Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.

Abstract: A plurality of processing entities in which a plurality of tasks are executed are maintained. Memory access patterns are determined for each of the plurality of tasks by dividing a memory associated with the plurality of processing entities into a plurality of memory regions, and for each of the plurality of tasks, determining how many memory accesses take place in each of the memory regions, by incrementing a counter associated with each memory region in response to a memory access. Each of the plurality of tasks are allocated among the plurality of processing entities, based on the determined memory access patterns for each of the plurality of tasks.

Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for ranking images against queries. A visual modality ranking of visual features of a digital image against a query is generated. A language modality ranking of text features of text associated with the digital image against the query is also generated. A multi-modal neural network determines importance weightings of the language modality ranking and the visual modality ranking against the query. The visual modality ranking and the language modality ranking are combined into a multi-modal ranking of the digital image against the query based on the importance weightings. The digital image is provided as a search result of the query based on the multi-modal ranking.

Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for invoking demote threads on processors to demote tracks from a cache. A plurality of demote ready lists indicate tracks eligible to demote from the cache. In response to determining that a number of free cache segments in the cache is below a free cache segment threshold, a determination is made of a number of demote threads to invoke on processors based on the number of free cache segments and the free cache segment threshold. The determined number of demote threads are invoked to demote tracks in the cache indicated in the demote ready lists, wherein each invoked demote thread processes one of the demote ready lists to select tracks to demote from the cache to free cache segments in the cache.

Abstract: A device for measuring and tracking over time the quantity or concentration of a component in a fluid comprises: a sensor capable of measuring a quantity or concentration of the component in the fluid and providing a quantitative signal for tracking this quantity or concentration over time; a signal-processing module comprising a low-pass filter of the quantitative tracking signal; and an output interface for providing the filtered quantitative tracking signal. The signal-processing module comprises an estimator of a value of instantaneous trend of variation of the quantitative tracking signal in a predetermined sliding time window. Also provided is means for adjusting over time a high cutoff frequency of the low-pass filter according to the estimated value of instantaneous trend of variation.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide for a patient warming system having a heating device configured to transfer heat to a patient based on a body heat score that indicates whether the patient is likely to sweat. The heating device includes a heater circuit configured to produce heat, the heater circuit thermally coupled to the patient. The heating device also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the heater circuit. The controller has one or more processors configured to receive one or more physiological indicators of the patient, determine the body heat score from one or more physiological indicators, determine whether the body heat score meets a score threshold, direct the heater circuit to produce a first amount of heat based on whether the body heat score meets a score threshold.

Abstract: Methods and devices for transvascular prosthetic chordae tendinea implantation are disclosed. A catheter is advanced into the left atrium to attach a leaflet anchor having a leaflet suture to a mitral valve leaflet. A ventricular anchor has a hub with a helical anchor and a core wire extending through the helical anchor. A radiopaque marker may be axially movably carried on the core wire, and a spring biases the marker in a distal direction. The marker is advanced proximally on the tissue surface relative to the helical anchor as the helical anchor is advanced distally into tissue to secure a ventricular suture to the ventricular wall. A leaflet suture and the ventricular suture may be tensioned and connected by a suture lock to form an artificial chordae.

Abstract: An audio control and distribution system in a location, comprising a first wireless media device connected to a local network, the network operably connecting the media device with at least one of: (1) a media player and (2) an audio output device, and with a remote media source operably connected to the local network. The location of the local network is one of (a) a home, (b) an office, and (c) an automobile. The system also includes a second media device comprising at least one of (i) a media player and (ii) an audio output device. The second media device is also connected to the local network and is controllable by the first wireless media device.

Abstract: A packaging system and method for an article includes a strap having an elongate shape and being made from a flexible material, and container having an opening. The container defines a space. In a packaged configuration, first and second ends of the strap are connected to one another to form a loop, the article is folded in a bundle and disposed within the space in the container, and the loop extends through a portion of the bundle and two slits formed in the container to secure the article into the container.

Abstract: A threshold detection circuit includes a plurality of capacitors. A plurality of switching circuits is coupled to the capacitors such that a first end of each of the capacitors is coupled to a corresponding photon sensor during detection intervals, and the first end of each capacitor is coupled to a variable initialization value during reset intervals. A threshold number of the capacitors are initialized to a first value and the remaining capacitors are initialized to a second value during reset intervals. A comparator is coupled to a second of the capacitors to generate a detection event in response to the threshold number of photon sensors sensing one or more incident photons during detection intervals.

