Abstract: Embodiments of a system and a method for evaluating a mat-faced cementitious board specimen can be used to determine a bond strength value for the specimen. A moving assembly is configured to move a pair of non-contact ultrasonic transducers over an X-Y plane relative to the specimen supported in a support fixture such that the specimen is interposed between the transducers. A controller is configured to use ultrasonic signals from the transducers to determine the bond strength for at least one facer of a mat-faced cementitious board specimen. Transducer arrays can be outfitted downstream of the kiln, for example, to provide a system and a method for continuously measuring the bond strength of mat-faced cementitious board during the continuous manufacture thereof.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods include technology that identifies first data that is autonomously generated, where the first data is associated with a first source. The technology may further determine that the first data is to be marked with an indication that the first data is associated with the first source, generate an identifier associated with the first data based on the first data being determined to be marked, where the identifier indicates that the first data is associated with the first source, and store the identifier to an entry in a storage that is remotely accessible.

Abstract: Security anchor equipment (20) relays Extensible Authentication Protocol, EAP, messages (12M) between a communication device (10) and an authentication server (30) that is operating as an EAP server for an EAP Authentication and Key Agreement, AKA, procedure (12) between the communication device (10) and the authentication server (30). The security anchor equipment (20) receives, from the communication device (10), a response (16) to a challenge (14). The security anchor equipment (20) checks whether the response (16) corresponds to an expected response (18) as part of an attempt by the security anchor equipment (20) to authenticate the communication device (10). In some embodiments, at least one of the response (16), the challenge (14), and the expected response (18) is, or is derived using, information used in the EAP AKA procedure (12) between the communication device (10) and the authentication server (30).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a layer of a crystalline A/M/X material, which crystalline A/M/X material comprises a compound of formula [A]a[M]b[X]c, wherein: [M] comprises one or more first cations, which one or more first cations are metal or metalloid cations; [A] comprises one or more second cations; [X] comprises one or more halide anions; a is an integer from 1 to 6; b is an integer from 1 to 6; and c is an integer from 1 to 18, wherein the process comprises disposing on a substrate a precursor composition comprising: (a) a first precursor compound comprising a first cation (M), which first cation is a metal or metalloid cation; and (b) a solvent, and wherein the solvent comprises: (i) a non-polar organic solvent which is a hydrocarbon solvent, a chlorohydrocarbon solvent or an ether solvent; and (ii) a first organic amine comprising at least three carbon atoms. Also described are compositions useful in the process of the invention.

Abstract: Devices, methods and computer program products for beam ranking for positioning purposes are disclosed. A network node device transmits to a client device a beam ranking indication comprising beam specific first reference data and beam ranking criteria for positioning for downlink transmission beams between the network node device and the client device. In response to a received downlink transmission beam selection indication indicating a downlink transmission beam selected by the client device based on the transmitted beam ranking indication, the network node device transmits second reference data to the client device with at least one downlink transmission beam according to the received downlink transmission beam selection indication.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises: receiving, by a process, an executed function flow of a daisy chained serverless function-as-a-service (FaaS) function, the executed function flow having been injected with a particular trace identifier in response to an initial event trigger and span identifiers having been injected by each service that was executed; generating, by the process, a serverless flow graph associated with the particular trace identifier based on linking a path of serverless functions according to correlation of the span identifiers between the serverless functions; performing, by the process, a trace-based analysis of the serverless flow graph through comparison to a baseline of expectation; detecting, by the process, one or more anomalies in the serverless flow graph according to the trace-based analysis; and mitigating, by the process, the one or more anomalies in the serverless flow graph.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are inhibitors of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), which may be used as medicaments for the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancer, viral infections and/or autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products structured for dynamic management of stored cache data based on usage information. The invention is structured for light-weight granular data caching based on construction of adapted hierarchical data objects with improved indexing, for reducing memory and processing burdens on data caching servers and reducing turnaround time for activity execution. Specifically, the invention is configured to trigger, via the proactive processor, retrieval of truncated technology data for caching from a usage database based on the adapted truncated cache data retrieval command; and construct a plurality of adapted hierarchical cache data objects, for each of the plurality of users, and cache the constructed plurality of adapted hierarchical cache data objects, for each of the plurality of users, in the distributed cache layer in a distributed cache layer.

Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for identifying and generating symmetrical repeat edits to similar objects in an image. A selection of a first object and an edit to the first object in an image is received. The image is searched for a plurality of candidate objects that have a similar shape to the first object and the plurality of candidate objects are filtered to include one or more objects that are symmetrical with the first object. A symmetric object is selected from the plurality of candidate objects. An axis of symmetry is computed between the symmetric object and the first object. The edit is applied to the symmetric object and to the first object.

