Abstract: Compounds, tautomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds are disclosed, wherein the compounds have the structure of Formula Ia, as defined in the specification. In an embodiment, a pharmaceutical composition can be in a liquid dosage form and can comprise a therapeutically effective amount of the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an adjuvant and a therapeutic agent. In another embodiment, a method of adjuvant treating a disorder or condition can comprising administering the pharmaceutical composition to a patient.

Abstract: The problem of lost circulation is pertinent to the oil industry. To prevent fluid loss, a lost circulation material (LCM), or more generally, a plugging material, can be used to effectively plug the fractures in the rock formation. If the fractures are in the production zone, it is also ideal to unplug them when the drilling operation is complete. Therefore, a material engineered to degrade after a desired period would be useful. In examples, a plugging material has been developed by gelling an oil-based fluid using a low molecular weight gelator, dibenzylidene sorbitol (DBS). DBS gels are robust and show plugging behavior. DBS is shown to chemically degrade in presence of an acid. Hence, a self-degrading gel can be synthesized by incorporating an acid into the system. Further, by varying the type and concentration of the acid, the degradation time of the gel can be controlled.

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: 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.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide intelligent scheduling in a radio access network (RAN). A RAN device receives traffic characterization model parameters and also receives data for a communication session with a User Equipment (UE) device. The RAN device identifies traffic characteristics for the communication session based on the traffic characterization model parameters. The traffic characteristics include a predicted level of periodicity for a future time interval. The RAN device selects a scheduling discipline for the communication session based on the projected level of periodicity for the future time interval, and implements the selected scheduling discipline for the communication session.

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: Provided are compounds of Formula (I) having activity as inhibitors of G12C mutant KRAS protein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and uses and methods of treating certain disorders, such as cancer, including but not limited to lung, pancreatic and colorectal cancers.

Abstract: Disclosed is a handheld laser probe for laser thermal conjunctivoplasty, the handheld laser comprising: a forceps; and a line focused laser light source coupled to the forceps, wherein the forceps are configured to grasp a conjunctival fold and hold the fold in a light beam of the line focused laser, and wherein the line focused laser beam is configured to uniformly heat the conjunctival fold held in the forceps. Disclosed are systems for laser thermal conjunctivoplasty including the handheld laser. Disclosed are methods of conjunctivoplasty using the handheld laser probe.

Abstract: Disclosed is a handheld laser probe for laser thermal conjunctivoplasty, the handheld laser comprising: a forceps; and a line focused laser light source coupled to the forceps, wherein the forceps are configured to grasp a conjunctival fold and hold the fold in a light beam of the line focused laser, and wherein the line focused laser beam is configured to uniformly heat the conjunctival fold held in the forceps. Disclosed are systems for laser thermal conjunctivoplasty including the handheld laser. Disclosed are methods of conjunctivoplasty using the handheld laser probe.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for training a machine learning model to learn speech representations. Labeled speech data or both labeled and unlabeled data sets is applied to a feature extractor of a machine learning model to generate latent speech representations. The latent speech representations are applied to a quantizer to generate quantized latent speech representations and to a transformer context network to generate contextual representations. Each contextual representation included in the contextual representations is aligned with a phoneme label to generate phonetically-aware contextual representations. Quantized latent representations are aligned with phoneme labels to generate phonetically aware latent speech representations.