Abstract: The invention is a monitor arm assembly including a rotation limiter that includes movable tabs to set the rotation limits of the arms with respect to each other or other assemblies. The rotation limiter may include exterior ring activators and outer visual references for the set limitations. The monitor arm assembly also includes a plurality of slide tracks to allow the monitor attached the arm to take a plurality of lateral positions. The assembly may further include a connector to join adjacent slide tracks.

Abstract: The present invention involves a programmable or static multiwavelength LED lighting fixture that is capable of emitting wavelengths of light both for visual perception and other key physiological processes. The lighting fixture produces emitted spectra, wherein one portion of the emitted spectra serves visual perception and at least one portion of the emitted spectra is selected from the group consisting of 290-315 nm; 360-400 nm; 470-490 nm; and 600-1400 nm.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a first transmit-receive point (TRP), a first channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) associated with the first TRP and a first beam. The UE may receive, from the first TRP or a second TRP, a second CSI-RS associated with the first TRP or the second TRP, wherein the second CSI-RS is associated with a second beam. The UE may transmit, to the first TRP or the second TRP, an indication of a delta value between a measurement of the first CSI-RS and a measurement of the second CSI-RS. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A method for determining one or more missing slots associated with a voice command for an advanced voice interaction is provided. The method includes receiving the voice command from a user. The method includes generating a textual input from the voice command received from the user. The method further includes identifying one or more intents, one or more slots and a relation between the one or more intents and the one or more slots associated with the textual input. The method also includes identifying one or more key phrases associated with the textual input and one or more domains associated with the textual input based on the one or more key phrases. The method also includes identifying one or more missing slots associated the one or more domains for the one or more intents based on fetching information associated with the one or more missing slots from a domain specific knowledge base.

Abstract: An approach for collecting disparate data within a pipe involves a sensor arrangement configured to be deployed within the pipe. The sensor arrangement includes a plurality of sensors configured to detect disparate data related to the pipe. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors is coupled to a respective collection computer on the sensor arrangement. A synchronization module is configured to synchronize the disparate data. A database is configured to store the synchronized data. A processor is configured to process the synchronized data. A user interface configured to present the synchronized data to a user.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of brain injuries. More specifically, the present invention provides methods and compositions useful in the diagnosis/prognosis/assessment of brain injuries. In a specific embodiment, a method for identifying which patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) require a head computerized tomography (CT) scan for diagnosing acute intracranial pathology comprises the steps of (a) obtaining or collecting a sample from the patient; (b) measuring the levels of one or more biomarkers in the blood sample obtained from the patient, wherein the biomarkers comprise glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), S100B, metallothionein 3 (MT3), neuron specific enolase (NSE) and intracellular adhesion molecule 5 (ICAM5); and (c) identifying the patient as requiring or not requiring a head CT scan based on the measured levels of one or more of biomarkers comprising GFAP, S100B, MT3, NSE and ICAM5.

Abstract: A photonic package and a method of manufacturing a photonic package are provided. The photonic package includes a carrier, an electronic component, and a photonic component. The carrier has a first surface and a recess portion exposed from the first surface. The electronic component is disposed in recessed portion. The photonic component is disposed on and electrically connected to the electronic component and is configured to communicate optical signals.

Abstract: Interconnect structures having top vias self-aligned to metal line ends and techniques for formation thereof are provided. In one aspect, an interconnect structure includes: at least one metal line disposed on a substrate; at least one top via over the at least one metal line, wherein the at least one top via is aligned with an end of the at least one metal line, and wherein a sidewall of the at least one top via is curved. A dielectric fill material can be disposed adjacent to the at least one top via having sidewalls that are also curved. A method of fabricating an interconnect structure is also provided.

Abstract: A heat pump assembly (100) arranged to be connected to a thermal energy circuit (300) comprising a hot conduit (302) configured to allow thermal fluid of a first temperature to flow therethrough, and a cold conduit (304) configured to allow thermal fluid of a second temperature to flow therethrough, the second temperature is lower than the first temperature, and a cooling machine assembly (200) arranged to be connected to a thermal energy circuit (300) comprising a hot conduit (302) configured to allow thermal fluid of a first temperature to flow therethrough, and a cold conduit (304) configured to allow thermal fluid of a second temperature to flow therethrough.

