Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and device in a node used for wireless communications. A first node receives a first signaling, receives a first signal in a first time window, and transmits a first bit block in a first radio resource block. The first signaling is used for indicating configuration information for the first signal; the first time window is one of M time windows, and any two time windows of the M time windows are orthogonal, M being a positive integer greater than 1; the first radio resource block belongs to a target time window in time domain, and any of the M time windows is associated with the target time window. The above method not only saves the dynamic signaling overhead, but also avoids the impact of miss detection.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for making or assembling fiber optic connectors that allows a pre-terminated fiber optic cable to be made compatible with any number of different styles or types of fiber optic connectors or fiber optic adapters. A connector core of the system can be used as a stand-alone connector with a small form-factor adapter.

Abstract: An electrosurgical device comprising: an electrode having a first portion whose exterior is electrically uninsulated, a second portion whose exterior is electrically insulated, and a third portion; an elongated hollow body having an internal cavity, a front end, a rear end, an external surface, and an electrical wire arranged within the body. The hollow body is configured to reversibly receive the third portion of the electrode at the front end of the body such that electrical contact is made between the electrode and the electrical wire and the second portion of the electrode is not surrounded by the hollow body. A first button is provided for controlling a current flow at a first level to the electrode and is arranged on the external surface. A vacuum tube is slidably engaged by the body and has an inlet generally facing the front end and adjacent the electrode.

Abstract: A system and method for providing personalized recommendations or promotional information to consumers based upon a recommendation algorithm selected from a number of recommendation algorithms, by matching personal contextual information of each consumer to detailed contexts in which each recommendation algorithm exhibits optimal performance with regard to particular business performance measures.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, an example microelectronic device assembly includes a substrate, a microelectronic element electrically connected to the substrate, a stiffener element overlying the substrate, and a heat distribution device overlying the rear surface of the microelectronic element. The stiffener element may extend around the microelectronic element. The stiffener element may include a first material that has a first coefficient of thermal expansion (“CTE”). A surface of the stiffener element may face toward the heat distribution device. The heat distribution device may include a second material that has a second CTE. The first material may be different than the second material. The first CTE of the first material of the stiffener element may be greater than the second CTE of the second material of the heat distribution device.

Abstract: Roofing shingles are disclosed that are capable of being attached to a roof deck, underlayment, and/or other roofing shingles and that require few mechanical fasteners to remain attached to the roof. The roofing shingles are formed with a first layer and a second layer of shingle materials that are laminated together, and with the first and second layers further being mechanically attached with indentations in the first and second layers at spaced locations along and across the roofing shingles. A roofing system comprising a plurality of courses of the roofing shingles is also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are electrochemically active composite materials that include a first composition optionally of Li1+aMO2+b (Formula I) where ?0.3?a?0.3 and ?0.3?b?1.3 and where M optionally includes 30 at % to 80 at % Mn and 30 at % to 75 at % Ni, the first composition formed of a polycrystalline morphology having a plurality of crystallites and a grain boundary between adjacent crystallites, the grain boundary including one or more enrichment elements, said one or more enrichment elements present at a higher atomic percentage than in an adjacent crystallite, wherein the one or more enrichment elements is selected from the group consisting of Co, Al, or both Co and Al; and a second composition optionally of Li1+cM?2O4+d (Formula II) where ?0.1?c?0.3 and ?0.2?d?0.2, wherein M? comprises Mn at about 75 at % to about 100 at %, wherein the second composition or a portion thereof optionally has a polyhedral morphology; the second composition within, on or about a surface of, or intermixed with said first composition.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, non-transitory computer readable media, systems, and kits for performing a multiple tiered analysis for identifying individuals with a health condition for monitoring, treating, and/or enrolling the individuals in a clinical trial. Specifically, the multiple tiered analysis involves a first screen, which eliminates a large proportion of individuals who are identified as not at risk for a health condition, and a subsequent second analysis which detects presence of a health condition in the remaining individuals. The second analysis includes an intra-individual analysis, which involves combining sequence information from target nucleic acids and reference nucleic acids obtained from the individual. The target nucleic acids include signatures that may be informative for determining presence or absence of the health condition and the reference nucleic acids include baseline biological signatures of the individual.

Abstract: A handle for carrying a component having an opening to a cavity may include a frame configured to span a cavity in the component, the frame having a grasp region. The handle may further include a first support brace on the frame configured to selectively engage a first wall of the component. The first support brace may be spaced a first distance from the grasp region. The handle may further include a second support brace on the frame configured to selectively engage a second wall of the component. The second support brace may be spaced a second distance from the grasp region, the second distance being greater than the first distance.

