Abstract: A medical implant is disclosed. The medical implant includes a body having a first end having a first cross-sectional dimension, a second end having a second cross-sectional dimension, and a tapered portion extending between the first end and the second end. The first cross-sectional dimension is larger than the second cross-sectional dimension. In some embodiments, the body comprises multiple layers.

Abstract: A polypropylene composition (PC), comprising: i) from 95.0 to 99.9 wt.-% of a monophasic propylene-ethylene random copolymer (R-PP) having an MFR2 in the range from 30 to 60 g/10 min and a C2 content in the range from 5.0 to 8.0 mol-%, and being free from 2,1-regiodefects; and ii) from 0.01 to 0.50 wt.-%, of a first nucleating agent (NU1) having a structure according to formula (I) wherein R is selected from C2 to C6 alkyl groups; wherein R1 to R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, hydroxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, substituted aryl, halide, amino and thioether and combinations thereof, and optionally any adjacent R1 to R5 are linked together to form a 5-membered or 6-membered ring; wherein the polypropylene composition (PC) has a haze value in the range from 0.0 to 25.0 %.

Abstract: An example system includes a controller having a first controller terminal, a second controller terminal, and a third controller terminal and digitally locked loop (DLL) circuitry having a first DLL terminal and a second DLL terminal, the first DLL terminal coupled to the first controller terminal. The system also includes first retimer circuitry having a first retimer terminal, and a second retimer terminal, and a third retimer terminal, the first retimer terminal coupled to the second DLL terminal and the second retimer terminal coupled to the second controller terminal and second retimer circuitry having a fourth retimer terminal, a fifth retimer terminal, and a sixth retimer terminal, the fourth retimer terminal coupled to the second DLL terminal and the fifth retimer terminal coupled to the third controller terminal.

Abstract: A particle suppressor can be used in a particle receiver to reduce the particle loss rate. The receiver can include a rotating drum with an inliner. The particle suppressor can include a retaining surface. The retaining surface can be spaced away from and extend concentrically with the inline. A spacing gap between the inliner and the retaining surface can dampen the motion of bouncing particles. The spacing gap can be between 15 mm and 20 mm. In some embodiments, the particle suppressor can include a support ring with a plurality of suppressor segments disposed circumferentially around the support ring. The particle suppressor can include a plurality of suppressor segments coupled directly to the inliner. A heat shield can be coupled to the particle suppressor. A support bracket can suspend the particle suppressor within the receiver.

Abstract: A medical implant is disclosed. The medical implant includes a body having a first end having a first cross-sectional dimension, a second end having a second cross-sectional dimension, and a tapered portion extending between the first end and the second end. The first cross-sectional dimension is larger than the second cross-sectional dimension. In some embodiments, the body comprises multiple layers.

Abstract: Devices and methods for automatically determining and suggesting an optimal device orientation with respect to a partner communication device. The methods and devices may include features to determine a position of a user with respect to the device; estimate a direction of a partner communication device; perform a comparison of the direction of the partner communication device with the position of the user; and based on the comparison, determine whether to generate an instruction to suggest a change in orientation of the device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing a medical imaging analysis task based on pixelwise positionally encoded features are provided. One or more input medical images are received. One or more pixelwise positional embedding images are generated for the one or more input medical images using a spatially varying function. Patches are extracted from the one or more input medical images and the one or more pixelwise positional embedding images. The patches extracted from the one or more input medical images are encoded with corresponding ones of the patches extracted from the one or more pixelwise positional embedding images into pixelwise positionally encoded features. A medical imaging analysis task is performed using a machine learning based network based on the pixelwise positionally encoded features. Results of the medical imaging analysis task are output.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of performing load balancing for a group of machines that are distributed across several physical sites. The method of some embodiments iteratively computes (1) first and second sets of load values respectively for first and second sets of machines that are respectively located at first and second physical sites, and (2) uses the computed first and second sets of load values to distribute received data messages that the group of machines needs to process, among the machines in the first and second physical sites. The iterative computations entail repeated calculations of first and second sets of weight values that are respectively used to combine first and second load metric values for the first and second sets of machines to repeatedly produce the first and second sets of load values for the first and second sets of machines.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for the production of needle coke in a delayed coker plant. The needle coke so obtained by the process of the present disclosure has a co-efficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of less than 1.2×10?6/° C. The process of the present disclosure eliminates the step of hydrotreating of the first feed and second feed for the production of good quality coke. The process of the present disclosure maximizes the production of the needle coke having low CTE and low sulfur content in the delayed coker coke drum.

Abstract: A system and method of authentication-based operation of a lock mechanism include detecting an authentication signal from an electronic authentication module, authenticating the authentication signal using a stored user profile, wherein the stored user profile is used for login authentication purposes and includes at least user data, and when the authentication signal is authenticated, activating an electromechanical mechanism to release a latch switch associated with a lock mechanism.

