Abstract: A circuit for implementing a branch target buffer. The branch target buffer may include a memory that stores a plurality of entries. Each entry may include a tag value, a target value, and a prediction accuracy value. A received index value corresponding to an indirect branch instruction may be used to select one of entries of the plurality of entries, and a received tag value may then be compared to the tag value of the selected entries in the memory. An entry in the memory may be selected in response to a determination that the received tag does not match the tag value of compared entries. The selected entry may be allocated to the indirect instruction branch dependent upon the prediction accuracy values of the plurality of entries.

Abstract: A processor includes a mechanism that checks for and flushes only speculative loads and any respective dependent instructions that are younger than an executed wait for event (WEV) instruction, and which also match an address of a store instruction that has been determined to have been executed by a different processor prior to execution of the paired SEV instruction by the different processor. The mechanism may allow speculative loads that do not match the address of any store instruction that has been determined to have been executed by a different processor prior to execution of the paired SEV instruction by the different processor.

Abstract: A method of treating or preventing kidney injury includes administering to a patient an effective amount of bile acid, a salt thereof, an analog thereof, or a combination thereof. Methods of preventing or retarding, reversing or abolishing the onset of kidney injuries are discussed. This is achieved through the administration of a bile acid, a salt of the bile acid, an analog of the bile acid or any combinations of these compounds. The bile acid abolishes or interferes or down-regulates metabolic pathways leading to the onset of kidney injury. The bile acid also activates metabolic pathways leading to the slowing or reversing or complete abolishment of the progression of acute kidney injury.

Abstract: Methods, using a hardware processor, for online server workload management are provided, comprising: receiving information regarding client device requests; determining, using a hardware processor, a workload distribution for the requests based on electricity cost and carbon footprint of one or more data centers using Lyapunov optimization; sending the workload distribution to the one or more data centers; and causing servers in the one or more data center to be active or inactive based on the workload distribution. Systems are provided, comprising at least one hardware processor configured to: receive information regarding client device requests; determine a workload distribution for the requests based on electricity cost and carbon footprint of one or more data centers using Lyapunov optimization; send the workload distribution to the one or more data centers; and cause servers in the one or more data center to be active or inactive based on the workload distribution.

Abstract: Information associated with session flows between communication devices and servers is collected and shared. A request is generated for data having predefined attributes within session flows occurring between multiple communication devices and a server over a communication network. The request is sent to a controller having access to information indicating network elements within the communication network traversed by the session flows. The controller selects a network element from among the network elements traversed by the session flows and retrieves the data from the selected network element.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to provide a distributed firewall in a network are disclosed. An example method includes identifying, at a control plane, a network traffic rule to implement in a network; determining, at the control plane, a distributed firewall for a first firewall in the network to enforce the network traffic rule; instructing, using the control plane, a first software-defined networking node to instantiate the first firewall of the distributed firewall; configuring a second software-defined networking node to route network traffic through the first firewall; and instructing the first software-defined networking node to enforce the network traffic rule.

Abstract: The present application provides novel compounds and methods for preparing and using these compounds. These compounds are useful in treating pain, itch, overactive bladder and/or interstitial cystitis in patients by administering one or more of the compounds to a patient. The methods include administering a compound of formula (I) and a TRPV1 receptor activator. In one embodiment, the TRPV1 receptor activator is lidocaine.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a mobile medical application operating environment and automated/semi-automated systems for creating application software for the operating environment. In the operating environment, all data storage and communication with external devices relating to sensitive medical data and operations is handled by a data manager application concurrently running with the medical application on a mobile device. Multiple medical applications can be run concurrently on the mobile device with reduced risk of data failure, thereby simplifying the design and release process for mobile medical applications.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for reducing the load to load/store address latency in an out-of-order processor. When a producer load is detected in the processor pipeline, the processor predicts whether the producer load is going to hit in the store queue. If the producer load is predicted not to hit in the store queue, then a dependent load or store can be issued early. The result data of the producer load is then bypassed forward from the data cache directly to the address generation unit. This result data is then used to generate an address for the dependent load or store, reducing the latency of the dependent load or store by one clock cycle.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for encoding and decoding data (such as, for example, an encryption key) using a physiological signal. A data item string is separated into a defined number of component segments and each component segment is used as a coefficient of a polynomial equation. A plurality of signal features are then identified from a physiological signal and a plurality of ordered pairs are created based on the plurality of identified signal features using the polynomial equation. A data package including the plurality of ordered pairs and obfuscated by a plurality of chaff points is transmitted to another system. The receiver system uses a corresponding physiological signal to filter out the chaff points and to reconstruct the polynomial equation, for example, by LaGrangian interpolation. The coefficients of the reconstructed polynomial equation are then used to derive the encoded data item string.

