Abstract: The disclosed technology teaches testing voice connection routing over 911 circuits as if voice calls originated from an E911 device in coverage areas of cell tower locations, without requiring a physical presence of the E911 device in each coverage area. A remote test agent audio bridge and tester originates a first call to a test user with a first phone number, creates a media bridge, emulates an E911-compliant mobile device to originate a second call to a 911 operator, relays audio over the media bridge as a verbal exchange between the first and the second calls, and logs an evaluation of the verbal exchange. The emulation includes spoofing a call origination from an origination location being tested, the spoofed origination location being within coverage of an originating cell.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system that automatically detects patient-ventilator asynchrony and trends in patient-ventilator asynchrony. The present disclosure describes a framework that uses pressure, flow, and volume waveforms to detect patient-ventilator asynchrony and the presence of secretions in the ventilator circuit.

Abstract: A video encoder is configured to entropy encode an absolute value of a quantization level of a current transform coefficient at position (xC, yC), wherein the absolute value is encoded using context adaptive binary arithmetic encoding of bins of a first binarization. The video coder is further configured, for the current transform coefficient, to encode a bin of the first binarization by using a context which is determined based on a sum of minimum absolute values of transform coefficient quantization levels, based on encoded bins of the first binarization, at one or more transform coefficient positions among (xC+1, yC), (xC+2, yC), (xC+1, yC+1), (xC, yC+1), and (xC, yC+2).

Abstract: A method for process control using predictive long short term memory includes obtaining historical post-process measurements taken on prior products of the manufacturing process; obtaining historical in-process measurements taken on prior workpieces during the manufacturing process; training a neural network to predict each of the historical post-process measurements, in response to the corresponding historical in-process measurements and preceding historical post-process measurements; obtaining present in-process measurements on a present workpiece during the manufacturing process; predicting a future post-process measurement for the present workpiece, by providing the present in-process measurements and the historical post-process measurements as inputs to the neural network; and adjusting at least one controllable variable of the manufacturing process in response to the prediction of the future post-process measurement.

Abstract: Thermal control devices adapted to provide improved control and efficiency in temperature cycling are provided herein. Such thermal control device can include a thermoelectric cooler controlled in coordination with another thermal manipulation device to control an opposing face of the thermoelectric cooler and/or a microenvironment. Some such thermal control devices include a first and second thermoelectric cooler separated by a thermal capacitor. The thermal control devices can be configured in a planar configuration with a means for thermally coupling with a planar reaction vessel of a sample analyzer for use in thermal cycling in a polymerase chain reaction of the fluid sample in the reaction vessel. Methods of thermal cycling using such a thermal control devices are also provided.

Abstract: A method for replacing by a HPLMN or a user equipment a set of URSP rules used by the user equipment communicating with a MNO network, the set of URSP rules being called current set of URSP rules, by another set of URSP rules, called new set of URSP rules, the user equipment cooperating with a secure element, the method including storing in the secure element a plurality of URSP rules; when the home network or the user equipment decides to switch from the current set of rules to the new set of rules, sending to the secure element a switching command comprising a list of selection criteria of the new set of URSP rules; replacing in the secure element the current set of URSP rules by the new set of URSP rules, and sending a refresh command.

Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein relate to sol-gel materials that include at least one metal halide precursor and at least one alcohol. After being annealed, the metal in the metal halide is in at least two different oxidation states, both of which are stable and transparent to visible light. By producing a mixture of the same metal in multiple oxidation states that are all transparent to visible light, an amorphous state of the sol-gel material without any noticeable domain formation that would otherwise distribute stress locally and lead to voiding inside nano-gratings to be overcoated is obtained. Highly condensed states of the sol-gel have refractive index values in the 1.7-2.2 range, without sacrificing recessed-feature fill.

Abstract: A polymer composition has been developed that comprising an oil-in-water emulsion comprising an aqueous phase comprising water and an emulsifying surfactant having a cloud point of less than 80° C. and a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) of greater than or equal to 8, and an oil phase comprising a high molecular weight oil-soluble polymer, wherein the oil-soluble polymer comprises a copolymer derived from reaction of a hydrophobic monomer and an ionizable monomer in a weight ratio from about 999:1 to about 80:20. Methods of using the compositions for drag reduction and corrosion inhibition are also disclosed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of a proactive switch of vehicle-to-everything communication from a device-to-device connection to a connection routed by one or more network devices. In example embodiments, a first terminal device receives, from a second terminal device via a device-to-device connection, an indication of a decision to switch the device-to-device connection to a connection routed by at least one network device for communication with the second terminal device. Based on the received indication from the second terminal device, the first terminal device then determines proactive switching from the device-to-device connection to the routed connection to be performed. The first terminal device then sends a request to a first network device of the at least one network device to set up the routed connection, the request indicating a cause for the determined proactive switching.

