Abstract: A sampler apparatus is disclosed. The sampler apparatus comprises an impactor assembly comprising a nozzle plate, an impaction plate, and a filter unit. The nozzle plate comprises a plurality of nozzles for channelling an air stream through the sampler apparatus. The impaction plate is adapted to collect particulate matter having size equal to or greater than a threshold size. The filter unit is adapted to collect particulate matter having size less than or equal to the threshold size. The sampler apparatus further comprises a control assembly coupled with the impactor assembly. The control assembly comprises one or more flow control devices to maintain a predetermined air-flow rate of the air stream within the sampler apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention discloses stable delayed release multiparticulate powder for oral suspension of proton pump inhibitor compounds comprising: a) a core with an effective amount of proton pump inhibitor and at least one or more pharmaceutical excipients, b) at least one water-soluble seal coating over core c) at least one enteric coating layer over the seal coat wherein the core is free of a surfactant. The prior art discloses restrictive formulation techniques and suggests higher amounts of various excipients to achieve desired technical attributes. The prepared test formulations exhibited desired pharmaceutical technical attributes like drug release, assay, stability, no polymorphic change, reduced sticking to nasogastric and gastronomy tubes, and packaging material.

Abstract: A memory device operable in either of a Secure Digital operational mode and an NVMe operational mode includes password conversion logic to enable the memory device user-mode memory blocks to be accessed in the NVMe operational mode after the memory device was locked in the Secure Digital operational mode.

Abstract: A method for authorization of multiple transactions using a single authentication process is described. The method includes determining that a user is an authorized user based on user credentials associated with the user; authorizing a transaction device identified by the authorized user for future electronic transactions with one or more restrictions; and providing previously stored payment card information associated with a user account of the authorized user for electronic transactions initiated at the authorized transaction device in accordance with the one or more restrictions.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a field termination assembly (FTA) providing for ease of mounting to a support rail. The FTA is easily mounted to a base which is secured to a support rail. The housing includes one or more slots each configured to receive a respective adaptor module configured to be inserted into the slot. Each adaptor module may be configured to perform at least one function related to an associated input or output signal.

Abstract: A circuit for realizing a precision and linear floating resistor, using MOSFET devices, is disclosed. A linear floating voltage-controlled resistor (LFVCR) is realized using a MOSFET with a gate drive means and a substrate drive means to provide a feedback of the common-mode voltage across the source-drain terminals to the gate and substrate terminals. Two such LFVCR circuits using matched MOSFET devices having independent substrates, along with an op-amp based negative feedback loop, are used to realize a continuously variable precision and linear floating resistor, whose value can be controlled by a combination of variable voltage, current, and resistor. Further embodiments are disclosed for realizing a resistor mirror circuit with multiple floating resistors, improving the linearity by using LFVCR circuits with complementary MOSFET devices, realizing a resistor with scaled-up resistance and extended voltage range, and realizing a resistor with scaled-down resistance and extended current range.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an extended release oral liquid pharmaceutical composition comprising eslicarbazepine or its pharmaceutically acceptable esters, salts, solvates, polymorphs, enantiomers or mixtures thereof in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The extended release liquid compositions are in the form of ready-to-use liquid compositions or reconstituted liquid compositions. It also relates to processes for the preparation of said extended release liquid compositions. The prior art discloses immediate release oral liquid dosage form. The prepared novel test formulations exhibited desired pharmaceutical technical attributes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to orally administered liquid pharmaceutical compositions of eslicarbazepine. The liquid compositions are in the form of ready to use suspension and suspension powder for reconstitution. It also relates to the processes for the preparation of said liquid compositions. The present invention provides liquid compositions of eslicarbazepine with desired technical attributes such as release profile and pH. The prepared compositions are useful in patients having difficulties in swallowing tablets and provide physician with providing a more convenient and less cumbersome posology.

Abstract: A method of performing convolution in a neural network with variable dilation rate is provided. The method includes receiving a size of a first kernel and a dilation rate, determining at least one of size of one or more disintegrated kernels based on the size of the first kernel, a baseline architecture of a memory and the dilation rate, determining an address of one or more blocks of an input image based on the dilation rate, and one or more parameters associated with a size of the input image and the memory. Thereafter, the one or more blocks of the input image and the one or more disintegrated kernels are fetched from the memory, and an output image is obtained based on convolution of each of the one or more disintegrated kernels and the one or more blocks of the input image.

