Abstract: A method for measuring a residual stress of a curved-surface bulk material includes steps of: locating a point at which a to-be-detected curved surface of a curved-surface bulk material has a highest curvature as a to-be-detected point; applying an instrument integrating an X-ray light resource and a detector, measuring the to-be-detected point by using an X-ray diffraction theory, and analyzing and calculating, in combination with a cos ? method, a strain value measured by using the instrument; and calculating, in combination with material property measurement data of the curved-surface bulk material, a curved-surface residual stress by introducing a curved-surface bulk material residual stress calculation model.

Abstract: An electronic device may have input-output devices such as buttons formed from capacitive touch sensor electrodes. A transparent layer may be provided with opaque masking structures having a symbol-shaped opening aligned with a capacitive touch sensor electrode for a button or other input device. The symbol-shaped opening may be adjacent to the electrode and may be illuminated with light from a lighting system. The lighting system may include a light guide plate. The light guide plate may have edges that are oriented at non-zero angle with respect to each other. Light-emitting diodes of different colors may emit light into the edges. The light may be extracted from the light guide plate using bumps in a light extraction region. Light may be collimated using ribs formed on an opposing side of the light guide plate.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a speaker, control circuitry, a plurality of light-emitting components configured to emit light through an upper housing wall or other housing structure. A lens diffuser layer having lenses overlapping respective light-emitting components, a textured diffuser layer formed from textured coatings on a substrate, and a volume diffuser layer having light-scattering structures in a polymer layer might be included to project light from the light-emitting components. A light-guiding portion of the lens diffuser layer may guide light to a circular peripheral edge to form an illuminated ring visible through the upper housing wall.

Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a direct-lit backlight unit. The backlight unit may include an array of light-emitting diodes on a printed circuit board. The backlight unit may include first, second, and third light spreading layers formed over the array of light-emitting diodes. A color conversion layer may be formed over the first, second, and third light spreading layers. First and second brightness enhancement films may be formed over the color conversion layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for increasing the artemisinin yield in Artemisia annua L. using ?-ocimene and belongs to the technical field of artemisinin production and extraction. The method treats Artemisia annua L. plants by ?-ocimene for 1-3 d. The method selects Artemisia annua L. grown for at least 21 d as the object to be treated by ?-ocimene. The method is very simple and can achieve multiple harvest within one year; meanwhile, it can significantly increase the artemisinin yield in Artemisia annua L. plant and largely increase the artemisinin yield, thereby achieving an industrialized operation.

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with a backlight. The backlight provides backlight illumination for an array of pixels that is displaying images. The backlight may include an array of cells. Each cell may contain a light source with one or more light-emitting diodes and a cavity reflector that reflects light from the light source outwardly through a diffuser for use in forming the backlight illumination. The light sources may be mounted to a printed circuit. Support posts on the printed circuit may be used to maintain the diffuser at a fixed distance from the printed circuit. Sensors on the printed circuit may be used to measure separation distances between the printed circuit and diffuser. Adjustments to pixel gain profiles can be made based on the measured separation distances.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel, a display device, and an in-vehicle device. The display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other, wherein a liquid crystal layer is filled between the first substrate and the second substrate; a pixel electrode and a common electrode configured to generate an electric field for controlling liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer to be deflected; a light reflectance adjusting layer disposed on one side of the second substrate away from the liquid crystal layer, wherein a light reflectance of the light reflectance adjusting layer is inversely related to an intensity of an environmental electric field.

Abstract: A method and a device for controlling an operation mode of a terminal device, and a medium are provided. The method includes that: based on a received voice mode activation instruction under a preset condition, a voice operation learning mode is entered and a voice operation learning interface is displayed. The voice operation learning interface is configured to guide a user to output a voice instruction. The method further includes that: upon completion of the voice operation learning mode, a voice operation mode is entered; voice information is received in the voice operation mode; and the terminal device is controlled according to the voice instruction in the received voice information to execute an operation corresponding to the voice instruction.

Abstract: The present application discloses a display substrate. The display substrate may include a base substrate; a plurality of first electrodes arranged in an array on the base substrate; and a pixel defining layer defining a plurality of openings on the base substrate. The plurality of openings may overlap the plurality of first electrodes respectively. The pixel defining layer may include a plurality of first pixel defining units and a plurality of second pixel defining units; and the plurality of first pixel defining units may be separated from one another.

Abstract: Embodiment provides a food processor with overflow detection ring. The overflow detection ring includes an annular body, a detecting portion connected to an inner edge of the annular body and extending along one side of the annular body, and a lead connecting structure connected to an outer edge of the annular body. The annular body, the detecting portion, and the lead connecting structure are in electrically conduction with one another.

