Abstract: A compound of Formula (5-1) or Formula (5-3): where R17 and R21 are each an ethyl group; R22 and R23 are each a methyl group; and R16 and R20 are each a methoxy group.

Abstract: A muscle enhancer containing a polyamine and a branched-chain amino acid as active ingredients. The polyamine may be one or more of putrescine, spermidine, and spermine, and may be derived from a yeast belonging to the genus Saccharomyces. The muscle enhancer may also comprise a crystalline polysaccharide. The muscle enhancer may be present in a food or a drink.

Abstract: A system for delivery of gas to a tissue, comprises: a first container containing the gas, an applicator having a distal end arranged to deliver the gas to the tissue, a second container containing a purging gas; and a flow control system for controlling flow of gas. The system also comprises a three-port valve having a first port for receiving the gas from the first container, a second port for receiving the purging gas from the second container, and a third port in fluid communication with the applicator. The valve is switchable between a first state at which the first port fluidly connects to the third port, and a second state at which the second port fluidly connects to the third port.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments may include a queue management system . The system may receive one or more utterances comprising a customer intent from a user device, determine a first queue from a plurality of queues in which to place the user based on the user intent, and receive first urgency data comprising battery indication data from the user device. The system may then determine, using a machine learning model, a first dynamic priority score for the user based on the user intent and the first urgency data including battery indication data associated with the user device. Based on the first dynamic priority score for the user, the system may assign an initial user-specific position within the first queue to the user that differs from a default initial position in the first queue. Based on updated urgency data, the system may dynamically update the user’s position to a second user-specific position.

Abstract: Technology is described to provide a foot/ankle prosthesis for individuals with transfemoral limb loss. This technology is able to store and release energy and thus individuals or patients who are using the foot/ankle prosthesis are able to expend less energy when walking or running. The device or system can include a prosthetic foot/ankle system with a linear or rotary hydraulic damper such that the hydraulic damper is attached to dynamic energy storing spring elements. The axis of rotation of the system can be near to that of an intact human ankle. The system can utilize spring elements based on the vertical displacement of the center of pressure of an intact normal foot. The system can also provide user adjustable heel height.

Abstract: A pixel circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display panel. The pixel circuit includes a drive module, a first initialization module and a data write module. The drive module is configured to generate, in response to a data signal, a drive current to drive a light-emitting element to emit light. The first initialization module is controlled by a first scan signal and a second scan signal and is configured to initialize a control terminal of the drive module when the first scan signal and the second scan signal are active. The data write module is controlled by a third scan signal, where the first initialization module is configured to cooperate with the data write module to write the data signal into the control terminal of the drive module when the second scan signal and the third scan signal are active.

Abstract: A catheter blood pump includes a cannula with an expandable central portion having a proximal end, a distal end and a blood flow conduit therebetween. A flexible inlet portion at the distal end is provided with a plurality of spaced apart inlet struts configured to prevent an obstruction from entering, and a flexible outlet portion is provided with a plurality of spaced apart outlet struts operative to reduce a swirl velocity of blood, wherein the plurality of spaced apart inlet struts and the plurality of spaced apart outlet struts are fabricated from a collapsible shape memory material.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: receiving for a plurality of common midpoint-offset bins each comprising a respective plurality of seismic traces, respective candidate pilot traces representing the plurality of common midpoint-offset bins; generating, based on the respective candidate pilot traces, a respective plurality of corrected seismic traces for each of the plurality of common midpoint-offset bins; grouping the respective pluralities of corrected seismic traces into a plurality of enhanced virtual shot gathers (eVSGs); generating, based on the plurality of common midpoint-offset bins, a common-midpoint (CMP) velocity model; calibrating the CMP velocity model using uphole velocity data to generate a pseudo-3 dimensional (3D) velocity model; performing, based on the plurality of enhanced virtual shot gathers and the pseudo-3D velocity model, a 1.

Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, by explicitly signaling information relating to a value(s) of a chroma residual scaling factor, accuracy in an LMCS procedure can be increased, and therefore a subjective/objective image quality of a coded image/video can be further improved.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a compensator, a controller, and a data driver. The compensator determines a degradation grayscale of a compensation region of the display panel. The degradation grayscale may be determined based on a driving time of at least one pixel in the compensation region and degradation data corresponding to the at least one pixel. The controller generates compensated image data for input image data based on the degradation grayscale. The data driver provides a data voltage to the at least one pixel based on the compensated image data.

Abstract: Novel tetrahydroisoquinoline derivative compounds are disclosed herein that may be used as an active ingredient for a pharmaceutical composition, and in particular, for a pharmaceutical composition useful for preventing or treating a disease or condition responsive to modulation of the contractility of the skeletal sarcomere. This may be accomplished, for example, by modulation of the troponin complex of the fast skeletal muscle sarcomere through one or more of fast skeletal myosin, actin, tropomyosin, troponin C, troponin I, and troponin T, and fragments and isoforms thereof. The tetrahydroisoquinoline derivative compounds can thus be used as an agent for preventing or treating 1) neuromuscular disorders, 2) disorders of voluntary muscle, 3) CNS disorders in which muscle weakness, atrophy, and fatigue are prominent symptoms, 4) muscle symptoms stemming from systemic disorders, and 5) dysfunctions of pelvic floor and urethral/anal sphincter muscle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of loading a prosthetic heart valve (1) into a catheter or delivery capsule. The prosthetic heart valve (1) includes an inner frame (2) having a tubular shape, a braided wire mesh (1000) arranged outside of the inner frame (2) and which defines a circumferential flange (4) around the inner frame (2).

Abstract: A sensor device adapted to suit curved surfaces includes a flexible substrate, a plurality of sensing units and a plurality of connecting lines. The flexible substrate includes a plurality of connecting sections, wherein each of the plurality of connecting sections comprises at least one closed hollow region. A plurality of sensing units, disposed on the flexible substrate and arranged in an array; and a plurality of connecting lines, disposed on the flexible substrate. Each of the plurality of connecting lines is connected to two adjacent ones of the plurality of sensing units, and the plurality of connecting sections are respectively overlapped with the plurality of connecting lines.

Abstract: A cutting insert of a substantially horizontal cylindrical segment shape is described. The cutting insert comprises top and bottom surfaces having a circular segment shape. The cutting insert further comprises a convex side. The cutting insert further comprises a flat side. The cutting insert further comprises a top cutting edge which is formed where the convex side and the top surface meet, and a bottom cutting edge which is formed where the convex side and the bottom surface meet. The cutting insert further comprises a hole extending from the convex side towards the flat side. The hole is positioned at a center of a surface of the flat side.

Abstract: A lock with a handle assembly and a lock articulating assembly. The handle assembly has a handle member and a lock assembly. The handle member has a central bore and a locking plug groove. The lock assembly has a lock arm with a body positionable within the central bore. The body includes a central bore and a radial bore which is alignable with the locking plug groove. The lock assembly further has an outward locking plug configured to translate along the radial bore and selectively into the locking plug groove. The lock articulating assembly includes a slider (or a second cam), an actuator, a cam coupled to a motor. The cam is selectively engageable with the slider to rotate and/or translate the slider. The actuator is coupled to the slider, so that movement to the slider imparts movement of the actuator.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, a user equipment (UE) may sense and report resource availability using a reporting pattern to manage a payload size of a reporting message. A sensing pattern may indicate a pattern of resources of a sidelink channel that is being reported in the reporting message (e.g., and one or more sidelink channel resources not being reported), and a resolution of resource availability statuses reported for a first subset of resources of a sidelink channel. A base station or another UE may indicate which reporting pattern (e.g., from a set of configured patterns) that a UE is to use for sensing and generating the sensing report. The UE may autonomously select the reporting pattern, and may transmit an indication of the pattern to the receiving UE.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a system and method for displaying a product in a selected environment of a customer. In one aspect, the method comprises, scanning, using a user device, a selected environment to obtain an image of the selected environment, processing the obtained image and creating a 3D image of the selected environment, selecting a product for displaying, generating, using an augmented reality system, an augmented reality 3D image of the selected product superimposed onto the 3D image of the selected environment, wherein the generated augmented reality 3D image is at scale and anchored to the 3D image of the selected environment based on a location of the selected environment in relation to a location of the user device and a first user selected view, and rendering the augmented reality 3D image onto a 2D display device.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology can include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to receive milestones to define objects and attributes associated with the objects. The objects and the attributes can define an architecture of a system. A first table associated with a first milestone can be provided. The first table can be configured to receive a first set of objects associated with the first milestone. The first set of objects and a corresponding set of attributes for the first set of objects can be received. An indication to advance to a second milestone that follows the first milestone can be received. A second table associated with the second milestone can be provided. The second table can be configured to receive a second set of objects associated with the second milestone.

