Abstract: Nestable containers are provided for installation within a compatible cutting board or for stand-alone use. A first container features a lip along at least part of a circumference of the container, and a ledge below the lip that also extends along at least part of the circumference. A second container features a cooperative lip that, when the second container is nested within the first container, engages or rests upon the ledge of the first container. The lips and/or the ledge may be continuous or discontinuous.

Abstract: Infrastructure and methods to implement a platform for a horticultural operation are disclosed. Sensor data is received from one or more sensors configured to capture data for plants within a plant growth operation. Accumulated data associated with other plants in other plant growth operations is access. The data is analyzed to determine conditions of the plants within the plant growth operation. Plant grower actions to improve plant growth are determined. Instructions are transmitted to a controller device associated with the plant growth operation. Agricultural products or services associated with the plant grower actions are determined. An agricultural exchange service processes electronic commerce information from servicers of the products or services. Bids from the servicers are received, and selection and fulfillment of the bids are facilitated.

Abstract: At design time, an intelligent integration system may create a new avatar to represent, in a computing environment where the intelligent integration system operates, a computing system of an entity, the new avatar having a set of states, transitions, and data items, wherein the entity is one of a pair of entities having a conversation, each of the pair of entities having a choreography. The intelligent integration system may access a library containing avatars, determine a current configuration of states, transitions, and validation rules for the avatars, and perform a gap analysis. The gap analysis can identify gaps between the states, transitions, and data items of the new avatar and the current configuration of states, transitions, and validation rules for the avatars. The intelligent integration system is operable to determine a set of handlers that can remediate the gaps and update a workflow implementation to include the set of handlers.

Abstract: An intelligent integration system runs a workflow implementation in a test mode with an avatar, a set of handlers, and a choreography. The system receives a message from the second entity to the first entity via their respective avatars. The arrival of data in the message triggers the first entity to invoke an integration activity which utilizes the set of handlers. The integration activity follows the choreography and moving the data through the choreography is defined and governed by a choreography key. The system may stop moving the data through the choreography, determine/generate a handler that can meet a requirement of the choreography key that is not met by the set of handlers, and update the workflow implementation to include the handler. The system may then continue or restart the workflow implementation with the handler that can meet the requirement of the choreography key.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for a machine-learning platform for the safe serialization of a machine-learning application. Individual library components (e.g., a pipeline, a microservice routine, a software module, and an infrastructure model) can be encrypted using one or more keys. The keys can be stored in a location different from the storage location of the machine-learning application. Prior to incorporation of the library component into a machine-learning model, one or more keys can be retrieved from the remote storage location to authenticate that the one or more encrypted library components are authentic. The process can reject any of the one or more component, when the encrypted library component fails authentication. If a component is rejected, the system can roll back to a previous, authenticated version of the library component. The authenticated library components can be compiled into machine-learning software.

Abstract: An augmented reality-based horticultural care tracking system to collect information about plants on a per plant or near per plant basis in order to identify issues and generate itineraries that include task lists for remedial courses of actions is disclosed. A network-enabled augmented reality device can be employed by operators of various growing operations in order to overlay digital information such as tasks, images, and related information in a real-time environment. The augmented reality device can communicate with administrative personnel at an operating station and/or intermediate servers in the network in order to send and receive status updates and notifications to properly execute the tasks in the itinerary and evaluate the courses of actions' efficacy.

Abstract: A method for enabling transactions may include defining states of a transactional system that implements the method and transitions between the states. Each transition between the states can comprise a data item. The transactional system may determine the states and the transitions between the states used by the first entity, determine the states and the transitions between the states used by the second entity, determine a required state not used by the first entity but is used by the second entity, and determine a required transition between the states. The required transition between the states is not used by the first entity but is used by the second entity. The transactional system may determine a required data item of the required transition between the states and define a handler to enable transactions between the first entity and the second entity in the transactional system.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for an adaptive pipelining composition service that can identify and incorporate one or more new models into the machine learning application. The machine learning application with the new model can be tested off-line with the results being compared with ground truth data. If the machine learning application with the new model outperforms the previously used model, the machine learning application can be upgraded and auto-promoted to production. One or more parameters may also be discovered. The new parameters may be incorporated into the existing model in an off-line mode. The machine learning application with the new parameters can be tested off-line and the results can be compared with previous results with existing parameters. If the new parameters outperform the existing parameters as compared with ground-truth data, the machine learning application can be auto-promoted to production.

Abstract: A method of forming a tube assembly includes forming arms on a tube end portion by forming a plurality of slots or slits on such tube end and mating such arms with a tapered outer surface of a fitting. The fitting may include at least one annular step mated with an annular step formed on the tube inner surface.

Abstract: Systems and methods for vehicle message signing are provided. A method includes obtaining, by a vehicle computing system of an autonomous vehicle, a computing system state associated with the vehicle computing system and a message from at least one remote process running a computing device remote from the vehicle computing system. The message is associated with an intended recipient process running on the vehicle computing system. The method includes determining an originating sender for the message. The originating sender is indicative of a remote process that generated the message. The method includes determining a routing action for the message based on a comparison of the originating sender and the computing system state. The routing action includes at least one of a discarding action or a forwarding action to the intended recipient process. The method includes performing the routing action for the message.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that facilitate the sale and exchange of plant growth systems to consumer plant growers. Particularly, a script offering system may act as an intermediary medium that allows merchants to advertise plant growth scripts to consumer plant growers via an electronic marketplace. In some examples, the script offering system may allow merchants to advertise plant growth scripts to consumer plant growers that have expressed an interest or need for a particular plant growth script. In other examples, the script offering system may allow a consumer plant grower to solicit merchant bids for the sale of plant growth script. A consumer plant grower may solicit bids for plant growth scripts that address specific needs identified via key word inputs or sensor data attributable to an existing plant growth operation that exhibits less than optimal plant growth.

