Abstract: Systems and methods enhanced authentication techniques using virtual persona. An example method includes receiving a request associated with authorization of a user. Information identifying a virtual persona associated with the user is accessed, the virtual persona comprising meshes. Confidence measures associated with the user's identity are determined based on the meshes. The request is responded to based on the confidence measures.

Abstract: This invention relates to, among other embodiments, methods and apparatus/systems for controlling gases delivery to a patient, such as via a patient interface. Such methods comprising receiving an input relating to either a patient's breathing phase and/or another patient parameter, controlling a flow of gases to be delivered to the patient and the inclusion in said flow of gases of a supplementary gas, wherein the amount of supplementary gas provided to the patient is substantially synchronized with respect to the patient's breathing phase and/or another patient parameter.

Abstract: A device and a method for handling weaving accessories is described herein. A first holding element is provided for being moved cyclically between a supply device and a receiving device. The first holding element is disposed at a carrier means. A push-off element for pushing a weaving accessory off the holding element and onto a component of the receiving device is also disposed at the carrier means. The first holding element is preferably provided for performing its cyclic movement in a plane with an axis running at right angles thereto.

Abstract: A nasal cannula arrangement for use as part of systems for delivery respiratory gases to a patient is disclosed. The nasal cannula arrangement includes a manifold part adapted to receive gases from a delivery conduit. The manifold includes one but preferably a pair of prongs extending upward and curving towards the rear of the manifold. The prongs are inserted into the nostrils of the patient and deliver gases to a patient. The prongs have a cut out on the rear side of the prongs. The cut out forms a gases outlet in the prongs and are shaped such that the area of the cut out area is greater than the cross sectional area of the prongs at the entry point to the prongs.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for driving an electrophoretic display having a plurality of display pixels arranged in a matrix comprising a two-dimensional array of rows and columns of display pixels. The methods include dividing the display pixels into groups made up of a plurality of clusters, where each cluster includes a number of adjacent display pixels. The method includes updating one group of display pixels during a first frame, where display pixels not in the one group are not updated during the first frame, and each cluster in the one group of display pixels is updated at the same time. The methods include applying an edge clearing waveform to no more than eight cardinal pixels of the adjacent display pixels of each cluster.

Abstract: A guide wire that has an atraumatic and flexible loop that expands within a vessel, with indicators that indicate the degree of expansion. The indicators are used to determine the degree of expansion through the use of radio-opaque markers, hydraulic, and electrical signals. The guide wire enables safe passage into target vessels while providing user feedback on inadvertent passage into side branches and diseased segments.

Abstract: A cushion has at least one fluid chamber and at least one cushion conduit to enable fluid to be added to or removed from the at least one fluid chamber of the cushion. A management system for the cushion has a pressure sensor to measure a pressure of fluid in the at least one fluid chamber of the cushion and to transmit a sensor report with the measured pressure, a tube having a first end connecting to the cushion conduit, a second end leading to the pressure sensor, and a valve to enable fluid to be added to or removed from the at least one fluid chamber of the cushion through the cushion conduit and a processor to receive the sensor report, determine a pressure value of the at least one fluid chamber of the cushion based on the measured pressure in the sensor report, and generate a status indicative of the pressure value of the fluid chamber of the cushion.

Abstract: Methods and systems for training one or more neural networks for transcription and for transcribing a media file using the trained one or more neural networks are provided. One of the methods includes: segmenting the media file into a plurality of segments; inputting each segment, one segment at a time, of the plurality of segments into a first neural network trained to perform speech recognition; extracting outputs, one segment at a time, from one or more layers of the first neural network; and training a second neural network to generate a predicted-WER (word error rate) of a plurality of transcription engines for each segment based at least on outputs from the one or more layers of the first neural network.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for distributing data processing tasks to the nodes of a network implementing a data processing system and to a device and a method for sealing nodes of a network implementing a data processing system for the efficient provision of a secure data processing system.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a modular access point are provided. In certain embodiments, a device includes a housing. Further, the device includes a baseband card (BBC) mounted within the housing, wherein the modular BBC has one or more interfaces. Additionally, the device includes one or more radio modules, wherein at least one radio module in the one or more radio modules is coupled to an interface in the one or more interfaces, wherein the one or more interfaces are capable of connecting to multiple different power classes of radio modules. Moreover, the device includes one or more additional components in communication with the modular BBC through the one or more interfaces that support the operation of a radio module in a respective power class.

