Abstract: A multi-source ground-to-air heat transfer system is configured to store thermal energy during a cooling/dehumidification mode of operation for future use during a heating mode of operation. The multi-source ground-to-air heat transfer system utilizes a ground loop that is configured under an enclosure, such as a greenhouse, and is in thermal communication with a thermal reservoir medium to conduct and store heat. A thermal exchange fluid is pumped through the ground loop and ground heat exchanger and may receive heat from a condenser during a cooling/dehumidification mode of operation and may liberate heat to the evaporator during a heating mode. The enclosure air may receive heat from the heat pump during a heating mode and may liberate heat to the evaporator during a cooling/dehumidification mode. The heat exchange system may employ a heat pump having a reversing valve to change the mode of operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of increasing tolerance to abiotic stress in plants. More particularly the present invention relates to an anti-transpirant composition for plants for increasing tolerance to environmental changes and abiotic stresses in plants to obtain reduced transpiration, better growth and providing a substantial yield advantage.

Abstract: A secure data storage management “recovery system” operates in a cloud computing environment that is apart from a source system and source data being protected. A “recovery manager” in the cloud computing environment is responsible for restoring secondary copies that were generated by the source system. The recovery manager gains knowledge (metadata) about the secondary copies by restoring, for its own use, a management database of, and backed up by, the source system. The recovery manager initiates out-of-place restores of the secondary copies to “recovery clients” in the recovery cloud. The recovery system restores, to the recovery cloud, secondary copies from any cloud platform and/or from non-cloud data centers, including secondary copies stored locally, off-cloud by the source system. The recovery manager comprises new features that enforce its isolation from the source system and they act to protect the integrity of the secondary copies generated by the source system.

Abstract: A transmission driver for serial communication includes first multiplexing circuitry configured to partially serialize a data group into data subgroups based on an in-phase clock, and to delay a quadrature clock corresponding to the in-phase clock. The delay is based on latency of the partial serialization. The transmission driver also includes second multiplexing circuitry having a source-series terminated (SST) driver configured to serialize the data subgroups into a serial data stream based on the delayed quadrature clock. The first multiplexing circuitry may be configured to partially serialize the data group into the data subgroups by arranging a four-bit data group into a pair of two-bit data groups, and the second multiplexing circuitry may be configured to serialize the data subgroups into the serial data stream by arranging the pair of two-bit data groups into the serial data stream.

Abstract: Methods and systems for provisioning content streaming service are provided. An example method includes performing network segmentation for a network associated with a multi-dwelling unit (MDU) to generate a plurality of network segments and performing segmentation of a content resource provided by the MDU into a plurality of content segments respectively corresponding to the plurality of network segments. Each content segment of the content resource comprising content items is designated to the corresponding network segment based on a predetermined network policy. The method further comprises providing access to one of the plurality of content segments to a user equipment (UE) connected to the network segment corresponding to the content segment.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for determining the gut microbiome status of a subject given one or more CAZyme abundances provided from the subject's gut metagenomic data. The present invention also provides methods for maintaining or improving the gut microbiome status of a subject.

Abstract: Multi-site distributed storage systems and computer-implemented methods are described for improving a resumption time of input/output (I/O) operations during a common snapshot procedure for storage objects. A computer-implemented method includes initiating a snapshot multi create operation to selectively form a batch of first and second synchronous replicated datasets that belong to a first group of storage disks at the primary storage site and corresponding second group of storage disks at the secondary storage site, performing a batch snapshot create operation on the primary storage site by executing snapshots of storage objects on the primary storage site of the batch of first and second synchronous replicated datasets in parallel multiple threads to effectively utilize processing resources on the primary storage site, and initiating an independent workflow and state machine for each storage object of the batch of first and second synchronous replicated datasets.

Abstract: Methods, systems and architectures for video and/or audio processing and distribution are described. More particularly, a just in time transcoder/transcoding (JITT) is employed. If a matching optimal asset segment with calculated optimal asset attributes requested by a client device is not stored in a server, the server is configured to invoke the just in time transcoder (JITT) to produce the matching optimal asset segment by transcoding from one or more assets stored in an asset storage device to fulfill the request of client device.

Abstract: Some examples of the techniques described herein may provide encoding or decoding approaches to generate vectors that meet an orthogonality condition in vector compression procedures (e.g., vector compression or decompression). Encoder layers (e.g., neural network layers) on the encode side may generate orthogonal compressed vectors or decoder layers (e.g., neural network layers) on the decode side may generate orthogonal decompressed vectors. For instance, a neural network layer may be trained to generate a compressed or decompressed vector that satisfies an orthogonality condition relative to one or more previously compressed or decompressed vectors in accordance with a dependency order or a compression sequence. An indication of the dependency order may be communicated between the encode side and the decode side to order encoder or decoder layers (e.g., to execute encoder or decoder layers in the compression sequence) to produce compressed or decompressed vectors that satisfy an orthogonality condition.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a switch assembly (104, 204) of a handlebar assembly (100) of a two-wheeler. The switch assembly (104, 204) includes a first portion (110), a second portion, and a lock assembly (114). The first portion (110) defines a base (150), and the second portion is disposed to cover the switch assembly (104, 204). The lock assembly (114) is adapted to secure the first portion (110). The lock assembly (114) includes a first bracket (140) mounted on an end of the first portion (110), a second bracket (142, 242) mounted on an end of the first 10 portion (110) and a clamping element (144, 244) pivotally coupled with the first bracket (140) and adapted to lock with the second bracket (142, 242) to secure the switch assembly (104, 204) to the handlebar assembly (100).

