Abstract: Techniques for establishing connections between user devices and access points to connect to networks. Access points may indicate privacy-support capabilities, enabling a user device to discover privacy-capable access networks, and use this capability for network selection. Furthermore, the techniques enable the user device to request to enable and/or disable privacy support on an on-demand basis. The techniques described herein include the use of an access point that indicates the network's privacy capability to an endpoint device (e.g., source device, user device, etc.) over one or more link-layer messages, IP address configuration mechanisms, and over authentication protocols.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method for enabling EPCS in a network includes receiving a request from a network device to establish a connection to the network, wherein the request indicates an emergency event and at least one user equipment associated with the emergency event; prioritizing, for the network device, access to the network based on the request in accordance with a resource allocation policy comprising a plurality of access levels associated with a plurality of EPCS groups; allocating network resources in accordance with the resource allocation policy to the network device, wherein the one or more network resources are configured to modify a set of attributes of the network device to grant the network device an increased priority related to the emergency event; and transmitting a message to the network device to indicate authorization for the network device to establish a connection with the network according to the increased priority.

Abstract: A medical dictation application configured to operate on a computing device includes a dictation component and a customized operating system (OS) feature in communication with the dictation component, where the customized OS feature and the dictation component utilize a shared authentication process of the medical dictation application, where the customized OS feature is inaccessible to a user device prior to authentication of the user device with the medical dictation application utilizing the shared authentication process.

Abstract: A method of determining a distance between a first device and a second device. The method comprises: performing an initial-ranging-operation, by exchanging two multi-frame ranging cycles between the first device and the second device, to calculate a clock ratio and a multi-frame-cycle-ToF. The method further comprises performing a plurality of single-message ranging cycles, wherein each single-message ranging cycle comprises: at a predetermined first-device-cycle-time after an earlier message is sent from the first device to the second device, the first device sending a single-ranging-message to the second device; determining a second-device-cycle-time as the time between the second device receiving the single-ranging-message and the earlier message being received by the second device; determining a current-message-ToF based on: the previous-message-ToF, the first-device-cycle-time, the clock ratio, and the second-device-cycle-time.

Abstract: A drive device for an electric truck includes drive unit housings provided to each of drive wheels on left and right sides of the electric truck, each of the drive unit housings integrally accommodating a motor that generates drive power, a reducer that reduces a rotation speed of the motor, and a final gear that is connected to the reducer and transfers the drive power of the motor to the drive wheel. The drive device further includes suspension parts one provided over the final gear in each of the drive unit housings, steering gear parts one being provided over each of the suspension parts, pairs of hinge parts, and pairs of body-connecting parts, one of the pairs connecting each of the steering gear parts to a vehicle body of the electric truck through each of the pairs of hinge parts.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing an incident using an incident management system include receiving an incident and displaying the incident on a display. The incident includes an associated standard operating procedure (SOP) for managing the incident. Each of the SOPs includes one or more corresponding SOP steps. The incident and the associated SOP, including the one or more corresponding SOP steps, are displayed in a SOP view. A user selects one of the one or more SOP steps from the SOP view, which displays an action view that displays one or more categories of assets that are activatable via a user interface for supporting one or more of the SOP steps associated with the incident. The user selects one of the one or more categories of assets for supporting one or more of the SOP steps associated with the incident, allowing the user to activate one or more of the assets to manage the SOP.

Abstract: A method is provided to anonymize the media access control (MAC) address of a client device. The method involves generating a plurality of media access control (MAC) addresses for use by a client device in a network. Policies are defined that determine which one of the plurality of MAC addresses is to be used by the client device. The plurality of MAC addresses allocated for use by the client device are registered with a management entity in the network.

Abstract: In an example implementation consistent with the features disclosed herein, high availability of a stateful application is achieved by orchestrating multiple computing clusters. A stateful application is deployed at a first application operator and a second application operator of a first computing cluster and a second computing cluster, respectively. The first application operator includes a first control loop that changes the first computing cluster based on first resources of the first computing cluster. The second application operator includes a second control loop that changes the second computing cluster based on second resources of the second computing cluster. Synchronization of the first resources with the second resources is configured, such as via an object storage service. The first application operator and the second application operator are scaled to, respectively, nonzero and zero. A load balancer is configured to route requests to the first computing cluster.

Abstract: A system and method for adaptive encryption for SD-WAN includes identifying an encrypted conversational flow and determining whether a duration of the encrypted conversational flow exceeds a threshold. The method also includes selecting a header-less tunnel for the encrypted conversational flow when the duration is more than the threshold. The method further includes transmitting the encrypted conversational flow to an egress router over the selected header-less tunnel.

Abstract: Techniques for generative design include a computer-implemented method for solving a design problem comprising initializing values for one or more categorical and continuous design variables, and performing a design iteration by generating sample vectors for each of one or more categorical design variables based on the categorical design variable probabilities, solving one or more governing equations for the design problem based on values of the continuous design variables and the sample vectors, computing a value of one or more constraint functions and an objective function, computing first gradients of the objective function and the constraint functions with respect to each of the continuous design variables, computing second gradients of the objective function and the constraint functions with respect to the categorical design variable probabilities, and updating values for the continuous design variables based on the first gradients and values for the categorical design variable probabilities based on the

Abstract: Techniques for interactive generative design with sensitivity analysis and probability visualization for categorical design variables include a computer-implemented method for evaluating an impact of categorical design variables on a design problem solution comprises receiving information regarding choices for one or more categorical design variables associated with each of a plurality of design members of a design problem, determining a respective sensitivity of an objective function to the choices for the one or more categorical design variables for each design member of the plurality of design members, determining a respective visual aspect for each design member based on the respective sensitivity, displaying, on a user interface, a graphical depiction of the plurality of design members, wherein each design member is displayed using the respective visual aspect, and displaying, on the user interface, a key for interpreting the respective visual aspects.

