Abstract: An annular antenna system comprises a first ring assembly having a first shorting wall and a second ring assembly having a second shorting wall. The second ring assembly is arranged substantially parallel to the first ring assembly. The annular antenna system further comprises four RF ports on a top surface of the first annular conductor at ninety-degree intervals. Each of the RF ports has a housing electrically connected to the first annular conductor and a center conductor electrically connected to the second annular conductor. Each RF port is configured to receive and apply an RF signal to the first ring assembly. The first ring assembly comprises first and second annular conductors, and the first shorting wall electrically couples the first and second annular conductors. The second ring assembly comprises a third and fourth annular conductors, and the second shorting wall electrically couples the third and fourth annular conductors.

Abstract: A method of causing the cellular proliferation of one or more cell types contained within a microdroplet having an average volume in the range 4 femtolitres to 10 nanolitres and comprised of an aqueous buffer is provided. It is characterised by the step of incubating the cell(s) inside the droplets in suitable environmental conditions and thereafter detecting the number of cells inside each droplet, characterised in that the microdroplets are suspended in an immiscible carrier fluid further comprising secondary droplets having an average volume less than 25% of the average volume of the microdroplets up to and including a maximum of 4 femtolitres and wherein the volume ratio of carrier fluid to total volume of microdroplets per unit volume of the total is greater than 2:1. The method may be employed for example with microdroplets containing biological cells or with microdroplets containing single nucleoside phosphate such as are prepared in a droplet-based nucleic acid sequencer.

Abstract: A multilayer integral geogrid, including one or more cellular layers, has a plurality of oriented multilayer strands interconnected by partially oriented multilayer junctions with an array of openings therein. The multilayer integral geogrid having one or more cellular layers is produced from a coextruded or laminated multilayer polymer starting sheet. The integral geogrid has a multilayer construction, with at least one outer layer thereof having the cellular structure. By virtue of the cellular layer structure, the multilayer integral geogrid provides for increased layer vertical compressibility under load, resulting in enhanced material properties that provide performance benefits to use of the multilayer integral geogrid to stabilize and strengthen soil, aggregates, or other particulate materials.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to techniques for controlling an area.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rear view device for a vehicle with one or more gaskets preventing water or other contaminants from entering the device between components, while allowing the components to move in relation to one another. In embodiments, the rear view device comprises a base adapted to be mounted to a side of the vehicle, a head for supporting at least one means for providing a rearward field of view disposed at a second attachment end of the base, an actuator connected to the second end of the base, and a shroud attached to the actuator, wherein the actuator may rotate the head in relation to the base. In one embodiment, the shroud is configured to interact with a shaft of the actuator to limit the rotational movement of the actuator.

Abstract: A gangway assembly comprises a boom supporting at least one gangway which is pivotally connected to a first support at a fulcrum. A pivoting assembly is arranged below the gangway and comprises an electric motor-and-winch assembly, a sheave assembly, and one or more wires extending between the winch assembly and the sheave. An elevator assembly comprises a rail assembly on the column, and a plurality of wheels and an electric motor-and-winch assembly arranged on the second support below the gangway, and wires connected to respective fixtures at an upper end of the column.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide for cut-through data unit forwarding with early ingress processing of a data unit in a communications network, such as an Ethernet-based network. According to some embodiments, cut-through data unit forwarding is performed such that data unit processing is initiated by a receiving network device while the data unit is still underway from a transmitting network device.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating a subject having a disease or disorder by administering a monoamine oxidase inhibitor in combination with a serotonin receptor agonist, which in some embodiments is a deuterated serotonin receptor agonist. In some aspects, the disclosure further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising a monoamine oxidase inhibitor and a serotonin receptor agonist. In some embodiments, the monoamine oxidase inhibitor is a MAO-A-selective inhibitor such as CX157, and the serotonin receptor agonist is a serotonin 2A receptor agonist such as N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), or deuterated DMT.

Abstract: A cool cluster comprises one or more transfer chambers; a plurality of process chambers connected to the one or more transfer chambers; and a computing device of the tool cluster. The computing device is to receive first measurements generated by sensors of a first process chamber during or after a process is performed within the first process chamber; determine that the first process chamber is due for maintenance based on processing the first measurements using a first trained machine learning model; after maintenance has been performed on the first process chamber, receive second measurements generated by the sensors during or after a seasoning process is performed within the first process chamber; and determine that the first process chamber is ready to be brought back into service based on processing the second measurements using a second trained machine learning model.