Abstract: An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a housing. A speaker and other input-output components and control circuitry may be mounted within the housing. Light-emitting components may emit light that passes through a curved upper top cap portion or other housing structure. The light-emitting components may be interconnected using a flex circuit on a curved substrate or may be mounted on a planar circuit board. A subset of the light-emitting components may be rotated to improve color balance. Optical structures such as light guides, lens, microlenses, and/or a diffuser layer may be disposed over the light-emitting components to promote light mixing, to reduce hotspots, and to improve contrast on the top cap. The diffuser layer may be suspended using a support structure having baffle members to constraint the angular spread of the emitted light. Illuminated or persistently visible glyphs may be displayed in or near the top cap portion.

Abstract: A blender for blending food products includes a vessel configured for containing the food products and a cutter blade base having a cutter blade assembly. The cutter blade base releasably coupled to and cooperating with the vessel to seal the food products within the vessel and blend the food products. The cutter blade assembly is driven by a drive device. A pressure minimizing device prevents an overaccumulation of pressure within the vessel as the food products are blended therein.

Abstract: A blockchain of transactions may be referenced for various purposes and may be later accessed by interested parties for ledger verification and information retrieval. One example method of operation may include identifying a number of data parameters to extract from a blockchain based on a request for analytic data, creating one or more queries based on the data parameters, executing the one or more queries and retrieving the data parameters from the blockchain, identifying one or more permissions of a user account associated with the request for analytic data, and populating an interface with analytic figures based on the data parameters retrieved from the blockchain.

Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a backlight unit. The backlight unit may include a printed circuit board, a plurality of light-emitting diodes mounted on the printed circuit board, at least one light spreading layer formed over the printed circuit board that spreads light received from the plurality of light-emitting diodes, a partially reflective layer formed over the at least one light spreading layer, a color conversion layer formed over the partially reflective layer, a collimating layer formed over the color conversion layer, a brightness enhancement film formed over the collimating layer, and a diffuser formed over the brightness enhancement film. The at least one light spreading layer may include two light spreading layers with elongated protrusions that are rotated relative to each other.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a display having a monolithic array of light-emitting diodes mounted to a surface of a substrate layer. The diodes may include contact pads. Driver circuitry may independently drive each of the diodes in the array using drive signals. The driver circuitry may be formed on a driver integrated circuit. Bond pads may be formed on a surface of the integrated circuit. Copper pillars may be grown on the bond pads. In another suitable arrangement, the driver circuitry may be formed on a driver printed circuit board coupled to an interposer by a flexible printed circuit. The interposer may include bond pads and copper pillars grown on the bond pads. The contact pads on each of the diodes may be simultaneously bonded to the copper pillars. A surface of the substrate layer may be patterned to form light redirecting elements if desired.

Abstract: A terminal control method includes: receiving a focus mode starting instruction; entering a focus mode according to the focus mode starting instruction; performing, in response to an application-invoking request received within a duration of the focus mode, process control on an application being invoked; and exiting the focus mode when the duration of the focus mode ends.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for outputting information are provided. The method includes acquiring voice information received within a preset time period before a device is awakened, where the device is provided with a wake-up model for outputting preset response information when a preset wake-up word is received; performing speech recognition on the voice information to obtain a recognition result; extracting feature information of the voice information in response to determining that the recognition result does not include a preset wake-up word; generating a counterexample training sample according to the feature information; and training the wake-up model using a counter-example training sample, and outputting the trained wake-up model.

Abstract: A six-port self-injection-locked (SIL) radar includes an oscillation element, an antenna element, a six-port frequency demodulation element and a signal processing element. Because of a coupler and a phase shifter of the six-port frequency demodulation element, the signal processing element can extract vibration information of subject by using only two demodulated signals output from the six-port frequency demodulation element. As a result, the operation frequency of the six-port SIL radar is not limited by hardware architecture, and the hardware costs and the power consumption are also reduced.

Abstract: Histone deacetylases (HDACs) inhibitors are disclosed. The HDACs inhibitors possess cytotoxicities to various cancer cell lines. They are useful for treating a tumor associated with deregulation of the activity of histone deacetylases in a subject in need thereof, in one embodiment, the HDACs inhibitors of the invention are useful for treating glioma, breast cancer, colon cancer, target cell lung cancer, adenocarcinoma of the lung, small cell lung cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, ovary adenocarcinoma, pancreas carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, promyiocytic leukemia, chronic myelocytic leukemia, or acute lymphocytic leukemia in a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: A blockchain of transactions may be referenced for various purposes and may be later accessed by interested parties for ledger verification and information retrieval. One example method of operation may include identifying a number of data parameters to extract from a blockchain based on a request for analytic data, creating one or more queries based on the data parameters, executing the one or more queries and retrieving the data parameters from the blockchain, identifying one or more permissions of a user account associated with the request for analytic data, and populating an interface with analytic figures based on the data parameters retrieved from the blockchain.