Abstract: Characterization of drug-drug interaction properties and pharmacological properties of maribavir is useful to inform potential drug-drug interactions and dosing strategies when administering with co-medications.

Abstract: An apparatus including: a base; a carriage coupled to the base and projecting a distance above the base, the carriage operable to contain a mobile phone comprising a camera array in a position such that the camera array faces in a direction of the base; and a controller including machine-readable instructions operable to direct a movement of one of the carriage and the base in a direction with respect to the other along an axis. A method including: placing a mobile phone in a carriage; placing a container below the carriage, the container comprising a plurality of tissue cassettes; and capturing by the mobile phone of an image of the identifier on each of the plurality of tissue cassettes while the plurality of tissue cassettes remain in the container. Also, a machine-readable medium including instructions to cause a mobile to stitch successive captured images of identifiers into an overall image.

Abstract: Devices and methods for sampling, detecting and/or characterizing particles, for example, via collection, growth and analysis of viable biological particles such as microorganisms. Devices and methods of the invention include particle samplers and impactors including a sampling head comprising one or more intake apertures, a selectively removable cover, an impactor base connected to the sampling head, and one or more magnets fixed to the sampling head, the selectively removable cover and/or the impactor base. The one or more magnets allow for robotic manipulation of the impactor devices.

Abstract: Cybersecurity on a Controller Area Network (CAN) in a vehicle. In an embodiment, electronic control units (ECUs), connected to a CAN bus, each comprise a hacking detection system, which, during an initialization stage, transmits a message comprising a CAN identifier, used by the respective ECU, to at least one other hacking detection system, receives a message comprising a CAN identifier, used by at least one other ECU, from the other hacking detection system, monitors one or more parameters, including at least one parameter of CAN messages received by the respective ECU and transmitted by the respective ECU, and generates a pattern-detection mechanism based on the monitored one or more parameters. Then, during a detection stage, each hacking detection system monitors the one or more parameters, and detects malicious activity based on the generated pattern-detection mechanism and the one or more parameters monitored during the detection stage.

Abstract: Circuits that include resistive memory elements and methods of using such circuits to generate a physical unclonable function. The circuit includes a first resistive memory element, a second resistive memory element, a first transistor having a source/drain region connected to the first resistive memory element, and a second transistor having a source/drain region connected to the second resistive memory element. The circuit further includes a first inverter having an input connected to a first node between the first transistor and the first resistive memory element, and a second inverter having an input connected to a second node between the second transistor and the second resistive memory element.

Abstract: Some embodiments of a device comprise a shuttle member, wherein the shuttle member includes a body, wherein the body includes an opening that extends through the body, and wherein at least part of the shuttle is radiopaque; a first actuator; and a second actuator, wherein the first actuator and the second actuator are positioned on opposite sides of the shuttle member, wherein the first actuator is configured to move the shuttle member in a first direction, and wherein the second actuator is configured to move the shuttle member in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods perform operations that include the following: obtaining a reflectance-detection signal from a back-reflected-light detector, wherein the back-reflected-light detector is configured to detect back-reflected excitation light and generate the reflectance-detection signal based on the back-reflected excitation light; determining whether blood clearance has been achieved based on the reflectance-detection signal; and issuing a clearance indicator in response to determining that blood clearance has been achieved.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for eliminating potential video echo effect for a collaboration session that utilizes AR environments. During the collaboration session and in the local AR environment, a contact overlap mask is generated that identifies a content overlap region where the projected remote content superimposes over the physical object placed on the local workspace surface. Based on the contact overlap mask, the local AR environment is temporarily modified throughout a short time period when the projected remote content is prevented from superimposing over the physical object within the content overlap region. A local image is generated based on the temporarily modified local AR environment and sent to the remote workstation for sharing in the collaboration session. By excluding any projected remote content from superimposing over the physical object in the local image, a potential video feedback loop is eliminated so as to eliminate any potential video echo effect.

Abstract: A container for containing a raw material of a chemical liquid and a method of preparing a container are provided. The container at least includes an inner wall and solvent-treated surface of the inner wall. The method of preparing a container includes treating a surface of the inner wall with water and treating the surface the inner wall with an organic solvent.

Abstract: An improved hydrotreating catalyst and process for making a base oil product wherein the catalyst comprises a base extrudate that includes a high nanopore volume amorphous silica alumina (ASA) and an alumina. The catalyst and process generally involve the use of a high nanopore volume ASA/alumina based catalyst to produce hydrotreated dewaxed base oil products by contacting the catalyst with a hydrocarbon feedstock. The catalyst base extrudate advantageously comprises an amorphous silica alumina having a pore volume in the 11-20 nm pore diameter range of 0.2 to 0.9 cc/g and an alumina having, a pore volume in the 11-20 nm pore diameter range of 0.01 to 1.0 cc/g, with the base extrudate formed from the amorphous silica alumina and the alumina having a total pore volume in the 2-50 nm pore diameter range of 0.12 to 1.80 cc/g. The catalyst further comprises at least one modifier element from Groups 6 to 10 and Group 14 of the Periodic Table. The catalyst and process provide improved aromatics saturation.