Abstract: An image or a video may include a spherical capture of a scene. A punchout of the image or the video may be generated by placement of a viewing window at a center of a two-dimensional plane onto which the image or the video is mapped. The punchout of the image or the video may provide a panoramic view of the scene.

Abstract: Configurable circuits include an input selection region, a computation region, a switching region, and an output region. The input selection region includes a set of input multiplexers and selects and routes input signals. The computation region includes a set of lookup tables, each lookup table being coupled to selected signals from the input selection stage to generate a respective output signal. The switching region includes a set of output multiplexers, each output multiplexer being coupled to output signals from the set of lookup tables to provide circuit outputs responsive to respective output selection signals. The output region includes a domino logic stage, having a set of transistors, coupled to output signals from the set of lookup tables to provide circuit outputs that determine combinations of the signals output by the set of lookup tables.

Abstract: Methods and systems for applying beta radiation and an anti-VEGF compound to a treatment area, such as a target area of a bleb, before, during, or after glaucoma surgery. The methods and systems herein may help reduce intraocular pressure, achieve and/or maintain a healthy intraocular pressure, maintain functioning blebs and/or drainage holes arising from glaucoma drainage procedures or surgeries, help avoid scar formation or wound reversion, inhibit or reduce fibrogenesis and/or inflammation in the blebs or surrounding areas, etc.

Abstract: A method for authenticating a network entity to access restricted information. The method includes receiving a request to generate a visual voicemail message based on an analysis of network entity profile data and contextual information relating to the network entity. The method includes generating the visual voicemail message based on the network entity profile data and the contextual information, sending the visual voicemail message to the network entity and requesting authentication information included with the visual voicemail message. In response to receiving the requested authentication information, the network entity is authenticated to access to the restricted information.

Abstract: A user terminal device and a controlling method thereof are provided. The user terminal device includes a display configured to be divided into a first area and a second area which is larger than the first area with reference to a folding line, a cover disposed on a rear side of the display, a detector configured to detect a user interaction on the display and the cover, and a controller configured to, in response to the display being folded along the folding line such that the first area and the second area face each other, control the detector to detect a user interaction through an exposure area, which is an exposed part of the second area, and the cover, and, in response to the display being folded such that the two parts of the cover face with each other with reference to the folding line, control the detector to detect a user interaction through the first area and the second area.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for selective targeting of live cells, which have undergone or are undergoing radiation or chemotherapy, at a site of interest with a cell-penetrating polypeptide. In one embodiment of the invention, the method comprises contacting the live cells with a cell-penetrating polypeptide comprising cell-penetrating determinants so that the cell-penetrating polypeptide binds extracellular DNA near or around the live cells so as to form a complex or association therewith such that the complex or associated polypeptide-DNA so bound bind the live cells and penetrates the live cells thereby selectively targeting live cells at a site of interest with a cell-penetrating polypeptide.

