Abstract: Disclosed are a ternary cathode material and a preparation method and application thereof. The ternary cathode material has a chemical formula of LiNix CoyMn(1-x-y)MO2, wherein 0.5?x?1, y?0, M is at least one selected from the group of niobium, boron and titanium. In the present disclosure, through the reaction between the niobium compound, the boron compound or the titanium compound with the residual lithium on the surface of the calcinated materials, the micro powder deposits in the defect position of the lithium crystal lattice on the surface of the calcinated material, so that the content of the micro powder can be greatly reduced. Meanwhile part of the surface residual lithium is consumed by the reaction to generate lithium niobate, lithium borate or lithium titanate which is uniformly coated on the surface of the material, thereby obtaining the ternary cathode material with excellent cycle and rate performance.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for processing a multi-language text. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the multi-language text including contents in a plurality of languages may be encoded with a Unicode. The method further comprises splitting the multi-language text into a plurality of parts based on the Unicode of the multi-language text, contents of the plurality of parts having different languages. In addition, the multi-language text may also be processed based on the plurality of parts.

Abstract: A method for document similarity analysis. The method includes generating a reference document content identifier for a reference document, including identifying frequently occurring terms in reference document content, encoding each frequently occurring term in a term identifier and combining the term identifiers to form the reference document content identifier associated with the reference document. The method also includes obtaining at least one document similarity value by comparing the reference document content identifier to a set of archived document content identifiers stored in a document repository.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, device, and computer program product for managing index tables. There is provided a method of managing index tables, comprising: determining the number of indexing requests for documents, the indexing requests being received within a predetermined period of time; obtaining information related to a processing index table in an index processing system, the processing index table being used for storing indices generated based on the indexing requests, the index processing system further comprising a receiving index table, the receiving index table being used for storing at least a part of the indices in the processing index table; and adjusting, based on the number of indexing requests and the obtained information, the number of processing index tables in the index processing system.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are genetically modified microorganisms and related methods for the enhanced production and export of oligosaccharides. The microorganisms described herein express major facility superfamily proteins such as CDT-1, which allows for the export of oligosaccharides. Variants of CDT-1 exhibit higher activity regarding oligosaccharide export. The microorganisms described herein express formation enzymes for the production of oligosaccharides. Means to export oligosaccharides into the growth medium are provided herein.

Abstract: A hair care composition is disclosed comprising a cationically modified guar polymer having a cationic degree of substitution of from 0.35 to 0.70, an ethoxylated alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant having a formula RO(CH2CH2O)nSO3M, wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl group having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms; M is a solubilising cation comprising sodium, potassium, 5 ammonium, substituted ammonium or mixtures thereof; n is the degree of ethoxylation of from 0.5 to 3 and from 0.01 to 10% by weight of an anti-dandruff agent selected from azole based anti-fungal agents, piroctone olamine, metal pyrithione salts, selenium sulfide or mixtures thereof; wherein the degree of substitution is measured using 1H NMR and the spectrum is recorded at 25° C.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of preparation of compound semiconductor nanomaterials, and in particular to a method for in-situ modification of mercury quantum dots in a traditional thermal injection process. It is characterized in that, in the traditional thermal injection process for synthesis of HgTe quantum dots, after a certain reaction time, a low boiling point polar solvent that is incompatible with a reaction solvent is rapidly injected, so that an interfacial separation of two liquid phases occurs in a mixed reaction, and then a selective crystal oriented surface modification is conducted on surfaces of mercury quantum dots.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for providing search term suggestions in a search system are disclosed. Embodiments as disclosed may utilize the sound of an original search term to locate candidate terms based on the sound of the candidate terms and the frequency of appearance of the candidate terms in the corpus of documents being searched. A set of search term suggestions can then be determined from the candidate terms and returned to the user as search term suggestions for the original search term.

