Abstract: The present invention provides methods for improving or accelerating wound healing in a subject comprising administering to a wound of the subject in need thereof an agent that suppresses expression of a clock gene, wherein the clock gene is neuronal PAS domain protein 2 (Npas2). This invention also relates to methods for regenerating alveolar bone, regenerating connective tissue at a wound site, and for decreasing wound area size comprising administering to a bone loss site or a wound site, in particular, an open wound site, of a subject an agent that suppresses expression of Npas2.

Abstract: An electric valve, comprising a housing and an end cover. A cavity and a valve port are formed in the housing. The electric valve further comprises a rotor assembly, a rod assembly, and a valve core assembly; the rotor assembly is connected to one end of the rod assembly; and the other end of the rod assembly is connected to the valve core assembly. The electric valve further comprises a sealing component, and the sealing component is distant from the valve port with respect to the valve core assembly; the sealing component comprises a first cylindrical portion, a membrane portion, and an annular sealing portion; by providing the sealing component, the first cylindrical portion is connected to the rod assembly and a connection position is sealed.

Abstract: An image display processing method for a display device, an image display processing device, a display device, and a non-volatile storage medium are provided. The display device includes a backlight unit and a display panel, the backlight unit includes a plurality of backlight blocks and is driven by a local dimming mode, and the image display processing method includes: obtaining initial backlight data of each of the plurality of backlight blocks corresponding to a display image; performing a peak driving process on the initial backlight data of each of the plurality of backlight blocks by a graphics processing unit to obtain adjusted backlight data of each of the plurality of backlight blocks; and providing the adjusted backlight data to the backlight unit by the graphics processing unit so that the display panel displays the display image.

Abstract: A reconfigurable polarization rotator is formed of an array of very small liquid crystal (LC) cells (e.g., cells of less than 10 ?m in width, termed “microcells”), referred to hereinafter as “microcells”. Each LC microcell is addressable by a separate electrical voltage input that independently controls the polarization rotation performed by the associated LC microcell. By defining a set of adjacent microcells to be held at the same voltage level, that group may be used to form a polarization rotator window of a proper size for a first fiber array configuration. When a fiber array of a different configuration (say, an array with twice the pitch) is used, a different-sized group of adjacent LC microcells is held at a common voltage level so as to form a reconfigured “window” of a new dimension.

Abstract: A driving method is configured to drive a display device, and the display device includes a display array and a light valve array. The display array includes rows of sub-pixels, the light valve array includes a plurality of sub light valves, a respective one sub light valve of the plurality of sub light valves corresponds to at least one row of sub-pixels, and the light valve array is on a light-emitting side of the display array. The driving method includes: any sub-pixel in the at least one row of sub-pixels being in a response phase of a display operation, the respective one sub light valve being in a light-shielding state, and the respective one sub light valve corresponding to the at least one row of sub-pixels.

Abstract: An image rendering method for a computer product coupled to a display apparatus may include rendering an entire display region of the display apparatus with a first rendering mode to generate a first rendering mode sample image, determining a target region in the entire display region, rendering the target region with a second rendering mode to generate a second rendering mode sample image, and transmitting data of the first rendering mode sample image and the second rendering mode sample image. The second rendering mode comprises at least a value of an image rendering feature that is higher than that of the first rendering mode.

Abstract: A module handles beams having multiple channels in an optical network. The module has a dispersion element, a liquid crystal (LC) based switching assembly, and photodetectors. The dispersion element is arranged in optical communication with the beams from inputs and is configured to disperse the beams into the channels across a dispersion direction. The switching assembly is arranged in optical communication with the channels from the dispersion element and is configured to selectively reflect the channels using electrically switchable cells of one or more LC-based switching engines. The photodetectors are arranged in optical communication with the dispersion element, and each are configured to receive selectively reflected channels for optical channel monitoring. Outputs can be arranged in optical communication with the dispersion element and can be configured to receive selectively reflected channels for wavelength selective switching.

Abstract: An image processing method, a backlight brightness adjustment method, an image processing system, and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The image processing method includes: acquiring a display image; dividing the display image to obtain one or more initial local regions; calculating an average brightness value of each of the one or more initial local regions respectively; acquiring an output image according to the average brightness value of each of the one or more initial local regions and the display image.

Abstract: An image rendering method, device, and system, a storage medium, and an image display method are provided. The image rendering method includes: acquiring an image to be displayed; according to a gaze point of human eyes on a display screen, obtaining a gaze point position on the image to be displayed; determining, according to the gaze point position, a first sampling area and a second sampling area of the image to be displayed; performing first resolution sampling on the first sampling area to obtain a first display area; performing second resolution sampling on the image to be displayed to obtain a second display area corresponding to the second sampling area, a resolution of the second sampling area being greater than that of the second display area; and splicing the first display area and the second display area to obtain an output image to be transmitted to the virtual reality device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a ball valve, including a drive mechanism, a transmission mechanism, a valve body assembly and a valve core component. The transmission mechanism is configured to drive the valve core component to act through the drive mechanism. The valve body assembly includes a first valve body component and a second valve body component. The first valve body component is fixedly connected to the second valve body component. The valve body assembly is formed with a containing cavity. The transmission mechanism includes a first gear ring, and at least part of the valve core component is fixedly connected to or in position-limiting fit with the first gear ring. The valve core component includes a platform part and a plane part. The platform part is located at or adjacent to a rotating center of the valve core component.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to an image processing method of virtual reality. The image processing method may include obtaining position information of a gaze point; performing a compression process on an original image to obtain a compressed image based on the position information of the gaze point; performing a compression process on a distorted image of the original image in an lens to obtain a compressed distorted image based on the position information of the gaze point; and performing an anti-distortion process on the compressed image to obtain an anti-distortion image based on a relationship between the compressed image and the compressed distorted image. The position information of the gaze point may be position information of a gaze point of a user's eye on an original image.

