Abstract: A case assembly selectively encases and displays a mobile communications device. The case assembly includes or incorporates a segmented cradle assembly configured to adjustably cradle variously sized mobile communications devices. The segmented cradle assembly includes an anterior panel, a posterior panel, and a plurality of device-holding cradle segments. Each device-holding cradle segment includes a panel-opposing portion and a device-cradling portion. The anterior panel is spaced from the posterior panel, and the panel-opposing portions are loosely sandwiched intermediate the anterior panel and the posterior panel. The panel-opposing portions are further attached to the panels by way of an elastic tether member. The cradle segments are displaceable relative to the panels and to one another via the elastic tether members for varying a distance between the device-holding cradle segments thereby being adjustable for receiving and cradling variously sized mobile communications devices.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for generating wide-field optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images. In embodiments, multiple OCTA scans of a sample are automatically acquired at overlapping locations. The systems and methods include functionality to adaptively control the scanning procedure such that eye blink and eye motion events are detected in real time and accounted for during 3D scan acquisition. Also disclosed are methods for detecting and correcting motion-related artifacts in OCTA datasets which allow for the longer scan times over larger fields of view required for wide-field imaging. These methods may include division of en face angiogram images into a set of motion-free parallel strips, and application of gross and fine registration methods to align overlapping strips into a motion-corrected composite image. A series of overlapping motion-corrected composite images may be combined into a larger montage to enable wide-field OCTA imaging using multiple OCTA scans.

Abstract: A device may include a processor configured to monitor a data flow, associated with a user equipment (UE) device, in a Radio Access Network (RAN). The processor may be further configured to detect a congestion condition for the monitored data flow associated with the UE device; generate an Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in response to detecting the congestion condition; and mark packets associated with the data flow with the generated ECN.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments may include a system for card authentication. The system may receive, via a user device, a voice request to activate a card associated with a customer account. The system may generate, using a first machine learning model (MLM), a voice fingerprint confidence score based on comparing a first voice in the voice request to a second voice in a stored audio file associated with a customer of the customer account. The system may generate, using a second MLM, a device authentication score based on comparing an address from the user device to a stored address of a known user device associated with the customer account. The system may determine whether the voice request is valid based at least in part on the voice fingerprint confidence score and the device authentication score. The system may activate the card based on the determination that the voice request is valid.

Abstract: Foldable intraocular lens (IOL) having a total dioptric power and comprising an optic portion (12) having main anterior and posterior optical surfaces, and incorporating an internal optical feature (13) positioned between the main anterior and posterior optical surfaces are described. The optic portion has a diameter of greater than 6.0 mm and a maximum central cross-sectional area of less than 2 mm2 along the diameter, and the internal optical feature positively contributes to the total dioptric power of the intraocular lens.

Abstract: A system obtains a first training data set comprising labeled speech data or both labeled and unlabeled data corresponding to a high-resource data set as well as latent speech representations based on the first training data set. The system trains a machine learning model on the first training data set to learn phonetically aware speech representations corresponding to the first training data set. The system applies the latent speech representations to a transformer context network to generate contextual representations. The system aligns each of the contextual representations with a phoneme label to generate phonetically-aware contextual representations. The system causes a refinement engine to further refine the machine learning model.

Abstract: A device determines a periodicity of downstream traffic destined for a User Equipment device (UE) and sets a value of at least one Discontinuous Reception (DRx) cycle length parameter to compensate for the determined periodicity of the downstream traffic. The device generates UE DRx instructions that include the at least one DRx cycle length parameter and sends the UE DRx instructions to the UE for implementing DRx at the UE.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments may include a system for card authentication. The system may receive, via a user device, a voice request to activate a card associated with a customer account. The system may generate, using a first machine learning model (MLM), a voice fingerprint confidence score based on comparing a first voice in the voice request to a second voice in a stored audio file associated with a customer of the customer account. The system may generate, using a second MLM, a device authentication score based on comparing an address from the user device to a stored address of a known user device associated with the customer account. The system may determine whether the voice request is valid based at least in part on the voice fingerprint confidence score and the device authentication score. The system may activate the card based on the determination that the voice request is valid.

Abstract: Techniques for discovering semantic meaning of data in fields included in one or more data sets, the method including: a first field having a previously-assigned label that indicates a semantic meaning of the first field; identifying a set of one or more candidate labels, for potential assignment to the first field instead of the previously-assigned label; evaluating, using a previously-determined label score and a first candidate label score, whether to assign a first candidate label to the first field, the evaluating comprising: when the first candidate label score is at least a first threshold amount greater than a previously-determined label score, presenting the first candidate label to a user by generating an interface through which the user can provide input indicating whether to assign the first candidate label to the first field instead of the previously-determined label.

Abstract: In some implementations, a device may transmit a buffer monitoring request message, wherein the buffer monitoring request message indicates a threshold time. The device may receive a buffer monitoring response message, wherein the buffer monitoring response message indicates one or more data radio bearers (DRBs) having buffers that exceed a data threshold for a time longer than the threshold time, and wherein the buffer monitoring response message indicates respective buffer sizes. The device may receive a measurement report of a user equipment (UE) associated with a buffer size among the respective buffer sizes, wherein the measurement report is associated with secondary node (SN) candidates. The device may establish, based on the measurement report, a New Radio dual connectivity (NR-DC) for the UE by adding an SN from the SN candidates.

