Abstract: A method for initial timing synchronization for a WTRU to communicate with a network includes receiving an in-channel narrowband synchronization sequence from the network to enable initial coarse timing synchronization, determining coarse timing offset and a range between a beam source of a network transmitter and the WTRU, selecting a wideband sequence for fine timing synchronization using the estimated range, transmitting the selected wideband sequence for fine timing synchronization during an uplink timing occasion, receiving from the network a transmission of the selected wideband sequence for fine timing synchronization, and establishing fine timing synchronization between the WTRU and the network using the selected sequence.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to RNA interference (RNAi) reagents for treatment of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, compositions comprising same, and use thereof to treat individuals infected with HBV.

Abstract: An aerial vehicle safety apparatus includes a safety mechanism, a drive mechanism, an ejection mechanism, and a control mechanism. The safety mechanism is used for securing safety of at least one of an aerial vehicle and an object outside the aerial vehicle. The drive mechanism includes at least one drive unit serving as a drive source of the safety mechanism. The ejection mechanism ejects the drive mechanism together with the safety mechanism. The control mechanism controls operations of the drive mechanism for the drive mechanism to drive the safety mechanism after the ejection mechanism starts ejection of the safety mechanism.

Abstract: A method of producing a core-shell particle includes introducing a barium titanate-based base powder and an additive to a reactor, and exposing the barium titanate-based base powder and the additive to a thermal plasma torch to obtain core-shell particles including a core portion having barium titanate (BaTiO3) and a shell portion including the additive and formed on a surface of the core portion.

Abstract: Described herein are isolated cell culture components such as, e.g., biologics and/or lipids, and methods for isolating cell culture components from a liquid cell culture medium. Methods of the present invention may include contacting a dehydration composition and a liquid cell culture medium comprising a target component to form a mixture; forming an at least partially dehydrated component in the mixture; and separating the at least partially dehydrated component from the mixture, thereby providing an isolated component. In some embodiments, the isolated component comprises the at least partially dehydrated component. In some embodiments, the isolated component is present in a composition (e.g., liquid phase) separated from the at least partially dehydrated component.

Abstract: A biokinetic energy collection apparatus and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes: a counter weight, configured to oscillate with a movement of a wearer, to convert a mechanical energy generated by the movement into kinetic energy of the counter weight; a rotating frame, mechanically coupled to the counter weight, and configured to receive the kinetic energy from the counter weight; a planetary gear train, mechanically coupled to the rotating frame, to rotate as the rotating frame moves; and a stator assembly and a rotor assembly, coupled to each other, where the stator assembly includes a coil, the rotor assembly includes a rotor and a third permanent magnet located on the rotor, and the rotor is mechanically coupled to the planetary gear train and receives the kinetic energy from the planetary gear train, to cause the third permanent magnet to rotate with the rotor.

Abstract: A system and method for alerting when a trend vector associated with a traffic aircraft is predicted to intercept a travel route of an ownship aircraft. A control module receives real-time aircraft state data, flight plan data, and traffic data associated with the traffic aircraft. The control module processes these data and constructs the travel route of the ownship aircraft from the current location to the intended destination The control module generates the trend vector associated with the traffic aircraft, predicts a location of an intersection of the trend vector and the travel route, determines an amount of time it will take for the ownship aircraft to reach the location of the intersection, and generates display commands that cause the display device to generate an alert that visually distinguishes the location on the image based at least in part on the amount of time.

Abstract: Instruments to bypass fragments of fractured endodontic rotary files are configured for bypassing fractured fragments of endodontic rotary files that have become lodged within a root canal of a tooth during a root canal treatment. An instrument can be an endodontic file having a handle and a working shaft. The active distal portion of which includes a flat, therefore inactive, lateral surface 3. The files have a dual design along the active distal portion with a safe side and a cutting side to ease the penetration of the instrument in the narrow space between the root canal wall and the broken fragment of a NiTi endodontic rotary file.

