Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to estimation of optimal markdown pricing based on customer regret. Pricing is a core aspect of any retail industry, and one of the pricing strategies used by retailers to attract customers is price reduction, wherein a seasonal product is sold at a markdown price after a predictable regular sale. The existing techniques for estimating an optimal markdown price are limited to factors such as market competition, and retailer formats and do not gain deeper understanding of customers' reactions nor explicitly utilizes inventory data. The disclosure estimates optimal markdown pricing in several steps including estimation of a set of behavioral model parameters comprising a customer regret parameter and a set of reservation price parameters, determining a markdown demand, and estimating the optimal markdown price using the markdown demand and inventory data.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a method performed by an access and mobility management function (AMF), comprises transmitting, to a policy control function (PCF), a request for updating a user equipment (UE) policy transmitted from a UE. The method comprises receiving, from the PCF, a message bundled a plurality of logical UE policies based on the UE policy. The method comprises generating a plurality of N1 requests based on the message. The method comprises transmitting, to the UE, the plurality of N1 requests to delivery of the UE policy.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method can receive a hierarchy table comprising a plurality of records associated with objects organized in a hierarchical structure. The records comprise values corresponding to a plurality of displayable fields and specify value distributions among the objects. The method can specify one or more viewable fields at an input area of a graphical user interface, and display a plurality of nodes and a plurality of directional links connecting the displayed nodes on a display window of the graphical user interface. The displayed nodes represent objects whose associated records have unique combinations of values corresponding to the specified viewable fields. The directional links represent value distributions among objects represented by the displayed nodes. The method can display aggregated value distributed to or from objects represented by the displayed nodes. The viewable fields specify which of the displayable fields are visible on the displayed nodes.

Abstract: The preset disclosure provides methods of culturing cells, e.g., pluripotent cells, multipotent cells, and/or immune cells (e.g., T cells and/or NK cells) in a medium comprising at least about 5 mM potassium ion, wherein the medium is not hypertonic. In some aspects, the medium is hypotonic. In some aspects, the methods disclosed herein increases the number of less-differentiated cells in the population of cells. In some aspects, the cultured cells are engineered, e.g., to comprise a chimeric antigen receptor or an engineered T cell receptor. In some aspects, the cells are administered to a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is an approach to implement a multi-tenant DNS resolver for secure communications for a virtual cloud environment. The approach can perform split-horizon DNS forwarding via an intermediate customized DNS server.

Abstract: Circuit design development using block design containers can include opening, within a development environment generated by an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) system, a top-level block design specifying a circuit design and inserting, within the top-level block design using the EDA system, a block design container. The block design container specifies a source block design used as a sub-design within the top-level block design.

Abstract: A method for service location optimization may include methods for deriving service location utilization data from video, predicting an operational characteristic of a service location, optimizing an operational characteristic of a service location, and presenting a user interface for user-directed optimization of an operational characteristic of a service location.

Abstract: Reducing power consumption of communication interfaces by clock frequency scaling and adaptive interleaving of polling is disclosed. In a first aspect, a control system controls transmission of a command via a serial interface at a higher clock frequency. After transmission, the control system and the interface are operated at a lower clock frequency to save power during command execution. In this aspect, a reduction in polling corresponds to the reduction in clock signal frequency. When the command is complete, the interface is operated at the higher frequency to send another command. In a second aspect, after the control system sends a command to the receiving device, polling is suspended and an execution time of the command is tracked. Polling begins when the tracked execution time almost equals an expected completion time. Both aspects disclosed above may be implemented to reduce power consumption in exchange for a small increase in latency.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of culturing immune cells in a medium comprising at least about 5 mM potassium ion, wherein the medium is capable of increasing the stemness of the immune cells. In some aspects, the immune cells which are cultured using the methods provided herein are modified to overexpress c-Jun and/or comprise one or more exogenous nucleotide sequences encoding a ligand binding protein. In some aspects, the immune cells are administered to a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of culturing immune cells in a medium comprising at least about 5 mM potassium ion, wherein the medium is capable of increasing the stemness of the immune cells. In some aspects, the immune cells which are cultured using the methods provided herein are modified to express a ROR1-binding protein and have increased level of c-Jun protein. In some aspects, the immune cells are administered to a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: Systems and methods for data usage monitoring in multi-tenancy enabled HADOOP clusters are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for monitoring data usage in multi-tenancy enabled HADOOP clusters may include: (1) receiving metadata related to a dataset in one or more multi-tenant clusters; (2) receiving entitlement data for a plurality of users to the dataset; (3) receiving group membership data for the plurality of users; (4) receiving access permissions for the plurality of users to the dataset; (5) receiving audit logs comprising access history for the plurality of users to the dataset; (6) joining the metadata, entitlement data, group membership data, access permissions, and audit logs into a searchable database; (7) receiving a query comprising at least one of a date range, a file, a directory, a user, and a group of users; (8) applying the query to the searchable database; and (9) returning results to the query.

