Abstract: A semiconductor circuit according to the present disclosure includes: a first circuit configured to apply an inverted voltage of a voltage at a first node to a second node; a second circuit configured to apply an inverted voltage of a voltage at a second node to the first node; a first storage element including first, second, and third terminals; a first transistor including a drain coupled to the first node and a source coupled to the first terminal of the first storage element; a second transistor including a gate coupled to the first node or the second node and a drain coupled to the second terminal of the first storage element; and a third transistor including a gate coupled to the first node or the second node and a drain coupled to the second terminal of the first storage element. The first storage element is configured to set a resistance state between the first terminal and the second and third terminals in accordance with a direction of a current flowing between the second and third terminals.

Abstract: An apparatus for locking air hose couplings together, such apparatus including flexible inserts wherein the apparatus is configured for holding and locking air hose couplings of different sizes. A method of locking air hose couplings together using an apparatus for locking air hose couplings together, such apparatus including flexible inserts wherein the apparatus is configured for holding and locking air hose couplings of different sizes.

Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that authenticate user identities based on input/sensor data received from remote workstations and/or during remote communication sessions. The input/sensor data may correspond to timing and patterns from which user identities may be authenticated. Some implementations disclosed herein communicate input/sensor data in a way that preserves the timing and pattern information of the data and/or in a way that allows such information to be used for authentication in real-time. Some implementations enable continuous provision of input/sensor data and/or enable continuous authentication of user identities during remote communication sessions.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for determining and mapping potential net service impairments using multiple datasets associated with a network.

Abstract: A high-speed automated ring carrier applicator system and methods of using the same are provided. The applicator system is operable to be loaded with a magazine of ring carriers and individually apply them to a plurality of individual containers for beverages, food, pharmaceuticals, or other goods. The ring carriers may include a plurality of full or partial apertures (e.g., 2 to 12, or other numbers of apertures), each with a neck-engaging locking mechanism to receive and hold a container.

Abstract: Charging system for electric vehicles including a backend system and a charging station. The charging station includes a charging control module to control a charging process between a charging point of the charging station and an electric vehicle connectable to the charging point at least based on a configuration data set comprising a charging configuration parameter. The backend system includes a multiplex module connectable to a configuration memory module. The configuration memory module stores a plurality of time dependent configuration data sets. The multiplex module determines a time dependent configuration data set upon receipt of a configuration request message emitted by the charging station based on a time specification of the configuration request message. The multiplexing module is configured to cause a transmitting of the determined configuration data set to the charging station. The charging control module configured to control the charging process based on the received configuration data set.

Abstract: A lottery gaming system and method providing a lottery game.

Abstract: An imaging system according to the present disclosure includes: an imaging device that is mounted in a vehicle, and captures and generates an image of a peripheral region of the vehicle; and a processing device that is mounted in the vehicle, and executes processing related to a function of controlling the vehicle on the basis of the image. The imaging device includes: a first control line, a first voltage generator that applies a first voltage to the first control line, a first signal line, a plurality of pixels that applies a pixel voltage to the first signal line, a first dummy pixel that applies a voltage corresponding to the first voltage of the first control line to the first signal line in a first period, a converter including a first converter that performs AD conversion on the basis of a voltage of the first signal line in the first period to generate a first digital code, and a diagnosis section that performs diagnosis processing on the basis of the first digital code.

Abstract: An Artificial Intelligence (AI) based document digitization, transformation and validation system extracts fields from digital documents via different document digitization processes. A document packet with a plurality of documents is initially accessed and any non-digital documents in the document packet are digitized. The errors in the digitized documents are corrected and non-English documents are translated into English. Each of the documents is provided to a plurality of digitization services for the extraction of fields by a plurality of field extraction models. If a field has multiple field instances extracted by more than one digitization service, then a field instance with the highest confidence score is selected for inclusion into the consolidated results. The consolidated results produced in different JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) formats are converted into a common JSON format which may be further validated and provided to downstream processes.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for treating hydrocarbon-bearing formations previously subjected to hydraulic fracturing, in which at least some of the methods include pumping into a wellbore a treatment composition comprising LPG combined with one or more surfactants each of which is fully or partially dissolved into the LPG, causing the treatment composition to make contact with water residing in the formation such that at least a portion of the one or more surfactants dissolves into the water, and recovering a composition that includes residual hydrocarbons and at least some of the LPG and water that resided in the formation and at least some of the one or more surfactants that were pumped into the wellbore.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a turret tool post for a machine tool, the turret tool post including: a tool post body; a turret installed on the tool post body and configured to receive a plurality of tools; a drive unit installed on the tool post body and configured to provide rotational power to the turret; a rotary unit installed on a part of the turret so as to be rotated together with the turret and coupled to an optional unit; and a fixing unit installed on the tool post body and configured to be clamped with or unclamped from the rotary unit by a rotation of the rotary unit in order to allow or cut off a supply of pressure required for an operation of the optional unit.