Abstract: Time-based sag in a fluid can be measured non-invasively using a time-based sag testing apparatus by measuring the change in rotational inertia over time of fluid having no initial density gradient and a center of mass initially coincident with its geometric center.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device are disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel includes a display module and a packaging cover plate disposed on a light-emitting side of the display module. The packaging cover plate includes a cover plate body and a first polarizer, wherein the first polarizer is disposed on a side of the cover plate body adjacent to the display module and/or on a side of the cover plate body away from the display module.

Abstract: The positive electrode active material of the present disclosure includes a complex oxide represented by a formula (1): LiNixMe1-xO2 as a main component and contains water generated during heating at 300° C. in Karl Fischer titration in an amount of 317.5 ppm by mass or less. Here, x satisfies 0.5 ? x ? 1, and Me is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, and Al.

Abstract: A device includes a protected terminal, a reference terminal, and a rate-triggered circuit coupled to the protected terminal and to the reference terminal. The rate-triggered circuit is configured to provide an output voltage responsive to a ramp rate of a voltage at the protected terminal being greater than a rate threshold. The device also includes a transistor configured to shunt current from the protected terminal to the reference terminal responsive to the rate-triggered circuit output voltage, and a level-sensing circuit configured to turn off the transistor responsive to the voltage at the protected terminal being greater than a level-sense threshold.

Abstract: A motor housing includes a bearing holder that holds a first bearing and accommodates a rotor and a stator. A second bearing is disposed inside a motor shaft at one axial end portion of the motor shaft and has lower electric resistance than the first bearing. The conductive member electrically connects the second bearing to a motor housing. The radially outer end portion of the second bearing is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the motor shaft. The contact portion of the conductive member is in contact with the radially inner end portion of the second bearing. The fixed portion is fixed to the motor housing radially outward of the motor shaft. A bridge portion connects the contact portion and the fixed portion.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support AI model-based enhancements for RRC IDLE and INACTIVE state operations. In a first aspect, a method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a wireless communication device, artificial intelligence (AI) model configuration information for IDLE/INACTIVE state procedures; retrieving, by the wireless communication device, an AI model for IDLE/INACTIVE state procedures based on the AI model configuration information; and performing, by the wireless communication device, one or more IDLE/INACTIVE state procedures based on the AI model. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: A multifunctional woodworking ruler includes a horizontal ruler, a vertical ruler, two horizontal slidable measurement blocks, a slidable stop block and a vertical slidable measurement device, where the vertical ruler is located at a middle of the horizontal ruler and is perpendicular to the horizontal ruler, each horizontal slidable measurement block is slidably connected to the horizontal ruler, the horizontal slidable measurement blocks are located on two sides of the vertical ruler respectively, the slidable stop block is located at one end of the horizontal ruler, the vertical slidable measurement device is slidably connected to the vertical ruler, and the vertical slidable measurement device includes a vertical slidable measurement block and a fixing plate located at the end of the vertical slidable measurement block away from the horizontal ruler. The detachable lining can be directly replaced, thereby avoiding abrasion to the ruler, and prolonging service life of the ruler.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for paging multi-SIM devices in the same network. One apparatus includes a first subscriber identity module (“SIM”), a second SIM, a processor and a transceiver that communicates with at least one communication network. The processor registers with a first communication network using the first SIM and registers with a second communication network using the second SIM. Here, the registration with the first communication network is associated with a first identifier, wherein registering with the second communication network includes indicating the first identifier to the second communication network upon determining that the first communication network and the second communication network are the same communication network.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a THz measuring device for measuring a measuring object and a THz measuring method for measuring a measuring object.

