Abstract: The invention provides a composite particle material for selective laser sintering (SLS), which is composed of an inorganic powder coated with a binder. The composite particulate material is formed by mixing the inorganic powder and the binder to have the binder directly coated on the outer surface of the inorganic powder. In addition, the inorganic powder to be coated by the binder is preferably using a powder having a smaller particle size and a larger particle size distribution, and thereby the production cost can be greatly reduced. Further, since the outer surface of the inorganic powder is coated with the binder, there are no problems such as causing oxidation of the inorganic powder and so on. Furthermore, manufacturing the composite particle material can be easily carried out in a general ambient or an atmospheric environment, and the powder material after use is recyclable.

Abstract: A protective mask for filtering out and effectively killing harmful organisms includes a transparent or translucent covering for the wearer's mouth. One or more resilient straps hold the covering over the wearer's mouth. Two modules, one at each edge of the covering, are located behind the edge of the eye sockets to reduce the moment of inertia when the wearer turns her head or moves her head up or down. Each module contains two UVC LEDs injecting light into a reflective chamber. A flow rate sensor in the chamber detects a flow rate of inhaled and exhaled air, and a controller supplies current to the LEDs generally proportional to the air flow. To remove heat from the LEDs, the LEDs are thermally coupled to heat sinks, a thermally conductive body of the modules, a thermally conductive grill, a thermally conductive receptacle for the modules, and thermally conductive straps.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for generating a semantic representation model, and a storage medium. The detailed implementation includes: performing recognition and segmentation on the original text included in an original text set to obtain knowledge units and non-knowledge units in the original text; performing knowledge unit-level disorder processing on the knowledge units and the non-knowledge units in the original text to obtain a disorder text; generating a training text set based on the character attribute of each character in the disorder text; and training an initial semantic representation model by employing the training text set to generate the semantic representation model.

Abstract: A nano spintronic device for using the spin current of a ferromagnetic material and the spin current of a heavy metal channel. The device includes a lower channel layer, a free layer, a pinned layer, an insulating film layer, and an upper channel layer. When current flows upon application of power, electrons are divided into +y-polarized spins and ?y-polarized spins in the lower channel layer, thereby generating torque in the free layer. The torque switches the magnetization direction of the free layer to an +y-axis direction or an ?y-axis direction so that the free layer stores magnetization information according to the magnetization direction. When current flows in the upper channel layer, the current flows into the pinned layer so that electrons in the pinned layer are divided into +y-polarized spins and ?y-polarized spins. The insulating layer insulates the free layer and the pinned layer from each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable robot for assisting a wrist, including: a plurality of flexible actuators; and a control unit configured to control any one of the plurality of flexible actuators to be contracted or relaxed according to a wrist movement of a wearer. Each of the plurality of flexible actuators includes: a driving part which is contractively deformed by a current or transfer heat applied from the control unit or is relaxed when the heat is lost, and a refrigerant circulating part which is implemented to surround the driving part and circulates a refrigerant so that the contractively deformed driving part is cooled under control of the control unit.

Abstract: The invention discloses a blockchain-based intrusion detection system for railway signal, which is built on a blockchain's distributed chain structure, without a central, trusted control center. This design mitigates the vulnerabilities associated with centralized intrusion detection centers. Additionally, by utilizing a blockchain-based distributed structure, it also eliminates the risk of a single point of failure for the intrusion detection center. Moreover, the data within the blockchain-based intrusion detection system is highly resistant to malicious tampering. This is achieved by leveraging the consensus mechanism inherent in the blockchain, which can achieve consensus among intrusion detection nodes. The current invention solves the internal evil attacks and avoid the inability to reach consensus between nodes due to internal evil, thereby affecting the intrusion detection performance; at the same time, the intrusion detection model can resist external network attacks.

Abstract: A forceps unit and a forceps apparatus are provided. The forceps unit according to an aspect of the present disclosure may comprise a base portion connected to a motor; a grasping portion disposed in front of the base portion and grasping a surgical instrument; a connecting portion connecting the base portion and the grasping portion; and a plurality of optical fibers, wherein some of the plurality of optical fibers are fixed to the grasping portion and others of the plurality of optical fibers are fixed to the base portion, wherein the plurality of optical fibers may include a first optical fiber disposed in a central region of the grasping portion and second to fifth optical fibers radially disposed with respect to the first optical fiber, and the first optical fiber may protrude further forward than the second to fifth optical fibers.

Abstract: An ultrasonic image quality quantitative evaluation method includes segmenting a focus area aiming at a target ultrasonic image to extract a region of interest and perform a masking operation to acquire an image segmentation result mask; taking the image segmentation result mask as a reference image, and quantitatively comparing the reference image with a corresponding focus area according to a set evaluation standard to acquire a plurality of evaluation result indexes; and inputting the plurality of evaluation result indexes as an image feature into a classifier to acquire a quality quantification result of the focus area of the target ultrasonic image, where the classifier takes the plurality of evaluation result indexes corresponding to a sample image as an input feature, takes an image quality label of the labeled focus area as an output, and acquires the quality quantification result through training based on a set loss function.

Abstract: A Y-branch type phase-change all-optical Boolean logic device comprises a waveguide of a Y-branch structure and phase change function units covered over the waveguide. In the logic implementation method, a light pulse having a large power is employed to perform a write operation on the phase change function unit, so that the phase change function unit is heated to generate a crystallization or amorphization phase change, thereby causing a difference in optical properties under two states; the state of the phase change function unit is read by employing a light pulse having a small power, and the state of its phase change material is not changed. By defining input logic signals respectively and defining three operation steps, an operation mode reconfigurable logic can be implemented, and all 16 binary Boolean logic calculations are implemented in a simple structure by means of step-by-step operation.

