Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to transactional page fault handling. In an example, an apparatus comprises a processor to divide an execution thread of a graphics workload into a set of transactions which are to be executed atomically, initiate the execution of the thread, and manage the execution of the thread according to one of a first protocol in response to a determination that a page fault occurred in the execution of a transaction, or a second protocol in response to a determination that a page fault did not occur in the execution of a transaction. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for intranasal administration comprising a salt of sumatriptan or a physiologically acceptable solvate thereof, an alkyl glycoside or saccharide alkyl ester and optionally at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein the said composition provides Tmax value of less than 30 minutes upon said administration. Other aspects and embodiments are contemplated and described. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition for intranasal administration comprising a triptan, a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle and a mucosal permeation enhancer, wherein upon said administration said composition provides a Tmax substantially equivalent to subcutaneous administration of said triptan. Other aspects and embodiments are contemplated and described.

Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds of formula (I), including their salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and may be useful in treating those infected with HCV.

Abstract: An aerosol delivery device includes a receptacle configured to receive a substrate configured to carry an aerosol precursor composition, and a resonant transformer including a transmitter coupling device and a resonant receiver coupling device that is positioned in proximity to the substrate when received in the receptacle. The aerosol delivery device also includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) inverter configured to drive the resonant transformer. The PWM inverter includes a bridge circuit coupled to the transmitter coupling device, and a PWM controller embodied as an integrated circuit and configured to output a PWM signal to the bridge circuit configured to drive the transmitter coupling device to generate an oscillating magnetic field and induce an alternating voltage in the resonant receiver coupling device when exposed to the oscillating magnetic field.

Abstract: A first network device advertises routes of locally connected routes/subnetworks based on the connectivity of the host with respect to peer network devices. The first network device establishes a virtual port channel associated with a virtual network address. The virtual port channel includes the first network device associated with a first network address and a second network device associated with a second network address. The first network device detects that a host is connected to the first network device and determines a next hop address to associate with the host. The next hop address is determined based on whether the host is also connected to the second network device of the virtual port channel. The first network device generates a route advertisement associating the next hop address with the host.

Abstract: A combustor and a method involving burner mains structurally configured to damp vibrational modes that can develop under high-frequency combustion dynamics are provided. The combustor may include a carrier (12), and a plurality of mains (16) disposed in the carrier. Some of the mains (labeled with the letter X) include a body having a different structural feature relative to the respective bodies of the remaining mains. The mains with the different structural feature may be selectively grouped in the carrier to form at least one set of such mains effective to damp predefined vibrational modes in the combustor.

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing selection of non-uniform memory access (NUMA) nodes for mapping of virtual central processing unit (vCPU) operations to physical processors are provided. A CPU scheduler evaluates the latency between various candidate processors and the memory associated with the vCPU, and the size of the working set of the associated memory, and the vCPU scheduler selects an optimal processor for execution of a vCPU based on the expected memory access latency and the characteristics of the vCPU and the processors. The systems and methods further provide for monitoring system characteristics and rescheduling the vCPUs when other placements provide improved performance and efficiency.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for generating workplace movement visualizations. A method includes receiving a request for a user interface presentation that presents time spent by individuals in productive areas of a work site; receiving data specifying the presence of a plurality of personal wireless beacons within each of a plurality of areas of the worksite, wherein a first area of the plurality of areas is designated a productive area and wherein a second area of the plurality of areas is designated a nonproductive area; —computing, for each of a plurality of time periods, a respective count of individuals within the first area designated as a productive area; generating a user interface presentation that presents the respective counts of individuals within the productive area; and providing the generated user interface presentation in response to the request.

Abstract: A reference generator for use with serial link data communication is disclosed. Broadly speaking, a decision circuit may perform a comparison between a particular data symbol included in a serial data stream and a difference between a voltage level of a first signal and a voltage level of a second signal, and generate an output data value based on a result of the comparison. A reference generator circuit may selectively sink a first current value from either the first signal or the second signal based upon another output data value generated from another data symbol included in the serial data stream that was received prior to the particular data symbol.

Abstract: One variation of a method for tracking consumption of supplements by a user includes, at a software program executing on a mobile computing device: receiving a selection of a supplement, from a set of known supplements, contained in a supplement package of a particular packaging format; loading a supplement profile of the supplement into a user profile; rendering an instruction for placement of a tracker on the supplement based on the packaging format; retrieving a motion model, from a set of motion models for characterizing a consumption event at the packaging format; and uploading the motion model to the tracker. The method also includes, at the tracker: characterizing motion of the supplement package as a consumption event based on the motion model; and transmitting a time of the consumption event to the mobile computing device.

