Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure may include a method and/or a system for applying, to one or more ions in an ion chain, a first light beam having a first polarization and a second light beam having a second polarization to transfer the one or more ions from a first state of a first manifold to a second state of the first manifold, applying, to the one or more ions, the first light beam and the second light beam to transfer the one or more ions from the second state back to the first state, and applying, to the one or more ions, a third light beam to transition the one or more ions from the first state to a third state in a second manifold.

Abstract: A system, method and computer program determine estimated sensor data using time-series projection. The system comprises processing circuitry configured to obtain a plurality of samples of sensor data of the sensor. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain information on a time offset between the sensor data of the sensor and a reference time. The processing circuitry is configured to perform a time-series projection based on the plurality of samples of the sensor data. The time-series projection is performed using an auto-regressive statistical model. The processing circuitry is configured to determine an estimate of the sensor data for the reference time based on the time-series projection and based on the time offset between the sensor data and the reference time. Thus, the time-series projection may be used to bridge the time offset between the sensor data of the sensor and the reference time.

Abstract: A method for comprehensive management of a principal health condition is described. The method broadly comprises the steps of receiving a principal health condition from the beneficiary, explaining the principal health condition and associated health condition to the beneficiary, formulating healthcare products for the principal health condition, the associated health condition and the root cause factor of the principal health condition based on nine elements of life, recommending the formulated healthcare products to the beneficiary, increasing awareness of the beneficiary regarding the extra corporeal components of the principal health condition, suggesting him/her a plurality of lifestyle modification tips so as to enhance the effectiveness of the healthcare products, and providing the beneficiary with relevant literature regarding the principal health condition.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and systems. Embodiments of the present invention can in response to receiving information associated with an activity, identify requirements associated with performance of the activity. Embodiments of the present invention can then determine relevancy of each requirement of the identified requirements. Embodiments of the present invention can then define compliance mechanisms needed to verify compliance of the identified requirements that were determined relevant, and in response to detecting a violation, execute one or more remedial actions to satisfy an identified requirement that was determined relevant of the identified requirements.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an automatic power control circuit and method, and a laser diode circuit comprising the automatic power control circuit. The automatic power control circuit comprises: a voltage measurement unit configured to obtain an indicative voltage at a specific measurement point and output the indicative voltage to a processor, wherein the indicative voltage is configured to indicate a forward voltage of a laser diode in laser emitting state; and the processor configured to output a pulse parameter control signal in response to change in the indicative voltage, wherein the pulse parameter control signal is used to control an adjustment for a pulse parameter of laser pulses of the laser diode, such that laser emission power is within a preset range, and wherein the pulse parameter of the laser pulses of the laser diode is used to set a total duration of pulses within a preset time period.

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an electrical socket system comprising: an electrical socket comprising at least one temperature sensor; and a controller configured to monitor a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor, wherein the controller is configured to: determine a temperature gradient of the temperature with respect to time; determine if the temperature gradient exceeds a threshold gradient value; and trigger an alarm event if it is determined that the temperature gradient exceeds the threshold gradient value.

Abstract: The point cloud scan image data first is structured with a x-y-z coordinate system, then split into smaller Cluster Bounds (CB) volumes and a CB x-y-z is imposed on the CB centroid. The Euclidean x-y-z distance (ED) is calculated for each data point. Only points within Radial Distance (RD cylinder) are retained/processed. Data points within RD are weighted; points closer to centroid having higher weights. Each data point has Weighted Value WV (square of the inverse of the x-y-z distance). Each x,y,z has Weighted Average (WAV) per axes. WAV is sum of each original point coordinate times WV, divided by sum all WVs. Resultant is one subsampled point per axis. One WAV per CB is selected based upon axis nearly orthogonal to x,y,z WAV points. All CBs subsampled in parallel. Subsampled output comma separated coordinate file for CAD program.

