Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for measuring a gap between a support surface for a substrate and an opposing upper surface of a processing chamber. The methods comprise: disposing a sensor substrate at a location spaced between the support surface and the upper surface, the sensor substrate comprising a body having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side facing the support surface and the second side facing the upper surface, the first side having a first sensor and the second side having a second sensor; measuring, using the first sensor, a first distance between the first side and the support surface; measuring, using the second sensor, a second distance between the second side and the upper surface; and determining a gap between the support surface and the upper surface using the first distance and the second distance.

Abstract: A single light emitting diode (LED) structure includes an array of spaced discrete light emitting zones separated by isolation areas. Each emitting zone includes an epitaxial structure configured to emit an emitting light having a particular wavelength over an effective emission area. In addition, the effective emission area for each emitting zone can be geometrically defined and electrically configured to provide a desired light intensity. For example, each effective emission area can have a selected size and spacing depending on the application and light intensity requirements. Each emitting zone also includes a wavelength conversion member on its effective emission area configured to convert an emitting wavelength of the emitting light to a different color. The single (LED) structure can include multiple colors at different zones to produce a desired spectra or design.

Abstract: The disclosed method generates helpful training data for a language model, for example, a model implementing a punctuation restoration task, for real-world ASR texts. The method uses a reinforcement learning method using a generative AI model to generate additional data to train the language model. The method allows the generative AI model to learn from real-world ASR text to generate more effective training examples based on gradient feedback from the language model.

Abstract: Generally, disclosed herein are various embodiments of bonding agents for use in adhering optical fibers to ferrules within optical connectors, and the methods for use thereof. The various embodiments of bonding agents described herein may provide desirable properties, such as, but not limited to, high adhesion strength and/or improved performance following environmental aging. Various embodiments of the bonding agents disclosed herein may also have other desirable properties for the process of securing an optical fiber within a ferrule, such as, but not limited to, shortened process cycle time. Embodiments herein address these needs by monitoring the change in refractive index of a photocurable bonding agent at the interface between the photocurable bonding agent and a substrate or optical fiber, which is referred to as “back reflectance.” In particular, the methods described herein utilize back reflectance techniques to cure the photocurable material or bonding agent.

Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to cleansing compositions. The cleansing compositions include: (a) one or more anionic surfactants; (b) one or more nonionic emulsifiers having a Hydrophile-Lipophile Balance (HLB) of about 6 or less; (c) one or more salts providing divalent cations having a charge density of about 40 to about 200 C/mm3 and a water solubility of at least 400 g/L; (d) one or more anionic polymers; (e) one or more water soluble solvents; and (f) water. The cleansing compositions have a unique lamellar liquid crystal structure and are useful in methods for cleansing the body, including the skin and hair.

Abstract: The invention provides a radiology report editing method and system.

Abstract: A method for making light emitting device LED arrays includes the steps of providing a plurality of LEDs having a desired configuration (e.g., VLED, FCLED, PLED); attaching the LEDs to a carrier substrate and to a temporary substrate; forming one or more metal layers and one or more insulator layers configured to electrically connect the LEDs to form a desired circuitry; and separating the LEDs along with the layered metal layers and insulator layers that form the desired circuitry from the carrier substrate and the temporary substrate.

Abstract: A binary photonics lattice that includes a waveguide array having a plurality of single mode waveguides disposed in a substrate, the plurality of single mode waveguides including one or more first waveguides having a first V-number V1 and one or more second waveguides having a second V-number V2. The first V-number V1 is smaller than the second V-number V2. The one or more first and second waveguides are arranged in a linear distribution having first and second edge waveguide regions and a binary waveguide region positioned between the first and second edge waveguide regions. The binary waveguide region is a symmetrical binary representation of a decimal number of two or greater. Further, the binary waveguide region includes at least one first waveguide representing a digit 0 of the symmetrical binary representation and/or at least one second waveguide representing a digit 1 of the symmetrical binary representation.

Abstract: An exemplary method comprises generating receiving an authentication request from a graphical user interface on a first computing device; generating a first encrypted media element; displaying the encrypted media element on the GUI; receiving a second encrypted media element from a second computing device; upon determining that the first and second encrypted media elements have a positive match, querying an identification value associated with the second computing device; receiving the identification value associated with the second computing device; upon the identification value matching a data record within a database, determining an account associated with the data record within the database; and authenticating the first computing device by granting the first computing device access to the account associated with the second computing device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for natural language processing are described. One or more aspects of a method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium include receiving a text phrase; encoding the text phrase using an encoder to obtain a hidden representation of the text phrase, wherein the encoder is trained during a first training phrase using self-supervised learning based on a first contrastive loss and during a second training phrase using supervised learning based on a second contrastive learning loss; identifying an intent of the text phrase from a predetermined set of intent labels using a classification network, wherein the classification network is jointly trained with the encoder in the second training phase; and generating a response to the text phrase based on the intent.

