Abstract: A method includes forming a body region of a first conductivity type and a doped region of a second conductivity type in a semiconductor substrate; forming a gate structure the substrate, and first gate spacers respectively on first and second sides of the gate structure; depositing a second spacer layer and a third spacer layer over the gate structure; patterning the third spacer layer into third gate spacers respectively on the first and second sides of the gate structure; removing a first one of the third gate spacers from the first side of the gate structure, while leaving a second one of the third gate spacers on the second side of the gate structure; and patterning the second spacer layer into a second gate spacer by using the second one of the third gate spacers as an etching mask.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antiscale dispersant compositions. The compositions may include various components. The compositions may be used in connection with gray and/or black water processing in a coal gasification system. The compositions are useful for inhibiting the deposition of various materials, such as calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, iron, aluminum, silicate, calcium sulfate, and any suspended solids in the water.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a communication method, a source base station, a target base station, a core network device, and a terminal device, where the method includes: sending, by a source base station, a handover request to a target base station, where the handover request is used to request to hand over a session of a terminal device from the source base station to the target base station, and the handover request includes an identifier of a session requested to be handed over and indication information of a network slice corresponding to the session; and receiving, by the source base station, a handover response message from the target base station.

Abstract: A data management method includes obtaining a hot data set that includes hot data statistics information of at least one terminal device; performing data affinity classification on the hot data set to obtain a hot data subset corresponding to each of the at least one terminal device; and storing, into a first terminal, hot data in a first hot data subset other than hot data that has been stored in the first terminal, where the first hot data subset is a hot data subset corresponding to the first terminal.

Abstract: A mechanochemical ammonia synthesis method according to an embodiment includes: (a) ball-milling Fe particles with balls under a nitrogen (N2) atmosphere; and (b) ball-milling the Fe particles ball-milled under the nitrogen (N2) atmosphere, with balls under a hydrogen (H2) atmosphere.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving a first time difference from a second communication apparatus; determining a round trip time RTT based on the first time difference and a second time difference; and sending a second message to a terminal device, where the second message includes the RTT, an air interface propagation delay, or terminal device side timing information, a value of the air interface propagation delay is equal to half of a value of the RTT, and the terminal device side timing information is determined based on the air interface propagation delay. According to the method and the apparatus in embodiments of this application, high-precision timing between a network device and the terminal device in a CU-DU separation architecture can be implemented.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus. The method may be applied to a 4G system, a 5G system, and/or a future communication system such as a 6G system. The method includes: a splitting protocol layer entity of a terminal device configures a first sequence number SN of a splitting protocol layer in a first splitting protocol layer data packet, and configures a second SN of the splitting protocol layer in a second splitting protocol layer data packet. The splitting protocol layer entity of the terminal device sends the first splitting protocol layer data packet to a first protocol layer entity corresponding to a first access network device, and sends the second splitting protocol layer data packet to a first protocol layer entity corresponding to a second access network device.

Abstract: A method includes receiving cell reselection information from a radio access network device. The cell reselection information includes an identifier of at least one carrier frequency, an identifier of a network slice supported by each of the at least one carrier frequency, and priority information corresponding to the identifier of the network slice that is information of a specific service type of the network slice or a network slice set identifier corresponding to the network slice. The method further includes in response to the terminal device performing cell reselection, selecting a cell on a carrier frequency of the network slice supported by the terminal device as a reselected to-be-camped cell based on the identifier of the at least one carrier frequency, the identifier of the network slice supported by each of the at least one carrier frequency, and priority information corresponding to the identifier of the network slice.

