Abstract: The present subject matter at least describes a method and a system (300, 1200) of performing speech-recognition in an electronic device having an embedded speech recognizer. The method comprises receiving an input-audio comprising speech at a device. In real-time, at-least one speech-recognition module is selected within at least one of the device and a server for recognition of at least a portion of the received speech based on a criteria defined in terms of a) past-performance of speech-recognition modules within the device and server; b) an orator of speech; and c) a quality of service associated with at least one of the device and a networking environment thereof. Based upon the selection of the server, output of the selected speech-recognition modules within the device are selected for processing by corresponding speech-recognition modules of the server. An uttered-speech is determined within the input-audio based on output of the selected speech-recognition modules of the device or the server.

Abstract: A method of modulating ribonucleotide reductase activity in a neoplastic cell includes administering to the cell an amount of a triazole or an oxadiazole ribonucleotide reductase modulator (RRmod), the amount being effective to inhibit neoplastic cell growth.

Abstract: A system for providing resources to customers includes racks, sub-rack level secure containment units in the racks, and a provisioning control system. The sub-rack level secure containment units each enclose system resources. The racks hold two or more of the sub-rack level secure containment units. For each customer, the provisioning control system may provision a set of sub-rack level secure containment units to the customer. The provisioning control system may monitor, and create a record of, events of physical access to the system resources in each customer's set of sub-rack level secure containment units.

Abstract: A method of modulating ribonucleotide reductase activity in a neoplastic cell includes administering to the cell an amount of a triazole or an oxadiazole ribonucleotide reductase modulator (RRmod), the amount being effective to inhibit neoplastic cell growth.

Abstract: A configuration management service provides data identifying its subscribers to a secure sharing service that executes in an account that has a higher security level than a service account used to provide the configuration management service. The secure sharing service securely determines whether each subscriber has authorized producer services to share resource configuration data with the configuration management service. If a subscriber has authorized such sharing, information identifying the subscriber can be stored in a location accessible to the producer services. If a subscriber has not authorized such sharing, the secure sharing service will not make the subscriber's information available to the producer services. The producer services can use the subscriber data to provide resource configuration data to the configuration management service only for those subscribers that subscribe to both the configuration management service and to the producer services.

Abstract: A method of modulating ribonucleotide reductase activity in a neoplastic cell includes administering to the cell an amount of an oxadiazole, thiazole, diazole, triazole, or tetrazole ribonucleotide reductase modulator (RRmod), the amount being effective to inhibit neoplastic cell growth.

Abstract: Techniques are described for identifying “out-of-band” modifications to an interrelated set of computing resources, also referred to herein as a computing resource stack, that was provisioned at a service provider network using an infrastructure modeling service. An infrastructure modeling service generally allows users to describe a computing resource stack in a text file or other type of descriptive representation, referred to herein as an infrastructure template, and to automatically provision computing resource stacks defined in templates at a service provider network. Users may at times make so-called out-of-band modifications to one or more computing resources of a provisioned computing resource stack, either inadvertently or in response to time-sensitive demands, where an out-of-band modification is made outside of the infrastructure modeling service.

Abstract: A security assessment system of a computing resource service provider performs security analyses of virtual resource instances, such as virtual machine instances and virtual data store instances, to verify that certain invariable security requirements are satisfied by the instances' corresponding configurations; these analyses are performed before the instances are provisioned and deployed. If the security checks, which can be selected by the administrator of the resources, fail, the requested resources are denied deployment. Notifications identifying the faulty configuration(s) may be send to the administrative user. A template for launching virtual resource instances may be transformed into an optimized template for performing the pre-deployment security checks, such as by storing information needed to perform the checks within the optimized template itself.

Abstract: A method of modulating ribonucleotide reductase activity in a neoplastic cell includes administering to the cell an amount of a triazole or an oxadiazole ribonucleotide reductase modulator (RRmod), the amount being effective to inhibit neoplastic cell growth.

Abstract: Configurations of computing resources established in a network-based computing service can be tested to assess impacts of proposed changes to the configuration states of the computing resources or to policies governing the configurations of such computing resources. Test environments can be established to simulate an operational computing environment under study. Changes to the configuration of one or more computing resources can be introduced to the test environment, and impacts to the test environment can be assessed. Changes to configuration policy can also be introduced and subsequent impacts can be observed.

