Abstract: A system and method for performing customized remote resource allocation analyzes on distributed computer systems utilizes a snapshot of a distributed computer system, which is received at a remote resource allocation module, to perform a resource allocation analysis using a resource allocation algorithm. The resource allocation algorithm is selected from a plurality of resource allocation algorithms based on at least one user-provided parameter associated with the distributed computer system.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed herein for folding data within the same block of memory cells in 3D non-volatile storage. Data is programmed into a first string of memory cells within a block at “n” bits per memory cell. The data is folded to one or more other strings of memory cells in the same block at more than “n” bits per memory cell. For example, the data is folded to a second string at “m” bits per memory cell, where “m”>“n.” The folding operations may be performed in a way to reduce or eliminate program disturb. After the folding operation, the first string may be erased without erasing the folded data. When programming additional data into the first string at “n” bits per memory cell, memory cells on the first string that are associated with word lines for which folded data is stored are not programmed, in one aspect.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a floating voltage sensor system comprising a metallic enclosure, a conductive sensor plate, a signal conditioning circuit, and a microcontroller unit. The metallic enclosure can be configured for electrical communication with an asset carrying a voltage. The conductive sensor plate can be positioned adjacent to a surface of the metallic enclosure, such that the conductive plate and the surface of the metallic enclosure are not in contact with each other. The signal conditioning circuit can comprise a first connection point and a second connection point. The first connection point can be in electrical communication with the conductive sensor plate. The second connection point can be in electrical communication with the metallic enclosure. The microcontroller unit can be configured to receive an output of the signal conditioning circuit and measure the voltage of the asset.

Abstract: Spectroscopic chemical analysis methods and apparatus are disclosed which employ deep ultraviolet (e.g. in the 200 nm to 300 nm spectral range) electron beam pumped wide bandgap semiconductor lasers, incoherent wide bandgap semiconductor light emitting devices, and hollow cathode metal ion lasers to perform non-contact, non-invasive detection of unknown chemical analytes. These deep ultraviolet sources enable dramatic size, weight and power consumption reductions of chemical analysis instruments. In some embodiments, Raman spectroscopic detection methods and apparatus use ultra-narrow-band angle tuning filters, acousto-optic tuning filters, and temperature tuned filters to enable ultra-miniature analyzers for chemical identification. In some embodiments Raman analysis is conducted along with photoluminescence spectroscopy (i.e. fluorescence and/or phosphorescence spectroscopy) to provide high levels of sensitivity and specificity in the same instrument.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fine-grained link adaptation mechanism that allows for link adaptation at a resource block granularity. To this end, the fine-grained link adaptation mechanism can determine the effective signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio for individual user equipment in a particular cell at the resource block granularity. This way, the transmitter can use the effective signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio to adapt the modulation and coding scheme at the resource block granularity. The fine-grained link adaptation mechanism can be introduced to a long term evolution (LTE) network without substantial redesign of the LTE network.

Abstract: A disclosed configuration is for identifying at least one failure indicating scan test cell of a circuit-under-test, CUT, the CUT having a plurality of scan test cells, is provided. The configuration comprises generating a plurality of error signatures by means of a compactor of the CUT, wherein each of the error signatures of the plurality of error signatures consist of a respective sequence of bits comprising at least one failure indicating bit, assigning each error signature to at least a first, a second and a third signature type according to a total number of failure indicating bits of the respective error signature and mapping at least a predefined minimum number of error signatures to respective scan test cells of the plurality of scan test cells. For each error signature, a priority of the mapping is determined by the signature type the respective error signature has been assigned to.

Abstract: A system for operating an on-load tap changer (OLTC) includes a plurality of legs that include mechanical switches. At least one leg switches from a first to a second tap of the OLTC on receipt of a tap change signal. At least one mechanical switch is activated to establish an electrical connection between one of the first and the second tap and a power terminal of the OLTC. Further, the system includes semiconductor switches that are parallel to the mechanical switches and when activated electrically couple one of the first and the second tap and the power terminal. The system includes a processing unit that selectively activates and deactivates the mechanical and semiconductor switches in such a way that electrical contact is maintained between at least one of the taps and the power terminal during the transition of at least one leg from the first tap to the second tap.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for resolving values of parameters of tags. A map is created which includes the number of times each parameter is referenced by the tags in a web page requested by a client device. The parameters in the map are then sorted in a list in descending order based on the number of times referenced by the tags. The value for the parameter listed at the top of the list is looked up. If the value cannot be located, then those tags that are associated with this parameter are added to a list of tags to be ignored. By ignoring such tags in this list, the resolving of tag values for tags to be syndicated can occur more quickly and efficiently, including syndicating the tag data before the web page is completely loaded.

Abstract: A wearable gesture control interface apparatus is used to control a controllable device based on gestures provided by a user. The wearable gesture control interface apparatus includes (i) sensors configured to detect user orientation and movement and generate corresponding sensor data and (ii) a microcontroller configured to: sample the sensor data from the sensors, determine whether the sensor data from one of the sensors meets transmission criteria; and if the sensor data meets the transmission criteria, transmitting control data corresponding to all of the sensors to the controllable device.

