Abstract: A method of manufacturing a preform, the method including positioning at least one glass tube in a glass outer cladding to form a preform precursor, the glass tube comprising a first open end and a second open end, forming a preform from the preform precursor, and thermally treating at least one of the preform precursor and the preform. The thermally treating including sealing the first open end and the second open end of the glass tube to form a closed tube and heating and/or cooling the glass tube to manipulate gas pressure within the closed glass tube.

Abstract: A connector for connecting with an absorber canister includes a first connector port for detachably communicating with an input port of the absorber canister; a second connection port for detachably communicating with an output port of the absorber canister; and a seal. The seal being sleeved on a sidewall of a at least one connection port of the first connection port and the second connection port, and the seal including: an annular ring positioned on an outer sidewall of the at least one connection port; a guide chamfer portion, the guide chamfer portion being annular and extending obliquely from a bottom of the annular ring towards an interior of the at least one connection port; and a lip, the lip being annular and extending from an end portion of the guide chamfer portion in a direction towards or away from the annular ring.

Abstract: Oral care based imaging computer-implemented systems and methods for determining perceived attractiveness of a facial image portion of at least one person depicted in a digital image. The method has the following steps: a) obtaining a digital image comprising at least one oral feature of at least one person, wherein the digital image includes a facial image portion of the at least one person, the facial image portion having both positive and negative attributes as defined by pixel data of the digital image; b) analyzing the facial image portion; c) generating an Attractiveness Score indicative of a perceived attractiveness of the facial image portion based on the analyzed facial image portion in the obtained digital image; d) further generating an image description that identifies at least one area in said facial image portion based on the Attractiveness Score; and e) presenting the image description to a use.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to cinnolinyl and quinolinyl pyrazol-4-yl-pyridine compounds which are allosteric modulators of the M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor. The present invention is also directed to uses of the compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the potential prevention or treatment of such diseases in which M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors are involved.

Abstract: A connector for connecting with an absorber canister includes a first connection port for detachably communicating with an input port of the absorber canister; a second connection port for detachably communicating with an output port of the absorber canister; and a seal. The seal being sleeved on a sidewall of at least one connection port of the first connection port and the second connection port, and the seal including: an annular ring positioned on an outer sidewall of the at least one connection port; a guide chamfer portion, the guide chamfer portion being annular and extending obliquely from a bottom of the annular ring towards an interior of the at least one connection port; and a lip, the lip being annular and extending from an end portion of the guide chamfer portion in a direction towards or away from the annular ring.

Abstract: A device and method for isolating extracellular vesicles from biofluids is disclosed. A nanoporous silicon nitride membrane is provided with a tangential flow of biofluid. A pressure gradient through the nanoporous silicon nitride membrane facilitates capture of extracellular vesicles from the tangential flow vector of biofluid. Reversal of the pressure gradient results in the release of the extracellular vesicles for subsequent collection.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method for processing an optical fiber includes: drawing an optical fiber through a draw furnace, conveying the optical fiber through a flame reheating device downstream from the draw furnace, wherein the flame reheating device comprises one or more burners each comprising: a body having a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, an opening within the body extending from the top surface through the body to the bottom surface, wherein the optical fiber passes through the opening, and one or more gas outlets within the body; and igniting a flammable gas provided by the one or more gas outlets to form a flame encircling the optical fiber passing through the opening, wherein the flame heats the optical fiber by at least 100 degrees Celsius at a heating rate exceeding 10,000 degrees Celsius/second.

Abstract: A method for signal modulation includes: receiving network signals from a plurality of participants; analyzing the received network signals to detect latent signals; processing the network signals based on one or more external event data; processing the network signals to exclude sensitive data in the network signals and the latent signals; and encapsulating pan-network signals based on the processed network signals.

