Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system having an inner structure, wherein the inner structure comprises at least one inner tube made of stainless steel and at least one sensor device with at least one sensor to measure at least one condition of the system. Under an aspect of the present disclosure a system of this type is suggested, wherein the inner structure is coated with at least one layer of at least one plastic material.

Abstract: Generally, a sonde, associated components and methods are described which can be used in conjunction with an inground tool having an inground tool housing that defines an inground tool cavity such that the inground tool cavity is exposed to an ambient pressure environment which surrounds the inground tool during an inground operation. A sonde housing assembly includes an exterior configuration that is receivable within the inground tool cavity. The sonde housing assembly at least partially defines a sonde interior and is further configured for receiving the pressure sensor body of a pressure sensor in a pressure sealed engagement. A sonde electronics package is supported within the sonde interior and is at least configured to receive the pressure signal and transfer a corresponding pressure signal from the sonde.

Abstract: Embodiments of 3D memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a substrate, a memory stack, a channel structure, a channel local contact, a slit structure, and a staircase local contact. The memory stack includes interleaved conductive layers and dielectric layers above the substrate. The channel structure extends vertically through the memory stack. The channel local contact is above and in contact with the channel structure. The slit structure extends vertically through the memory stack. The staircase local contact is above and in contact with one of the conductive layers at a staircase structure on an edge of the memory stack. Upper ends of the channel local contact, the slit structure, and the staircase local contact are flush with one another.

Abstract: A piezoelectric actuator for a miniature fluid transportation device is provided and includes a piezoelectric actuating plate and a piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric actuating plate includes a suspension plate, an outer frame, and brackets. The suspension plate has a first thickness. The outer frame is arranged around the suspension plate and has a third thickness. Each of the brackets is connected between the suspension plate and the outer frame and has a fourth thickness. The third thickness is larger than the first thickness, and the first thickness is larger than the fourth thickness. The suspension plate, the outer frame and the brackets are constructed to form different stepped structures to minimize the thickness of the brackets, enhance the elasticity of the brackets. Thus, displacement of the suspension plate in the vertical direction is enhanced and the transportation efficiency of the miniature fluid transportation device is intensified.

Abstract: Devices for generating a delay output signal are disclosed. A device may include a first delay circuit and a second delay circuit coupled in series between a first node and a second node in a delay path for the device, and having a third node therebetween. The device may also include a third circuit coupled to the third node and configured to charge the third node responsive to detecting a signal has passed through the first node and the third node. Associated semiconductor devices and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus for content recommendation, an electronic device and a storage medium are disclosed. The method may include: for a user to be recommended, obtaining candidate contents to be recommended and at least one user feature tag for the user; determining a recommendation scheme according to the candidate contents and the at least one user feature tag, including respective proportions of different types of candidate contents in N pieces of recommended contents recommended to the user, the N pieces of recommended contents selected from the candidate contents according to the proportions, and an order of displaying the recommended contents in the N pieces of recommended contents, N is a positive integer greater than one and less than or equal to the number of candidate contents; and returning the recommended contents to the user according to the recommendation scheme.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for establishing an enterprise group and a corresponding apparatus. According to an example, an IM application server may determine, according to a received join-group request for adding a first user to an inside group, whether identity information of the first user matches attribute information of the inside group. If the identity information of the first user matches the attribute information of the inside group, the server may add the first user to the inside group, and send a first notification message to a client corresponding to the first user. If the identity information of the first user does not match the attribute information of the inside group, the server may create an inter-enterprise group including the first user and all members of the inside group, and send a second notification message to the client corresponding to the first user.

Abstract: A method assigns addresses from a master unit to a number of slave units. The slave units are connected to the master unit for the transmission of information. An address output of the master unit is connected to an address input of a first slave unit and the address output of an n-th slave unit is connected to the address input of an n+1-th slave unit. The slave units, when a first level is applied to their address input, set the level at their address output to the first level and change to the first, “non-addressed” state, in the event of a transition of the level at their address input from the first level to a second level, change to the “addressable” state, upon receiving an address from the master unit, check the received address for validity in the “addressable” state and, acknowledge the reception to the master unit.

Abstract: Example control channel resource indication methods, user equipment, and network devices are described. One example method includes sending a preamble signal sequence by a user equipment. The user equipment receives higher layer signaling corresponding to the preamble signal sequence. The higher layer signaling is indicated by downlink control information carried in a common search space. A time-frequency resource detected by the user equipment when determining a control channel includes the common search space and user equipment-dedicated search space. The user equipment determines frequency domain resource location information of the user equipment-dedicated search space based on the higher layer signaling. The frequency domain resource location information includes a quantity of frequency domain resource units occupied by the user equipment-dedicated search space in frequency domain and a location of the frequency domain resource unit.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for continuous acetylation of wood elements. The acetylation is conducted with an acetylation medium at a pressure of at least 1.5 barg in a substantially oxygen free environment. Alternatively, the method includes the steps of: (a) feeding wood elements in a substantially oxygen free environment to a continuous acetylation reactor, and (b) treating the wood elements with an acetylation medium in the continuous acetylation reactor under wood acetylation reaction conditions, at a pressure of at least 1.5 barg. The process can acetylate wood elements to a high acetyl content in an efficient way, without compromising on the quality of the material. The acetylated wood elements can be used in the production of medium density fibreboards with superior qualities such as dimensional stability and durability.