Abstract: A purple-fringe correction method includes determining: (1) a first distance between a first pixel in a purple-fringe area in an image and an overexposed area in the image and (2) a second distance between the first pixel and a non-overexposed, non-purple-fringe area in the image. The first pixel in the purple-fringe area is corrected based on the first distance and the second distance.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication circuit and a processor connected to the communication circuit. The processor may be configured to generate first transaction data comprising a first piece of transaction data for transferring a part of unused transaction output values of a first address from the first address to a second address, transmit the first transaction data to a server, receive status information indicating a transmission delay status of the first transaction data in a blockchain network from the server, receive recommendation fee information on transmission of the first transaction data, from the server, and generate second transaction data comprising a second piece of transaction data for transferring the part of the unused transaction output values of the first address from the first address to the second address, based on the recommendation fee information.

Abstract: This application provides a method of detecting printing defects. The method includes obtaining a first image of each character in a reference image. A third image of each character is obtained based on the first image of each character, a fourth image of each character is obtained based on a second image of each character obtained from an image to be detected. Once a fifth image of each character is obtained based on the third image of each character, a sixth image of each character is obtained according to the fourth image and the fifth image of each character, a detection result of each character in the image to be detected is determined according to the fifth image and the sixth image of the each character.

Abstract: Shielding a storage device of a storage system from one or more storage performance enhancement procedures (SPEPs) is disclosed. A SPEP can be regarded as a procedure that manipulates data stored via a storage device in a manner that attempts to improve performance of the storage system. As such, SPEPs are generally distinct from basic reading and writing of data that is not associated with storage system performance optimization. A SPEP can typically be effectively run without storage device performance degradation, however some conditions, such as very full drives, etc., can result in substantial storage device performance degradation where one or more SPEP is performed. As such, shielding can restrict permission to perform one or more SPEPs at a storage device expected to, or actually experiencing, a threshold level of performance degradation. Shielding is distinct from conventional techniques marking a drive as failed, failing, etc., as is disclosed herein.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller. The printing device is configured to print on a printing medium. The controller is configured to perform a service provision process for providing a service utilizing a printing device. The controller is configured to perform the service provision process using individual information of the printing device and contract identification information associated with both the individual information and service information related to provision of the service.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for controlling cooperative surgical instruments are provided. Various aspects of the present disclosure provide for coordinated operation of surgical instruments accessing a common body cavity of a patient from different approaches to achieve a common surgical purpose. For example, various methods, devices, and systems disclosed herein can enable the coordinated treatment of surgical tissue by disparate minimally invasive surgical systems that approach the tissue from varying anatomical spaces and operate in concert with one another to effect a desired surgical treatment.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for measuring properties of a material are disclosed. A device is configured to automatically identify a property of the material such as a surface of the material as a measuring head of a spindle engages the material as the spindle is lowered. After the material surface is identified, the device is configured to automatically lower the measuring head to a predefined depth within the material with respect to the material surface. The device may measure another property of the material such as a rheological property with the measuring head at the predefined depth. The device may change the depth of the measuring head during measurement of the rheological property.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a computing system for selecting a power mode may include: a system load, a battery, a power converter to receive external power and provide output power, and a processor to: monitor a charge level of the battery while the computing system is in a converter power mode, where the converter power mode comprises to power the system load and charge the battery from the output power of the power converter; and in response to a determination that the charge level of the battery is within a battery condition range, cause the computing system to switch from the converter power mode to a battery power mode, where the battery power mode comprises, during a connection of the power converter to the external power, to disconnect the battery from the power converter and power the system load from output power of the battery.

Abstract: The present invention is related to the fields of drug delivery and implantable devices. Devices, systems, and methods for use of drug delivery implants are contemplated herein. The present invention relates to implantable devices, as well as their methods of use and manufacturing. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include fiber and sheet based implantable devices for drug delivery to bodily lumens. In particular, implantable drug delivery device compositions are contemplated for use providing consistent drug delivery over time to the central nervous system for treating associated disorders and disease. As one specific example, a CNS delivery device is contemplated for implantation in a region of the nose for providing consistent drug delivery over time to brain tissue for treating brain associated diseases, e.g. Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias (AD/ADRD).