Abstract: An apparatus in one embodiment comprises a processing platform configured to communicate over a network with a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The processing platform receives at least a first intermediate message from a first gateway of the network, receives one or more additional intermediate messages from each of one or more additional gateways of the network, associates the first and additional intermediate messages with one another based at least in part on a common message identifier detected in each such intermediate message, and processes the associated first and additional intermediate messages to recover a device message from a given one of the IoT devices. The first intermediate message is based at least in part on at least one application of a designated cryptographic function to the device message utilizing a corresponding key. At least one of the one or more additional intermediate messages provides at least a portion of the key.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a wrist arthroplasty system and method that enable an expedient surgical procedure, maintain wrist motion, and reduce the likelihood of implant loosening. The system includes a capitate implant, a radial implant, and a resection instrument. The capitate implant includes a convex head formed to interface with a concave socket of the radial implant. The capitate implant includes a single stem formed to be secured within a patient's capitate bone. The radial implant includes lips formed to increase wrist joint motion and to help prevent dislocation of the capitate implant from the radial implant. The resection instrument may be used in combination as a measurement tool for determining the proper implant size, a guide for properly positioning the implants, and a trial tool for testing trial implant components before securing the final radial and capitate implants.

Abstract: An over-voltage protection system for an accelerator can include: a plurality of DC power supplies configured to provide a plurality of voltage levels up to a desired voltage level; and an acceleration tube electrically connected to the plurality of DC power supplies and configured to accelerate a charged particle. The acceleration tube can include a plurality of stages. Each stage can include a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of varistors configured to discharge energy in response to an overvoltage event. One electrode of the plurality of electrodes can be electrically coupled to a voltage level of the plurality of voltage levels. The plurality of electrodes and the plurality of varistors can be electrically coupled to each other and arranged in an alternating fashion.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating a respective neural network output for each of a plurality of inputs, the method comprising, for each of the neural network layers: receiving a plurality of inputs to be processed at the neural network layer; forming one or more batches of inputs from the plurality of inputs, each batch having a number of inputs up to the respective batch size for the neural network layer; selecting a number of the one or more batches of inputs to process, where a count of the inputs in the number of the one or more batches is greater than or equal to the respective associated batch size of a subsequent layer in the sequence; and processing the number of the one or more batches of inputs to generate the respective neural network layer output.

Abstract: A solid-state battery cell, such as a lithium-ion cell, is assembled with a solid electrolyte layer member positioned between co-extensive surface layers of an anode active layer member and a cathode active material layer member. At least one of the engaging surfaces of the solid electrolyte layer is not flat. It is formed with a topographical pattern comprising recesses in a flat surface, or a surface of projections and recesses, and placed against a compatibly-shaped, mating surface of the anode layer and/or the cathode layer. The re-shaping of the surface(s) of the solid electrolyte layer and adjoining electrode layer(s) is to significantly increase the effective contact area with the facing layer of electrode material and improve the conduction of ions across the interface. A thin film of interlayer material may be placed between the surfaces of the facing cell members with the specially shaped adjacent faces.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes setting, by a computing device, a maximum quantization parameter (QP) value for encoding an input video frame to a value which is the maximum of: a first QP value corresponding to a first proportion of an application-specified maximum QP value, or a second QP value determined based on a value which is the minimum of: a third QP value determined based on an average value of QP values used to encode a plurality of video frames before the input video frame, or a fourth QP value corresponding to a second proportion of the application-specified maximum QP value. The computer-implemented method further includes using the set maximum QP value as a quality bound for encoding the input video frame.

Abstract: Battery cells of this disclosure include a zinc anode and a cathode having acidified metal oxide nanomaterials combined with alkaline battery chemistry materials.

Abstract: A monitoring device configured to be attached to a subject includes a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor configured to measure physiological information from the subject, and at least one processor configured to process signals from the PPG sensor to determine heart rate and RR-interval (RRi) for the subject, and to determine a heart rate pattern for the subject over a period of time. The at least one processor is configured to change a sampling frequency of the PPG sensor for determining RRi in response to the determined heart rate pattern. The at least one processor is configured to reduce the sampling frequency of the PPG sensor in response to determining a pattern of heart rate below a threshold.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for obtaining, training, and using an end-to-end AST model based on a neural transducer, the end-to-end AST model comprising at least (i) an acoustic encoder which is configured to receive and encode audio data, (ii) a prediction network which is integrated in a parallel model architecture with the acoustic encoder in the end-to-end AST model, and (iii) a joint layer which is integrated in series with the acoustic encoder and prediction network. The end-to-end AST model is configured to generate a transcription in the second language of input audio data in the first language such that the acoustic encoder learns a plurality of temporal processing paths.