Abstract: Provided are a font adjustment method, a font adjustment apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The font adjustment method includes: obtaining an application currently running on an electronic device (102); determining a display type of the application based on a predetermined correspondence relation between part or all of applications in the electronic device and corresponding display types (102); determining font weight setting information of the display type (103); and adjusting, based on the font weight setting information, a font in a display interface of the application (104).

Abstract: An exciter (11, 12) induces an elastic wave in a test object by sequentially giving the object multiple kinds of vibrations having different frequencies. An illuminator (13, 14) performs stroboscopic illumination on a measurement area on the surface of the object. A displacement measurer (15) controls the timing of the stroboscopic illumination with respect to the phase of the elastic wave for each kind of vibration to perform a batch measurement of the displacements, in the off-plane direction of the surface, of the points within the measurement area at least at three different phases of the elastic wave, using speckle interferometry or speckle-shearing interferometry.

Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion including a first tread edge, a first shoulder circumferential groove, and a first shoulder land portion demarcated by the first shoulder circumferential groove to include the first tread edge. The first shoulder land portion is provided with first shoulder lateral grooves extending from the first shoulder circumferential groove to the first tread edge. One of the first shoulder lateral grooves includes first and second groove walls which face each other, and a tie-bar. The tie-bar includes an outer surface extending along a ground contact surface of the first shoulder land portion, the outer surface being connected to the first and second groove walls. The outer surface includes a first edge connected to the first groove wall, and a second edge connected to the second groove wall, the second edge having a length smaller than a length of the first edge.

Abstract: An optical imaging system is described including first to sixth lenses sequentially disposed from an object side to an image side, and an image sensor configured to convert incident light reflected from a subject, having passed through the first to sixth lenses, into an electrical signal. One of the first to sixth lenses includes a spherical object-side surface and another of the first to sixth lenses includes corresponding aspherical object-side surfaces. The first to sixth lenses include corresponding aspherical image-side surfaces, and a lens of the first to sixth lenses that is closer to the object side than the one of the first to sixth lenses including the spherical object-side surface, has a highest refractive index among the first to sixth lenses.

Abstract: Systems and methods automatically generate contours on an illustrated object for performing an animation. Contour lines are generated on the surface of the object according to criteria related to the shape of the surface of the object. Points of the contour lines that are occluded from a virtual camera are identified. The occluded points are removed to generate visible lines. The visible lines are extruded to define a three-dimensional volume defining contours of the object. The object itself, along with the three-dimensional volume, are illuminated and rendered. The parameters defining the opacity and color of the contour may differ from corresponding parameters of the rest of the object, so that the contours stand out and define portions of the object. The contours are useful in contexts such as defining areas of an object that is fuzzy or cloudy in appearance, as well as creating certain artistic effects.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for controlled arterial/venous access are provided. The apparatus and methods may include a lumen anastomosed to a bodily lumen. A lumen clamping means may utilize a clamp manipulator to effectively seal the tubing, and the manipulator may be operated by two fingers. A needle receptor may be utilized, and the receptor may utilize a compressible member to seal tightly against a needle inserted from outside the body, in order ensure secure placement into a channel. The channel may be in liquid communication with the tubing. The manipulator and the needle receptor may be palpable from outside the body.

