Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) chip can include a given core at a position in the IC chip that defines a given orientation, wherein the given core is designed to perform a particular function. The IC chip can include another core designed to perform the particular function. The other core can be flipped and rotated by 180 degrees relative to the given core such that the other core is asymmetrically oriented with respect to the given core. The IC chip can also include a compare unit configured to compare outputs of the given core and the other core to detect a fault in the IC chip.

Abstract: An elevator system with an elevator car 14, a linear propulsion system to impart force to the elevator car in a hoistway 11, a hoistway communication network 106, 206, a local communication network 110, 210, 310 and motion controls. One of the motion controls proximate to the elevator car is designated as a primary control 61 operable to command at least one drive 42A-42F via the local communication network. The at least one drive is coupled to one or more motor segments 22 of the linear propulsion system. The elevator system further includes a controller 46 operable to command the primary control via the hoistway communication network to reposition the elevator car within the hoistway. The designation of the primary control transitions between the motion controls as the elevator car moves in the hoistway.

Abstract: A 3D vertically integrated FET for CMOS cell circuits is disclosed. Vertically integrating FETs for a 3D cell circuit reduces the footprint size of an IC chip. To reduce a CMOS cell circuit footprint, a PFET and an NFET are vertically integrated by stacking a second semiconductor layer including a second FET above a first semiconductor layer including a first FET, such that the channel structure of the second FET overlaps the channel structure of the first FET. The first FET may be an NFET, and the second FET may be a PFET, or vice versa. The longitudinal axis of the first FET channel structure may extend in a first plane parallel to a second plane including the longitudinal axis of the second FET channel structure. The longitudinal axes may be parallel or at an angle to each other, such that the second channel structure overlaps the first channel structure.

Abstract: Embodiments provide systems, methods and apparatus for improved generation control for microgrids. Embodiments include providing a microgrid management system (MGMS) having a smart generation control (SGC) system in communication with a plurality of resources and loads, wherein the resources and loads are coupled to a microgrid transmission line that is couplable to a macrogrid transmission line; performing preprocessing of the resources; determining current frequency, interchange, schedule, and area control error (ACE); monitoring and controlling the microgrid based on a system mode, a control mode, and system status; deriving a set point for active power control of resources; and transmitting control commands. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: The present subject matter relates to management of site-aware cluster of a data storage system. In an example implementation, a workload manager is hosted on a node of a secondary site in the site-aware cluster for managing an application workload of a primary site in the site-aware cluster. When the primary site is subjected to failure, the application workload is shifted from the primary site to the secondary site by the workload manager.

Abstract: An autonomous shipping system is inclusive of a delivery server that manages the several shipping assets for fulfilling shipping requests to transport packages between origin and destination locations through the coordinated interactions of distributed shipping assets that include service drones and service stations. Service drones are inclusive of delivery drones for holding and transporting packages and charge drones that carry additional power capacities and which are adapted to interact with delivery drones for executing power renewal routines for providing additional power to the power units of delivery drones. Service stations include docking stations that serve as shelters and recharging stations for one or more service drones, transfer stations for transferring packages between two delivery drones, and storage stations for temporarily storing packages during mid-shipment.

Abstract: Some embodiments include a camera voice coil motor (VCM) actuator that includes an additive coil structure for shifting a lens along one or multiple axes. The additive coil structure may include a base portion configured to couple with a lens carrier and at least partially surround a perimeter of the lens carrier. In various examples, the additive coil structure may include folded portions that individually include a respective coil that is located proximate a respective magnet. According to various embodiments, the additive coil structure may be formed using an additive process.

Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for datacenter security are provided. The method may accordingly include receiving, by a computer, one or more datacenter security requirements from a user. The computer may determine one or more datacenter security rules corresponding to the received requirements. A plurality of data from one or more sources may be aggregated by the computer, whereby the data may correspond to one or more datacenter parameters. The computer may map the aggregated data to the determined datacenter security rules using a bipartite graph based on a determination that the data falls within a threshold value. One or more gaps in datacenter security coverage may be determined by the computer based on the bipartite graph being non-surjective.

Abstract: The invention discloses compounds of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, A, R19, R20, and R21 are as defined herein. The present invention relates to deuterated compounds and their use in the treatment of cystic fibrosis, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treating cystic fibrosis by administering a compound of the invention.

Abstract: Some implementations of a retaining ring has an inner surface having a first portion formed of multiple planar facets and a second portion that adjoins the first portion along a boundary and includes a frustoconical surface that is sloped downwardly from outside in. Some implementations of the retaining ring have a crenellated or serpentine inner surface, and/or an inner surface with alternating region of different surface properties or different tilt angles.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a third-party storage provider and from a data owner, a plurality of encrypted documents, wherein each of the plurality of encrypted documents is encrypted by the data owner using at least one encryption key; receiving, from a query user, an encrypted query, wherein the query is encrypted using the at least one encryption key; computing an edit distance value between the encrypted query and at least a portion of the plurality of encrypted documents, wherein the computing comprises communicating with an entity to work together to compute the edit distance value; the communicating comprising (i) providing, from the third-party storage provider to the entity, an encrypted function of an edit distance matrix and (ii) receiving an encrypted edit distance value computed by the entity from the encrypted function; and returning the encrypted edit distance value to the query user.