Abstract: A server of a distributed cloud computing network receives, over a tunnel established between a customer-premises equipment and the compute server, traffic from an Internet-of-Things (IoT) device that is connected to the CPE. The server enforces an egress traffic policy to determine whether the traffic is permitted to be transmitted to the destination. If the traffic is not permitted to be transmitted to the destination, the server drops the traffic. If the traffic is permitted to be transmitted to the destination, the server transmits the traffic to the destination.

Abstract: An apparatus for artificial weathering or lightfastness testing of samples or for simulating solar radiation, the apparatus comprising a weathering chamber, a UV light source provided in the weathering chamber, and a fluorescent material arranged to be radiated by a UV radiation emitted by the UV light source, the fluorescent material being configured to emit a fluorescent radiation comprising spectral emission characteristics similar to natural solar radiation.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing software-based network probes for monitoring network devices for fault management. In various embodiments, a computing system may receive, from at least one software-based network probe, a first alert associated with a first device among layer 4 devices disposed in a plurality of networks; may parse and store first alert data from the received first alert in a database, in a standardized format; may perform, using an enrichment system, enrichment of the first alert data, by retrieving first enrichment data from one or more second databases and adding the first enrichment data to the parsed and formatted first alert data in the first database to form first consolidated alert data; and may send the first consolidated alert data to a fault management system for display to a user to facilitate addressing of the first alert by the user.

Abstract: A door sensor may include one or more emitters configured to emit an emission beam comprising IR light during an emitting phase. The door sensor may further include one or more receptors configured to receive a reception beam comprising the IR light reflected off of a surface during a listening phase and an interference beam from an adjacent door sensor. The door sensor may further include a controller operatively coupled to a memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to: determine one or more of the frequency and phase of the interference beam; determine whether the door sensor should be primary or secondary to the adjacent door sensor; and adjust a timing of one or more of the emitting phase and the listening phase to reduce interference from the adjacent door sensor.

Abstract: A new method for storing CO2 in the form of naturally bound carbon over a long period of time. More specifically, a method for storing organic material in bogs to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere. The method, includes the steps of providing organic material, mixing the organic material with water to form a pumpable slurry, pumping the slurry into a bog through one or more pipes, monitoring the bog and taking measures if required to maintain its conservation capabilities.

Abstract: Reference voltage generators including a header circuit configured to pass current from a power supply to a time-to-digital converter, an amount of the current to pass determined by a thermometer code, and logic to update the thermometer code based on a comparison between an output of the time-to-digital converter and a digital code representing a reference voltage level.

Abstract: A system and method for generating a digital cybersecurity artifact includes selectively executing an automated cybersecurity investigation workflow based on a probable cybersecurity threat type of a cybersecurity event, wherein an output of the automated cybersecurity investigation workflow includes one or more corpora of investigation findings data in response to executing the automated cybersecurity investigation workflow; selectively instantiating a digital cybersecurity artifact of a plurality of digital cybersecurity artifacts based on the probable cybersecurity threat type of the cybersecurity event, wherein the digital cybersecurity artifact includes a plurality of distinct regions electronically mapped to one or more threat type-specific content automations that, when executed, install investigation findings data into the plurality of distinct regions of the plurality of distinct regions of the digital cybersecurity artifact with selective subsets of investigation findings data of the one or more cor

Abstract: There is provided a method for learning a bipedal robot control policy, the method includes (i) learning, by a processing circuit, an action-related corrective policy that once applied reduces a gap associated with an initial simulation state transition function and with a real world state transition function; and (ii) determining a control policy of the bipedal robot in a simulator, using the action-related corrective policy.

Abstract: A method for providing remote programming of a supply tag of a print supply used with an authorized entity's card personalization system is provided. The method includes an issuance server authenticating remote programming of the supply tag, receiving first supply tag data of the print supply including a first digital signature, updating the first supply tag data to obtain second supply tag data, and issuing a second digital signature based on the second supply tag data. The second digital signature secures the second supply tag data.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of coherent agents, and a coherence directory that includes directory ways for storing coherency information. The coherence directory may be configured to determine that a cache block that is not currently cached among the coherent agents, is stored in a first coherent agent. The coherence directory may be further configured to, in response to this determination, create a particular entry in a selected one of the directory ways. The coherence directory may also be configured to send, to the first coherent agent, an indicator identifying a directory way that includes the entry. In response to a second coherent agent caching the cache block, the coherence directory may update the entry to include the second coherent agent. The first and second coherent agents may be configured to receive copies of the indicator, and to store their copy in locations associated with the cache block.