Abstract: An optical fiber grating sensing method applied to small-scale fire source monitoring are provided, distinguishing two concepts of a spatial resolution and a perception resolution, under the premise of ensuring the spatial resolution of a traditional fiber Bragg grating sensing system, only increase the number of fiber Bragg gratings covered by a single pulsed optical signal without changing a pulse width of a pulsed optical signal, so as to improve the perception resolution of the system without increasing the requirements for a hardware circuit, and truly shorten an interval between adjacent fiber Bragg gratings. Improving the perception resolution of the system, which not only ensures the spatial resolution of the system, but also realizes the monitoring of small-scale fire sources; by adopting a simple feature extraction algorithm to obtain fire temperature information in different areas, the temperature detection speed of the system is fast.

Abstract: The present application discloses method for real-time processing image data based on a rendering engine. The method includes sampling a first set of data in a first pixel arrangement to be displayed as an image in a display screen with pixels in a second pixel arrangement. The method further includes creating a first model mapped with the first set of data to generate a second set of data and a second model mapped with the first set of data to generate a third set of data. Additionally, the method further includes rendering the second set of data using a first shader to output a fourth set of data and rendering the third set of data using a second shader to output a fifth set of data. Furthermore, the method includes superimposing the fourth set of data over the fifth set of data to display a sixth set of data.

Abstract: An optical fiber grating sensing method applied to small-scale fire source monitoring are provided, distinguishing two concepts of a spatial resolution and a perception resolution, under the premise of ensuring the spatial resolution of a traditional fiber Bragg grating sensing system, only increase the number of fiber Bragg gratings covered by a single pulsed optical signal without changing a pulse width of a pulsed optical signal, so as to improve the perception resolution of the system without increasing the requirements for a hardware circuit, and truly shorten an interval between adjacent fiber Bragg gratings. Improving the perception resolution of the system, which not only ensures the spatial resolution of the system, but also realizes the monitoring of small-scale fire sources; by adopting a simple feature extraction algorithm to obtain fire temperature information in different areas, the temperature detection speed of the system is fast.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for salt-rinse surface doping of electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries. In one example, a method may include dissolving a dopant salt in a solvent to form a dopant salt rinse solution, rinsing an electrode active material with the dopant salt rinse solution to form a coated electrode active material, and heating the coated electrode active material to form a doped electrode active material. In some examples, a surface region of the doped electrode active material may include a uniform distribution of dopants from the dopant salt rinse solution. In this way, the electrode active material may be rinsed and doped via the dopant salt rinse solution in a single-stage process.

Abstract: Disclosed is a ball valve, including a drive mechanism, a transmission mechanism, a valve body assembly and a valve core component. The transmission mechanism is configured to drive the valve core component to act through the drive mechanism. The valve body assembly includes a first valve body component and a second valve body component. The first valve body component is fixedly connected to the second valve body component. The valve body assembly is formed with a containing cavity. The transmission mechanism includes a first gear ring, and at least part of the valve core component is fixedly connected to or in position-limiting fit with the first gear ring. The valve core component includes a platform part and a plane part. The platform part is located at or adjacent to a rotating center of the valve core component.

Abstract: The present application discloses method for real-time processing image data based on a rendering engine. The method includes sampling a first set of data in a first pixel arrangement to be displayed as an image in a display screen with pixels in a second pixel arrangement. The method further includes creating a first model mapped with the first set of data to generate a second set of data and a second model mapped with the first set of data to generate a third set of data. Additionally, the method further includes rendering the second set of data using a first shader to output a fourth set of data and rendering the third set of data using a second shader to output a fifth set of data. Furthermore, the method includes superimposing the fourth set of data over the fifth set of data to display a sixth set of data.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an electrode active material for lithium ion batteries. In one example, the electrode active material may include a lithium mixed metal oxide core and flame-retardant dusting particles partially retained within a surface of the core. In some examples, the dusting particles may have an average size of less than 20 ?m. In some examples, the amount of dusting particles by weight may be greater than 0.1% of the core particles and less than 50% of the core particles. In another example, methods are provided for manufacturing the electrode active material for use in a lithium ion battery, where lithium metal composite core particles may be mixed with the flame-retardant dusting particles in a dry process.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image rendering method for a computer product coupled to a display apparatus. The image rendering method may include rendering an entire display region of the display apparatus with a first rendering mode to generate a first rendering mode sample image, determining a target region in the entire display region, rendering the target region with a second rendering mode to generate a second rendering mode sample image, and transmitting data of the first rendering mode sample image and the second rendering mode sample image. The second rendering mode comprises at least a value of an image rendering feature that is higher than that of the first rendering mode.

Abstract: An image processing method, a backlight brightness adjustment method, an image processing system, and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The image processing method includes: acquiring a display image; dividing the display image to obtain one or more initial local regions; calculating an average brightness value of each of the one or more initial local regions respectively; acquiring an output image according to the average brightness value of each of the one or more initial local regions and the display image.