Abstract: A technique is disclosed for managing abort tasks in a metro cluster that includes a first array and a second array. The technique includes receiving, by the first array, a write request from a host, the write request specifying a range of data to be written to a stretched volume. The technique further includes receiving an abort task from the host for aborting the write request. In response to receipt of the abort task, the technique further includes the first array delaying a successful response to the abort task back to the host until the first array receives a notification that the second array has locked the range of data specified by the write request.

Abstract: The invention belongs to the technical field of metal ceramics, in particular to a metal ceramic and a preparation method thereof. The hard phase is formed by at least four kinds of crystal grains with different compositions and shapes; and in the scanning electron microscope photograph of the metal ceramic, it can be observed the first hard phase comprising black titanium nitrocarbide, a thin ring and a thick ring wherein the core phase is pure black; the second hard phase in the form of a dark gray core-ring structure particles; the third hard phase in the form of a high-brightness white core-gray ring; and the fourth hard phase in the form of a homogenous gray phase and off-white core-gray ring structure particles. In addition, a white binder phase can also be observed, and the binder phase is at least one of cobalt and nickel.

Abstract: An uplink dynamic grant-free transmission method and an apparatus, and relates to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: a terminal receives downlink control information sent by a base station, where the downlink control information includes a plurality of pieces of indication information, each piece of indication information corresponds to one type 2 configured grant configuration, the indication information is used to indicate the terminal to perform an operation on the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information, and the operation includes: activating, deactivating, or maintaining a state; and then the terminal performs corresponding operations on the plurality of type 2 configured grant configurations based on the downlink control information.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a method, a computing system, and a computer program product for managing prefetching of pages in a database system. The method comprises obtaining shared information associated with page access, wherein the shared information associated with the page access includes information associated with the page access from a plurality of computing nodes. The method further comprises determining whether to prefetch a number of pages into a global buffer pool based at least on the shared information associated with the page access using a sequential prefetching method.

Abstract: An electrode piece, a rolled core and a battery, where the electrode piece includes a current collector and an active substance layer; the electrode piece has a single-sided area and a double-sided area, the single-sided area is located on a side of the electrode piece along a length direction thereof, a surface of one side of the current collector in the single-sided area is covered with the active substance layer, while surfaces of both sides of the current collector in the double-sided area are covered with the active substance layer; and multiple tabs protrude from one side of the electrode piece along a width direction thereof, and are spaced apart; in the single-sided area, an anti-rolling strip is provided on a surface of a side of the current collector not covered by the active substance layer, and is disposed on the same side as the tabs.

Abstract: A first communication apparatus receives resource configuration information from a second communication apparatus, where the resource configuration information includes a first resource that is configured by the second communication apparatus for the first communication apparatus for data transmission. The first communication apparatus releases, based on a preset condition, a second resource to which a first synchronization signal block SSB is mapped, where the second resource is a dedicated resource of the first communication apparatus, and the first resource includes the second resource.

Abstract: A method for determining a consistency coefficient of a power-law cement grout includes: determining a water-cement ratio of the power-law cement grout; according to engineering practice requirements, determining a time required to determine the consistency coefficient of the power-law cement grout; and obtaining the consistency coefficient of the power-law cement grout. The method is accurate and reliable, requires less calculation, etc.; and has very high practical value and popularization value in environmental protection and ecological restoration.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: After receiving a first packet from a first device, a first user plane network element determines a user plane LAN identifier corresponding to the first packet, where the user plane LAN identifier is an identifier that is in a user plane and that is of a LAN group to which the terminal belongs, and one user plane LAN identifier corresponds to one LAN group. That is, a function of the user plane LAN identifier is to isolate user plane packets of different LAN groups. Then, the first user plane network element sends the first packet to a second device based on the user plane LAN identifier and a destination address included in the first packet, so that the first packet sent by one terminal in the LAN group is sent to another terminal in the LAN group.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus. In the method, a first network element creates a buffer queue based on a request of a second network element. Further, the first network element collects data of a corresponding type, sends data in the buffer queue to the second network element, and releases corresponding storage space after the second network element completes a data collection task. In this way, utilization of storage space of the first network element is improved, thereby solving the problem in the conventional technology that the first network element needs to have relatively large storage space capacity.

Abstract: Disclosed is a high-precision dynamic real-time 360-degree omnidirectional point cloud acquisition method based on fringe projection. The method comprises: firstly, by means of the fringe projection technology based on a stereoscopic phase unwrapping method, and with the assistance of an adaptive dynamic depth constraint mechanism, acquiring high-precision three-dimensional (3D) data of an object in real time without any additional auxiliary fringe pattern; and then, after a two-dimensional (2D) matching points optimized by the means of corresponding 3D information is rapidly acquired, by means of a two-thread parallel mechanism, carrying out coarse registration based on Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) technology and fine registration based on Iterative Closest Point (ICP) technology.

