Abstract: An optical distribution and splice frame system includes rack(s), enclosure(s), cable management component(s), and/or cassette(s) that have features to allow for different cable management configurations not yet available in the market. A fiber optic cassette and enclosure are designed to enable flexibility in cable management configurations for the overall system.

Abstract: Methods include pumping a fracturing pad fluid into a subterranean formation under conditions of sufficient rate and pressure to create at least one fracture in the subterranean formation, the fracturing pad fluid including a carrier fluid and a plurality of bridging particles, the bridging particles forming a bridge in a fracture tip of a far field region of the formation. Methods further include pumping a first plurality of fibers into the subterranean formation to form a low permeability plug with the bridging particles, and pumping a proppant fluid comprising a plurality of proppant particles.

Abstract: A tank monitor control system, device and methods are disclosed that are suitable for remote monitoring. The device comprises a monitoring unit for insertion into a fluid holding device or tank to monitor a level of fluid stored in the fluid holding device. The monitoring unit comprises at least one sensor and a communication device for transmitting the data. Additional functionalities include location data, temperature data, water quality properties, and a pressure device for measuring pressure and calculating the weight of the fluid. The system provides automatic data generation and user defined alerts along with the ability to use artificial intelligence.

Abstract: A display control device includes a first display control unit performing control so as to display a page, which is being displayed in a real space, in a first material as a presentation material used in a presentation by a presenter in a first position in a virtual reality space, a second display control unit performing control so as to display a second material in a second position which is different from the first position in the virtual reality space, and an operation input information acquisition unit acquiring first operation input information as operation input information which is input by a viewer experiencing the virtual reality space and which is about display of the second material, in which the second display control unit changes a display manner of the second material based on the first operation input information.

Abstract: Aluminum alloy foil that, when used for battery packaging material, unlikely to develop pinholes or cracks even during molding of battery packaging material, and can exhibit excellent moldability. Aluminum alloy foil, which is for use in battery packaging material, wherein, with respect to cross section obtained by cutting aluminum alloy foil in vertical direction to rolling direction of aluminum alloy foil, which is a vertical direction to surface of aluminum alloy foil, proportion of total area of a {111} plane in total area of crystal planes of face-centered cubic structure, obtained by performing crystal analysis using EBSD method, is 10% or more; and with respect to cross section, a number average grain diameter R (?m) of crystals in face-centered cubic structure, obtained by performing crystal analysis using EBSD method, satisfies following equation: number average grain diameter R?0.056X+2.0, where X=thickness (?m) of aluminum alloy foil.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the diagnosis of NAFLD in a subject, and for the differential diagnosis of NASH or steatosis in a subject suffering from NAFLD, based on the determination in a sample of metabolic markers, particularly lipid metabolic markers.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes an antenna configured to generate plasma of a processing gas in a chamber. The antenna includes: an inner coil provided around the gas supply unit to surround a gas supply unit; and an outer coil provided around the gas supply unit and the inner coil to surround them. The outer coil is configured such that both ends of a wire forming the outer coil are opened; power is supplied from a power supply unit to a central point of the wire; the vicinity of the central point of the wire is grounded; and the outer coil resonates at a wavelength that is a half of a wavelength of the high frequency power. The inner coil is configured such that both ends of a wire forming the inner coil are connected through a capacitor and the inner coil is inductively coupled with the inner coil.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to metadata operations in a storage system. An example includes generating, by a storage controller of a deduplication storage system, a candidate list of container indexes for matching operations of a received data segment, each container index in the candidate list having an associated match cost; identifying, by the storage controller, a journal group associated with a first container index listed in the candidate list; reducing, by the storage controller, a match cost associated with the first container index in response to a determination that the identified journal group is in a modified state; and performing, by the storage controller, the matching operations of the received data segment based at least on the reduced match cost of the first container index.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to data storage. An example includes a method comprising: receiving a data stream to be stored in a persistent storage of a deduplication storage system; assigning new data units to container indexes; storing the new data units of the data stream in a plurality of intake buffers, where each new data unit is stored in the intake buffer associated with the container index it is assigned to; determining whether a cumulative amount stored in the plurality of intake buffers exceeds a first threshold; in response to a determination that the cumulative amount exceeds the first threshold, determining a least recently updated intake buffer of the plurality of intake buffers; generating a first container entity group object comprising a set of data units stored in the least recently updated intake buffer; and writing the first container entity group object from memory to the persistent storage.

