Abstract: In an aspect, a method for making a metal-containing material comprises steps of: forming a metal-containing hydrogel from an aqueous precursor mixture using a photopolymerization; wherein the aqueous precursor mixture comprises water, one or more aqueous photosensitive binders, and one or more aqueous metal salts; and thermally treating the metal-containing hydrogel to form the metal-containing material; wherein the metal-containing hydrogel is exposed to a thermal-treatment atmosphere during the step of thermally treating; wherein a composition of the metal-containing material is at least partially determined by a composition of the thermal-treatment atmosphere during the thermally treating step.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses a selector and a preparation method thereof. The selector includes: a substrate 1; an alternating layer 2 provided on the substrate 1, the alternating layer 2 being alternately formed by a bottom electrode layer 21 and an insulating layer 22; the alternating layer 2 is provided with a U-shaped groove; a selective layer 3 and a dielectric layer 4 being sequentially deposited in a direction from an inner wall of the U-shaped groove to a center of the U-shaped groove; and a top electrode layer 5 is filled in a concave space defined by the dielectric layer 4. The selector and the preparation method according to one or more embodiments of the disclosure can address the technical problem of high leakage current of the selector in existing technology and provide a selector with low leakage current.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method includes deriving an intra prediction value by performing intra prediction with respect to a current block, deriving an inter prediction value by performing inter prediction with respect to the current block, deriving a combined inter intra prediction (CIIP) value by weighting the intra prediction value and the inter prediction value, and generating a reconstructed block of the current block using the CIIP value. The intra prediction is performed in a Planar mode.

Abstract: This electrode comprises: an electrode component containing a columnar structure; and a porous collector layer that is prepared on the electrode component. The columnar structure comprises a multiple columnar sections, the lateral surfaces of which are at least partially in contact with each other. Each columnar part section is provided with a multilayer part wherein different inorganic compound layers are stacked. In addition, the columnar structure comprises two or more adjacent columnar sections, which are different from each other in the stacking direction of the multilayer part. For example, each columnar section has a width of 10 nm to 100 nm, and each inorganic compound layer has a thickness of 1 nm to 10 nm.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. An image decoding method includes decoding a subblock merge mode indicator of a current block, decoding a regular merge mode indicator of the current block, if the subblock merge mode indicator does not indicate a subblock merge mode, and decoding subblock merge mode information of the current block, if the subblock merge mode indicator indicates a subblock merge mode.

Abstract: Barocaloric heat transfer systems and related methods are generally described. In some embodiments, a heat transfer system may include a barocaloric material which may generate heat upon compression and may cool down upon decompression. The barocaloric material may be pressurized using high pressure and low pressure fluids, which may, in some embodiments, also transfer heat to/from the barocaloric material. The heat transfer system may also include a hot heat exchanger to dissipate heat from the heat transfer system to a first environment and a cold heat exchanger to absorb heat from a second environment, effectively cooling the second environment. In some embodiments, the barocaloric material may be in particulate form.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a device and a method for preparing a high-density aligned carbon nanotube film. The device includes a container main body, a buffer partition plate and a solvent lead-out part. The buffer partition plate is located at a lower part of the container main body. The solvent lead-out part communicates with an interior of the container main body through a through hole in a side wall of the container main body and extends to an outside of the container main body. The method includes injecting a carbon nanotube solution into a container; immersing a substrate in the carbon nanotube solution; injecting a sealing liquid that is immiscible with the carbon nanotube solution along the substrate or the side wall of the container main body; and leading the solvent out or pulling the substrate such that the liquid surface of the substrate undergoes relative motion.

Abstract: Proposed is an anti-vibration mount using combination of multiple springs in which a main spring is provided between an upper frame and a lower frame to reduce vibration, and an auxiliary spring is provided at each of the side portions of the upper frame such that the direction and magnitude of a force applied by the auxiliary spring change according to the compressed degree of the main spring, so the effect of an air spring is realized only with the combination of the main and auxiliary springs which are coil springs. The anti-vibration mount includes: the upper frame allowing an object to be installed thereon; the lower frame provided under the upper frame by being spaced apart therefrom; the main spring provided between the upper frame and the lower frame; and the auxiliary spring elastically supporting each of opposite sides of the upper frame and the lower frame.

Abstract: Described herein are compounds comprising a biologically active organic core group with one to five —Z—(X1—S(O)(X2)F)m groups attached thereto, wherein Z is O, NR, or N; X1 is a covalent bond or CH2CH2; m can be 1 or 2 depending on the identity of Z; and X2 is O or NR. In some embodiments, the core group is an amino acid or a protein. In some embodiments the core group is a compound that has therapeutic activity toward a therapeutic target.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which is expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.

Abstract: Systems and methods to determine the value of scientific expertise in large scale experimentation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a cost of performing a controlled experiment to test a plurality of interventions associated with a metric of interest, receiving a distribution of expected effect sizes associated with the interventions, receiving a level of expertise associated with the metric of interest, generating sample data for a plurality of simulated trials of the experiment, generating a sample ordering of the plurality of interventions for each of the plurality of simulated trials, simulating a plurality of trials of the experiment using the sample data and the sample orderings of the interventions, and determining a first value indicating an amount that the metric of interest will be improved from hiring an expert compared to not hiring an expert based on the results of simulating the plurality of trials.

