Abstract: Systems and methods for digital audio measurement such as perceived loudness. An example of the method includes dividing, by a processor, a digital audio file into a plurality of blocks in a time sequence at a first time length; determining, by the processor, a respective Loudness Units relative to Full Scale (LUFS) for each block; determining, by the processor, a difference between the LUFS of each block with a reference value; and generating, by the processor, an indicator from one or more of the differences of the plurality of blocks within a second time length.

Abstract: A method for selecting a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) in a wireless communication system by a User Equipment (UE), the method includes detecting, by the UE, that the UE is operating in an interworking mode, triggering, by the UE, a manual scan in the interworking mode for acquiring a list of PLMNs in the wireless communication system, and causing, by the UE, a display to output the list of PLMNs in response to the triggering.

Abstract: A computer implemented method of identifying anomalous flight data is provided. The method comprises: receiving a plurality of flight data units in a time series from each of a plurality of different flights, wherein each flight data unit comprises a value for each of a plurality of flight parameters at the same time point; mapping the flight data units as respective data points to a multi-dimensional space, wherein the dimensions of the multi-dimensional space comprise a dimension for each of the plurality of flight parameters; and identifying one or more anomalous flight data units in the received plurality of flight data units by applying a local outlier factor algorithm to the mapped flight data units. A method of maintaining an aircraft, a flight data analyzer, a computer program and a computer-readable storage medium is also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to generating, updating, modifying, and otherwise managing configurations for virtual services on a cloud computing system. The present disclosure provides example implementations of a configuration management system and configuration handlers on respective server nodes that receive and process requests for modifying one or more configurations that manage operation of virtual services on the cloud. Systems described herein involve leveraging a hierarchical model of configuration characteristics to facilitate both large and small scale modifications. Moreover, the systems described herein leverage a persistent store on server nodes to identify how to update a current base configuration and sub-version as well as synchronize modifications across a set of server nodes.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including instructions encoded on storage media, for performing reduction of gradient vectors for distributed training of a neural network. One of the methods includes receiving, at each of the plurality of devices, a respective batch; performing, by each device, a forward pass comprising, for each batch normalization layer: generating, by each of the devices, a respective output of the corresponding other layer for each training example in the batch, determining, by each of the devices, a per-replica mean and a per-replica variance; determining, for each sub-group, a distributed mean and a distributed variance from the per-replica means and the per-replica variances for the devices in the sub-group; and applying, by each device, batch normalization to the respective outputs of the corresponding other layer generated by the device using the distributed mean and the distributed variance for the sub-group to which the device belongs.

Abstract: In general, techniques are described for performing proximity-based output selection. A computing device comprising one or more network interfaces and processing circuitry may be configured to perform the techniques. The one or more network interfaces may communicate with one or more available outputs for playing content. The processing circuitry may determine a proximity to the computing device for each of the one or more available outputs, and determine, based on the proximity determined for each of the one or more available outputs relative to every other one of the one or more available outputs, a ranked list of available outputs. The processing circuitry may next interface, with a display, a graphical user interface that includes at least a portion of the ranked list of available outputs.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to generating, updating, modifying, and otherwise managing configurations for virtual services on a cloud computing system. The present disclosure provides example implementations of a configuration management system and configuration handlers on respective server nodes that receive and process requests for modifying one or more configurations that manage operation of virtual services on the cloud. Systems described herein involve leveraging a hierarchical model of configuration characteristics to facilitate both large and small scale modifications. Moreover, the systems described herein leverage a persistent store on server nodes to identify how to update a current base configuration and sub-version as well as synchronize modifications across a set of server nodes.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses the polypeptide fragment having an amino acid sequence with at least 95% identity to the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, and SEQ ID NO: 6. The present disclosure also discloses nucleic acid fragment encoding the polypeptide fragment as described herein. Moreover, the present disclosure also discloses recombinant construct, recombinant vector and recombinant host cells. Also disclosed herein is an immunogenic composition comprising the polypeptide fragment as described herein, and a method for preparing the said immunogenic composition. The immunogenic composition is in form of vaccine. The polypeptide fragment and/or immunogenic composition is capable of eliciting protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. A kit comprising the polypeptide, or the immunogenic composition as described herein is also disclosed.

Abstract: A mounting and alignment system for building panels. A mullion guides one edge of a first panel mounted on a structure interacts with a mullion guide on an adjacent edge of second panel to be mounted next to the first. The mullion guides engage and interact as the second panel is lowed in place to adjust the horizontal position of the second panel relative to the first to a small tolerance suitable for other interacting panel structures. After the second panel is installed, mullion guides on the adjacent panel edges can be removed.

Abstract: Methods and systems for an online charging system to grant resources to a session with a terminal device when the session includes a large file or the session has a long duration. Embodiments the invention include methods performed by an electronic device for online charging in a wireless network. In one embodiment, the electronic device receives a request message for resources to set up a session with a terminal device, where the request message is sent from a core network interface to an online charging function (OCF), and where the request message indicates that the session includes a large file or that the session has a long duration. The electronic device determines that the terminal device has enough credit for the session based on the request message and grants the resources for the session with the terminal device based on the determination.