Abstract: A cloud print system connected to an image forming apparatus via a network comprises one or more memories storing a set of instructions and one or more processors that execute the set of instructions to store a print job received from other cloud print system and information indicating the other cloud print system, transmit the stored print job to the image forming apparatus in response to a request from the image forming apparatus, receive information of a execution result of the transmitted print job from the image forming apparatus, and transmit the received information of the execution result to the other cloud print system by using the information indicating the other cloud print system.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a detection kit and a preparation method thereof and a detection method for novel coronavirus, and relates to the technical field of biomedicine, including an antigen test strip. The antigen test strip includes a substrate, bibulous paper, immune nitrocellulose membrane, and immune microsphere pad. The immune microsphere pad, the immune nitrocellulose membrane and the bibulous paper are pasted on the substrate. The The immune microsphere pad is coated with latex microsphere-labeled novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody 1. The immune nitrocellulose membrane is provided with a test line coated with novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody 2 and a quality control line coated with goat anti-mouse IgG polyclonal antibody. The present disclosure uses latex particles as labeled tracer, and uses antigen-antibody reaction and lateral chromatography to detect and analyze targets, having advantages of convenience and swift.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate including first and second regions thereon; a first active region in the first region; an active pattern protruding from the first active region; a second active region in the second region; a first gate electrode on the active pattern; a second gate electrode on the second active region; a first gate insulating layer, including a first-first insulating layer, between the active pattern and the first gate electrode; and a second gate insulating layer, including a second-first insulating layer and a second-second insulating layer below the second-first insulating layer, between the second active region and the second gate electrode, wherein a thickness in a vertical direction of the first gate electrode that overlaps the active pattern in the vertical direction is equal to a thickness in the vertical direction of the second gate electrode that overlaps the second active region in the vertical direction, and an upper surface of the first gate electrode is formed at a

Abstract: An automatic observing net is provided, and applied in croppers, creatures and cultivation via a feeding and observing equipment, and characterized in comprising a monitoring and identifying system; a feeding equipment control system, connected to the monitoring and identifying system, and including a monitoring data process center, a feeding operation platform, a feeding control center; and a feeding equipment execution system, connected to the feeding equipment control system. A utilizing method of an automatic observing net is provided, and characterized in: the automatic observing net being provided to allow a plurality of feeding and observing equipment to be corresponding to a plurality of cultivating farms for monitoring the cultivation at the same time so to as connect and communicate the data, wherein with a common platform interface, a remote control operation being achieved, the operator only requires to go to the farm when the platform interface sends a requirement.

Abstract: A drive system includes a first drive train and a second drive train coupled by a differential assembly. Each drive train include a motor, an output gear, and a clutch assembly that engages and disengages the output gear from respective halfshafts. The differential assembly is configured to couple the first and second halfshafts, and connect/disconnect the first output gear and the first halfshaft. The differential assembly includes, for example, side gears, a spider gearset, and an actuator for engaging and disengaging the differential casing from the first output gear. A control system is configured to actuate actuators of clutch assemblies and/or a differential assembly to achieve one or more drive modes for each drive axis. The control system determines the first drive mode, controls the clutch assemblies and differential assemblies, and controls one or more motors. The drive modes include, for example, torque vectoring, fully locked, single motor, and neutral.

Abstract: An aircraft is described with both VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) capabilities and convention airplane capabilities. A preferred embodiment comprises a fuselage and fixed wing, with one boom on either side of the fuselage. Each boom comprises a tilt rotor on a fore end and a fixed rotor on the aft end. Both rotors can be directed vertically for VTOL capability. During cruise the tilt rotors can be directed forward for thrust and the fixed rotors can be stopped and directed along the boom axis, minimizing drag. The described embodiments have advantages in weight savings and maneuverability compared to other VTOL aircraft.

Abstract: Surgical instrument is provided. The surgical instrument is capable of being operated manually or automatically for use in laparoscopic surgery or various surgeries and includes a locking device capable of locking and/or unlocking at least one operation.

Abstract: A conveying carriage for a distributing conveyor, in particular a crossbelt sorter, which is configured to be conveyed along at least one guide element of the distributing conveyor in a conveying direction, includes a connecting arrangement for connecting the conveying carriage to a drive means of the distributing conveyor. With regard to a maximum freedom of movement of the conveying carriage relative to the drive means of the distributing conveyor, it is provided that the connecting arrangement has an articulated bearing.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising an illumination device and an illuminatable structure. The illuminatable structure comprises a laminate material having an opaque first side layer, a light transmitting middle layer, and an opaque second side layer. The illuminatable structure also has a light display area where the light transmitting middle layer is exposed. The illumination device emits light into the light transmitting middle layer of the illuminatable structure, and the light transmitting middle layer transmits the light to the light display area so that the light display area becomes illuminated.