Abstract: Placement apparatus and methods of use for impanation of spacers within an inter-vertebral disc space. In one embodiment, the load-bearing superstructure of the implant is subdivided and the bone forming material is positioned within an internal space of the placement instrument but external to the load bearing elements themselves. At least a portion of the bone graft material is freely contained within the disc space. A method of using the device is also described. In one embodiment, the placement device is used to place the implantable spacers at opposing ends of the disc space using a directly lateral surgical approach.

Abstract: A system for selecting delivery mechanisms sends a request to a plurality of servers associated with one or more autonomous delivery mechanism and one or more non-autonomous delivery mechanisms to provide delivery metadata. The request comprises a pickup location coordinate and a delivery location coordinate. The delivery metadata comprises a delivery time and a delivery quote. The system receives a first set of delivery metadata associated with one or more autonomous delivery mechanisms, and a second set of delivery metadata associated with one or more non-autonomous delivery mechanisms. The system identifies a particular autonomous delivery mechanism from within the category of autonomous delivery mechanisms based on the first set of delivery metadata. The system identifies a particular non-autonomous delivery mechanism from within the category of non-autonomous delivery mechanisms based on the second set of delivery metadata.

Abstract: A lubricant additive composition and lubricant composition are provided that include one or more friction modifier compounds and antiwear compounds. Methods of lubricating moving metal surfaces of a machine are also provided.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a user interface of a content application in a three-dimensional environment with or without virtual lighting effects applied to the three-dimensional environment depending on whether the user interface is in a mode that does not include virtual lighting or a mode that includes virtual lighting. In some embodiments, an electronic device updates display of interactive user interface elements in response to detecting a respective pose of a respective portion of a user of the electronic device.

Abstract: An electrical distribution system includes a distributor designed to distribute an electric current in an electrical installation, the distributor being configured to be connected to a distribution grid, to at least one secondary electrical power supply source and to a plurality of the electrical loads . An electronic control device is configured to manage power supply parameters of at least some of the electrical loads to reduce the electric current consumed and/or to manage operating parameters of at least some of the secondary electrical power supply sources in order to reduce the electric current delivered by these sources, so as to comply with a current threshold dictated by a protection element and/or by the distributor .

Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes (a) forming a first film on the substrate by supplying a film-forming agent to the substrate; (b) adding oxygen to the first film by supplying a first oxidizing agent to the substrate and oxidizing a part of the first film; and (c) changing the oxygen-added first film into a second film including an oxide film by supplying a second oxidizing agent to the substrate and oxidizing the oxygen-added first film.

Abstract: Shaving systems are disclosed that include a replaceable shaving assembly and a cartridge connecting structure for connecting the shaving assembly to a handle. In preferred implementations, the cartridge connecting structure has a magnetic portion configured to help draw the cartridge onto the handle and retain the cartridge in place when the razor is not in contact with the skin, and a mechanical engagement that provides the necessary retention forces required to keep the system intact during shaving.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to the technical field of computers, in particular to a control method and device, terminal and storage medium. The control method provided by an embodiment of the disclosure includes: receiving an image, obtaining position information of a first part and gesture information of a second part of a user based on the image, determining a movement trajectory of a navigation indicator based on the position information of the first part, and determining a control command based on the gesture information of the second part, the control command being used for controlling a visual element to which the navigation indicator is directed.

Abstract: A precision graphene nanoribbon (GNR) bridge molecule can include: a central GNR having a precision structure selected the following structural types: armchair, zigzag, cove, chevron, and fjord; a functional anchoring group at either end of the GNR selected from the following: amine, thiol, thioether, stannane, halide, boronic acid, boronic ester, azide, and carbene; a central functional conjugation group at a precisely specified location; and edge group functionalization with solubilizing groups selected from the following: linear and branched alkyl chains, substituted aromatic rings, oligoethylene glycol, carboxylic acids, and sulfonic acids.

