Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to compounds of Formula I: and their use as anti-viral agents for inhibition of the replication of hRSV and hMPV and treatment and prophylaxis of hRSV and hMPV infection.

Abstract: A light tower includes a base having a plurality of wheels, an extendible mast coupled to the base, a battery pack positioned between the wheels and the extendible mast, a housing coupled to the base and having a main battery receiver and a supplemental battery receiver, a light assembly coupled to the extendible mast and electrically coupled to the battery pack, and an inverter configured to receive and convert a direct current power from the battery pack into an alternating current power. The main battery receiver defines an internal cavity having an open top side, and the supplemental battery receiver defines a slot arranged on an exterior of the housing.

Abstract: A nozzle plate defines at least one nozzle connected to the nozzle plate at a base, wherein the at least one nozzle has a height and a top having an inner width and an outer width, wherein a ratio of the height to the inner width is greater than 5, and wherein the nozzle plate comprises a borosilicate glass. The nozzle plate is formed via a method including providing a silicon wafer having a surface; providing a borosilicate glass wafer having a surface; etching the surface of the silicon wafer to form a plurality of trenches in the surface; anodically bonding the etched surface of the silicon wafer to the surface of the borosilicate glass wafer to form a two layer composite; heating the two layer composite at a temperature of at least about 750° C.; and releasing the silicon wafer from the borosilicate glass to form the nozzle plate.

Abstract: A heat pump includes a refrigerant loop. The refrigerant loop includes a compressor, a first region of a first heat exchanger, a first branching point, a first shutoff valve, a second shutoff valve, and a second heat exchanger. The compressor includes a low-pressure inlet, a mid-pressure inlet, and an outlet. The first heat exchanger is positioned immediately downstream of the outlet of the compressor. The first branching point is positioned immediately downstream of the first region of the first heat exchanger. The refrigerant loop splits into a first path and a second path at the first branching point. The first shutoff valve is positioned along the first path and immediately downstream of the first branching point. The second shutoff valve is positioned along the second path and immediately downstream of the first branching point. The second heat exchanger is downstream of the first heat exchanger.

Abstract: A computing machine receives a plurality of observations. The computing machine generates an observation data structure. The computing machine extends, in accordance with the causal structures and hierarchical relationships, the observation data structure to include predicted states or predicted actions that are not from the plurality of observations. The computing machine reduces, in accordance with consistency rules stored in a memory of the computing machine, the extended observation data structure. The computing machine provides an output associated with the reduced observation data structure.

Abstract: A wireless device receives downlink control information (DCI) via a transmission reception point of a multiple transmission reception points and a control resource set (coreset) of a plurality of coresets. The wireless device transmits, in response to receiving the DCI, uplink control information via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource associated with an index of the PUCCH resource. The index is based on a parameter comprising a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state value.

Abstract: The memory device includes a controller that is configured to program a plurality of memory cells of a selected word line in a plurality of programming loops and count the number of programming loops to complete programming. The controller is also configured to compare the number of programming loops to complete programming of the memory cells of the selected word line to at least one of a predetermined upper limit and a predetermined lower limit to determine if a plane containing the selected word line is at an elevated risk for read failure. In response to the controller making a determination that the plane containing the selected word line is at an elevated risk for read failure, the controller is configured to conduct a post write read operation at least one word line of the plurality of word lines.

Abstract: An allograft implant for fusing a sacroiliac joint. The allograft implant has a body with a graft window disposed therein. A bone growth factor is prepacked into the graft window at the manufacturing stage, prior to packaging and shipping. The implant with the prepacked bone growth factor is hermetically sealed in a package. The allograft implant may be classified as “human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based product (HCT/P),” while the bone growth factor may be classified as a non-HCT/P. The implant may comprise a dissolvable or bioabsorbable membrane for retaining the growth factor inside the graft window. The graft window may comprise a scaffold for retaining a putty-like or a sponge-like bone growth factor.

Abstract: A novel and advantageous system and method for return mail processing is provided. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to a novel and advantageous system and method for return mail processing and improving data hygiene. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a novel and advantageous system and method for return mail processing that creates a database of addresses and continually or periodically updates the database using post-return revisions. In further embodiments, the system and method may apply business rules for making the revisions and/or for using addresses from the database. Further, the system and method may generate a scorecard of the addresses in the database that may be used in conjunction with business rules.

Abstract: Methods of generating three-dimensional models of musculoskeletal systems, and three-dimensional bone and soft tissue model reconstruction, and associated apparatus, are disclosed. An example method of generating a virtual 3-D patient-specific bone model may include obtaining a preliminary 3-D bone model of a first bone; obtaining a supplemental image of the first bone; registering the preliminary 3-D bone model of the first bone with the supplemental image of the first bone; extracting geometric information about the first bone from the supplemental image of the first bone; and/or generating a virtual 3-D patient-specific bone model of the first bone by refining the preliminary 3-D bone model of the first bone using the geometric information about the first bone from the supplemental image of the first bone.