Abstract: Disclosed in some embodiments is a chamber component (such as an end effector body) coated with an ultrathin electrically-dissipative material to provide a dissipative path from the coating to the ground. The coating may be deposited via a chemical precursor deposition to provide a uniform, conformal, and porosity free coating in a cost effective manner. In an embodiment wherein the chamber component comprises an end effector body, the end effector body may further comprise replaceable contact pads for supporting a substrate and the contact surface of the contact pads head may also be coated with an electrically-dissipative material.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to the production of lipids by microbes utilizing novel post-fermentation industrial feedstocks. The post-fermentation industrial feedstocks comprise one or more inhibitory compounds, which traditionally have made the post-fermentation media unsuitable for utilization as a feedstock for microbial lipid production. In aspects, the disclosure provides oleaginous yeast capable of utilizing these post-fermentation industrial waste streams as a novel feedstock, methods of producing lipids and microbial oils utilizing these microbes and feedstock, and novel compositions produced from the methods.

Abstract: An input device includes: a rotating member that rotates about a predetermined rotation axis; and a mover that includes a protrusion protruding toward an inner peripheral surface of the rotating member and moves in a direction different from a rotation direction of the rotating member along with rotation of the rotating member. The protrusion protrudes toward an inner peripheral surface of the rotating member. The rotating member includes a first projection and a second projection that project from the inner peripheral surface toward the mover. The protrusion of the mover is inclined with respect to the predetermined rotation axis and disposed between the first projection and the second projection.

Abstract: An object is to provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning. A game server that manages progress of a breeding game of a virtual life form can provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning. The game server includes circuitry configured to acquire a wake-up time of a user; and a update the breeding game in accordance with the acquired wake-up time.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a biological brain-computer interface comprising genetically modified cells engrafted onto an adult mammal (e.g., mouse) above cortical layer 1, forming an artificial cortical layer termed layer zero (L0). Following engraftment, L0 goes through a developmental process characterized by synchronous waves of activity that gradually recede to resemble spontaneous cortical activity. Axons and dendrites from L0 nondestructively infiltrated the host cortex and formed synaptic connections necessary for bidirectional communication with the brain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for analysing a spermatozoon, comprising a step of extracting the nucleic acids from the spermatozoa contained in a first sample of spermatozoa previously obtained from a human subject; a step of measuring the level of expression of at least one marker gene chosen from the group consisting of AURKA, CFAP46, CCDC60, CCDC88B, HDAC4, CACNA1C, CACNA1 H, CARHSP1, DNAH2 and SPATA18 from the extracted nucleic acids; and a step of determining the existence of an expression differential of the at least one marker gene in relation to a control. It also relates to a method for selecting spermatozoa and a method for evaluating the quality of a sperm.

Abstract: Alight scanning apparatus according to the present invention includes a deflecting unit configured to deflect a light flux to scan a scanned surface in a main scanning direction, and an imaging optical system configured to guide the light flux deflected by the deflecting unit to the scanned surface and to have different partial magnifications in the main scanning direction between an on-axis image height and an outermost off-axis image height. A ratio of a reflectivity at a first outermost off-axis deflection point on one side with respect to an on-axis deflection point on a deflecting surface of the deflecting unit to that at the on-axis deflection point, and a ratio of the reflectivity at a second outermost off-axis deflection point on the other side with respect to the on-axis deflection point on the deflecting surface to that at the on-axis deflection point are each appropriately set.

Abstract: Described herein is a submerged-plasma process for the production of amorphous and nanocrystalline nanostructured materials, depending on processing conditions, from precursors that can be in the liquid or injected into the plasma or both.

Abstract: A method of treating a patient who has hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), colorectal carcinoma (CRC), glioblastoma (GB), gastric cancer (GC), esophageal cancer, NSCLC, pancreatic cancer (PC), renal cell carcinoma (RCC), benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer (PCA), ovarian cancer (OC), melanoma, breast cancer (BRCA), CLL, Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), SCLC, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), AML, gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma (GBC, CCC), urinary bladder cancer (UBC), and uterine cancer (UEC) includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide.

