Abstract: A method, system, and/or computer program product are described for generating a graphical user interface for providing information and controlling optically switchable windows connected by a network. Windows are graphically represented using interactive smart objects placed within views of the graphical user interface in a manner corresponding to their physical location. A method, system, and/or computer program product are described for associating network IDs of optically switchable windows with the locations at which the windows are installed. Window locations are determined by analyzing received wireless transmissions that are sent from transmitters associated with each of the optically switchable windows. The determined locations are then compared with a representation of the building that provides the window locations.

Abstract: Service cluster instance backup and recovery methods and related devices are disclosed. For a container group in a service cluster instance to be backed up, a source persistent volume claim and a source persistent volume object corresponding to the container group may be set, and the container group is stored based on the source persistent volume object. When the service cluster instance satisfies a backup triggering condition, for the container group, a backup persistent volume claim and a backup persistent volume object of the container group are created according to the source persistent volume claim and the source persistent volume object corresponding to the container group. To-be-backed-up data of the container group is acquired based on the source persistent volume object. The to-be-backed-up data is backed up to a storage area pointed by the backup persistent volume object according to the backup persistent volume claim of the container group.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a facility (e.g., home) control system using a community of components (e.g., comprising one or more sensors, emitters and/or transceivers) that are configured to locate at least a portion of its members and control one or more devices of the facility.

Abstract: A die-casting forming mold for vulcanized rubber boots, comprising: a combined shaft mold provided with an inner cavity corresponding to a shaft of a rubber boot; a last mold 21 provided with partition elements, comprising a body substantially corresponding to the shaft of the rubber boot in shape, and two or more partition elements disposed on the body, the last mold 21 being adapted to be mounted in the inner cavity of the shaft mold to form a die-casting forming cavity between the wall of the inner cavity of the shaft mold and the outer surface of the last mold 21, and the die-casting forming cavity being divided into two or more portions by the last mold 21 and the shaft mold, wherein the last mold 21 further comprises: a longitudinally extending rubber injection channel extending longitudinally downward from the upper surface of the last mold 21, and a transversely extending rubber injection channel extending transversely from the longitudinally extending rubber injection channel to a rubber outlet in th

Abstract: A metal powder for additive manufacturing allows producing an additively manufactured product having few internal defects, little deformation caused by strain and excellent mechanical properties, and an additively manufactured product uses the same. The metal powder for additive manufacturing includes, by mass %, 14.0% to 24.0% of Ni, 2.0% to 8.0% of Mo, 10.5% to 20.0% of Co, 0.01% to 2.00% of Al, and 0.10% to 3.00% of Ti, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The additively manufactured product includes, by mass %, 14.0% to 24.0% of Ni, 2.0% to 8.0% of Mo, 10.5% to 20.0% of Co, 0.01% to 2.00% of Al, and 0.10% to 3.00% of Ti, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. In a cross section of the additively manufactured product taken parallel to the build direction, there is fewer than 0.1 defect having an equivalent circle diameter of more than 20 ?m per 1 mm2.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for synchronizing video streams are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: identifying a target video stream and a reference video stream, wherein the target video stream and the reference video stream are two different broadcasts of a program; generating, for the target video stream, a sequence of fingerprints; determining a time shift at which the sequence of fingerprints appears within the reference video stream; determining whether the target video stream is synchronized with the reference video stream by determining whether the time shift exceeds a predetermined threshold; and, in response to determining that the target video stream is not synchronized with the reference video stream, causing an electronic programming guide that includes an indication of the target video stream to be modified based on the time shift.

Abstract: The disclosed technology provides techniques, systems, and apparatus for proactively detecting, containing, and recovering from uncorrectable memory errors in distributed computing environment. An aspect of the disclosed technology includes scanning, by a scanner of a host machine, memory of the host machine for errors. After the scanner detects an error, the scanner may generate an error notification. The scanner may transmit the error notification to one or more processors of the host machine to implement mitigation techniques.

Abstract: An optical element including an optically transparent lens which defines a curved surface having a steepness given by an R/# of from about 0.5 to about 1.0. A film is positioned on the curved surface. The film includes an index layer. A composite layer is positioned on the curved surface having a refractive index greater than the index layer. The composite layer includes HfO2 and Al2O3. The composite layer has a mole fraction X of HfO2, wherein X is from about 0.05 to about 0.95 and a mole fraction of Al2O3 in the composite layer is 1?X.

Abstract: The disclosed technology provides techniques, systems, and apparatus for containing and recovering from uncorrectable memory errors in distributed computing environment through migration of virtual machines and associated memory to a target host machine. An aspect of the disclosed technology includes a hypervisor or virtual machine manager that receives signaling of an uncorrectable memory error detected by a host machine. The virtual machine manager then uses information received via the signaling to identify virtual memory addresses or memory pages associated with the corrupted memory element so as to allow for containment and recovery from the error, and for live migration of the virtual machine.

