Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are melanocortin subtype-2 receptor (MC2R) modulators, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of MC2R activity.

Abstract: A cable sequence detection method and a detection system. A base station antenna includes N ports, an RRU includes M antenna ports and one calibration port, any port i of the base station antenna corresponds to a directional coupling branch Ti, and a switch circuit Ki whose connection and disconnection are controlled by an RCU is disposed on the Ti. The method includes: the RRU sends a detection signal to the base station antenna through antenna port j; the RCU controls the switch circuit Ki to be disconnected and another switch circuit to be connected; the RRU detects whether energy Qi obtained by the Ti is greater than a threshold; and the RRU determines whether the antenna port j of the RRU is connected to the port i of the base station antenna according to whether Qi is greater than the threshold.

Abstract: A non-invasive time domain reflection probe calibration method includes: using different volume ratio of ethanol and deionized water mixed solution to calculate a test target's medium weight coefficient and waveguide length of the non-invasive time domain reflection probes; using different concentrations of NaCl solutions to calibrate a waveguide geometric dimensioning of the non-invasive time domain reflection probes; preparing compacted soil samples with known different moisture contents and densities, and calibrating a correlation parameter of compacted soil samples' dielectric constant and conductivity with moisture content and density. The method not only determines the sensitivity of the test target medium of the non-invasive time domain reflection probes, but also obtains the waveguide length and geometric dimensioning of the probe, and realizes an accurate test of moisture content and density of the soil.

Abstract: Composite particles of the present invention include alumina particles and an inorganic coating disposed on a surface of the alumina particles, the alumina particles containing molybdenum (Mo), the inorganic coating including a composite metal oxide.

Abstract: A writing panel includes an array substrate, a flexible substrate disposed opposite to the array substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the array substrate and the flexible substrate, and a plurality of spacers each in a shape of a column disposed on a surface of the array substrate proximate to the liquid crystal layer. The array substrate includes a base and a pixel driving circuit layer disposed on the base, and the pixel driving circuit layer includes a plurality of thin film transistors and a plurality of signal lines. An orthographic projection of each spacer on the base is non-overlapping with orthographic projections of the plurality of thin film transistors and the plurality of signal lines on the base.

Abstract: It relates to zirconia particles containing molybdenum and each having a polyhedron shape. The molybdenum is preferably unevenly distributed in surface layers of the zirconia particles. It also relates to a method for producing the zirconia particles. The method includes mixing a zirconium compound and a molybdenum compound to form a mixture and firing the mixture.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bacterial continuous evolution system, an orthogonal error-prone DNA polymerase, and a continuous evolution method. In the present invention, by combining an orthogonal DNA replication system and an orthogonal error-prone DNA polymerase, a continuous evolution method that includes all mutant types, enables long-DNA-fragment mutation, and is good in continuity and simple and convenient to operate is obtained. By inducing the opening and closing of DNA polymerase expression, switching between a linear plasmid error-prone mutation process and a high-fidelity replication process is realized, so as to achieve the efficient and continuous evolution of a target DNA sequence.

Abstract: A watermark-based dynamic ad insertion (DAI) technique for presenting different users of content different advertisements based on the user's profile for content viewed on broadcast channels or in multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) channels. A number of solutions issues with watermark-based DAI are presented. Interoperability is addressed by providing a multiplexing technique so that the DAI watermarks do not interfere with other watermarks, such as ATSC 3.0 watermarks. Reliability is addressed by providing a matched filtering technique. Security is addressed by providing a mutual authentication technique.

Abstract: Niobium oxide particles which have a controlled crystal shape and exhibit excellent characteristics are provided. The niobium oxide particles include molybdenum. The niobium oxide particles preferably have a polyhedral, columnar or acicular shape. The MoO3 content (M1) measured by XRF analysis of the niobium oxide particles is preferably 0.1 to 40 mass % relative to the niobium oxide particles taken as 100 mass %. A method for producing the niobium oxide particles described above includes calcining a niobium compound in the presence of a molybdenum compound.

Abstract: Examples of radio-frequency identification (RFID) printer antennae are provided. For example, an example RFID printer antenna includes a plurality of axial RFID printer antenna segments and a plurality of oblique RFID printer antenna segments. In some examples, the plurality of axial RFID printer antenna segments are in parallel arrangements with one another. In some examples, each of the plurality of oblique RFID printer antenna segments connects two of the plurality of axial RFID printer antenna segments at oblique angles.

