Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for suggesting images that can be conveniently included in electronic communication such as social media posts, emails, text messages, and other forms of electronic communication, based on voice input and/or emotion analysis from facial expressions of a user. A speech-to-text process converts a user's spoken utterance to text. Natural language processing performs an entity extraction on the utterance to generate a scenario summary. An image database is queried using the scenario summary and/or emotion analysis based on user facial images. A mapping rule library may be used to perform the image database query. Based on the scenario summary and/or the emotion analysis, images are presented to the user as recommended for including in an electronic communication message such as a social media post, email, or text message.

Abstract: Example nanoparticles may include an iron-based core, and a shell. The shell may include a non-magnetic, anti-ferromagnetic, or ferrimagnetic material. Example alloy compositions may include an iron-based grain, and a grain boundary. The grain boundary may include a non-magnetic, anti-ferromagnetic, or ferrimagnetic material. Example techniques for forming iron-based core-shell nanoparticles may include depositing a shell on an iron-based core. The depositing may include immersing the iron-based core in a salt composition for a predetermined period of time. The depositing may include milling the iron-based core with a salt composition for a predetermined period of time. Example techniques for treating a composition comprising core-shell nanoparticles may include nitriding the composition.

Abstract: The disclosure provides for biometric authentication. Texture data of an object associated with a user is acquired. The texture data comprises one or more texture images of the object and one or more corresponding pressure indicators indicating pressures under which the respective texture images are collected. The acquired texture data is then verified to authenticate the user.

Abstract: Articles including a fixing layer and a free layer including a layer including an FePd alloy. The free layer may include a composite layer including a perpendicular synthetic antiferromagnetic (p-SAF) structure. Techniques for forming and using articles including FePd alloy layers or p-SAF structures. Example articles and techniques may be usable for storage and logic devices.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an iron-nitride material having a polycrystalline microstructure including a plurality of elongated crystallographic grains with grain boundaries, the iron-nitride material including at least one of an ??-Fe16N2 phase and a body-center-tetragonal (bct) phase comprising Fe and N. The disclosure is also directed a method producing an iron-nitride material.

Abstract: A method and system of providing decision support to first responders. One method includes identifying, with an electronic processor, a first plurality of characteristics of a first responder. The method further includes generating, with the electronic processor, a first score for the first responder based on the first plurality of characteristics. The method further includes identifying with the electronic processor, a suspect at an incident area. The method further includes identifying, with the electronic processor, a second plurality of characteristics of the suspect. The method further includes generating, with the electronic processor, a second score for the suspect based on the second plurality of characteristics. The method further includes comparing, with the electronic processor, the first score and the second score. The method further includes outputting, with an output device electrically connected to the electronic processor, a recommended action.

Abstract: This disclosure describes an example device that includes a first contact line, a second contact line, a spin-orbital coupling channel, and a magnet. The spin-orbital coupling channel is coupled to, and is positioned between, the first contact line and second contact line. The magnet is coupled to the spin-orbital coupling channel and positioned between the first contact line and the second contact line. A resistance of the magnet and spin-orbital coupling channel is a unidirectional magnetoresistance.

Abstract: Provided in the present invention is an ultralight artificial medium multilayer cylindrical lens, comprising n concentric layers of different dielectric constants. The center cylindrical layer is expressed as layer 1 and is a solid cylinder. Layers 2 to n are in a sequentially outward nested arrangement surrounding the center cylindrical layer and respectively are n-1 concentric rings. The n concentric layers are assembled into a multilayer cylinder and are characterized in that the dielectric constants of the n concentric layers gradually decrease from layer 1 to layer n and vary specifically between 2.05 to 1.05. Then concentric layers are made of a base material of low dielectric constant added with a material of high dielectric constant and low specific gravity. The lens so manufactured has a total apparent density of 0.08-0.095 g/cm3.

Abstract: The disclosure describes magnetic materials including iron nitride, bulk permanent magnets including iron nitride, techniques for forming magnetic materials including iron nitride, and techniques for forming bulk permanent magnets including iron nitride.

Abstract: A deployment specification for implementing a requested cloud service is received by a server. A resource pool is queried by the server for available resources required by the deployment specifications. The resource pool includes a plurality of pre-configured resources for implementing one or more cloud services. A first resource required by the deployment specification is determined to be available within the resource pool. First resource metadata associated with the first resource is requested from a database. The resource metadata includes a resource identifier and a resource type of the first resource. The resource metadata associated with the first resource is received from the database. The first resource is deployed from the resource pool according to the deployment specification to implement the requested cloud service.

