Abstract: A water pipe has a housing into which a container to be filled with a liquid medium and having at least one suction connection and a heating chamber connected with this serving as receptacle for a smoke medium and having an air inlet are integrated. The heating chamber has a receptacle for a capsule serving for the provision of a smoke medium.

Abstract: This application provides a discharge method and discharge apparatus for battery, able to improve the discharge capability of batteries in low-temperature environments. The discharge method includes: obtaining a temperature of a battery; and determining, when the temperature of the battery is lower than a preset temperature threshold, to discharge the battery based on a first discharge current until the battery meets a preset condition, and then determining to discharge the battery based on a second discharge current, where the first discharge current is used for heating the battery during discharging, and the first discharge current is greater than the second discharge current.

Abstract: A process for preparing synthetic hydrocarbons from a biomass feedstock is provided. The process involves electrolysis of steam and/or CO2, optionally along with a refinery gas in a high temperature co-electrolyzer (HTCE) to produce oxygen and hydrogen and/or enhanced hydrogen rich syngas. The oxygen generated via the electrolysis process is used for partial oxidation of a biomass feedstock in a gasifier to generate a hydrogen lean syngas. The hydrogen lean syngas is mixed with at least a portion of the hydrogen and/or enhanced hydrogen rich syngas generated via the high temperature electrolysis/co-electrolysis to formulate a hydrogen rich syngas. The hydrogen rich syngas is then reacted in a Fischer Tropsch (FT) reactor to produce synthetic hydrocarbons and refinery gas.

Abstract: A polarizer includes a first polarization layer group. The first polarization layer group includes a first light-transmitting layer and a second light-transmitting layer. The first light-transmitting layer has a first X-direction refractive index and a first Y-direction refractive index. The second light-transmitting layer is superimposed on a top surface of the first light-transmitting layer. The second light-transmitting layer has a second X-direction refractive index and a second Y-direction refractive index. The first Y-direction refractive index is different from the second Y-direction refractive index, and the first X-direction refractive index is essentially the same as the second X-direction refractive index. The second light-transmitting layer has a first light-transmitting medium and a second light-transmitting medium arranged transversely, and a third refractive index of the first light-transmitting medium is different from a fourth refractive index of the second light-transmitting medium.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide an inter-UE coordination apparatus and method, the method including: transmitting sidelink control information and sidelink data information by a terminal equipment, the sidelink control information indicating a reserved resource; performing preemption detection on the reserved resource; and determining whether to receive coordination information used to indicate that a conflict occurs in the reserved resource, and/or determining whether to perform resource reselection based on the received coordination information, according to whether the reserved resource is preempted. Hence, unnecessary resource reselection may be avoided, probabilities of occurrence of conflicts may be reduced, and transmission reliabilities may be improved.

Abstract: The present application provides a sampling device, a battery and a power consuming apparatus. The sampling device includes a sampling circuit board. The sampling circuit board has a first sampling wire and a second sampling wire. The first sampling wire and the second sampling wire are configured to acquire different working parameters of a battery module. A continuous or discontinuous protective layer is provided on a surface of at least one of the first sampling wire and the second sampling wire, and the first sampling wire and the second sampling wire are both connected to a signal output portion provided on the sampling circuit board. In the present application, the way of surface treatment for the entire sampling line is not limited by the structure of a connection portion, thereby avoiding the problem of an increased complexity of a treatment process due to the structural limitation of the connection portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a PDE V inhibitor and one or more pharmaceutical excipients or additives wherein the pharmaceutical compositions are in the form of liquid pharmaceutical compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions of the present disclosure are useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions which are treatable by administration of PDE V inhibitor drug such as pulmonary arterial hypertension, erectile dysfunction, etc.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods for immunomodulation of immunosuppressive tumor cell microenvironment and prevention of tumor microbiome effects through multiple pathways with DNase enzyme therapy. Methods for immunomodulation of immunosuppressive tumor cell microenvironment comprising administering an effective amount of deoxyribonuclease (DNase) enzyme, either alone or in combination with other immunomodulating agent.

Abstract: A route deciding method, system, and device, and a medium. The method comprises: dividing the drivable road between the current position of a driverless vehicle and a destination into a plurality of waypoints; determining a target waypoint from among the waypoints between the current position of the driverless vehicle and the destination, and calculating the global cost from the target waypoint to the destination so as to obtain the waypoint value of the target waypoint; iteratively calculating the waypoint values of the waypoints between the target waypoint and the current position of the driverless vehicle according to the waypoint value of the target waypoint; and determining in real time the action at the current position according to the waypoint value of the next waypoint corresponding to the current position of the driverless vehicle so as to obtain the current route decision result on driving to the destination.

Abstract: A battery and an electric device are provided. The battery includes a first box portion, a second box portion, a battery cell, and an insulating liquid. The first box portion and the second box portion fit together to define an accommodating space. The battery cell is accommodated in the accommodating space. The battery cell is provided with an electrode terminal and a pressure relief mechanism. The electrode terminal is closer to the first box portion relative to the pressure relief mechanism. The pressure relief mechanism is configured to be actuated when an internal pressure or temperature of the battery cell reaches a threshold, to release the internal pressure or high-temperature gas. The insulating liquid is provided in the accommodating space and immerses the pressure relief mechanism. When the insulating liquid is provided in the accommodating space, the first box portion is located above the second box portion.