Abstract: The invention provides expression vectors, nucleic acids, vector particles and methods of treatment involving these vector particles, comprising an engineered KCNA1 gene encoding an edited Kv1.1 potassium channel, as well as methods of confirming the presence of engineered KCNA1 mRNA in a cell. The features of the engineered KCNA1 gene combine to advantageously enhance the translation and activity of the Kv1.1 protein and improve detection of KCNA1 gene expression in a cell and can be used for example in the treatment of epilepsy and similar neurological disorders.

Abstract: Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for sharing and publishing files. In one aspect, the database system can maintain a user database, a file database and a library. The database system can receive a first request initiated by a first user to share a first file with one or more second users and, responsive to the first request, enable a second set of one or more permissions for each of the second users. The database system also can receive a second request initiated by the first user to publish the first file to the library and, responsive to the second request, publish the first file to the library. The database system additionally can restrict access to the published file based on permissions associated with the library.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that facilitate the sale and exchange of plant growth systems to consumer plant growers. Particularly, a script offering system may act as an intermediary medium that allows merchants to advertise plant growth scripts to consumer plant growers via an electronic marketplace. In some examples, the script offering system may allow merchants to advertise plant growth scripts to consumer plant growers that have expressed an interest or need for a particular plant growth script. In other examples, the script offering system may allow a consumer plant grower to solicit merchant bids for the sale of plant growth script. A consumer plant grower may solicit bids for plant growth scripts that address specific needs identified via key word inputs or sensor data attributable to an existing plant growth operation that exhibits less than optimal plant growth.

Abstract: Described examples include an integrated circuit having a transistor that has a transistor well extending into a semiconductor substrate having a first dopant concentration; a gate electrode over the transistor well; and a gate insulating layer between the transistor well and the gate electrode, the gate insulating layer having a first thickness. The integrated circuit also has a capacitor that has a capacitor well extending into the substrate having a second dopant concentration greater than the first dopant concentration; a capacitor electrode over the capacitor well; and a homogeneous capacitor insulating layer between the capacitor well and the capacitor electrode having a greater thickness than the gate insulating layer.

Abstract: A lid apparatus includes a lid releaser plate that includes a plurality of lid apertures and a actuator coupled to the lid releaser plate that moves the lid releaser plate between a lid lock position and a lid release position. Each lid aperture of the lid releaser plate abuts a bottom of a corresponding stack of a plurality of lids. A canning system includes a filling station for filling a plurality of containers with product, a lid placement station, and a push plate configured to move the plurality of containers from the filling station to the lid placement station. The lid placement station includes a lid apparatus.

Abstract: Method of and system for monitoring mechanical fatigue of a complex weapon system. First, data representing a movement of the complex weapon system is acquired. On the basis of the acquired data, a measure of mechanical fatigue damage to the complex weapon system arising from the movement is calculated. On the basis of that calculated measure, a cumulative total of the mechanical fatigue damage accrued by the complex weapon system is updated to account for the mechanical fatigue damage arising from the movement.

Abstract: A cutting board with one or more cut-out sections is provided. Each cut-out is defined by a ledge, and one or more containers may be installed in a cut-out, by engaging their rims/edges with a cut-out ledge. After installation, and during use of the cutting board, no container extends above a work surface of the cutting board. Therefore, food ingredients, remnants, scraps, and so on can be easily and directly scraped or otherwise moved from the work surface to the installed containers. A portion of the cutting board that comprises the work surface is placed on a counter or other support and may be weighted to offset the weight of the containers, which overlie open space or an area lower than the counter (e.g., a sink).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for a machine learning platform that generates a library of components to generate machine learning models and machine learning applications. The machine learning infrastructure system allows a user (i.e., a data scientist) to generate machine learning applications without having detailed knowledge of the cloud-based network infrastructure or knowledge of how to generate code for building the model. The machine learning platform can analyze the identified data and the user provided desired prediction and performance characteristics to select one or more library components and associated API to generate a machine learning application. The machine learning can monitor and evaluate the outputs of the machine learning model to allow for feedbacks and adjustments to the model. The machine learning application can be trained, tested, and compiled for export as stand-alone executable code.

Abstract: Techniques and examples for servicing a horticultural operation are described. A method may involve receiving data from one or more autonomous vehicles. The data pertains to the horticultural operation or one or more targets located within the horticultural operation. The received data is analyzed to determine one or more conditions of the horticultural operation or one or more targets. Based on the analyzing, one or more recommendations for addressing the one or more conditions are determined. The determined conditions and recommendations are sent to a user interface. When authorized via the user interface, data is transmitted to the one or more autonomous vehicles that are indicative of follow-on actions for the horticultural operation or target. Additional data is received, when available, based on the follow-on actions for further analysis.