Abstract: Decoder for decoding a picture from a data stream, configured to check whether a plurality of coding parameters, which are contained in the data stream, relate to a predetermined portion of the picture and control a prediction residual transform mode and a quantization accuracy with respect to the predetermined portion, are indicative of a coding parameter setting corresponding to a lossless prediction residual coding. Responsive to the plurality of coding parameters being indicative of the coding parameter setting corresponding to the lossless prediction residual coding, the decoder is configured to set one or more predetermined coding options relating to one or more tools of the decoder for processing a prediction residual corrected predictive reconstruction with respect to the predetermined portion so that the one or more tools are disabled with respect to the predetermined portion.

Abstract: Methods, media, and systems are provided for centralized and decentralized protection of sensitive data. Sensitive data, for example, may include personal user data or data protected by data privacy regulations. A router may receive data from a user device. In an embodiment, the data may be received from an application that is managed by a Kubernetes cluster. In some embodiments, the application provides an active user interface that includes one or more sensitive fields for entering sensitive data. A machine learning model may be used to detect that the data being received by the router includes sensitive data. Additionally, the machine learning model may detect an entry of sensitive data at one or more sensitive fields on one or more active user interfaces. The machine learning model may be trained using a plurality of application programming interface requests. A masking technique may be applied to the sensitive data.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to using natural language processing (NLP) to determine a recipe for a chemical synthesis described in a text to create a life cycle inventory (LCI). One example provides a method comprising receiving an input of a text from a publication comprising a description of a chemical product, and analyzing the text using NLP to determine a recipe for the chemical synthesis, the recipe comprising and action and action metadata, the action metadata comprising a reactant. The method further discloses obtaining LCI information for the reactant, determining an energy utilized for the action, and creating an estimate of an environmental impact for the product.

Abstract: The application is directed to methods and devices for estimating corrosion of a material. One of the methods includes obtaining data regarding corrosion. The data is obtained from various sources, such as but not limited to sensors and observational data. The data is then trained to provide for a more complete data set. The trained data is then used to estimate the expected amount of corrosion for a given situation.

Abstract: A technique is provided for determining a loss risk assessment score for a vehicle trip. The technique includes, at a vehicle, a computing device receiving first information indicative of operation of the vehicle. The technique also includes, at the vehicle, the computing device receiving second information indicative of an environment at a particular location and time. The computing device correlates the first information and the second information to generate a data set. The technique also includes determining a score for the vehicle trip based at least in part upon the generated data set.

Abstract: A portable urine collection system (200) may include a urine collection device, a conduit (217) in fluid communication with the urine collection device (212), a urine collection container (214) having an interior region, a pump (216), and a container support (202). The pump is in fluid communication with the urine collection container and is configured to pull a vacuum on the interior region of the urine collection container effective to draw urine from the urine collection device through the conduit into the urine collection container. The container support is configured to detachably secure to a wheelchair and support at least the urine collection container.

Abstract: Recycling information is associated with objects through the use of molecular tags. The recycling information may describe the type of material that the object is made from as well as provide instructions for recycling. The molecular tags may be polynucleotides or other types of molecules including inorganic molecules. The molecular tags may be embedded within the object or attached to the surface of the object. At the end of the object's life, the molecular tags are read and the recycling information is used to appropriately recycle the object.

Abstract: A rotary valve including a port housing, a port, an axially actuated rotary sleeve disposed within the port housing, the sleeve having a plurality of apertures in fluid communication with the port; and an insert disposed within the sleeve, the insert having an opening, the sleeve being rotatable to align one of the plurality of apertures with the opening. A rotary valve including a port housing, having a port, an axially actuated rotary sleeve disposed within the port housing, the sleeve having an aperture; and an insert disposed within the sleeve, the insert having a plurality of openings of distinct size from one another, the aperture of the sleeve being selectively alignable with one of the plurality of openings.

Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and/or computer program products to facilitate reduction of a quantum circuit are provided. A computer-implemented method can comprise performing, by a system operatively coupled to at least one processor, decomposition of an exponential of a first Pauli operator of 1 to n Pauli operators of the quantum circuit, and performing, by the system, a first Clifford transformation of a primary operator of the quantum circuit, where the primary operator can comprise a linear combination of primary Pauli operators, and where the first Clifford transformation can employ a result of the decomposition. Performing the decomposition can comprise decomposing the exponential of the first Pauli operator into a first non-Clifford operator and a first Clifford operator, with the first Clifford operator being employed for the first Clifford transformation.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing coupled to the first housing, a plurality of first adhesive portions arranged between the first housing and the second housing, and spaced apart from each other along a first perimeter portion of the first housing, and a plurality of second adhesive portions arranged between the plurality of first adhesive portions and arranged along a second perimeter portion of the first housing, wherein the first adhesive portions include an adhesive support portion extending in one direction and a first adhesive material arranged on one side or both sides of the adhesive support portion, and the second adhesive portions include a second adhesive material.

