Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine, the gas turbine engine defining a longitudinal centerline extending in a longitudinal direction, a radial direction extending orthogonally outward from the longitudinal centerline, and a circumferential direction extending concentrically around the longitudinal centerline, the combustor including: a forward liner segment; an aft liner segment disposed downstream from the forward liner segment relative to a direction of flow through the combustor, the forward and aft liner segments at least partially defining a combustion chamber; and an intermediate member disposed at least partially between the forward and aft liner segments and extending in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A building controller includes a housing and a plurality of wiring terminals that are secured relative to the housing and are physically accessible from outside of the housing. A controller is housed by the housing and is operatively coupled to the plurality of wiring terminals. The controller is field programmable to set each of two or more of the plurality of wiring terminals to a particular one of a plurality of wiring terminal types including an input wiring terminal type, an output wiring terminal type, and a communication wiring terminal type where the communication wiring terminal type operates in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol.

Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine, the gas turbine engine defining a longitudinal centerline extending in a longitudinal direction, a radial direction extending orthogonally outward from the longitudinal centerline, and a circumferential direction extending concentrically around the longitudinal centerline, the combustor including: a forward liner segment; an aft liner segment disposed downstream from the forward liner segment relative to a direction of flow through the combustor, the forward and aft liner segments at least partially defining a combustion chamber; and an intermediate member disposed at least partially between the forward and aft liner segments and extending in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A method of managing security rules may include extracting metadata from a data packet received at a first network device. The metadata including network metadata and network system metadata. The method may further include distributing the metadata to at least one service endpoint registered with the first network device, receiving from the at least one service endpoint, an indication as to how traffic associated with the data packet is to be handled, and enabling the traffic based at least in part on feedback received from the at least one service endpoint and creating a first service flow hash entry of a hash table associated with the data packet at the first network device. The first service flow hash entry identified each of a number of services using a unique number. The method may further include distributing the hash table including the first service flow hash entry across a fabric to at least a second network device.

Abstract: Monitoring may be performed for time series prediction models. Data to generate a new time series forecast may be received. A determination may be made that the data is associated with a previously generated time series forecast by a machine learning model. Performance metrics may be generated for the machine learning model according to a comparison of the data with the previously generated time series forecast. The performance metrics can then be provided for further analysis and action.

Abstract: Compositions, methods and kits are provided for treating complement related disorders in a subject with protein in combination having protein fusions of at least two of a CD46 protein, a CD55 protein and a CD59 protein or with a recombinant chimeric protein having at least two of a CD46 protein, a CD55 protein and a CD59 protein or with nucleic acids encoding these proteins. The composition negatively modulates classical and alternative complement pathways thereby treating complement related disorder such as macular degeneration, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, inflammatory bowel disease, thyroiditis, cryoglobulinaemia, fetal loss, organ graft rejection, cancer, etc.

Abstract: In one embodiment, load balancing criteria and an indication of a plurality of network nodes is received. A plurality of forwarding entries are created based on the load balancing criteria and the indication of the plurality of nodes. A content addressable memory of a network element is programmed with the plurality of forwarding entries. The network element selectively load balances network traffic by applying the plurality of forwarding entries to the network traffic, wherein network traffic meeting the load balancing criteria is load balanced among the plurality of network nodes.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices select antennas to enhance the range and throughput of wireless communications devices. Methods include identifying a plurality of combinations of antennas based on a plurality of available antennas for a wireless communications device, and generating, using a processing device included in a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) device, a plurality of quality metrics including at least one quality metric for each of the identified combinations of antennas, where each of the at least one quality metrics represents a signal quality of a signal associated with each of the plurality of antennas, and wherein the signal is a spatial stream. Methods further include selecting at least two antennas from the plurality of combinations of antennas based, at least in part, on the plurality of quality metrics, where the at least two antennas are selected for use by the wireless communications device during a transmitting or receiving operation.

Abstract: A method for machine learning based database management is provided. The method may include training a machine learning model to detect an anomaly that is present and/or developing in a database system. The anomaly in the database system may be detected by at least processing, with a trained machine learning model, one or more performance metrics for the database system. In response to detecting the presence of the anomaly at the database system, one or more remedial actions may be determined for correcting and/or preventing the anomaly at the database system. The one or more remedial actions may further be sent to a database management system associated with the database system. Related systems and articles of manufacture are also provided.