Abstract: The present application provides methods of using the aminoindane compounds of formula (I) or (II) in treating an overactive bladder or interstitial cystitis by administering one or more of the compounds to a patient.

Abstract: An energy management system includes a number of power sources, a first set of energy storage devices (ESDs), a second set of ESDs, and a control system. The first set of ESDs is coupled between the power sources and a load and has a first set of operating characteristics. The second set of ESDs is also coupled between the power sources and the load and has a second set of operating characteristics that are different from the first set of operating characteristics. The control system is configured to selectively deliver power from one of the plurality of power sources to the first plurality of ESDs, the second plurality of ESDs, or both and selectively deliver power from the first plurality of ESDs, the second plurality of ESDs, or both to the load based on short and long term variations in a set of energy delivery system characteristics.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for an energy usage simulator are provided. In some embodiments, systems for an energy usage simulator are provided, the systems comprising: at least one hardware processor that is configured to: perform computational fluid dynamics simulations on an environment based on a description of the environment; generate a heat recirculation matrix (HRM) based on the computational fluid dynamics simulations; generate a resource utilization matrix (RUM) based at least in part on the HRM and a power curve; generate a power consumption distribution vector based at least in part on the HRM and the RUM; and generate a thermal map of the environment based at least in part on the power consumption distribution vector.

Abstract: A process for recovery of sulfolane used in a solvent-extraction or extractive-distillation process includes introducing a mixture into a solvent-recovery column having a heat source connected to a bottom portion of the column and removing a lean solvent stream, substantially free of hydrocarbons, from the bottom of the column, removing a polar-hydrocarbon-rich overhead stream from the top section of the column and maintaining the needed vacuum conditions using a liquid-jet ejector, preferably using water as the liquid.

Abstract: An electronic device, a method of an electronic device authenticating a user and a computer readable recording medium are provided, The electronic device includes a storage configured to store an identifier and attributes of a first object as authentication information, a display configured to display a plurality of authentication objects comprising a second object that has one or more of the attributes of the first object and has a form different from a form of the first object, in response to a request to perform an authentication procedure, and a controller configured to authenticate a user based on an attribute of an authentication object selected by the user from among the plurality of displayed authentication objects and the stored authentication information.

Abstract: A heterogeneous multiple core control system for predictive medical monitoring is provided. The system includes a first processor platform that is optimized for serialized computation and a second processor platform that is optimized for parallelized computation. A memory stores instructions that are executed by either the first processor platform or the second processor platform to provide the functionality of the system. By executing the instructions, the system determines whether a condition of a first patient is to be monitored using a primarily parallelized model or a primarily serialized model. The predicted condition is calculated using the primarily parallelized model by executing the primarily parallelized model on the second processor platform. The predicted condition is calculated using the primarily serialized model by executing the primarily serialized model on the first processor platform.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to dynamically provide network policies are disclosed. An example method includes determining a context associated with an attempt to access, by a user via a computing device, a network; selecting a network policy based on the determined context; and programming, in response to the attempt to access the network, a dynamically programmable network element to enforce the network policy.

Abstract: The present application provides methods of using the aminoindane compounds of formula (I) or (II) in treating an overactive bladder or interstitial cystitis by administering one or more of the compounds to a patient.

Abstract: An apparatus for performing instruction throttling for a multi-processor system is disclosed. The apparatus may include a power estimation circuit, a table, a comparator, and a finite state machine. The power estimation circuit may be configured to receive information on high power instructions issued to a first processor and a second processor, and generate a power estimate dependent upon the received information. The table may be configured to store one or more pre-determined power threshold values, and the comparator may be configured to compare the power estimate with at least one of the pre-determined power threshold values. The finite state machine may be configured to adjust the throttle level of the first and second processors dependent upon the result of the comparison.

Abstract: Methods and compounds for treating neurological and other disorders are provided. Included is the administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having binding and/or modulation specificity for a TrkB receptor molecule.