Abstract: An optical-electrical substrate for providing electrical and optical connections to a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) includes a glass body with glass optical waveguides along an upper surface, and electrically conductive vias extending through a portion of the glass body from an intermediate surface to a lower surface. The intermediate surface is arranged at an elevation positioned between the upper and lower surfaces, and may optionally support redistribution layers and an electrical integrated circuit. An optical-electrical substrate may be fabricated by defining glass optical waveguides along an upper surface of a glass body, and forming electrically conductive vias through the glass body from the intermediate surface to the lower surface.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine whether a smart device is in-tab are disclosed. An example apparatus includes memory; instructions in the apparatus; and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: provide smart television data from a smart television as an input to a model to generate an output, the smart television data being included in population data from a population of smart televisions; determine a tab status of the smart television based on the output; in response to the tab status of the smart television being out-of-tab, remove the smart television data from the population data; and credit media based on the population data.

Abstract: A cutting element assembly includes a cutter support including a cutter bore. A cutting element is in the cutter bore and a resilient element is integral with the cutter support. The resilient element is longitudinally compressible and has a displacement of greater than 0.1 mm and optionally less than 2 mm. Another cutting assembly includes a cutter support coupled to multiple cutting elements. A resilient element of the cutter support is compressible based on a force applied to the cutter support through one or more of the cutting elements. The resilient element can include a slit in the cutter support. A slit may, for instance, extend perpendicular or transverse to an axis of the cutting elements and allow the cutter support to flex and close off or reduce a size of the slit when forces act on one or more of the cutting elements.

Abstract: A radiation shield assembly is described, configured to block radiation emanating from a radiation source from reaching a user. Two shields are supported by a support arm, and are configured to rotate and translate relative to one another about the support arm's longitudinal axis. This allows the shield to be easily configured and reconfigured as necessary to visualize various parts of a patient's body via radiography. Sterile coverings are provided to ensure asepsis during a surgical procedure.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laboratory execution system that provides for automation of laboratory processes. A centralized data management system may be dynamically updated and used to facilitate management of components of the laboratory execution system, such as an automation system and an analytics results management system that may facilitate complex analytical functions, such as synthesizing raw test data. Potential workflows include the detection of specific molecules of interest.

Abstract: Systems and apparatus for configurable current steering in a printed circuit board (PCB) include a plurality of power sources each including a power output, and a plurality of power loads each including a power input. A power distribution element includes a switching array configurable to selectively couple a respective power output of each of the plurality of power sources to a respective power input of each of the plurality of power loads. A controller is configured to determine that a first power load of the plurality of power loads is included in a first system configuration, and provide a control signal to the power distribution element to configure the switching array to couple a respective power output of a first power source of the plurality of power sources to a respective power input of the first power load.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for detecting unique genetic signatures derived from markers such as, for example, mutations, somatic or germ-line, in nucleic acids obtained from biological samples. The sensitivity of the methods provides for detection of mutations associated with a disease, e.g., cancer mutations, or with inherited disease, e.g., an autosomal recessive disease, in a noninvasive manner at ultra-low proportions of sequences carrying mutations to sequences carrying normal, e.g., non-cancer sequences, or a reference sequence, e.g., a human reference genome.

Abstract: A system for generating hydrogen includes a chamber configured to receive a fluid, and a first end plate and a second end plate configured to be positioned within the chamber and defining a longitudinal axis between first end plates. The system further includes a plurality of plates positioned between the first end plate and the second end plate, configured to be submerged in the fluid, and including: a cathode plate, an anode plate, and a semi-permeable membrane plate positioned between the cathode plate and the anode plate and configured to allow the passage of some elements therethrough and to block the passage of other elements therethrough. The system further includes at least one plasma source configured to be positioned within the fluid on an axial end of the plurality of plates and configured to generate a directed flow of plasma through the chamber along the axis.

Abstract: Techniques for determining ground surface voxels based on multiresolution planes are discussed herein. Such multiresolution planes may be generated, validated, and used to connect voxels associated with the ground. In some examples, a vehicle may use capture or otherwise receive lidar data while traversing within a driving environment. The vehicle may associate the lidar data with a voxel space. Voxels can be associated with a cell of a multiresolution grid and the vehicle may determine multiresolution planes associated with the multiresolution space. For example, the vehicle may determine a first plane associated with a first resolution level, in addition to determining a plurality of planes associated with a second resolution level. The vehicle may determine the validity of the plane(s) at the various resolution levels. Based on the validity of the planes, the vehicle may connect the valid planes that are associated with the ground surface.

