Abstract: An energy conversion device includes a cathode, an anode including an aluminium-magnesium alloy, and an alkaline electrolyte disposed between the cathode and the anode. The alkaline electrolyte includes an electrolyte additive that includes zinc oxide, L-cysteine, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A machine learning model trained with a triplet loss function classifies input strings into one of multiple hierarchical categories. The machine learning model is pre-trained using masking language modeling on a corpus of unlabeled strings. The machine learning module includes an attention-based bi-directional transformer layer. Following initial training, the machine learning model is refined by additional training with a loss function that includes cross-entropy loss and triplet loss. This provides a deep learning solution to classify input strings into one or more hierarchical categories. Embeddings generated from inputs to the machine learning model capture language similarities that can be visualized in a cartesian plane where strings with similar meanings are grouped together.

Abstract: To improve resource utilization efficiency of query compliance check, which is check as to whether a query complies with a restriction imposed on data. The query compliance check is roughly divided into data flow policy check as to whether a data flow policy that defines a restriction on data transfer within a county or between countries is complied with, and organization rule check as to whether an organization rule that defines a restriction on sharing outside an organization is complied with, which are hierarchically configured. By analyzing a received query, a system identifies one or more data items as target input/output (I/O) data according to the query, and executes the data flow policy check on the identified one or more data items. When a result of the data flow policy check is false, the system returns a result that the query is compliance violation without executing the organization rule check.

Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and software to manage processing queue allocation based on addressing attributes of an inner packet. In one implementation, a first gateway identifies processing queues at a second gateway and assigns a unique flow label to each of the processing queues. The first gateway further receives a packet from a computing node that is directed toward the second gateway. The first gateway hashes addressing information in the packet to select a flow label, encapsulates the packet with the flow label in the outer encapsulation header for the encapsulated packet, and forwards the packet toward the second gateway.

Abstract: A database dependency resolver system can identify different dependencies of a user application and integrate the identified dependencies in different execution environments of a distributed database system. The different execution environments can manage different versions of a given programming language, or other types of computational architectures (e.g., different CPU types). A database user can provide a database statement (e.g., query) that activates the different dependencies in the different environments to generate results data.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for enabling any sandboxed user-defined function code to securely access the Internet via a cloud data platform. A remote procedure call is received by a cloud data platform from a user-defined function (UDF) executing within a sandbox process. The UDF includes code related to at least one operation to be performed. The cloud data platform provides an overlay network to establish a secure egress path for UDF external access. The cloud data platform enables the UDF executing in the sandbox process to initiate a network call.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the redox buffer electro-catalyst for bi-functional air electrode of metal-air batteries and fuel cells, wherein an electro-catalyst comprising of redox buffer oxides facilitates bi-functional activity of air electrode towards oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions at the air electrode-electrolyte interface. The bi-functional activity of electro-catalyst comprising of redox buffer oxides is superior, due to improved electron transfer ability in comparison to electro-catalyst without redox buffer oxides.

Abstract: A medical device that includes a handle, a shaft extending distally from the handle and defining a lumen, and an actuator disposed in the shaft and including a distal tip. The actuator and the distal tip are movable relative to the lumen. The medical device includes an expandable member having an inner cavity. The actuator is configured to engage the expandable member when moving distally relative to the lumen and in response to the distal tip entering the inner cavity. The actuator is configured to disengage the expandable member when moving proximally relative to the lumen and in response to the distal tip exiting the inner cavity.

Abstract: A system communicates, with a client device, to establish a first TLS communication session between the system and the client device, and with a server device, to establish a second TLS communication session between the system and the server device. The system generates a first session ticket associated with the first TLS communication session, and obtains, from the server device, a second session ticket associated with the second TLS communication session. The system sends, to the client device and via the first TLS communication session, the first session ticket, with the second session ticket included in the first session ticket. The system receives, from the client device and after the first TLS communication session and the second TLS communication session terminate, the first session ticket that includes the second session ticket, which the system uses to facilitate resumption of the first TLS communication session and the second TLS communication session.

Abstract: A valve capsule assembly for a well includes a body including a first end, a second end, a cavity, and an exterior surface. The body is sized for positioning inside a bore of a casing. A sealing element is coupled to the exterior surface of the body and is configured for sealing with an interior surface of the casing. A cone is movably disposed in the cavity of the body between the sealing element and the second end of the body. A slip coupled to the exterior surface of the body and is movable between a deactivated configuration and an activated configuration, in which the slip is configured to expand and engage with the interior surface of the casing. When the cone is in a first position, the slip is in the deactivated configuration and when the cone is in a second position, the slip is in the activated configuration.

Abstract: Techniques are provided herein for retrieving images that correspond to a target subject matter within a target context. Although useful in a number of applications, the techniques provided herein are particularly useful in contextual product association and visualization. A method is provided to apply product images to a neural network. The neural network is configured to classify the products in the images. The images are associated with a context representing the combination of classified products in the images. These techniques leverage both seller-provided images of products and user-generated content, which potentially includes hundreds or thousands of images of the same or similar products as the seller-provided images. A graphical user interface is configured to permit a user to select the context of interest in which to visualize the products.

