Abstract: According to one aspect of the disclosure, a wireless device is configured to communicate with a network node is provided. The wireless device includes processing circuitry configured to: receive an indication, adjust a transmit timing based at least on the indication, and optionally transmit signals based at least on the adjusted transmit timing.

Abstract: A vehicle device may execute one or more neural networks (and/or other artificial intelligence), based on input from one or more of the cameras and/or other sensors, to intelligently detect safety events in real-time. The one or more neural networks may be an ensemble neural network that includes neural networks for detecting a head and hand of a user, neural networks for detecting hand actions of the user, neural networks for detecting the head pose of the user, neural networks for predicting an occurrence of an event, and neural networks for predicting a start time and end time of the event. Further, the neural networks can be segmented into a modular neural network based on metadata. The segmentation of the neural network can define a thin layer of the modular neural network to enable independent tuning of the thin layer of the modular neural network.

Abstract: A method (1000) by a wireless device (110) for transitioning between measurement gap patterns, MGPs, includes detecting (1002) a triggering event for transitioning from a first MGP to a second MGP. In response to detecting the triggering event, the wireless device maintains (1004) a first set of properties associated with the first MGP and adapts (1006) a second set of properties associated with the first MGP. The wireless device performs (1006) at least one task according to the second MGP based on the first set of properties and the second set of properties.

Abstract: A method (400) by a first wireless communication device (101) for controlling D2D communication between a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device (103) includes transmitting (402), to the second wireless communication device, a DRX configuration for the D2D communication with the second wireless communication device. The first wireless communication device applies (404) the DRX configuration for the D2D communication with the second wireless communication device and receives (406), from the second wireless communication device, a notification indicating that the DRX configuration is unsuitable. Based on the notification, the first wireless communication device reconfigures (408) the DRX configuration and/or notifying a network node that the applied DRX configuration is unsuitable.

Abstract: Systems and method for enhancing measurement performances by a User Equipment (UE) by reducing a measurement period. In some embodiments, a method performed by the UE for using a Pre-Configured Measurement Gap Pattern (PMGP) comprises a step of determining a status of the PMGP based on one or more criteria and a step of performing a measurement either using a gap within the PMGP or without using a gap within the PMGP, based on the determined status of the PMGP.

Abstract: A CoVOx composite electrode and method of making is described. The composite electrode comprises a substrate with an average 0.5-5 ?m thick layer of CoVOx having pores with average diameters of 2-200 nm. The method of making the composite electrode involves contacting the substrate with an aerosol comprising a solvent, a cobalt complex, and a vanadium complex. The CoVOx composite electrode is capable of being used in an electrochemical cell for water oxidation.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to applying an uplink (UL) cancellation indication are provided. A UE may receive downlink control information (DCI) from a base station (BS). The DCI may include an uplink (UL) cancellation indication that references a plurality of resources in one or more full-UL slots and one or more full-duplex slots. The UE may refrain, based on the UL cancellation indication, from transmitting a communication in at least one of a first resource of the plurality of resources in the one or more full-UL slots or a second resource of the plurality of resources in the one or more full-duplex slots. Other aspects and features are also described.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for detecting a keypoint based on deep learning robust to scale changes based on information change across receptive fields. The apparatus for detecting a keypoint based on deep learning robust to scale changes based on information change across receptive fields includes a feature extractor for extracting a feature from an input image based on a pre-trained deep learning neural network, an information accumulation pyramid module for outputting, from the feature, at least two filter responses corresponding to receptive fields having different scales, an information change detection module for calculating an information change between the at least two filter responses, a keypoint detection module for creating a score map having a keypoint probability of each pixel based on the information change, and a continuous scale estimation module for estimating a scale of a receptive field having a biggest information change for each pixel.

Abstract: A crusher includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet at opposite axial sides, an impeller positioned proximate the inlet of the housing, and a shaft connected to the impeller and extending axially through the housing between the inlet and the outlet. At least two spaced apart support structures hold the shaft in the housing, where a plurality of dynamic blades extending outwardly from the shaft are alternatingly positioned between a plurality of fixed blades extending radially inward from an inner wall of the housing.

Abstract: Systems and methods include a method for testing in a well. Inflow packers are run into a hole in locked position downhole. A liner top diagnostic tool is run on a drill pipe to a desired depth. A lower-packer-sized ball is dropped into the well to activate a lower inflow packer assembly. A back side of the lower inflow packer assembly is pressure-tested to ensure seal integrity. The lower inflow packer is unset by withdrawing string weight while rotating the string. The drill string is displaced to test fluid to the end of the string, and weight and rotation are applied again to set the lower inflow packer. A Homer plot is established based on an inflow test. A deactivation-sized ball is dropped to deactivate the lower include packer assembly. An upper inflow packer assembly is activated using upper-packer-sized ball. A leak is identified based on testing both liner tops.

Abstract: A method of processing a mammogram image, including receiving a digital mammography image of a breast of a patient, and separating the digital mammography image into three channels. The method includes removing noise and uneven illumination to form a first set of three uniform background images, and separating a luminance channel and a chrominance channel from the first set with a transfer function to form a second set of three uniform background images. The method includes applying principal component analysis to the second set; and assembling a single grayscale image and applying a first subspace projection. The method includes removing at least a portion of a pectoral muscle from the grayscale image, and normalizing the muscle removed image using a second order Gaussian Laplacian and an oriented diffusion filter to form a processed image. The method includes identifying cancerous and/or noncancerous regions in the processed image.

