Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for filling a blank area of MPI view plane based on a pixel ray path. A method for generating multi plane image (MPI) data according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: calculating a pixel value according to each view for each photographed object, based on a plurality of input images photographed from a plurality of views; generating a view plane at a specific point by recording the calculated pixel value on one MPI layer determined based on the spatial position of the corresponding photographed object among a plurality of MPI layers; and generating MPI data by additionally recording the pixel value for the view.

Abstract: A method for scene synthesis from human motion is described. The method includes computing three-dimensional (3D) human pose trajectories of human motion in a scene. The method also includes generating contact labels of unseen objects in the scene based on the computing of the 3D human pose trajectories. The method further includes estimating contact points between human body vertices of the 3D human pose trajectories and the contact labels of the unseen objects that are in contact with the human body vertices. The method also includes predicting object placements of the unseen objects in the scene based on the estimated contact points.

Abstract: A split-type multifunctional underwater arc welding power supply, comprising: including a shore power supply module and an underwater power supply module is provided. The shore power supply module comprises a shore power supply main circuit unit and a shore power supply control unit. The shore power supply main circuit unit comprises an input filter circuit, an IGBT full-bridge inverter circuit, an intermediate frequency transformer, and an output rectification filter circuit. The underwater power supply module comprises an underwater power supply main circuit unit and an underwater power supply control unit. The shore power supply module is provided on the shore, and the underwater power supply module is carried underwater.

Abstract: The present application relates to the field of cell immunity, and discloses an interacting protein screening platform for preparing a cell membrane. A cell membrane protein and a membrane protein encoding gene to be tested are respectively expressed in different cells; after staining, cells expressing different membrane proteins and cells expressing target proteins are co-incubated; and then interacting membrane proteins are obtained by screening, and specific sequences thereof are determined by sequencing. The screening platform provided in the present application can screen a variety of cell membrane proteins and membrane protein-based engineering cells, and has strong specificity, thereby greatly improving the efficiency of screening interacting proteins and reducing the difficulty, providing a simple and convenient tool for studying the mechanism of action of cell membrane proteins, and improving the screening throughput.

Abstract: An operation method of a relay node may include: receiving, from a first communication node, first data composed of n bits; receiving, from a second communication node, second data composed of m bits; in response to determining that n is greater than m, generating first T-data of m bits excluding (n-m) bits from the n-bits of the first data and first R-data of (n-m) bits; generating third data by performing a network coding operation on the first T-data and the second data; transmitting the third data to the first communication node; and transmitting the third data and the first R-data to the second communication node.

Abstract: Emulsion-based and micromolded (“MM”) or three dimensional printed (“3DP”) polymeric formulations for single injection of antigen, preferably releasing at two or more time periods, have been developed. Formulations are preferably formed of biocompatible, biodegradable polymers. Discrete regions encapsulating antigen, alone or in combination with other antigens, adjuvants, stabilizers, and release modifiers, are present in the formulations. Antigen is preferably present in excipient at the time of administration, or on the surface of the formulation, for immediate release, and incorporated within the formulation for release at ten to 45 days after initial release of antigen, optionally at ten to 90 day intervals for release of antigen in one or more additional time periods. Antigen may be stabilized through the use of stabilizing agents such as trehalose glass. In a preferred embodiment for immunization against polio, antigen is released at the time of administration, and two, four and six months thereafter.

Abstract: Disclosed are a target speaker separation system, an electronic device and a storage medium. The system includes: first, performing, jointly unified modeling on a plurality of cues based a masked pre-training strategy, to boost the inference capability of a model for missing cues and enhance the representation accuracy of disturbed cues; and second, constructing a hierarchical cue modulation module. A spatial cue is introduced into a primary cue modulation module for directional enhancement of a speech of a speaker; in an intermediate cue modulation module, the speech of the speaker is enhanced on the basis of temporal coherence of a dynamic cue and an auditory signal component; a steady-state cue is introduced into an advanced cue modulation module for selective filtering; and finally, the supervised learning capability of simulation data and the unsupervised learning effect of real mixed data are sufficiently utilized.

Abstract: A superconducting cable (1) includes a superconducting cable core (2) and a corrugated pipe (21) storing the superconducting cable core (2). The superconducting cable core (2) has a corrugated pipe (11), a superconductor (12) provided on the outer peripheral side of the corrugated pipe (11), and a heat insulating pipe (23) stored in the corrugated pipe (11) and having a smooth inner peripheral surface. A coolant flows through a flow passage (FP1) formed in the heat insulating pipe (23) and then flows through a flow passage (FP2) formed between an outer peripheral surface of the corrugated pipe (11) and an inner peripheral surface of the corrugated pipe (21).

Abstract: Provided are a device for hydrogen production from water photolysis and a method therefor, which belongs to the field of photocatalytic solar hydrogen production. The device for hydrogen production from water photolysis comprises: a catalytic reaction unit for water photolysis comprising a light-transmitting surface, and a light condenser component with a light-concentrating surface facing the light-transmitting surface of the catalytic reaction unit for water photolysis; the light condenser component comprises a solar concentrating cone and a reflector for reflecting and concentrating sunlight into the solar concentrating cone.