Abstract: A method for selecting a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) in a wireless communication system by a User Equipment (UE), the method includes detecting, by the UE, that the UE is operating in an interworking mode, triggering, by the UE, a manual scan in the interworking mode for acquiring a list of PLMNs in the wireless communication system, and causing, by the UE, a display to output the list of PLMNs in response to the triggering.

Abstract: A method for selecting a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) in a wireless communication system by a User Equipment (UE), the method includes detecting, by the UE, that the UE is operating in an interworking mode, triggering, by the UE, a manual scan in the interworking mode for acquiring a list of PLMNs in the wireless communication system, and causing, by the UE, a display to output the list of PLMNs in response to the triggering.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to utilizing a real-time event data reporting system that makes real-time and near-real-time monitoring and reporting possible in edge devices. For example, in various instances, the real-time event data reporting system embeds services within traditional event data collectors of edge devices to obtain, organize, and publish event data for local computing devices in real time utilizing in-memory storage. Additionally, the real-time event data reporting system further processes the published event data to generate aggregated data that is persisted to a persistence storage. In this manner, the real-time reporting system efficiently and accurately provides event data reports to client devices with processed metric data in real time, or in near-real time when utilizing additional fallback safeguards.

Abstract: A mounting and alignment system for building panels. A mounting bracket comprises a lower component affixable to a building support and an upper component from which a panel can be hung. A bearing assembly between the upper and lower components transfers load from the upper component to the lower component and allows the horizontal position of the upper component and thereby the panel to be easily adjusted. Mullion guides on the sides and extending over the panel top interact with mullion guides on other panels and automatically adjust the horizontal position of a panel as the panel is lowed in place from a relatively large horizontal placement tolerance a smaller placement tolerance required for other interacting structures on adjacent sides of installed panel. After the panel is installed, mullion guides on the adjacent panel sides can be removed.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including instructions encoded on storage media, for performing reduction of gradient vectors for distributed training of a neural network. One of the methods includes receiving, at each of the plurality of devices, a respective batch; performing, by each device, a forward pass comprising, for each batch normalization layer: generating, by each of the devices, a respective output of the corresponding other layer for each training example in the batch, determining, by each of the devices, a per-replica mean and a per-replica variance; determining, for each sub-group, a distributed mean and a distributed variance from the per-replica means and the per-replica variances for the devices in the sub-group; and applying, by each device, batch normalization to the respective outputs of the corresponding other layer generated by the device using the distributed mean and the distributed variance for the sub-group to which the device belongs.

Abstract: A mounting and alignment system for building panels. A mounting bracket comprises a lower component affixable to a building support and an upper component from which a panel can be hung. A bearing assembly between the upper and lower components transfers load from the upper component to the lower component and allows the horizontal position of the upper component and thereby the panel to be easily adjusted. Mullion guides on the sides and extending over the panel top interact with mullion guides on other panels and automatically adjust the horizontal position of a panel as the panel is lowed in place from a relatively large horizontal placement tolerance a smaller placement tolerance required for other interacting structures on adjacent sides of installed panel. After the panel is installed, mullion guides on the adjacent panel sides can be removed.

Abstract: Techniques for enhanced Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) path quality measurement and selection are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/method/computer program product for enhanced SD-WAN path quality measurement and selection includes periodically performing a network path measurement for each of a plurality of network paths at a Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) interface; updating a version if the network path measurement exceeds a threshold for one or more of the plurality of network paths; and selecting one of the plurality of network paths for a session based on the version according to an application policy.

Abstract: A method for selecting a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) in a wireless communication system by a User Equipment (UE), the method includes detecting, by the UE, that the UE is operating in an interworking mode, triggering, by the UE, a manual scan in the interworking mode for acquiring a list of PLMNs in the wireless communication system, and causing, by the UE, a display to output the list of PLMNs in response to the triggering.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for managing the lifecycle of user data. A user data lifecycle management system can collect user data from multiple sources including the user, the organization implementing the lifecycle management system, and third parties. The user data is used to create a user profile with a global user identifier. The user profile is scored based on the attributes within the user profile. The user data lifecycle management system can route the user profile to a destination source based on the score of the user profile. The destination source can be a tool of the organization for interacting with the user. The destination sources can also provide feedback to that is incorporated to the user profile and can assist the user data lifecycle management system in managing the user profile and aid in decision making.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including instructions encoded on storage media, for performing reduction of gradient vectors for a network having one or more degraded nodes. A method comprises training a respective replica of a machine learning model on each node of multiple nodes organized in an n-dimensional network topology, combining the respective individual gradient vectors in the nodes to generate a final gradient vector by performing operations comprising: designating each group of nodes along the dimension as either a forwarding group or a critical group, updating, for each receiving node, a respective individual gradient vector with an intermediate gradient vector, performing a reduction on each critical group of nodes along the dimension to generate a respective partial final gradient vector for the critical group, and updating, for each critical group of nodes, an individual gradient vector for a representative node with the respective partial final gradient vector.