Abstract: A method is described to detect, analyze, and characterize fracture driven interaction (FDI) events in unconventional resources using production data from a well and its nearest neighbors. The method provides a rigorous statistical analysis of the production data of a well and its nearest neighbors, and utilizes a combination of signals including pressure, rate, water-oil ratio (WOR), and fluid production to identify and characterize FDI events. The method is executed by a computer system.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method is provided and includes one or more processors and one or more memory devices that store instructions. When the instructions are executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors are configured to perform operations including obtaining a first image which is obtained by capturing based on a first shooting parameter, generating, by image processing on the first image, a second image corresponding to a second shooting parameter which is different from the first shooting parameter and using at least the generated second image as a training image for a model that is used in noise estimation processing for an input image.

Abstract: An optical strain gauge system measures strain on the exterior surface of a pipe to identify areas of wear on the interior surface of the pipe. The optical strain gauge system comprises an optical sensing interrogator and at least one optical fiber. The optical sensing interrogator comprises a light source and a light sensor. The at least one optical fiber includes fiber Bragg gratings along the length of the optical fiber. The optical fiber is arranged on the exterior surface of the pipe with the fiber Bragg gratings forming a two-dimensional array of points at which strain measurements are obtained. The two-dimensional array of strain measurement points provides an accurate assessment of the strains on the exterior of the pipe which can be used to identify areas of wear on the interior surface of the pipe.

Abstract: A disclosed structure includes a section (e.g., an always on (AON) section) with at least one N-channel transistor (NFET) and at least one P-channel transistor (PFET). The structure further includes a switch with first and second inputs connected to receive positive and negative bias voltages, respectively, and first and second outputs connected to bias back gates of the NFET(s) and PFET(s), respectively, of the section. The structure is also configured to generate select signals for controlling the input-to-output connections established by the switch. In a power saving mode, these signals cause the switch to establish input-to-output connections resulting only in reverse back biasing of the NFET(s) and PFET(s) of the section. In a functional mode, these signals can cause the switch to establish input-to-output connections resulting in either forward back biasing or reverse back biasing. Also disclosed is a method of operating the structure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a structure with ultralow-K (ULK) dielectric-gap wrapped contact(s). The structure includes an opening, which extends through a dielectric layer and is aligned above a device. A contact is within the opening and electrically connected to the device. Instead of the contact completely filling the opening, a ULK dielectric-gap (e.g., an air or gas-filled gap or a void) at least partially separates the contact from the sidewall(s) of the contact opening and further wraps laterally around the contact. Also disclosed is a method for forming the structure and, particularly, for forming a ULK dielectric-gap by etching back an exposed top end of an adhesive layer initially lining a contact opening to form a gap between the sidewall(s) of the opening and the contact and then capping the gap with an additional dielectric layer such that the gap is filled with air or gas or is under vacuum.

Abstract: Disclosed are a structure with a substrate-embedded waveguide and a method of forming the structure. The waveguide includes cladding material lining a trench in a substrate, a core in the trench on the cladding material, and at least one cavity within the core. Each cavity extends from one end of the core toward the opposite end and contains a low refractive index material or is under vacuum so the waveguide is an arrow waveguide. An insulator layer is on the substrate and extends laterally over the waveguide and a semiconductor layer is on the insulator layer. Additionally, depending upon the embodiment, an additional waveguide can be aligned above the substrate-embedded waveguide either on the isolation region or on a waveguide extender that extends at least partially through the isolation region and the insulator layer to the waveguide.

Abstract: A centralizer for use in high speed rotor dynamics applications includes a housing having a first end portion and a second end portion. The centralizer further includes a rotatable shaft positioned within a cavity of the housing. The centralizer also includes flexure springs that are each attached to and extend between the first end portion and the second end portion. The flexure springs are compressible toward a middle portion of the housing that is between the first end portion and the second end portion. The centralizer further includes roller wheels attached to the flexure springs.

Abstract: A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a personal computer for mapping a virtual smart card to a plurality of users. The method includes hosting, on a personal computer, an identity and access management (IAM) client, the IAM client configured to store a master virtual smart card for the plurality of users on the personal computer; authenticating, on the personal computer, a first user of the plurality of users; injecting, by the IAM client on the personal computer, an identity of the first user of the plurality of users and a personal identification number of the virtual smart card into a Kerberos communication application programming interface (API) with an Active Directory (AD), the Active Directory (AD) including the plurality of users; and mapping, on the personal computer, the master virtual smart card to the first user of the plurality of users.