Abstract: Example communication methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes sending a handover request message to a target base station, where the handover request message is used to instruct to hand over a first session of a terminal device from the source base station to the target base station. The handover request message includes first information. The first information includes information about at least one quality of service (QoS) flow in the first session. The first session is a session corresponding to the terminal device. The source base station receives a handover request response message from the target base station, where the handover request response message includes second information. The second information is used to indicate that the target base station accepts a first QoS flow in the first session, and the at least one QoS flow includes the first QoS flow.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first well region in the substrate, a gate structure over the substrate, a second well region and a third well region in the substrate and under the gate structure, and a source region and a drain region on opposite sides of the gate structure. The drain region is in the second well region and the source region is in the third well region. The drain region has a first doped region and a second doped region, and the first doped region and the second doped region have different conductivity types.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a deformation driving device for flexible display panel, the deformation driving device includes a photodeformable element, and the flexible display panel includes a display surface and a back surface opposite to the display surface. The photodeformable element has a binding surface for being attached to the flexible display panel's back surface, and is capable of deforming under irradiation of light with a predetermined wavelength to bend or flatten.

Abstract: This application provides a method for configuring assistance information and a communications apparatus. A first network device sends a path switch request message to an access and mobility management function (AMF), where the path switch request message is used to request for switching least one radio bearer (RB) of a terminal device from a second network device to the first network device. The first network device receives a path switch request response message from the AMF. The first network device determines, based on the path switch request response message, first burst arrival time at which a downlink quality of service QoS flow arrives at an ingress of the first network device within a first periodicity, where the first burst arrival time is used for downlink scheduling.

Abstract: A communication method and a communications device are provided. In the method, a first base station receives a first message; the first base station determines, based on the first message, whether to allocate a new RNA to a terminal in an inactive state; and the first base station allocates a new RNA to the terminal in the inactive state after determining to allocate a new RNA to the terminal in the inactive state, so as to reduce signaling overheads; and/or the first base station receives a second message; the first base station determines a communication status of the terminal in the inactive state based on the second message; and after determining that the terminal needs to change the communication status, the first base station controls the terminal to change the communication status.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention propose a communication method. The communication method includes: obtaining, by a base station, DRB configuration information, where the DRB configuration information is used to determine a mapping relationship between serving cells and DRBs used to carry data of different service types; and sending the DRB configuration information to a terminal, so that the terminal communicates with the base station in a serving cell corresponding to a DRB. The embodiments of the present invention further disclose a base station and a terminal to which the communication method is applied.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a viewer request for playing a video summary of a video, wherein the viewer request includes a length of the video summary, generating the video summary of the viewer-requested length comprising a set of frames selected from the video based on audience reviews of the video, and playing a video stream of the video summary.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a duplication transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, duplication transmission configuration information sent by a radio access network RAN device, where the duplication transmission configuration information includes configurations of at least one of a duplication transmission mode or duplication transmission content of the terminal device; and performing, by the terminal device, duplication transmission based on the duplication transmission configuration information.

Abstract: This application provides communication methods and apparatuses. One method comprises: obtaining, by a central unit-user plane node (CU-UP), first information that instructs the CU-UP to map a first data packet to a data radio bearer (DRB) and set a reflective mapping indication field of the first data packet, wherein the first data packet belongs to a quality of service (QoS) flow, and the reflective mapping indication field instructs a terminal device to map an uplink data packet in the QoS flow to the DRB; receiving, by the CU-UP, the first data packet sent by a core network device; setting, by the CU-UP, the reflective mapping indication field of the first data packet; and sending, by the CU-UP to the terminal device on the DRB, the first data packet.

Abstract: A composite material is used for desulfurization. The composite material contains activated carbon, alkali metal oxides, silicon oxides, iron oxides, and rare earth element oxides. The weight ratio among the activated carbon, iron oxides and rare earth element oxides is 100:(0.5-5):(1-10). The composite material, used as a sulfur adsorbent, has a higher sulfur breakthrough capacity and desulfurization rate.

Abstract: This application provides an RNA allocation method, a network device, and a terminal. The method includes receiving, by a first network device, a second message sent by a second network device, where the second message carries RPA information of the second network device, and the RPA information is used to identify an RPA. The method also includes sending, by the first network device, a third message to the second network device.

Abstract: A cell reselection method includes generating, by a radio access network device, cell reselection information, wherein the cell reselection information includes an identifier of at least one carrier frequency and an identifier of a network slice supported by each of the at least one carrier frequency. The cell reselection method further includes sending, by the radio access network device, the cell reselection information to a terminal device, wherein the cell reselection information is useable by the terminal device for cell reselection.