Abstract: Embodiments of the subject matter described herein relate to a wireless programmable media processing system. In the media processing system, a processing unit in a computing device generates a frame to be displayed based on a graphics content for an application running on the computing device. The frame to be displayed is then divided into a plurality of block groups which are compressed. The plurality of compressed block groups are sent to a graphics display device over a wireless link. In this manner, both the generation and the compression of the frame to be displayed may be completed at the same processing unit in the computing device, which avoids data copying and simplifies processing operations. Thereby, the data processing speed and efficiency is improved significantly.

Abstract: In a stereo encoding method, a channel combination encoding solution of a current frame is first obtained, and then a quantized channel combination ratio factor of the current frame and an encoding index of the quantized channel combination ratio factor are obtained based on the obtained channel combination encoding solution, so that an obtained primary channel signal and secondary channel signal of the current frame meet a characteristic of the current frame.

Abstract: The present invention relates to provide, among other things, the methods, devices, and systems that can simply and quickly collecting and analyzing a tiny amount of vapor condensates (e.g. exhaled breath condensate (EBC)).

Abstract: An image data encoding method and apparatus (60) and an electronic device (80) are provided. The method includes: obtaining three-dimensional picture information of a first scene (101); and encoding the three-dimensional picture information of the first scene according to a preset file format, where the encoded three-dimensional picture information of the first scene includes file header information, index information, and data information, the index information is used to record reference point data corresponding to the three-dimensional picture information of the first scene, and the data information is used to record three-dimensional point data in the three-dimensional picture information of the first scene (102).

Abstract: Systems, methods, and storage media for optimizing automated modelling of resource allocation are disclosed. Exemplary implementations include operations for: receive or retrieve by a computer system, operational information associated with a plurality of users; allocate, by the computer system, at least a first time portion to at least a first task associated with a first user of the plurality of users based on analysis of the operational information; and dynamically modify, by the computer system, the first time portion responsive to receiving or retrieving additional operational information over time.

Abstract: Techniques for generating and validating map data that may be used by a vehicle to traverse an environment are described herein. The techniques may include receiving sensor data representing an environment and receiving map data indicating a traffic control annotation. The traffic control annotation may be associated, as projected data, with the sensor data based at least in part on a position or orientation associated with a vehicle. Based at least in part on the association, the map data may be updated and sent to a fleet of vehicles. Additionally, based at least in part on the association the vehicle may determine to trust the sensor data more than the map data while traversing the environment.

Abstract: An electro-osmosis pump system includes an inlet line through which a fluid is introduced, an outlet line through which the fluid is discharged, a first pump disposed between the inlet line and the outlet line and including a first housing in which a first operation fluid is disposed, a second pump disposed in parallel to the first pump between the inlet line and the outlet line and including a second housing in which a second operation fluid disposed, and a power supply configured to supply voltages to the first pump and the second pump. The first pump includes a first membrane, a 1A-th electrode, and a 2A-th electrode, the second pump includes a second membrane, a 1B-th electrode, and a 2B-th electrode, and the power supply supplies the voltage to the 1A-th electrode and the 2A-th electrode, and supplies the voltage to the 1B-th electrode and the 2B-th electrode.

Abstract: A resin composition quality controlling method includes a step of measuring a Raman spectrum of a resin composition composed of first TiO2 particles of anatase type TiO2 and second TiO2 particles of rutile type TiO2 by irradiation with laser, and determining a concentration ratio of the first TiO2 particles to the second TiO2 particles in the resin composition based on an intensity of a first peak assigned to lattice vibration in the anatase type TiO2 and an intensity of a second peak assigned to lattice vibration in the rutile type TiO2 in the Raman spectrum.

