Abstract: A system for planning a radiation therapy treatment to be performed by a radiation therapy machine includes at least one processor and a memory storing computer executable instructions. The at least one processor is configured to execute the computer executable instructions to cause the system to generate a radiation therapy treatment plan prescribing a plurality of energy layers associated with a plurality of spots in a treatment target. The radiation therapy treatment plan is based on a plurality of minimum monitor unit values, each of which is for a respective energy layer among the plurality of energy layers. Each of the plurality of minimum monitor unit values is based on machine parameters for the radiation therapy machine and/or based on a minimum monitor unit objective function for the radiation therapy machine.

Abstract: A device receives a packet from a local network. The packet may be directed toward a cloud computing resource. The device determines that the packet is associated with a new packet flow. In response to determining that the packet is associated with the new packet flow, the device provides one or more packets from the new packet flow to a machine learning model for packet inspection. The device receives an output from the machine learning model and routes the new packet flow based on the output received from the machine learning model. The output indicates whether or not the new packet flow is associated with a network attack.

Abstract: Remote unit cluster optimization in a wireless communications system (WCS) is disclosed. More specifically, the remote unit cluster optimization is supported in a radio access network (RAN) subsystem in the WCS. The RAN subsystem includes multiple remote units (RUs) clusters, each including a set of RUs for providing wireless communications in the respective RU cluster. Herein, a RU control circuit is provided in between a distribution unit (DU) and the RUs to facilitate downlink and uplink communications between the DU and the RUs based on Open-RAN (O-RAN) shared-cell typology. In embodiments disclosed herein, the RU control circuit is configured to perform certain optimization tasks in any of the RU clusters that is deemed underperforming. By performing such RU cluster optimization, it is possible to dynamically improve coverage, power consumption, and/or data throughput in the RU clusters to thereby provide enhanced user experience in the WCS.

Abstract: Examples of methods, systems, and computer program products relating to supervising data in a wireless network are disclosed. At least part of a system may be located between a packet data network and a base station, and/or may be at least logically separate from the base station. The system may be capable of evaluating the service provided by the base station, and may be capable of determining whether or not any action should consequently be performed. Examples of an action may include an action which may not necessarily affect en-route data packets such as outputting a report, and/or an action which may affect en-route data packets such as delaying packets, not delaying packets, and/or stopping the delaying of packets. An action which affects data packets may or may not affect data packets uniformly. An action may or may not result in an improvement in quality of user experience.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a network device, including a network interface to receive packets over a packet data network, and a hierarchical policer to provide queue fairness for a plurality of network flows competing for access to a multiplex network receive queue, and including level one meters to label the received packets, a level two meter to receive at least some of the labeled packets and relabel the at least some labeled packets, and queueing logic add the packets labeled with a first label-type to the multiplex network receive queue and drop the packets labeled with a third label-type.

Abstract: Methods of treating acromegaly in a subject are described herein. Exemplary methods include orally administering to the subject at least once daily at least one dosage form comprising octreotide, wherein the octreotide in each dosage form is 20 mg, and wherein the administering occurs at least 1 hour before a meal or at least 2 hours after a meal.

Abstract: A system for inspecting a jet blade including: a jet blade support assembly including: a sub-frame, a gripper support rotatably coupled to the sub-frame and being tiltable about a tilting axis, and a light transmissive jet blade gripper to hold a root of the jet blade, the jet blade gripper being removably couplable to the gripper support and rotatable with respect to the gripper support about a gripper rotation axis; a first illumination device to illuminate at least the root of the jet blade at least partially through the jet blade gripper; a second illumination device to illuminate at least a portion of the jet blade, the first illumination device and the second illumination device to illuminate respective portions of the jet blade from different directions; and an optical acquisition sub-system comprising an imaging sensor to capture images from a direction that is parallel to the second illumination direction.

Abstract: A method includes monitoring a media stream that is streamed over a network at a given media bit-rate in a sequence of traffic bursts. Respective data volumes of 5 one or more traffic bursts of the sequence are estimated, and the given media bit-rate is derived from the estimated data volumes.

Abstract: Methods of treating acromegaly in a subject are described herein. Exemplary methods include orally administering to the subject at least once daily at least one dosage form comprising octreotide, wherein the octreotide in each dosage form is 20 mg, and wherein the administering occurs at least 1 hour before a meal or at least 2 hours after a meal.