Abstract: A microscope may receive a fiber optic connector via a connector adapter of the microscope, wherein the connector adapter includes an opening and a shaped reflective surface surrounding the opening. The microscope may align a ferrule of the fiber optic connector with the opening of the connector adapter of the microscope, wherein the ferrule includes a ferrule endface. The microscope may transmit light onto the shaped reflective surface and may receive reflected light from the ferrule endface and with a camera of the microscope.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a driving device, a driving method, and a light-emitting unit that make it possible to appropriately drive a light-emitting element. The driving device according to the present invention includes: a setting section (161) that sets at least one of a bias current of a light-emitting element (an LD 121) or a target current for setting output light from the light-emitting element (the LD 121) to desired intensity on the basis of a result of detection of an offset light amount when the light-emitting element (the LD 121) does not emit light; and an output controller (164) that controls an output of a driving current of the light-emitting element (the LD 121) on the basis of at least one of the set bias current or the set target current. The detection of the offset light amount is performed by a light-receiving element (a PD 122) that receives a portion of the output light. The present invention is applicable to a ranging module, for example.

Abstract: The invention is a novel method of separately sequencing each strand of a nucleic acid involving the use of an adaptor comprising a strand cleavage site or a strand synthesis termination site. The adaptor may also be self-priming at the strand cleavage site.

Abstract: A solution for radio signal analyzation in an apparatus in a radio access network, comprises receiving (408) continuously wirelessly from one or more transceivers radio frequency parameters related to one or more radio signals received or transmitted by the transceivers, the parameters designating the quality and properties of the radio signals. The one or more radio signals are transformed (410) to a corresponding number of signal wave forms having a given amplitude, frequency and smoothness where the amplitude, frequency and smoothness of each wave form is controlled based on the received radio frequency parameters of the corresponding signal. The one or more of the signal wave forms are displayed (412).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to inhibited waxy starches and methods for using them. One aspect of the disclosure is an inhibited waxy starch based on maize, wheat, or tapioca having an amylopectin content in the range of 90-100%; and a sedimentation volume in the range of 10-50 mL/g; in which the amylopectin fraction of the inhibited waxy starch based on maize, wheat, or tapioca has no more than 48.5% medium-length branches having a chain length from 13-24 (measured by a valley-to-valley method as described herein), and the starch is not pregelatinized. Methods of using the starch materials in food products are also described.

Abstract: A device may receive project management data associated with development of a software product and may process a first portion of the project management data, with first models, to generate timeliness scores and an overall timeliness score for the software product. The device may process a second portion of the project management data, with second models, to generate quality scores and an overall quality score for the software product and may process a third portion of the project management data, with third models, to generate product readiness scores and an overall product readiness score for the software product. The device may utilize a fourth machine learning model, with the overall timeliness score, the overall quality score, and the overall product readiness score, to generate a success probability for the software product and may perform one or more actions based on the success probability for the software product.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and non-transitory computer-readable medium for establishing a bearer for a terminal device of a cellular communication system, receiving, from the terminal device over the bearer, an uplink data packet including an information element indicating a service associated with the uplink data packet, sending a query including the information element to a networking controller, receiving, from the networking controller as a response to the query, routing information for the uplink data packet and marking the uplink data packet with the routing information and forwarding the uplink data packet to a transport network, and selecting transmission parameters to the uplink data packet based on the routing information.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed, comprising means for storing reference data indicative of characteristics for each of two or more amplifiers for amplifying signals in two or more respective bands, the reference data including voltage characteristics required by the particular amplifier to achieve a particular output power for a range of output power values for its respective frequency band. The apparatus may comprise means for receiving at least a first required output power for a first amplifier and a second required output power for a second amplifier, and determining, based on the reference data, the voltage characteristics required for the first amplifier to achieve the first required output power and the voltage characteristics required for the second amplifier to achieve the second required output power.

Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods, and articles for stress reduction and sleep promotion. A stress reduction and sleep promotion system includes at least one remote device, at least one body sensor, and at least one remote server. In other embodiments, the stress reduction and sleep promotion system includes machine learning.