Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for positioning. In an aspect, a network entity receives, from at least one network node, a measurement report including one or more radio frequency fingerprint (RFFP) measurements, wherein the one or more RFFP measurements include at least one RFFP measurement of at least one sidelink channel between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE, determines one or more locations of a target UE based on the one or more RFFP measurements and a machine learning module, wherein the machine learning module is trained based on previously collected RFFP measurements of one or more downlink channels, RFFP measurements of one or more uplink channels, RFFP measurements of one or more sidelink channels, locations of one or more sidelink anchor UEs, locations of one or more base stations, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a first user equipment (UE) obtains one or more first radio frequency fingerprint (RFFP) measurements of one or more first downlink channels received at the first UE, one or more first sidelink channels received at the first UE, or both, and determines one or more locations of a target UE based on the one or more first RFFP measurements and a machine learning module, wherein the machine learning module is trained based on previously collected RFFP measurements of one or more downlink channels, RFFP measurements of one or more uplink channels, RFFP measurements of one or more sidelink channels, locations of one or more sidelink anchor UEs, locations of one or more base stations, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital circuit that digitizes an analog voltage. The analog-to-digital circuit includes plural comparators functionally connected to form a tree that has levels i, and each level i has branches j, and an encoder connected to the plural comparators and configured to generate a digitized value of an input analog voltage. Each comparator from a level i has first and second outputs, and each of the first and second outputs is electrically connected to an input of different comparators from a next level i+1 of the tree.

Abstract: A gamma radiography system includes a gamma source holder, a shaft handle attached to the source holder, a source container that surrounds the source holder, a source container cover attached to the source container to receive and slidingly support the shaft handle, a shielded housing that detachably receives the source container, and an extension connected to the shielded housing, such that an opening of the extension covers a beam aperture of the shielded housing. The shaft handle is configured to move the gamma source holder between a non-deployed position, in which the gamma source holder is surrounded by the source container, to a deployed position, in which the gamma source holder extends from the source container into the shielded housing.

Abstract: Invention deals with a macular carotenoid formulation comprising Carotenoids, Lutein, Zeaxanthin, Meso Zeaxanthin, Beta Carotene, Alpha Carotene, Lycopene and Cryptoxanthin in a synergistic combination. The formulation helps in increasing macular pigment optical density (MPOD) related to prevention of age-related macular degeneration (ARMD). The formulation is used as a nutrient, nutraceutical or dietary supplement. The dietary supplement may be formulated as soft gel capsules, two-piece hard-shell capsules, liquid-fill capsules, tablets, effervescent granules, gummies, powder mixes, stick packs, beverages, emulsions, bakery products, dairy products, tinctures, oil suspensions, bead-lets, powders, cold water-soluble powders, emulsions and granules or any combination thereof. The present invention can be used for the development of functional food, dietary plan and as a nutritional supplement.

Abstract: The process comprises treating 90-190 g titanium (IV) chloride in 10-100 ml de-ionized water for preparing Titanium cation (Ti4+); treating 130-275 ml potassium persulfate in 10-100 ml double-distilled water and keeping at constant temperature to obtain sulphate/oxide; dipping substrates into titanium (IV) chloride solution and re-dipping in de-ionized water to remove loosely bonded ions, if could be any; dipping substrates into potassium persulfate solution and re-dipping in de-ionized water to remove loosely bonded ions, if could be any, and keeping at 50-90° C. for complete one cycle; treating obtained Titanium cation (Ti4+) with sulphate/oxide and obtaining whitish layer on the substrate surface by necked eyes after about 10-15 cycles, suggesting initiation of film formation, wherein the deposition thickness of TiO2 layer is increased from 0.3-2.0-micron on determined 5-50 deposition cycles; and rinsing deposited films with de-ionized water and air annealed at 400-600° C.

Abstract: A formation treatment fluid may include a wettability alteration agent, a solvent, an injection gas, and an optional foaming agent. The wettability alteration agent may include a fluorinated surfactant, a silicon-based surfactant, charged nanoparticles partially modified with fluorine containing groups, or combinations thereof. Methods for altering a hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir surface wettability may include providing the formation treatment fluid, injecting the formation treatment fluid into the hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir, and recovering fluids produced from the hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir.

Abstract: Aspects presented herein may enable an ML module to associate RF fingerprints with beam directions and/or beam features to improve the uniqueness of RF fingerprints. In one aspect, network entity may receive, from one or more wireless devices, a plurality of first RF fingerprints, each of the plurality of first RF fingerprints being associated with at least one directional feature and a location. The network entity may receive a request to determine a position of a UE based on at least one second RF fingerprint associated with the UE or captured by the UE. The network entity may estimate the position of the UE based at least in part on matching the at least one second RF fingerprint to at least one of the plurality of first RF fingerprints.

Abstract: A method may include obtaining, in real-time with a drilling operation, density data regarding a drilling fluid circulating in a wellbore. The method may further include determining mud velocity data of the drilling fluid in the wellbore based on flow rate data and a borehole area of the wellbore. The method may further include determining a cuttings weight of the drilling fluid in the wellbore based on the density data. The cuttings weight and the mud velocity data may correspond to a respective segment length among various segment lengths of the wellbore. The method may further include determining, based on the cuttings weight, the mud velocity data, and a hole cleaning model, various hole cleaning efficiency (HCE) values for the segment lengths of the wellbore. The method may further include determining whether an HCE value among the HCE values fails to satisfy a predetermined criterion.