Abstract: A method for determining a patterning device pattern. The method includes obtaining (i) an initial patterning device pattern having at least one feature, and (ii) a desired feature size of the at least one feature, obtaining, based on a patterning process model, the initial patterning device pattern and a target pattern for a substrate, a difference value between a predicted pattern of the substrate image by the initial patterning device and the target pattern for the substrate, determining a penalty value related the manufacturability of the at least one feature, wherein the penalty value varies as a function of the size of the at least one feature, and determining the patterning device pattern based on the initial patterning device pattern and the desired feature size such that a sum of the difference value and the penalty value is reduced.

Abstract: An encrypted data storage system and method based on offsite key storage are provided, comprising the system includes a key control center, an offsite key storage system, and a data encryption/decryption storage system. The offsite key storage system includes a first key control device, a key storage device, and a first quantum key distribution device. The data encryption/decryption storage system includes a second key control device, a data encryption/decryption storage device, and a second quantum key distribution device. The first quantum key distribution device is in quantum communication connection with the second quantum key distribution device. The first key control device is communicatively connected with the key storage device and the first quantum key distribution device, respectively.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for training a transferable vision transformer (TVT) for unsupervised domain adaption (UDA) in heterogeneous devices are provided. The method includes that a heterogeneous device including one or more graphic processing units (GPUs) loads multiple patches into the TVT which includes a transferability adaption module (TAM). Furthermore, a patch-level domain discriminator in the TAM assigns weights to the multiple patches and determines one or more transferable patches based on the weights. Moreover, the heterogeneous device generates a transferable attention output for an attention module in the TAM based on the one or more transferable patches.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for providing search term suggestions in a search system are disclosed. Embodiments as disclosed may utilize the sound of an original search term to locate candidate terms based on the sound of the candidate terms and the frequency of appearance of the candidate terms in the corpus of documents being searched. A set of search term suggestions can then be determined from the candidate terms and returned to the user as search term suggestions for the original search term.

Abstract: A method for determining a patterning device pattern. The method includes obtaining (i) an initial patterning device pattern having at least one feature, and (ii) a desired feature size of the at least one feature, obtaining, based on a patterning process model, the initial patterning device pattern and a target pattern for a substrate, a difference value between a predicted pattern of the substrate image by the initial patterning device and the target pattern for the substrate, determining a penalty value related the manufacturability of the at least one feature, wherein the penalty value varies as a function of the size of the at least one feature, and determining the patterning device pattern based on the initial patterning device pattern and the desired feature size such that a sum of the difference value and the penalty value is reduced.

Abstract: The present application relates to a cerium-tin-based composite oxide catalyst for catalyzing purification of a nitrogen oxide, a preparation method and an application thereof. The catalyst has the following chemical composition: a cerium-tin oxide and an M oxide, wherein the M is selected from any one of or a combination of at least two of P, Ti, Zr, V, Mn, Fe, Cu, Al, Si, Ni, Hf, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, or Re.

Abstract: A method for servicing document search requests. The method includes receiving, by a document management service, a document search query from a requesting user, and injecting, into the document search query, a user access vector. The user access vector specifies, for the requesting user, access control lists that are associated with the requesting user. The method further includes identifying, in a document repository, documents that match the document search query with the injected user access vector. A matching document requires a match of terms in the search query with terms in the matching document, and a match of at least one access control list specified in the matching document and at least one of the access control lists specified in the user access vector.

Abstract: A patterning device, includes: an absorber layer on a patterning device substrate; and a reflective or transmissive layer on the patterning device substrate, wherein the absorber layer and the reflective or transmissive layer together define a pattern layout having a main feature and an attenuated sub-resolution assist feature paired with the main feature, wherein: the main feature is configured to generate, upon transferring the device pattern to a layer of patterning material on a substrate, the main feature in the layer of patterning material, and upon the transferring the pattern to the layer of patterning material, the attenuated sub-resolution assist feature is configured to avoid generating a feature in the layer of patterning material and to produce a different radiation intensity than the main feature.