Abstract: A method for managing Logical Block Address (LBA) range overlap checking in a Non-Volatile Memory express (NVMe) based Solid State Drive (SSD) includes detecting, by an LBA-Overlap Check (LOC) module, an overlap between an LBA range of an incoming command with an LBA range of at least one outstanding command in an SSD controller, determining, by the LOC module, an overlap count value corresponding to the incoming command, where the overlap count value indicates occurrence of an overlap between the LBA range of the incoming command and the LBA range of the at least one outstanding command, and executing, by the SSD controller, the incoming command based on the overlap count value corresponding to the incoming command.

Abstract: A battery system includes a position detector configured to detect whether a first battery protector is coupled to a second power rail and positioned at a bottom of a stack. A cell balancing input (CBI) is coupled to receive a CBI signal to enable or disable cell balancing of the first battery protector. A cell balancing output (CBO) enables cell balancing of a second protector in the stack.

Abstract: A system is provided including a memory in communication with a processor. The memory is to store a data source comprising source data. The processor is to store in a row of a table: a source identifier of the data source, a data category value, and an aggregation identifier of an aggregation operation. The processor is also to execute the aggregation operation against the source data based on the data category value to obtain a measure related to the source data. In addition, the processor is to store the measure in the row, and output the table.

Abstract: A method and system are described for generating structured relations between words in sentences. The method includes generating encoded hidden state vectors using a single layer bi-directional Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) neural network. The method includes generating current hidden state vectors based on word embedding associated with each word at a time stamp ‘t’. The method includes computing attention distribution of each word based on encoded hidden state vectors and current hidden state vectors. The method includes computing context vector of sentences based on attention distribution of each word and the encoded hidden state vectors. The method includes computing vocabulary distribution at time stamp “t” based on context vector and current hidden state vectors. The method includes computing probability distribution of words based on encoded hidden state vectors, current hidden state vectors, and vocabulary distribution.

Abstract: A head restraint for a seat back of a vehicle seat may have two lateral wings. A topmost surface of the wings may flare from top to bottom in a driving position.

Abstract: For x-ray detector pose estimation, a machine-learned model is used to estimate locations of markers, including occluded or other non-visible markers, from an image. The locations of the markers, including the non-visible markers are used to determine the pose of the X-ray detector for aligning an X-ray tube with the X-ray detector.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for the dynamic monitoring of network health characteristics via a visualization platform. The platform receives collected information regarding network health characteristics and applies a rule set defining at least one threshold to classify each of the network health characteristics for each network component over a time period. The classifications can be represented visually on a graphical user interface to a network administrator, allowing the administrator to quickly discern which aspects of the network are operating properly and which aspects are not.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods to manage blacklists and duplicate addresses in software defined networks (SDNs). In one implementation, a method includes, in a control plane and data plane of an SDN environment, obtaining a blacklist for a logical port in the SDN environment. The method further includes deleting realized address bindings in a realized address list for the logical port that match the one or more address bindings in the blacklist and preventing subsequent address bindings that match the one or more address bindings in the blacklist from being added to the realized address list.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods to manage Internet Protocol (IP) address discovery in a software defined networking (SDN) environment. In one example, a manager may generate an IP address discovery configuration and pass the IP address discovery configuration to a controller. Once received, the controller may obtain a discovered list from a hypervisor of one or more IP addresses associated with one or more logical ports and update a realized list for the one or more logical ports based on the discovered list and the IP address discovery configuration.

Abstract: A method for handling a command ID conflict in an NVMe-based solid-state drive (SSD) device includes fetching, from a host submission queue (HSQ), one or more commands submitted by a host device. The fetched commands are checked to determine if there is a command ID conflict. A command ID (CID) error interrupt is communicated to firmware of the SSD device if the command ID conflict is detected. A command validation is performed for the one or more commands on receiving the CID error interrupts. A command response is communicated with additional special information from the device FW to the host device for a command having a command ID conflict. One or more resources associated with the one or more commands are released based on the command response.

