing the functional elements against each other. A splash guard part is provided that covers at least the connection device.

Abstract: A power distribution circuit includes a power input in electrical communication with a power input line, a switching circuit electrically connected to the power input line, and an overcurrent protection circuit electrically connected to the power input line. The overcurrent protection circuit includes a discrete silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) circuit, and a pulse qualifier configured and adapted to drive the discrete SCR circuit. A method for controlling a power distribution circuit includes detecting an ON status of at least a switching circuit. A semi-conductor control signal line connects the semi-conductor switch and the voltage command circuit. The method includes detecting an overcurrent status of the switching circuit with an overcurrent detection circuit. The method includes clamping voltage on the semi-conductor control signal line to cause the semi-conductor switch to be turned off.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for upgrading components of a container-based cluster. The method generally include receiving, at the container-based cluster, an indication of one or more pods and one or more nodes in the cluster to upgrade, adding an annotation to each of the one or more nodes having at least one of the one or more pods running thereon, performing a pod upgrade, and performing a node upgrade, wherein performance of the pod upgrade and the node upgrade overlap at least partially in time, and wherein performing the node upgrade comprises: selecting a first node, determining at a first time that the first node includes an annotation, refraining from upgrading the first node at the first time, determining at a second time after the first time that the first node does not include the annotation, and upgrading the first node at the second time.

Abstract: A system includes a wearable device including a camera. The system further includes at least one processor that can identify objects from video data generated by the camera and monitor how an individual wearing the wearable device manipulates the objects according to predetermined micro-activities of interest to infer an action by the individual.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for diagnosing remote sites of a distributed container orchestration system. The method generally includes receiving a test suite custom resource defining an image to be used for a diagnosis of components of a workload cluster deployed at the remote sites, wherein the image comprises a diagnosis module and/or a user-provided plugin to be used for the diagnosis; identifying a failed component in the workload cluster; obtaining infrastructure information about the workload cluster; identifying the components of the workload cluster for diagnosis based on the failed component, the infrastructure information, and the test suite custom resource; identifying at least one diagnosis site of the remote sites where the components are running using the infrastructure information; and deploying a first pod at the at least one diagnosis site to execute the diagnosis of the one or more components.