Abstract: A route is generated for a robot with multiple parts connected rotatably. Multiple waypoints indicating a posture of the robot are registered. It is determined whether a registration waypoint is allowable as the posture of the robot. The route is generated to connect an added waypoint and an existing waypoint. It is determined whether the route satisfies the condition that the robot is operable. The adding of the waypoint and the generating of the route are repeated until the route reaches the end point. Determination results of the registration waypoint and the generated route and the condition determined not to be satisfied are displayed.

Abstract: Techniques are described for using computing devices to perform automated operations for determining the acquisition location of an image using an analysis of the image's visual contents. In at least some situations, images to be analyzed include panorama images acquired at acquisition locations in an interior of a multi-room building, and the determined acquisition location information includes a location on a floor plan of the building and in some cases orientation direction information—in at least some such situations, the acquisition location determination is performed without having or using information from any distance-measuring devices about distances from an image's acquisition location to objects in the surrounding building. The acquisition location information may be used in various automated manners, including for controlling navigation of devices (e.g., autonomous vehicles), for display on one or more client devices in corresponding graphical user interfaces, etc.

Abstract: A vehicle chassis that can be used for more than its intended purpose where the vehicle chassis can be used to support a different vehicle body that its intended purpose or can be use to receive attachments that turn allows the vehicle to be used for a second application. The chassis includes a set of fastened cross-beams that provide support to the vehicle chassis allowing the chassis to support more weight.

Abstract: An apparatus for oxygenation and/or CO2 clearance of a patient. The apparatus comprising: a flow source or a connection for a flow source for providing a gas flow, a gas flow modulator, a controller to control the gas flow. The controller is operable to: receive input relating to heart activity and/or trachea gas flow of the patient, and control the gas flow modulator to provide a varying gas flow with at least two oscillating components. One oscillating component has a frequency based on the heart activity and/or trachea flow of the patient. One oscillating component has a frequency to: promote bulk gas flow movement, or promote mixing.

Abstract: A method for controlling an inverter-based resource (IBR) having a power converter and a generator connected to an electrical grid includes determining an available active power of the electrical grid. The method also includes determining an available active power of the IBR based on an effect of a speed and a rating of the generator. Further, the method includes determining a minimum available active power based on the available active power of the electrical grid and the available active power of the IBR. Moreover, the method includes determining an active power limit change for the IBR based on one or more thermal margins of the IBR. In addition, the method includes determining an active power estimation as a function of the minimum available active power and the active power limit change. The method further includes providing the active power estimation to a supervisory controller for controlling the IBR.

Abstract: A fingerprint signal processing system for a fingerprint sensor includes a calibration control circuit, a register circuit, a decode circuit and a normalization circuit. The calibration control circuit is configured to receive a background calibration control signal and an image signal from the fingerprint sensor, and convert the image signal into a plurality of digital signals according to a plurality of offsets. When the background calibration control signal is at a high level, the calibration control circuit is configured to read a plurality of calibration parameters from the register circuit.

Abstract: A light assembly having a projector integrally connected to a light bar. The projector and the light bar share power and control wires from a wire harness. The projector includes a projector aperture whereby light (oftentimes in a pattern or logo formation) passes therethrough and directs onto a ground surface. The projector includes a light assembly configured to hold the components for projection.

Abstract: The present application provides multispecific constructs that bind to Claudin-18.2 (such as various anti-Claudin-18.2×anti-PD-L1 bispecific antibodies), nucleic acids encoding the multispecific construct or a portion thereof, vectors comprising the nucleic acids, host cells containing the vectors, methods of preparing the multispecific constructs, pharmaceutical compositions comprising any of the multispecific constructs, and methods of using the multispecific constructs or compositions.

Abstract: A suction pad configured to suck and hold a fruit includes a pad main body made from an elastically deformable member and having a held base end portion; a hollow formed inside the pad main body so as to extend from a base end side to a tip end side; and a hole configured to communicate with the hollow and being open to a tip end portion of the pad main body, and an opening diameter of the suction hole is smaller than an inner diameter of the hollow.