Abstract: A plurality of tasks are executed on a plurality of central processing units (CPUs) of a computational device. In response to an occurrence of an event in the computational device, one or more CPUs that are executing tasks associated with an event category to which the event belongs are stopped within a first predetermined amount of time. In response to stopping the one or more CPUs, a data set indicative of a state of the computational device is collected, for at most a second predetermined amount of time.

Abstract: A power control and correction method capable of adapting to each type of transmission environment, addressing interference problems of user devices in the network, and ensuring good signal quality for signal decoding. The method adjusts and controls the receiver power adaptation according to the transmission environment in the eNodeB LTE system.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for distributing online ads with electronic content according to online ad request targeting parameters. One embodiment of this technique involves placing online test ads across multiple online ad request dimensions and tracking a performance metric for the online test ads. The performance of the online ad request dimensions is estimated based on the tracking of the performance metric for the online test ads and online ad request targeting parameters are established for spending a budget of a campaign to place online ads in response to online ad requests having particular online ad request dimensions. Online ads are then distributed based on using the online ad request targeting parameters to select online ad requests.

Abstract: An electromechanical power switch device and methods thereof. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are devices including a semiconductor substrate, at least one integrated circuit device on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer on the at least one integrated circuit device, and an electromechanical power switch on the insulating layer. By way of example, the electromechanical power switch may include a source and a drain, a body region disposed between the source and the drain, and a gate including a switching metal layer. In some embodiments, the body region includes a first body portion and a second body portion spaced a distance from the first body portion and defining a body discontinuity therebetween. Additionally, in various examples, the switching metal layer may be disposed over the body discontinuity.

Abstract: A method may generate a demodulated sine component for a sequence of samples of a servo burst window of a position error signal using a sine weight look up table and generate a demodulated cosine component for the sequence of samples of the servo burst window of the position error signal using a cosine weight look up table. The sine weight and the cosine weight look up tables may have indexes representing a phase range. The method may generate a demodulated phase component signal and a demodulated amplitude component signal for the sequence of samples of the servo burst window of the position error signal based on the demodulated sine component and the demodulated cosine component using a Coordinate Rotation Digital Computer at least in part by iteratively rotating a vector based on the demodulated sine component and the demodulated cosine component and summing angular changes in the vector.

Abstract: A method and corresponding device are provided for determining a flow speed in a fluid conduit. The fluid conduit is provided with first, second and third ultrasonic transducers, wherein respective connection lines between transducers extend outside of a symmetry axis of the fluid conduit. First and second measuring signals are applied to the first ultrasonic transducer and received at the second and the third ultrasonic transducer, respectively. The measuring signals comprise a respective reversed signal portion with respect to time of a response signal. Respective first and second response signals are measured and the flow speed is derived from at least one of the first and second response signals.

Abstract: A method for feeding electrical power into a three phase electrical power supply network at a network connection point, in particular by means of a wind power installation, using an inverter, comprising the following steps: detecting an electrical network voltage, in particular at the network connection point, determining a virtual generator voltage using a machine model that emulates a behavior of a synchronous machine, preparing the detected network voltage for comparison with the virtual genera-tor voltage, predefining a setpoint current as predefinition for an infeed current as a function of the virtual generator voltage and as a function of the network voltage prepared for comparison, and generating the infeed current depending on the setpoint current and feeding the generated infeed current at the network connection point into the electrical power supply network, wherein preparing the detected network voltage for comparison with the virtual generator voltage comprises transforming the detected network v

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating dialogue responses based on received utterances utilizing an independent gate context-dependent additive recurrent neural network. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a neural network model to generate a dialogue history vector based on received utterances and can use the dialogue history vector to generate a dialogue response. The independent gate context-dependent additive recurrent neural network can remove local context to reduce computation complexity and allow for gates at all time steps to be computed in parallel. The independent gate context-dependent additive recurrent neural network maintains the sequential nature of a recurrent neural network using the hidden vector output.

Abstract: A motor-operated drive system for a window covering system including a headrail, a mechanism associated with the headrail to spread and retract the window covering, and a continuous cord loop extending below the headrail for actuating the mechanism to spread and retract the window covering. The drive system includes a motor, a driven wheel that engages and advances the continuous cord loop, and a coupling mechanism for coupling the driven wheel to a rotating output shaft of the motor for rotation of the driven wheel. The drive system includes a channel system for redirecting the continuous cord loop engaged by the driven wheel, or other mechanism for configuring the drive system so that continuous cord loop extends in a substantially vertical orientation. The coupling mechanism includes an engaged configuration in which rotation of the output shaft of the motor causes rotation of the driven wheel, and a disengaged configuration.