Abstract: A method of determining a fouling location of a shell and tube heat exchanger is provided. Under the method, a simulation model of the heat exchanger is partitioned into multiple segments. Each segment corresponds to a different one of multiple operating scenarios of the heat exchanger. For each operating scenario, temperature data and pressure drop data are generated from the simulation model of the heat exchanger. The fouling location of the heat exchanger corresponds to a respective segment in each of the multiple operating scenarios. The temperature data and the pressure drop data are classified based on the multiple segments of the simulation model by inputting the temperature data and the pressure drop data to one or more machine learning classification algorithms. The fouling location and a value of accumulated fouling at the fouling location are determined based on the classified temperature data and the classified pressure drop data.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for uplink transport protocol acknowledgment shaping and downlink data shaping at a user equipment. A method that may be performed by the UE generally includes determining an allowed number of transport protocol acknowledgments to transmit in a transmission time interval (TTI); and transmitting one or more transport protocol acknowledgments in the TTI based, at least in part, on the determined allowed number of transport protocol acknowledgments. Another method that may be performed by the UE generally includes determining an allowed number of downlink data units to transmit in a TTI; and transmitting one or more data units in the TTI based, at least in part, on the determined allowed number of data units.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to configuring a beam for communicating over a wireless channel, where the beam is associated with a channel access class based on a threshold for channel access and having at least one of a defined channel occupancy time (COT) or a defined minimum gap between communications, and communicating over the wireless channel using the beam and based on at least one of the defined COT or the defined minimum gap.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication performed by a wireless communications device may include receiving, from a second wireless communication device, one or more signals associated with a beam parameter, determining, for each of a plurality of locations within a first zone, a first signal measurement for the one or more received signals, determining, at each of a plurality of locations within a second zone, a second signal measurement for the one or more received signals, wherein the second zone is different from the first zone, and determining whether the second wireless communication device satisfies an interference condition based at least in part on a cumulative distribution of at least one of the first signal measurements at the plurality of locations within the first zone or a cumulative distribution of at least one of the second signal measurements at the plurality of locations within the second zone.

Abstract: An example non-transitory machine-readable storage medium includes instructions to disambiguate a finger touch at a fingerprint sensor device. When executed, the instructions cause a processor of a computing device to identify an operating state of the computing device when the computing device is powered on. The operating state includes a powered-on state of the computing device. The instructions further cause the processor to obtain fingerprint data from the fingerprint sensor device, the fingerprint sensor device including a fingerprint sensor to read a fingerprint and a power button to alter the operating state of the computing device. The instructions further cause the processor to selectively enable the fingerprint sensor based on the operating state and selectively enable the power button based on the operating state to disambiguate the finger touch at the fingerprint sensor device.

Abstract: A sensor architecture that uses fixed wavelength light and tunes a wavelength dependent response of a sensor may be used for detecting analytes in a wide range of applications. The sensor architecture is based on optical resonators or interferometers comprising optical waveguides. A resonance wavelength and/or transmission/reflection spectrum are affected by presence of an analyte adsorbed on a surface of the waveguide, and a setting of a phase modulator. The sensors include a sensor portion where part of the waveguide is exposed to a sample for sensing, and a phase modulator part. The phase modulator part may include a heater that is controlled to tune, or sweep, or modulate the resonant wavelength and/or spectrum of the sensor.

Abstract: A bi-directional DC voltage converter includes a controller, controlled switches, inductors, and capacitors to accomplish DC voltage conversion with minimal input current ripple and high efficiency. The controller is operable in a boost mode in which the switches are independently controlled to convert low-voltage DC power to high-voltage DC power. The controller is operable in a buck mode in which the switches are independently controlled to convert high-voltage DC power to low-voltage DC power.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a first radio resource control (RRC) configuration message that is associated with a first subband and that indicates a first set of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states for use on the first subband. The UE may further receive, from the base station, a second RRC configuration message that is associated with a second subband included in the wideband channel and that indicates a second set of TCI states for use on the second subband. As an alternative, the UE may receive, from the base station, an RRC configuration message that includes at least a first list of first TCI states associated with a first subband and a second list of second TCI states associated with a second subband. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Aspects of the disclosure describe narrow beam-based channel access that enables a device to communicate in a shared radio frequency spectrum band without performing channel access procedures. Specifically, aspects of the disclosure describe techniques for defining one or more directional beams as a narrow beam, where the relative narrowness of the beam may be determined in the context of interference (e.g., as opposed to being defined from a geometric perspective). For example, a particular beam may be determined to be a narrow beam, and therefore associated with communications in shared radio frequency spectrum bands without channel access procedures, based on one or more metrics and a number of spatial streams associated with the beam. A device may use such narrow beams for communications without channel access procedures in shared radio frequency spectrum bands.

Abstract: A continuous time linear equalizer (CTLE) includes a first circuit path having a step response that increases from an first initial value to a steady state value higher than the first initial value. The CTLE also includes a second circuit path in parallel with the first circuit path, the second circuit path having a step response that increases from a second initial value to a peak and subsequently falls to second steady state value that is approximately equal to the second initial value. The CTLE is configured to combine an output of the first circuit path and an output of the second circuit path.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for authenticating callers to call centers using browser fingerprinting. A call center system or third-party analytics system includes a server that transmits notifications to a caller device that includes an interactive hyperlink or URL to a particular webpage. When a browser of the caller device navigates to the webpage, the server captures certain types of information about the caller device and generates a browser fingerprint for the caller device. The browser fingerprint is compared against a database of registered browser fingerprints to verify that the caller device of the current call is the registered, expected caller device. The server transmits the notification via any number of communication channels and protocols, such as text messages (e.g., SMS messages, MMS messages), emails, and push notifications associated with client-side software, among others.