Abstract: In a non-limiting embodiment, a MEMS device may include a substrate having a device stopper. The device stopper may be integral to the substrate and formed of the substrate material. A thermal dielectric isolation layer may be arranged over the device stopper and the substrate. A device cavity may extend through the substrate and the thermal dielectric isolation layer. The thermal dielectric isolation layer and the device stopper at least partially surround the device cavity. An active device layer may be arranged over the thermal dielectric isolation layer and the device cavity.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a host and a baseboard. An out-of-band request is received via a host network interface of the host. The baseboard includes a management controller operating independently of the host and coupled to a management network interface separate from the host network interface. The out-of-band request is sent via an in-band communications channel from a proxy server of the host to a management agent running on the management controller microprocessor. Management data is formatted via the management agent. The management data is sent to the proxy server via the in-band communications channel. The management data describes hardware status that is obtained via the management controller in response to the out-of-band request. The management data is sent from the host network interface in response to the out-of-band request.

Abstract: A method for providing a real time, three-dimensional (3D) navigational map for platforms includes integrating at least two sources of multi-modal and multi-dimensional platform sensor information to produce a more accurate 3D navigational map. The method receives both a 3D point cloud from a first sensor on a platform with a first modality and a 2D image from a second sensor on the platform with a second modality different from the first modality, generates a semantic label and a semantic label uncertainty associated with a first space point in the 3D point cloud, generates a semantic label and a semantic label uncertainty associated with a second space point in the 2D image, and fuses the first space semantic label and the first space semantic uncertainty with the second space semantic label and the second space semantic label uncertainty to create fused 3D spatial information to enhance the 3D navigational map.

Abstract: A method of forming a monolithic integrated PMUT and CMOS with a coplanar elastic, sealing, and passivation layer in a single step without bonding and the resulting device are provided. Embodiments include providing a CMOS wafer with a metal layer; forming a dielectric over the CMOS; forming a sacrificial structure in a portion of the dielectric; forming a bottom electrode; forming a piezoelectric layer over the CMOS; forming a top electrode over portions of the bottom electrode and piezoelectric layer; forming a via through the top electrode down to the bottom electrode and a second via down to the metal layer through the top electrode; forming a second metal layer over and along sidewalls of the first and second via; removing the sacrificial structure, an open cavity formed; and forming a dielectric layer over a portion of the CMOS, the open cavity sealed and an elastic layer and passivation formed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cartridge, detection module, system, and kit for cell and particle detection and analysis. Devices disclosed herein may include at least an optical source, a fluidic chip, and a detection module, wherein the sample flows within the fluidic chip past a detection window, where the cells or particles are imaged by an image acquisition and analysis module that may include an optical detector. The image acquisition and analysis module may count the cells or particles of interest in real-time, or near real-time, or the module may capture images of the cells in order to analyze the sample from combined images at a later time.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) are estrogen receptor alpha modulators, where the variables in Formula (I) are described in the disclosure. Such compounds, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions thereof, are useful for treating diseases or conditions that are estrogen receptor alpha dependent and/or estrogen receptor alpha mediated, including conditions characterized by excessive cellular proliferation, such as breast cancer.

Abstract: A method for managing voice-based interaction in an Internet of things (IoT) network system is provided. The method includes identifying a first voice utterance from a first IoT device among a plurality of IoT devices in the IoT network system. Further, the method includes identifying at least one second voice utterance from at least one second IoT device among the plurality of IoT devices in the IoT network system. Further, the method includes determining a voice command by combining the first voice utterance and the at least one second voice utterance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing cellulose with low inorganic impurities from sugarcane bagasse, the process comprising treating prehydrolysed sugarcane bagasse with a mixture of sulfite and at least one alkali to obtain residue having undissolved cellulose along with lignin rich liquor. The residue having undissolved cellulose is further subjected to delignification and addition of at least one enzyme to obtain a cellulose rich pulp. The cellulose rich pulp obtained is then treated with bleaching agents followed by separating pure cellulose rich pulp having high a-cellulose content and low inorganic impurities.

Abstract: A method of forming a piezoelectric microphone with an interlock/stopper and a micro-bump and a resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming a membrane over a Si substrate having a first and second sacrificial layer disposed on opposite surfaces thereof, the membrane being formed on the first sacrificial layer, forming a first HM over the membrane, forming first and second vias through the first HM, forming a first pad layer in the first and second vias and over an exposed top thin film, forming a trench to the first sacrificial layer between the first and second vias and a gap between the trench and second via, patterning a second HM over the membrane, in the first and second vias, the trench and the gap, and forming a second pad layer over the second HM and in exposed areas around the first and second vias to form pad structures.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides immunomodulatory compositions comprising heat-killed Caulobacter crescentus (HKCC). Immunomodulatory compositions of the present disclosure are useful for modulating an immune response in an individual. The present disclosure thus provides methods of modulating an immune response in an individual, involving administering an immunomodulatory composition comprising HKCC to the individual.