Abstract: Techniques for generative design include a computer-implemented method for solving a design problem comprising initializing values for one or more categorical design variable probabilities and one or more continuous design variables, and performing a design iteration by performing one or more iterations to update the categorial design variable probabilities by generating sample vectors for each of one or more categorical design variables based on the categorical design variable probabilities, computing first gradients of an objective function and one or more constraint functions with respect to the categorical design variable probabilities, and updating values for the categorical design variable probabilities based on the first gradients, then updating the sample vectors based on the updated categorical design variable probability values, computing second gradients of the objective and constraint functions with respect to each of the continuous design variables, and updating values for the continuous design v

Abstract: Disclosed herein are energy harvesting devices and sensors, and methods of making and use thereof. The energy harvesting devices can comprise a membrane disposed on a substrate, wherein the membrane comprises a two-dimensional (2D) material and one or more ripples; and a component electrically, magnetically, and/or mechanically coupled to the membrane and/or the substrate, such that the component is configured to harvest energy from the membrane. The sensors can comprise a membrane disposed on a substrate, wherein the membrane comprises a two-dimensional material one or more ripples; and a component electrically, magnetically, and/or mechanically coupled to the membrane and/or the substrate, such that the component is configured to detect a signal from the membrane.

Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods for lowering plasma LDL-C, increasing plasma HDL-C, and reducing atherosclerosis. The methods include administering to an individual in need miRNA-541-3P or a modified version thereof, or an agent other than the miRNA-541-3P or the modified version thereof that inhibits the function or expression of ZNF101 or CASZ1, or a combination thereof. Performing a method also decreases expression of apoB increases expression of apoA1 is increased.

Abstract: Techniques for using Locator ID Separation Protocol (LISP), Mobile Internet Protocol (MIP), and/or other techniques in conjunction with Domain Name System (DNS) to obfuscate server-side addresses in data communications. Rather than having DNS provide a client device with an IP address of an endpoint device, such as a server, the DNS instead returns an endpoint identifiers (EID) that is mapped to the client device and at least one routing locator (RLOC) of the endpoint device. In this way, IP addresses of servers are obfuscated by a network mapping of EIDs and RLOCs. The client device may then communicate data packets to the server using the EIDs as the destination address, and a virtual network service that works in conjunction with DNS can encapsulate the data packet with the RLOC using LISP and forward the data packet onto the server.

Abstract: In an example implementation consistent with the features disclosed herein, a tenant service in an internal network is made accessible to clients in an external network through a load balancer service. A request is transmitted by a tenant computing cluster in response to discovering creation of the tenant service at the tenant computing cluster. The request is received by a gateway computing cluster. The load balancer service is deployed at the gateway computing cluster in response to receiving the request. An external IP address for the external network is assigned to the load balancer service. The load balancer service is configured to forward client requests received at the external IP address to the tenant service. The external IP address is then sent to the tenant computing cluster.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium, of which the method includes receiving an image of a tool including a consumable object from a remote device via a network at a processor, decoding the image to identify the consumable object, using the processor, and determining a degradation characteristic, a consumption, or both for the consumable object by providing the decoded image to a neural network. The degradation characteristic represents a mode of degradation and the consumption represents an amount of degradation.

Abstract: Techniques for automating traffic optimizations for egress traffic of an application orchestration system that is being sent over a network to a remote service. In examples, the techniques may include receiving, at a controller of the network, an egress traffic definition associated with egress traffic of an application hosted on the application orchestration system, the egress traffic definition indicating that the egress traffic is to be sent to the remote service. Based at least in part on the egress traffic definition, the controller may determine a networking path through the network or outside of the network that is optimized for sending the egress traffic to the remote service. The controller may also cause the egress traffic to be sent to the remote service via the optimized networking path.

Abstract: A wellness measurement method for measuring a level of wellness of an individual based on wellness function using a wellness measurement system is disclosed. The method includes steps of: measuring an approximation of the wellness function for computing the level of wellness of the individual based on microbiome data of the individual; determining wellness areas using symptom classes and corresponding diseases associated with symptoms based on the approximation of the wellness function; determining possible wellness gain using the maximization technique by assigning weightage to the determined wellness areas and a microbiome-wellness association network, and predicting an optimal value of microbiome configuration for the individual based on the wellness areas and the microbiome-wellness association network, being assigned with weightage; and outputting recommendations with the wellness gain through a plurality of constraints using a convex optimization.

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving, via a user interface, a feature set, querying a repository of application programming interfaces (APIs) to identify an API in the repository that corresponds to the received feature set based on a comparison of features in the feature set to features of the API stored in the repository, identifying criteria of the identified API that is published in the repository, and displaying a recommendation with the identified API including the identified criteria of the identified API via the user interface.