Abstract: A hydrogel for cell-laden bioprinting, bioink, and a preparation method and an application thereof, relates to the technical field of biomedical polymer hydrogels. The hydrogel for cell-laden bioprinting is polymer gel formed by adding a cell-specific material into a matrix of alginate and gelatin and crosslinking and curing, wherein the cell-specific material is polypeptide selected according to different laden cells. The structures printed using the hydrogel may have the advantages such as adjustable mechanical properties, adjustable porosity, high biocompatibility, high printing accuracy, and high customizability, which may widely support the printing of human tissues and organs such as spinal cord, cartilage, and heart, and has good prospects for applications in tissue repair, organ transplantation and so on.

Abstract: A platform for processing a workpiece includes a transmission mechanism, a plurality of workstations and a plurality of movable vehicles. The transmission mechanism transports the workpiece to be processed to one of the plurality of workstations. Each movable vehicle includes a processing module and a docking interface adapted to connect with a docking station of each workstation. The movable vehicles are each adapted to move in and out of each workstation, and each processing module is adapted to process the workpiece transmitted to the workstation after the movable vehicle is moved in and positioned in the workstation.

Abstract: The present application relates to a saline electrode cap for long-term EEG monitoring; the saline electrode cap comprises a cap body, electrode sets, and electrode conductive mediums, the cap body is provided with a plurality of electrode set installation holes which are distributed according to the international 10-20 EEG positioning system standard, the electrode sets are installed in electrode set installation holes; the electrode conductive mediums are arranged in electrode sets and is in contact with a scalp of a subject; buffer members are installed at an end of electrode sets where the electrode conductive medium is installed and are in contact with the scalp of the subject. The saline electrode cap of the present application can reduce the squeezing degree of the electrode cap and a head of the subject on the electrode conductive mediums, the electrode conductive mediums can be prevented from rapidly losing water due to squeezing.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for unified significance map coding. An apparatus includes a video encoder (400) for encoding transform coefficients for at least a portion of a picture. The transform coefficients are obtained using a plurality of transforms. One or more context sharing maps are generated for the transform coefficients based on a unified rule. The one or more context sharing maps are for providing at least one context that is shared among at least some of the transform coefficients obtained from at least two different ones of the plurality of transforms.

Abstract: Provided are a system and method for implementing an incremental data comparison. The system includes: a synchronization T environment, a simulation F environment, a simulation tool, a memory database, a comparison tool and a result database. The T environment includes a synchronization environment core application, a traditional commercial database, an incremental synchronization tool and a synchronization environment distributed database. The F environment includes a simulation environment core application and a simulation environment distributed database. The simulation tool is configured to play back a T environment service and an F environment service. The memory database is configured to store a mapping relationship between message values of the T and F environment. The comparison tool is configured to compare data in the T and F environment according to the mapping relationship between the message values.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for providing a first instance of a database system within the cloud computing environment, determining that scale out of the database system is to be executed, and in response, providing a second instance of the database system within the cloud computing environment, the first instance and the second instance collectively defining a cluster, establish a remote direct memory access (RDMA) connection between the first instance and the second instance, copying data stored within the first instance to a data store of the second instance over the RDMA connection, and configuring the first instance to replicate a first transaction log to the second instance over the RDMA connection, and receiving, by each of the first instance and the second instance, requests from one or more client devices.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to non-porous composite particles that are non-porous, polymer-based particles. In various embodiments, a non-porous polymer core is surface modified. In various embodiments, a non-porous hybrid organic-inorganic material is in contact with the modified surface of the core, and a bonding material is in contact with the non-porous hybrid organic-inorganic material. The present disclosure pertains to chromatographic separation devices that comprise such non-porous composite particles.

Abstract: Battery cell and a device and a method for manufacturing the same, a battery, and a power consumption device are provided. The battery cell includes: a shell; an end cap patch; an end cap patch; an insulating film, including a main body portion and a flanging portion, wherein the flanging portion is provided between the end cap and the end cap patch; and a first glue layer, comprising a first portion and a second portion which are provided continuously. The first portion is provided around the second portion, and the first portion is provided between the flanging portion and the end cap patch. The first portion bonds the flanging portion and the end cap patch. The second portion is provided between the end cap and the end cap patch, and the second portion bonds the end cap and the end cap patch. The first portion is thinner than the second portion.