Abstract: Animal waste contains most of the essential nutrients required for plant growth. However, animal waste also contains microbes that convert urea to ammonium ions, nitrification of the ammonium ions to NO2 and NO3 and denitrification of NO2 or NO3 to N2. N2O is produced as an intermediate of nitrification and denitrification processes and N2O is a 300 times more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. The instant invention discloses low-cost, fluid suspension compositions comprising a combination of urease, nitrification and denitrification inhibitors that decrease the loss of nitrogen from animal waste and lessen the biological formation of the greenhouse gas N2O. These compositions comprise nitrogenous phosphoryl compounds and nitrification inhibitors that utilize manufacturing processes for the formation of low cost, fluid suspensions comprising one or more inhibitor particles selected from the group consisting of urease inhibitor particles, b) nitrification inhibitor particles, and c) fused particles.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor element includes: forming a first semiconductor layer (SL1) and a second semiconductor layer (SL2) larger in thickness than the first semiconductor layer (SL1) on a mask layer (ML) including a first opening portion (K1) and a second opening portion (K2); forming a first device layer (DL1) and a second device layer (DL2); and bonding the first device layer (DL1) and the second device layer (DL2) to a support substrate (SK).

Abstract: Disclosed is a hydraulic damping device with adjustable resistance and a riding platform. The hydraulic damping device with adjustable resistance comprises a support frame, a rotating mechanism movably connected to the support frame, a hydraulic damping mechanism arranged at one end of the rotating mechanism and an inertia wheel detachably connected to an other end of the rotating mechanism, and the hydraulic damping mechanism comprises a shell and a rotating disc connected with the rotating mechanism extending into the shell, at least one blade is arranged on the rotating disc, and the blade is connected with the rotating disc in an adjustable angle to provide resistance at a corresponding angle. The angle of the blade relative to the rotating disc is adjusted so that when the blade rotates with the rotating disc, different from the resistance generated by the damping liquid in the shell, different resistance effects are provided.

Abstract: A dataset of classification orderings is created based on previously observed interface elements in interfaces of third-party interface providers. A request to evaluate a sequence of predicted classifications is received. The dataset is queried to determine a value derived from a frequency of the sequence of predicted classifications occurring in the dataset. A client device is caused, by responding to the request with the value, to autocomplete input to a plurality of elements corresponding to the sequence of predicted classifications if the value reaches a value relative to a threshold cause.

Abstract: A method includes introducing into a drilling fluid a plurality of tags having a first clay nanoparticle and a first polymer embedded into the clay nanoparticle and circulating the drilling fluid and tags through a well during a drilling operation that creates formation cuttings such that the tags interact with the formation cuttings, creating tagged cuttings. The returned cuttings are collected from the circulating drilling fluid at a surface of the well, and the tags on the returned cuttings are detected to identify the tagged cuttings. The method also includes correlating the tagged cuttings with a drill depth in the well from the drilling operation.

Abstract: A system for automatic incident response is disclosed. The system is programmed to receive information regarding an incident (event). The system is programmed to apply an action prediction model for inferring one or more programming actions from key phrases in an incident report, or apply a workflow prediction model for inferring one or more workflows of actions from an event descriptor. In response to receiving user input to modify a current workflow, the system is programmed to apply a workflow step prediction model for generating a recommended workflow from the modified workflow. The system is programmed to then apply a risk model for computing a risk score from the recommended workflow and user or environment information. The system is programmed to then transmit an alert or a confirmation depending on whether the risk score exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: An image forming system that is convenient for a user even when an image forming apparatus is directly connected to a network in addition to an image control apparatus. The image forming system includes an image control apparatus and an image forming apparatus. The image control apparatus includes a first communication member connected to an external apparatus through a network, a second communication member connected to the image forming apparatus through a predetermined transfer path, and a port controller that controls switching of a predetermined network port of the first communication member. The image forming apparatus includes a third communication member connected to the external apparatus through the network, and a fourth communication member connected to the image control apparatus through the predetermined transfer path. The port controller closes the predetermined network port in a case where both of the third and fourth communication members are valid.

