Abstract: An apparatus for continuous electro-thermal poling of glass or glass ceramic material, includes a lower support conveying and contacting electrode structure, an upper contacting electrode structure positioned above the lower support structure, and one or more DC bias voltage sources connected to one or both of the upper contacting structure and the lower support structure. A process for continuous electro-thermal poling of glass or glass ceramic sheets or substrates includes heating the sheet or substrate, feeding the sheet or substrate continuously or continually, while applying a DC voltage bias, and cooling the sheet or substrate to within 0-30° C. of ambient temperature.

Abstract: A method for air conditioning including installing an air conditioning unit at a desired location. The air conditioning unit includes a housing that has air supply inlets and exhaust air outlets. The housing encloses a mode control unit that switches a zone coil associated with a zone from a cooling mode to a heating mode by switching from a cooling medium to a heating medium flowing through the zone coil. The zone coil receives the heating or cooling medium and conditions incoming air from a supply fan to be exhausted in a zone associated with the zone coil. A variable refrigerant flow cooling/heating unit provides a cooling medium or a heating medium at varying rates to control a temperature of a zone.

Abstract: Josephson junctions are the main circuit element of superconducting quantum information devices due to their nonlinear inductance properties and fabrication scalability. However, large scale integration necessarily depends on high fidelity and high yielding fabrication of Josephson junctions. The standard Josephson junction technique depends on a submicron suspended resist Dolan bridge that tends to be very fragile and fractures during the fabrication process. The present invention is directed to a new tunnel junction resist mask that incorporates stress-relief channels to reduce the intrinsic stress of the resist, thereby increasing the survivability of the Dolan bridge during device processing, resulting in higher Josephson junction yield.

Abstract: A disposable dental waste filter device has a body having a receiving end, and a separable cap having a tip end, the body for receiving and capturing therein amalgam that enters into the body through the tip end and the separable cap. A disposable dental waste filter device also has a body having a receiving end, a central lumen for receiving and capturing amalgam, a filter, and a circular leg portion having an exterior channel, and a separable cap having a tip end, a circular outer rim having a circular end ridge portion with the ridge portion adapted to be inserted into the exterior channel of the body for a snap fit engagement between the cap and the body, the body for receiving and capturing therein amalgam that enters into the body through the tip end and the separable cap.

Abstract: Keypoints are predicted in an image. Predictions are generated for each of the keypoints of an image as a 2D random variable, normally distributed with location (x, y) and standard deviation sigma. A neural network is trained to maximize a log-likelihood that samples from each of the predicted keypoints equal a ground truth. The trained neural network is used to predict keypoints of an image without generating a heatmap.

Abstract: Devices and/or computer-implemented methods to facilitate a programmable and/or reprogrammable quantum circuit are provided. According to an embodiment, a device can comprise a superconducting coupler device having a superconducting fuse device that is used to alter the coupling of a first quantum computing element and a second quantum computing element.

Abstract: An example touch/pen (T/P) sensor device includes a T/P sensor to generate position information based on user interaction with a sensor surface of the T/P sensor, and a color sensor to sense a color hue of a writing tip of a pencil to be used to interact with the sensor surface of the T/P sensor to generate a digital image. The T/P sensor device also includes a processor to record metadata with the digital image to indicate the sensed color hue.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X15R400 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X15R400 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X15R400 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X15R400, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X15R400 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X15R400 and methods of using maize variety X15R400 are disclosed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for a computer device capable of assessing, measuring, managing, and optimizing cyber risk. For example, certain embodiments described herein may guide risk assessment for individual organizations and for integrated elements of critical infrastructure. Certain embodiments may provide features that make it possible for policy makers and organizational leaders to assess a range of risks introduced by threat actors: a standardized system for classifying cyber threats and events by their effects, tools to associate organizational functions with information technology (IT) network maps or topologies, operations to assess the severity of disruptive and exploitative cyber events, and operations to understand the integrated nature of risk across different parts of a simple organization, across major divisions in a complex organization, or to display the interconnectedness of organizations in a complex system.

Abstract: An example electronic device includes an active digital pen sensor surface to generate analog position information, wherein the active digital pen sensor surface includes a projective capacitive sensor layer with a variance of sheet resistance of less than plus or minus 20 percent. The electronic device also includes a controller, including a sigma-delta analog-to-digital (A-to-D) converter, to generate digital pen position information based on the analog position information, and perform a triangulation based on the digital pen position information to determine a pen position.

Abstract: A saliva ejector has a body having an exterior surface, a valve receiving end, a tip, a lumen formed between the valve receiving end and the tip, and a design element extending out from the exterior surface.

Abstract: Techniques regarding lithographic processes for fabricating Josephson junctions are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a method that can include depositing a first resist layer onto a second resist layer. The first resist layer can include a bridge portion that defines an opening for forming a Josephson junction. The method can also comprise depositing a third resist layer onto the bridge portion. The third resist layer can shield the opening from an angled deposition of a superconducting material during fabrication of the Josephson junction.

Abstract: An example of a flexible sensor stack includes a flexible film comprising a conformal polymer film or a flexible glass film. The flexible sensor stack includes first and second conformal poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) films formed over the flexible film and including sensor traces to provide a flexible touch/pen (T/P) sensor surface, wherein the flexible sensor stack is bendable to conform to a non-flat attachment surface.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13P547W and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13P547W with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13P547W through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13P547W, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13P547W are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13P547W and methods of using maize variety X13P547W are disclosed.

Abstract: A connector for a dental valve has a body having an exterior surface, a valve receiving end, a tip receiving end, a lumen formed between the valve receiving end and the tip receiving end, a front section, a center section, and a rear section.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X18P234 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X18P234 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18P234 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X18P234, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18P234 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18P234 and methods of using maize variety X18P234 are disclosed.

Abstract: A disposable dental valve device has a valve body having a tip receiving end, a hose receiving end, a lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the hose receiving end, a first partial opening formed in the valve body and a second partial opening formed in the valve body, and a movable valve sealing device adapted to being inserted into one of the partial openings, the movable valve sealing device having an opening for alignment with the lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the hose receiving end, the movable valve sealing device having a check valve positioned in the opening, and the movable valve sealing device having a top for positioning the movable valve sealing device between a closed position and an opened position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for inhibiting the activity of SHP2 phosphatase with the compounds and compositions of the invention. The present invention further relates to, but is not limited to, methods for treating disorders associated with SHP2 deregulation with the compounds ad compositions of the invention.

Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PEUR38 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PEUR38, cells from soybean variety 5PEUR38, plants of soybean 5PEUR38, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PEUR38. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PEUR38 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PEUR38, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PEUR38, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PEUR38. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PEUR38 are further provided.

Abstract: A disposable dental waste filter device has a body having a tube receiving end having an outlet and a cap receiving end, a cap portion having an inlet and an end for insertion into the cap receiving end, a valve insert assembly for insertion into the body and the cap portion, and a filter assembly positioned within the body.