Abstract: The present disclosure provides a synthesis method of a g-C3N4/C composite material based on a hollyhock stalk, including the following steps: (1) pretreatment of hollyhock stalks; and (2) fabrication of the g-C3N4/C composite material. In this method, with the hollyhock stalk as a carbon skeleton, g-C3N4 is spread on a template surface to form a laminated layer, and a composite system with a special structure is constructed. Compared with pure phase g-C3N4, the composite material substantially increases specific surface area and has a clear interface; the carbon skeleton not only functions as a rigid support, but also increases the electron transfer efficiency of the composite material, thereby improving the separation efficiency of photogenerated carriers and the utilization rate of visible light.

Abstract: A method is provided for automatically creating road and lane geometry from images representing probe data within a geographical area using graph estimation. Methods may include: receiving a rasterized image representative of map geometry within a geographic area, where each pixel of the rasterized image includes a property representing at least one feature of the map geometry; identifying pixels within the rasterized image corresponding to nodes of one or more map elements as node pixels; determining, for a respective node pixel, presence of a next node based on the at least one property of the respective node pixel; determining for the respective node pixel, a location corresponding to the next node based on the at least one property of the respective node pixel; generating, from a sequence of node pixels, at least one map element; and updating a map in a map database with the at least one map element.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate. The substrate includes a shielding region and a device region. The shielding region includes a first active region parallel to a first direction. The device region includes a second active region parallel to the first direction. The semiconductor structure also includes first isolation structures located on the shielding region. The first isolation structures run through the first active region along the second direction. The semiconductor structure also includes first gate structures located on the device region. The first gate structures cross the second active region along the second direction. The semiconductor structure also includes a second isolation structure located on the device region. The second isolation structure runs through the second active region along the second direction. The semiconductor structure also includes a dielectric layer on the substrate and an inductance coil on the dielectric layer.

Abstract: A method is provided to using a generative adversarial network to generate map geometry from images representing probe data. Methods may include: receiving a rasterized image representative of probe data within a geographic area, where each pixel of the rasterized image includes a property representing at least one component of the probe data; generating a prediction image of road features within the geographic area using a generative adversarial network based on trained model parameters and the rasterized image; determining one or more map elements based, at least in part, on the prediction image and georeferenced locations of the road features within the prediction image; and updating a map of the geographic area with one or more map elements.

Abstract: A method is provided automatically creating map geometry from data from various sources gathered within a geographical area using data aggregation and conflation with statistical analysis. Methods may include: receiving observation data associated with a geographic area; rasterizing objects within the observation data onto corresponding channels in a raster image corresponding to the geographic area having a given resolution; determining a distribution of locations of the objects parameterized by values in different channels in the raster image from the observation data; extracting analytic geometries from the raster image; generating map geometry based on the extracted analytic geometries; and updating a map database with the generated map geometry.

Abstract: A method is provided for automatically creating road and lane geometry from images representing probe data within a geographical area using data aggregation and conflation. Methods may include: receiving first observation data associated with a geographic area; processing the first observation data through a first encoder to produce first embeddings; receiving second observation data associated with the geographic area; processing the second observation data through a second encoder to produce second embeddings; establishing contrastive loss between the first embeddings and the second embeddings; producing consistent embeddings from the first embeddings and the second embeddings using the contrastive loss; generating, from the consistent embeddings, map data reflecting the first observation data and the second observation data; and updating a map database with the map data.

Abstract: A method is provided for generation of map geometry through rasterization of probe data over time, where the generated map geometry can be used for map element generation. Methods may include: receiving probe data from a plurality of probe apparatuses within a geographic area where the probe data includes location information and time information; rasterizing the received probe data to generate an image corresponding to the probe data associated with the geographic area, where each pixel of the image includes a property representing at least one component of the probe data; processing the image to obtain one or more map elements; and updating a map database with the one or more map elements.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photoplethysmography-based non-invasive diabetes prediction system, comprising an optical signal transmitter, a driving circuit, a receiving circuit and a processor module. The optical signal transmitter, when driven by the driving circuit, obtains and emits an optical signal of a fixed wavelength and intensity. The receiving circuit converts a received optical signal of photoplethysmography into an electrical signal of photoplethysmography, performs amplification, filtering, digital-analog conversion, and sends the digital photoplethysmography signal to the processor module. The processor module performs signal processing, feature extraction, modeling and prediction on the digital photoplethysmographic signal, and visually displays same. The photoplethysmography-based non-invasive diabetes prediction system and method can achieve non-invasive, real-time and convenient diabetes screening and disease risk prediction.