Abstract: A bone anchored hearing implant device for enhancing the hearing capability of a user is disclosed. The device includes at least one antenna element for receiving signals provided by an external device, in particular by at least one external hearing device, at least one modulation device for demodulating the signals received by the antenna element, at least one transducer, in particular for generating vibrations depending on the demodulated signals, at least one connection circuit for transferring the demodulated signals to the transducer, at least one protection circuit for at least partly short-circuiting the connection circuit, wherein the short-circuit at least partly prevents a transfer of the demodulated signals to the transducer. Additionally a hearing device system and a signal processing method are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire with at least one sound absorber adhesively attached in its interior to the inner surface opposite the tread. The invention further relates to a process for detecting a pneumatic vehicle tire with a sound absorber and to a process for recycling a pneumatic vehicle tire with a sound absorber. According to the invention the radially inward-facing surface of the sound absorber has at least one luminescent agent applied to it. The tire according to the invention is detected via the luminescent agent.

Abstract: A damping device and a wind turbine generator system comprising the damping device. The damping device comprises: damping components; structural supports, the structural supports connecting the damping components to a mass block provided on an object to be damped, each structural support comprising a gear, and the gear being rotatably provided on the structural support; and guide rails, wherein each guide rail has a predetermined curvature, each guide rail has a first end used for being rotatably connected to the object to be damped and a second end supported on the corresponding structural support, a tooth portion engaged with a gear is formed on a side portion of each guide rail, and when the mass block swings, the swing of the mass block is converted into transmission by means of the engagement transmission between the guide rail and the gear for input into the corresponding damping component.

Abstract: An exemplary latchbolt assembly includes a latchbolt, a locking sleeve, and a roller engaged between the latchbolt and the locking sleeve. The latchbolt is configured to drive the roller from a first position to a second position as the latchbolt moves from a projected position to a depressed position. The locking sleeve includes a blocking surface and a recessed portion. When the blocking surface is aligned with the roller, the locking sleeve retains the roller in the first position, thereby retaining the latchbolt in the projected position. When the recessed portion is aligned with the roller, the locking sleeve permits movement of the roller from the first position to the second position, thereby enabling depression of the latchbolt.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system, method, and computer program product are described that predicts a time in which a participant of a group of participants may speak in a group meeting. The prediction is based in part on latency between each participant in the group of participants and learned voice patterns of each respective participant. Once a prediction is determined, a cue to speak or remain silent is provided as one of a visual or aural cue to the participant to speak during the group meeting. Predicting a time in which the participant of a group of participants may speak includes training a lingual processing model iteratively for each respective participant to learn voice patterns of participants.

Abstract: Co-clustering of at least some parameters is employed to reduce data transferred between edge and cloud resources. Single-parameter cluster information, including cluster counts, for each of two or more parameters of interest is accessed. Each parameter may represent a time series of numeric values sent from an IoT unit to an edge device. A co-clustering ratio is determined for each unique parameter pair. The co-clustering ratio indicates whether the number of clusters produced by a co-clustering algorithm applied to a group of parameters is less than the number of clusters required to represent the parameters without co-clustering. Co-cluster groups may be identified based on the cluster ratios. For each co-cluster group, the co-clustering algorithm may be invoked to produce compressed encodings of numeric value tuples. The compressed encoding is then transmitted to a cloud computing resource and decoded into a tuple of surrogate values.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; stacked layers on the substrate including insulating layers and gate layers that are alternately stacked in a longitudinal direction and extending in a first lateral direction and a second lateral direction; a channel column array including a plurality of channel columns in the stacked layers; a dummy channel column array including a plurality of dummy channel columns in the stacked layers; and a gate isolating trench in the stacked layers, the gate isolating trench extends between the channel column array and the dummy channel column array along the second lateral direction. The first lateral direction and the second lateral direction are perpendicular to each other and are both perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: Identifying Internet of Things (IoT) devices with packet flow behavior including by using machine learning models is disclosed. Information associated with a network communication of an IoT device is received. A determination of whether the IoT device has previously been classified is made. In response to determining that the IoT device has not previously been classified, a determination is made that a probability match for the IoT device against a behavior signature exceeds a threshold. Based at least in part on the probability match, a classification of the IoT device is provided to a security appliance configured to apply a policy to the IoT device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and a device configured to control deterioration avoidance operation of a fuel cell system.

