Abstract: The disclosure is directed towards polypeptide substrates and methods of synthesis thereof. Such substrates can be embedded with calcium ions from a number of ionic sources. These calcium-embedded, polypeptide substrates can be used to grow a variety of crystal structures including flower-shaped, onion-shaped, and needle-like crystal structures. As such, the disclosure is additionally directed towards methods of crystal growth from polypeptide substrates. Compositions of the disclosure can be used in a wide variety of medical and other applications.

Abstract: A system and method for taking measurements in a formation. The system may include a quantum entangled photon source that entangles an idler particle and a probe particle, a transmitter disposed in a wellbore and connected to the quantum entangled photon source by a transmitter waveguide, a receiver disposed in the wellbore, and a carrier laser connected to the receiver by a carrier waveguide. The system may further comprise a detector connected to the carrier waveguide and an information handling system in communication with the quantum entangled photon source, the carrier laser, and the detector. The method may include broadcasting a probe particle from a transmitter into a formation, capturing the probe particle with at least one receiver after the probe particle has interacted with the formation, and measuring the probe particle during an interaction with the formation using an idler particle in a detector.

Abstract: Pen-type hazardous material applicators are provided having features useful in applying metal pretreatment material to intricate geometries, such as blind holes, through holes, rivets, crevices, chamfers, counterbores, countersinks and other difficult to access surfaces.

Abstract: A transdermal drug delivery (TDD) system is provided accelerating the TDD process through the combination of (1) a micropump, (2) microneedles, and (3) nanoencapsulation. A 3D printed shape memory alloy (SMA) triggered micropump combined with polymeric nanoparticles loaded with a drug can be pumped through integrated microneedles. An SMA spring wire is used to actuate a loaded pumping spring to drive an elastic membrane into a chamber. The system's performance characterized an average membrane speed of 0.28 m/s. The efficacy of the system showed an almost 100% improvement for the total percentage of deposited polymeric nanoparticles over that of the untreated solution. The rapid response and demonstrated efficacy can be aimed for transdermal insulin injection.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE). The UE may monitor search space sets (SSSs) associated with a first SSS group (SSSG) for at least one control channel. The UE may switch from the first SSSG to a second SSSG based on an occurrence of an event. The UE may monitor SSSs associated with a second SSSG for the at least one control channel.

Abstract: A computing device includes last level cache (LLC) for processing cores and a separate input/output (I/O) LLC for use in facilitating data transfers between the computing device and one or more I/O devices. The I/O LLC is configured to include a set of partitions corresponding to a set of classes. Usage of the partitions in the set of partitions is monitored and the set of partitions is dynamically adjusted based on the usage. A process in a particular one of the classes makes a data request and a particular one of the partitions associated with the particular class is used in the data request.

Abstract: Systems and methods for estimating location of features in a pipeline be based on acquiring measurements of electromagnetic signals from the plurality of electromagnetic sensors; detecting welds in walls of the pipeline based on the measurements; estimating an instantaneous velocity of the device as the device passes welds based at least in part on characteristics of the measurements of the signals from the plurality of electromagnetic sensors; and estimating position of the device in the pipeline based at least in part on the estimates of the instantaneous velocity of the device over time.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for optimizing media content. One step of the method may include receiving, via a user interface, an indication of a selected post including media content associated with a user. Another step of the method may include evaluating, via a LLM model trained on training data, a quality of the media content of the selected post. A further step may include generating, via the trained LLM model and based upon the evaluated quality, a modified post including modified media content. A change in the modified post is of a first type when the evaluated quality is at or below a threshold or of a second type when the evaluated quality is above a threshold. Even a further step may include transmitting, via the user interface, the modified post for consideration by the user. Yet even a further step may include receiving, via the user interface, an indication of a rejection or an acceptance of the modified post.

Abstract: System, devices, and methods facilitate determining positioning using distributed antenna system with service availability monitoring. Positioning methods include network based methods and handset assisted methods in addition to a monitoring system to report any service outage and possible location information loss. The system provides location information also at handset only level through application or apps and operating systems with online and off-line access to location database data. A combined monitoring system that monitors antenna output power for mobile coverage and service availability helps also in monitoring the availability of the localization system and dynamic update of lookup information. Monitoring system provides also asset tracking and service analytics features for the active or passive distributed antenna system.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for path tracing. For example, a process can include establishing a path tracing session associated with path tracing (PT) probe packets from a PT source node of an IPv6 network fabric. A PT probe packet can be received with a first IPv6 Destination Options Header with Path Tracing Option (DOH-PT) header that encodes path tracing information of the PT source node and indicates respective path tracing information for each PT midpoint node along a path from the PT source node to a PT sink node of the IPv6 network fabric. The received PT probe packet can be updated to include a second DOH-PT header that encodes path tracing information of the PT sink node. An updated PT probe packet includes the first and second DOH-PT headers and can be encapsulated with an additional IPv6 header corresponding to forwarding information of a collector node.

