Abstract: A method for managing an extended Discontinuous Reception (eDRX) in a User Equipment (UE) including determining, by the UE, as to whether an eDRX enablement avoidance criterion is met, and causing, by the UE, to stop sending a request message, which is configured to enable the eDRX, to a network entity when the eDRX enablement avoidance criterion is met. The eDRX enablement avoidance criterion may include one of a data transmission pattern, a historic eDRX usage pattern, whether a configurable retry timer is deactivated, whether a number attempts made to enable the eDRX exceeds a threshold, whether a number of attempts made to enable and disable the eDRX exceeds a threshold, whether a request accept message including an indication that eDRX is not supported, is received from the network entity, or whether an indication of no eDRX support is received from the network entity may be provided.

Abstract: Systems and methods for selectively advertising routing information by a network appliance to a neighboring computing device are disclosed. In exemplary embodiments, customized export policies are created based on source type for each neighboring computing device to a network appliance. A source type for routing information is determined by the network appliance. The routing information is exported by the appliance to the neighboring computing device, such as a BGP router, based on the customized export policy associated with the source type.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a method for lithographic patterning. The method may include: exposing a photoresist to a radiant energy; developing the photoresist in a first developer, thereby creating an opening within the photoresist including sidewalls having a slant; and developing the photoresist in a second developer immediately after the developing of the photoresist in the first developer, thereby reducing the slant of the sidewalls of the opening. Where the photoresist is a positive tone development (PTD) photoresist, the first developer may include a positive developer, and the second developer may include a negative developer. Where the photoresist is a negative tone development (NTD) photoresist, the first developer may include a negative developer, and the second developer may include a positive developer.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method for human segmentation in an image are provided. The method includes obtaining the image comprising at least one human, performing face detection to detect the human in the image, generating a first human segmentation from the image by comparing a pre-defined full human body template and the detected human, generating a second human segmentation from the image, by inputting the image to an artificial intelligence trained model and obtaining a composite human segmentation representing the detected human by using both of the first human segmentation and the second human segmentation.

Abstract: An event processing system for distributing geospatial computations with geo-fences is disclosed. The system can partition and distribute geo-fences efficiently for parallel computation, and can track a potentially unlimited number of moving objects. A computing device determines a minimum bounding rectangle (MBR) covering a geographic area indexed by a geo-grid, and partitions the MBR and a set of geo-fences to a plurality of processing nodes. The computing device receives input events of a stream comprising locations within the geographic area. The device distributes the events to partitions on processing nodes, based at least on the events' locations. The device can determine a partition identifier corresponding to a respective location in constant time. The computing device then combines partition results to obtain a single geospatial computation result.

Abstract: Methods of forming a polymeric nanocomposite are provided. The methods include combining one or more monomers to form a mixture and adding a plurality of carbon fibers to the mixture prior to or concurrently with formation of a polymer from the monomers. The methods can also include polymerizing the monomers to form the polymer and adding a hydrophobic agent and a plasticizer to the mixture to form the polymer nanocomposite.

Abstract: An apparatus for video summarization using semantic information is described herein. The apparatus includes a controller, a scoring mechanism, and a summarizer. The controller is to segment an incoming video stream into a plurality of activity segments, wherein each frame is associated with an activity. The scoring mechanism is to calculate a score for each frame of each activity, wherein the score is based on a plurality of objects in each frame. The summarizer is to summarize the activity segments based on the score for each frame.

Abstract: Analytics driven update notifications can be provided. An agent on a managed device can monitor which applications are being used on the managed device and can provide a report of these application usage details along with other details of components on the managed device to a management server. The management server can evaluate reports received from a number of agents to generate rankings of applications and components that are based at least partially on usage. The management server can then identify available updates and present recommendations for deploying the updates based on the rankings.

Abstract: In one implementation, a method for tap technology can include identification of a plurality of network element primitives of a tap request, a determination of a set of selection criteria based on the plurality of network element primitives, a selection of a tap technology based on a comparison of the set of selection criteria to a tap technology profile, and a configuration of the tap domain to copy packets based on the set of selection criteria.

Abstract: A combustor is configured to operate in a rotating detonation mode and a deflagration mode. The combustor includes a housing and at least one initiator. The housing defines at least one combustion chamber and is configured for a deflagration process to occur within the at least one combustion chamber during operation in the deflagration mode and a rotating detonation process to occur within the at least one combustion chamber during operation in the rotating detonation mode. The at least one initiator is configured to initiate the rotating detonation process within the at least one combustion chamber during operation in the rotating detonation mode and to initiate the deflagration process within the at least one combustion chamber during operation in the deflagration mode.

Abstract: Exemplary systems, apparatus, and methods may write data to data blocks defining health levels corresponding to the quality-of-service levels of the data. Further, when health levels of the data blocks change over time, the data may be moved in an attempt to maintain the data in data blocks defining health levels that correspond to the quality-of-service levels of the data.