Abstract: Various embodiments herein provide methods to obtain corneoscleral surface profiles from optical coherence tomography (OCT) data and/or another three-dimensional (3D) volumetric scan of the eye. The OCT data may be obtained using radial scans. The limbal junction may be estimated from the radial profiles of the central moments of OCT axial scans. The external topographic limbus may be located using curve fitting of a scleral topography map and/or corneal topography map. Elevation profiles and topographic maps of the anterior eye, referenced to the best-fit topographic limbal circle and its associated plane and central axis, are constructed. The reference coordinate allows the generation of maps and radial profiles for surface elevation, axial radius, and tangential radius. Using ellipsoidal fitting, the corneal height, corneal principal meridians and associated radii of curvature, and scleral principal meridians and associated radii of curvature, are calculated.

Abstract: Provided in this disclosure are formulations and methods including antimicrobial peptides and at least one antibiotic that can treat or prevent microbial films when applied on an object. Also provided in this disclosure are formulations and methods including antimicrobial peptides and at least one antibiotic that can treat or prevent microbial films when administered to a subject. Also provided in this disclosure are formulations and methods including administering antimicrobial peptides and at least one antibiotic that can improve the survivability of subjects with bacterial infections. Also provided in this disclosure are formulations and methods including administering antimicrobial peptides and at least one antibiotic that can improve the survivability of subjects with periprosthetic joint infection.

Abstract: A system may include a mobile integrated access and backhaul (M-IAB) base station configured to serve a set of user equipment (UE) devices; and a parent base station configured to establish a backhaul link for the M-IAB base station. The parent base station may be further configured to provide configuration data to the M-IAB base station that causes the M-IAB base station to report when a triggering condition for preparing a handover to a target parent node is satisfied; detect that the triggering condition is satisfied; and send, in response, a request to the target parent node to prepare the handover. The M-IAB base station may be further configured to detect that a handover condition is satisfied and send a handover request to the target parent node using the configuration data, in response to detecting that the handover condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A redox device of a metal-air flow battery includes a container, a rod inserted into and electrically insulated from the container, a net connected to and surrounding the rod, a power supply, and an ultrasonic module. The container, the rod, and the net are electrically conductive, respectively. The net moves away from the rod gradually in a spiral manner. The container receives an electrolyte solution containing a product originated from the metal-air flow battery. The net is immersed in the electrolyte solution. The power supply is electrically connected to the container, the rod, and the net to form an electric loop via the electrolyte solution. The power supply provides a pulse current to the electric loop to electrochemically deposit metal from the electrolyte solution on the net. The ultrasonic module provides vibrations to the container to shake off metal from the net and suspend the metal in the electrolyte solution.

Abstract: A network device obtains a Physical Layer Cell Identifier (PCI) pool for allocating to ad-hoc mobile Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) nodes traversing a wireless network. The network device selects a first PCI for allocation to a first ad-hoc mobile IAB node located in the wireless network based on PCIs contained in the PCI pool, and allocates the first PCI to the first ad-hoc mobile IAB node. The network device pushes the allocated first PCI to the first ad-hoc mobile IAB node for use by the first ad-hoc mobile IAB node to establish User Equipment (UE) wireless access to the wireless network via wireless backhaul.

Abstract: A metal fuel flow battery management system includes a scattering module configured to receive an air and a fuel; a cell module producing an oxidation reaction between the cell module and the fuel flowing into the cell module to output discharge; a first fuel storage module configured to receive a liquid from the cell module and reduce an oxidized fuel in the liquid from the cell module by charging; a second fuel storage module configured to receive a liquid from the first fuel storage module and deliver the liquid to the scattering module; a plurality of connection channels, and a controller controlling a discharge power of the cell module by controlling flow rates of the air and the fuel. The fuel is sequentially circulated between the scattering module, the cell module, the first fuel storage module, and the second fuel storage module.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are peptides with antimicrobial, antiviral, antifungal or antitumor activity when administered to a subject. Also disclosed herein are methods that can be used for treating or preventing a condition or disease in a human subject in need thereof comprising intravenously administering a pharmaceutical composition to said human subject over an extended period of time.

Abstract: Techniques for discovering semantic meaning of data in fields included in one or more data sets, the method including: a first field having a previously-assigned label that indicates a semantic meaning of the first field; identifying a set of one or more candidate labels, for potential assignment to the first field instead of the previously-assigned label; evaluating, using a previously-determined label score and a first candidate label score, whether to assign a first candidate label to the first field, the evaluating comprising: when the first candidate label score is at least a first threshold amount greater than a previously-determined label score, presenting the first candidate label to a user by generating an interface through which the user can provide input indicating whether to assign the first candidate label to the first field instead of the previously-determined label.

Abstract: A fuel cell device includes a top board, a scattering board, a bottom board, and electrode modules. The top board includes a fuel entry hole, air access holes, and a fuel splitting part. The scattering board includes top air holes, bottom air holes, and slotted holes. The fuel splitting part splits a fuel to different slotted holes. The bottom board includes first slots. The electrode modules are detachably inserted in the first slots. An air space is provided in each of the electrode modules, and a fuel space is formed between any two adjacent electrode modules. The fuel entry hole, the fuel splitting part, the slotted holes, and the fuel space communicate to form a fuel channel. The air access holes, the top air holes, the bottom air holes, and the air space communicate to form an air channel, and the air channel is airtight to the fuel channel.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide extended reality (XR)-aware scheduling in a radio access network (RAN). A RAN device receives downlink (DL) metadata for downlink packets in an extended reality (XR) session and uplink (UL) metadata for uplink packets in the XR session. The RAN device selects a scheduling discipline for the XR session, based on the DL metadata and the UL metadata, and implements the selected scheduling discipline for the XR session.