Abstract: An ethyl 2-[9-(2-hydroxypyridin-3-yl)-3,6-diphenyl-1,8-dioxo-3,4,9,10-tetrahydroacridine-10-yl]-acetate compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods to provide dynamic participation of multiple services to generate an overall health score in a Desktop Bus (D-Bus) platform. According to one embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) includes multiple hardware devices that are managed by a plurality of D-Bus objects that communicate among one another using a D-Bus in which the D-Bus objects are arranged in a hierarchy of parent-child relationships. The IHS also includes computer-executable code to cause each of the D-Bus objects to receive a request for a health score of one of one of the hardware devices that it manages using one or more child objects that interact with the one hardware device, generate an intermediate health score using measurements obtained by its child objects, and send the intermediate health score to its parent object.

Abstract: The tactile directional guide system provides directional information in the form of vibrations for use during emergency evacuations and the like. The tactile directional guide system includes a vibrational module adapted for mounting on a support surface, such as the floor or wall of a hallway or corridor, as non-limiting examples. The vibrational module includes a plurality of members linearly arrayed along a longitudinal direction and a plurality of vibrators respectively coupled to the plurality of members. A controller is in communication with the plurality of vibrators and is configured to selectively sequentially actuate the plurality of vibrators in either a forward longitudinal direction or a rearward longitudinal direction to provide a tactile directional output.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling indicating a set of sidelink shared resources of a sidelink shared resource pool, a threshold quantity of mini-slot reservations for the set of sidelink shared resources, and an indication of a sidelink transmission mode of operation, where each slot of one or more slots of the set of sidelink shared resources may include multiple mini-slots. The UE may transmit to one or more sidelink UEs, sidelink control information that may include a reservation of a set of mini-slots of a first slot of the multiple slots, where the quantity of the set of mini-slots satisfies the threshold quantity of mini-slot reservations. The UE may transmit sidelink signaling to the one or more sidelink UEs, via the set of mini-slots according to the sidelink transmission mode of operation associated with the set of mini-slots.

Abstract: An AC-DC power converter includes: an AC rectification circuit configured to convert an AC line voltage into a rectified line voltage; a charge-pump-based power factor correction sub-converter configured to provide a DC-bus supply voltage; a resonant sub-converter configured to convert the DC-bus supply voltage to a DC output voltage or DC output current, the resonant sub-converter including: a resonant tank configured to convert the DC-bus supply voltage to a resonant voltage or current; and an output rectification circuit configured to generate the DC output voltage or DC output current from the resonant voltage or current to supply a converter load, and a controllable switch network shared by the charge-pump-based power factor correction sub-converter and the resonant sub-converter.

Abstract: A microgrid system includes a synchronous generator configured to convert mechanical power into electric power, an energy storage system configured to store and supply electric power, a controller configured to control operation of the energy storage system; and a point of common coupling bus connecting the synchronous generator and the battery energy storage system, wherein a controller parameter of the controller is determined based on a level of a disturbance using a trained artificial neural network in response to occurrence of the disturbance in the synchronous generator.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein include, software, firmware, and hardware logic that provides techniques to perform arithmetic on sparse data via a systolic processing unit. Embodiment described herein provided techniques to detect zero value elements within a vector or a set of packed data elements output by a processing resource and generate metadata to indicate a location of the zero value elements within the plurality of data elements.

Abstract: A method for producing hydrogen gas is disclosed. The method includes providing kerogen; providing hydrogen; introducing the kerogen and hydrogen into a reaction chamber wherein the reaction chamber is operated at an operating temperature between about 455° C. and 510° C.; and removing a gas stream comprising hydrogen.

Abstract: A method includes processing, by a processing module of a data logging device, a plurality of log commands. The processing of a log command of the plurality of log commands includes obtaining a measure of an environmental condition. The processing further includes updating a status of the environmental condition based on the measure of an environmental condition. The method further includes determining, by the processing module, the updated status of the environmental condition after the plurality of log commands have been processed. When the updated status of the environmental condition is favorable, the method further includes generating, by the processing module, a favorable environmental condition signal.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for enabling user equipment (UE) and a base station (BS) to communicate using a set of frequency resources in which a subset of frequency resources include a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS). In one aspect, the UE may measure the PTRS in the subset of frequency resources, and select a phase noise compensation that is used to demodulate a communication from the BS. The subset of frequency resources may be selected from the set frequency resources based on channel conditions of different subsets of frequency resources. The BS may provide an indication of the selected subset of frequency resources to the UE, such as in control information that schedules the communication from the BS.