Abstract: A system and method for estimating execution time of an application with Spark platform in a production environment. The application on Spark platform is executed as a sequence of Spark jobs. Each Spark job is executed as a directed acyclic graph (DAG) consisting of stages. Each stage has multiple executors running in parallel and the each executor has set of concurrent tasks. Each executor spawns multiple threads, one for each task. All jobs in the same executor share the same JVM memory. The execution time for each Spark job is predicted as summation of the estimated execution time of all its stages. The execution time constitutes scheduler delay, serialization time, de-serialization time, and JVM overheads. The JVM time estimation depends on type of computation hardware system and number of threads.

Abstract: A multi-pack packaging device as a multi-pack carrying device for multiple containers. The multi-pack packaging device comprises a carrier that includes a plurality of apertures for receiving the multiple containers. Each of the plurality of apertures being surrounded in two dimensions by a sheet or a band. The multi-pack packaging device further comprises a plurality of bonds formed by bonding a neck surface of a container of the multiple containers to the sheet or the band. Each of the plurality of bonds associated with a different one of the plurality of apertures and configured to hold one container of the multiple containers. The multi-pack packaging device further comprises a plurality of perforations-based structures including perforations arranged to create a tear line that passes through a particular aperture of the plurality of apertures at a location where the neck surface is bonded to the sheet or the band.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method selects a new job to schedule for execution on a data processing system. The new job includes a. Performance information for a set of current jobs that are being executed in the data processing system is retrieved where the set of jobs are assigned to queues and currently classified with a current classification. The method analyzes the performance information to determine when one or more current jobs in the set of current jobs should be re-classified due to resource usage of a respective current job when being executed in the data processing system and re-classifies the classifications for the one or more current jobs in the queues. Then, the new job is assigned to one of the queues based on the classification of the new job and the classifications of jobs in the queues including the re-classified classifications for the one or more current jobs.

Abstract: A coordinator node may dynamically allocate links for communication in a network and communicate the link allocations via beacons. The beacons include a dynamic allocation change detection IE, which the coordinator node adjusts each time it modifies the link allocations. A receiving node receives the beacon and uses the value of the dynamic allocation change detection IE to determine whether the link allocations have been modified. The coordinator node may transmit the beacons during scheduled beacon slots or shared links. If the coordinator node transmits a beacon during a shared link, it may also initiate communication of the beacon early during the slot. A receiving node may in turn transmit its data early in its newly allocated link, if it fails to transmit previously in this link due to a CCA failure.

Abstract: Machine learning is used to train a network to predict the location of an internal body marker from surface data. A depth image or other image of the surface of the patient is used to determine the locations of anatomical landmarks. The training may use a loss function that includes a term to limit failure to predict a landmark and/or off-centering of the landmark. The landmarks may then be used to configure medical scanning and/or for diagnosis.

Abstract: For topogram predication from surface data, a sensor captures the outside surface of a patient. A generative adversarial network (GAN) generates the topogram representing an interior organ based on the outside surface of the patient. To further adapt to specific patients, internal landmarks are used in the topogram prediction. The topogram generated by one generator of the GAN may be altered based on landmarks generated by another generator.

Abstract: A magnetic artificial honeycomb lattice comprising a multiplicity of connecting elements separated by hexagonal cylindrical pores, wherein: (a) the hexagonal cylindrical pores: (i) have widths that are substantially uniform and an average width that is in a range of about 15 nm to about 20 nm; and (ii) are substantially equispaced and have an average center-to-center distance that is in a range of about 25 nm to about 35 nm; and (b) the connecting elements comprise a magnetic material layer, and the connecting elements have: (i) lengths that are substantially uniform and an average length that is in a range of about 10 nm to about 15 nm; (ii) widths that are substantially uniform and an average width that is in a range of about 4 nm to about 8 nm; and (iii) a thickness of the magnetic material layer that is substantially uniform and an average thickness that is in a range of about 2 nm to about 8 nm; and (c) the magnetic artificial honeycomb lattice has a surface area, disregarding the presence of th

Abstract: The present invention deals with a mycoherbicidal isolate of Setosphaeria monoceras sp. or extracts obtained therefrom, useful for the control of Water hyacinth. The present invention also discloses biological control compositions comprising fungal isolate extract formulated in a growth medium for maintaining the viability of extract when the biological control composition is applied to weed. The present invention also discloses methods of screening fungal isolate to determine if they exhibit biocontrol activity. The present invention also discloses use of Setosphaeria monoceras strain. In yet a further aspect the invention relates to use of an Setosphaeria strain for producing a herbicidal agent effective for controlling growth of water hyacinth plants. The strain used preferably is a strain having the characterizing features of Setosphaeria strain AGWH#1 1 as deposited at IMTECH under accession number MTCC 5974.

Abstract: A method and system for displaying content on an electronic device are provided. The method includes receiving content to be displayed on a low power display (LPD). Further, the method includes identifying at least one characteristic of the content to be displayed on a low power display (LPD) of the electronic device. Based on the at least one characteristic of the content, the method includes determining compatibility of at least one portion of the content with the LPD. Further, based on the results of the compatibility check, the method includes transforming and displaying the at least one portion of the content on the LPD based on whether the at least one portion of the content is compatible with the LPD. Further, the method includes displaying the at least one portion of the content on the LPD with enabled low power touch (LPT).