Abstract: A process of depositing a hydrophobic or superhydrophobic film on a surface of a substrate, effected by spraying onto the substrate's surface a solution comprising a fatty acid and an organic solvent, is provided. Substrates and articles-of-manufacturing containing the substrates, having a hydrophobic or superhydrophobic coating/film deposited thereon, obtainable or prepared by the process, are also provided. The process is usable for reducing a load of a pathogenic microorganism and/or for preventing biofilm formation on and/or in the substrates or articles-of-manufacturing containing same.

Abstract: A method of detecting and disabling offending devices includes monitoring for a radio frequency signal. When an offending device initializes and registers with a cell tower, it emits the radio frequency signal. After the radio frequency signal is detected, a message including an identification of the radio frequency signal is transmitted to a receiver of a base station. Responsive to receiving the message, the base station sends a secure transaction that includes an indication of the radio frequency signal to a processor of a cellular carrier system. Responsive to receiving the secure transaction, the processor of the cellular carrier system correlates a time and the radio frequency signal with an account associated with the registration of the offending device, disconnects the offending device and/or disables an account associated with the offending device.

Abstract: A robot-training system permits a user touch, click on or otherwise select items from a display projected in the actual workspace in order to define task goals and constraints for the robot. A planning procedure responds to task definitions and constraints, and creates a sequence of robot instructions implementing the defined tasks.

Abstract: A description is therefore provided of technologies enhancing interoperability of devices located in a proximity from each other, with the goal of improving service performance, convenience and security. Interoperability between a wearable device on a user's hand and a door or a mobile phone results in improved security as well as convenience of use. Interoperability between mobile devices and a computer device embedded in a car, results in a convenient and secure lock. Interoperability between mobile devices and nearby devices belonging to different users, able to provide local computational power, results in lowering of bandwidth requirements for data transfer, by means of performing computations on the data being collected locally, as opposed to it being done on a remote server.

Abstract: A mobile software application implementing “live events,” via which a host of the event may sequentially offer one, two, three, four or more items to a plurality of guests in the event (e.g., via auction, via direct purchase, or via a giveaway). The host's device may obtain and transmit a real-time video stream, which is in turn provided to each guest's device in conjunction with real-time information about the item(s) being offered. Particular techniques protect a guest in a live event from unintentionally performing certain sensitive actions associated with the live event (e.g., placing bids or performing purchases). In particular, user interface elements may require the guest to perform a particular set of user interface interactions to perform the sensitive actions.

Abstract: A system and methods for protecting a serverless application, the system including: (a) a serverless application firewall configured to inspect input of the serverless function so as to ascertain whether the input contains malicious, suspicious or abnormal data; and (b) a behavioral protection engine configured to monitor behaviors and actions of the serverless functions during execution thereof.

Abstract: A method comprising: receiving, with respect to each of a plurality of subjects, data comprising at least one of: (i) a data representing center of pressure (COP) of a subject during at least on gait phase; (ii) a data representing center of gravity (COG) of the subject during at least on gait phase; and; (iii) a data representing posture of the subject during at least on gait phase; processing the data to extract a plurality of features representing the data, at a training stage, training a machine learning model on a training set comprising all of the plurality of features; and at an inference stage, applying the trained machine learning model to a target set of the features obtained for ma target subject, to classify posture, proprioception and/or kinesthesis of the target subject.

Abstract: A method of training a neural network to approximate a forecasting error of a passenger-demand forecasting model that includes calculating, using the forecasting model, a historical passenger demand forecast for each key level in a set of key levels and for each departure date in a set of historical departures dates; applying a dropout model to the historical passenger demand forecasts to create a training sample; training, using the historical passenger demand forecasts and the training sample, the neural network, to approximate forecasting errors associated with the forecasting model; calculating, using the forecasting model, a future passenger demand forecast for each key level in the set of key levels and for each departure date in a set of future dates; and approximating, using the trained neural network, the forecasting error associated with the future passenger demand forecasts for the second set of departure dates.

Abstract: A system includes a processor and memory storing instructions that cause the processor to receive, from a client device, inputs defining associations between one or more control objectives and one more policies, wherein the one or more control objectives define one or more functions to be performed to comply with the one or more policies. The processor may map the one or more policies associated with the one or more control objectives to an application environment and receive, from the client device or a different client device, a change set to an application in the application environment, wherein the change set comprises one or more modifications to the application. The processor may then determine whether the change set adheres to the one or more policies and restrict implementation of the change set in response to determining that the change set does not adhere to the one more policies.

Abstract: In various embodiments, methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for estimating greenhouse gas emissions. In particular, methods, systems, and computer program products are presented for the task of quantifying emissions reduction from changes in stocks of soil organic carbon (SOC). The methods apply more generally to tasks that involve quantification of a total or average across a population of land (and/or possibly any space and any time) using measurements at a sample from that population. The sample may not be representative or unbiased. In some examples, estimating greenhouse gas emissions may apply to quantifying the total stock of SOC in land, the total nitrous oxide emissions in land and a time interval.

