Abstract: An electrically-powered ironing device having a sole plate on an upper arm and a sole plate on a lower arm, wherein the arms can be moved into different positions to allow a user various ways of using the device. More specifically, the ironing device includes two arms, at least two sole plates with at least one sole plate located on each arm, a plurality of heat settings, a hinge connecting the two arms together, and a power source.

Abstract: An electronic device in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology includes a rigid covering substrate, an acoustic port extending through the covering substrate, an acoustic transducer carried by the covering substrate, and another electronic component (e.g., a touch sensor or an antenna) also carried by the covering substrate. The electronic device can also include processing circuitry and an array of electrodes through which the acoustic transducer and the other electronic component are electrically connected to the processing circuitry. The array of electrodes can be part of a flexible circuit board extending between a contact region of the covering substrate and the processing circuitry. The transducer lead can extend between a region of the covering substrate including the acoustic port and the contact region.

Abstract: There is provided a powdered chemical applicator for a pet door, the applicator comprising: a substantially wedge shaped body defining a powdered chemical reservoir therebetween and wherein wedge shaped body presents a ramped transition between the surface of the pet door above the chemical applicator and the front of the chemical applicator being devoid of substantial sharp edges of protrusions that may otherwise strike the pet or snag a collar of the pet as the pet brushes past the applicator from the top to the bottom of the applicator in use; and the front comprises at least one vent such that, in use, as pet door is deflected by a pet, the powdered chemical is jostled within the powdered chemical reservoir such that at least a some thereof becomes airborne such and at least some of the airborne powdered chemical is ejected through the at least one vent onto the pet.

Abstract: Information is received describing test response signals generated by scan cells of an integrated circuit and physical shift failures representing mismatches between the test response signals and expected test response signals of the integrated circuit. The test response signals are mapped to a subset of the scan cells associated with the physical shift failures. Fault simulation is performed for the mapped subset of the scan cells to identify physical faults located within the integrated circuit causing the physical shift failures.

Abstract: The disclosure relates in some aspects to location reporting and paging for satellite communication. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to a user terminal (UT) sending a message to report information about the UT's location. A threshold may be used to control whether (e.g., when) the UT reports its location. The location information may be used to enforce area (e.g., country) restrictions for the UT. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to forwarding paging messages between network access controllers. For example, a network access controller that is not able to page a UT may forward a paging message to another network access controller. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to a list of paging areas that indicates where a UT need not perform a paging area update.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for providing student enrollment alerts in an online learning environment is provided. A subscription threshold for an organization is determined for students enrolled in an online learning environment. The subscription threshold includes a number of subscriptions purchased by the organization. New enrollments for one or more of the students associated with the organization is received. A new enrollment alert is generated for each of the new enrollments and the alerts are delivered to an administrator of the online learning environment. A total number of the new enrollments are determined for the organization. The subscription threshold is applied to the number of new enrollments. A subscription alert is generated when the number of the new enrollments satisfies the subscription threshold.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising Compound 1, (3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl) cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid), and at least one excipient selected from: a filler, a diluent, a disintegrant, a surfactant, a binder, a glidant and a lubricant, the composition being suitable for oral administration to a patient in need thereof to treat a CFTR mediated disease such as Cystic Fibrosis. Methods for treating a patient in need thereof include administering an oral pharmaceutical formulation of Compound 1 to the patient.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for bending or shaping orthodontic archwires or other medical devices into a complex, patient individual shape is described. The apparatus comprises of two moveable, compact, manipulators with, in total, at least three revolute joints defining three rotation axes and at least three prismatic joints defining at least three translation axes. Gripping tools are provided on the manipulators. The two manipulators are arranged to allow a relative movement in six degrees of freedom. A reduced complexity embodiment is also described having only one or two revolute joints.

Abstract: A device implementing unified media access control (MAC) for multiple physical layer devices may include a MAC module communicatively coupled to first and second physical layer modules that are configured to communicate with another device over first and second physical wireless channels, respectively. The MAC module may be configured to receive one or more data items to be transmitted to the another device and to select at least one of the first or second physical layer modules for transmission of the one or more data items based at least in part on a first wireless link quality of the first physical wireless channel and a second wireless link quality of the second physical wireless channel. The MAC module may be further configured to provide the one or more data items to the selected at least one of the first or second physical layer modules for transmission to the another device.

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.