Abstract: The system comprises a prediction module (1) equipped with artificial intelligence to predict neurological disorders in an individual patient and identify a level of neurological disorders; a central processing unit (2) to detect triggering events and circumstances due to which the neurological disorders trigger in an individual patient upon receiving real-time behavior information data generated by a playing ball (3) of an individual patient and distinguish between a normal behavior and a neurological disorders behavior; an alert module (4) to alert the individual patient upon determining neurological disorders behavior; and an entertainment platform (5) to entertain and engage the individual patient with a specific set of activities assigned according to detected triggering events and circumstances upon determining the neurological disorders behavior, wherein a specific set of activities includes listening to music, playing games, and talking to an AI chatbot.

Abstract: A method for selecting between a plurality of paths for sending an encrypted packet from a source endpoint to a destination endpoint is provided. The method selects a first path of the plurality of paths for sending the encrypted packet from the source endpoint to the destination endpoint, each of the plurality of paths associated with a different one of a plurality of source ports, the encrypted packet being encrypted based on a security association established between the source endpoint and the destination endpoint in accordance with an IPSec protocol. The method further encapsulates, based on the SA having NAT-T enabled, the encrypted packet with a UDP header having a first source port associated with the first path. The method then transmits the encapsulated encrypted packet from the source endpoint to the destination endpoint via the first path.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to selectively analyzing digital content items from a social networking system to generate a searchable graph object that facilitates visualization of correlations between entities of interest (e.g., brands, products, services, companies), concepts (e.g., domain-specific and/or general terms), hashtags, and other output classes. For example, systems described herein involve collecting images and/or videos that are publicly available via a social networking platform and evaluating content and metadata thereof to identify entities of interest therein and predict various concepts therein to generate a graph object that provides a searchable matrix. The systems herein provide a mechanism for processing a graph query that presents a relational graph showing correlations between the query and the various output classes.

Abstract: A medical device that includes: a first handle coupled to a first sheath; a second handle coupled to a second sheath, wherein at least a portion of the first sheath is disposed within a lumen of the second sheath; and a patch. In a first configuration, the first handle and the second handle may be separated by a first distance, and the patch may be disposed between a distal portion of the first sheath and a distal portion of the second sheath. In a second configuration, the first handle and the second handle may contact one another or may be separated by a second distance, wherein the second distance is smaller than the first distance, and wherein a distalmost end of the second sheath is proximal of a proximal end of the patch.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for identifying and presenting video content that demonstrates features of a target product. The video content can be accessed, for example, from a media database of user-generated videos that demonstrate one or more features of the target product so that a user can see and hear the product in operation via a product webpage before making a purchasing decision. The product functioning videos supplement any static images of the target product and the textual product description to provide the user with additional context for each of the product's features, depending on the textual product description. The user can quickly and easily interact with the product webpage to access and playback the product functioning video to see and/or hear the product in operation.

Abstract: A system is provided that enables efficient traffic forwarding in a hypervisor. During operation, the hypervisor determines that a packet is from a first virtual machine (VM) running on the hypervisor and destined to a second VM running on a remote hypervisor. The hypervisor then includes a virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier of a transit VLAN (TVLAN) in a layer-2 header of the packet. The TVLAN is dedicated for inter-VM traffic associated with a distributed virtual routing (DVR) instance operating on the hypervisor and the remote hypervisor. Subsequently, the hypervisor sets a first media access control (MAC) address of the hypervisor as a source MAC address and a second MAC address of the remote hypervisor as a destination MAC address in the layer-2 header. The hypervisor then determines an egress port for the packet based on the second MAC address.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tablet comprising Afatinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the tablet is obtained by direct compression. The present invention further relates to a process for manufacturing a tablet of the invention as well as the use of the tablet of the invention.

Abstract: A method for enhancing tangible content on a physical activity surface is described. In an example implementation, the method includes capturing, using a video capture device of a computing device, a video stream that includes an activity scene of a physical activity surface; detecting in the video stream, using a detector executable on the computing device, a tangible content item on the physical activity surface; recognizing, from the video stream, one or more visually instructive elements in the tangible content item; determining a tangible identifier based on the one or more visually instructive elements in the tangible content item; retrieving a digital content item using the tangible identifier; and providing the digital content item on the computing device.

Abstract: A method for generating a prosodic representation includes receiving a text utterance having one or more words. Each word has at least one syllable having at least one phoneme. The method also includes generating, using a Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) model, a sequence of wordpiece embeddings and selecting an utterance embedding for the text utterance, the utterance embedding representing an intended prosody. Each wordpiece embedding is associated with one of the one or more words of the text utterance. For each syllable, using the selected utterance embedding and a prosody model that incorporates the BERT model, the method also includes generating a corresponding prosodic syllable embedding for the syllable based on the wordpiece embedding associated with the word that includes the syllable and predicting a duration of the syllable by encoding linguistic features of each phoneme of the syllable with the corresponding prosodic syllable embedding for the syllable.