Abstract: A system and method is provided for determining the breathing rate of a subject. A breathing signal is received, and a derivative of a low-pass filtered version of the breathing signal is taken to obtain a derivative signal. In one example, a slope sum filter is applied to transform the derivative signal, and multiple breath intervals are identified from the transformed signal. Breathing characteristics in the filtered breathing signal are obtained using the transformed signal. Suitable breath intervals are selected based on the breathing characteristics and a breathing rate is calculated based on those selected breath intervals.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes a fixing component for carrying the glass capillary, wherein a groove for connecting the glass capillary is provided in an upper surface of the fixing component, and the depth of the groove is smaller than the length of the glass capillary; a cooling portion used for indirectly cooling the glass capillary and capable of cooling the fixing component to be not higher than ?30° C. within 5 min to 20 min, wherein the cooling portion includes a first cooling component located below the fixing component, wherein the first cooling component includes a multi-stage series-connected electric cooler; a thermally-conductive metal plate located below the first cooling component; a second cooling component located below the thermally-conductive metal plate, wherein the second cooling component includes a multi-stage parallel-connected electric cooler; and a thermally-dissipative component connected to a lower surface of the second cooling component.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a low-resistance amphibious vehicle, and relates to the field of multifunctional vehicles. The low-resistance amphibious vehicle comprises a vehicle body, wherein a streamlined front bumper and a streamlined rear bumper are provided on the front side and the rear side of the vehicle body respectively, and a retractable suspension mechanism is provided at the bottom of the vehicle body, a wheel well shielding and resistance reduction mechanism is provided on both sides of the vehicle body.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and products for context-based connection policies for securing remote virtual device connections, including: receiving, from a client device, a request to establish a session with a virtual computing device implemented in a cloud computing environment, wherein the request comprises an authentication context received by the client device from an authentication service, wherein the authentication context describes a user account associated with the client device and an operational state of the client device; establishing the session between the client device and the virtual computing device; and controlling one or more redirection features of the session based on the authentication context.

Abstract: This invention relates to a homogeneous process to produce propylene copolymers, such as propylene ethylene copolymers, using transition metal complexes of a dianionic, tridentate ligand that features a central neutral heterocyclic Lewis base and two phenolate donors, where the tridentate ligand coordinates to the metal center to form two eight-membered rings. Preferably the bis(phenolate) complexes are represented by Formula (I): where M, L, X, m, n, E, E?, Q, R1, R2, R3, R4, R1?, R2?, R3?, R4?, A1, A1?, and are as defined herein, where A1QA1? are part of a heterocyclic Lewis base containing 4 to 40 non-hydrogen atoms that links A2 to A2? via a 3-atom bridge with Q being the central atom of the 3-atom bridge.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions comprising propylene-based elastomer, articles thereof, and methods thereof. In at least one embodiment, a composition includes a propylene-based elastomer having an Mw of about 300,000 g/mol to about 600,000 g/mol and a melt flow rate of less than about 3 g/10 min, according to ASTM D-1238 (2.16 kg weight@230° C.). The composition includes a thermoplastic resin. In at least one embodiment, a roofing material includes a membrane. The membrane includes a composition. The composition includes a propylene-based elastomer having an Mw of about 300,000 g/mol to about 600,000 g/mol and a melt flow rate of less than about 3 g/10 min, according to ASTM D-1238 (2.16 kg weight@230° C.). The roofing material further includes a base material adhered to the membrane or affixed to the membrane.

Abstract: A trackable transport structure is disclosed that includes a pallet comprising a plurality of blocks, a first lower longitudinal beam, a second lower longitudinal beam, a first upper longitudinal beam, a second upper longitudinal beam, and a tracking device coupled to the pallet between the first and second lower longitudinal beams. The tracking device is substantially parallel to the first and second upper longitudinal beams. The tracking device is affixed to at least the first and second lower longitudinal beams. The tracking device is positioned such that a gap exists between the tracking device and an edge of the pallet. The tracking device comprises a rectangular-shaped packaging of one or more electronic components, a battery powering the one or more electronic components, and an antenna coupled to the one or more electronic components.

Abstract: Disclosed are a sheath placement apparatus and a method of using the same. The apparatus for sheath insertion comprises: an inner layer member, wherein the inner layer member is provided with an operation handle and an insertion portion connected to the operation handle, and the insertion portion is provided with an imaging portion; an outer sheath, wherein a liquid drainage port is formed on the outer sheath, the outer sheath is provided with a distal open end, the insertion portion is operably inserted into the outer sheath and at least partially operably extends out of the distal open end, and the insertion portion and the outer sheath are operably spaced apart to form a first channel communicating the liquid drainage port and the distal open end; and a middle layer member.

Abstract: Improved means for guiding a user in paced breathing for sleep induction. A processing device controls generating of a cyclically patterned user-perceptible stimulus to guide a user in pacing their breathing. In some embodiments, means are included for aligning a phase of the cyclically patterned first user-perceptible stimulus with a phase of the user's breathing cycle. In some embodiments, means are included for aligning an initial (i.e. starting) phase of the cyclically patterned first user-perceptible stimulus with a phase of the user's breathing cycle at the moment of starting. In some embodiments, means are included for detecting asynchrony between the phase of the guiding stimulus and the phase of the user's breathing cycle, and a response is performed based on the detected asynchrony. The response may be to communicate a synchronization status to the user via a second user-perceptible stimulus or output. The response may be to take steps to correct any asynchrony.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a control system for controlling a sleep monitoring device. The control system determines a sleep position of a user of the sleep monitoring device based on the BCG signal. The control system generates a sequence of physiological parameters from the BCG signal. The control system adjusts configuration for processing the sequence of physiological parameters based on the sleep position. The control system controls the sleep monitoring device to monitor a sleep event of the user based on the sequence of physiological parameters and the adjusted configuration. In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure the sleep monitoring device can monitor the sleep event with a high quality consistently from BCG signals with improved efficiency.