Abstract: The present application proposes a display panel, including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, wherein the display panel includes: a plurality of metal traces and a plurality of color resist blocks located in the display area; and a test key located in the non-display area, wherein the test key includes a plurality of color resist patterns and a plurality of metal patterns, each of the color resist patterns corresponds to a corresponding one of the color resist blocks, each of the metal patterns corresponds to one of the metal traces, and each of the color resist patterns is disposed correspondingly between adjacent ones of the metal patterns.

Abstract: A method for integrated circuit design with delay verification includes storing configuration files for a slew-rate Machine Learning (ML) model, a net-delay ML model and a cell-delay ML model. A user design is received, slew-rate feature values, net-delay feature values and cell-delay feature values are extracted from the user design, the configuration files are loaded to form inference cores, and operations of the slew-rate inference core are performed to calculate predicted slew-rate values that are sent to ML design tools. Operations of the net-delay inference core are performed to calculate predicted net-delay values that are sent to the ML design tools. Operations of the cell-delay inference core are performed to generate predicted cell-delay values that are sent to the ML design tools. The user design is iterated until a user design is obtained that is free of timing violations.

Abstract: A method includes receiving data pertaining to a user that uses a treatment apparatus to perform a treatment plan. The data includes characteristics of the user, the treatment plan, and a result of the treatment plan. The method includes assigning the user to a cohort representing people having similarities to the characteristics of the user. The method includes receiving second data pertaining to a second user, the second data comprises characteristics of the second user. The method includes determining whether at least some of the characteristics of the second user match with at least some of the characteristics of the user, assigning the second user to the first cohort, and selecting, via a trained machine learning model, the treatment plan for the second user, and controlling, based on the treatment plan, the treatment apparatus while the second user uses the treatment apparatus.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for synchronizing audio and video. The systems and methods may perform operations including: obtaining a data stream including a sequence of video frames and a sequence of audio samples; inputting the sequence of video frames into a video channel, the sequence of video frames being processed and outputted from the video channel; inputting, for processing, the sequence of audio samples into an audio channel, the audio channel including a data buffer configured to buffer processed audio samples, a volume threshold of the data buffer being determined according to a time for processing one or more successive video frames; determining that a data volume of audio samples buffered in the data buffer exceeds the volume threshold; and in response to a determination that the data volume of buffered audio samples exceeds the volume threshold, outputting the buffered audio samples from the audio channel.

Abstract: The invention provides a switch device including a shell, an operating member, a spring, a movable conductor, a first pin, a second pin, two resistors, and two connecting conductors. The operating member is partially exposed out of the shell, and the movable conductor is displaced when the operating member is operated. One side of the shell is provided with the first pin and the spring, another side is provided with the second pin. The resistors are connected with the second pin and have different resistance values. The connecting conductors are arranged between the two pins. The first pin contacts with the movable conductor. The connecting conductors without disposal of any crossover part therebetween and respectively connected with the resistors. The connecting conductors are arranged at intervals along a displacement path of the movable conductor which contacted one connecting conductor before and after displacement and forming two conductive paths.

Abstract: A hierarchy is a multi-level linked structure of nodes, wherein the hierarchy represents data relating to a set of one or more items to be processed. Where there are multiple input hierarchies, it may improve the efficiency of the processing of the items to merge the input hierarchies to form a merged hierarchy. The hierarchies are merged by identifying two or more sub-hierarchies within the input hierarchies which are to be merged, and determining one or more nodes of the merged hierarchy which reference nodes of the identified sub-hierarchies. The determined nodes of the merged hierarchy are stored and indications of the references between the determined nodes of the merged hierarchy and the referenced nodes of the identified sub-hierarchies are also stored. In this way, the merged hierarchy is formed for use in processing the items.

Abstract: An article storage device includes a first conveying line, a second conveying line, and a temporary storage passage, wherein the first conveying line and the second conveying line ascend spirally around the temporary storage passage to form a double spiral structure, and two ends of the temporary storage passage respectively are in communication with the first conveying line and the second conveying line, the first conveying line conveys the article to the temporary storage passage, the temporary storage passage receives the article from the first conveying line and conveys the article to the second conveying line, and the second conveying line receives the article from the temporary storage passage and conveys the article.

Abstract: This application discloses a method for repeated transmission and a terminal device. The method implemented by a terminal device includes: determining a transmission time unit used in the first transmission of to-be-transmitted data; determining, by the terminal device based on the determined transmission time unit and a parameter Q, a hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ process used to transmit the to-be-transmitted data, where Q is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and when repeated transmission of the to-be-transmitted data is not terminated before the first specific transmission time unit, performing, starting from the determined transmission unit, one transmission of the to-be-transmitted data in each transmission time unit by using the HARQ process until the last transmission of the to-be-transmitted data is performed in the first specific transmission time unit, where a period of the specific transmission time unit in a time domain resource is Q transmission time units.

Abstract: A charged particle beam inspection apparatus includes a movable stage, configured to hold a substrate placed on the movable stage; a stage control circuit, configured to continuously move the movable stage in a direction opposite to a first direction; a deflection control circuit, configured to control a deflector to collectively deflect multiple beams to an N×N? small region group including N small regions, the collective deflection includes performing tracking deflection of the multiple beams and collectively deflecting the multiple beams to a new group of N×N? small regions and sequentially perform a first and a second step, a detector configured to detect secondary electrons emitted from the substrate due to irradiation of the substrate with the multiple beams, and combinations of a value of N and a value of M are set such that the greatest common divisor of the value of N and the value of M is 1.