Abstract: Distributed transactions are performed over a collection of servers operating as replicas of a data set, where a successful transaction involves meeting a quorum count of replicas that locally commit the transaction. However, performance constraints of data sets and consuming applications may vary (e.g., sensitivity to latency, scalability, and/or consistency), and the performance characteristics of the server set may be partly determined by the transactional commitment and quorum selection. The distributed transaction may be applied by designating the replicas as a set of followers and a leader that initiates the transaction and receives acknowledgments of local commits by each follower. On condition of the acknowledgments meeting a quorum count for the data set according to the performance characteristics of the application, the leader locally commits the transaction and delivers a result.

Abstract: Some embodiments include a ferroelectric transistor having an active region which includes a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region vertically offset from the first source/drain region, and a channel region between the first and second source/drain regions. A first conductive gate is operatively adjacent to the channel region of the active region. Insulative material is between the first conductive gate and the channel region. A second conductive gate is adjacent to the first conductive gate. Ferroelectric material is between the first and second conductive gates. Some embodiments include integrated memory. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.

Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof are described. The compounds relate to and/or have application(s) in (among others) the fields of drug discovery, pharmacotherapy, physiology and organic chemistry.

Abstract: Partitions are enabled to be merged in storage device of distributed database systems. A request to merge a plurality of source partitions into a merged partition is received. Each source partition stores a plurality of data items having corresponding source global identifiers and corresponding source local identifiers. The data items, with corresponding metadata, are appended from the source partitions to an intermediate storage structure in an order defined by the source local identifiers. Target global identifiers and target local identifiers are generated for each of the data items in the intermediate storage structure. The copied data items are flushed from the intermediate storage structure to the merged partition in an order defined by the target global identifiers. The source partitions and intermediate storage structure may then be purged of data, removed, and/or reused for further storage needs.

Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying and controlling a remotely executed application on a display of a vehicle are disclosed. A method may include: receiving, by one or more processors, one or more video signals from one or more video sources onboard the vehicle; receiving, by the one or more processors, at a client module, a video signal including an image or display of the application executing on a remote server through a network; combining, by the one or more processors, via a video router, the received one or more video signals from the one or more video sources onboard the vehicle and the video signal including the image or display of the application executing on the remote server; and selectively displaying, by the one or more processors, on a display of the vehicle, the video signal including the image or display of the application executing on the remote server.

Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying and controlling a remotely executed application on a display of a vehicle are disclosed. A method may include: receiving, by one or more processors, one or more video signals from one or more video sources onboard the vehicle; receiving, by the one or more processors, at a client module, a video signal including an image or display of the application executing on a remote server through a network; combining, by the one or more processors, via a video router, the received one or more video signals from the one or more video sources onboard the vehicle and the video signal including the image or display of the application executing on the remote server; and selectively displaying, by the one or more processors, on a display of the vehicle, the video signal including the image or display of the application executing on the remote server.

Abstract: Partitions are enabled to be merged in storage device of distributed database systems. A request to merge a plurality of source partitions into a merged partition is received. Each source partition stores a plurality of data items having corresponding source global identifiers and corresponding source local identifiers. The data items, with corresponding metadata, are appended from the source partitions to an intermediate storage structure in an order defined by the source local identifiers. Target global identifiers and target local identifiers are generated for each of the data items in the intermediate storage structure. The copied data items are flushed from the intermediate storage structure to the merged partition in an order defined by the target global identifiers. The source partitions and intermediate storage structure may then be purged of data, removed, and/or reused for further storage needs.

Abstract: Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having capacitor-contact-regions. Metal-containing interconnects are coupled with the capacitor-contact-regions. A first insulative material is between the metal-containing interconnects. A second insulative material is over the first insulative material. A third insulative material is over the second insulative material. First capacitor electrodes extend through the second and third insulative materials and are coupled with the metal-containing interconnects. Fourth insulative material is adjacent the first capacitor electrodes. Capacitor plate electrodes are adjacent the fourth insulative material and are spaced from the first capacitor electrodes by the fourth insulative material. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.

Abstract: Some embodiments include a memory cell having a non-ohmic device between a transistor source/drain region and a capacitor. Some embodiments include a memory cell having a transistor with a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region, and a channel region between the first and second source/drain regions. A capacitor is electrically coupled to the second source/drain region through a non-ohmic device. The non-ohmic device includes a non-ohmic-device-material which changes conductivity in response to an electrical property along the channel region. The non-ohmic-device-material has a high-resistivity-mode when the electrical property along the channel region is below a threshold level, and transitions to a low-resistivity-mode when the electrical property along the channel region meets or exceeds the threshold level. Some embodiments include a memory array.

Abstract: The invention provides for a system and method for activity-entry reporting and activity-entry report generation by utilizing a drag and drop mechanism that allows users to merge submitted activities in order to generate new activities. These activities are contained within activity reports that can be modified and merged by other users in an effort to develop combined activity reports that maintain the traceability of the merged activities.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying unselected video content items and preconfiguring playback views for unselected video content items. During a warm-up phase, access to the unselected video content items is precoordinated individually with a separate video player, manifests and license/key are retrieved in anticipation for possible selection for playback. Subsequent selection of one of the unselected video content items initiates playback responsive to selection without repeating any of the preconfiguring, preauthorizing or fetching. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Some embodiments include a memory cell having a non-ohmic device between a transistor source/drain region and a capacitor. Some embodiments include a memory cell having a transistor with a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region, and a channel region between the first and second source/drain regions. A capacitor is electrically coupled to the second source/drain region through a non-ohmic device. The non-ohmic device includes a non-ohmic-device-material which changes conductivity in response to an electrical property along the channel region. The non-ohmic-device-material has a high-resistivity-mode when the electrical property along the channel region is below a threshold level, and transitions to a low-resistivity-mode when the electrical property along the channel region meets or exceeds the threshold level. Some embodiments include a memory array.

