Abstract: A brazing joint, a brazing method, and a device for promoting solder rheology and gas overflow are provided. The brazing joint includes a first base metal, a second base metal, and a brazing seam located therebetween. The brazing seam is formed by filling a solder in a gap formed by welding surfaces of the first and the second base metal and melting it to connect the first and the second base metal. The brazing seam is a concave-shaped brazing seam. The gap defines a first distance and a second distance, the first distance is located at an edge of the gap, the second distance is located at the edge or an inside of the gap, the first distance is greater than the second distance, and a curved surface is formed between the location of the first distance and the location of the second distance for transition.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive information indicating a condition for a conditional handover, and an indication to communicate on a source cell after transmitting a message on a target cell, associated with the conditional handover, and before receiving an additional message on the target cell. The UE may transmit the message on the target cell responsive to the condition for the conditional handover being satisfied. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: An overlay alignment mark located in a patterned wafer and a method for measuring overlay error are provided, the patterned wafer having a lower-layer pattern in a first layer thereof and an upper-layer pattern in a second layer thereof above the first layer, the overlay alignment mark comprising: a first pattern, which is a portion of the lower-layer pattern and comprises a pair of solid features formed in the first layer; and a second pattern, which is a portion of the upper-layer pattern and comprises two pairs of hollowed features formed in the second layer, with two imaginary lines connecting between geometric centers of respective pairs in the two pairs of hollowed features extending in two mutually orthogonal directions, respectively; an orthographic projection of the pair of solid features on the wafer at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of a respective pair of hollowed features on the wafer.

Abstract: Aspects presented may enable RF sensing to be adaptive to the environment to improve the sensing, performance, and/or the spectrum efficiency of cellular systems and the power efficiency of RF sensing nodes. In one aspect, an RF sensing node extracts one or more features for a set of objects of an area via at least one non-RF sensor. The RF sensing node transmits, to a network entity, the one or more features or at least one non-RF measurement derived from the one or more features. The RF sensing node receives, from the network entity, an RRS transmission configuration derived based on the one or more features or the at least one non-RF measurement transmitted to the network entity.

Abstract: Copper-tin-nickel brazing material prepared by alloys recycled from E-waste, preparation method therefor, and system thereof are provided. A preparation method for the copper-tin-nickel brazing material includes the following steps: (a) spreading nano-SiO2 on the bottom of crucible and then adding a crude copper-tin-iron-nickel alloy recycled from E-waste; (b) heating the crucible to melt the crude alloy into a metal liquid so that Zn and Pb in the metal liquid react with the SiO2 to form a slag that floats out; (c) introducing a refining gas to the bottom of metal liquid in step (b), thereby removing the scums or gases formed by Pb, Fe, S, and O in the metal liquid; (d) performing heat-preserving directional solidification on the metal liquid, to bias-aggregate the Fe and Sb at one end and remove the same to obtain a copper-based intermediate alloy; and smelting and powdering the copper-based intermediate alloy.

Abstract: Methods and systems for simulating a stent in a coronary artery lumen structure are disclosed. A method of simulating a stent in a coronary artery lumen structure, the method comprises: reconstructing a three-dimensional coronary artery tree from segmented coronary lumen contours; replacing part of the three-dimensional artery tree with a candidate stent structure; and simulating pressure distribution through the coronary artery tree to determine a non-invasive fractional flow reserve through the candidate stent structure.

Abstract: An approach is provided for traffic Signal Phase and Timing (SPaT) verification using sensor data and probe data. The approach involves, for instance, retrieving image data captured using a sensor of a vehicle traveling within proximity of a traffic light. The approach also involves processing the image data to identify at least one transition of the traffic light between one or more traffic light states. The approach further involves determining a transition time, a cycle time, or a combination thereof between the one or more traffic light states based on the identified at least one transition of the traffic light. The approach further involves performing a comparison of signal phase and timing (SPaT) data of the traffic light with the transition time, the cycle time, or a combination thereof and providing the comparison of the SPaT data as an output.

Abstract: An approach is provided for traffic data blending based on road segment travel time reliability during traffic prediction. The approach involves, for instance, retrieving real-time traffic information and/or historical traffic information for each road segment within a geographic area. The approach also involves aggregating traffic flow speed data in the real-time traffic information to compute traffic pattern data for each road segment. The traffic pattern data includes static speed data of each said road segment. The approach further involves aggregating traffic flow speed data in the historical traffic information to compute travel time reliability index metric(s) for each said road segment. The approach further involves determining, based on the travel time reliability index metric(s), to use the traffic pattern data, a mean, or a percentile of a road segment travel time distribution in the historical traffic information for traffic prediction associated with each said road segment.

Abstract: An approach is provided for determining road work zone travel time reliability based on vehicle sensor data. The approach involves, for instance, aggregating telematic data generated by vehicles traveling within a geographic area, to detect a road work zone and/or active time period(s) thereof. The approach also involves identifying a start location and an end location of the road work zone. The approach further involves identifying a starting time point when one of the vehicles approaching the start location and an end time point when the vehicle passes the end location. The approach further involves calculating a time difference between the start and end time points as a travel time through the road work zone. The approach further involves aggregating the vehicle travel times, to compute work zone travel time reliability index(es) for the road work zone. The approach further involves providing the travel time reliability index(es) as an output.

Abstract: A system, a method, and a computer program product may be provided for generating traffic congestion estimation data of one or more lanes in a region. A system may include a memory configured to store computer program code and a processor configured to execute the computer program code to obtain image data associated with the region. The processor may be configured to determine a count of one or more first movable objects in one or lanes, based on image data, calculate a lane object static capacity of the one or more lanes, based on one or more map free flow or speed limit attributes associated with the one or more lanes and generate the traffic congestion estimation data based on count of first movable objects in the one or more lanes, the moving speed of movable objects crossing multiple image frames, the lane object static capacity of lanes.

