Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, system and computer program product for service retention in a computing environment. According to the method, a deprovision request for deprovisioning a target service instance provisioned in a computing environment is received. In response to the deprovision request, a retention policy associated with the target service instance is determined. The retention policy indicates an action to be applied on the target service instance. The action causes a resource usage level of the target service instance to reduce. Based on the retention policy, the target service instance is modified to obtain a retention service instance provisioned in the computing environment for use in restoration of the target service instance.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device with an air gap and a boron nitride cap for reducing capacitive coupling in a pattern-dense region and a method for preparing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first metal plug and a second metal plug disposed over a pattern-dense region of a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a third metal plug and a fourth metal plug disposed over a pattern-loose region of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a boron nitride layer disposed over the pattern-dense region and the pattern-loose region of the semiconductor substrate. A first portion of the boron nitride layer between the first metal plug and the second metal plug is separated from the semiconductor substrate by an air gap, and a second portion of the boron nitride layer between the third metal plug and the fourth metal plug is in direct contact with the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions comprising an oligomer of Formula (I): having imidazolium and diammonium substituents; and an anti-fungal compound comprising at least one triazole group. The composition as described herein may be used as an anti-fungal composition for therapeutic and non-therapeutic applications.

Abstract: Disclosed are computer-implemented methods, non-transitory computer-readable media, and systems for managing transactions in multiple blockchain networks. One computer-implemented method includes identifying a first transaction in a first blockchain network that is a first Hash Time Locked Contract (HTLC) transaction in the first blockchain network, identifying a second transaction in a second blockchain network that is a second HTLC transaction in the second blockchain network different from the first blockchain network, determining that a first transaction commit time of the first HTLC transaction is earlier than a second transaction commit time of the second HTLC transaction and a first secret hash of the first HTLC transaction has a same value as a second secret hash of the second HTLC transaction, and in response, determining that the first HTLC transaction and the second HTLC transaction are associated with each other and related to a cross-chain transaction.

Abstract: A device may include: a highly doped n+ Si region; an intrinsic silicon multiplication region disposed on at least a portion of the n+ Si region, the intrinsic silicon multiplication having a thickness of about 90-110 nm; a highly doped p? Si charge region disposed on at least part of the intrinsic silicon multiplication region, the p? Si charge region having a thickness of about 40-60 nm; and a p+ Ge absorption region disposed on at least a portion of the p? Si charge region; wherein the p+ Ge absorption region is doped across its entire thickness. The thickness of the n+ Si region may be about 100 nm and the thickness of the p? Si charge region may be about 50 nm. The p+ Ge absorption region may confine the electric field to the multiplication region and the charge region to achieve a temperature stability of 4.2 mV/° C.

Abstract: Analyzing software change impact is provided. Feedback is received regarding a predicted impact of a software change to a set of components of a service. It is determined whether the predicted impact of the software change is correct based on the feedback. In response to determining that the predicted impact of the software change is correct based on the feedback, the software change is applied to the set of components of the service increasing performance of the service and a server computer hosting the service.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing user authorizations for blockchain-based services. One of the methods includes: at a service platform, receiving, from a computing device associated with a user, an encryption key and data for storage on a blockchain, wherein the data includes public data and private data, and the encryption key encrypts the private data; storing the encryption key and an identifier (ID) of the data in a cache storage dedicated to storing smart contract data for executing a smart contract; and invoking an application programming interface (API) to enable a blockchain node to initiate a consensus algorithm to record the data and the ID of the data on a blockchain.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes a longitudinal insulating housing including two long walls and a bottom wall connecting with the long wall and defining a card slot in a longitudinal direction among the long walls and the bottom wall, two rows of contact arranged in the long walls respectively. Each contact includes a retaining portion, a spring portion extending from the retaining portion and leg portion extending from the retaining portion and out of the insulating housing. The spring portions define contacting portions projecting into the card slot. Each contact is formed by directly punching out from a metal plate, the retaining portions define an outer edge and inner edge interfered with the insulating housing and two opposite plane faces connecting with the outer and inner edge and disposed perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A latest status record of an object in a local storage node is obtained as a local status record of the object. The status record includes a name of an operation changing the object, a timestamp of the operation changing the object, a first status flag, and a second status flag. The first status flag indicates whether a synchronization of the object from current object storage node to another object storage node is executed. The second status flag indicates whether a synchronization of the object from another object storage node to the current object storage node is executed. The latest status record of the object is obtained of the object in from a remote object storage node as a remote status record of the object. A synchronization of the object is executed based on the local status record and the remote status record.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for intelligent media sharing with visualized positioning layout in real time. A floor plan is retrieved corresponding to the physical location of a sender electronic device. A zone boundary corresponding to the physical location of the sender electronic device is determined. A list of potential recipient electronic devices within the zone boundary is generated. A floor plan view is rendered on the sender electronic device. A graphical representation of the potential recipient electronic devices on the floor plan view is rendered, overlaid in a semi-transparent manner with a media selection interface on the sender electronic device. A selection is received for one or more media items using the media selection interface. A send request is received for one or more potential recipients, resulting in sending the one or more media items to at least one potential recipient in response to receiving a user interface request action.

Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for attending to a presenting user. In one aspect, a method is performed at an electronic device that includes an image sensor, microphones, a display, processor(s), and memory. The device (1) obtains audio signals by concurrently receiving audio data at each microphone; (2) determines based on the obtained audio signals that a person is speaking in a vicinity of the device; (3) obtains video data from the image sensor; (4) determines via the video data that the person is not within a field of view of the image sensor; (5) reorients the electronic device based on differences in the received audio data; (6) after reorienting the electronic device, obtains second video data from the image sensor and determines that the person is within the field of view; and (7) attends to the person by directing the display toward the person.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein for detecting and/or enrolling (or commissioning) new “hot commands” that are useable to cause an automated assistant to perform responsive action(s) without having to be first explicitly invoked. In various implementations, an automated assistant may be transitioned from a limited listening state into a full speech recognition state in response to a trigger event. While in the full speech recognition state, the automated assistant may receive and perform speech recognition processing on a spoken command from a user to generate a textual command. The textual command may be determined to satisfy a frequency threshold in a corpus of textual commands Consequently, data indicative of the textual command may be enrolled as a hot command. Subsequent utterance of another textual command that is semantically consistent with the textual command may trigger performance of a responsive action by the automated assistant, without requiring explicit invocation.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to object defect detection. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method is disclosed. According to the method, for a test image of at least one part of a target object, a reference image is generated by repeating a periodic pattern detected in the test image, the target object consisting of elements. A differential image is determined by comparing the test image and the reference image. The differential image is superimposed on a predefined grid image to obtain a superimposed image. The grid image comprises grids corresponding to elements of a reference object associated with the target object. The number of defective elements is determined in the at least one part of the target object based on the superimposed image. In other embodiments, a system and a computer program product are disclosed.

Abstract: In an approach to managing a load balancer cluster, one or more computer processors receive a packet comprising a source IP address of the packet. The one or more computer processors determine whether there is a record comprising the source IP address of the packet either in the load balancer or in the assistant. The one or more computer processors, responsive to determining there is no such record in the load balancer and there is the record in the assistant, obtain the record from the assistant, the record also comprising information of a first server in a server cluster and the first server being referred to as a destination server for any packet from the source IP address. The one or more computer processors send the packet to the first server.

Abstract: Disclosed are computer-implemented methods, non-transitory computer-readable media, and systems for managing transactions in blockchain networks.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for prediction of chiller station performance. The method for prediction of chiller station performance includes: obtaining a temperature ECHWT of chilled water entering a first chiller in a chilled water circuit; obtaining a temperature LCHWT of chilled water leaving the first chiller in the chilled water circuit; obtaining a flow rate F1 of chilled water passing through the first chiller; obtaining a temperature LCWT of cooling water leaving the first chiller in a cooling water circuit; obtaining a power P1 of the first chiller; and training a first chiller performance model associated with variables COP, Q1e, LCHWT and LCWT based on obtained data COP, Q1e, LCHWT and LCWT; and predicting performance of the first chiller based on the first chiller performance model.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vertical memory structure with air gaps and a method for preparing the vertical memory structure. The vertical memory structure includes a semiconductor stack including a lower semiconductor pattern structure filling a recess on a substrate and protruding from an upper surface of the substrate in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the substrate; a plurality of gate electrodes surrounding a sidewall of the semiconductor stack, the plurality of gate electrodes being at a plurality of levels, respectively, so as to be spaced apart from each other in the first direction; and a plurality of air gap structures disposed at outer sides of the plurality of gate electrodes respectively.