Abstract: A tub spout includes a fitting, an inflexible portion, and a flexible portion. The fitting is configured to be coupled to a plumbing fixture and to receive water from the plumbing fixture. The inflexible portion is configured to receive the fitting or configured to have the fitting integrated therein, be held adjacent a wall by the plumbing fixture, and receive the water from the plumbing fixture. The flexible portion is configured to be coupled to and extend from the inflexible portion, selectively receive the water from the inflexible portion, and selectively provide the water out of the tub spout.

Abstract: A computing system is provided. The computing system includes a client device with a user interface, a server host, and a processor configured to execute a continuous delivery (CD) pipeline and communicate with a cloud-based hosting environment. The processor is configured to receive a staging request for software to be deployed to the cloud-based hosting environment. The processor is configured to initialize and execute a gate on a CD platform, the gate including criteria for evaluation of the software with at least one query defining results data; deploy software to a target environment; and, during a monitoring period, continuously receive and monitor results data from the software. The processor is configured to evaluate the results data, change a state of the gate, determine that approval conditions have been met for the software, and deploy the software to a production environment of the cloud-based hosting environment.

Abstract: A computing system identifies a media stream being received by a client, based on fingerprint matching conducted with query fingerprints generated by the client at a frame rate. The computing system then causes the client to increase the frame rate, in order to facilitate establishment by the computing system of synchronous lock between true time within the media stream and client time according to a clock of the client. The computing system then uses the established synchronous lock as a basis to map a true-time point at which a content revision should be performed in the media stream to a client-time point at which the client should perform the content revision. And the computing system causes the client to perform the content revision at the determined client-time point.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to abort a command at a data storage controller, in accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, an apparatus may comprise a data storage controller configured to receive an abort indicator from a host device, generate an abort tracking indicator at a receiving unit configured to receive commands from the host device, monitor to determine when the selected command is received at the receiving unit based on the abort tracking indicator, and abort the selected command when the selected command is received at the receiving unit. In some embodiments, the data storage controller may generate an abort tracking indicator at a completion unit configured to notify the host device of completed commands, and monitor for the selected command at the completion unit based on the abort tracking indicator.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a query from a user requesting assistance regarding instructions for performing a task; identifying, within steps of the instructions, words that can be visualized, wherein the identifying comprises identifying relationships between terms within the query to generate a step query; retrieving, for each of the steps, a plurality of images representing the identified words; identifying at least one object occurring within the plurality of images corresponding to more than one of the steps; selecting an image for each of the steps of the instructions, wherein the selecting an image comprises selecting an image for each step such that the identified at least one object is represented similarly in each selected image including the identified at least one object; and presenting the instructions as visualized instructions by presenting the selected images for each of the steps in order.

Abstract: Selecting an optimal date for a planned event is provided. Event input data is received that includes at least one of a location for a planned event, a range of dates for the planned event, attributes of a target audience for the planned event, and attributes of the planned event. Web search data and social media data corresponding to the received event input data are retrieved. The received event input data and the retrieved web search data and social media data that correspond to the received event input data are analyzed using natural language processing to identify a set of optimal dates to maximize attendance of the target audience at the planned event. The identified set of optimal dates for the planned event is ranked based on weights assigned to each of the attributes of the target audience and the attributes of the planned event.

Abstract: Optical encoders for encoding signed, real numbers using optical fields are described. The optical fields may be detected using coherent detection, without the need for independent phase and amplitude control. This encoding technique enables the use of simple and non-ideal modulators (e.g., modulators that provide neither pure phase nor pure amplitude modulation) for high-precision encoding. A photonic system implementing optical encoding techniques may include a modulator configured to be driven by a single electrical modulating signal and a coherent receiver. An optical transformation unit optically coupled between the modulator and the coherent receiver may transform the phase and/or the intensity of the modulated optical field. The optical encoding techniques described herein may be used in a variety of contexts, including high-speed telecommunications, on chip-phase sensitive measurements for sensing, communications and computing, and optical machine learning.

Abstract: A legacy-to-container (L2C) system converts a computer program in a procedural programming language to an object oriented programming language. The L2C system parses the procedural language to identify program variables and also program sub-elements, such as paragraphs in COBOL for example. The L2C system provides a user interface that allows the user to select which paragraphs should be converted into methods wherein the remaining non-selected paragraphs are to be converted into classes. The L2C system is configured to re-architect the procedural language by (i) creating normal object classes corresponding to the identified variables, (ii) creating methods for the user-selected paragraphs; and (iii) creating classes for the remaining non-selected paragraphs.

Abstract: A method for validating ticket authenticity includes: reading, by an optical imaging device interfaced with a computing device, a displayed machine-readable code encoded with a ticket identification value; receiving, by a receiver of the computing device, at least a digital signature from a mobile computing device; identifying, by the computing device, a blockchain data entry included in one of a plurality of blocks comprising a blockchain, wherein the blockchain data entry includes at least the ticket identification value and a public key of a cryptographic key pair; validating, by the computing device, authenticity of a ticket based on validation of the digital signature using the public key; and outputting, by the computing device, the result of the validation of the authenticity of the ticket.