Abstract: An automatic breastfeeding method of a premature infant is disclosed, which includes a preparation stage, an active lactation stage, a passive lactation stage and a rest stage. The invention also provides an automatic breastfeeding machine used for the automatic breastfeeding method of a premature infant, comprising a stomach tube, a lactation supply device, a detector and a control device. According to the invention, a self-sucking ability of the premature infant is trained, normal circulation of a mouth-pharyngeal-gastric-intestinal reflex of the premature infant is realized, and nutritional requirements of the premature infant are ensured in the case of taking differences of the premature infants into account, so that the premature infants have no difference with term infants in care, diet, neurological development and growth and development in the future.

Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product are provided for predicting road closure in a region. The method comprises obtaining, probe data, such as sensor data, and map data, for the region. The method may include detecting a change in speed of a one or more vehicle on a road, based on the obtained probe data and the obtained map data for the region, wherein the change in speed is associated with a slowdown event associated with the one or more vehicles. The method may include identifying a vehicle event on the road based on the detected change in speed of the one or more vehicles, wherein the vehicle event is associated with a location corresponding to a matching trajectory of the one or more vehicles and predicting the road closure based on the identified vehicle event.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for determining a road work event confidence are described herein. In the context of a method, the method may determine a road network speed profile corresponding with a road work event location. The method may determine, based at least in part on probe data corresponding with the road work event location, a probe speed profile. The method may determine the road work event confidence based at least in part on evaluation of the road network speed profile and the probe speed profile. Evaluation of the road network speed profile and the probe speed profile may comprise identifying a plurality of road segments corresponding with the road work event location and correlating road network speed profile characteristics and probe data characteristics for each respective road segment.

Abstract: A system, a method, and a computer program product may be provided for determining dynamic road capacity data of one or more lanes of a road segment in a region. A system may include a memory configured to store computer program code and a processor configured to execute the computer program code to obtain probe data, historical capacity dynamic pattern data and event data. The processor may be configured to calculate road capacity data of the lane. The processor may be configured to calculate a count of movable objects in the lane. The processor may be configured to determine a traffic condition of the lane. The processor may be configured to determine the dynamic road capacity data based on the road capacity data, the count of one or more movable objects, the historical capacity dynamic pattern data and the traffic condition of the at least one lane of the road segment.

Abstract: A method for providing alerts for a traffic slowdown includes receiving location data for at least a first vehicle of a plurality of vehicles, map matching the location data for at least the first vehicle to a road network, calculating an approaching speed for at least the first vehicle at a first time, calculating a final speed for at least the first vehicle at a second time, and generating a traffic slowdown message in response to the approaching speed and the final speed. The traffic slowdown message includes at least one characteristic of the traffic slowdown.

Abstract: An approach is provided for identifying and characterizing mobile work zones (e.g., roadway striping, pothole filling, tree trimming, etc.). The approach, for example, involves processing probe data at a lane level to determine at least one forward forming shockwave associated with a congestion front of a mobile roadwork zone on at least one lane. The approach also involves providing data indicating the mobile roadwork zone as an output. The approach further involves determining a propagation rate of the mobile roadwork zone. The approach further involves determining a congestion recovery speed, where the congestion is caused by the mobile roadwork zone.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing a recommended route and departure time combination based on real-time estimated times of arrival (ETAs). The approach, for example, involves determining a plurality of candidate routes between an origin and at least one destination. The approach also involves retrieving real-time information, historical information, predicted information, or a combination thereof associated with the origin, the destination, the plurality of candidate routes, or a combination thereof. The approach further involves calculating respective cost values (e.g., ETAs) for traveling for the plurality of candidate routes at a plurality of different departure times. The respective cost values are based on the real-time information, the historical information, the predicted information, or a combination thereof. The approach further involves determining a recommended route and departure time combination based on the respective cost values.

Abstract: The invention relates to a computerized method (200) for localizing a lesion in an organ of a subject, comprises performing: a first image registration operation (400) for determining a rigid transformation matrix based on alignment of a two-dimensional ultrasound (2D-US) image representation (116) and a three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT) image representation (120) of the organ, the 2D-US image representation (116) acquired from a transducer probe (114); a second image registration operation (500) for refining the rigid transformation matrix based on image feature descriptors of the 2D-US and 3D-CT image representations (116, 120); and a localization operation (600) for localizing the lesion relative to the transducer probe (114) based on the refined rigid transformation matrix and a 3D-CT position of the lesion in the 3D-CT image representation (120). A system for performing the method is also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A method for improved traffic congestion estimation is provided using signal phase and timing data from traffic signals at intersections and probe data from vehicles traversing said intersections. An example method may include: identifying each of a plurality of paths through an intersection; identifying signal phase and timing data for each traffic light associated with each path through the intersection; receiving probe data for vehicles approaching or traversing the intersection; estimating a number of vehicles failing to traverse the intersection along a path through the intersection; estimating a congestion status of the path through the intersection based on the number of vehicles failing to traverse the intersection; and causing the congestion status to be provided to permit updating of a map to reflect the congestion status.

Abstract: A system, a method, and a computer program product may be provided for generating traffic congestion estimation data of one or more lanes in a region. A system may include a memory configured to store computer program code and a processor configured to execute the computer program code to obtain image data associated with the region. The processor may be configured to determine a count of one or more first movable objects in one or lanes, based on image data, calculate a lane object static capacity of the one or more lanes, based on one or more map free flow or speed limit attributes associated with the one or more lanes and generate the traffic congestion estimation data based on count of first movable objects in the one or more lanes, the moving speed of movable objects crossing multiple image frames, the lane object static capacity of lanes.