Abstract: A rotor blade for a turbine of a gas turbine includes an airfoil. The airfoil may have a leading edge, a trailing edge, an outboard, and an inboard end that attaches to a root configured to couple the rotor blade to a rotor disc. The airfoil may have a cooling configuration that includes elongated cooling channels for receiving and directing a coolant through the airfoil. The rotor blade may further include: a tip shroud connected to the airfoil; outlet ports formed through an outboard surface of the tip shroud that fluidly communicate with the cooling channels; and flow directing structure formed on the outboard surface of the tip shroud. The flow directing structure may be positioned relative to the outlet ports and configured for directing the flow of coolant discharged from the outlet ports. The rotor blade may be useful to reduce local tip shroud temperature as well as improved stage aerodynamic efficiency by reducing the coolant supply needed to maintain the component at desired temperature levels.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods that that mitigate avalanche photodiode (APD) blinding and allow for improved accuracy in the detection of a multi-return light signal. A blinding spot may occur due to saturation of a primary APD. The systems and methods include the incorporation of a redundant APD and the utilization of time diversity and space diversity. Detection by the APDs is activated by a bias signal. The redundant APD receives a time delayed bias signal compared to the primary APD. Additionally, the redundant APD is positioned off the main focal plane in order to attenuate an output of the redundant APD. With attenuation, the redundant APD may not saturate and may have a successful detection during the blinding spot of the primary APD. Embodiments may include multiple primary APDs and multiple secondary APDs.

Abstract: An intelligent interface responds to text messages, which in a particular embodiment are addressed to a landline phone number. An IP network interface receives requests including a source phone number, message content and the destination phone number. The intelligent interface includes access to a serialized intent file created by a vectorizer. An intent classifier determines one intent from the serialized intent file based on the received message content. A response is generated according to the one intent. A reply generator generates a reply including the source phone number as a destination, the landline phone number as a source and the response.

Abstract: In this invention, we disclose methods of establishing a cellular network having backhaul flexibility, comprising, establishing, at a first cellular base station, a first connection with a core cellular network; establishing, at the first cellular base station, an inter-base station connection with a second cellular base station for relaying traffic from the first and the second cellular base stations to the core cellular network, the second cellular base station having a second connection with the core cellular network; determining, at the first cellular base station, if the quality of the first connection falls below a threshold parameter; and terminating, at the first cellular base station, the first connection in favor of the second connection if the quality of the first connection falls below the threshold parameter.

Abstract: A method for bidirectional data exchange includes, on a network computing device, receiving a first request from a first computing device via a request and response protocol, the first request including a first-device-provided portion of a data stream. The first-device-provided portion of the data stream is sent to a second computing device. A second-device-provided portion of the data stream is received from the second computing device. A second request is received from the first computing device via the request and response protocol, the second request soliciting the second-device-provided portion of the data stream. A response to the second request is sent to the first computing device via the request and response protocol, the response including the second-device-provided portion of the data stream.

Abstract: Systems for inserting and orienting a soft robotic probe into an apparatus and capturing images and methods of using the same are generally disclosed. For example, the system includes a cable, an actuation assembly, and a camera at the tip of the probe. The cable includes an adjustable sheath at an exterior of the cable defined around a probe centerline extending the length of the probe. The adjustable sheath extends and contracts the cable between a first length and a second length different from the first length and is defined within the adjustable sheath. The actuation assembly extends or contracts the cable between the first length and the second length and further adjusts an orientation of the cable, an orientation of the tip of the probe, or both along at least one axis. The camera captures images at least partially around a circumferential direction relative to a camera centerline.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: in which m, Y1, Y2, Y3, R1, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, R5a and R5b are defined in the Summary of the Invention; capable of inhibiting the activity of SHP2. The invention further provides a process for the preparation of compounds of the invention, pharmaceutical preparations comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds and compositions in the management of diseases or disorders associated with the aberrant activity of SHP2.

Abstract: Examples of activating cloud services for a printing device are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a printing device activation process to activate a printing device is performed concurrently with a cloud credentials process to receive a cloud authentication token. A cloud services activation process then activates a cloud service for the printing device.

Abstract: The systems and methods provide for migrating such applications to cloud storage by automating a continuous replication of changes made to the DBMS from the DBMS to an associated cloud instance. For example, the systems and methods facilitate the migration of the DBMS via multiple processes performing in parallel—a process to create and provision a new machine instance (e.g., an EC2 instance), a process to clone and transfer parameters of the operating system/software of the DBMS, and a process that backs up and/or captures the application data of the DBMS.