Abstract: The present invention provides topical compositions comprising a combination of an N-acyl dipeptide derivative and glycolic acid. The compositions provide enhanced penetration of the N-acyl dipeptide derivative into the skin.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for dynamic indications for partial uplink skipping are described. An apparatus is configured to transmit UCI including an indication for partial uplink skipping on a PUSCH at a time based on a transmission offset from the PUSCH, and transmit the partial uplink skipping on the PUSCH. An apparatus is configured to receive a CG for a PUSCH, rate match or puncture UCI that includes an indication for a partial uplink skipping of the CG, where the UCI is rate-matched across or punctured based on a configured or defined level of RBs, and transmit the UCI. An apparatus is configured to receive UCI including an indication for partial uplink skipping on a PUSCH at a time based on a transmission offset from the PUSCH, and receive the partial uplink skipping on the PUSCH.

Abstract: A display substrate comprises a base substrate that comprises a first display area provided with multiple sub-pixels of different colors. At least one sub-pixel comprises a light-emitting element and a pixel driving circuit for driving the light-emitting element to emit light. The light-emitting element comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic light-emitting layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode is a reflective electrode and is electrically connected to the pixel driving circuit. A first structure is provided on a side of the first electrode of the light-emitting element of a sub-pixel of at least one target color close to the base substrate, and a surface of the first structure close to the first electrode is uneven.

Abstract: A sitting posture detection method includes: identifying an input image to generate a face frame under detection and a human frame under detection of a person under detection; calculating a plurality of face angles of the face frame under detection; calculating a plurality of bone feature point coordinates of the human frame under detection; and generating standard sitting posture data according to the face angles and the bone feature point coordinates, and determining a sitting posture of the person under detection according to the face angles, the bone feature point coordinates and the standard sitting posture data.

Abstract: Applications of different configurations of novel glucagon peptide 1 with fatty acid modification or nonmodification in the treatment of T2D or the pancreas protection are provided. The dimer of the present disclosure is formed by two identical cysteine-containing GLP-1 monomers through a disulfide bond. The H-like GLP-1 homodimer (disulfide bond is inside chains) showed remarkable increase in hypoglycemic duration without reducing specific activity. The GLP-1 dimer provided has an in-vivo effective duration of up to 19 days, which significantly prolonged compared with that of the positive control drug Liraglutide with 3 days of effective duration, or thereby greatly promoting the technical advancement in long-acting GLP-1 drugs and facilitating their clinical applications and business. Meanwhile the U-like homodimer (disulfide bond is at the C-terminus) does not affect blood glucose, but can obviously protect pancreatic exocrine cells such as acini and ducts, and improve pancreas function.

Abstract: A storage unit is disclosed. The storage unit may include storage for a component codeword. The component codeword may be stored in a block in the storage. The block may also store a block codeword. An interface may receive a read request for a chunk of data from a host and may send the chunk of data to the host. A circuit may read the component codeword from the block in the storage. An error correcting code (ECC) decoder may determine the chunk of data based at least in part on the component codeword.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to mechanisms for using block acknowledgments to acknowledge semi-persistently scheduled (SPS) occasions from multiple SPS configurations. An example method generally includes identifying a slot or subslot scheduled for reporting acknowledgment feedback for an SPS physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The method identifies that one or more symbols of the identified slot or subslot that are scheduled to transmit a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) containing the acknowledgment feedback are semi-static flexible symbols. The method further monitors for a dynamic slot format indicator (SFI) dynamically configuring one or more of the semi-static flexible symbols of the slot or subslot as downlink, uplink, or flexible. The method then decides whether to report the acknowledgment feedback in the scheduled slot or subslot, in a subsequent slot or subslot, or both, based on the monitoring.

Abstract: Described herein are compounds that can arrest mitotic cells and their use in the treatment of disorders such as cancers.

Abstract: A configuration for resource allocation for PDCCH with multi-relay based communication. The apparatus determines a transmission time of a signal comprising a sequence of a plurality of PDCCHs to a target node. At least one relay is between the base station and the target node. The apparatus transmits, to each of the at least one relay, a relay configuration comprising scheduling information for each of the at least one relay to relay the signal. The scheduling information is based on a determination of the transmission time of the signal to the target node.

Abstract: A method for determining a regulation range of pumping power of a three-machine pumped storage unit is provided. The method includes: obtaining a first parameter set of pumping measurement parameters for characterizing the three-machine pumped storage unit and determining a pumping process efficiency; determining a first relational expression based on the pumping process efficiency and a design efficiency of a pumped storage power station and establishing a second relational expression; and determining a third relational expression based on power absorbed by a power grid and the second relational expression and determining a fourth relational expression, where the fourth relational expression reflects the regulation range of the pumping power of the three-machine pumped storage unit. The method for determining the regulation range of the pumping power of the three-machine pumped storage unit is proposed according to unit characteristics and operating economy of the power station.