Abstract: Providing a hybrid virtual network, includes: receiving from a source VM, by a hypervisor of a first stack, a packet to be transmitted to a target VM within a virtual network includes multiple VMs spanning a multiple stacks, where each stack includes an aggregation of compute, storage, and network resources and separate stacks are coupled for data communications via a network level protocol; if the target VM is located in the first stack, overwriting a MAC address of in the packet with a replacement MAC address for transmission via a data link layer protocol and transmitting the packet with the data link layer protocol; and if the target VM is not located in the first stack, encapsulating the packet for tunneling via a network layer protocol and transmitting the encapsulated packet with the network layer protocol.

Abstract: A housing of an electronic device according to an embodiment may include a combination of at least two housings, and the entire size or length of the electronic device may change according to relative movement between the housings. The electronic device may comprise: a flexible display configured to expand or contract according to a change in size of the electronic device. A portion of the flexible display may be inserted into the housing when the housing contracts and may be drawn out of the housing when the housing expands. The electronic device may comprise a distance sensor and/or an expansion sensor. The distance sensor is configured to measure a change in a relative distance of the housing, and the expansion sensor senses a contraction or expansion state of the housing, thereby contributing to correcting data measured by the distance sensor.

Abstract: A method for optimizing manufacturing conditions for a polyarylene sulfide resin composite includes executing a machine learning algorithm using a data set including manufacturing conditions data and measured characteristics data. The manufacturing conditions data includes the manufacturing conditions items of at least ingredients for the polyarylene sulfide resin composite, mixing conditions, and polymer melt temperature during melt kneading, whereas the measured characteristics data includes the characteristic value item of at least the impact resistance of the polyarylene sulfide resin composite when produced under the manufacturing conditions specified by the manufacturing conditions data.

Abstract: Enhancing data-driven decision making can include generating a contextual insight data structure using a first artificial intelligence system operating on information data structures selected based on a context of a programmatically defined action. A perception data structure can be generated using a second artificial intelligence system that performs natural language processing of programmatically defined action communications. The perception data structure and the contextual insight data structure can be compared, and in response to detecting a structural variance, the perception data structure can be populated with one or more data items selected from the information data structures. A delta can be determined between the contextual insight data structure and the perception data structure based on a predetermined metric that measures a quantitative difference between the contextual insight object and the perception object.

Abstract: A method for obtaining chemical and/or material specific information of a sample based on scattered light. The method comprises receiving detection data comprising at least two images. Each image is indicative of the intensity of scattered light i) for incident light of a different wavelength, or ii) for incident light of a different polarization state, or iii) of a different polarization state. The scattered light comprises an elastic scattering component that is due to Rayleigh scattering of the incident light in at least a portion of the sample. Alternatively, each image is indicative of the intensity of scattered light i) of a different wavelength, or ii) for incident light of a different polarization state, or iii) of a different polarization state, wherein the scattered light comprises an inelastic scattering component that is due to Raman scattering of the incident light in at least a portion of the sample.

Abstract: A musical system for palliating the effects of Alzheimer’s disease comprising a plurality of switches, operable to be controlled by a user to modulate live playback. A minicomputer board is provided that is operable to be connected to the plurality of switches, plurality of drivers and at least an amplifier, the drivers and amplifier being connected to the microcomputer board, the drivers and amplifier being operable to connect to external musical sources such as Volumio and RuneAudio, the microcomputer being operable to convert digital signals to loudspeakers for the benefit of patients. Plurality of Printed Circuit Boards control voltages and overall circuitry and to ensure limits for at least one lithium ion battery pack, the amplifier including digital to analog conversion. The drivers amplifying the line signal and applying gain to have a strong output signal. The musical output is operable to provide palliating effects for Alzheimer’s patients.