Abstract: High surface area coatings are applied to solid substrates to increase the surface area available for solid-phase synthesis of polymers. The high surface area coatings use three-dimensional space to provide more area for functional groups to bind polymers than an untreated solid substrate. The polymers may be oligonucleotides, polypeptides, or another type of polymer. The solid substrate is a rigid supportive layer made from a material such as glass, a silicon material, a metal material, and plastic. The coating may be thin films, hydrogels, microparticles. The coating may be made from a metal oxide, a high-? dielectric, a low-? dielectric, an etched metal, a carbon material, or an organic polymer. The functional groups may be hydroxyl groups, amine groups, thiolate groups, alkenes, n-alkenes, alkalines, N-Hydroxysuccinimide (NHS)-activated esters, polyaniline, aminosilane groups, silanized oxides, oligothiophenes, and diazonium compounds.

Abstract: A fin sealer and method to seal a radially outwardly directed fin of a tubular web structure by directing the fin through a nip between a first and a second fin sealing rollers while communicating heat to the fin through at least one of the fin sealing rollers is provided. The fin sealer is configured to maintain a nominal face-to-face relation between an outer annulus of the first fin sealing roller and an outer annulus of the second fin sealing roller with a flexible connection between a hub element of the second fin sealing roller with the outer annulus of the second fin sealing roller.

Abstract: Provided is a secure communication control system. The secure communication control system comprises a guest control unit provided in a guest operating system for generating a thread requesting arbitrary data from a host application installed in a host operating system; a guest shared key generation unit for generating a guest shared key to be used in the thread; a guest communication unit for transmitting the thread and the guest shared key to the host operating system; a host shared key generation unit for generating a host shared key corresponding to the guest shared key; a host control unit for requesting data according to the thread from the host application to receive the data from the host application, generating a session key from the guest shared key, and generating cipher text by encrypting the data using the session key; and a host communication unit for transmitting the cipher text and the host shared key to the guest operating system.

Abstract: Disclosure herein are knotless suture anchor constructs and methods of use thereof. The suture anchor constructs can include a bone anchor and a suture. The bone anchor can include a suture anchoring member and can define a cavity and a longitudinal passage extending from a trailing end of the bone anchor at least partially therethrough to the cavity. The suture anchoring member can be located in the cavity. The suture can be coupled to the suture anchoring member and can include a tensioning portion, a repair portion, and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion can form a suture loop extending along the longitudinal passage.

Abstract: Systems and methods for taking actions in response to a condition or state of a mobile device are disclosed. The system receives interactions between agents and subscribers of a telecommunications service provider relating to use of the mobile device to access a network. The system accesses subscriber data for the subscriber based on the interactions, the subscriber data including a coverage map. The system determines a usage pattern characterizing the use of the mobile device to access the network. And the system uses the interactions, the subscriber data, and the usage pattern to recommend an action to respond to a condition or state associated with the mobile device. The action can include updating the mobile device, changing a device state, or replacing the mobile device. In some implementations, the system trains and uses a machine learning model to recommend the action and/or to identify and access the subscriber data.

Abstract: A microfluidic cell culture device for cell cultivation includes two or more media reservoirs, a first microfluidic chamber having a non-planar surface, a second microfluidic chamber being a pressure chamber and a flexible non-porous membrane that separates the first microfluidic chamber and the second microfluidic chamber. The flexible non-porous membrane is opposite to the non-planar surface of the first microfluidic chamber. One or more microfluidic channels connect the first microfluidic chamber to the two or more media reservoirs. Disclosed also is a method of cell cultivation using the aforementioned microfluidic cell culture device.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including: a housing; a camera module oriented in a first direction inside the housing; a camera window arranged in front of the camera module in the first direction; a cover including an opening into which the camera window is insertable, the cover coupled to the housing; and a window frame supporting the camera window and mounted on the cover. The window frame includes: a frame body including a support portion arranged in the opening and supporting the camera window, and a mounting portion extending from the support portion in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and overlapped by the cover in the first direction; a retention member retaining a first gap between the mounting portion and the cover in the first direction; and a waterproof body configured to be elastically deformed while arranged between the mounting portion and the cover.

Abstract: An all-in-one computer includes a display, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Type-C port, a plurality of USB Type-A ports, a USB hub, a demultiplexer, and a Power Delivery (PD) controller. The USB hub is coupled to the plurality of USB Type-A ports. The demultiplexer is coupled between the display, the USB Type-C port, and the USB hub. The PD controller is to control the demultiplexer and the USB hub to pass a display signal input to the USB Type-C port to the display and pass signals input to the USB hub from the plurality of USB Type-A ports to the USB Type-C port with a computing device coupled to the USB Type-C port.

Abstract: A computing system is provided. The computing system comprises a processor, and memory comprising instructions executable by the processor to receive a chemical structure input, obtain retrosynthetic step data based on the chemical structure input, determine a chemical structure of a primary chemical in the retrosynthetic step data, the primary chemical being a chemical used as a starting material in a retrosynthetic step, when the structure of the primary chemical is not available in a life-cycle inventory (LCI), input the primary chemical into a trained proxy chemical selection model to select a proxy chemical for which an LCI is available, and obtain proxy chemical LCI data to include in an estimated LCI for a life cycle assessment (LCA).