Abstract: A method of controlling bow in a layered semiconductor structure comprises the steps of: providing a layered semiconductor structure comprising a first layer of III-nitride semiconductor material on a substrate, the layered semiconductor structure having a first bow, and forming a porous region of III-nitride semiconductor material over the first layer of III-nitride semiconductor material, in which the layered semiconductor structure comprising the porous region has a second bow different from the first bow. A semiconductor structure having controllable bow comprises a first layer of III-nitride semiconductor material on a substrate, and a porous region of III-nitride semiconductor material over the first layer of III-nitride semiconductor material. The layered semiconductor structure comprising the porous region has a second bow, and the second bow is tunable by tuning a porosity and/or thickness of the porous region.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to methods, user equipments (UEs), and network nodes for managing time alignment (TA). The method at a UE for managing TA related configuration comprises: receiving, from a net-work node, one or more TA related configurations; determining a TA related configuration from the received one or more TA related configurations at least partially based on at least one of a beam in which the UE is currently camped, a reference signal which is currently detected by the UE, and a configured grant (CG) configuration which is currently applied at the UE; and applying the determined TA related configuration.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for mitigation of interference related to full-duplex communications for random access channel (RACH) initial access procedures in shared radio frequency spectrum. A user equipment (UE) may send different RACH preambles subsequent to a channel access procedure, based on whether full-duplex communications or half-duplex communications are being used at a corresponding network entity. The different RACH preambles may include a longer RACH preamble that is used when full-duplex is present, and a shorter RACH preamble that is used when full-duplex is not present. The shorter or longer RACH preamble may be used, for example, based at least in part on an open-loop transmit power for the RACH procedure, a RACH occasion configuration that provides different preamble lengths for different RACH occasions, a full-duplexing type that is being used, or any combinations thereof.

Abstract: In an embodiment an edge-emitting laser bar includes an AlInGaN-based semiconductor layer sequence having a contact side and an active layer, a plurality of individual emitters arranged next to each other and spaced apart from one another in a lateral transverse direction, a plurality of contact elements arranged next to each other and spaced apart from one another in the lateral transverse direction on the contact side for making electrical contact with the individual emitters, and a thermal decoupling structure in a region between two adjacent individual emitters, wherein the decoupling structure includes an electrically conductive cooling element located on the contact side and completely covering a contiguous cooling region of the contact side, wherein the cooling element is completely electrically isolated from the semiconductor layer sequence and thermally coupled to the semiconductor layer sequence along the cooling region, and wherein the cooling region has a width, measured along the lateral transver

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a discovery burst from a network entity during the transmission duration. The received discovery burst may indicate a duplex operation mode used at the network entity for transmission of the discovery burst and a type of channel access procedure associated with a random access occasion included in the transmission duration. The UE may transmit a random access message to the network entity during the random access occasion based on a success of a channel access procedure. The channel access procedure may correspond to the indicated type of channel access procedure.

Abstract: A method of determining health of a plant which method includes displaying, on a screen of an electronic display of a mobile computing device, a digital leaf colour chart with colours ranging from yellow green to dark green; displaying on the screen next to the digital leaf colour chart a white area on which a leaf of the plant is to be placed; receiving input to the mobile computing device from a user about which colour of the digital leaf colour chart that best matches the leaf placed on the white area; and the mobile computing device determining the plant health based on the received input.

Abstract: A rapid method of synthesizing nanoflowers made of nanoflakes of nickel molybdate (NiMoO4) directly on nickel foam (NF) through an aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition (AACVD) process is disclosed. The nickel molybdate nanoflowers were grown on NF by varying the deposition time for 60 and 120 min at a fixed temperature of 480° C. and their efficiency was investigated as oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts in 1 M KOH electrolyte. The NiMoO4 nanoflowers of NF obtained after 60 minutes of AACVD process showed OER performance with lowest overpotential of 320 mV to reach standard current density of 10 mA cm?2. The catalyst continuously performed the OER for 15 h, signifying its prominent stability under electrochemical conditions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method performed by a network node (130) of a wireless communication network (100) for efficient usage of downlink transmission resources. The method comprises transmitting, to a wireless device (140), an encoded first control data packet on a downlink control channel using a first level of a transmission parameter, and receiving, from the wireless device (140), information on decoding status for the first control data packet transmitted on the downlink control channel using the first transmission parameter level, the decoding status being a quantitative measure of decoding complexity of the wireless device in decoding the first control data packet. The method further comprises transmitting, to the wireless device (140), an encoded second control data packet on the downlink control channel using a second level of the transmission parameter, the second level being determined based on the received information on decoding status.

Abstract: Embodiments include methods for a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate data corresponding to multiple traffic types with a network node of a wireless network. Such methods include determining a traffic type associated with data communicated between the UE and the network node and selecting a measurement configuration based on the determined traffic type. The selected measurement configuration includes values, of at least one parameter, that are associated with the determined traffic type. Such methods also include performing one or more measurements on downlink (DL) signals from the wireless network according to the selected measurement configuration. Other embodiments include complementary methods for a network node, as well as UEs and network nodes configured to perform such methods.