Abstract: A blood draw device for performing arterial blood collection includes a catheter tube, a housing configured to movably receive the catheter tube, and an advancement member movably coupled to the housing to move the catheter tube between first and second positions, with a distal end of the catheter tube disposed beyond a distal end of the housing and past a distal tip of the indwelling arterial catheter when in the second position. A secondary catheter is coupled to the advancement member and extends out proximally therefrom, with a collection device coupled to the secondary catheter so as to be in fluid communication with the catheter tube. The blood draw device is configured such that a fluid path formed by the catheter tube and secondary catheter has a controlled geometric factor, defined as a ratio of a length of the fluid path to an inner diameter of the fluid path.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a gripper assembly and in particular a gripper assembly for a load-handling device used to carry storage containers. In one embodiment, the gripper assembly includes a pair of gripper arms moveable between an open configuration, in which the gripper arms can engage with a storage container, and a closed configuration, in which the gripper arms are prevented from engaging the storage container. The gripper assembly includes an actuator having a plunger and two pins connected to the plunger, each pin is received within a respective track formed within each gripper arm. The plunger is configured to move in an opening stroke to move the pair of gripper arms into the open configuration and a closing stroke to move the pair of gripper arms into the closed configuration.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for resource allocation in an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network. A relay node in an IAB network may be assigned a first resource partition that is different from a second resource partition for the child and parent nodes. Based on a resource configuration (e.g., for a slot) of the second resource partition, the relay node may opportunistically utilize the second resource partition for communications. For instance, the relay node may determine a direction table based on the resource configurations of the child and parent nodes, which may be used to perform uplink or downlink communications in one or more symbols of the second resource partition. The relay node may also identify flexible symbols as free or non-free when determining the direction table.

Abstract: A method of pumping DEF (diesel exhaust fluid) in a diesel emissions control system. The method includes pumping DEF from an auxiliary DEF tank to an onboard DEF tank. The DEF is pumped from the auxiliary DEF tank to the onboard DEF tank. The fluid pathway is purged with air after pumping the DEF from the auxiliary DEF tank to the onboard DEF tank. The air is pumped (1) through the fluid pathway from the auxiliary DEF tank, or (2) into the auxiliary DEF tank.

Abstract: A device for controlling trapped ions includes a first substrate and a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate. The device further includes at least one ion trap configured to trap an ion in a space between the first substrate and the second substrate. DC electrodes of the ion trap are formed on the first substrate. RF electrodes of the ion trap are formed on the second substrate and not on the first substrate.

Abstract: A method, wireless device and network node are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for a wireless device includes receiving a configuration of a reference signal resource set from the network node, the reference signal resource set being a set of single-symbol and single antenna port reference signal resources in at least one slot; and based on at least one parameter of the received configuration, determining whether the UE can assume a same antenna port for all reference signal resources of the reference signal resource set.

Abstract: A printer deposits material onto a substrate as part of a manufacturing process for an electronic product; at least one transported component experiences error, which affects the deposition. This error is mitigated using transducers that equalize position of the component, e.g., to provide an “ideal” conveyance path, thereby permitting precise droplet placement notwithstanding the error. In one embodiment, an optical guide (e.g., using a laser) is used to define a desired path; sensors mounted to the component dynamically detect deviation from this path, with this deviation then being used to drive the transducers to immediately counteract the deviation. This error correction scheme can be applied to correct for more than type of transport error, for example, to correct for error in a substrate transport path, a printhead transport path and/or split-axis transport non-orthogonality.

Abstract: A system for treating heart disease, such as pulmonary hypertension or right heart failure, including an implantable component and external components for monitoring the implantable component is provided. The implantable component may include a compliant member, e.g., balloon, coupled to a reservoir via a conduit. Preferably, the compliant member is adapted to be implanted in a pulmonary artery and the reservoir is adapted to be implanted subcutaneously. The external components may include a clinical controller component, monitoring software configured to run a clinician's computer, a patient monitoring device, and a mobile application configured to run on a patient's mobile device.

Abstract: A transcatheter valve prosthesis includes a stent and a prosthetic valve. The stent includes an inflow portion, an outflow portion, and a transition portion extending between the inflow portion and the outflow portion. The transition portion includes a plurality of axial frame members, and three of the plurality of the axial frame members are commissure posts. At least two of the plurality of the axial frame members are commissure posts having a first end connected to a crown of the inflow portion and an unattached second end disposed within the outflow portion such that a pair of struts of the outflow portion intersect each commissure post at a mid-portion thereof. The prosthetic valve is configured to substantially block blood flow in one direction to regulate blood flow through a central lumen of the stent.

Abstract: A screen protector is described herein that is configured to be releasably attached to an optical coating on a glass-containing display of an electronic device. The protector comprises: a glass-containing substrate comprising an outer and inner primary surface; an antireflective (AR) coating on the outer primary surface; and an interlayer on the inner primary surface for releasable attachment to the optical coating on the display. The interlayer comprises an adhesive, a physical thickness from about 10 ?m to 500 ?m, and one or more refractive indices from ˜1.2 to 1.6. Further, an average photopic reflectance of the screen protector can be less than 2% for all incident angles from 0° to 30°. The interlayer can comprise optically clear adhesive (OCA), polymer-containing layer, and releasable adhesive layers. An anti-splinter (AS) film can be between the interlayer and the substrate. The interlayer and/or AS film may be a cyclo olefin, cellulose triacetate or polyurethane.