Abstract: A technique automatically identifies and resolves prohibited maneuvers in candidate routes generated by a routing system. Examples of prohibited maneuvers include traveling over a non-navigable path, traveling in an incorrect direction over a roadway, and an improper turn. The technique determines whether the candidate routes contain prohibited maneuvers by comparing the candidate routes with plural types of route-related validation data in plural respective validation processes. For example, a first validation process compares the candidate routes with a collection of GPS traces. A second validation process compares the candidate routes with map reference data. The technique further includes provisions for correcting the causes of identified prohibited maneuvers. Overall, the technique reduces the amount of manual effort involved in verifying the accuracy of routes produced by the routing system, and improves the accuracy, reliability, and safety of the routing system.

Abstract: In some general aspects, a surface of a structure within a chamber of an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source is cleaned using a method. The method includes generating a plasma state of a material that is present at a location adjacent to a non-electrically conductive body that is within the chamber. The generation of the plasma state of the material includes electromagnetically inducing an electric current at the location adjacent the non-electrically conductive body to thereby transform the material that is adjacent the non-electrically conductive body from a first state into the plasma state. The plasma state of the material includes plasma particles, at least some of which are free radicals of the material. The method also includes enabling the plasma particles to pass over the structure surface to remove debris from the structure surface without removing the structure from the chamber of the EUV light source.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laboratory execution system that provides for automation of laboratory processes. A centralized data management system may be dynamically updated and used to facilitate management of components of the laboratory execution system, such as an automation system and an analytics results management system that may facilitate complex analytical functions, such as synthesizing raw test data. Potential workflows include the detection of specific molecules of interest.

Abstract: The present invention provides for methods and compositions for one-pot Golden Gate cloning, or conventional two-pot restriction enzyme cloning, regardless of internal restriction sites. It uses modified nucleotides during PCR of DNA, or through post-hoc enzymatic modification of already existing DNA, wherein the modification blocks the internal restriction sites while leaving the flanking restriction sites unblocked.

Abstract: An example method includes providing, to a sequence model (i) a plurality of few-shot prompts, wherein each prompt comprises a demonstration passage, a demonstration task, and a demonstration query, wherein the demonstration task describes a type of retrieval, and wherein the demonstration query is relevant to the demonstration task, and (ii) a plurality of passages sampled from a corpus of passages. The method also includes receiving, from the sequence model and for the plurality of passages and based on the plurality of few-shot prompts, a respective plurality of predicted task-query pairs, the sequence model having been prompted to predict a task based on an input passage, and predict an output query relevant to the predicted task. The method further includes generating a synthetic training dataset comprising the plurality of passages and the respective plurality of predicted task-query pairs. The method also includes providing the synthetic training dataset.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laboratory execution system that provides for automation of laboratory processes. A centralized data management system may be dynamically updated and used to facilitate management of components of the laboratory execution system, such as an automation system and an analytics results management system that may facilitate complex analytical functions, such as synthesizing raw test data. Potential workflows include the detection of specific molecules of interest.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laboratory execution system that provides for automation of laboratory processes. A centralized data management system may be dynamically updated and used to facilitate management of components of the laboratory execution system, such as an automation system and an analytics results management system that may facilitate complex analytical functions, such as synthesizing raw test data. Potential workflows include the detection of specific molecules of interest.

Abstract: A radiation shield assembly is described, configured to block radiation emanating from a radiation source from reaching a user. Two shields are supported by a support arm, and are configured to rotate and translate relative to one another about the support arm's longitudinal axis. This allows the shield to be easily configured and reconfigured as necessary to visualize various parts of a patient's body via radiography.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laboratory execution system that provides for automation of laboratory processes. A centralized data management system may be dynamically updated and used to facilitate management of components of the laboratory execution system, such as an automation system and an analytics results management system that may facilitate complex analytical functions, such as synthesizing raw test data. Potential workflows include the detection of specific molecules of interest.

Abstract: Systems and other embodiments described herein relate to vehicle collision energy absorption with increased airflow towards an engine compartment of a vehicle. In one embodiment, the system includes a front energy absorber with a first top surface having an angle and a rear energy absorber with a second top surface that is curved. The rear energy absorber is separated from the front energy absorber by a gap and a plane of the first top surface is tangential to the second top surface.

Abstract: In some general aspects, a surface of a structure within a chamber of an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source is cleaned using a method. The method includes generating a plasma state of a material that is present at a location adjacent to a non-electrically conductive body that is within the chamber. The generation of the plasma state of the material includes electromagnetically inducing an electric current at the location adjacent the non-electrically conductive body to thereby transform the material that is adjacent the non-electrically conductive body from a first state into the plasma state. The plasma state of the material includes plasma particles, at least some of which are free radicals of the material. The method also includes enabling the plasma particles to pass over the structure surface to remove debris from the structure surface without removing the structure from the chamber of the EUV light source.