Abstract: An automatic fluid replacement device is adapted to be mounted on an opening of a storage barrel. The automatic fluid replacement device includes a robotic arm, at least one fluid convey joint and a controller. The robotic arm has a gripper. The fluid convey joint includes a convey pipe, a sleeve and a sealing bag. The convey pipe is configured to deliver a fluid. The sleeve is sleeved on the convey pipe. The gripper clamps the sleeve. The sealing bag is sleeved on the sleeve. The controller is configured for automatically controlling the robotic arm to move the fluid convey joint into the opening and controlling the sealing bag to be inflated to seal the opening.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for partially regenerating a catalyst for methanol and/or dimethyl ether-to-olefin. The method comprises: introducing a mixed gas into a regenerated region containing a catalyst to be regenerated, and subjecting same to a partial regeneration reaction to obtain a regenerated catalyst, wherein the mixed gas contains water vapor and air; and in the regenerated catalyst, the coke content of at least part of the regenerated catalyst is greater than 1%. The method utilizes the coupling of a mixed gas of water vapor and air to activate a deactivated catalyst, selectively eliminate part of a coke deposit in the catalyst to be regenerated, and obtain a partially regenerated catalyst for methanol-to-olefin. Another aspect of the present invention is that further provided is a method for methanol and/or dimethyl ether-to-olefin by using the partially regenerated catalyst for methanol-to-olefin regenerated by means of the method.

Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The terminal includes a transceiver, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive an Aggregate-MAC Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU) from an originator using the transceiver, and when receiving all MPDUs included in the A-MPDU, transmit to the originator a block ACK (BA) frame signaling that all MPDUs included in the A-MPDU are received without a bitmap indicating whether each MPDU included in the A-MPDU is received.

Abstract: The invention provides an artificially synthesized single sphingosine lipid and use of delivering a nucleic acid thereof.

Abstract: An integrated method for clearance, collection and capture of internal pollutants and algae at the bottom of a lake include the following steps: selecting areas where the pollution level is high, and organic or inorganic particulate matter is prone to accumulation and carrying out trenching operations at the bottom of the lake to form a plurality of traps; and removing the sludge and algae inside the traps and clearing the sediment inside the traps, for subsequent internal pollution control when the surface-layer sludge on both sides of the traps almost fills up the traps. This method makes use of the hydrodynamic disturbances of waves formed by natural wind energy and lake currents to continuously transport sludge with a high pollution level and a small specific gravity and algae in the surface layer of the lake bottom, which are rich in organic debris, to artificially built traps.

Abstract: A heat pump system, a heat management method and a vehicle are provided. The heat pump system includes an integrated heat exchanger integrated with a superconducting liquid flow passage and a refrigerant flow passage. The refrigerant flow passage is provided inside an on-board refrigerant circulation loop and is used for cooling and/or heating to adjust the temperature within a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The superconducting liquid flow passage is in communication with a motor heat dissipating conduit, for absorbing the heat generated by an on board motor and transferring the heat to the integrated heat exchanger by means of phase change heat transfer. The heat pump system can increase the energy utilization rate for the vehicle and reduce the allowable ambient temperature of the heat pump system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound, a salt thereof, or a prodrug thereof as a compound effective for preventing and/or treating fibrosis, the compound being represented by formula (1) (wherein A is an optionally substituted benzene ring; B is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; Y is a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom, of Y is a single or double bond when Y is a carbon atom, or of Y is a single bond when Y is a nitrogen atom; each R1 independently represents lower alkyl, or two R1s may be bound to each other to form a spiro ring or a crosslinked structure, or two R1s may be bound to each other to form a saturated fused heterocycle together with nitrogen and carbon atoms constituting a ring containing Y; p is 0, 1, or 2; or (R1)p is oxo).

Abstract: Disclosed is a method by which a terminal transmits a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to a base station in a wireless communication system. The terminal can receive, from the base station, configuration information for allocating a resource for transmitting a transport block (TB) through the PUSCH, and map the TB to a plurality of slots constituting the resource on the basis of the configuration information. Thereafter, the terminal can transmit the TB on the plurality of slots through the PUSCH.

Abstract: A biological culture unit comprises a chamber body and a valve plate. The chamber body has defined therein a growth chamber and an aliquot chamber. The valve plate is disposed on the top surface of the chamber body and is movable to define selectable configurations of the biological culture unit for: (1) loading the growth chamber; (3) transferring an aliquot from the growth chamber to the aliquot chamber via a path defined within the biological culture unit in the transfer position; and (4) extracting the aliquot from the aliquot chamber. The selectable positions may further include (2) a growth position, and (5) a termination position for putting a termination agent into the growth and aliquot chambers. The valve plate may further include a neutralizer port that is aligned with the aliquot chamber in the loading position, for loading a neutralizing agent into the aliquot chamber.

Abstract: A system for automatically placing virtual advertisements in sports videos, which includes a shot detection module, background extraction module, a calibration module and an asset placement module. The shot detection module detects the target shot of a sports video via a first trained model. The background extraction module performs a background extraction to extract the background of the first frame of the target shot to obtain a first background mask. The calibration module performs a camera calibration to detect a first transformation relation, between the first frame and a sport field template, via a second trained model. The asset placement module transforms an advertisement asset according to the first transformation relation to obtain a first transformed asset, and execute an asset placement to place the first transformed asset onto the first frame according to the first background mask to obtain a first image frame with placed advertisement.

Abstract: A suction assembly, toothbrush, and method are provided that suction fluids and debris resulting from brushing. The suction assembly includes a housing configured to couple to the toothbrush so that a portion extends around sides and a back of the toothbrush head and is spaced from the toothbrush head by a gap. The suction assembly further includes a vacuum pump, a collection reservoir, and one or more conduits that couple the vacuum pump, suction head portion, and collection reservoir to apply a suction around the toothbrush head through the gap and deposit suctioned material in the collection reservoir.