Abstract: Devices having flexible or rotatable connectors between two components of an electronic device are described herein. The device may include a support structure and a plurality of connectors affixed to a surface of the support structure. The connectors are configured to connect the support structure with a component of an electronic device. Additionally, when the surface of the support structure is non-planar, each connector is configured to bend or rotate to maintain the connected component within a same plane.

Abstract: A system and method for use in iontophoretic anesthesia of a tympanic membrane are disclosed. The system generally includes an earplug and an electrode device. The earplug includes at least one sealing member for sealing the earplug in an ear canal. The sealing member includes microholes which vent fluid above a certain pressure threshold. A headset may connect the earplug to a second earplug. The method involves using the system on a human or animal subject.

Abstract: A method of managing applications installed on a computing device and a computing device using the method are provided. The method includes identifying at least one application based on usage data of the computing device, fetching archive data and user data corresponding to the at least one application, creating backup data by correlating the archive data with the user data, and uninstalling the at least one application from the computing device once the creating of the backup data is completed.

Abstract: Sales gas output from a glycol dehydration unit in a gas plant is flown into a sales gas pipeline. One or more operational parameters of the glycol dehydration unit are received. One or both of an amount of glycol carryover and an amount of water carryover in sales gas output from the glycol dehydration unit in the gas plant are determined based on the one or more operational parameters of the glycol dehydration unit. An amount of glycol and water co-condensation in the sales gas pipeline is determined based on one or more operational parameters of the sales gas pipeline and the one or both of the amount of glycol carryover and the amount of water carryover. An amount of black powder formation of the sales gas is determined based on the amount of glycol and water co-condensation.

Abstract: A power-source protection circuit includes a power source including a first voltage rail and a second voltage rail, a pass switch connected across the first voltage rail and a third voltage rail, a control switch connected to the second voltage rail and a control terminal of the pass switch, such that the pass switch turns on in response to the control switch turning on and the pass switch turns off in response to the control switch turning off, and output terminals connected to the third voltage rail and the second voltage rail. The control switch is arranged to switch on when the power source is started and the control switch is arranged to switch off when the output terminals are short-circuited and to switch on when the short-circuit is removed.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an adjustable cable management system is disclosed. The system includes a tray base having a first end. The system also includes a tray door coupled to the tray base and substantially opposite the first end of the tray base when in a closed position. The system further includes a plurality of cable guides coupled to the first end of the tray base and located between the first end of the tray base and the tray door. A particular cable guide is coupled to the first end of the tray base at a selected angle from among a plurality of selectable angles.

Abstract: A lane identity in a roadway in which a vehicle is traveling can be determined. The roadway can include a plurality of lanes. The determining can include generating a lane identification confidence belief indicating a probability that the vehicle is in a particular lane of the plurality of lanes of the roadway. Generating the lane identification confidence belief can be based on: any detected lane crossings, the number of lanes in the roadway, the lane marker type to a left side and to a right side of the vehicle at the current position of the vehicle or ahead of the current position of the vehicle in a forward direction of travel of the vehicle, and a weighted average of an instantaneous lane identification confidence belief and a lane identification confidence belief prior to a current sample time period.

Abstract: The system, method, and computer program product described herein provide automatic scaling of resources allocated to microservices based on projected demand data received from consumers of the microservices. In an aspect of the present disclosure, a method for scaling up or down a capacity allocated to a microservice is disclosed. The method includes receiving projected demand data for a microservice from a plurality of consumers, aggregating the projected demand data together, calculating a total projected demand for the microservice for a future period of time based on the aggregated projected demand data, and determining, based at least in part on the total projected demand, whether to scale up or scale down a capacity allocated to the microservice for the future period of time.

Abstract: Some example embodiments provide a method performed by a dual subscriber identification module (SIM) dual standby (DSDS) controller for efficiently sharing radio frequency (RF) resources in a DSDS device, the method comprising: receiving, when a data session is ongoing in a first SIM, a request from a second SIM for access to the RF resources for performing an activity at the second SIM having higher priority than the data session; determining a scaled throughput for the first SIM; determining an RF rejection percentage for the second SIM based on the scaled throughput; and providing the second SIM with access to the RF resources based on the RF rejection percentage.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to methods of preventing and eliminating trisulfide bonds in proteins such as antibodies. In one embodiment, trisulfide bonds in proteins are converted to disulfide bonds as part of chromatographic purification procedures. In another embodiment, the formation of trisulfide bonds in proteins is inhibited by implementation of methods described herein during the cell culture production of such proteins. In another embodiment, monoclonal antibodies are produced by the methods described herein.