Abstract: A method is provided to automatically create road and lane geometry from images representing map geometry within a geographical area using object detection. Methods may include: receiving a rasterized image representative of map geometry within a geographic area, where each pixel of the rasterized image includes a property representing at least one component of the map geometry; applying an object detection model to the rasterized image; generating a list of the bounding boxes together with classes of objects within the bounding boxes based on the object detection model; generating map data from the list of bounding boxes and the classes of objects within the bounding boxes; and updating a map in a map database with the map data.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a synthesis method of a g-C3N4/C composite material based on a hollyhock stalk, including the following steps: (1) pretreatment of hollyhock stalks; and (2) fabrication of the g-C3N4/C composite material. In this method, with the hollyhock stalk as a carbon skeleton, g-C3N4 is spread on a template surface to form a laminated layer, and a composite system with a special structure is constructed. Compared with pure phase g-C3N4, the composite material substantially increases specific surface area and has a clear interface; the carbon skeleton not only functions as a rigid support, but also increases the electron transfer efficiency of the composite material, thereby improving the separation efficiency of photogenerated carriers and the utilization rate of visible light.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stator for a rotary electric machine including: a process of abutting, on each other, tip end parts of one coil piece and an other one coil piece for forming a stator coil of a rotary electric machine; and a welding process of irradiating a welding target location regarding the tip end part having been abutted with a laser beam having a wavelength of 0.6 ?m or less, in which in the welding process, the laser beam is generated for every pulse oscillation in a laser oscillator in a mode of having a laser output of 3.0 kW or more, and in at least a part of a period during one pulse oscillation, the laser beam is moved so that an irradiation position changes linearly parallel to an abutment surface of the tip end part.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stator for a rotary electric machine including: a first disposing process of disposing one workpiece for stator in a first station (ST1); a first welding process of completing welding of a first part of stator coil in the one workpiece in ST1; a second disposing process of disposing an other one workpiece for stator in a second station (ST2); and a second welding process of completing welding of a second part of stator coil in other one workpiece in ST2, wherein first welding process includes first irradiation process of irradiating first part with a laser beam for welding, second welding process includes second irradiation process of irradiating second part with a laser beam for welding, first and second irradiation processes have a time difference, and laser beam used in each of the first and second irradiation processes are generated based on the same oscillator.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for manufacturing a stator for a rotary electric machine including: a process of abutting, on each other, tip end parts (40 of one coil piece (52) and an other one coil piece (52) for forming a stator coil (24) of a rotary electric machine (1); and a welding process of irradiating a welding target location regarding the tip end part having been abutted with a laser beam (110) having a wavelength of 0.6 µm or less, in which an output distribution at a focal point of the laser beam has a flat center part.

Abstract: An apparatus including an assembly associated with a downhole tool configured to thermally isolate a thermally sensitive component. Components of the assembly include an external isolating vessel; a passive thermal barrier encased in the external isolating vessel; at least one electronic component housed within the downhole tool for monitoring geothermal well properties; and at least one thermally sensitive electronics carrier package positioned within the passive thermal barrier comprising thermally sensitive electronic components. The passive thermal barrier ideally comprises an additively manufactured layered labyrinthine shell structure, a plurality of polarly phased centralizers between shell layers and minimal centralizing contact points on its exterior shell, to minimize known heat transfer modes associated with the external isolating vessel.

Abstract: A 25-hydroxycholecalciferol monohydrate crystal, a preparation method thereof, and a microemulsion using the 25-hydroxycholecalciferol monohydrate crystal. The X-ray powder diffraction spectrum of the 25-hydroxycholecalciferol monohydrate crystal of the present disclosure shows characteristic peaks at 2? of 10.035°, 11.623°, 14.631°, 15.054°, 15.551°, 16.471°, 17.198°, 19.002°, 19.628°, 20.109°, 21.886°, 23.113°, 23.661°, 24.701°, 25.220°, 25.440°, and 28.527°. The 25-hydroxycholecalciferol monohydrate crystal can effectively enhance the stability of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol, and is more beneficial to the production and storage of related preparations, and thus biological characteristics of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol can be effectively utilized.

Abstract: This method of manufacturing a stator includes a step of removing insulating coatings on first surfaces of lead wire portions that are surfaces to be welded, and a step of welding together the first surfaces by a green laser with the insulating coatings on the first surfaces being removed and with insulating coatings on second surfaces opposite the first surfaces being unremoved.

Abstract: This invention relates to CTLA-4 protein compositions and their use in the mitigation of autoimmune adverse events associated with cancer immunotherapy.

Abstract: This invention relates to CTLA-4 protein compositions and their use in the mitigation of autoimmune adverse events associated with cancer immunotherapy.