Abstract: Provided is a method for transmitting paging information in a cellular system. An object of the method is transmitting paging information which can improve applicability of a limited radio resource by variably and flexibly setting up and mapping a transport channel and a physical channel in order to transmit information notifying start of downlink information from a base station to a terminal in a cellular system for packet transmission. The method includes the steps of: forming a paging channel (PCH) in a transport channel corresponding to generation of paging information; setting a paging indication channel (PICH) based on the paging information and forming the paging indication channel in a radio resource of a physical layer; and allocating the paging channel to the radio resource of the physical layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method, an apparatus, and a storage medium for image encoding/decoding using geometric partitioning. A target block may be geometrically partitioned, and multiple partitioned regions may be generated from geometric partitioning. Each partitioned region may have a non-square and a non-rectangular shape. Different prediction schemes may be applied to different partitioned regions. The different prediction schemes for multiple partitioned regions may be signaled as explicit information, and may be derived using information about a coding parameter for the target block or the like.

Abstract: A heat dissipation system for a high-speed train running in a low-vacuum tube is provided. Component groups that provide power and resistance for the movement and stop of a train are provided at a periphery, close to the train, in a low-vacuum tube. The component group is provided with a group A cooling assembly. The group A cooling assembly includes a group A cooling-type heat exchanger and/or a group A nozzle assembly attached to the back of the component group. Since the friction between the train running at high speed and the air in the low-vacuum tube and the operation of the key equipment in the low-vacuum tube will generate a lot of heat, the group A cooling assembly in the component group in the low-vacuum tube exchanges the heat with the air in the low-vacuum tube.

Abstract: A method for generating and outputting a prompt for performing a task in a designated time segment is provided. The method includes obtaining, from a plurality of sensors, context data associated of the user related to time segments, categorizing each of the time segments into one of a plurality of thought states based on the context data, mapping a task from a task dataset associated with the user into one of the plurality of thought states, and generating a prompt for performing the task during a designated time segment of the time segments, the designated time segment corresponding to the one of the plurality of thought states to which the task is mapped.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a peanut whole-process production line and a method. The peanut whole-process production line includes a peanut cleaning system, a shell breaking system, a skin removing system, a peanut kernel classification system, an ultra-fine pulverization system and a classification packaging system; a first procedure is cleaning and impurity removal of peanuts, breaking of peanut shells is performed after the cleaning and impurity removal of peanuts, removal of peanut kernel skins and ultra-fine pulverization of the peanut shells are respectively performed after the breaking of peanut shells, classification of peanut kernels is performed after the removal of peanut kernel skins, and classification packaging of ultra-fine peanut shell powder is performed after the ultra-fine pulverization of the peanut shells; whole-process processing of peanuts is completed by using the peanut whole-process production line, and peanut resources are fully utilized.

Abstract: A real-time acoustic simulation method based on artificial intelligence according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes acquiring medical image data of a target area to be treated; determining ultrasound parameters related to the output of an ultrasonic transducer based on the medical image data; inputting the ultrasound parameters to a numerical model to generate a numerical model based acoustic simulation image for a specific position of the ultrasonic transducer; training an artificial intelligence model using the medical image data and the numerical model based acoustic simulation image; generating an artificial intelligence model based acoustic simulation image for an arbitrary position of the ultrasonic transducer using the trained artificial intelligence model; and outputting a real-time acoustic simulation image with a position change of the ultrasonic transducer.

Abstract: Provided is an impact motion recognition system for screen-based multi-sport coaching.

Abstract: A high-efficiency Zea mays L. breeding method based on individual plant evaluation and genome-wide selection (GWS) includes: S1. in a first cropping season, pollinating a Zea mays L. female parent with multiple male parents; S2. in a second cropping season, subjecting hybrid seeds to single-seed sowing, conducting individual plant selection, and evaluating target traits; S3. identifying a parent of a selected cross combination; S4. subjecting a target trait of a cross combination to genome-wide prediction; S5. selecting an excellent cross combination according to a predicted target trait; and S6. subjecting the selected excellent cross combination directly to variety registration or to further evaluation. The high-efficiency Zea mays L. breeding method provided by the present disclosure greatly reduces a quantity of cross combination seeds obtained in the first cropping season and a planting scale of the cross combinations in the second cropping season, and effectively reduces the breeding cost.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods that enable enhanced monitoring and improvement of heterologous ribosome activity within a host cell. Specifically, the instant disclosure provides a reporter system that allows for improved monitoring of heterologous ribosome activity in a host cell, via engineering of both heterologous rRNA operon sequences and reporter operon sequences. New transgenic organisms harboring heterologous ribosome operons are also provided, as are methods for identifying agents capable of targeting heterologous ribosomes (e.g., ribosomes of pathogenic organisms, optionally selectively as compared to ribosomes of, e.g., commensal organisms) within a host cell.