Abstract: Provided is a respirator. The respirator includes a mask body having an anterior side portion, a posterior side portion, a middle portion, a first side portion, a second side portion, a top side portion, a bottom side portion and outer edge portions. The respirator further includes a diffuser allowing for the delivery of oxygen to the patient and the removal of carbon dioxide from the space between the patient's face and the posterior side of the mask body as the patient exhales. The respirator further includes various seals and filter media positioned over apertures or ports within the mask body. The seals and filter media are removable to provide additional access to the patient and to also allow for the connection of medical instruments to the mask.

Abstract: Methods of forming devices comprise forming a dielectric layer on a substrate, the dielectric layer comprising at least one feature defining a gap including sidewalls and a bottom. A self-assembled monolayer (SAM) is formed on the bottom of the gap which resists degradation when exposed to the ambient atmosphere. A barrier layer is selectively deposited on the sidewalls but not on the bottom of the gap. The SAM is removed after selectively depositing the barrier layer on the sidewalls.

Abstract: Systems and methods for hardened key derivation in multi-party computation. The method includes deriving child private key shares from parent private key shares using hardened multiparty computation while maintaining key refresh properties. The method includes selecting a random number generator G and a second random number generator G?. Child private key shares are derived by computing an offset using G?.

Abstract: A method for generating dynamic real-time predictions using heart rate variability is provided. The method includes steps of gathering or calculating R-R intervals derived from one or more source sensors. A primary insight and a reference insight are calculated from the R-R intervals. The primary insight is compared with the reference insights to a predictive indicator. A system implementing the method is also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes biomarkers, methods, devices, reagents, systems, and kits for the evaluation of risk of renal insufficiency within a specified timeframe, for example 4 years. In one aspect, the disclosure provides biomarkers that can be used alone or in various combinations to evaluate risk of renal insufficiency within 4 years. In another aspect, methods are provided for evaluating risk of renal insufficiency within 4 years in an individual, where the methods include detecting, in a biological sample from an individual, at least one biomarker value corresponding to at least one biomarker selected from the group of biomarkers provided in Table 8.

Abstract: A hydraulic hammer includes: a cylinder having a first cylinder end and a second cylinder end opposite the first cylinder end; a piston disposed within the cylinder, the piston having a first piston end, the piston being reciprocatingly movable with respect to the cylinder along an axial direction; a valve body disposed on the first cylinder end so as to define a valve body cavity; and a seal carrier sealingly arranged between the first piston end and the first cylinder end and being reciprocatingly movable with respect to the cylinder along the axial direction. The piston is reciprocatingly movable with respect to the seal carrier along the axial direction.

Abstract: A method of training a sequence encoder according to an embodiment of the present application includes: acquiring interaction data for each user; extracting an embedding vector from log data of the interaction data for each user; acquiring a reference vector from the embedding vector; acquiring a hidden vector from the reference vector through the sequence encoder; acquiring a projection embedding vector from the hidden vector; and updating a parameter of the sequence encoder using a contrastive learning technique.

Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and instrumentalities associated with enabling a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to participate in multi-access edge computing (MEG) services. The WTRU may be a constrained WTRU, for example, in terms of computation, storage, and/or networking resources available to the WTRU. A function may be implemented on the WTRU to expose an interface to an MEG application on the WTRU, through which the MEG application may register with a network device such as an MEO host located at the edge of a mobile communication network and join an MEO service provided by the MEG host. A transport may be established between the WTRU and the MEG host to facilitate provision of the MEG service, and the transport may be modified and/or deleted, for example, based on mobility events at the WTRU and/or load conditions of the WTRU.

Abstract: Resin compositions including (A) a compound containing a radical polymerizable group having a carbodiimide structure, and at least any one of (B) a compound containing a radical polymerizable group not having a carbodiimide structure and (C) a thermosetting resin can afford a cured product having excellent mechanical strength and plating adhesion property.

Abstract: Described herein are various examples of techniques for server-side identification of an entity communicating over a network, which may in some embodiments include techniques for identifying entities communicating in a network based on a signature for the entity and/or behavior of the entity as determined or observed by one or more servers in the network. In some embodiments, server-side identification may include signature analysis, including collecting information regarding the entity from communications received at the server and/or received at an intermediary server that may perform caching functionality and using such information to determine a signature of the entity.

Abstract: A management device communicably connected with first and second Distributed Units (DUs) communicably connected with first and second groups of Radio Units (RUs), the management device including one or more processors that, when regrouping an RU to be regrouped among the first group of RUs by terminating a connection with the first DU and newly communicably connecting with the second DU, execute processes of: acquiring information regarding first and second schedules, which are followed respectively by the first and second groups of RUs before regrouping; generating third and fourth schedules, which are to be followed respectively by the first and second groups of RUs after the regrouping, and which are assumed to be such that interference will not logically occur between the regrouped RU and the other RUs in the first and seconds group after regrouping; and supplying the third and fourth schedules to the first and second DUs, respectively.