Abstract: A device obtains data, for a current media plan, that includes a cost adjustment factor, a duration of an unexecuted portion of the current media plan that is divisible into periods of time, and an unutilized budget, for the duration, that is divisible into budget portions based on the periods of time. The device generates a predictive baseline cost parameter by adjusting, by the cost adjustment factor, a baseline cost parameter of a previously implemented baseline media plan. The device predicts cost metrics for the current media plan using the predictive baseline cost parameter, and predicts performance metrics for the current media plan based on the cost metrics and predictive baseline cost parameter. The device determines target cost per point (CPP) values for the current media plan based on the cost metrics and performance metrics, and causes an action to be performed based on the target CPP values.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatic segmentation of a vessel. A sequence of image slices containing a vessel is acquired. Features maps are generated for each of the image slices using a trained fully convolutional neural network. A trained bi-directional recurrent neural network generates a segmented image based on the feature maps.

Abstract: IC packages including a heat spreading material comprising crystalline carbon. The heat spreading material may be applied directly to an IC die surface, for example at a die prep stage, prior to an application or build-up of packaging material, so that the high thermal conductivity may best mitigate any hot spots that develop at the IC die surface during operation. The heat spreading material may be applied to surface of the IC die.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a package substrate, an integrated circuit device coupled to a surface of the package substrate, a first material on the surface of the package substrate, the first material contacting one or more lateral sides of the integrated circuit device, the first material extending at least to a surface of the integrated circuit device opposite the package substrate, two or more separate fins over a surface of the integrated circuit device, the two or more fins comprising a second material having a different composition than the first material, and a third material having a different composition than the second material, the third material over the surface of the integrated circuit device and between the two or more fins. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: IC package including a material preform comprising graphite. The material preform may have a thermal conductivity higher than that of other materials in the package and may therefore mitigate the formation of hot spots within an IC die during device operation. The preform may have high electrical conductivity suitable for EMI shielding. The preform may comprise a graphite sheet that can be adhered to a package assembly with an electrically conductive adhesive, applied, for example over an IC die surface and a surrounding package dielectric material. Electrical interconnects of the package may be coupled to the graphite sheet as an EMI shield. The package preform may be grounded to a reference potential through electrical interconnects of the package, which may be further coupled to a system-level ground plane. System-level thermal solutions may interface with the package-level graphite sheet.

Abstract: For patient weight estimation in a medical imaging system, a patient model, such as a mesh, is fit to a depth image. One or more feature values are extracted from the fit patient model, reducing the noise and clutter in the values. The weight estimation is regressed from the extracted features.

Abstract: An apparatus for selectively amplifying wind speed adjacent a turbine rotor includes a first deflection panel, having a curved front profile for selective placement laterally on a first side of turbine rotor in a working configuration. A second deflection panel has a curved front profile for selective placement laterally on a second side of the turbine rotor, laterally opposite the first side, in a working configuration. The first and second deflection panels are both configured to amplify wind speed adjacent the turbine rotor when in the working configuration, and to have minimal effect upon the wind speed adjacent the turbine rotor when in a stowed configuration. A method of selectively amplifying wind speed adjacent a turbine rotor is also described.

Abstract: Amorphous solid dispersions of nilotinib fumarate or nilotinib tartrate are provided, as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof, wherein the compositions exhibit enhanced bioavailability in the fasted state. Preferably, the compositions may be orally administered to a patient in either the fed or fasted state, with a decrease or elimination of the food effect. Preferably, following oral administration of the pharmaceutical compositions, there is no substantial difference in the pharmacokinetic parameters (e.g., Cmax, AUC0-t and/or AUC0-infinity) of nilotinib, regardless of whether the pharmaceutical compositions are administered to a subject in the fed or fasted state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and an apparatus for monitoring plasma behavior inside a plasma processing chamber. In one example, a method for monitoring plasma behavior includes acquiring at least one image of a plasma, and determining a plasma parameter based on the at least one image.

Abstract: A method for training a learning-based medical scanner including (a) obtaining training data from demonstrations of scanning sequences, and (b) learning the medical scanner's control policies using deep reinforcement learning framework based on the training data.