Abstract: A sampling device includes a switch capacitor circuit. First ends of two switches are respectively connected to an input signal. Second end of the first switch is connected to an upper plate of a first capacitor. Second end of the second switch is connected to a lower plate of a second capacitor. A connection node connecting a lower plate of the first capacitor to an upper plate of the second capacitor is connected to a power source. The first ends of a third switch and a fourth switch are respectively connected to an input common-mode voltage. A second end of the third switch is connected to the upper plate of the first capacitor. A second end of the fourth switch is connected to the lower plate of the second capacitor. The connection node is connected to the power source. Thus, an output common-mode voltage of the sampling device is adjustable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to method, system and electronic communications device for providing group scan for mobile devices located in overlapping active geofences.

Abstract: A high-speed low-power-consumption dynamic comparator includes a latch, an AND gate, a delay unit, and an XNOR gate. According to the high-speed low-power-consumption dynamic comparator, the output signal is generated through the XNOR gate from the comparator output signals Dp and Dn. The output signal and the control signal clk1 generate the control signal of the NMOS transistor P10 through the AND gate, so that the problem of static power consumption in a conventional comparator is solved.

Abstract: Techniques are described for data transfer in spin-based systems where digital bit values are represented by magnetization states of magnetoresistive devices rather than voltages or currents. For data transmission, a spin-based signal is converted to an optical signal and transmitted via an optical transport. For data reception, the optical signal is received via the optical transport and converted back to a spin-based signal. Such data transfer may not require an intervening conversion of the spin-based signal to charge-based signal that relies on voltages or currents to represent digital bit values. In addition, techniques are described to use magnetoresistive devices to control the amount of current or voltage that is delivered, where the magnetization state of the magnetoresistive device is set by an optical signal.

Abstract: The disclosure describes hard magnetic materials including ??-Fe16N2 and techniques for forming hard magnetic materials including ??-Fe16N2 using chemical vapor deposition or liquid phase epitaxy.

Abstract: An apparatus including at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to obtain, over a series of times, information related to at least one of spatial properties and frequency properties of a channel used in a directional communication between a communication network control element or function and a communication element, to quantify the information related to at least one of spatial properties and frequency properties into a metric, to track whether the metric is smaller than a first threshold or greater than a second threshold during a predetermined period of time, and to decide to use a first transmission mode or a second transmission mode on the basis of a result of the tracking.

Abstract: A magnetic device may include a layer stack. The layer stack may include a first ferromagnetic layer; a non-magnetic spacer layer on the first ferromagnetic layer, where the non-magnetic spacer layer comprises at least one of Ru, Ir, Ta, Cr, W, Mo, Re, Hf, Zr, or V; a second ferromagnetic layer on the non-magnetic spacer layer; and an oxide layer on the second ferromagnetic layer. The magnetic device also may include a voltage source configured to apply a bias voltage across the layer stack to cause switching of a magnetic orientation of the second ferromagnetic layer without application of an external magnetic field or a current. A thickness and composition of the non-magnetic spacer layer may be selected to enable a switching direction of the magnetic orientation of the second ferromagnetic layer to be controlled by a sign of the bias voltage.

Abstract: Compositions, reactions mixtures, kits, and systems for detecting bacterial contamination are provided, as well as methods of using the same.

Abstract: This disclosure describes an example device that includes a first contact line, a second contact line, a spin-orbital coupling channel, and a magnet. The spin-orbital coupling channel is coupled to, and is positioned between, the first contact line and second contact line. The magnet is coupled to the spin-orbital coupling channel and positioned between the first contact line and the second contact line. A resistance of the magnet and spin-orbital coupling channel is a unidirectional magnetoresistance.

Abstract: A method and system of converting a first language of a soundtrack of a person speaking in a video to a second language. A meaning of a word of the first language is translated, and one or more synonym words in the second language stored in a database of the computer system is located. The first and second languages are different languages. Outlines of shapes of mouth openings of the one or more synonym words in the second language are compared with the outlines of the shapes of mouth openings of the word of the first language. A synonym word of the one or more synonym words translated from the second language into the first language having mouth openings with a smallest difference from the mouth openings of the word of the first language is selected.