Abstract: Printed poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) organometallic halide Perovskite (Pero) optoelectronic devices, including light emitting diodes (LEDs) fabricated on both rigid indium tin oxide (ITO)/glass and flexible carbon nanotube (CNTs)/polymer substrates using a composite thin film of PEO and Br-Pero as the light-emitting layer. Method of manufacturing Printed poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) organometallic halide Perovskite (Pero) optoelectronic devices performed in an environment at a temperature of about 25° C. and a relative humidity between about 70% and 80%.

Abstract: Detection of an image obstruction is facilitated by, in part, obtaining multiple frames of an image being captured via an imaging device, and confirming movement of the imaging device between the multiple frames. The movement causes perspective shifting of the image between frames and the perspective shifting results in one or more objects of the image shifting between frames. The detection process determines whether an edge object within the multiple frames does not shift in a manner corresponding to the one or more objects between the multiple frames, and based, at least in part, on determining that the edge object does not shift in the corresponding manner to the one or more objects, identifying the edge object as an image obstruction. Presence of the identified image obstruction is signaled to facilitate corrective action being taken.

Abstract: The described embodiments relate to systems, methods, and apparatuses for controlling a network of lights (120) according to whether people (122) who are observing the lights are visitors from a different location (108). Visitors can be identified by using network connection data (116, 208) that includes entries corresponding to personal devices of visitors to a city. The network connection data can be filtered to identify how many personal devices are associated with people visiting from a different city. If the number of visitors exceeds some threshold relative to non-visitors, a lighting arrangement in the city can be controlled to display features that would appeal to the visitors. The features can correspond to aspects of the city where the visitors are from and can therefore make the city more attractive.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to utilizing a sonication probe. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for utilizing a sonication probe to cook rice including a housing; a pH sensor; a temperature sensor; a viscosity sensor; an ultrasonic generator; a memory; and a control circuit configured to: receive a desired shelf life value of one or more shelf life values; obtain a first predetermined combination of a plurality of different predetermined combinations corresponding to the desired shelf life value; control an operation of the ultrasonic generator; determine the pH value, the temperature value, and the viscosity value; determine whether each of the pH value, the temperature value, and the viscosity value are respectively within a corresponding threshold; and in response, cause the ultrasonic generator to stop emitting one or more sound waves to substantially halt breakdown of amylose of the rice.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to using a randomized private input interface to secure passcode information. In some embodiments, a mobile device receives configuration information for user input of a passcode to another device. In some embodiments, the configuration information specifies a pseudo-random relationship of input values to input actions recognized by the other device. In some embodiments, a private interface is displayed based on the configuration information, where the private interface is visible to a user of the mobile device and not to others. In various embodiments, the disclosed techniques may reduce the ability of other nearby individuals to determine information entered by the user.

Abstract: A system for implementing closed-loop and dynamic capacity management in a web-scale data center is provided. In some embodiments, the method includes a local feedback loop for local system data collection and reconfiguration process that is responsive to inputs received from a global sizing system, where the global sizing system maintains local system data collected at a plurality of systems and transferred to the global sizing system using a data collection feedback mechanism. In some embodiments, the global sizing system manages a set of data representing best practices, and performs data analysis on the local system data collected at a plurality of systems in order to determine if there are any updates to the dataset for the best practices data. Finally, the global sizing system transmits the best practices data to the local system for analysis of the local systems based on the best practices data.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer-readable media, for performing speech recognition using sequence-to-sequence models. An automated speech recognition (ASR) system receives audio data for an utterance and provides features indicative of acoustic characteristics of the utterance as input to an encoder. The system processes an output of the encoder using an attender to generate a context vector and generates speech recognition scores using the context vector and a decoder trained using a training process that selects at least one input to the decoder with a predetermined probability. An input to the decoder during training is selected between input data based on a known value for an element in a training example, and input data based on an output of the decoder for the element in the training example. A transcription is generated for the utterance using word elements selected based on the speech recognition scores. The transcription is provided as an output of the ASR system.

Abstract: A system includes a microcontroller, one or more sensors affixed to an object, and memory storing one or more programs including instructions for receiving and storing first sensor data from the one or more sensors in response to motion of the object, determining whether the first sensor data meets a first threshold, in accordance with a determination that the first sensor data meets the first threshold: receiving and storing second sensor data from the one or more sensors in response to subsequent motion of the object for as long as the second sensor data meets a second threshold, performing pattern recognition on the second sensor data, and identifying a first position of the object based on the pattern recognition of the second sensor data.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for the preparation of pregnadiene derivatives having formula I, their stereoisomer and intermediate thereof.