Abstract: Disclosed is an iron-based amorphous alloy FeaBbSicREd, wherein a, b, and c represent, in atomic percentages, the contents of corresponding components, respectively; 83.0?a?87.0, 11.0<b<15.0, 2.0?c?4.0, and a+b+c=100; and d is the concentration of RE in the iron-based amorphous alloy, i.e. 10 ppm?d?30 ppm. The iron-based amorphous alloy has a saturation magnetic induction intensity of no less than 1.63 T, and same can be used to manufacture a magnetic core material for power transformers, motors and inverters.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to digital wireless communication are described. A method of wireless communication includes configuring, at a first communication node, a subset of a plurality of measurement timing occasions for a second communication node to perform deactivated secondary Component Carrier (SCC) measurement, and causing the second communication node to perform deactivated SCC measurement based, at least in part, on the subset of measurement timing occasions.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a high step-down modular DC power supply, belonging to the field of power electronics technology, and the high step-down modular DC power supply includes an upper modular cascade circuit string, a lower modular cascade circuit string, a load, and an input source, where the upper modular cascade circuit string includes i upper sub-module circuits, and the lower modular cascade circuit string includes j lower sub-module circuits. A combination manner of module circuits includes: upper module string cascading, lower module string cascading, and hybrid cascading of the upper module string and the lower module string. The power supply is formed to be a high voltage step-down ratio power supply with high voltage direct current input and low voltage direct current output through modular cascading.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for quantifying a bearing capacity of foundation containing shallow-hidden spherical cavities, comprising: in Step 1, constructing a spatial axisymmetric calculation model for stability analysis of the foundation containing shallow-hidden spherical cavities; in Step 2, solving the model to obtain a general solution which reflects the spatial stress distribution of surrounding rock containing shallow-hidden spherical cavities; in Step 3, obtain a mathematical expression by derivation for calculating the bearing capacity of the foundation containing shallow-hidden spherical cavities; and in Step 4: completing the determination of the foundation bearing capacity. Benefits: This method has many advantages such as comprehensive consideration, high accuracy and reliability of calculation results, and may provide the scientific basis for the development of prevention and control against the instability of the foundation containing shallow-hidden cavities.

Abstract: Systems and methods for persistent storage with a dual interface. In some embodiments, a persistent storage device includes: a processing circuit; a cache; and persistent storage. The processing circuit may be configured to perform a method, the method including: receiving a first write request according to a first protocol; saving a data payload of the first write request in a first portion of the cache; receiving a second write request according to a second protocol; and saving a data payload of the second write request in a second portion of the cache.

Abstract: Techniques and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration from a network entity for multiplexing a reference signal with a data signal in time and in frequency or for multiplexing the reference signal in a Doppler domain. The UE may receive an assignment of multiple time-frequency resources from the network entity for transmission of the reference signal. The UE may multiplex the reference signal across the assigned time-frequency resources in accordance with the received configuration. The UE may transmit the multiplexed reference signal to the network entity.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a kit and method for constructing a long-acting depression animal model. The present disclosure adopts Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) (or Mycobacterium bovis (M bovis)) and low-dose pertussis toxin (PTX) for combined induction, which greatly reduces modeling cost. A mouse model constructed by the method of the present disclosure can clearly distinguish a time interval of pathological behaviors from a time interval of depression-like behaviors and has prominent face validity and predictive validity. The method of the present disclosure is simple and convenient and does not require a large number of tedious daily operations as the depression model construction by chronic unpredictable stress, chronic restraint stress, social defeat, mother-child separation, or the like. The mouse model of the present disclosure can provide a valuable long-term intervention window for research on antidepressant therapy.

Abstract: Provided are a self-healing polyurethane (PU) material, a double-layer self-healing PU film, and a preparation method and use thereof. In the disclosure, the self-healing PU material includes a PU material I and a PU material II that are packaged separately. A soft-layer PU film prepared based on the PU material I and a hard-layer PU film prepared based on the PU material II could be combined to form a double-layer PU film.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a platform door control apparatus based on a double 2-vote-2 architecture, including a security communication and logic processing module, a driver collection module, and a maintenance module, the security communication and logic processing module is separately connected to the driver collection module and the maintenance module, and both the security communication and logic processing module and the driver collection module are devices using the double 2-vote-2 architecture. Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages of effectively improving linkage efficiency of a signal system and a platform door system, and the like.