Abstract: Systems and methods for proton therapy treatment planning can include a treatment planning system determining positions of a plurality of energy layers across a dimension of a planning target volume (PTV) along a proton field direction, such that each pair of consecutive energy layers are spaced by a distance that is proportional to a width of a Bragg peak corresponding to at least one energy layer of the pair of energy layers. The treatment planning system can generate a proton therapy plan for irradiating the PTV according to the sequence of energy layers.

Abstract: As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for creating a computer program from natural language input. Input is received from a natural language processor. The input is processed, using a machine learning model, to predict an intent of the input. A validation of the intent is performed. The intent is automatically converted to one or more executable computer commands, based on a result of the validation of the intent. The one or more executable computer commands are executed to generate a computer program.

Abstract: A system receives, from a first device, a plurality of first-direction packets belonging to a flow of communication, pass the first-direction packets to a second device, receive, from the second device, a plurality of second-direction packets belonging to the flow, pass the second direction packets to the first device, calculate, after receiving each of at least some of the second direction packets, an estimated in-flight number, by assuming that the second-direction packet acknowledges receipt of a number of the first direction packets that is based on an estimated average number of received first-direction packets acknowledged by the second-direction packets, the estimated in-flight number being an estimated volume of payload data, contained at least partly in the first-direction packets, that has been passed by the processor to the second device but has not yet been received by the second device, and to regulate the flow, based on the estimated in-flight number.

Abstract: A laser-based system and method for treatment of hard tissue enhances remineralization and fluoride uptake to improve resistance to demineralization. The system can include a laser source, an optic, and a controller for controlling the laser source and/or the optic to deliver radiation to a treatment region with desirable characteristics (e.g., to remove carbonate without damaging the tissue surface). In some cases, the system includes a handpiece having an optical element (e.g., a lens) mounted within a replaceable cartridge and adapted to modulate a laser beam to render the beam non-ablative, prior to the laser beam's delivery to the treatment region. In some embodiments, treatment with the laser can be combined with a fluoride treatment for enhanced therapeutic effect.

Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for securing internet-based transfer of voice call data. Embodiments may include: sending a primary-protocol-encoded communication, by a forwarding unit (FU), to a session border controller (SBC), when an indication is received at the FU that a secondary-protocol-encoded communication has been received at a gateway component, from a voice call data source, to propose transferring voice call data to the SBC; outputting by the SBC, in response to the primary-protocol-encoded communication an IP address encoded with the primary protocol; converting, by a gateway component, the IP address encoded with the primary protocol into an IP address encoded with the secondary protocol; and sending, by a gateway component, the IP address encoded with the secondary protocol to the voice call data source that is proposing to transfer the voice call data.

Abstract: Provided are methods, compositions and kits employing cellulose nanocrystals for hair-straightening treatment. Also provided are methods, compositions and kits employing a resilin, for hair-straightening treatment and/or for maintenance of straightened hair following a hair-straightening treatment.

Abstract: There is provided ram block arrangement for a piling hammer (100a), comprising: a ram block (104) comprising a frame arrangement (106) for enclosing one or more ram weights therein, wherein the ram block (104) is configured movable by an electric machine (108).

Abstract: A method includes providing a library of hardware-agnostic packet-processing functions. A functional hardware-agnostic specification of a packet-processing pipeline is received from a user. The specification is defined in terms of one or more of the packet-processing functions drawn from the library. A hardware-specific design of the packet-processing pipeline, which is suited to given hardware, is derived from the specification.

Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a method is provided, the method comprising: determining a respective impedance curve for a plurality of cells extracted from a plurality of rechargeable batteries, wherein each impedance curve is descriptive of an internal impedance of the respective cell as a function of frequency over a predefined frequency range; determining, for each of the plurality of cells, respective one or more impedance characteristics based on the impedance curve determined for the respective cell; and sorting the plurality of cells into one or more quality classes in accordance with the one or more impedance characteristics determined for the plurality of cells.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to configure heterogenous components in an accelerator. An example apparatus includes a graph compiler to identify a workload node in a workload and generate a selector for the workload node, and the selector to identify an input condition and an output condition of a compute building block, wherein the graph compiler is to, in response to obtaining the identified input condition and output condition from the selector, map the workload node to the compute building block.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to retrieve, from a catalog, a set of characteristics associated with a cyberattack, generate a plurality of packets having the set of cyberattack characteristics, wherein the plurality of packets collectively simulate the cyberattack, transmit the plurality of packets over a virtual operational technology (OT) network comprising a virtual network security system, and receive an alert indicating whether one or more of the plurality of packets was detected by the virtual network security system.