Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hemostatic semi-solid paste material comprising a bioabsorbable carrier hemostatic material; and a supplemental hemostatic agent; wherein the paste material has an elongated form extending along a lengthwise axis with an aspect ratio of at least 3; wherein the paste is self-supporting and syringe extrudable; and wherein the supplemental hemostatic agent has a non-homogenous distribution profile across a cross-section taken across the lengthwise axis. In another aspect, the present invention relates to devices for forming and expressing the hemostatic material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor wafer comprising: i) applying a MOD ink composition to a semiconductor wafer, thereby forming a precursor layer; and ii) curing the precursor layer. In an embodiment, the application in step i) is carried out by inkjet printing. The method for inkjet printing MOD ink has low equipment cost and low power consumption; no material waste; on-demand printing and easy selective deposition/design flexibility (no etching required). In addition, the method of the present invention improves the adhesion and electric conductivity of the metallization layer on backside of the wafer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides bifunctional compounds as HPK1 degraders via ubiquitin proteasome pathway, and method for treating diseases modulated by HPK1.

Abstract: An energy-efficient assignment of a task set T to a group of M processing devices models the process of deciding the assignment as a combinatorial optimization problem having an objective function optimizing the power consumption of the devices when executing subsets of the tasks, under a constraint that the total utilization of the task subset assigned to each respective processing device is lower than a threshold depending on the number of its processor cores. The objective function may be: min ?i=1M Pi(?i), where ?i denotes the subset of tasks allocated to the ith device, and Pi(?i) represents power consumption of the ith device when executing ?i, and the constraint U?i?Mi/4 for all the devices, where U?i is the total utilization of ?i executing on the ith device, and Mi denotes the number of cores of the ith device. Solving the problem using a MaxMin or genetic algorithm gives good energy efficiency.

Abstract: According to a directed-acyclic-graph representation, each real-time task is decomposed into sub-tasks, and a timing diagram is generated representing execution of the sub-tasks on a schedule respecting their deadlines and dependencies assuming an infinite number of processor cores. The timing diagram is segmented based on sub-task release times and deadlines, and each segment includes one or more parallel threads. For each segment, dependent on its workload, the frequency and/or voltage is selected to be used by the processor node(s) that are to execute the one or more threads of the segment, so as to reduce power consumption consistent with respecting the sub-task deadlines. Execution of the sub-tasks of the segments is then scheduled assuming the processor-core frequencies and/or voltages set in the deciding step, preferably by a global earliest deadline first algorithm.

Abstract: A method for measuring disaster resilience of urban public services includes the following steps: constructing a residence-service-transportation space network under normal conditions; removing, through disaster simulation, failed road segments and function nodes to construct a damaged residence-service-transportation space network; calculating a per capita accessible public service of each residential node to represent network performance; calculating a change rate of the per capita accessible public service level before and after the disaster; and drawing a relation curve between the change rate and the disaster intensity to measure the disaster resilience of the urban public services.

Abstract: A decentralized public key management system for named data networks based on blockchain, which solves the Compromised Certificate Authority (CA) Problem. The system divides the power of an individual CA among multiple Public Key Miners (PKMiners) that maintain the public key blockchains. The majority rule in name-principal validation allows the present invention to tolerate compromised PKMiners without causing any damage.

Abstract: One example provides a reconfigurable computing fabric to manage machine learning (ML) processing including a configurable interconnect structure and a number programmable logic blocks each having a configurable set of operations. For each of a number of fabric configurations of the computing fabric, each programmable logic block has a corresponding set of operations and the interconnect structure has a corresponding data path structure to interconnect the programmable logic blocks with one another and with inputs and outputs of the computing fabric. The programmable logic blocks include an input/output block having a set of operations including to provide virtual interfaces to receive external session requests for ML processing from request sources, and an elastic AI/ML processing block having a set of operations including to configure a number of AI/ML engines with a session implementation for each external session request and each of a number of event-driven internal session requests.

Abstract: A polyacrylamide-based symmetric branched polymer surfactant and a process for preparing the same and use thereof are provided. The surfactant has an acrylamide structure unit, an anionic monomer structure unit, an optional non-ionic monomer structure unit, a branched structure unit, and an optional cationic monomer structure unit. The branched structure unit has at least one of structures represented by formula (1) or formula (2): The polymer surfactant can realize both the high viscosity of the aqueous solution and the low oil water interfacial tension, and can be used as the oil displacement agent in the tertiary oil recovery.