Abstract: A method includes receiving an image of a real environment captured using a camera worn by a user, the image comprising a hand of the user and determining a pose of the hand based on the image. Based on a three-dimensional model of the hand having the determined pose, generating a two-dimensional surface representing the hand as viewed from a first viewpoint of the user and positioning the two-dimensional surface representing the hand and one or more virtual-object representations in a three-dimensional space. The method further includes determining that a portion of the two-dimensional surface representing the hand is visible from a second viewpoint in the three-dimensional space, and generating an output image, wherein a set of image pixels of the output image corresponding to the portion of the two-dimensional surface that is visible is configured to cause a display to tur off a set of corresponding display pixels.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to metadata operations in a storage system. An example includes receiving, by a storage controller of a deduplication storage system, a plurality of data streams to be stored in persistent storage of the deduplication storage system; identifying, by the storage controller, a set of journals in a first journal group that are modified during a first backup process; determining, by the storage controller, a count of the set of journals that are modified during the first backup process; comparing, by the storage controller, the determined count to a migration threshold; and migrating, by the storage controller, at least one journal of the set of journals to a second journal group based at least on a comparison of the determined count to the migration threshold.

Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for isolation detection. In one implementation, a radial acoustic log is obtained. The radial acoustic log is captured using a radial sensor of an acoustic logging tool deployed within a first structure. The first structure disposed within a second structure in a subterranean environment. A radial symmetry is determined using the radial acoustic log. An eccentricity of the first structure relative to the second structure is determined based on the radial symmetry.

Abstract: A truck body with an enclosure assembly that has a plurality of storage compartments with doors each movable between an open position that provides access to respective storage compartments and a closed position that prevents access to that storage compartment. The enclosure assembly includes at least one hidden hinge coupled with at least a portion of the doors to pivot the door between the open/closed positions. There are door flanges surrounding the openings of the storage compartments that, in some embodiments, include: (i) a longitudinally-extending channel dimensioned to receive a mounting portion of the at least one hidden hinge; and (ii) a rim configured to receive a seal.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable code that when executed by a processor cause the processor to obtain at least one image of a trigger accessory within a video stream, the at least one processor executing an augmented reality game requiring visual input from the trigger accessory to enable a user to play the augmented reality game, identify a trigger icon positioned on the trigger accessory having a configuration selected from a group of configurations dependent upon at least one of a shape and orientation of the trigger icon, apply image analysis to the trigger icon within the image to determine the orientation of the trigger accessory, and execute at least one software module of the augmented reality game dependent upon the configuration of the trigger accessory.

Abstract: The present invention provides engineered glycosyltransferase (GT) enzymes, polypeptides having GT activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention provides engineered sucrose synthase (SuS) enzymes, polypeptides having SuS activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention also provides compositions comprising the GT enzymes and methods of using the engineered GT enzymes to make products with ?-glucose linkages. The present invention further provides compositions and methods for the production of rebaudiosides (e.g., rebaudioside M, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside I, and rebaudioside D). The present invention also provides compositions comprising the SuS enzymes and methods of using them. Methods for producing GT and SuS enzymes are also provided.

Abstract: The invention is a foot pedal that has a forward pedal that is operated by the drummer's ball of their foot and a second pedal that is operated by the hell of the drummer's foot. This arrangement allows a drummer to operate two separate hi-hat cymbals using only one foot.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to analyzing subterranean cylindrical structures using acoustic sensing. On example includes: sending first acoustic waves in the wellbore via a radial acoustic sensor; receiving first reflection waves associated with the first acoustic waves via the radial acoustic sensor; sending second acoustic waves in the wellbore via the radial acoustic sensor; receiving second reflection waves associated with the second acoustic waves via the radial acoustic sensor; processing recorded data associated with the first acoustic waves, the first reflection waves, the second acoustic waves, and the second reflection waves, wherein the first acoustic waves are associated with a first radial direction, and wherein the second acoustic waves are associated with a second radial direction, the second radial direction being opposite the first radial direction; and generating a plot for identification of one or more isolation regions in the wellbore based on the processing.

Abstract: A client computing device has a storage device storing a plurality of files and a system agent. The system agent applies a hash function to binary data read from the plurality of files to generate a set of data signatures. A server computing device has a database interface to access a database representing a state of the network and storage for a set of exemplar data signatures resulting from a scan of one or more exemplar computing devices, each data signature generated by applying a hash function to binary data representing a file. The client computing device is configured to receive and compare the set of exemplar data signatures with the generated set of data signatures, and to transmit data to the server computing device based on the comparison. The server computing device is configured to obtain data received from the client computing device and update records in the database.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to metadata operations in a storage system. An example storage system includes a machine-readable storage storing instructions executable by a processor to determine to generate a synthetic full backup based on data stream representations of a plurality of data streams. The instructions are also executable to, in response to a determination to generate the synthetic full backup, create a logical group including the data stream representations. The instructions are also executable to specify a cache resource allocation for the logical group, and generate the synthetic full backup from data stream representations using an amount of a cache resource limited by the cache resource allocation for the logical group.