Abstract: Machine-learned prediction of a blame frame of a crash stack. Specifically, a crash stack associated with a crash is parsed into a sequence of frames. The blame frame of the crash stack is estimated by, for each of a plurality of the sequence of frames, identifying a plurality of features of the corresponding frame, feeding the plurality of features to a neural network, and using the output of the neural network to make a prediction on whether the corresponding frame is a blame frame of the crash. If this is done during training time, the predicted blame frame can be compared against the actual blame frame, resulting in an adjustment of the neural network. Through appropriate featurization of the frames, and by use of the neural network, the prediction can be made cross-application and considering the context of the frame within the crash stack.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of preparing immune cells, e.g., T cells and/or NK cells, comprising contacting the cells with programmable cell-signaling scaffolds in a medium comprising at least about 5 mM potassium ion. In some aspects, the methods disclosed herein increase the number of less-differentiated cells in the population of cells. In some aspects, the cultured cells are engineered, e.g., to comprise a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) or an engineered T cell receptor (TCR). In some aspects, the cells are administered to a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: Resource estimation for implementing circuit designs in an integrated circuit (IC) can include detecting, using computer hardware, a plurality of Intellectual Property (IP) cores within a circuit design, extracting, using the computer hardware and from the circuit design, parameterizations for the plurality of IP cores as used in the circuit design, and selecting, using the computer hardware, a machine learning (ML) model corresponding to each IP core, wherein each selected ML model is specific to the corresponding IP core. Each selected ML model can be provided input specifying a target IC for the circuit design and the parameterization for the corresponding IP core. An estimate of resource usage for the circuit design can be generated by executing the selected ML models. The resource usage specifies an amount of resources of the target IC needed to implement the circuit design in the target IC.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing terephthalic acid. The process includes contacting p-xylene with a gaseous stream containing oxygen (O2) in presence of a homogeneous catalyst solution, at a reaction temperature of 180° C. to 195° C. to oxidize at least a portion of the p-xylene and form a product stream containing terephthalic acid, said homogeneous catalyst solution contains 350 ppm to 450 ppm cobalt (Co), 170 ppm to 270 ppm manganese (Mn), and 410 ppm to 510 ppm bromine (Br), wherein a Br/(Co+Mn) wt. % ratio is 0.5:1 to 1:1, and a Co to Mn wt. % ratio is 1.5:1 to 2:1.

Abstract: Security design and architecture for a multi-tenant Hadoop cluster are disclosed. In one embodiment, in a multi-tenant Hadoop cluster comprising a plurality of tenants and a plurality of applications, a method for identifying, naming, and creating a multi-tenant directory structure in a multi-tenant Hadoop cluster may include (1) identifying a plurality of groups for a directory structure selected from the group consisting of a superuser group, a plurality of tenant groups, and at least one application group; (2) creating an active directory for each of the groups; (3) adding each of a plurality of users to one of the plurality of tenant groups and the application group; (4) creating tenant directories and home directories for the users; and (5) assigning owners, group owners, default permissions, and extended access control lists to the tenant directories and the home directories.

Abstract: Machine-learned prediction of a blame frame of a crash stack. Specifically, a crash stack associated with a crash is parsed into a sequence of frames. The blame frame of the crash stack is estimated by, for each of a plurality of the sequence of frames, identifying a plurality of features of the corresponding frame, feeding the plurality of features to a neural network, and using the output of the neural network to make a prediction on whether the corresponding frame is a blame frame of the crash. If this is done during training time, the predicted blame frame can be compared against the actual blame frame, resulting in an adjustment of the neural network. Through appropriate featurization of the frames, and by use of the neural network, the prediction can be made cross-application and considering the context of the frame within the crash stack.

Abstract: A method for controlling an execution (signalling) of a non-3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) interworking function (N3IWF) is provided. The method includes splitting a signalling of a N3IWF into a control plane signalling and a user plane signalling, where the control plane signalling is handled by an N3IWF-C device and the user plane signalling is handled by an N3IWF-U device. Further, the method includes adding the E10 interface between the N3IWF-C device and the N3IWF-U device. Further, the method includes monitoring the E10 interface, whereas the E10 interface includes an E10AP. The N3IWF-C device and the N3IWF-U device enables a plurality of services between the N3IWF-C device and the N3IWF-U device. The plurality of services includes an interface management service, a bear management service, a trace management service, and a load management service.

Abstract: Systems and methods for optimizing cluster resource utilization are disclosed. Systems and methods for optimizing cluster resource utilization are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for optimizing cluster resource utilization may include: (1) retrieving cluster usage information for at least one cluster resource in a multi-tenant environment; (2) determining tenant usage for the cluster resource for each of a plurality of tenants; (3) determining a tenant resource commitment for the cluster resource for each tenant; and (4) presenting tenant usage and tenant resource commitment for each resource.

Abstract: A method for the aromatization of hydrocarbons, comprising: introducing a feed stream to an aromatization catalyst in a fixed bed reactor wherein the feed stream comprises a hydrocarbon having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, converting the hydrocarbon having 2 to 4 carbon atoms to form an outlet stream comprising an aromatic hydrocarbon; wherein the feed stream is introduced at a GHSV of greater than or equal to 4,000 milliliters per gram of catalyst per hour(ml·g?1 Cat·h?1), and a pressure of greater than or equal to 0.4 MPa. The feed stream can comprise hydrogen in an amount of at least 0.1 volume percent (vol %) up to 20 vol % based upon total volume of the feed stream.