Abstract: Image transfer articles and method of using image transfer articles to apply and image to a receptor. The image transfer articles include a melt transfer layer, an image receiving layer configured to receive an indicia and/or image and including at least one wax treated silica pigment, and at least one opaque layer between the melt transfer layer and the image receiving layer. The melt transfer layer includes a bottom surface position-able against a receptor element during a transfer process. The at least one opaque layer is configured to provide an opaque background for at least a portion of the indicia and/or image.

Abstract: The embodiments herein provide a facile four-step process for the preparation of binder-free graphene felts that are free standing and mechanically robust. The step of deagglomeration of graphene material leads to a uniform size distribution which when combined/integrated with an appropriate moulding technique allows an easy fine tuning of various attributes of graphene felts including electrical conductivity, porosity, surface area, surface morphology and surface functionalization depending on the desired application. Since graphene felts obtained from this process do not incorporate any binder, to achieve better electrical conductivity, electrochemical activity and catalytic and sensing properties compared to conventional graphene felts while not compromising with their mechanical properties.

Abstract: Structures including an optical component and methods of fabricating a structure including an optical component. The structure includes a substrate, an optical component including a waveguide core, and a back-end-of-line stack including a heat spreader layer. The optical component is positioned in a vertical direction between the substrate and the back-end-of-line stack. The waveguide core contains a first material having a first thermal conductivity, and the heat spreader layer contains a second material having a second thermal conductivity that is greater than the first thermal conductivity of the first material.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a subcarrier spacing (SCS) for communications in a transmission time interval (TTI), such as a half-subframe, including multiple symbols, corresponding cyclic prefixes, and a padding duration which is at least as long as a symbol duration. The UE may receive a configuration for the padding duration, indicating that at least a portion of the padding duration is reallocated for a reference signal that indicates waveform parameters for one or more symbols of the TTI after the padding duration. The UE may receive the reference signal indicating the waveform parameters during the portion of the padding duration and communicate during the one or more symbols of the TTI according to the waveform parameters.

Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: receiving, at an attribute and income platform, demand deposit account information associated with a demand deposit account; receiving, at the attribute and income platform, financial information of a customer associated with the demand deposit account; generating, by the attribute and income platform, a financial profile for the customer; generating, by a customer decisioning platform, a pre-approval of a credit product for the customer, wherein the customer pre-approval is based on the financial profile for the customer; providing, by the event streaming platform, a customer pre-approval topic; publishing the customer pre-approval to the customer pre-approval topic; and subscribing, by one or more processing platforms, to the customer pre-approval topic.

Abstract: Structures including an optical component and methods of fabricating a structure including an optical component. The structure includes a waveguide core and a back-end-of-line stack including a first metallization level, a second metallization level, and a heat sink having a metal feature in the second metallization level. The heat sink is positioned adjacent to a section of the waveguide core. The first metallization level including a dielectric layer positioned between the metal feature and the section of the waveguide core.

Abstract: A hub is configured to provide voice control without assistance from a remote system, which allows the hub to provide a user with the ability to control second devices in an environment by issuing voice commands, even when the hub is unable to communicate with the remote system over a wide area network (e.g., the Internet). The hub is also configured to execute rules without assistance from the remote system, which allows the hub to execute rules, even when the hub is unable to communicate with the remote system over a wide area network (e.g., the Internet).

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer system and a computer program product manage disruption between activities in a common area environment. The method includes capturing activity data from the common area environment, where the activity data is selected from a group consisting of: video data, audio data and biometric data and text data. The method also includes identifying a plurality of current activities in the activity data. Each current activity is associated with a device and includes a context with respect to other current activities in the plurality of current activities. In addition, the method includes determining a disruption score for each current activity in the plurality of current activities based on the context with respect to the other current activities. Lastly, the method includes transmitting a notification response to the device associated with a current activity when the disruption score for the current activity is above a threshold.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a transmitter and processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the transmitter and configured to determine a position of a communication hub relative to the electronic device and cause the transmitter to transmit a signal directed to the communication hub at a transmission power based on the position.