Abstract: Disclosed are a microfluidic device and a sample analysis apparatus using the microfluidic device.

Abstract: A method of performing a setup of a smart home device may include determining, by an operating system of a control device, that a smart home device is present in an enclosure; receiving, by the operating system, information from the smart home device using a multi-ecosystem protocol, wherein the information identifies a type of device for the smart home device; performing, by the operating system, setup operations for the smart home device based on the type of device; and providing, by the operating system, access to the smart home device for an application operating on the control device after the setup operations.

Abstract: A polyethylene terephthalate aerogel. There is provided a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) aerogel comprising a porous network of cross-linked recycled PET fibers, wherein the PET aerogel has a thermal conductivity of 0.030-0.050 W/m K. There is also provided a method of forming the PET aerogel.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to generate, for transmission to a device, first connection related information associated with establishing a short-range communication link, process, based on signals received from the device, second connection related information associated with establishing the short-range communication link with the device, establish the short-range communication link with the device using the first connection related information and the second connection related information, wherein the establishing further comprises the processing circuitry being configured to generate, for transmission to the device, an indication the apparatus supports a fast connection process, generate, for transmission to the device, an indication the apparatus comprises the second connection related information, process, based on signals received from the device, an indication the wireless device supports the fast connection process and process, based on signals received from the device, an indication the device comprises

Abstract: Provided is a method of manage and support network reselection in national roaming context occurring in case of disaster conditions in a given area. A visited network receives, at least from one another affected PLMN, an information relative to the given area concerned by the disaster conditions for the affected PLMN and broadcasts, using base stations of the visited PLMN in the given area, an information to make user equipments of the affected PLMN aware of its Home PLMN being in disaster conditions and aware of a list of possible PLMN for national roaming. Other embodiments disclosed.

Abstract: A method for performing a borehole operation is disclosed. The method includes determining a characteristic diffusion time that corresponds to an undrained response period or a non-monotonic pore pressure dissipation phase of a porous medium surrounding a borehole, determining, based on a pre-determined failure criterion, a critical time of the borehole that corresponds to when a failure of the porous medium occurs within the characteristic diffusion time, identifying a failure region of the failure occurring at the critical time of the borehole, and performing, based on at least the identified failure region, the borehole operation.

Abstract: Generative modeling from phylogenetic data is provided. The method comprises creating a multi-sequence alignment (MSA) based on a nucleic acid or protein sequence and generating a phylogenetic tree based on the MSA. The phylogenetic tree is fed into a number of machine learning models, which generate vector representations of the nucleic acid or protein sequences based on the phylogenetic tree. The machine learning models generate from the vector representation predicted nucleic acid or protein sequences for at least one of an evolution sequence, regression sequence, or sibling sequences of nucleic acids or proteins according to the phylogenetic tree.

Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of formula (I) wherein R1a, R1b, R2a, R2b, Z, R3 to R5, A, p, U, V and W have the meanings given in the claims and specification, their use as inhibitors of KRAS, pharmaceutical compositions and preparations containing such compounds and their use as medicaments/medical uses, especially as agents for treatment and/or prevention of oncological diseases.

Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of formula (I) wherein R1a, R1b, R2a, R2b, Z, R3 to R5, A, p, U, V, W, L and E have the meanings given in the claims and specification, their use as inhibitors of mutant Ras family proteins, pharmaceutical compositions and preparations containing such compounds and their use as medicaments/medical uses, especially as agents for treatment and/or prevention of oncological diseases.

Abstract: A capacitive sensor and capacitive sensing method including driver device having first input configured to receive clock signal, second input configured to receive charging voltage, third input configured to receive common-mode voltage, and output; first capacitor configured to be sensed, having first terminal connected to output of driver device and second terminal; and receiver device having first input configured to receive clock signal, second input connected to second terminal of first capacitor, and third input configured to receive the common mode voltage, wherein the receiver includes a temperature-compensated analog-to-digital converter (ADC), wherein the temperature-compensated ADC includes a voltage reference generator, and wherein the voltage reference generator includes a comparator, a first p-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) transistor, a second p-channel MOS transistor, a third p-channel MOS transistor a first variable resistor, a second variable resistor, a third variable resistor, a fo

Abstract: A computer implemented method for estimating environmental impact for industrial assets is provided. A number of processor units receive data for an industrial asset. The data for the industrial asset includes a number of variables associated with sustainability of the industrial asset. The sustainability of the industrial asset includes energy consumption, leakage, and energy loss associated with operations for the industrial asset. The number of processor units determines a relationship between environmental impact for the industrial asset and the number of variables according to the data. The number of processor units forecast energy consumption, leakage, and energy loss over a period of time for the industrial asset based on the data. The number of processor units estimate environmental impact for the industrial asset over the period of time based on the forecasted energy consumption, the forecasted energy loss, forecasted leakage, and the relationship.