Abstract: A configuration management system may receive information defining a threshold range of deviation from a baseline configuration of at least one computing resource. The system may acquire periodic records of configuration information, from which it may be determined if the current configuration at least one computing resource has deviation from the baseline outside of the tolerated threshold. A record indicative of a prior configuration within a threshold configuration deviation may be identified. A template may be formed based on the record. The at least one computing resource may be reconfigured, based on the template, to be within the threshold configuration deviation.

Abstract: A security assessment system of a computing resource service provider performs security analyses of virtual resource instances, such as virtual machine instances and virtual data store instances, to verify that certain invariable security requirements are satisfied by the instances' corresponding configurations; these analyses are performed before the instances are provisioned and deployed. If the security checks, which can be selected by the administrator of the resources, fail, the requested resources are denied deployment. Notifications identifying the faulty configuration(s) may be send to the administrative user. A template for launching virtual resource instances may be transformed into an optimized template for performing the pre-deployment security checks, such as by storing information needed to perform the checks within the optimized template itself.

Abstract: A configuration history service for web-based computing resources is implemented by capturing and storing a historical record of each configuration state for each computing resource in a subscriber's account. Files of the configuration history store information about a computing resource type offered by the web service. The file comprises records for each particular resource of that type that is or was actively configured in the subscriber's account during the period that the configuration history service is active in the account. Each record lists a particular configuration state, at a particular point in time, for a particular computing resource. The configuration history of a computing resource can be displayed as a timeline by which a subscriber can access information describing the configuration state of the particular computing resource at any point in time.

Abstract: Configurations of computing resources established on a web-based computing service can be monitored, managed and controlled. According to one embodiment, a method may include discovering a set of computing resources being used by an enterprise. The disclosed resource configuration service can deliver a set of resource-specific data that uniquely identifies each computing resource and describes each resource's configuration state. The resource configuration service monitors the computing environment and detects changes to the configurations of computing resources. The resource configuration service can deliver a stream of notifications when computing resources are created, updated, deleted or otherwise reconfigured. The notifications can be used by, for example, software tools or system administrators.

Abstract: Configurations of computing resources established on a web-based computing service can be monitored, managed and controlled. According to an embodiment, a configuration compliance service is implemented. Policy rules governing attributes of configuration states for computing resources in a subscriber's account are defined. The computing resources in the account are monitored for changes to configuration states. In response to detection of a change to a configuration state that violates a rule, a predefined action is taken. The predefined action can include sending a notification to the subscriber's account, reconfiguring the configuration state of the computing resource, and deactivating the computing resource.

Abstract: A method of treating a bacterial infection in a subject in need thereof includes administering to the subject an AgrA antagonist.

Abstract: A method of reducing the virulence of a bacterium that expresses accessory gene regulator A (AgrA) or an ortholog of AgrA includes administering to the bacterium an amount of a pharmaceutical composition effective to inhibit the synthesis of one or more virulence factors by the bacterium, the pharmaceutical composition including an AgrA antagonist.

Abstract: A user may utilize an existing digital identity to authorize the user's access to security-enabled device operations, where the security-enabled device comprises a cryptographic chip. The device can receive a user authentication token from the digital user identification service, which authenticates a user's identity. Further, the security-enabled device can validate the user authentication token, and provide the user access to device security operations on the security-enabled device if the user authentication token is successfully validated, allowing the user to reset their security access information for the device.

Abstract: A user may utilize an existing digital identity to authorize the user's access to security-enabled device operations, where the security-enabled device comprises a cryptographic chip. The device can receive a user authentication token from the digital user identification service, which authenticates a user's identity. Further, the security-enabled device can validate the user authentication token, and provide the user access to device security operations on the security-enabled device if the user authentication token is successfully validated, allowing the user to reset their security access information for the device.

Abstract: A method of reducing the virulence of a bacterium that expresses accessory gene regulator A (AgrA) or an ortholog of AgrA includes administering to the bacterium an amount of a pharmaceutical composition effective to inhibit the synthesis of one or more virulence factors by the bacterium, the pharmaceutical composition including an AgrA antagonist.