Abstract: A filter plate handle is provided, an insertion shaft of which protrudes out of two side plate surfaces of a fixed plate, and the insertion shaft is fixedly connected to the fixed plate, portions protruding out of the two sides of the fixed plate are a first section and a second section respectively, the first section of the insertion shaft can be inserted into an insertion hole of a filter plate by interference fit, so as to ensure accurate alignment and assembly with the filter plate. The second section of the insertion shaft is provided with a wear-resistant block, which is configured to be in contact with a main beam and provide sliding support. The fixed plate is provided with at least two bolt holes and is fixedly connected to the filter plate by at least two bolts, so as to further realize fastening.

Abstract: Discussed is an aluminum alloy for die casting, the aluminum alloy including a composition of approximately 2.0 to 6.0% by weight of calcium (Ca), approximately 1.0 to 3.0% by weight of manganese (Mn), approximately 0.1 to 1.0% by weight of silicon (Si), approximately 0.1 to 0.5% by weight of iron (Fe), the balance being aluminum (Al), and inevitable impurities. A size of grains of the aluminum alloy is in a range of approximately 10 to 50.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for improving cybersecurity protections across entities. One system includes a response system including one or more processing circuits including memory and at least one processor configured to identify or collect incident data corresponding with a cybersecurity incident. The at least one processor further configured to record the incident data in a distributed ledger or data source and analyze the incident data utilizing a cybersecurity model to generate one or more verified intelligences corresponding to at least one cybersecurity threat. The at least one processor further configured to determine the one or more verified intelligences corresponds to at least one of the plurality of entities and decode the one or more verified intelligences into one or more entity-specific data formats. The at least one processor further configured to configure or re-configure at least one security tool.

Abstract: Provided in some aspects are compositions, such as DNA-targeting systems, fusion proteins, guide RNAs (gRNAs), and pluralities and combinations thereof, that bind to or target a frataxin (FXN) locus. In particular, the present disclosure relates to the modulation of expression of the FXN gene. In some aspects, the present disclosure also relates to poly nucleotides, vectors, cells and pluralities and combinations thereof, that encode or comprise the DNA-targeting systems, fusion proteins, gRNAs or pluralities or combinations thereof, and methods and uses related to the provided compositions, for example, in modulating the expression of FXN, and/or in the treatment or therapy of diseases or disorders that involve the activity, function or expression of FXN, such as Friedreich's Ataxia (FA).

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a mother substrate for a display device includes a plurality of panel portions each of which includes a display area in which a plurality of display elements are provided, a margin area around the panel portions, and a first partition provided in the margin area. Each of the display elements includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode which faces the lower electrode, and an organic layer which is provided between the lower electrode and the upper electrode. The first partition includes a first lower portion and a first upper portion including an end portion which protrudes from a side surface of the first lower portion.

Abstract: Systems and methods of use involving sensors having a particle-containing domain are provided for continuous analyte measurement in a host. In some embodiments, a continuous analyte measurement system is configured to be wholly, transcutaneously, intravascularly or extracorporeally implanted.

Abstract: Data storage operations, including content-indexing, containerized deduplication, and policy-driven storage, are performed within a cloud environment. The systems support a variety of clients and cloud storage sites that may connect to the system in a cloud environment that requires data transfer over wide area networks, such as the Internet, which may have appreciable latency and/or packet loss, using various network protocols, including HTTP and FTP. Methods are disclosed for content indexing data stored within a cloud environment to facilitate later searching, including collaborative searching. Methods are also disclosed for performing containerized deduplication to reduce the strain on a system namespace, effectuate cost savings, etc. Methods are disclosed for identifying suitable storage locations, including suitable cloud storage sites, for data files subject to a storage policy.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a first model and collecting sensor data acquired by a sensor on a first vehicle. The method also includes identifying a first data item from among the collected sensor data when the first data item is determined to satisfy a criterion. The method further include detecting an object contained in the identified first data item by running the first model with the identified first data item as input and establishing communication with a computer on a second vehicle located at equal to or less than a predetermined distance from the first vehicle. The method also includes receiving a second data item that is indicated as containing the object from the computer on the second vehicle and generating a training dataset. The method further includes training with respect to the first model on the training dataset and transmitting first data representing the trained first model.

Abstract: A method of using artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor situations, or a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which is recorded instructions. The method may include using one or more cameras to monitor one or more objects; processing, with AI, images or moving images from the camera; determining whether a problem is occurring within the images or moving images from the camera; and reporting possible problems to a receiving point. In some situations, the monitored objects are animals. The receiving point may be a dashboard monitored by a human, who can review and determine whether possible problems are actual problems, including animal abuse. In some configurations, Optical Flow is used to capture motion within the images or moving images. In other situations, the monitored objects may be humans, and the possible problems reported from the images or moving images from the camera may be criminal actions.