Abstract: Disclosed herein is a head resting apparatus for a patient. The apparatus comprises one or more head rings each of the head rings having an inflatable compartment connected to an inflation device that inflates and deflates the head rings in an alternate manner such that alternate pressure is distributed on different parts of the patient's head in a given time duration. A head ring may be provided that is divided into even number of sections that are alternatively inflated and deflated by the inflation device for preventing pressure ischemia and alopecia in patients.

Abstract: This disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for wireless communication. Processing circuitry of the apparatus determines one or more antenna ports of the apparatus for data transmission. The processing circuitry generates, for each of the one or more antenna ports, a respective demodulation reference signal (DMRS) based on one of a first DMRS pattern, a second DMRS pattern, a third DMRS pattern, and a fourth DMRS pattern. The one or more antenna ports transmit the one or more DMRSs. The first DMRS pattern includes four code division multiplexing (CDM) groups each comprising a length-2 orthogonal cover code (OCC), the second DMRS pattern includes six CDM groups each comprising a length-2 OCC, the third DMRS pattern includes three CDM groups each comprising a length-4 OCC, and the fourth DMRS pattern includes two CDM groups each comprising a length-6 OCC.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of a semiconductor device, the device includes: a transistor or diode device formed in a semiconductor substrate; an insulating material at least partially covering a lateral drift zone of the transistor or diode device or a termination region; and a fill pattern disposed over the lateral drift zone or termination region, the fill pattern having a variable density that follows equipotential lines of an electric field distribution expected between the fill pattern at a surface of the lateral drift zone or termination region during operation of the semiconductor device. Corresponding methods of producing the semiconductor device are also described.

Abstract: A tank circuit includes a tunable resonator subcircuit having an effective parallel resistance that varies with tuning of the tunable resonator subcircuit. The tank circuit further comprises a variable negative-resistance subcircuit coupled in parallel to the tunable resonator subcircuit, where the variable negative-resistance subcircuit is configured to provide a variable negative resistance, so as to increase the effective parallel resistance of the tank circuit. A control circuit is configured to increase the negative resistance presented by the variable negative-resistance subcircuit in response to a change in the tunable resonator subcircuit that lowers the resonant frequency of the tunable resonator subcircuit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing covalent organic frameworks. A gamma ray illuminates monomers for triggering polymerization and producing covalent organic frameworks. The reaction can be performed at normal temperature and pressure. By shortening the reaction time, the method is beneficial to industrial mass production.

Abstract: A system and a method for neural network-based optimization of coagulant dosing in a desalination plant receives operational data associated with the desalination plant to produce a filtered liquid stream from a first liquid stream. The operational data includes a first set of parameters associated with the first liquid stream. The system and method may determine a second set of parameters based on pre-processing of the first set of parameters. The system and method may also determine a third set of parameters based on the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters. The system and method may also provide the third set of parameters as input to a Neural Network (NN) model and estimate a Silt Density Index (SDI) of the first liquid stream. The system and method may modify a coagulant dosing rate in the first liquid stream based on the estimated SDI data.

Abstract: A method of preventing or inhibiting fungal infestation of plants using an extract of Pyropia yezoensis. In an embodiment, the fungal infestation is caused by Podosphera xanthii. In an embodiment, the plants comprise a cucurbit plant. In an embodiment, the cucurbit plant comprises cucumber.

Abstract: First processing circuitry of a first apparatus for compressing channel state information (CSI) classifies a CSI element into one of multiple classes of CSI elements. Each class is associated with a different one of multiple encoders. The first processing circuitry compresses the CSI element based on one of the multiple encoders associated with the one of the multiple classes of CSI elements, and sends, to a second apparatus, the compressed CSI element and a class index of the one of the multiple classes of CSI elements. Second processing circuitry of the second apparatus for decompressing CSI receives the compressed CSI element and the class index. Each class of CSI elements is associated with a different one of multiple decoders. The second processing circuitry determines one of the multiple decoders based on the class index, and decompresses the CSI element based on the determined decoder to obtain a decompressed CSI element.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for compressing channel state information (CSI). Under the method, a CSI matrix is decomposed, at a first device, into a first vector including a plurality of significant numbers extracted from the CSI matrix. A second vector is generated by multiplying the first vector with a linear operator. A length of the second vector is less than a length of the first vector. The second vector is sent from the first device to a second device along with a number of the plurality of significant numbers in the first vector. The method is implemented in software instructions, and when processing circuitry of the apparatus executes the software instructions, the processing circuitry of the apparatus performs the method. The software instructions are stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium.