Abstract: An accessibility computer game controller includes a central control button on a round base and peripheral control buttons on the base surrounding the central control button. The peripheral control buttons can have distinct sizes and shapes. An analog stick unit is reciprocatingly engaged with the base and includes a control portion rotatable relative to the base.

Abstract: A method for processing a medical image performed by a computing device according to one aspect of the present disclosure. The method includes receiving a medical image of a patient and identifying one or more sensitive information from the received medical image; and creating the medical image as a safety image by de-identifying at least one of the sensitive information, wherein the sensitive information includes metadata of the medical image, personal information of the patient, and personal information of medical staffs related to the medical image.

Abstract: The mounting area for an electronic component and a resistor for current detection is reduced. A current detection resistor for detecting current includes a plate-like resistive body, and a first electrode and an opposite second electrode which are stacked in a thickness direction of the resistive body and are disposed so as to sandwich the resistive body. The first electrode has a groove portion.

Abstract: Various systems and techniques for providing enhancements to bogie-equipped vehicles are described and discussed. Such systems and techniques include, for example, actively driven bogie differentials, elevated obstacle mounting techniques, worm-drive steering, parking modes using toe-in or toe-out wheel steering, speed-sensitive steering mode selection, and various other enhancements and techniques.

Abstract: The subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods and systems for receiving, by a computing system, a request to normalize an input Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The computing system identifies a user account to which the request to normalize the input URL relates. The computing system determines a selected set of URL normalization rules that are identified as being activated for the user account from among a larger collection of URL normalization rules. The computing system normalizes the input URL using the selected set of URL normalization rules to generate a normalized URL. The computing system stores information that results from an analysis of the input URL in association with an indication of the normalized URL.

Abstract: Provided are a compound capable of improving the light-emitting efficiency, stability, and lifespan of an element; an organic electrical element using same; and an electronic device comprising same.

Abstract: An ionic liquid has a structure represented by the following general formula (1). In the general formula (1), R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, and at least one ethylene group comprising the alkenyl group may be substituted with a vinylene group. X+ represents a phospholipid with a cationic group.

Abstract: An organoelectroluminescent device according to the present invention employs compounds of characteristic structures as a hole transport material and a dopant material in a hole injection layer or a hole transport layer, and in an emissive layer, respectively, and thus can be driven at a low voltage and realize highly efficient emission characteristics with excellent external quantum efficiency. Thus, the organoelectroluminescent device may be industrially advantageously used in a flexible display device, a flexible display device, a single-color or white-color flat lighting device, a single-color or shite-color flexible lighting device, and the like.

Abstract: Liquid fabric softener compositions containing (a) water-insoluble cationic softeners, (b) water-soluble cationic antibacterial agents and (c) cationic rheology modifying polymers are described that are stable homogenous mixtures. A method for determining stability of the softener formulations or determining the amount of component (a), (b) or (c) involves calculating a stability index of the formulation according to the following equation: Stability formula index=[(wt % of the (a) component+3*(wt % of the (c) component)]/[wt % of the (b) component], wherein a desirable stability index value is 2.5 or greater than 2.5.

Abstract: Techniques for administering a care plan for a patient. A monitoring device is selected, at a care plan management system based on a care plan, to use in administering the care plan. The care plan specifies biometric data to monitor for a patient. The monitoring device is configured to collect the biometric data, based on the care plan. The biometric data collected using the monitoring device is received at the care plan management system. The biometric data includes a first event initially classified as a first type of event using the monitoring device. The first event is selected for reclassification, based on the initial classification, and in response the first event is reclassified as a second type of event using the care plan management system. The patient is treated based on the care plan and the reclassified first event.