Abstract: An activation function generator based on a magnetic domain wall driven magnetic tunnel junction and a method for manufacturing the same are provided, including: a spin orbit coupling layer configured to generate a spin orbit torque; a ferromagnetic free layer formed on the spin orbit coupling layer and configured to provide a magnetic domain wall motion racetrack; a nonmagnetic barrier layer formed on the ferromagnetic free layer; a ferromagnetic reference layer formed on the nonmagnetic barrier layer; a top electrode formed on the ferromagnetic reference layer; antiferromagnetic pinning layers formed on two ends of the ferromagnetic free layer; a left electrode and a right electrode respectively formed at two positions on the antiferromagnetic pinning layers.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for automatically identifying south troughs by improved Laplace and relates to the technical field of meteorology. The method includes the following steps: acquiring grid data of a geopotential height field; calculating a gradient field of the geopotential height field in an x direction; searching for a turning point where a gradient value turned from being negative to being positive, and cleaning the gradient field; calculating a divergence of the x direction to obtain an improved Laplacian numerical value L?; performing 0,1 binarization processing on the L? to obtain a black-and-white image and a plurality of targets of potential troughs, merging the black-and-white image and the plurality of targets of the potential troughs by expansion, recovering original scale through erosion, and selecting an effective target through an angle of direction of a contour and an axial ratio.

Abstract: Disclosed is a submarine network device, comprising a fiber set, a pump laser set, an erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) set, a primary fiber coupler (CPL) set and a secondary CPL set, wherein the primary CPL set comprises N primary CPLs, the secondary CPL set comprises N secondary CPLs, with N being an integer greater than or equal to 3. The fiber set is configured to connect the pump laser set, the primary CPL set, the secondary CPL set and the EDFA set. An input port of each primary CPL in the primary CPL set is at least connected with a pump laser. An output port of each secondary CPL in the secondary CPL set is at least connected with an EDFA. Output ports of each primary CPL in the primary CPL set are respectively connected with two different secondary CPLs that are spaced by a secondary CPL, and input ports of each secondary CPL in the secondary CPL set are respectively connected with two different primary CPLs that are spaced by a primary CPL.

Abstract: Compounds and methods for preventing and/or treating one or more symptoms of sickle cell diseases (SCD) by administering at least one of the compounds are provided. The compounds are chemically modified to increase bioavailability and activity, e.g., so that the compounds prevent adhesion and sickling of red blood cells (RBCs).

Abstract: A display system may include a wearable display for rendering a three-dimensional virtual image content which appears to be located in an environment of a user of the display. The relative positions of the display and one or more eyes of the user may not be in desired positions to receive, or register, image information outputted by the display. For example, the display-to-eye alignment may vary for different users and/or may change over time (e.g., as a user moves or as the display becomes displaced). The wearable device may determine a relative position and/or alignment between the display and the user's eyes by determining whether features of the eye are at certain vertical positions relative to the display. Based on the relative positions, the wearable device may determine if it is properly fitted to the user, and position render camera(s) accordingly to present virtual image content.

Abstract: A method for determining a three-dimensional tortuosity of a loose and broken rock-soil mass, includes the following steps: a particle grading curve of the loose and broken rock-soil mass is obtained by utilizing a particle size analysis, and followed by calculating an equivalent particle size and an average particle size; a porosity of the loose and broken rock-soil mass is obtained by utilizing a moisture content test, a density test, and a specific gravity test; the three-dimensional tortuosity of the loose and broken rock-soil mass is obtained by utilizing the equivalent particle size, the average particle size and the porosity of the loose and broken rock-soil mass. The method has the advantages of simple logic, accuracy and reliability, simple and fast parameter determination, and has high practical value and promotion value in the field of environmental protection and ecological restoration technology.

Abstract: Some embodiments of this specification provide face liveness detection computer-implemented methods, devices, and media. In an example, multiple face images continuously captured for a first user are obtained. Two face images are selected from the multiple face images for a target attribute in one or more predetermined image attributes, where a degree of difference between two attribute values of the target attribute corresponding to the two face images satisfies a predetermined criterion. Both of the two face images are input into a pre-trained face liveness detection model corresponding to the target attribute to obtain a detection result corresponding to the target attribute.

Abstract: Recombinant polynucleotides including a nucleic acid sequence encoding an engineered SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S12) or an immunogenic fragment thereof, in which the engineered spike protein or immunogenic fragment includes one or more mutations in the S2 segment of the S12 ectodomain. Vaccines, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of use of the polynucleotides, vaccines, and pharmaceutical compositions in treating, alleviating, or managing SARS-CoV-2 infection and/or one or more symptoms thereof.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses Oscillospiraceae sp. LBM10036 capable of utilizing multiple substrates and application thereof, and belongs to the fields of microbial technology and Baijiu brewing. The microorganism Oscillospiraceae sp. LBM10036 of the disclosure was preserved in the Guangdong Microbial Culture Collection Center on Sept. 21, 2020, with the preservation number GDMCC No. 61202. The Oscillospiraceae sp. LBM10036 of the disclosure has the capability to utilize diverse substrates and high product specificity, adapts to low pH, and can efficiently synthesize caproic acid under a pH of 5.0-5.5. The strain used in the disclosure can be used for strengthening microorganisms in pit mud, and improving the quality of degraded pit mud, to improve the quality of Strong aroma-type Baijiu, and also can be used for producing caproic acid from a variety of sugars and lactic acid by microbial fermentation.

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.