Abstract: Poly(aryl alkylene) polymers or poly(aryl-crown ether-alkylene) polymers with pendant cationic groups are provided which have an alkaline-stable cation, such as imidazolium, introduced into a rigid aromatic polymer backbone free of ether bonds. Hydroxide exchange membranes or hydroxide exchange ionomers formed from these polymers exhibit superior chemical stability, hydroxide conductivity, decreased water uptake, good solubility in selected solvents, and improved mechanical properties in an ambient dry state as compared to conventional hydroxide exchange membranes or ionomers. Hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells and hydroxide exchange membrane electrolyzers comprising the poly(aryl alkylene) polymers or poly(aryl-crown ether-alkylene) polymers with pendant cationic groups exhibit enhanced performance and durability at relatively high temperatures.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to novel techniques for performing domain adaptation on time series data. Using embodiments, labeled source time series data can be used in order to label unlabeled target time series data as either normal or anomalous. Embodiments can accomplish this using an anomaly detector system comprising an anomaly detector component and a context sampler component. The context sampler can determine source and target window sizes used to sample data from the source and target data sets respectively. These samples can be input into the anomaly detector, which can label a target data value corresponding to the target sample as normal or anomalous. The anomaly detector can additionally generate a state value, which can be used by the context sampler to adjust the source and target window sizes accordingly. In this way, embodiments can accurately and automatically perform domain adaptation.

Abstract: The present disclosure involves an intelligent method and device for cutting squid white slices, the intelligent method being implemented on the intelligent device for cutting squid white slices. The method may be implemented on a calculating device, the calculating device may have at least one processor and at least one storage medium including an instruction set used for cutting the squid white slices, the method including: reading a laser point cloud data of a three-dimensional (3D) topography of the squid white slices; optimizing the laser point cloud data; extracting an effective area of the squid white slices; determining a cutting zero point; determining a cutting process area; and determining optimization of a cutting point position and a cutting angle. The one or more embodiments provided by the present disclosure may satisfy the needs of large-scale continuous production in factories, reduce labor costs, and improve production efficiency.

Abstract: Examples of electronic devices are described herein. In some examples, an electronic device includes a basic input/output system (BIOS) and a processor. In some examples, the processor is to receive an enrollment message for a function of the electronic device from a server, and send the enrollment message to the BIOS. In some examples, the BIOS is to store the enrollment message in a BIOS memory. In some examples, the BIOS is to verify the enrollment message in response to a function activation request from the processor. In some examples, the processor is to enable the function based on a function activation response from the BIOS.

Abstract: A decentralized public key management system for named data networks based on blockchain, which solves the Compromised Certificate Authority (CA) Problem. The system divides the power of an individual CA among multiple Public Key Miners (PKMiners) that maintain the public key blockchains. The majority rule in name-principal validation allows the present invention to tolerate compromised PKMiners without causing any damage.

Abstract: The present disclosure involves an intelligent method and device for cutting squid white slices, the intelligent method being implemented on the intelligent device for cutting squid white slices. The method may be implemented on a calculating device, the calculating device may have at least one processor and at least one storage medium including an instruction set used for cutting the squid white slices, the method including: reading a laser point cloud data of a three-dimensional (3D) topography of the squid white slices; optimizing the laser point cloud data; extracting an effective area of the squid white slices; determining a cutting zero point; determining a cutting process area; and determining optimization of a cutting point position and a cutting angle. The one or more embodiments provided by the present disclosure may satisfy the needs of large-scale continuous production in factories, reduce labor costs, and improve production efficiency.

Abstract: An elevator car frame, an elevator car and an elevator system. The elevator car frame includes a top, a bottom and uprights extending between the top and the bottom and deviating from a longitudinal middle portion of the elevator car frame, and at least one of the uprights is provided with car guide shoes arranged to enable the elevator car frame, after being installed in an elevator hoistway, to move along a car guide rail disposed in the elevator hoistway through the car guide shoes.

Abstract: An example computing device includes a non-volatile memory to store Basic Input/Output Systems (BIOS) data of the computing device, an audio codec, and a controller. The controller is to: receive a command from a provisioning device at the audio codec; and transfer a copy of the BIOS data between the controller and the memory based on the command.

Abstract: Fluoride-containing nickel iron oxyhydroxide electrocatalysts for use as anodes in anion exchange membrane electrolyzers for generating hydrogen gas.

Abstract: An X-ray-based test device for a plugging removal effect of a sulfur dissolvent on a sulfur deposition rock sample includes a constant speed and pressure pump, a first intermediate container, a second intermediate container, a first pressure transmitter, a core holder, a second pressure transmitter, a first electric pump, a third intermediate container, a back-pressure valve, a gas flow meter, an H2S neutralization tank, a second electric pump, a back-pressure transmitter, a confining pressure transmitter, an X-ray generator, an X-ray detector and a thermotank. A sour gas sample is placed in the first intermediate container, and nitrogen is filled in the second intermediate container. The sulfur dissolvent is placed into the third intermediate container. A confining pressure inlet is formed in the core holder. The test device may be used for evaluating the plugging removal effect of the sulfur dissolvent injected into the sulfur deposition rock sample.