Abstract: Atomic layer deposition methods for coating an optical substrate with magnesium fluoride. The methods include two primary processes. The first process includes the formation of a magnesium oxide layer over a surface of a substrate. The second process includes converting the magnesium oxide layer to a magnesium fluoride layer. These two primary processes may be repeated a plurality of times to create multiple magnesium fluoride layers that make up a magnesium fluoride film. The magnesium fluoride film may serve as an antireflective coating layer for an optical substrate, such as an optical lens.

Abstract: Systems and methods that enable hardware memory error tolerant software systems. For instance, the system may comprise a host device that instantiates a kernel agent in response to one or more requests to access hardware memory, determines, by the kernel agent based on the received information, whether the request to access memory will cause access to a corrupt memory location, and skip an operation associated with the corrupt memory location in response to determining that the request will access a corrupt memory location. The systems may also include a system that detects software vulnerabilities to hardware memory errors.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for operating a braking system of a commercial electric vehicle. In various embodiments, the braking system may include a plurality of electric brake control modules. The electric brake control modules may be configured to operate the brakes on different axles of the vehicle. One or more of the electric brake control modules may be configured to detect a fault with another electric brake control module and operate the brakes of the vehicle accordingly.

Abstract: An electronic device may include one or more radios and one or more antennas. Radio-frequency transmission lines may couple a radio to an antenna feed structure. The antenna feed structure may be wireless coupled to one or more antenna resonating elements. An intervening slot element may be disposed between the antenna feed structure and the one or more antenna resonating elements. The antenna feed structure may be disposed on a package substrate forming an integrated circuit package. The one or more antenna resonating elements may be disposed on an antenna support structure. The integrated circuit package and the antenna support structure may be mounted to the same side or opposing sides of a system substrate.

Abstract: A method of making an enhanced aluminium mirror for vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) optics includes depositing a reflective coating comprising aluminium metal to at least one surface of a substrate through physical vapor deposition (PVD) to produce a mirror comprising the substrate and the reflective coating. The method further includes removing aluminium oxides from an outer surface of the reflective coating by conducting atomic layer etching (ALE) in an Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) system to produce an etched surface of the reflective coating and depositing an ALD protective layer onto the etched surface of the reflective coating by conducting atomic layer deposition in the ALD system to produce the enhanced aluminium mirror. The enhanced aluminium mirror includes the substrate, the reflective coating deposited on the substrate, and the ALD protective layer covering the etched surface of the reflective coating.

Abstract: De novo designed proteins with binding activity are disclosed, which were designed starting from a desired functional site and jointly filling in the missing sequence and structure needed to complete the protein, and uses of the binding proteins.

Abstract: The disclosed technology provides techniques, systems, and apparatus for containing and recovering from uncorrectable memory errors in distributed computing environment. An aspect of the disclosed technology includes a hypervisor or virtual machine manager that receives signaling of an uncorrectable memory error detected by a host machine. The virtual machine manager then uses information received via the signaling to identify virtual memory addresses or memory pages associated with the corrupted memory element so as to allow for containment and recovery from the error.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mode switching method for reducing training overheads in a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted communication system. The system includes one single-antenna base station, one single-antenna user terminal, and an RIS including N reflection elements, the single-antenna user terminal sends data to the single-antenna base station, however, when a direct link of a user-base station is blocked by a blockage, the data can be sent to the single-antenna base station only via the RIS; the RIS determines a proper reflection solution by using a controller, and dynamically adjusts a phase shift thereof to improve an achievable data rate of the system; and necessary information for phase shift adjustment can be obtained at the base station by uplink training, and transmitted to the RIS controller by using a control link.

Abstract: The application discloses a method for preparing chitin highly dispersible in aqueous phase and prepared chitin. After chitin is ground, dissolved, modified with glycidol and purified, a final product glycidol chitin is obtained. The glycidol chitin prepared according to this method has good solubility in purified water, and the concentration can reach 100 mg/mL, which is obviously different from common insoluble or poorly soluble chitin derivatives. Glycidol chitin may have a wide range of application prospects in biomedicine, cosmetics, absorbable materials, and other related aspects.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present disclosure are a hydroxybutyl chitin, a hydroxybutyl chitin hydrogel and a preparation method thereof. Chitin is subjected to pulverization, dissolution, modification with epoxybutane, and purification to obtain a final product, namely the hydroxybutyl chitin. The hydroxybutyl chitin prepared by the method has good solubility in purified water, and a hydrogel with a low solid content can be formed. The hydroxybutyl chitin hydrogel will have a wide application aspect in biomedicine, absorbable materials, and other fields.

Abstract: In one implementation, a method of playing audio is performed at a device including one or more processors coupled to non-transitory memory. The method includes playing audio associated with an object at a frequency-dependent volume based on a distance between a user location and an object location, an object orientation with respect to the user location, and the frequency-dependent three-dimensional audio emission pattern. In various implementations, methods of visualizing the frequency-dependent three-dimensional audio emission pattern and changing properties thereof are disclosed.