Abstract: The invention discloses a pneumatic plate device, comprising a plate body, and the plate body is composed of a plurality of unit plates of the same specification, the unit plate is provided with a circular opening according to the processing requirements, and all openings have the same diameter, the upper half of the unit plate is provided with a rod body base, and each rod body base is provided with a cylindrical rod body. Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that the overall structure is simple and exquisite, the selection of parts, the connection method and the overall working principle are reasonable and clear, the production method and the use method are simple, the production cost and the use cost are low, the function is complete, and the durability is high, good applicability and easy promotion.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for processing claims using rules engines based on specified conditions. A machine learning model may be trained using the outcomes of the claims processed using the rules engine. A trained machine learning system may be used in addition to or instead of the rules engine to process claims, estimate a likelihood of payment, and/or suggest modifications that will increase the likelihood of payment and/or the timeliness of payment.

Abstract: In order to output an image to a user, an electronic device may include loading a plurality of basic image tiles with a first resolution, the plurality of basic image tiles being preset for a graphic space set based on a virtual coordinate system, determining a target basic-image tile among the plurality of basic image tiles based on a coordinate of a virtual camera set on the virtual coordinate system, transmitting information on a target basic-image tile to a server, receiving a plurality of detailed image tiles with a second resolution corresponding to the target basic-image tile from the server, and outputting an image with the second resolution based on the plurality of detailed image tiles when the virtual camera zooms in on the target basic-image tile.

Abstract: A decentralized system is provided for using smart contracts executed on a side-blockchain network for performing token management by limiting token withdrawals from restricted wallets until an owner of the restricted wallet has met specified criteria and by permitting recapture of tokens from restricted wallets when the owner of the restricted wallet fails to meet the specified criteria within a specified time limit.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to perform a matrix multiplication using parallel processing. In at least one embodiment, a matrix multiplication is divided into a set of tiles, with each tile processed with a prolog task, a calculation task, and an epilog task. The prolog tasks are performed by a dedicated set of threads, with the remaining tasks performed in an interleaved manner using two or more thread groups.

Abstract: A desk includes a work surface, a casing, a carriage, a stand, and a plurality of actuators. The actuators are operable to selectively adjust a vertical position of the work surface, the stand between at least a stored position and a deployed position, and a lateral position of the carriage. The casing is mounted to the work surface and defines an interior volume sized for receipt of a display. The carriage is mounted to the stand and is configured for supporting the display. A controller is in operative communication with the actuators and is configured for receiving data corresponding to a desk configuration over a wireless network and activating one or more of the actuators to correspond to the desk configuration.

Abstract: Liquid fabric softener compositions comprising (a) water-insoluble cationic softeners, (b) water-soluble cationic antibacterial agents and (c) cationic rheology modifying polymers are described that are stable homogenous mixtures. A method for determining stability of the softener formulations or determining the amount of component (a), (b) or (c) involves calculating a stability index of the formulation according to the following equation: Stability formula index=[(wt % of the (a) component+3*(wt % of the (c) component)]/[wt % of the (b) component], wherein a desirable stability index value is 2.5 or greater than 2.5.

Abstract: The present description provides a cancer assay panel for targeted detection of cancer-specific methylation patterns. Further provided herein are methods of designing, making, and using the cancer assay panel for the diagnosis of cancer.

Abstract: A text data analysis information generation device (1) includes: a dependence relationship tree information generation unit (12) configured to generate dependence relationship tree information that indicates, in a tree structure, a dependence relationship between words in text data to be analyzed; a graph information generation unit (13) configured to extract a subject, a predicate, and an object from the text data based on the generated dependence relationship tree information, and generate graph information that indicates, in a graph structure, triple information of ontology that consists of them; and a hierarchical concept information adding unit (14) configured to extract two suitable components from the text data, acquire broader concept information that is common between the two components, and add the acquired broader concept information to the graph information as a parent node that is common between the two components so as to generate text data analysis information.

Abstract: A vehicle body lateral section structure (10) is provided with a center pillar inner (41), a center pillar stiffener (42), a partitioning member (13), a filling material, a center pillar outer (43), and a sound insulation member (14). The center pillar stiffener forms a first closed cross-sectional portion (50) together with the center pillar inner. The partitioning member partitions a filling space (62) communicating with a first filling port and a second filling port inside the first closed cross-sectional portion. The center pillar outer forms a second closed cross-sectional portion (60) together with the center pillar stiffener. The sound insulation member is provided inside the second closed cross-sectional portion and foams when heated.