Abstract: Systems and methods for an edge of network voltage control of a power grid are described. A system includes a distribution power network, a plurality of loads (at or near an edge of the distribution power network), and a plurality of shunt-connected, switch-controlled volt ampere reactive (VAR) sources also located at the edge or near the edge of the distribution power network where they may each detect a proximate voltage. The VAR source can determine whether to enable a VAR compensation component therein based on the proximate voltage and adjust network VAR by controlling a switch to enable the VAR compensation component. Further still, each of the VAR sources may be integrated within a customer-located asset, such as a smart meter, and a multitude of such VAR sources can be used to effectuate a distributed controllable VAR source (DCVS) cloud network.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to enhanced compression formats for data compression (e.g., uplink data compression (UDC)). A method is provided for wireless communications. The method generally includes determining one or more blocks of data in a current packet matching one or more blocks of data in one or more portions of one or more previous packets stored in a memory, compressing at least a portion of the current packet based on an enhanced compression format having reduced metadata relative to another compression format to indicate one or more of the matching blocks of data, and transmitting the compressed current packet. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A turbomachine includes a plurality of nozzles, and each nozzle has an airfoil. The turbomachine has opposing walls defining a pathway into which a fluid flow is receivable to flow through the pathway. A throat distribution is measured at a narrowest region in the pathway between adjacent nozzles, at which adjacent nozzles extend across the pathway between the opposing walls to aerodynamically interact with the fluid flow. The airfoil defines the throat distribution, and the throat distribution is defined by values set forth in Table 1, where the throat distribution values are within a +/?10% tolerance of the values set forth in Table 1. The throat distribution reduces aerodynamic loss and improves aerodynamic loading on each airfoil.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating video clips is provided herein. A method includes displaying, by a client device, one or more video streams, displaying, by the client device, a plurality of soft buttons, each of the plurality of soft buttons associated with a different length of time, receiving, by the client device, a selection of a soft button from the plurality of soft buttons, and displaying, by the client device, a presentation area including one or more segments of the one or more video streams, the one or more segments of the length of time associated with the selected soft button and captured from the one or more video streams, wherein the presentation area has an x-axis representing time.

Abstract: A nozzle for uniform plasma processing comprises an inlet portion and an outlet portion. The inlet portion has a side surface substantially parallel to a vertical axis. The inlet portion comprises a plurality of gas channels. The outlet portion is coupled to the inlet portion. The outlet portion comprises a plurality of outlets. At least one of the outlets is at an angle other than a right angle relative to the vertical axis.

Abstract: A glass-ceramic article having one or more crystalline phases; a residual glass phase; a compressive stress layer extending from a first surface to a depth of compression (DOC); a maximum central tension greater than 70 MPa; a stored tensile energy greater than 22 J/m2; a fracture toughness greater than 1.0 MPa?m; and a haze less than 0.2.

Abstract: A glass ceramic article including a lithium disilicate crystalline phase, a petalite crystalline phased, and a residual glass phase. The glass ceramic article has a warp (?m)<(3.65×10?6/?m×diagonal2) where diagonal is a diagonal measurement of the glass ceramic article in ?m, a stress of less than 30 nm of retardation per mm of glass ceramic article thickness, a haze (%)<0.0994t+0.12 where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm, and an optical transmission (%)>0.91×10(2-0.03t) of electromagnetic radiation wavelengths from 450 nm to 800 nm, where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm.

Abstract: A method for ceramming a glass article to a glass-ceramic includes placing a glass article into a heating apparatus, and heating the glass article to a first hold temperature at a first predetermined heating rate. The glass article is held at the first hold temperature for a first predetermined duration. The viscosity of the glass article is maintained within log viscosity ±1.0 poise during the first predetermined duration. The glass article is then heated from the first hold temperature to a second hold temperature at a second predetermined heating rate. The glass article is held at the second hold temperature for a second duration. A density of the glass article is monitored from the heating of the glass article from the first hold temperature through the second duration, and the second duration is ended when an absolute value of a density rate of change of the glass article is less than or equal to 0.10 (g/cm3)/min.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for creating and synthesizing music. The disclosed method comprises obtaining at least one image including at least one object related to at least one first musical instrument, identifying a user input associated with the at least one object, mapping the at least one object to at least one second musical instrument, and generating sound based on the user input and sound data of the at least one second musical instrument.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for synchronizing timestamps of a sensor report to the clock of a device. In one embodiment, the device receives a report from a sensor of a node. The report can include a network activity of the node captured by the sensor and a first timestamp relative to the clock of the node. The device can then determine a second timestamp relative to the clock of the collector indicating receipt of the report by the device and from the sensor at the node. The device can also determine a delta between the first timestamp and the second timestamp, and a communication latency associated with a communication channel between the device and the sensor. Next, the device can adjust the delta based on the communication latency, and generate a third timestamp based on the adjusted delta.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, from a first log agent, a first log collection. The computer-implemented method further includes receiving a first policy, wherein the first policy includes a definition of a first pattern and a definition of a procedure. The computer-implemented method further includes scanning the first log collection against the first policy to determine a match between a portion of the first log collection and the first pattern, with the matching portion of the first log collection being identified as a first data artefact. The computer-implemented method further includes, responsive to identifying the first data artefact, executing the procedure defined by the first policy, wherein the procedure includes: filtering the first log collection to yield a first group of filtered log entries, receiving a first data collection, and sending the first group of filtered log entries and the first data collection to a recipient system.