Abstract: Memory devices having optimized phase change memory (PCM) structures to improve nucleation time variation and methods for forming the phase change memory structures. The PCM structures are composed of layers including a first electrode layer, a PCM layer having a first interface with the first electrode layer comprising a first electrode/PCM interface, and a second electrode layer, having a second interface with the phase change material layer comprising a PCM/second electrode interface. The first electrode/PCM interface and the PCM/second electrode interface are non-flat and configured to reduce statistical variation of nucleation time. Techniques/processes for forming these interfaces include creating serrated or rough edges, forming patterned shapes, and attaching nanodots.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to multiplexing, in frequency and to generate a multiplexed set of data subcarriers, a first set of data subcarriers for a first user or a first channel with a second set of data subcarriers for a second user or a second channel, adding at least one set of redundant subcarriers to the multiplexed set of data subcarriers to be transmitted in a unique-word orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (UW-OFDM) waveform to produce at least one of head samples or tail samples for the UW-OFDM waveform, mapping the multiplexed set of data subcarriers and the at least one set of redundant subcarriers as input to an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT), and generating the UW-OFDM waveform based on an output of the IFFT.

Abstract: In a reaction product of at least one phenol compound with aldehyde(s), the phenol compound(s) reply to formula (II): wherein-R represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group comprising from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, -x is 1 or 2, -R1 is a linear alkyl or alkenyl group having 15 carbon atoms if x is 1, -R1 is hydrogen if x is 2, -R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group comprising from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and its use as a hydrogen sulphide and/or mercaptans scavenger in hydrocarbon compositions and in water-based compositions such as water-based drilling fluids.

Abstract: Presenting content history to a user added to a group chat may include: receiving a request from a user to join an existing group chat session, wherein the requesting user is associated with user data describing the requesting user’s persona; performing an analysis of content of the group chat session prior to the requesting user joining the group chat session; and adding the requesting user to the group chat session, including: generating a modified version of the content of the group chat session based on the content analysis and the user data; and presenting the modified version of the content of the group chat session to the requesting user.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may receive at least one lean synchronization signal block (SSB), each of the at least one lean SSB being received in one of at least one symbol and each of the at least one lean SSB including the same kind of synchronization signal in each of the at least one symbol from a base station, measure at least one quantity associated with the received at least one lean SSB, and transmit a measurement report indicating the measured at least one quantity associated with the received at least one lean SSB to the base station for the purpose of beam management. The UE may receive a configuration indicating a lean SSB resource set. The UE may also receive an instruction to activate/deactivate or trigger the lean SSB and the measurement associated with the received lean SSB resource set when the type is semi-persistent or aperiodic, respectively.

Abstract: An image is accepted by one or more processing circuits from a user depicting the user's facial skin. Machine learning models stored in one or more memory circuits are applied to the image to classify facial skin characteristics. A regimen recommendation is provided to the user based on the classified facial skin characteristics.

Abstract: A method or system for facilitating the determining and setting of stimulation parameters for programming an electrical stimulation system using closed loop programming is provided. For example, pulse generator feedback logic is executed by a processor to interface with control instructions of an implantable pulse generator by incorporating one or more machine learning engines to automatically generate a proposed set of stimulation parameter values that each affect a stimulation aspect of the implantable pulse generator, receive one or more clinical responses and automatically generate a revised set of values taking into account the received clinical responses, and repeating the automated receiving of a clinical response and adjusting the stimulation parameter values taking the clinical response into account, until or unless a stop condition is reach or the a therapeutic response is indicated within a designated tolerance.

Abstract: The various embodiments of the present invention provide a method of fabricating carbon felt based electrodes without any binder additive. A coating of conductive polymer adhesives is applied on the current collector. The carbon felts are placed on either side of the current collector to get an assembly. The assembly comprising current collector and carbon felt is placed between the plates of hot press with predetermined conditions for curing the adhesive applied on the surface of current collector and to obtain sandwich structure of electrode. The sandwich structure of electrode is subjected under a roller and pressed depending on required thickness and porosity of the electrodes. The electrodes are cut into desired shape using electrode cutting die in tailoring process. The prepared carbon felt based electrode illustrates high flexibility and mechanical robustness when compared to carbon felt electrodes that are binder based and brittle in nature.

Abstract: In some embodiments a distributed computing system is provided that includes a plurality of different feature modules and a matching engine. The different feature modules each provide different processing for handling parent requests and submitting, to the matching engine, commands for child data transaction requests that are associated with the parent request.

Abstract: Examples may include techniques to implement a SET write operation to a selected memory cell include in a memory array. Examples include selecting the memory cell that includes phase change material and applying various currents over various periods of time during a nucleation stage and a crystal growth stage to cause the memory cell to be in a SET logical state.

Abstract: A computer implemented system and method facilitates a cycle of generation, sharing, and refinement of volumes related to stimulation of anatomical tissue, such as brain or spinal cord stimulation. Such volumes can include target stimulation volumes, side effect volumes, and volumes of estimated activation. A computer system and method also facilitates analysis of groups of volumes, including analysis of differences and/or commonalities between different groups of volumes.