Abstract: Examples of a three-dimensional (3D) optical sensing system for a vehicle include a modular architecture. Light can be transmitted to an optical signal processing module, which can include a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) that can create one or more signals with tailored amplitude, phase, and spectral characteristics. The plurality of optical signals processed by the optical signal processing module can be sent to beam steering units distributed around the vehicle. The steering units can direct a plurality of optical beams towards targets. The return optical signal can be detected by a receiver PIC including an array of sensors and using a direct intensity detection technique or a coherent detection technique. The return optical signal can be converted into an electrical signal by the array of sensors, which can then be processed by the electronic signal processing unit, and information about the location and speed of the targets can be quantified.

Abstract: Compounds that inhibit p38a MAPK protein, and methods of using the same, are provided for treating or preventing diseases such as cancer or inflammatory diseases.

Abstract: A pressure regulator and a method for regulating the same is for predicting occurrence of dew condensation inside components of a vehicle so that the cause of the occurrence of dew condensation is removed in advance before occurrence of dew condensation. The pressure regulator includes a case in which an opening is provided at one end of the case, an outlet is provided at the other end of the case, and the opening is provided to be inserted into a housing of the component, a fan provided inside the case and a filter provided inside the case, the filter allowing gas to be discharged from the inside of the component to the outside of the component while blocking inflow of moisture from the outside of the component to the inside of the component.

Abstract: A method for controlling an actuatable safety device (110) for helping to protect a vehicle occupant includes sensing left-front and right-front pressure values via a pressure tube sensor (18). The method also includes executing pressure tube metrics that evaluate the left-front and right-front pressure values and selecting switched crash thresholds in response to the pressure tube metrics. The method also includes sensing vehicle acceleration parameters (99) and executing one or more crash metrics that evaluate the vehicle acceleration parameters to determine whether the switched crash thresholds are exceeded. The method further includes controlling deployment of the actuatable safety device (110) in response to determining that the switched crash thresholds are exceeded. A vehicle safety system (100) implements the method.

Abstract: A system for inspecting an exterior of a battery cell includes a tray on which battery cells are mounted in a plurality of rows, a first photographing part configured to horizontally move along the tray and photograph an upper surface of the battery cell while on the tray, at least one shuttle on which the battery cell is mounted, a transfer part configured to transfer the battery cells from the tray to the shuttle, a second photographing part configured to photograph a side surface and a lower surface of the battery cell while in the shuttle, and an inspection part configured to inspect a photographed image and determine whether the battery cell is defective. The second photographing part simultaneously photographs the side surface and the lower surface of the battery cell to simultaneously display the side and lower surfaces of the battery cell in one image.

Abstract: A surface performance evaluation device including memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor being configured to: acquire a captured image, which is a moving image of a test object on which a liquid is dispersed, and which is captured by a camera; quantify, based on the captured image that is acquired by the processor, a degree of diffusion of the liquid that is dispersed on the test object and diffuses; and evaluate a surface performance of the test object based on an index quantified by the processor.

Abstract: A first electronic device determines a second electronic device within a preset distance when the first electronic device determines, based on a mapping relationship, that a first task that is being executed is not a task that is suitable for being executed by a device type of the first electronic device. The first electronic device receives first information, from the second electronic device, that includes information about a device identifier and a device type of the second electronic device. The first electronic device determines, based on the device identifier and the device type, that the second electronic device is suitable for executing the first task. The first electronic device sends a recommended service corresponding to the first task to the second electronic device. The second electronic device displays prompt information corresponding to the recommended service on a display.