Abstract: A cartridge assembly and a surgical stapler are provided. The cartridge assembly includes: a cartridge including a cartridge surface provided with a plurality of staple cavities, staple mating portions provided on proximal sides of the staple cavities; a plurality of staples located in the staple cavities; an actuation member configured to drive the staples and the staple mating portions to rotate in a first direction when the actuation member moves from a proximal side toward a distal side of the cartridge. After each staple mating portion rotates, the second connecting portion of the corresponding staple is driven by the staple mating portion to move away from the cartridge and then separates from the staple cavity, so the staples can be more easily separated with the cartridge after being closed.

Abstract: A high-power four-quadrant converter system includes a double-secondary-side oil-immersed rectifier transformer with an output connected to four three-phase bridge type thyristor rectifiers, wherein every two rectifier bridges share a group of rectifier transformer secondary sides; two rectifier bridges sharing a group of rectifier transformer secondary sides are inversely connected in parallel, one of the two rectifier bridges realizes a forward output, and the other one realizes a reverse output; two groups of rectifier bridges which output in the same direction can operate independently or in parallel; when the two groups of rectifier bridges operate in parallel, reactors are connected in parallel to realize current sharing; and the rectifier bridges for the forward output and the reverse output realize free smooth transition under control of a controller, so that a four-quadrant operation of an output current is realized.

Abstract: Provided is a method of operating a central control device for generating a transmission signal to be transmitted to a plurality of user equipment through a plurality of base stations, the method including calculating a transmission power coefficient and a codebook parameter, such that a minimum value of a data rate of each of the plurality of user equipment is maximized, and a transmission power of the plurality of base stations is less than or equal to a transmission power limit and satisfies a fronthaul capacity limit, generating, by the central control device, a transmission signal based on the transmission power coefficient, and transmitting, by the central control device, the transmission signal to the plurality of base stations through a fronthaul.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polypeptide, such as an Affimer polypeptide, comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 80% identity to amino acid residues 1 to 11, 13 to 15, 17 to 19, 21 to 25, 27 to 28, 35 to 37, 39, 41, 43 to 44, 46 to 47, 49 to 50, 52 to 53, 55 to 58, 63 to 64, 66, 68 to 82, 84 to 85, and 87 to 98 of SEQ ID NO: 1; characterized in that said polypeptide comprises one or mutations relative to SEQ ID NO: 1. The invention also relates to various methods and nucleic acids.

Abstract: A method for preparing p-xylene is provided. Raw materials containing methanol, naphtha and CO2 are introduced into a reactor filled with a catalyst for a reaction to produce p-xylene. By adding the methanol, the product distribution is adjusted, and the selectivity of p-xylene is obviously improved. In addition, components containing benzene and toluene in aromatic hydrocarbon products are returned to a reaction system and co-fed with the raw materials for a reaction to produce p-xylene, so that cyclic utilization of the raw materials is achieved, and the method has extremely high economic benefits. The method has a simple process and high feasibility, can greatly improve the selectivity and yield of p-xylene, has an important application value, and provides a new way for large-scale utilization of CO2.

Abstract: Provided is a method for recovering lithium from a waste lithium battery cell including: heat treating a mixture including a waste lithium battery cell and an additive; and trapping a lithium salt produced in the heat treating.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to methods for treating moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, or radiation dermatitis in a subject comprising administering about 1.0% tapinarof in a topical composition to the affected areas of the subject once a day for an initial period of time until the plaque psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, or radiation dermatitis is clear at which time the administration is stopped, and reassessing the subject from about 3 months to about 12 months after administration is stopped to determine if further treatment is required. Also described is the remittive effect observed after once daily administration of 1% tapinarof cream.

Abstract: An antiviral coating agent includes a tannic acid derivative including at least one organic group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms and a binder resin having a number-average molecular weight of 1,000 or more. The average number of the organic groups included in a molecule of the tannic acid derivative is, for example, 1 to 19.

Abstract: A closure drive mechanism and a surgical stapler are provided, including: a linkage assembly including a first pivot portion and a second pivot portion, where the first pivot portion is configured to be pivotally connected to the instrument body, and the second pivot portion is configured to be located on a proximal side of the first pivot portion; a movable handle including a first mating portion; a closure drive assembly configured to be pivotally connected to the second pivot portion of the linkage assembly. When the linkage assembly is in a first state and the movable handle rotates in a first direction, the first mating portion drives the linkage assembly to enter a second state, the second pivot portion of the linkage assembly moves proximally and drives the closure drive assembly to move proximally, so the stapler is closed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for updating a node model that resists discrimination propagation in federated learning. The method includes: obtaining a node model corresponding to a data node; calculating a mean value of the distribution of class features and a quantity ratio corresponding to training data of the data node, calculating a distribution weighted aggregation model based on the node model, the mean value of the distribution of class features and the quantity ratio; calculating a regularization term corresponding to the data node based on the node model and the distribution weighted aggregation model; calculating a variance of the distribution of the class features corresponding to the data node, calculating a class balanced complementary term by using a cross-domain feature generator; and updating the node model based on the distribution weighted aggregation model, the regularization term, and the class balanced complementary term.

Abstract: The present invention concerns phthalazinone-based compounds of that inhibit the PARP-1 protein, the compounds having Formula (I):