Abstract: An image compression sampling method and assembly are provided. The method includes: performing sparse representation on a target image by using an initial sparse matrix, quantifying an initial sparse representation result to obtain an optimized sparse representation result, and obtaining an optimized sparse matrix; constructing a product matrix by using the optimized sparse matrix and an initial measurement matrix, and adjusting absolute values of off-diagonal elements in the product matrix to be less than a correlation threshold; performing singular value decomposition on the product matrix to obtain a diagonal matrix and a left singular matrix, and updating the diagonal matrix according to a quantity of samplings of the initial measurement matrix; and optimizing the initial measurement matrix by using the left singular matrix and the updated diagonal matrix to obtain an optimized measurement matrix, and collecting image data by using the optimized sparse matrix and the optimized measurement matrix.

Abstract: Disclosed are a dynamic error measurement apparatus, system, and method for an electricity meter. The measurement apparatus includes a test signal generation unit configured to generate a voltage test signal and two-circuit current test signals, output the voltage test signal to a measurement unit, and output the two-circuit current test signals to the measurement unit and a current summation unit; the measurement unit configured to determine two-circuit electric energy values based on the voltage test signal and the two-circuit current test signals, and output the two-circuit electric energy values to a calculation control unit; the current summation unit configured to determine a combined current signal based on the two-circuit current test signals; and the calculation control unit configured to determine a total electric energy value based on the two-circuit electric energy values. The system includes a standard meter and a measurement apparatus.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and a communication apparatus. The communication method includes: a network device sends downlink control information (DCI) to a terminal device, where the DCI indicates a first time domain resource in a first slot, the first time domain resource includes M time domain sub-resources, at least two adjacent time domain sub-resources in the M time domain sub-resources are at an interval of a first time period, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2. The network device sends a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on the first time domain resource. This method is used in a harmonized communication and sensing system.

Abstract: A storage device is disclosed. The storage device may include a first storage. The first storage may include a primary firmware slot to store a first firmware, a secondary firmware slot to store a second firmware, a primary file system slot to store an existing file system, and a secondary file system slot. The storage device may include a processor configured to execute the first firmware or the second firmware. The storage device may include a second storage for user data, the second storage configured to use the existing file system. The second firmware may include a tag indicating that the second firmware is subject to bootup activation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thermal-stress-pore pressure coupled electromagnetic loading triaxial Hopkinson bar system and test method, the system mainly consists of an electromagnetic pulse generation system, a servo-controlled axial pressure loading system, a servo-controlled confining pressure loading system, a thermal control system, a pore pressure loading system, a bar system, and a data monitoring and acquisition system. Based on the conventional Hopkinson bar, the present disclosure creatively introduces a real-time loading and control system for confining pressure, thermal, and pore pressure, aiming to solve the technical problem that the existing test apparatus cannot be used to study dynamic response of deep rock mass under the coupling effect of thermal-stress-pore pressure and dynamic disturbance during dynamic impact loading.

Abstract: Provided is an elliptical multi-mesa laser structure, including a substrate layer, an N-DBR, a functional layer and a P-DBR sequentially arranged from bottom to top. The substrate layer is fixedly connected with an N contact layer. The N-DBR is fixedly connected to a top of the substrate layer, and the N contact layer is arranged around the N-DBR. A space layer is inserted in the N-DBR. The functional layer is fixedly connected to a top of the N-DBR. The P-DBR is fixedly connected to a top of the functional layer, and a top of the P-DBR is fixedly connected with a P contact layer. Another space layer is inserted into the P-DBR.

Abstract: This application discloses a method and system of using HMB as a cache of physical address mapping table. The method comprises: arranging physical addresses in order of logical addresses, physical mapping entries corresponding to a plurality of consecutive physical addresses form one table unit, and a logical address corresponding to a first entry of each table unit is used as an index of the table unit; determining HMB size, dividing all table units into a plurality of sections according to the HMB size, each section comprises a plurality of table units, each section is divided into a plurality of ways; calculating a metadata according to logical address corresponding to the first entry of the table unit to be stored and the HMB size, the metadata comprises a section number and a way number; writing the metadata and the table unit to be stored into the HMB. This application uses HMB as L2P address mapping table cache of SSD controller, saving or avoiding use cost of DRAM on SSD, and reducing SSD size.

Abstract: A hot-plugging edge computing system includes at least an elastic database, a data processing module, and hot-plugging computing modules. The elastic database is configured to store data through an SSD array with a configurable number of SSDs. The data processing module is connected to the elastic database and each of the hot-plugging computing modules, and controls data storage in the elastic database, monitors and assigns a task to each of the hot-plugging computing modules. Each of the hot-plugging computing modules performs data computing based on the corresponding task assigned by the data processing module, and returns a computing result to the corresponding data processing module.