Abstract: A system and method for predictive analysis of Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants receives first data associated with a SWRO plant, including a first set of parameters associated with seawater, a second set of parameters associated with a permeate, and a third set of parameters associated with a brine. The system determines a fourth set of parameters by applying normalization techniques to the received first data. The system determines, based upon the fourth set of parameters, a set of membrane performance parameters associated with the SWRO plant, or a set of diagnostic indicators associated with at least one of the SWRO plant and the seawater. The system outputs the determined set of membrane performance parameters or the set of diagnostic indicators.

Abstract: Methods of inducing mammalian cardiac cell proliferation by ectopically introducing an LRRC10 protein in a mammalian cardiac cell to thereby induce proliferation of the cardiac cell. The methods can be employed to induce heart regeneration, for example, after cardiac injury.

Abstract: A tank circuit (200) includes a tunable resonator subcircuit (210) having a first control input and having an effective parallel resistance that varies with tuning of the tunable resonator subcircuit (210). The tank circuit (200) further comprises a variable negative-resistance subcircuit (250) having a second control input and coupled in parallel to the tunable resonator subcircuit (210), where the variable negative-resistance subcircuit (250) is configured to provide a variable negative resistance, responsive to the control input, so as to increase the effective parallel resistance of the tank circuit (200).

Abstract: Objective of the present invention is to provide a resin composition having excellent alkaline resistance and a production method of this resin composition. Object of the present invention is to provide an electrochemical device that uses the above-described resin composition and allows improvement of an output power and durability.

Abstract: A system and a method for remineralization of purified water retrieves liquid stream data associated with a first liquid stream that includes a set of chemical compounds and a set of parameters. The system controls a concentration of at least a first chemical compound of the set of chemical compounds by adding at least the first chemical compound to the first liquid stream. The system compares at least a first parameter of the set of parameters with a corresponding reference parameter of a set of reference parameters based on the addition of the first chemical compound. The system also controls the output of the first liquid stream based on the comparison.

Abstract: A system and method retrieves liquid stream data associated with a first liquid stream that includes a set of chemical compounds. and a set of parameters. The system also retrieves reference data that is associated with a reference liquid stream, and includes a set of reference parameters. The system compares at least a first parameter of the set of liquid-stream parameters with a corresponding reference parameter of the set of reference parameters. The system also controls an output of the first liquid stream based on the comparison of parameters.

Abstract: A transistor device includes a semiconductor body having a substantially planar main surface, a source region extending to the main surface and having a first conductivity type, a body region extending to the main surface and having a second conductivity type, a drain region extending to the main surface and having the first conductivity type, a drift region having the first conductivity type, and a gate electrode arranged on the main surface laterally between the source and drain regions and electrically insulated from the semiconductor body by an insulation structure. The insulation structure includes a gate dielectric arranged on the main surface and a shallow trench arranged in the drift region and filled with electrically insulating material. The shallow trench has at least partly a wedge shape and the electrically insulating material has an upper surface that is substantially planar and extends substantially parallel to the main surface.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type which has a first surface. A first device region formed in the semiconductor substrate has the first conductivity type and a lateral extent that is less than the lateral extent of the first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The first device region is electrically separated from the semiconductor substrate by an isolation structure. The isolation structure includes a buried layer which is doped with a second conductivity type that opposes the first conductivity type and further includes a first elongate sinker of the second conductivity type. The first elongate sinker extends from the first surface into the semiconductor substrate and is in electrical contact with the buried layer. The semiconductor device further includes a breakdown voltage influencing structure of the second conductivity type that is arranged in the semiconductor substrate and laterally adjacent the buried layer.

Abstract: Techniques pertaining to channeling state information (CSI) pre-processing are described. A user equipment (UE) that is in wireless communication with a base station node extracts eigenvectors (EVs) from CSI acquired by the UE. The UE generates pre-processed CSI for compression by a machine-learning (ML)-based encoder of the UE into CSI feedback for the base station node by at least performing one or more of a phase discontinuity compensation (PDC), a one-step polarization separation with re-ordering, or a two-step polarization separation that includes separation based on polarization type and separation by position on the EVs.

Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. In certain configurations, the UE receives a message having Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) switching bits that indicate which DMRS pattern is being used of either of a first DMRS pattern or a second DMRS pattern. The UE determines the DMRS pattern being used from the DMRS switching bits. The UE applies the determined DMRS pattern being used to processing of uplink and downlink channels.

Abstract: Provided herein are multilayered, multidimensional upconversion nanomaterial compositions and methods. In certain aspects and embodiments, the compositions and methods are useful in the photolytic degradation of a phenolic pollutant (e.g., phenol).