Abstract: A method is provided for supporting an aircraft to execute a mission in which the aircraft maneuvers in an airspace system. The method includes detecting a lost-link event in which a datalink between the aircraft and a control station is interrupted or lost, and responsive to which the aircraft is preconfigured to execute a procedure. The method also includes conveying an intent of the aircraft to execute the procedure over a radio channel assigned for voice communication in the airspace system. In this regard, conveying the intent includes composing a message that indicates the intent of the aircraft to execute the procedure. The message is applied to a text-to-speech engine to convert the message to a corresponding verbal message in which the intent of the aircraft is conveyed. The corresponding verbal message is then sent over the radio channel assigned for voice communication in the airspace system.

Abstract: An end cap assembly, a battery cell, a battery, and an electrical device are provided. The end cap assembly is applicable to a battery cell. The end cap assembly includes: an end cap body; a pressure relief component, connected to the end cap body, where a first through-hole configured to inject an electrolytic solution is made on the pressure relief component, and the pressure relief component is configured to be actuated when an internal pressure of the battery cell reaches a threshold, so as to release the internal pressure of the battery cell; and a closing component, detachably disposed on the pressure relief component, where the closing component is configured to close the first through-hole.

Abstract: An assembly for sensing an amount of strain in an object, including a first cup having a first end, a second end, a cylindrical side wall extending therebetween, and an end wall disposed at the first end of the first cup, and a strain wafer disposed on one of an outer surface and an inner surface of the end wall.

Abstract: A display device including: a display unit including a plurality of pixels; and a color converter overlapping the display unit. The color converter includes a first color converter, a second color converter, a transmitter, and a light blocking member. The first color converter includes a first color converting layer including first semiconductor nanocrystals, and a first color filter overlapping the first color converting layer. The second color converter includes a second color converting layer including second semiconductor nanocrystal, and a second color filter overlapping the second color converting layer, the transmitter includes a transmitting layer. The light blocking member includes a light blocking member disposed among the adjacent first color converting layer, the second color converting layer, and the transmitting layer, a metal layer disposed on the light blocking member, and a liquid repellent cover layer overlapping the metal layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided that includes a second nanosheet device of a second conductivity type stacked over a first nanosheet device of a first conductivity type that is different from the second conductivity type. Each of the first and second nanosheet devices includes at least one semiconductor channel material nanosheet. One side of the least one semiconductor channel material nanosheet of both the first and second nanosheet devices contacts a dielectric material, while another side of the least one semiconductor channel material nanosheet of both the first and second nanosheet devices contacts a functional gate-containing liner that extends laterally to connect to a gate contact of each first and second nanosheet device.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a high-speed avalanche photodiode device configured to detect single photons. The avalanche photodiode device may include a passive quenching circuitry. The passive quenching circuitry may include a quenching resistor having a resistivity spontaneously adaptive to a bias voltage applied across the quenching resistor. Such adaptive resistivity enables a fast response time for the avalanche photodiode device when used to detect single photos in Geiger mode.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to facilitate user purpose in a computing architecture.

Abstract: A method in a node is disclosed. The method comprises generating a tag for an associated data packet at a first layer, the generated tag indicating one or more parameters related to transmission of the associated data packet. The method comprises signaling the tag from the first layer to another layer. The method comprises mapping, at the another layer, the associated data packet to a logical channel based on the one or more parameters indicated by the tag, and selecting one or more resources for transmission of the associated data packet based on the mapping of the associated data packet to the logical channel.