Abstract: Some embodiments include a memory cell having a non-ohmic device between a transistor source/drain region and a capacitor. Some embodiments include a memory cell having a transistor with a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region, and a channel region between the first and second source/drain regions. A capacitor is electrically coupled to the second source/drain region through a non-ohmic device. The non-ohmic device includes a non-ohmic-device-material which changes conductivity in response to an electrical property along the channel region. The non-ohmic-device-material has a high-resistivity-mode when the electrical property along the channel region is below a threshold level, and transitions to a low-resistivity-mode when the electrical property along the channel region meets or exceeds the threshold level. Some embodiments include a memory array.

Abstract: Data sets such as databases are often distributed over a number of servers, where each server stores a subset of records and an index that enables the server to locate the records in response to queries. However, tight coupling of indexing and storage may limit load-balancing, fault recovery, and distribution. Instead, the set of servers may be partitioned into a set of storage servers that store the records and a set of index servers of the index over the records. In a set that is decoupled in this manner, load-balancing may involve provisioning and locating index servers independently of the provisioning and locating of the storage servers in view of the particular sensitivities and tolerances of various applications. Additionally, the index servers may also utilize a data layout that is selected and adapted independent of the data layout of the storage servers and/or the schema of the data stored thereby.

Abstract: A spectrum information query system, a method of querying a database storing spectrum information and a secured query proxy device are provided, the spectrum information query system comprising a database storing spectrum information; one or more spectrum utilising devices forming a first communications network; and a secured query proxy device, the secured query proxy device configured to communicate at its front-end with the database storing spectrum information, wherein the secured query proxy device is configured at its back-end for a one-way downlink to the first communications network; a decoupled source that is decoupled from the first communications network, the source being coupled to the secured query proxy device, wherein the secured query proxy device is configured to obtain information associated with the first communications network via the decoupled source, the secured query proxy device being further configured to perform encryption of obtained information associated with the first communicati

Abstract: A spectrum information query system, a method of querying a database storing spectrum information and a secured query proxy device are provided, the spectrum information query system comprising a database storing spectrum information; one or more spectrum utilising devices forming a first communications network; and a secured query proxy device, the secured query proxy device configured to communicate at its front-end with the database storing spectrum information, wherein the secured query proxy device is configured at its back-end for a one-way downlink to the first communications network; a decoupled source that is decoupled from the first communications network, the source being coupled to the secured query proxy device, wherein the secured query proxy device is configured to obtain information associated with the first communications network via the decoupled source, the secured query proxy device being further configured to perform encryption of obtained information associated with the first communicati

Abstract: Databases are often provided according to various organizational models (e.g., document-oriented storage, key/value stores, and relational database), and are accessed through various access models (e.g., SQL, XPath, and schemaless queries). As data is shared across sources and applications, the dependency of a data service upon a particular organizational and/or access models may become confining. Instead, data services may store data in a base representation format, such as an atom-record-sequence model. New data received in a native item format may be converted into the base representation format for storage, and converted into a requested format to fulfill data requests. Queries may be translated from a native query format into a base query format that is applicable to the base representation format of the data set, e.g., via translation into an query intermediate language (such as JavaScript) and compilation into opcodes that are executed by a virtual machine within the database engine.

Abstract: Data services are often provided with consistency guarantees of either strong consistency models, comprising uniform wall-clock consistency, or eventual consistency models, where temporary logical inconsistency is guaranteed to be resolved only after full data propagation. However, the performance characteristics of contemporary services often require an intermediate consistency model, where some aspects of the service have specific consistency expectations and other aspects of the service are flexible, such as bounded staleness (e.g., a maximum delay in reaching consistency); session consistency (e.g., individual sessions remain logically consistent, but ordering may vary across sessions); and prefix consistency (e.g., each view during a session is logically consistent, but ordering may vary between session views).

Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for controlling access to a database. A data processing application may receive, from a user, a request that includes a procedural language code block to access data elements stored in a distributed database. A procedural language code block analyzer may obtain an access control policy that indicates permissions to access the data elements. A control system may determine, based on the access control policy, that access to a restricted portion of the data elements is denied. A reconstruction system may generate a reconstructed code block that allows the user to access data elements that are not restricted, such as by modifying the request to remove the portion that seeks access to the restricted data elements. The reconstruction system may then provide the modified request to the distributed database to receive the data elements to which the user is permitted to access.

Abstract: A low-profile wideband monopole antenna is provided. The antenna may include a radiating element configured in a bent monopole arrangement to provide a vertical polarization such that an omni-directional radiating characteristic is achieved. The radiating element may include a plurality of slots formed at or edged from each side of the radiating element to increase the effective current path length of the radiating element. The antenna may include a feed and a feeding structure extending from the radiating element to the feed. The antenna may further include a ground plane. The radiating element may be arranged substantially parallel to the ground plane. The surface area of the radiating element may be smaller than the ground plane.