Abstract: A method provides techniques for display configuration determination for connected display devices. The method includes connecting, by a processor of an electronic device, to an external display. The method further includes determining a display size for the external display, and determining a display category for the external display, based at least in part, on the display size. The method further includes configuring, based on the display category, content presented for consumption via the display, where at least one display characteristic of the content can be modified for optimal presentation on the display.

Abstract: A method of forming an integrated circuit structure is provided. The method includes: providing a logic cell structure including a first input node, a second input node, and a pulling network connected to a reference voltage and an output node, wherein the pulling network includes a plurality of transistor segments; determining a delay associated with at least one of the first input node and the second input node; and connecting the plurality of transistor segments to the first input node, the second input node and the output node based at least in part on the determined delay.

Abstract: In the Iris based biometric recognition systems, iris needs to be segmented before comparison and hence iris segmentation is a crucial process in iris based biometric recognition systems. Existing techniques are unable to segment iris due to occlusions and require complex and time consuming algorithms to remove these occlusions. Other deep learning based solutions require precise annotations of the iris regions along with eyelids and eyelashes. The present disclosure initially generates polygons on the iris and pupil area using a pre-trained detection model. Internally covered vertices and externally exposed vertices of the generated polygons are computed to construct curvature of the iris region. A pupil region is generated by filtering the plurality of vertices lying inside pupil circle region from the plurality of externally exposed vertices. Further, a segmented iris image is generated by removing the pupil region from the input image based on the curvature of the iris region.

Abstract: A telecommunications network provides selective roaming for user equipment (UE) devices registered to the network, allowing some UE devices to operate on a roaming network in some geographic regions and disallowing other UE devices to access roaming networks. The telecommunications network maintains mappings between UE devices and roaming permissions for each UE device. When a target UE device requests to attach to a roaming network, the roaming network passes the request, with an identifier of a particular geographic region in which the request was received, to the telecommunications network to query the mappings. If the mappings indicate the target UE device is authorized to access the roaming network in the particular geographic region, the telecommunications network allows the target UE device to attach to the roaming network.

Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate 3-dimensional (3D) information related to a user from a continuous time light signal. For example, a process may obtain two-dimensional (2D) information corresponding to a continuous time light signal providing information about a user in a 3D environment. The 2D information may be based on frames comprising images capturing the continuous time light signal at one or more frame rates. The process may further obtain discretization information corresponding to the one or more frame rates. The process may further determine 3D information about the user by inputting the 2D information and the discretization information into a state space model. The state space model may be a continuous time learnable framework for mapping between continuous time 2D scalar inputs and continuous time scalar 3D outputs.

Abstract: A fusion detection system includes the following elements. A data classification unit, for receiving several sensing data of several distributed devices, and classifying the sensing data as a first type, a second type, a third type and a fourth type. An anomaly detection unit, for performing an operation of an anomaly detection model based on the sensing data of the first type and the second type to generate an anomaly detection prediction result. A predictive maintenance unit, for performing an operation of a predictive maintenance model based on the sensing data of the first type, the second type, the third type and the fourth type and the abnormality detection prediction result to generate a predictive maintenance prediction result. A cost optimization unit, for performing an operation of a cost optimization model based on the predictive maintenance prediction result to generate a cost optimization decision.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides techniques and solutions for comparing source data with data extracted from a source. A user provides an identifier of a web page and an identifier of a file having data exported from the web page. Data for a table of a web application is extracted from web application code by analyzing the web application code for a table identifier token. The extracted data is compared with data exported from the web application to the file. Differences between the extracted data and the data exported from the web application to the file are determined. The differences are presented to a user on a user interface display.

Abstract: A topside platform for a voltage source converter high voltage direct current, VSC HVDC, symmetrical monopole converter station. The topside platform including a first floor and a second floor, an incoming AC switchgear module, and first and second transformer modules, wherein the incoming AC switchgear module is configured to distribute a first alternating current, AC, signal from an AC grid to the first and second transformer modules, wherein the first and second transformer modules are arranged on the first floor of the topside platform and are configured to transform the first AC signal into a second AC signal; and first and second converter modules configured to convert the second AC signal into a direct current, DC, signal for a DC circuit, wherein the first and second converter modules are positioned on the second floor of the topside platform, wherein the incoming AC switchgear module is positioned between the converter modules.

Abstract: Systems, methods and non-transitory computer-readable mediums are provided for remediating failures in container-based telecommunications systems. A method includes accessing by a container as a service (CaaS) server a continuous integration (CI)/continuous delivery (CD) tool server. The method additionally includes experiencing a connectivity failure with the CI/CD tool server and accessing by the CaaS server an alternative repository created through real time replication of the CI/CD tool server contents.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and system for seamless tracking of an asset across indoor and outdoor environments by utilizing tags affixed on assets and anchor nodes deployed across a facility. Each anchor node emits heartbeat signals that are received by neighboring anchor nodes that comprise information pertaining to coordinates and timestamp of anchor nodes. A data acquisition module receives processed data from each tag to listen to heartbeat signals being shared. A tracking module determines live positional information of the asset based on data retrieved from the data acquisition module. The tracking module, by utilizing predictive positioning algorithms, detects an indoor location of each tag affixed on the asset using a UWB chipset and detects an outdoor location of each tag affixed on an asset using a GNSS chipset.