Abstract: Technologies for a field effect transistor (FET) with a ferroelectric gate dielectric are disclosed. In an illustrative embodiment, a perovskite stack is grown on a buffer layer as part of manufacturing a transistor. The perovskite stack includes one or more doped semiconductor layers alternating with other lattice-matched layers, such as undoped semiconductor layers. Growing the doped semiconductor layers on lattice-matched layers can improve the quality of the doped semiconductor layers. The lattice-matched layers can be preferentially etched away, leaving the doped semiconductor layers as fins for a ribbon FET. In another embodiment, an interlayer can be deposited on top of a semiconductor layer, and a ferroelectric layer can be deposited on the interlayer. The interlayer can bridge a gap in lattice parameters between the semiconductor layer and the ferroelectric layer.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, the method including: detecting, using a content focus system, an attentive state of a user with respect to a display; determining, using the content focus system, the attentive state corresponds to content displayed on the display; and increasing, using the content focus system, a size of the content, wherein the increasing comprises increasing the content to a size that covers other content displayed on the display. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: Oral care based imaging computer-implemented systems and methods for analyzing attributes of a facial image portion of at least one person depicted in a digital image. An oral care digital imaging computer-implemented method for analyzing a facial image portion of a person depicted in a digital image may include analyzing the facial image portion for positive and negative attributes as defined by pixel data of the digital image and generating a probability value based on the positive and negative attributes in the facial image portion in the digital image.

Abstract: A drug delivery device for delivering a medicament includes a housing, a pump, drive component, an inlet fluid path, an outlet fluid path, an inlet pressure sensor, an outlet pressure sensor, and a controller. The pump is coupled with the housing. The drive component is for driving the pump. The inlet fluid path is configured to deliver medicament to the pump. The outlet fluid path is configured to receive medicament from the pump. The inlet pressure sensor is positioned along the inlet fluid path and configured to measure inlet fluid pressure. The outlet pressure sensor is positioned along the outlet fluid path and configured to measure outlet fluid pressure. The controller is workingly coupled with the inlet pressure sensor, the outlet pressure sensor, and the drive component, wherein the controller is configured to adjust at least one parameter of the drive component based on input information received from the inlet pressure sensor and/or the outlet pressure sensor.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, the method including: detecting, at an information handling device utilizing a input detection system and while the information handling device is in a low power state, a physical user input at an input mechanism of the information handling device, wherein the detecting comprises detecting a force at the input mechanism; determining, utilizing the input detection system, the physical user input comprises a request to power-on the information handling device; and powering on the information handling device. Other aspects are claimed and described.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a transistor device includes a gate material layer on a substrate, a ferroelectric (FE) material layer on the gate material, a semiconductor channel material layer on the FE material layer, a first source/drain material on the FE material layer and adjacent the semiconductor channel material layer, and a second source/drain material on the FE material layer and adjacent the semiconductor channel material layer and on an opposite side of the semiconductor channel material layer from the first source/drain material. A first portion of the FE material layer is directly between the gate material and the first source/drain material, and a second portion of the FE material layer is directly between the gate material and the second source/drain material.

Abstract: A device includes a memory and one or more processors configured to process sensor data to determine a semantical context associated with the sensor data. The one or more processors are also configured to generate adjusted face data based on the determined semantical context and face data. The adjusted face data includes an avatar facial expression that corresponds to the semantical context.

Abstract: A device includes a memory and one or more processors configured to process image data corresponding to a user's face to generate face data. The one or more processors are configured to process sensor data to generate feature data and to generate a representation of an avatar based on the face data and the feature data. The one or more processors are also configured to generate an audio output for the avatar based on the sensor data.

Abstract: Raw sensor data from a device of a user is collected. The raw data does not include location data for the device. The data is preprocessed to identify driving trips in which the user had the device. The trip data is provided to machine-learning models (MLMs) as input and the MLMs provide as output predictions for each trip's estimated speeds, estimated number of hard brakes and a degree of each hard brake, and estimated degrees of distracted driving. A duration, time of day, and calendar date of each trip is identified. The predictions, duration, time of day, and calendar date are modified into four factor values. The four modified factor values are combined into an overall driver characteristic value and provided to a network service associated with the user for purposes of providing or modifying services provided to the user through the network service based on the overall characteristic value.

Abstract: A silica-based substrate includes a glass phase and a dispersed phase having carbon, such that the silica-based substrate has a thickness of at least 10 gm. Also disclosed is a method of forming a silica-based substrate, the method including contacting a porous silica soot preform with an organic solution having at least one hydrocarbon precursor to form a doped silica soot preform and heating the doped silica soot preform in an inert atmosphere to form the silica-based substrate.