Abstract: A system includes a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory device, to perform operations comprising obtaining a plurality of sensor values associated with a deposition process performed, according to a recipe, in a process chamber to deposit film on a surface of a substrate; generating a manufacturing data graph based on the plurality of sensor values; receiving, via a user interface, a selection of a data point on the manufacturing graph; receiving failure data associated with the data point; and storing, in a data structure, the failure data to be accessible via the user interface presenting the manufacturing data graph.

Abstract: A system and method for performing visual localization is disclosed. In aspects, the system implements methods to generate a global point cloud, the global point cloud representing a plurality of point clouds. The global point cloud can be mapped to a prior map information to locate a position of an autonomous vehicle, the prior map information representing pre-built geographic maps. The position of the autonomous vehicle can be estimated based on applying sensor information obtained from sensors and software of the autonomous vehicle to the mapped global point cloud.

Abstract: A method of including receiving a first input from a user and determining that the first input matches at least a portion of an account number associated with a user account of the user. Based on the determination the method may include requesting and receiving a second input from the user that may include a second string of numbers. The method may also include determining that the second input is a combination of a PIN associated with the user account. Based on the determination, the method may include executing a contingency action.

Abstract: Embodiments presented in this disclosure provide for dynamic application of user selected visual accessibility transforms onto glyphs of standard fonts so that, for instance, a user device can present textual content to a user in a form personalized by the user to be more readable. In accordance with some aspects, a user selection of a font transformation is received. A set of initial control points of an initial glyph is transposed based on the font transformation to generate a set of modified control points. A modified glyph is constructed using differential evolution based at least on the set of initial control points and the set of modified control points.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to a method performed by a Wireless Communication Device (WCD) for securing wireless communication. The method includes obtaining a configuration descriptive of network entity(s) comprising (a) Legitimate Network Entity (LNE(s)); (b) or Illegitimate Network Entity (INE(s)); or (c) both LNE(s) and INE(s). The method includes determining that a trigger condition for applying the configuration has occurred. The method includes, responsive to making the determination, applying the configuration to the WCD such that connection related procedure(s) of the WCD related to connection between the WCD and the network entity(s) are adjusted in such a manner that the WCD is permitted to connect to only the LNE(s), not permitted to connect to the INE(s), both permitted to connect to only the LNE(s) and not permitted to connect to the INE(s), or not permitted to connect to any network entity.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for therapeutically treating tissue. The devices and methods are suitable for minimally invasive surgery or open surgical procedures. More particularly, methods and devices described herein permit accessing and/or treating areas of tissue with a therapeutic device.

Abstract: A dataset is obtained comprising data blocks, each representing a different characteristic, for a plurality of cells across a plurality of bins, each bin representing a different portion of a reference sequence. Cells are clustered on one such characteristic across the bins thereby forming a tree that includes root, intermediate, and terminal nodes, where the cells are terminal nodes and intermediate nodes have daughter nodes, themselves being intermediate nodes or a cell. A subset of the tree is displayed that includes the root and leaves, each leaf representing an intermediate node or a cell. A heat map of the characteristic is also displayed, the map including a segment for each leaf, across the bins. When a segment represents an intermediate node, it is an average of the characteristic across daughters of the node. Graphs of characteristics for the root across the bins are also displayed.

Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for environment mapping is provided. The present invention may include generating a digital twin, wherein the digital twin is a digital representation of a smart building. The present invention may include applying the digital twin to a second building. The present invention may include providing an implementation assessment, wherein the implementation assessment includes at least the environmental impact of preferences of a user in the second building.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses systems and method for real-time continuous lane mapping. The technique comprising receiving an input image of a road captured by an image sensor mounted on a vehicle; extracting one or more feature vectors from the image; extracting lane mark coefficients and lane type features from the one or more extracted feature vectors; detecting a lane mark by computing the coefficients and applying a pre-learned value; comparing the lane type relating to right and/or left lane markings with a predefined lane class; classifying the left and/or right lane markings based on the comparison and applying a pre-learned value; and generating a lane map along with the lane markings. The step of the lane detection and the classification is performed simultaneously based on the one or more extracted feature vectors.

Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing a system for analyzing large amounts of event data to determine any potential security threats or anomalies. Event data may be obtained and processed. The processed event data may be analyzed to detect any potential security threats or anomalies.