Abstract: A device may receive first information associated with a set of security rules. The first information may identify a set of security actions a device is to implement when the set of security rules applies to traffic. The device may determine a manner in which the set of security rules is to apply using the first information. The device may determine whether the manner in which the set of security rules is to apply and an intent of a network security policy or a manner in which a set of previously defined security rules is to apply match to determine whether the set of security rules conflicts with the network security policy or whether the set of security rules and the set of previously defined security rules are related. The device may perform an action.

Abstract: A host device access monitoring and reporting system includes a management system coupled to server devices through a network. Each server device includes a BIOS that generates and transmits pre-boot access event reports for pre-boot access events occurring prior to the completion of a boot process for that server device, and an operating system that generates and transmits post-boot access event reports for post-boot access events occurring subsequent to the completion of the boot process for that server device. A remote access controller in each server device receives pre-boot access event reports from the BIOS in that server device and, in response, publishes pre-boot access event notifications to the management system. The remote access controller in each server device also receives the post-boot access event reports from the operating system in that server device and, in response, publishes post-boot access event notifications to the management system.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method and apparatus including a sensor to detect a current location, a memory for storing a first set of Kalman filter parameters associated with a first environmental condition and a second set of Kalman filter parameters associated with a second environmental condition, a processor for performing an assisted driving algorithm according to the first set of Kalman filter parameters, for receiving the current location, for determining a second set of Kalman filter parameters in response to the current location, for performing the assisted driving algorithm according to the second set of Kalman filter parameters, and for generating a control signal in response to the assisted driving algorithm according to the second set of Kalman filter parameters, and a vehicle controller operative to control a vehicle in response to the control signal.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for improving navigation accuracy for a mobile platform. In one example, a navigation system comprises an image sensor that generates a plurality of images, each image comprising one or more features. A computation engine executing on one or more processors of the navigation system processes each image of the plurality of images to determine a semantic class of each feature of the one or more features of the image. The computation engine determines, for each feature of the one or more features of each image and based on the semantic class of the feature, whether to include the feature as a constraint in a navigation inference engine. The computation engine generates, based at least on features of the one or more features included as constraints in the navigation inference engine, navigation information. The computation engine outputs the navigation information to improve navigation accuracy for the mobile platform.

Abstract: Dynamically generating proxy virtual machines (VMs) in a virtual center (vCenter) serving a backup server, by deploying a source proxy VM by passing network data to the vCenter, passing a set of internet protocol (IP) addresses and network configuration information to the vCenter to be used by the dynamically generated proxy VMs, receiving an indication from the backup server that new proxy VMs are required, and performing, in the vCenter, an instant clone operation to spawn one or more new proxy VMs. The method may further comprise passing the IP address and network configuration information for the new proxy VMs to the backup server for registration within the backup server, and using the new proxy VMs for backup operations of the backup server.

Abstract: A method includes generating gate-level activity information of a processor design for all possible executions of a target application for any possible inputs to the target application. The method includes performing a constrained timing analysis on the processor design based on the gate-level activity information to determine a minimum operating voltage for executing the target application on the processor.

Abstract: A memory is provided with a logic gate that processes a first version and a second version of a memory clock signal to assert a clock signal for the clocking of latches in a second array of columns for the memory. The first version clocks the latches in a first array of columns for the memory. But the second version does not clock any latches in the first array of columns.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) are provided herein. Such compounds, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions thereof, are useful for treating diseases or conditions, including conditions characterized by excessive cellular proliferation, such as cancer and tumors, as well as viral infections such as HIV.

Abstract: A BAW resonator/filter with a monolithic TFE package that defines an acoustic BC and suppresses resonances from the low-Q piezoelectric area of the resonator and resulting devices are provided. Embodiments include a BAW resonator over a dielectric layer, the BAW resonator including a first metal layer, a thin-film piezoelectric layer, and a second metal layer; a first cavity in the dielectric layer under the first metal layer and a second cavity over the first cavity on the second metal layer; and a pair of TFE anchors on the second metal layer, each TFE anchor adjacent to and on an opposite side of the second cavity and extending beyond the first metal layer.

Abstract: A branch target buffer, BTB, is provided to store at least one BTB entry corresponding to a respective branch in a control flow in a sequence of machine-readable instructions of a computer program. The BTB has a tag field to compare with a program counter of a fetch address generator and at least one further field to store information characteristic of the branch instruction identified by the corresponding tag field and allowing a conditional branch to be distinguished from an unconditional branch instruction. The BTB has a predetermined storage capacity and is utilized such that unconditional branch instructions are preferentially allocated storage space in the BTB relative to conditional branch instructions.