Abstract: A heat accumulator device is provided having a metal phase-change material as an accumulator material, the heat accumulator device including at least one a holding chamber having a holding space for the accumulator material, a housing for the holding space, at least one heat input apparatus for inputting heat into the at least one holding chamber, and at least one heat output apparatus for outputting heat from the at least one holding chamber. A coupling region of the heat input apparatus, provided for thermal coupling to the accumulator material, and/or a coupling region of the heat output apparatus, provided for thermal coupling to the accumulator material, is arranged, at least in part, at a distance from the accumulator material.

Abstract: Provided are a hotspot list display method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes playing a target video in a first video play page; receiving a first slide operation on the first video play page, where the first slide operation is used for switching current display content of the first video play page; and in response to the first slide operation satisfying a trigger condition for displaying a hotspot list, playing a preset video of the hotspot list on the first video play page, displaying the hotspot list in a layer on the preset video, and displaying video items of multiple hotspot videos in the hotspot list.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of isocyanates in which: (i) a first organosilicon compound having at least one silicon atom Si1 and a unit of formula G-I bound thereto is converted to a third organosilicon compound having a unit of formula G-II by silylation of the NH group of the unit of formula G-I with a second organosilicon compound having one silicon atom Si2; and (ii) the third organosilicon compound is reacted to an isocyanate by thermolysis, whereby the unit of formula G-II is converted to an isocyanate group.

Abstract: A coating system for parylene deposition may include a chamber, a pumping system having a first and a second pump, where a pumping speed of the first and second pumps is based at least in part on an operating pressure; and a controller, the controller configured by machine-readable instructions to control activation of the first pump to initiate a pump down operation of the chamber, determine a cut-in pressure for switching operation from the first to the second pump, monitor an internal pressure of the chamber, switch operation to the second pump based at least in part on determining that the internal pressure of the chamber is at or below the cut-in pressure; and continue, using the second pump, the pump down operation of the deposition chamber until the internal pressure is at or below a target pressure for parylene deposition.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a data processing system for generating navigable images of at least one region of interest ROI of a patient for a fluoroscopy-based navigation system using an X-ray imaging system, a localization system and an imaging kit, said imaging kit being configured to allow images registration in a preferred referential and tracking of surgical tools.

Abstract: The invention relates to a functional panel for receiving surface loads comprising a plurality of veneer layers that are arranged one on top of another and are connected together in a materially bonded manner, wherein a part of these veneer layers has an A-fibre direction, and another part of these veneer layers has a B-fibre direction oriented at more or less 90° to the A-fibre direction. The functional panel has a central plane defined substantially in the middle of the functional panel in the in the thickness direction. The cumulative thickness of the veneer layers with the A-fibre direction differs from the cumulative thickness of the veneer layers with the B-fibre direction on a first side of the central plane, and the cumulative thickness of the veneer layers with the A-fibre direction differs from the cumulative thickness of the veneer layers with the B-fibre direction on the second side located on the opposite from the first side of the central plane.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions comprising novel programmable adenosine base editor systems (e.g., ABE8) that provide methods of treating a disease or disorder, (e.g., Parkinson's disease, Hurler syndrome, Rett syndrome, or Stargardt disease) in a subject by administering to the subject a programmable adenosine base editor system (e.g., ABE8) that have increased efficiency and methods of using these adenosine deaminase variants for editing a disease-associated gene.

Abstract: One embodiment of the disclosure is a compound represented by Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The variables in Formula I are defined herein. Compounds of Formula I are selective MAP4K1 inhibitors, which can be used to treat a diseases or disorders in a subject that benefits from control of MAP4K1 activity.

Abstract: A fuel pump cover apparatus includes a fuel pump assembly configured to be attached to a fuel tank, and a lock ring disposed on the fuel pump assembly configured to fix the fuel pump assembly to the fuel tank and having a plurality of slots. A cover ring is placed over the lock ring and includes a plurality of clipping devices disposed under the cover ring to be attached to the slots of the lock ring, and spring retainers disposed under the cover ring to apply pressure between the cover ring and the fuel pump assembly. A cover is disposed over the cover ring to cover the fuel pump assembly, and a plurality of retaining members is arranged between the cover and the cover ring to removably attach the cover to the cover ring.