Abstract: A memory, system, and method to improve integration density while maintaining thermal efficiency through a phase change memory cell with a superlattice based thermal barrier. The phase change memory may include a bottom electrode. The phase change memory may also include an active phase change material. The phase change memory may also include a superlattice thermal barrier proximately connected to the active phase change material. The phase change memory may also include a top electrode proximately connected to the superlattice thermal barrier. The system may include the phase change memory cell. The method for forming a phase change memory may include depositing an active phase change material on a bottom electrode. The method may also include depositing a superlattice thermal barrier proximately connected to the active phase change material. The method may also include depositing a top electrode proximately connected to the superlattice thermal barrier.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides fuel additives including Mannich-based quaternary ammonium salt additives, fuel compositions including such additives, and Methods of improving performance of fuel injector using such additives.

Abstract: To transmit image frame data appropriately according to the utilization rate of a receiving buffer and prevent the overflow of the receiving buffer, a communication control system transmits image frame data from a first communication device-to a second communication device. The second communication device includes a receiving buffer that receives image frame data from the first communication device, and a return unit that returns an ACK frame to the first communication device at timing reflecting a utilization rate of the receiving buffer. The first communication device includes an estimation unit that receives the ACK frame from the return unit of the second communication device and estimates the utilization rate of the receiving buffer from receiving time of the ACK frame, and a modification unit that modifies an image compression algorithm of the image frame data based on the estimated utilization rate of the receiving buffer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an etching method includes etching a surface made of a semiconductor and having a catalyst layer formed on the surface, by an etching agent in contact with the surface. The catalyst layer contains noble metal. The etching agent contains an oxidizer, a corrosive agent, and a N-containing polymer agent.

Abstract: In some examples, a printing press includes a printing unit with at least four nozzle bars, each including a print head. At least one nozzle bar has a printing position and at least one service position. For instance, in a first service position, the at least one nozzle bar has a first distance to the transport path of a printing substrate, and in a second service position the at least one nozzle bar has a second distance to the transport path. The printing unit includes at least one cleaning device and/or cleaning system that is selectively arranged in an area between the at least one nozzle bar and the transport path. The at least one service position may be arranged in vertical direction above the printing position, and the second distance of the second service position of the nozzle bar may be less than in the first service position.

Abstract: First and second towers may discharge air. An airflow guide or converter may change a direction of the air discharged from the first tower and the second tower by moving a gate inside and outside of at least one of the first or second towers so as to block discharged air flowing forward and selectively facilitate an upward air flow. The airflow converter may include a guide motor to provide a driving force, the gate, which may reciprocate between the inside and the outside of the first and/or second towers; and a board guider connected to the gate to transmit a driving force of the guide motor to the gate as a linear motion force.

Abstract: A bioprocessing installation comprising a reservoir tank, one or more fluid lines, one or more receiving containers and an electronic control unit. The fluid line fluidically connects the reservoir tank to a receiving container. The liquid biological medium can be transferred from the reservoir tank through the fluid line into the at least one receiving container. The bioprocessing installation comprises a sensor arrangement with at least one gas bubble sensor, which sensor arrangement is configured to detect one or more gas bubbles or foam or separated phases in the liquid biological medium by a gas bubble sensor and to generate one or more corresponding sensor signals, and the electronic control unit is configured to monitor the transfer of the liquid biological medium from the reservoir tank in the direction of the at least one receiving container based on the sensor signals generated by the sensor arrangement.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a temperature sensor; a sensor unit; and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to determine that a temperature value detected by the temperature sensor exceeds a temperature threshold value; determine whether a condition is satisfied, the condition being related to at least one of a flexible state of the electronic device, whether a cover case is mounted on the electronic device, or a distance between a user's contact position on the electronic device and a position of the at least one processor; based on the condition being satisfied, operate according to a first clock level corresponding to the temperature value; and based on the condition not being satisfied, operate according to a second clock level higher than the first clock level.

Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal wirelessly communicating with a base wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal comprises a transceiver and the processor. The processer receives, by using the transceiver, a wireless signal including a trigger frame from the base wireless communication terminal and transmits, by using the transceiver, buffer status information to the base wireless communication terminal based on the trigger frame. The buffer status information is included in a QoS control field which signals information on a QoS control of a MAC header.