Abstract: This document describes techniques for radio frequency (RF) based micro-motion tracking. These techniques enable even millimeter-scale hand motions to be tracked. To do so, radar signals are used from radar systems that, with conventional techniques, would only permit resolutions of a centimeter or more.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a calendar consultation with a user. The disclosed technology uses at least a personal profile or a personal scheduling model and identifies issues in scheduled calendar events associated with the user. Based on a number of the identified issues, a calendar consultant informs the user about the identified issues and prompts the user whether to interactively resolve the issues through a calendar consultation session. During the calendar consultation session, the calendar consultant interactively informs about issues, suggests options for resolving the issues, confirms an option to perform, and updates the calendar schedule. The calendar consultant proactively suggests the user to participate in interactive calendar consultation sessions and improves productivity of the user performing tasks.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for real-time adjustment of image quality parameters. The system includes a controller configured to: acquire an image frame, having a fixed-pixel region that defines a region-of-interest, from one or more imaging devices; apply image processing techniques to determine a modified fixed-pixel region that excludes non-relevant object pixels; alter one or more image quality parameters based on statistics of pixels in the modified fixed-pixel region; and provide the altered one or more image quality parameters to the one or more imaging devices for use with subsequent image frames; wherein the one or more imaging devices produce an image that is tuned, based on the altered one or more image quality parameters, to the portions of the image in the region-of-interest that does not include the non-relevant object pixels.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to compounds of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and their use for the treatment of hRSV and hMPV.

Abstract: A method is provided for using a hierarchical polynomial model for physics simulation. The method includes obtaining coupled equations for a physics simulation. The coupled equations have variables and boundary conditions that constrain the variables. The method also includes generating meshes corresponding to the coupled equations. The method iteratively solves for the boundary conditions that depend on the variables within the meshes to convergence to improve numerical stability of the physics simulation, including: (i) solving for each variable in a first mesh, while holding the other meshes to a weak convergence, to obtain a first solution; (ii) applying the first solution to resolve a second mesh, to obtain a second solution; and (iii) generating a hierarchical polynomial based on the second solution. The hierarchical polynomial is a functional form of a pre-determined physics equation. The method also (iv) computes new boundary conditions for resolving the meshes, using the hierarchical polynomial.

Abstract: The memory device includes a die with a first set of planes and a second set of planes. The planes are rectangular in shape with a major dimension and a minor dimension. The die includes a CMOS layer with at least one common peripheral circuitry area, and each of the planes includes a non-common peripheral circuitry area in the CMOS layer. Each plane of the first set of planes is oriented such that its major dimension extends in a first direction, and each plane of the second set of planes is oriented such that its major dimension extends in a second direction that is different than the first direction such that the non-common peripheral circuitry area of each plane is immediately adjacent the at least one common peripheral circuitry area in the CMOS layer.

Abstract: An example method includes receiving, from a user device, a first challenge content for inclusion in a challenge list and identifying, based on the challenge content and selection criteria, additional challenge content suggested for inclusion in the challenge list. The method further includes displaying the additional challenge content at a user interface of the user device and updating the selection criteria based on whether the additional challenge content is selected for inclusion in the challenge list.

Abstract: A computer that includes a processor and a memory can predict future status of one or more moving objects by acquiring a plurality of video frames with a sensor included in a device, inputting the plurality of video frames to a first deep neural network to determine one or more objects included in the plurality of video frames, and inputting the objects to a second deep neural network to determine object features and full frame features.

Abstract: This document describes methods, devices, systems, and means for beam failure recovery for wireless communication in an active coordination set (ACS) by a user equipment (UE) in which the UE receives a beam-failure-recovery (BFR) Random Access Channel (RACH) configuration including multiple candidate beam configurations, each candidate beam configuration comprising a candidate BFR sub-beam configuration for each base station in the ACS. The UE detects a beam failure with the ACS and determines a respective link-quality metric for each of the received candidate beam configurations in the BFR RACH configuration. Based on the determined link-quality metrics, the UE selects a candidate beam to use for the wireless communication, and transmits a RACH message that includes an indication of the selected candidate beam, the transmitting being effective to direct the base stations in the ACS to use the selected candidate beam for the wireless communication.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein are directed to a polymer composition comprising polyethylene and a reaction product of the copolymerization of the ethylene and (meth)acrylic ester functionalized polysiloxane, and optionally one or more units derived from a termonomer. Articles made from the polymer composition and methods of making the polymer composition are also described.