Abstract: Examples described herein relate to an accelerator that includes an interface and circuitry coupled to the interface. In some examples, the circuitry is configured to access compressed data, decompress the compressed data, and output the decompressed data based on a call to an application programming interface (API). In some examples, based on a first call to the API having first values, the circuitry is to decompress at least a subset of the data and output at least one strict subset of the decompressed data. In some examples, based on a second call to the API having second values, the circuitry is to decompress an entirety of the data and output the decompressed data.

Abstract: An implantable medical device system having at least two implantable medical devices coupled together with a connector while implanted at a common anatomical region. The connector allows the implantable medical devices to anchor one another in place at respective deployment sites. Moreover, the connector may function as a safety device by causing one implantable medical device to migrate upon migration of another implantable medical device. For instance, if migration of an implantable medical device causes a structural change in the common anatomical region, such change may be generally reversible upon migration of the other implantable medical device as a result of the implantable medical devices being coupled via the connector.

Abstract: Techniques are described for dynamically determining the flow of screens to be presented in a user interface (UI) of an application executing on a computing device, based at least partly on a detected presence of a user device (e.g., a portable computing device) in a particular geographic area. Area designation data is transmitted to, and stored on, a user device. The area designation data can describe a geofenced area and/or beacon signals. In response to determining that the user device is in the geographic area indicated by the area designation data, the user device may transmit an alert signal that causes an interface flow to be dynamically determined and executed for an application executing on the computing device that is separate from the user device.

Abstract: A filtering apparatus for use in a hydrocarbon producing well for reducing water production therein includes a filtering medium treated with a relative permeability modifier such that the relative permeability modifier reduces the permeability of the filtering medium if the relative permeability modifier contacts water production. The relative permeability modifier may be used to treat a metal portion of the filtering medium in the case of a wire wrap screen or a wire mesh screen or may be use treat a metal portion or the prepacked component of a prepacked screen. The relative permeability modifier may be a polymer of at least one hydrophilic monomer and at least one hydrophobically modified hydrophilic monomer, a hydrophobically modified polymer, a hydrophobically modified water-soluble polymer, hydrophobically modified copolymers thereof or the like.

Abstract: A portable smart card reader assembly having an upper housing unit (25) having a first mounting structure (28,29), and a lower housing unit having a second mounting structure (20, 21), the upper housing unit (25) and the lower housing unit (12) together defining a cavity (50) for accommodating an electronic insert (17), the electronic insert (17) having a connector (2) for establishing electric contact with an associated electronic device and a contact array (8) having terminals (51, 52) designed to mate with contact pads on a smart card (7) upon insertion of the smart card (7) into the portable smart card reader assembly (1), wherein upon mating the upper housing unit (25) with the lower housing unit (12) the first mounting structure (28,29) and the second mounting structure (20, 21) move into locking engagement.