Abstract: An example method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving an indication of an average signal power for a downlink connection between a cell and each of a plurality of user equipment devices associated with the cell, receiving an indication of an average interference measurement on the downlink connection between the cell and each of the plurality of user equipment devices associated with the cell, and computing an average spectral efficiency for each of the plurality of user equipment devices based upon the respective average signal power and average interference measurement. The method further includes determining a transmission power level from among a plurality of available transmission power levels for one or more downlink resources for each of the plurality of user equipment devices based upon the computed average spectral efficiency for each of the plurality of user equipment devices.

Abstract: A system for dispensing lubricant in a stream of cool air to a work piece and a machine tool. A source of lubricant and cool air are coupled to a stationary coupler. A rotating turret includes a plurality of machine tools mounted thereon and the plurality of rotating couplers mounted thereon. Each machine tool is associated with or coupled to one of the rotating couplers. The turret rotates so that a rotating coupler is in abutting engagement with the stationary coupler. Lubricant and cool air pass through the stationary coupler to the rotating coupler, which delivers the lubricant and cool air to a nozzle that is directed at the machine tool associated with the rotating coupler.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling grid voltage include a distribution power network and one or more smart inverters at or near the edge of the distribution power network, each smart inverter configured to absorb or insert VARs to control the voltage based on a reference Q value, wherein the reference Q value is calculated by a reference Q calculator. A reference Q calculator includes a processor and a non-transitory computer readable memory with software embedded thereon, the software configured to cause the processor to receive a voltage measurement taken at or near the edge of a power distribution grid, a voltage band value, and a voltage set point value, determine a difference, ev, between the voltage measurement and the voltage set point, generate a new reference Q value if an absolute value of ev is greater than the voltage band value, and cause the smart inverter to either absorb or insert VARs depending on the sign of ev.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a register file circuit design process includes instructing an automated integrated circuit design program to generate a register file circuit design, including providing a cell circuit design and instructing the automated integrated circuit design program to generate a selection design, a pre-decode design, and a data gating design. The cell circuit design describes a plurality of selection circuits that have a particular arrangement. The selection design describes a plurality of replica circuits that include respective pluralities of selection circuits having the particular arrangement. The pre-decode design describes a pre-decode circuit configured to identify a plurality of entries identified by a portion of a write instruction. The data gating design describes data gating circuits configured, in response to the pre-decode circuit not identifying respective entries, to disable data inputs to respective write selection circuits connected to the respective entries.

Abstract: An example method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving at least one performance metric from each of a plurality of cells, the at least performance metric associated with a downlink transmission from the cell to one or more user equipment devices associated with the cell. The method further includes determining a fraction of resources for allocation within a fractional frequency reuse portion of a frequency spectrum based upon the received at least one performance metric, and determining a fraction of the resources for allocation within a reuse one portion of the frequency spectrum based upon the determined fraction of resources for allocation within the fractional frequency reuse portion of the frequency spectrum.

Abstract: An example method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a first message indicative of whether a first cell is non-interfering to at least one neighboring cell, determining whether the first cell is non-interfering to the at least one neighboring cell based upon the first message, and responsive to a determination that the first cell is not non-interfering to the at least one neighboring cells, reducing a power level of one or more downlink resources of a fractional frequency reuse portion of a frequency spectrum associated with the first cell.

Abstract: Various methods, apparatus, and computer readable media are disclosed for enhanced system acquisition while a user equipment (UE) is roaming. The UE may detect roaming from a coverage area associated with a first public land mobile network (PLMN) supporting hybrid voice and data to a coverage area associated with a second PLMN without support for hybrid voice and data. In response to the detection, the UE may store data corresponding to the second PLMN such that the second PLMN is a registered PLMN (RPLMN). The UE may initiate system acquisition, wherein the system acquisition includes searching for the RPLMN prior to searching for any other PLMN. The other PLMN may include a home PLMN (HPLMN). The coverage area associated with the first PLMN may be within a first country, and the coverage area associated with the second network may be within a second country different from the first country.

Abstract: Systems and methods for modem control based on feedback are disclosed. In one embodiment, a modem observer module is associated with software within a computing device. The modem observer receives information from the modem relating to uplink bandwidth availability and/or network conditions that may impact uplink bandwidth. Based on the uplink bandwidth availability at the modem, the modem observer may throttle or limit the number of connections that are active by the applications.

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.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed enabling an orthodontist or a user to create an unified three dimensional virtual craniofacial and dentition model of actual, as-is static and functional anatomy of a patient, from data representing facial bone structure; upper jaw and lower jaw; facial soft tissue; teeth including crowns and roots; information of the position of the roots relative to each other; and relative to the facial bone structure of the patient; obtained by scanning as-is anatomy of craniofacial and dentition structures of the patient with a volume scanning device; and data representing three dimensional virtual models of the patient's upper and lower gingiva, obtained from scanning the patient's upper and lower gingiva either (a) with a volume scanning device, or (a) with a surface scanning device. Such craniofacial and dentition models of the patient can be used in optimally planning treatment of a patient.

Abstract: A method for isolation, enrichment and co-culture of foetal polymix involving two or more components of mesenchymal stem cells derived from, but not limited to, placenta, amnion, amniotic fluid, chorion and umbilical cord and/or other products of conception under hypoxic or otherwise and/or normoxic/general conditions for treatment of a plurality of disorders ranging from congenital to degenerative to developmental to malignant disorders and diseases prior to therapeutic administration.