Abstract: Methods and systems for providing voice, video, or data services using optimized ground track satellites and ground tracking antennas are disclosed herein. An example system includes first satellites in a first constellation, the first set of satellites having a first fixed ground track relative to Earth's surface, and an antenna being located at a location on the first fixed ground track, the antenna being configured to steer in a single axis to track the first satellites, wherein each of the first satellites reach the location, after an integer number of days that include a period of two or more sidereal days with an adjustment to account for nodal precession of the first satellites.

Abstract: A system includes a capillary having a first end connected to a sampling device and a second end. The sampling device is configured to separate a sample with a separation solution and deliver the sample and the separation solution to the second end. The second end is coupled to a capillary ground contact. A transport liquid supply system in fluidic communication with a transport liquid supply conduit provides a transport liquid from a transport liquid source through the transport liquid supply conduit. The transport liquid provided from the transport liquid supply conduit includes a receiving volume defined at least in part by a meniscus. The second end of the capillary is in fluidic communication with the receiving volume. A liquid exhaust system in fluidic communication with a removal conduit removes liquid from the receiving volume. An analysis system is in fluidic communication with the removal conduit.

Abstract: Detection of pathological abnormalities in tissue samples and/or pluralities of cells is a highly specialized and time-consuming effort, usually performed by a select group of clinicians and technical personnel. Described herein are methods for more automatable, consistent and comprehensive cell sample analysis to deliver a rapid, reliable and detailed classification, e.g., diagnosis, of the status of cells present in a sample, particularly, but not limited to cancer diagnosis.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for calculating dynamic ambient occlusion (AO) values for character models to yield high-quality approximations of global illumination effects. The approach utilizes a dual component machine-learning model that factorizes dynamic AO computation into a non-linear component, in which visibility is determined by approximating spheres and their casted shadows, and a linear component that leverages a skinning-like algorithm for efficiency. The parameters of both components are trained in a regression against ground-truth AO values. The resulting model accommodates lighting interactions with external objects and can be generalized without requiring carefully constructed training data.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance scanning method including: detecting the positions of individual characteristic points of interest and the positions and sizes of individual sites of interest of a target human body in the current MR scan; calculating a scan start position and a total scan range of the current MR scan according to the detected positions of the individual characteristic points of interest and the positions and sizes of the individual sites of interest of the target human body; and performing the current MR scan according to the calculated scan start position and total scan range of the MR scan. In an aspect, the scanning method is fully automatic.

Abstract: A surgical system used to determine the presence of a vessel within a region (102) proximate to a working end (104) of a surgical instrument (106) includes at least one light emitter (110) disposed at the working end (104) of the surgical instrument (106), and at least one light sensor (112) disposed at the working end (104) of the surgical instrument (106) and configured to receive light emitted from the at least one light emitter (110) and reflected from the region (102), the at least one light sensor (112) adapted to generate a signal comprising a first pulsatile component and a second non-pulsatile component.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, a composition for forming an optical film and an optical film comprising the same, and a display device comprising the optical film.

Abstract: An encoding method is provided for an encoding apparatus. The method includes obtaining a target paragraph and a preset database, and inputting the target paragraph and preset database into a memory encoding model, obtaining, in an input layer, an original vector set of the target paragraph and a knowledge vector set of the preset database, obtaining, in a first memory layer, a first target sentence matrix according to the original vector set and the knowledge vector set, and obtaining, in an output layer, a paragraph vector of the target paragraph according to the first target sentence matrix, and performing processing based on the paragraph vector.

Abstract: In general, encoding or decoding a picture part can involve a first CABAC probability model associated with a first flag indicating use of an affine mode and a second CABAC probability model associated with a second flag indicating use of either the affine mode or a second mode different from the affine mode, where the first and second CABAC probability models are different and are determined independently.

Abstract: The present invention relates to genomic informatics and gene-expression profiling. Gene-expression profiles provide complex molecular fingerprints regarding the relative state of a cell or tissue. Similarities in gene-expression profiles between organic states provide molecular taxonomies, classification, and diagnostics. Similarities in gene-expression profiles resulting from various external perturbations reveal functional similarities between these perturbagens, of value in pathway and mechanism-of-action elucidation. Similarities in gene-expression profiles between organic and induced states may identify clinically-effective therapies. Systems and methods herein provide for the measurement of relative gene abundances, including unbiased selection of and construction of probes and targets designed and methods for using known properties of sparsity of measurements to reach gene abundances.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes measuring a channel quality of a channel associated with a first uplink channel and a second uplink channel, determining that the channel quality is between a first channel quality threshold and a second channel quality threshold, and based thereon, selecting either the first uplink channel or the second uplink channel for an uplink transmission in accordance with a current location of the UE, historical information of successful uplink channel access attempts, and a distance threshold, and performing an uplink random access procedure in accordance with the selected uplink channel.

Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a TFT having a gate electrode with a gate length determined by a spacer. Embodiments may include a gate electrode above a substrate, a channel layer above the gate electrode, and a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a spacer above the channel layer. The drain electrode may be separated from the source electrode by the spacer. The drain electrode and the source electrode may have different widths or include different materials. Furthermore, the spacer may overlap with the gate electrode, hence the gate length of the gate electrode may be determined by the spacer width. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support control of feedback reporting associated with broadcast or multicast transmissions based on indications of non-numerical K1 (NNK1) in associated transmission grants. In aspects, a base station transmits multicast transmission grants that include NNK1s to a set of UEs. The UEs in the set of UEs generate feedback codebooks, for the multicast transmissions, and holds transmission of the codebooks, based on the NNK1 received in the transmission grants until a report triggering event occurs. In aspects, the report triggering event includes receiving a subsequent multicast transmission grant with a valid K1, receiving a subsequent unicast transmission grant with valid K1, or receiving a UE-specific multicast retransmission grant. In aspects, the UEs use the valid K1 in the triggering event to determine a feedback resource to transmit the held feedback codebooks. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: A method is proposed for monitoring a connection between end devices via a communications network. A set of modes having at least two monitoring modes and a ranking order associated with the set of modes, are agreed upon between the end devices and a network device present on a path between the end devices. The method includes an activation of the set of modes, corresponding to an activation of the first mode according to the ranking order; then an activation, according to the ranking order, of each other mode of the set of modes. Each monitoring mode includes at least one mechanism implemented by at least one of the end devices and enabling the network device to perform at least one function of monitoring the connection.

Abstract: The invention refers to a method for producing expanded polymer pellets, which comprises the following steps: melting a polymer comprising a polyamide; adding at least one blowing agent; expanding the melt through at least one die for producing an expanded polymer; and pelletizing the expanded polymer. The invention further concerns polymer pellets produced with the method as well as their use, e.g. for the production of cushioning elements for sports apparel, such as for producing soles or parts of soles of sports shoes. A further aspect of the invention concerns a method for the manufacture of molded components, comprising loading pellets of an expanded to polymer material into a mold, and connecting the pellets by providing heat energy, wherein the expanded polymer material of the pellets or beads comprises a chain extender. The molded components may be used in broad ranges of application.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein for generating dynamic conversational responses. For example, dynamic conversational responses may facilitate an interactive exchange with users. Therefore, the methods and systems used specialized methods to enriched data that may be indicative of a user's intent prior to processing that data through the machine learning model, as well as a specialized architecture for the machine learning models that take advantage of the user interface format.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a structure from a granular material, called sand, in particular a mold. A layer of sand is deposited. The layer of sand is selectively agglomerated by spraying, using a spray nozzle, an inorganic binder having an M2SiO3 type (meta)silicate dissolved in a solvent. Prior to the spraying, the inorganic binder is heated to a temperature to confer on it a viscosity less than 0.2 Pa·s. A device for implementing the method is provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the field of electricity, and disclose a drive circuit. In some embodiments of this application, the drive circuit includes a high-side driver module and a delay module, the delay module is configured to output a delay signal of preset duration to the high-side driver module in a case that a control module is being reset; and the high-side driver module is configured to: according to the delay signal of preset duration, remain in a first state within the preset duration, the first state being the same as a second state; where the second state is a working state of the high-side driver module before the control module is reset, and the second state includes being on or off.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, conditional handover configuration information from a first network device, where the first network device is a network device to which a serving cell belongs, and the serving cell is a cell that currently accessed by the terminal belongs; and determining, by the terminal device, a first target cell based on the conditional handover configuration information.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, radio resource control (RRC) signaling indicating a number of padding bits in multicast downlink control information (DCI). The UE may receive, from the base station, a multicast DCI message that includes a set of fields to indicate a set of communication parameters. The UE may interpret the multicast DCI message that indicates the set of communication parameters based at least in part on the number of padding bits indicated by the RRC signaling. Numerous other aspects are provided.