Abstract: An infant highchair is disclosed. The infant highchair includes a seat having a backrest and a locking mechanism fixed to the backrest. The infant highchair includes a harness having a first shoulder strap and a second shoulder strap positioned to come together at the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is configured to lock the first shoulder strap and the second shoulder strap. The backrest has an internal chamber and an aperture to the internal chamber on a front side of the backrest. The locking mechanism is positioned at the aperture. The first shoulder strap and the second shoulder strap have a portion extending through the aperture into the internal chamber.

Abstract: An infant highchair is provided. The infant highchair includes a base having a plurality of legs and a footrest positioned between a first and a second leg of the base. The footrest includes two rotators configured to rotate the footrest into a first position for foot support and a second position for foot support. The footrest includes a bottom support having a first planar surface opposite a second planar surface and the two rotators configured to rotate the footrest at least 180°. The footrest includes two locking mechanisms configured to lock the footrest in at least one position for foot support. The footrest includes two release actuators, each release actuator configured to release a respective locking mechanism.

Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods of providing real-time scanning of IP addresses. In aspects, input may be received by a real-time IP scanning system. The system may generate one or more work orders based on the input. A scanner associated with the system may access a work order and attempt to communicate with one or more devices identified by the work order. If the attempted communication with a device is successful, a protocol analyzer may be used to provide a predefined payload to the device. If the response from the device matches an expected string, the device may be determined to be a safe and/or legitimate device. If the response from the device does not match an expected string, the device may be determined to be a malicious device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a measurement device for measuring weak magnetic fields, such as fields in the sub-picotesla range (e.g. lower than a few nanotesla). The measurement device comprises ultrasensitive magnetic sensors (or arrays of ultrasensitive magnetic sensors) coupled to low-noise processing circuitry. The processing circuitry comprises a two-stage design including low-noise amplifiers and analog filters. The invention is suitable for magnetocardiovascular (MCV) applications thanks to its ability to measure very small magnetic fields with good accuracy and very little noise.

Abstract: An access service is positioned between a set of container groups and a SQL database service. Upon receipt, at the access service, of a REST request from any container group indicating that a SQL transaction should be started, an entry is created in a staging database, separate from the SQL database service, to track the SQL transaction. Multiple connections are allowed to be established from the container groups to the access service over which other REST requests from any container group are sent. The other REST requests include details of SQL operations to be performed as part of the SQL transaction. The details are cached in the staging database. Upon receiving a REST request from any container group indicating that the SQL transaction should be committed, a single connection is established between the access service and SQL database service to commit the transaction, including the details, as an atomic transaction.

Abstract: In various examples, path detection using machine learning models for autonomous or semi-autonomous systems and applications is described herein. Systems and methods are disclosed that use one or more machine learning models to determine a geometry associated with a path for a vehicle. To determine the geometry, the machine learning model(s) may process sensor data generated using the vehicle and, based at least on the processing, output points associated with the path. In some examples, the machine learning model(s) outputs a limited number of points, such as between five and twenty points. One or more algorithms, such as one or more Bezier algorithms, may then be used to generate the geometry based at least on the points. As such, in some examples, the geometry may correspond to a Bezier curve that represents the path.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel cyclic peptide inhibitors of the interleukin-23 receptor (IL-23R) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods and/or uses for treatment of autoimmune inflammation and related diseases and disorders. The inhibitor of an interleukin-23 receptor is cyclized by a disulfide bond between penicillamine, cysteine, homocysteine, or alpha methylcysteine residues at positions X4 and X9.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising: detecting, by a processor, a remote access session from an accessing device to an accessed device; determining, by the processor, an access session screen-sharing security policy for the accessed device; and preventing, by the processor, the remote access session in response to a violation of the access session screen-sharing security policy.

Abstract: A hollow-core optical fiber including from 5 to 8 spaced apart cladding elements defining a hollow-core region, each including (a) a first capillary and (b) a second capillary disposed within the first capillary. For each of the cladding elements, (i) the second capillary is offset from the first capillary by an angle within a range of from 20 degrees to 120 degrees and (ii) a ratio of an outer diameter of the second capillary to an outer diameter of the first capillary is within a range of from 0.47 to 0.85. The hollow-core optical fiber exhibits confinement loss of less than 0.056 dB/km for electromagnetic radiation of 850 nm, less than 0.028 dB/km for electromagnetic radiation of 1310 nm, less than 0.204 dB/km for electromagnetic radiation of 1550 nm, and less than 0.016 dB/km for electromagnetic radiation of 2400 nm.

Abstract: Embodiments are related to determining if an unverified web page is a phishing site of a verified web page. In one or more embodiments, a computing server detects a style sheet element of an unverified web page accessed by a user using a web browser extension. The computing server checks if the detected style sheet element contains a copy of a part of a style sheet element present in the verified web page. If the style sheet element of the unverified web page contains a copy of the part of a style sheet element of the verified web page, indicating that the unverified web page is a phishing site, the computing server takes a security action. In some embodiments, the computing server may check if the unverified web page is a known web page.