Abstract: Systems and methods for improved efficiency in content streaming and downloading. The system enables a first list including a plurality of user equipment (UE) in communication with a wireless base station (WBS) to be identified based on the likelihood that each UE will download a piece of content. The process starts in response to a UE requesting the content from the WBS or some other triggering event. The system can use the content and subscriber history from the plurality of UEs along with machine learning, or some other algorithm, to identify likely candidates. The system can calculate a similarity score, or similar, comparing the requested content to the content history for each of the plurality of UEs. The system can add each UE with a sufficiently high similarity score to a second list. The content can be broadcast to all UEs on the second list in a single broadcast transmission.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, devices, and the like for presenting a recommendation. In one embodiment, a system is introduced that includes a plurality of models for obtaining a recommendation score. The recommendation score may be obtained using one or more models which can include supervised and unsupervised learning as well as a combination of user information and transactions. In another embodiment, the system is introduced that can provide a total recommendation score and recommendation generated by an ensemble model whose input can include the one or more recommendation scores previously obtained.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, devices, and the like for presenting a recommendation. In one embodiment, a system is introduced that includes a plurality of models for obtaining a recommendation score. The recommendation score may be obtained using one or more recommendation models and a recommendation made based on the recommendation score determined. In another embodiment, the system is introduced that can re-train the recommendation model based on a feedback received in response to a recommendation made using on the recommendation score obtained.

Abstract: A method for authorization of multiple transactions using a single authentication process is described. The method includes determining that a user is an authorized user based on user credentials associated with the user; authorizing a transaction device identified by the authorized user for future electronic transactions with one or more restrictions; and providing previously stored payment card information associated with a user account of the authorized user for electronic transactions initiated at the authorized transaction device in accordance with the one or more restrictions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carboxylation catalyst, which catalyzes carboxylation of a furan-based compound containing a hydroxyl group and a carbonyl group or a derivative thereof to prepare 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), and is configured as a spinel support, and noble metal nanoparticles incorporated into the spinel support selected from the group consisting of MnCo2O4, CoMn2O4, and combinations thereof, and to a method of preparing 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), including providing a carboxylation catalyst configured such that noble metal nanoparticles are incorporated into a spinel support; and carboxylating a furan-based compound containing a hydroxyl group and a carbonyl group or a derivative thereof in the presence of the carboxylation catalyst.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for artificial intelligence for compliance simplification in cross-border logistics. A computer system and method may be used to infer product information. A computer system may feed a product data record into a machine learning (ML) models to identify a predictive attribute(s) that corresponds with identifying accurate product information. The computer system may feed the product data record and the predictive attribute into a ML model(s) to estimate additional data for the product data record. The computer system may update the product data record with the estimated additional data. The computer system may predict product code data by feeding the updated product data record into an ensemble of ML models, the product code data based on one or more commerce classification code taxonomies.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of preparing 2,5-furandimethylcarboxylate (FDMC), including preparing 2,5-furandimethylcarboxylate (FDMC) by subjecting a reaction mixture including 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), air, and an alcohol solvent to oxidative esterification in the presence of a gold (Au)-nanoparticle-supported catalyst, in which the gold (Au)-nanoparticle-supported catalyst includes a support and gold (Au) nanoparticles supported on the support.

Abstract: A testing system includes a slot configured to receive a device-under-test (DUT), and a core testing processor configured to communicate with a user interface and with the slot, wherein the core testing processor is associated with communication that is independent of any other communications transmitted within the system, and wherein the core testing processor executes a set of tests associated with the DUT.

Abstract: Embodiments are described for a heuristic configuration selection process as part of or accessible by the backup management process. This processing component provides a method to automatically determine the configuration parameters needed to obtain optimal performance for a given backup/restore job. This process involves identifying key parameters that determine backup performance and suggest means to derive and incorporate those configurable parameters into the backup software automatically. Embodiments can be applied to stream based backups, or other types of backup software as well.

Abstract: A system includes a housing having multiple slots. The system also includes multiple adaptor modules each configured to be inserted into one of the slots and perform at least one function related to an associated input or output signal. For each slot-adaptor module pair, the slot includes one of a key and a receptacle configured to receive the key, and the adaptor module includes the other of the key and the receptacle. Each key fits into the receptacle associated with one type of adaptor module and cannot fit into the receptacles associated with other types of adaptor modules. Each receptacle accepts the key associated with one type of adaptor module and cannot accept the keys associated with other types of adaptor modules. Each of at least one of the keys and the receptacles is rotatable to achieve one of multiple different orientations. Different ones of the keys have different cross-sectional shapes.

Abstract: An Electronic Volume Corrector (EVC) for measuring a flow of a gas in a gas line includes a plurality of EVC sensor interface units for collecting a plurality of sensed sensor parameters including uncorrected gas volume data (UGVD) from a gas meter, a gas pressure from a gas pressure sensor and gas temperature from a gas temperature sensor. An EVC processing unit is communicably connected to the EVC sensor interface units for performing volume correction for generating corrected GVD (CGVD) from the UGVD received from each of the EVC sensor interface units, data logging, and networking functions. The EVC sensor interface units and the EVC processing unit are configured independent including being physically separate from one another.