Abstract: Anion-exchange membranes are useful for electro-membrane processes such as electrodialysis (water desalination, separation of inorganics from organic molecules, separation of specific inorganic ion, etc.), in-situ ion-exchange and ion substitution, electro-deionization for producing ultrapure water, polymer electrolyte membrane for alkaline fuel cell and electrolysis applications. The present invention discloses an acid and base resistant fluorinated hydrocarbon based anion-exchange membrane and its method of preparation thereof. In the first step co-polymerization is carried out between N-isopropylacrylamide and 1-vinylimidazole. In the second step, obtained inter-polymer of isopropylacrylamide-co-vinylimidazole co-polymer is mixed with poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-co-HFP) (IA-co-VI/PVDF-co-HFP), which is used for casting membrane film of desired thickness. The obtained casted membrane thin film is quaternized in methyl iodide solution.

Abstract: A medical implant is disclosed. The medical implant includes a body having a first end having a first cross-sectional dimension, a second end having a second cross-sectional dimension, and a tapered portion extending between the first end and the second end. The first cross-sectional dimension is larger than the second cross-sectional dimension. In some embodiments, the body comprises multiple layers.

Abstract: A software bill of materials (SBOM) and vulnerability management system (“system”) disclosed herein extracts software component-related identifiers for Internet of Things (IoT) devices using deep packet inspection. The system filters the identifiers by removing identifiers that match a blacklist of identifiers known to not correspond to software components. The system then populates SBOM fields using a database storing the filtered identifiers with a schema that is uniform across SBOM file formats and queries a vulnerability database with software components indicated in the filtered identifiers to identify vulnerabilities for each IoT device for security risk assessment.

Abstract: Techniques for detecting anomalous network behavior in operational technology (OT) protocols are disclosed. A system, process, and/or computer program product for detecting anomalous network behavior in OT protocols include monitoring network traffic to perform automated OT malware detection analysis of OT related network traffic, extracting one or more features from the OT related network traffic, inputting the one or more extracted features into a model for malware detection analysis, and performing an action based on a result of the model.

Abstract: The method of some embodiments assigns a client to a particular datacenter from among multiple datacenters. The method is performed at a first datacenter, starting when it receives security data associated with a second datacenter. Then the method receives a DNS request from the client. Based on the received security data, the method sends a DNS reply assigning the client to the particular datacenter instead of the second datacenter. The receiving and sending is performed by a DNS cluster of the datacenter in some embodiments. The particular datacenter includes a set of servers implementing an application for the client in some embodiments. The datacenter to which the client gets assigned can be the first datacenter or a third datacenter.

Abstract: A solid-state storage device is provided that includes: a controller; non-volatile memory; a device interface; and a protocol-independent interface configured to couple to any one of a plurality of network adapters and communication ports so as to enable the controller to transmit data from the any one of the plurality of network adapters and communication ports. The controller is configured to receive data formatted according to a first protocol from an accessing device via the device interface. The protocol-independent interface includes a plurality of contacts coupled to the controller by a plurality of signal lines that enable data transmission from the controller to the protocol-independent interface. Each of the signal lines of the plurality of signal lines and each of the contacts of the plurality of contacts are configured to be enabled or disabled to form different channels through the protocol-independent interface to accommodate various target protocols.

Abstract: An embodiment may involve storage containing incident logs and mappings between incident logs and vector representations generated by a machine learning (ML) model.

Abstract: A solid-state storage device is provided that includes: a controller; non-volatile memory; a device interface; and a protocol-independent interface configured to couple to any one of a plurality of network adapters and communication ports so as to enable the controller to transmit data from the any one of the plurality of network adapters and communication ports. The controller is configured to receive data formatted according to a first protocol from an accessing device via the device interface. The protocol-independent interface includes a plurality of contacts coupled to the controller by a plurality of signal lines that enable data transmission from the controller to the protocol-independent interface. Each of the signal lines of the plurality of signal lines and each of the contacts of the plurality of contacts are configured to be enabled or disabled to form different channels through the protocol-independent interface to accommodate various target protocols.

Abstract: A modular inliner assembly can be used in a centrifugal particle receiver to facilitate the formation of a particle film. The modular inliner assembly may include a plurality of inliner tiles coupled to a rotating shell of the centrifugal particle receiver. Each inliner tile may include an inliner panel and a spacer extending from the inliner panel to the shell. An insulation module may be disposed between the inliner panels and the shell. A protection module may be disposed between the inliner panel and the insulation module to reduce wear of the insulation module. The top surface of each inliner panel can include surface features such as recessed slots. Two opposing ends of the inliner panel may include non-linear edges. The non-linear edge pattern on each of the two opposing ends may be different. A consistent gap between inliner panels can be maintained between the non-linear edges.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for creating and running an instance of a dynamic access control system (DACS). Trust providers may be defined in a trust broker of the DACS such that trust information associated with the trust providers can be used to create a custom data structure. Resources and resource groups may be defined in the DACS. Policies may be configured or coded in the DACS to map the custom data structure to recourses or resources groups. Additionally, policies may be configured or coded in the DACS to route the data structure and request to network segments or shared with other parties.