Abstract: In various examples, systems and methods that use dialogue systems associated with various machine systems and applications are described. For instance, the systems and methods may receive text data representing speech, such as a question associated with a vehicle or other machine type. The systems and methods then use a retrieval system(s) to retrieve a question/answer pair(s) associated with the text data and/or contextual information associated with the text data. In some examples, the contextual information is associated with a knowledge base associated with or corresponding to the vehicle. The systems and methods then generate a prompt using the text data, the question/answer pair(s), and/or the contextual information. Additionally, the systems and methods determine, using a language model(s) and based at least on the prompt, an output associated with the text data. For instance, the output may include information that answers the question associated with the vehicle.

Abstract: This application discloses an uplink data sending method, an uplink data receiving method, and a communication apparatus. The sending method includes: A first terminal device sends first indication information to a network device, where the first indication information is used to determine a first precoding codebook subset to be used by a virtual terminal device. In this way, the network device sends configuration information to the first terminal device based on the first precoding codebook subset to be used by the virtual terminal device, so that the first terminal device sends data to the network device based on the first precoding codebook subset.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a determining device for the weathering resistant capability of clastic rocks in a tunnel based on feldspar features, which overcomes the shortcomings of current evaluation methods, is easy to operate, can be used to detect the type, content, and crystal structure of feldspar in a rock stratum, and integrates the information by combining a computer deep learning method to determine the weathering resistant capability of clastic rocks containing different types of feldspar in a tunnel, with high accuracy.

Abstract: An elongate fuel element is described that has a silicon carbide cladding enclosing a fuel, such as UO2, wherein the fuel is dimensioned relative to the cladding to define gaps at each lateral end of the enclosure sufficiently large such that upon swelling in use, the fuel does not increase the strain on the cladding beyond the limits of the claddings strain tolerance. The lateral gaps at the ends of the fuel allow lateral expansion during swelling that reduces the strain on the cladding.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for signaling intra prediction for large blocks for video encoders and decoders. The intra prediction is signaled by selecting a basic coding unit size and assigning a single spatial intra partition type for the basic coding unit size. The single spatial intra partition type is selectable from among a plurality of spatial intra partition types. The at least one large block has a large block size greater than a block size of the basic coding unit. The intra prediction is hierarchical layer intra prediction and is performed for the at least one large block by at least one of splitting from the large block size to the basic coding unit size and merging from the basic coding unit size to the large block size.

Abstract: A storage engine may be configured to receive data including a plurality of records from a client device, and generate a plurality of record headers for the plurality of records. The storage engine may then transfer a group of record headers of the plurality of record headers to a storage device to cause the storage device to store the group of record headers consecutively in a data sector of the storage device, and further transfer a subset of payload data of one or more records associated with the group of record headers to the storage device to cause the storage device to store the one or more records after the group of record headers in the data sector of the storage device.

Abstract: A storage engine may obtain one or more object access properties of an object to be received, and determine a type of storage device that is suitable or desirable for storing the object from among different types of storage devices based at least in part on the one or more object access properties of the object to be received. In response to determining the type of storage device, the storage engine may allocate a storage device of such type for the object. The storage engine may then receive the object, and store the object into the allocated storage device.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provides a mask plate, including a rectangular area and two gripper areas which are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the rectangular area, wherein each of the two gripper areas has a first side and a third side which are arranged opposite to each other, and a second side and a fourth side which are arranged opposite to each other, and the first side is disposed on a side of the rectangular area, and a minimum horizontal spacing between the second side and the fourth side is less than a side length of the first side.

Abstract: A data processing method includes: after receiving an export request for exporting data from the distributed database, acquiring, by a database import and export management node an active transaction list and export table distribution information at a current moment; notifying, by the database import and export management node, a corresponding database that the corresponding database performs a data export operation according to the export table distribution information; after determining that the corresponding database completes the data export operation, sending, by the database import and export management node, the active transaction list to a database agent node of the corresponding database; and after receiving a data consistency reverse compensation statement returned by the database agent node, importing, by the database import and export management node, the data exported by the corresponding database into a predetermined database and instructing the predetermined database to execute the data consist

Abstract: A circuit board assembly (1), comprising a first circuit board (10) and a second circuit board (20) which are electrically connected with each other, and a monolithic substrate (30) configured for supporting a power component and comprising a first contact surface (31) that is fixedly connected to and forms a thermal contact with the second circuit board (20), the circuit board assembly being characterized in that, the substrate (30) further comprises a second contact surface (32) that is fixedly connected to the first circuit board (10) and forms a thermal contact with the first circuit board (10) so that the substrate functions as an extension of the first circuit board to support the second circuit board. A radio unit comprising a circuit board assembly (1) is also disclosed.