Abstract: An article having a coating system configured to inhibit or prevent crystallization of a thermally grown oxide (TGO) layer at the operating temperature of the article. An article includes a substrate defining a surface and a coating layer that includes a dopant configured to inhibit crystallization of a thermally grown oxide layer comprising amorphous silicon dioxide at an interface of the coating layer at the operating temperature of the article. The dopant includes an oxide or a nitride. By inhibiting or preventing TGO crystallization, the described coating systems may increase a useable life of the component.

Abstract: The amphibious front suspension system includes a mounting seat. A drive axle assembly is fixedly mounted in the mounting seat. Both sides of the top of the mounting seat are in hinged connection with hydraulic cylinders. A first connecting block and a second connecting block are respectively fixedly connected to each side of the mounting seat in a vertical direction. Supporting arms are respectively connected to sides that are of the two first connecting blocks and that are away from each other through pin shafts. Ends, away from the mounting seat, of the supporting arms are respectively in hinged connection with movable ends of the hydraulic cylinders. Upper fork arms and lower fork arms are connected to sides that are of two second connecting blocks and that are away from each other through pin shafts. Lateral mounting frames are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the mounting seat.

Abstract: The present teaching relates to identifying content that matches a query. Train data include queries, advertisement, and hyperlinks associated with query sessions. A plurality of subwords for each of the queries in the training data are identified. A query/ads model is then trained by optimizing vectors associated the plurality of subwords for each of the queries, advertisements, and hyperlinks in the training data with respect to an objective function. At least one vector associated with each of the queries is derived based on the plurality of subword vectors in the query/ads model that represent the plurality of subwords of the query.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to implementing, updating, and managing operation of a client agent on a client device (e.g., computing device, virtual device) in a way that enables isolation of features and functionality while also allowing the client agent to self-heal and intelligently update discrete features thereon. The client agent includes a collection of plugins that are isolated and run in accordance with respective plugin policies. The client agent makes use of device-level, agent-level, and plugin-level health monitors that collectively monitor a health status of discrete components of the client agent in a way that enables the client agent to selectively discontinue scheduling certain plugins without interrupting functionality of other plugins or of the client agent as a whole. Indeed, features described herein enable the client agent to intelligently update and self-heal with respect to individual plugins based on information obtained by the respective health monitors.

Abstract: The present application provides a pixel control circuit and a display panel. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit includes an original pixel and a compensation pixel. The pixel control circuit includes a row drive module, a column drive module, and a plurality of column signal branches; each column signal line is connected to each pixel unit of the corresponding column through at least two column signal branches, and the original pixel and the compensation pixel in pixel units of each column are respectively connected to different column signal branches of the corresponding column; the column drive module is configured to output data signals to the column signal branches corresponding to the original pixel and the compensation pixel when the display panel is in a stretched state, so that the original pixel and the compensation pixel are in an activated state.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for determining parameters of neural networks and selecting embedding dimensions for the feature fields. One method includes an operation for initializing parameters of a neural network and weights for embedding sizes for each feature associated with the neural network. The parameters of the neural network and the weights are iteratively optimized. Each optimization iteration comprises training the neural network with current parameters of the neural network to optimize a value of the weights, and training the neural network with current values of the weights to optimize the parameters of the neural network. Further, the method includes operations for selecting embedding sizes for the features based on the optimized values of the weights, and for training the neural network based on the selected embedding sizes for the features to obtain an estimator model. A prediction is generated utilizing the estimator model.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a low-resistance amphibious vehicle, and relates to the field of multifunctional vehicles. The low-resistance amphibious vehicle comprises a vehicle body, wherein a streamlined front bumper and a streamlined rear bumper are provided on the front side and the rear side of the vehicle body respectively, and a retractable suspension mechanism is provided at the bottom of the vehicle body, a wheel well shielding and resistance reduction mechanism is provided on both sides of the vehicle body.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a secure cross-cloud resource access based on user identity. In particular, the system includes a plurality of clouds where a first cloud enforces more restrictive access than a second cloud. In particular, an end user of the second cloud also uses user identity stored in the less restrictive first cloud. The system includes authenticating and authorizing tokens associated with an administrator of the first tenant in the first cloud and the second tenant in the second cloud. The onboarding establishes a two-way trust between the two tenants across the first and second clouds. Once established, operating an application service and accessing data resources in the second cloud is accomplished by logging into the first cloud and leverage the two-way trust to remotely launch application services in the second cloud using a tenant graph and a location service in the first cloud.

Abstract: The present invention relates to radiolabeled LPA1 receptor antagonists of Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein all the variables are as defined herein, which are useful for the quantitative imaging of LPA1 receptors in mammals.

Abstract: A pixel structure, a display panel, and a display device. The pixel structure includes multiple subpixel units, multiple reflective layers, a refractive component, and a control component; the multiple subpixel units and multiple reflective layers are arranged in a ring-shaped configuration, and the refractive component includes a first refractive layer, a second refractive layer, and a third refractive layer stacked in sequence. The second refractive layer is overlapped with the subpixel units, while the first refractive layer and the third refractive layer are misaligned with the subpixel units, such that light from the subpixel units is directed only into the second refractive layer. The control component is configured to adjust the refractive index of the second refractive layer, causing light within the second refractive layer to undergo total internal reflection or to exit from at least one of the first refractive layer and the third refractive layer.