Abstract: A negative electrode plate, an electrode assembly, a battery cell, a battery, and an electrical device are disclosed. The negative electrode plate includes: a negative current collector and a negative active material layer disposed on the negative current collector. A plurality of pore channels are disposed in the negative active material layer. The technical solution of this application reduces lithium plating on a surface of the negative electrode plate, and reduces the possibility of lithium dendrites growing and piercing the separator, thereby enhancing reliability of the battery.

Abstract: A video quality assessment method and apparatus including playing an online video stream, obtaining a time-domain feature of a corresponding unit of duration based on video playback fluency detected within at least one unit of duration in a process of playing the online video stream, extracting video frames from the online video stream, separately extracting a spatial-domain feature from each extracted video frame, obtaining a time-domain feature vector based on the time-domain feature of the unit of duration, obtaining a spatial-domain feature vector based on a corresponding spatial-domain feature of each video frame, performing feature fusion processing on the spatial-domain feature vector and the time-domain feature vector to obtain a fusion feature vector, and determining a video quality assessment value of the online video stream based on the fusion feature vector.

Abstract: The present application provides a sealing member, a battery, and an electrical apparatus. The sealing member includes a main body and a securing structure disposed on the main body. The securing structure is connected to a positioning structure on a member to be sealed to secure the sealing member on the member to be sealed. A surface of the securing structure facing the member to be sealed is provided with a recess, and the recess is recessed in a direction away from the positioning structure to prevent the sealing member from being fitted reversely. The sealing member provided by the present application can prevent the sealing member from being fitted reversely.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide a beam failure processing method and apparatus, an information transmitting method and apparatus. The processing apparatus includes: receive configuration information transmitted by a network device, the configuration information configuring TRP-specific beam failure detection (BFD) and/or TRP-specific beam failure recovery (BFR) related to at least two transmission/reception points (TRPs) for the terminal equipment; and a first processing unit configured to, when a beam failure is detected or beam failure recovery is triggered on the at least two TRPs and the at least two TRPs are associated with the same cell, or when a beam failure is detected or beam failure recovery is triggered on a designated TRP, trigger BFR of a cell or not to trigger BFR of a cell or initiate a random access procedure.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes processor circuitry configured to control to perform data communication when communication is implemented with another wireless communication apparatus, the data communication selectively using a multiple-cell group, the multiple-cell group being selected when communication with the other wireless communication apparatus in a non-communication mode is established and being able to perform data communication allowed even in the non-communication mode.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides an optical imaging device including a first detecting unit. The first detecting unit includes a plurality of first pixels, a first opaque layer and at least one first micro-lens. The plurality of first pixels respectively has a plurality of first optoelectronic elements. The first opaque layer has at least one opening and is disposed over the plurality of first optoelectronic elements. The at least one first micro-lens is disposed over the first opaque layer, and overlaps at least one of the plurality of first pixels.

Abstract: An image recognition method includes obtaining an image to be segmented. The image includes a plurality of extremum points. Image feature information is generated according to the image and includes N image matrices and a heat map. The heat map is generated according to the plurality of extremum points. An image segmentation region is determined corresponding to the image feature information through an image segmentation model. The image segmentation model includes N matrix input channels and a heat map input channel, the N matrix input channels have a one-to-one correspondence with the N image matrices, and the heat map input channel have a correspondence with the heat map. The method also includes generating an image recognition result of the image according to the image segmentation region.

Abstract: A joint piece and jointing system using that joint piece are described. The invention is of particular value in making furniture which can be easily assembled and where the joints formed by joint pieces are visible only on the exterior of right-angled corners on one side of the exterior corner. Each joint piece (7) consists of a base having a protruding collar with a head. The base is circular or polygonal and fits into a recess made on one side of one of the panels (5) to be joined. Once fitted, the protruding collar and head fit into keyhole-shaped slots formed on the adjacent panel (6). An advantage of this jointing system is that the panels (5, 6) to be joined may all be produced by CNC milling from one side of a large original sheet of material, e.g. of wood or high density fibreboard.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-digestible prebiotic oligosaccharide modified so as to incorporate one or more monosaccharide units thereon and have a higher sweetness value than the unmodified oligosaccharide. Uses and methods of producing the non-digestible prebiotic oligosaccharides are also described.

Abstract: An optical device includes a thin film Lithium Niobate (LN) layer, a first optical waveguide, and a second optical waveguide. The thin film LN layer is an X-cut or a Y-cut LN layer. The first optical waveguide is an optical waveguide that is formed on the thin film LN layer along a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a Z direction of a crystal axis of the thin film LN layer. The second optical waveguide is an optical waveguide that is routed and connected to the first optical waveguide. At least a part of a core of the first optical waveguide is made thicker than a core of the second optical waveguide.