Abstract: Embodiments can include a method in which a transmission duration for data frames to a plurality of different receiving devices is determined by a transmitting device. The transmission duration can include at least interframe spacings that separate the data frames from one another. The transmitting device can transmit a control message over a medium to reserve the medium for the transmission duration. The data frames can then be sequentially transmitted by the transmitting device to the plurality of receiving devices during the transmission duration. The transmitting device can operate according to a contention based protocol. Related devices and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: Cell penetrating peptides that target many cells types including cells of the retina and cornea with high efficiency are provided herein. These peptides can be used to deliver cargo molecules across a plasma membrane, without the need for chemical conjugation. Compositions and viral vectors comprising these cell-penetrating peptides are also provided. Methods of using the peptides, compositions and viruses to deliver various agents to target cells and tissues are also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a controller configured to operate in an access point (AP) mode. The apparatus also includes a processing device. The processing device is configured to transmit a signal to one or more stations (STAs) to prevent the one or more STAs from using a frequency band. The frequency band is shared by the one or more STAs and a radio. The processing device is also configured to detect that the frequency band is available for use by at least one STA of the one or more STAs to transmit uplink signals to the controller without interfering with the radio; and in response, transmit a trigger frame to the at least one STA to schedule the at least one STA to transmit the uplink signals to the controller using the frequency band.

Abstract: A system and method for tagging of data/content for display on a display screen is provided, The system comprising World Wide Web connected to a central server through connecting means, smart IBs capable of sending and receiving data/content, a display media device having interactive means in a short-range wireless network, administrators system to schedule data/content. A plurality of administrators systems configured to schedule the data /content, and wherein the scheduled data/content is fed from a plurality of sources, including an internet, the central server and a broadcast data and wherein the scheduled data/content is pulled from the internet or the central server based on a plurality of parameters, and pushed through the display media placed at a location group, and wherein the plurality of remotely located display media are provided with a plurality of mutually different contents.

Abstract: A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component includes at least one seal surface, the at least one seal surface disposed adjacent an interfacing surface for providing a seal therebetween; and a coating disposed on the seal surface. The coating includes an aluminum oxide and/or a silicon dioxide.

Abstract: Cell penetrating peptides that target many cells types including cells of the retina and cornea with high efficiency are provided herein. These peptides can be used to deliver cargo molecules across a plasma membrane, without the need for chemical conjugation. Compositions and viral vectors comprising these cell-penetrating peptides are also provided. Methods of using the peptides, compositions and viruses to deliver various agents to target cells and tissues are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a storage system comprising: receiving a first data segment and first metadata associated with the first data segment to be stored in the storage system; storing the first data segment and the first metadata in a persistent storage device of the storage system; compressing the first data segment using a predetermined compression algorithm to generate a first compressed data segment; and storing the first metadata and the first compressed data segment in a solid state drive (SSD) cache device of the storage system, including aligning the first metadata and the first compressed data segment to a page boundary of the SSD device to reduce a number of input and output (IO) operations required for accessing the first metadata and the first compressed data segment from the SSD cache device.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices select antennas to enhance the range and throughput of wireless communications devices. Methods include identifying a plurality of combinations of antennas based on a plurality of available antennas for a wireless communications device, and generating, using a processing device included in a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) device, a plurality of quality metrics including at least one quality metric for each of the identified combinations of antennas, where each of the at least one quality metrics represents a signal quality of a signal associated with each of the plurality of antennas, and wherein the signal is a spatial stream. Methods further include selecting at least two antennas from the plurality of combinations of antennas based, at least in part, on the plurality of quality metrics, where the at least two antennas are selected for use by the wireless communications device during a transmitting or receiving operation.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices enable coexistence of traffic for collocated transceivers. Methods may include generating a target-wake-time (TWT) agreement based on availability of a first transceiver and a plurality of wireless devices. Methods also include generating a medium access schedule for the first transceiver using a first transmission protocol based on transmission events determined based on a second transmission protocol of a second transceiver, the second transceiver being collocated in the same device as the first transceiver, and the medium access schedule being a TWT schedule including active times for the first transceiver and each of the plurality of wireless devices determined based on a timing and duty cycle of the second transmission protocol and activity of the second transceiver. Methods also include transmitting the TWT schedule to the plurality of wireless devices, the TWT schedule identifying the one or more active times to the plurality of wireless devices.

Abstract: Compositions, methods and kits are provided for treating complement related disorders in a subject with protein in combination having protein fusions of at least two of a CD46 protein, a CD55 protein and a CD59 protein or with a recombinant chimeric protein having at least two of a CD46 protein, a CD55 protein and a CD59 protein or with nucleic acids encoding these proteins. The composition negatively modulates classical and alternative complement pathways thereby treating complement related disorder such as macular degeneration, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, inflammatory bowel disease, thyroiditis, cryoglobulinaemia, fetal loss, organ graft rejection, cancer, etc.

Abstract: Systems for providing an integrated user interface and/or authenticating a user or a device are disclosed. A system for providing an integrated user interface includes a central control server having a user interface engine and a backend application programming interface engine, a user device communicatively coupled to the central control server that is configured to provide a user interface, and a plurality of backend servers communicatively coupled to the central control server. The backend application programming interface engine generates and supplies application programming interfaces to the backend servers, the application programming interfaces including programming instructions thereon that direct a corresponding one of the plurality of backend servers to provide data to the central control server.