Abstract: Waterproofed paper and paperboard forms utensils, tools, and cutlery. The waterproofed paper is made by applying a waterproof composition to the paper and then cutting and molding the waterproofed paper to the shape of a utensil, tool, or piece of cutlery. Paper and paperboard that is particularly useful in forming strong utensils, tools, and cutlery that do not bend or snap during normal use.

Abstract: A closure device (320) is provided for suturing a puncture. The closure device (320) includes a suture (322, 822), an elongate support (328), a suture-positioning support (330), and an elongate dilator (344). The suture-positioning support (330) is coupled to a distal end portion (332) of the elongate support (328), laterally extendable with respect to the distal end portion (332) of the elongate support (328), and configured to removably receive the suture (322, 822). The dilator (344) is configured to be inserted through the puncture, and has a proximal end (348) that is coupled to the distal end portion (332) of the elongate support (328). The closure device (320) is configured to allow movement of the distal end portion (332) of the elongate support (328) with respect to the proximal end (348) of the dilator (344) with at least two degrees of freedom. Other embodiments are also described.

Abstract: A wind turbine generator includes a stator having a plurality of high-temperature superconducting coils. A current is driven through the high-temperature superconducting coils to produce a magnetic field. A rotor comprising one or more phase coils is physically coupled to a wind turbine. As the wind turbine turns the rotor, current is induced in the one or more phase coils to produce electrical power. The phase coils may include conductive material, superconducting material, and/or high-temperature superconducting material.

Abstract: A computer implemented method of creating a clustering model used for clustering a plurality of log messages comprising using one or more processors for receiving a plurality of training log messages, performing the following for each of the plurality of training log messages: calculating a string distance between a textual content of the respective training log message and a representative string pattern of each of the plurality of clusters, associating the respective training log message with a respective one of the plurality of clusters in case the string distance is within a predefined threshold and adding a new cluster to the plurality of clusters for associating respective training log message in case the string distance exceeds the predefined threshold, and outputting the clustering model.

Abstract: Techniques for proof-of-viewing (POV) are described herein. In accordance with various embodiments, server(s) used by parties interested in tracking POV register media content items in a blockchain, receive a request to view a media content item of the media content items from a client, generate an intent object indicating the request to view the media content item by the client, and record the intent object in the blockchain. A server for reporting POV receives, from the client, a request for at least a portion of a media content item, where the intent object is embedded in the request, sends at least the portion of the media content item to the client and reports to the blockchain to cause the blockchain to record the intent object and an intent state in the blockchain based on sending at least the portion of the media content item to the client.

Abstract: A system for generating approximately coordinated region maps (RM), the system comprising a processing resource configured to: provide a data repository comprising one or more RMs, each mapping a corresponding region, and each including information of a relative location of synchronization objects (SOs) located within the corresponding region with respect to a coordinate-system (CS) origin of a CS of the corresponding RM; obtain a given RM including information of relative locations of given SOs located within the given region with respect to a given CS origin of a given CS of the given RM; retrieve, from the data repository, reference RMs that meet a criteria; identify the reference RMs associated with at least one SO that match at least one of the given SO, giving rise to optimization RMs; and determine, utilizing an optimization scheme, an approximate transformation between the given CS and the CSs of the optimization RMs.

Abstract: Communication in an asymmetric multiengine system is handled using engine routing tables defining subsets of engines to control engine-to-engine connection mapping. Local devices perform an engine selection process that includes selecting an engine routing table based on a number of remote engines in a remote device and selecting an engine set from the selected table based on an identifier of the remote device. A connection to the remote device is created using the engines identified in the selected engine set.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a technique to fingerprint TLS connection information to facilitate bot detection. The notion is referred to herein as “TLS fingerprinting.” Preferably, TLS fingerprinting herein comprises combining different parameters from the initial “Hello” packet send by the client. In one embodiment, the different parameters from the Hello packet that are to create the fingerprint (the “TLS signature”) are: record layer version, client version, ordered TLS extensions, ordered cipher list, ordered elliptic curve list, and ordered signature algorithms list. Preferably, the edge server persists the TLS signature for the duration of a session.

Abstract: A system facilitates detection of malicious properties of software packages. A generic application which comprises known functionality into which a software package has been included is analyzed through a static analysis and/or dynamic analysis, which is performed based on executing the generic application in a controlled environment. The static analysis and/or dynamic analysis are performed to determine whether one or more properties associated with the software package comprise deviations from the known behavior of the generic application. Behavior deviations identified based on the static and/or dynamic analysis are associated with a score. An aggregate score is calculated for the software package based on the scores which have been assigned to the identified behavior deviations and may be adjusted based on a reputation multiplier determined based on metadata of the software package. If the aggregate score of the software package exceeds a score threshold, the software package is flagged as malicious.