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: Securely communicating traffic between control units interconnected by a network. An electronic control unit (ECU) receives a signed manifest identifying public keys for a group of ECUs authorized to communicate over the network. The ECU performs an authentication exchange with the ECUs in the group. The authentication exchange uses public keys identified in the manifest. Based on the authentication exchange, the ECU distributes a group key to authenticated ones of the ECUs that communicate messages authenticated using the group key.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for diagnosing whether a human subject has a prostate carcinoma, methods for differentiating a high grade prostate cancer from a low grade prostate cancer in a human subject having a prostate carcinoma, and kits for detecting prostate cancer cells in a sample from a human subject.

Abstract: A VVC-standard encoder and a VVC-standard decoder are provided, implementing a residual sign prediction method utilizing a sorting order of residual coefficients and an expanded region of a TB. As sign prediction accuracy is higher for larger transform coefficient levels, a VVC-standard encoder and a VVC-standard decoder sort transform coefficient signs of a TB in a one-dimensional array, based on corresponding QIdx values instead of the residual coefficient level value. The first n signs according to corresponding QIdx values, ordered from largest to smallest, are predicted using a residual sign prediction method, and the rest of the signs are signaled by EP bins. A sign prediction area is also extended, without limitation to an upper-left 4×4 region within the transform block, but to a region up to 32×32 in size; a VVC-standard encoder signals the maximum dimensions of the region to a VVC-standard decoder in syntax structures of the block.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an output driver can include a first driver circuit configured to operate with a first supply voltage and generate an output signal having an amplitude in a first range, and a second driver circuit configured to operate with a second supply voltage and generate an output signal having an amplitude in a second range. The output driver can further include a controller configured to operate any one of the first and second driver circuits, such that an output signal of the output driver has an amplitude in an overall range that includes the first and second ranges, and a switch circuit implemented to isolate one driver circuit from another driver circuit when the driver circuit is inactive and the other driver circuit is active.

Abstract: A grounding elastic contact and an electronic device including the same. The grounding elastic contact includes an elastic core, and a double-sided polyethylene terephthalate (PET) tape, a polyimide (PI) film, and a conductive layer, where the PI film is laminated and bonded on an outer side of the double-sided PET tape; a middle region of the double-sided PET tape is attached to an upper surface of the elastic core; after passing through left and right sides of the elastic core respectively, two ends of the double-sided PET tape are laminated on a lower surface of the elastic core; the conductive layer includes one end bonded on the upper surface of the elastic core, and the other end passing through the left side of the elastic core; the double-sided PET tape includes a PET backing and an adhesive coated on two sides of the PET backing.

Abstract: A mattress having a three-dimensional elastic structure of the present invention has a structure in which a main elastic body independently contracts and expands by multiple first to fourth auxiliary elastic slits which intersect with each other in left and right directions, front and rear directions, and up and down directions so as to form a three-dimensional air tunnel. Accordingly, when the first to fourth auxiliary elastic slits contract and expand, air is discharged in all directions of the main elastic body through the three-dimensional air tunnel so as to disperse the pressure by a human body, thereby inducing good blood circulation, and heat is released through the three-dimensional air tunnel so as to secure air permeability, thereby inducing maintenance of a proper sleep temperature so as to provide a more comfortable sleep environment.

Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine, including a stator core having a plurality of slots, and a multi-phase stator coil wound around the stator core by double-layer winding. The multi-phase stator coil is formed by winding a plurality of double-wound coils around an entire circumference of the stator core for each phase, each of the double-wound coils being wound concentrically with different circumferential lengths. Each of the double-wound coils is formed of a coil portion having a larger circumferential length and a coil portion having a smaller circumferential length. In one of the double-wound coils, a total number of coils inserted into the plurality of slots for the coil portion having the larger circumferential length and a total number of coils inserted into the plurality of slots for the coil portion having the smaller circumferential length are equal to each other.

Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring, measuring and detecting analytes in an environment or in test samples from an environment. The monitoring system generates data in response to the presence of at least one analyte. The monitoring system is configured to communicate the data to an associated receiver such as personal communication device or the like for processing. The monitoring system can be in the form of a selectively attachable component.