Abstract: An image processing method includes obtaining a sample image and a generative adversarial network (GAN), including a generation network and an adversarial network, and performing style conversion on the sample image, to obtain a reference image. The method further includes performing global style recognition on the reference image, to determine a global style loss between the reference image and the sample image, and performing image content recognition on the reference image and the sample image, to determine a content loss between the reference image and the sample image. The method also includes performing local style recognition on the reference image and the sample image, to determine a local style loss of the reference image and a local style loss of the sample image, training the generation network to obtain a trained generation network, and performing style conversion on a to-be-processed image by using the trained generation network.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation region extending into, and overlying a bulk portion of, the semiconductor substrate, a buried conductive track comprising a portion in the isolation region, and a transistor having a source/drain region and a gate electrode. The source/drain region or the gate electrode is connected to the buried conductive track.

Abstract: A dual core exhaust gas recirculation cooler includes a cooler housing having an EGR inlet, first and second EGR outlets, a cooling circuit extending from a coolant inlet through the cooler housing to a coolant outlet, a first EGR circuit core extending from the EGR inlet to the first EGR outlet, and a second EGR circuit core extending to the second EGR outlet from the EGR inlet or the first EGR outlet. A first EGR valve is configured to selectively couple the first EGR circuit core to a return passageway. A second EGR valve is configured to selectively couple the second EGR circuit core to the return passageway. The EGR valves are configured to selectively flow exhaust gas through the cooler housing within either the first EGR circuit core only or within both the first EGR circuit core and the second EGR circuit core.

Abstract: A heating element includes an electrically insulating layer; resistive layer formed of a positive temperature coefficient material; and an electrically conductive layer disposed between the electrically insulating layer and the resistive layer and including a first bus and a second bus that is spaced apart from the first bus, the resistive layer electrically connecting the first bus and the second bus. The electrically insulating layer, the electrically conductive layer, and the resistive layer are stacked to form a lamination and the lamination having a thickness and a width and length extending orthogonal to the thickness. The lamination may have slits extending through the thickness thereof and along a portion of the length thereof. Terminals may be connected to the buses and arranged to provide a counter current flow pattern across the lamination. The lamination may be used in a warming device and in connection with a patient warming system.

Abstract: A support pedestal includes a substrate, a plurality of resistive heating elements disposed on the substrate and defining a plurality of heating zones, and electric terminals disposed at a central region of the substrate. At least one of the electric terminals is connected to at least two of the plurality of resistive heating elements.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a node for wireless communications. A first node transmits a first signal in a first cell, and transmits a second signal in a second cell; a serving cell identity of the first cell is a first ID, and a serving cell identity of the second cell is a second ID, the first ID being smaller than the second ID; when the second cell is capable of scheduling a target cell, the second signal comprises first UCI; when the second cell is incapable of scheduling a target cell, the first signal comprises the first UCI. By associating whether a cell can piggyback UCI with whether a cell can schedule a PCell, the present disclosure manages to optimize UCI transmitting under Cross-Carrier Scheduling, hence improving the entire system's performance.

Abstract: Described herein is a perfluoropolymer and compositions therefrom. The perfluoropolymer is derived from: (a) no more than 88 mol % tetrafluoroethylene monomer; and (b) a complementary amount of a perfluoro (cycloaliphatic methyl vinyl ether) monomer, and has substantially no melting point.

Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor stack structure and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor stack structure. In one embodiment, the semiconductor stack structure includes a first semiconductor element, a second semiconductor element side-by-side bonded to the first semiconductor element through a direct bonding manner and a third semiconductor element, wherein the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element are bonded on the third semiconductor element.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture for AI-driven cybersecurity enclaves, such as a computerized environment that executes one or more specially-trained AI models to govern communications between users and AI service providers.

Abstract: A cross-blockchain mutual data storage method includes obtaining, in a first node in a first blockchain network, initial data from a first relay node in the first blockchain network, and verifying the initial data according to a first oracle contract in the first node. The method further includes, in response to the verification being successful, converting the initial data from a first data format into a second data format, and determining the initial data in the second data format as to-be-transferred data, the second oracle contract being deployed on a second node in a second blockchain network. The method also includes transmitting the to-be-transferred data to the first relay node, so that the first relay node transmits the to-be-transferred data to the second node for storage of the to-be-transferred data.

Abstract: An anchor-free object detection method based on ultraviolet image includes: obtaining a ground-truth label of object detection, two label boxes corresponding to the two labels; obtaining a masked label based on the two labels and the two label boxes in the train set, and performing a same enhancement processing on the train set and the masked label; constructing an anchor-free object detection model including an encoding part, a decoding part and a detection head part including three detection heads, namely two anchor-free detection heads and one anchor-free dual-head detection head, and the dual-head of the anchor-free box dual-head detection head is an anchor-free detection head and an auxiliary detection head, respectively; training the model based on the enhanced train set and the enhanced masked label; and inputting the ultraviolet image data to be detected into the final anchor-free object detection model, to obtain an object detection result.

Abstract: A device, system, and method for printing a vein map onto a patient's skin may include a probe and a printer. The probe may be configured to identify a location of a target vein beneath the patient's skin. The printer may be configured to receive the location and, using the location, print the vein map onto the patient's skin to indicate the location. The vein map may comprise antimicrobial ink printed onto the patient's skin with one or more colors and/or one or more patterns. The vein map may be a two-dimensional vein map or a three-dimensional vein map that indicates the location of the target vein within the patient, a width of the target vein, and/or a depth of the target vein within the patient.

Abstract: A sheet stacker includes a lifting mechanism, a tray, a conveyor, processing circuitry, an upper-limit sensor, a lift pause sensor, a lower-limit sensor, and a lowering pause sensor. The tray stacks multiple sheets. The conveyor above the tray conveys a sheet. The processing circuitry controls, via the lifting mechanism, a height position of the tray. The upper-limit sensor detects that an uppermost sheet of the sheets has reached an upper-limit position. The lift pause sensor detects that the uppermost sheet has reached a lift pause position lower than the upper-limit position. The lower-limit sensor detects that the tray has reached a lower-limit position. The lowering pause sensor detects that the tray has reached a lowering pause position higher than the lower-limit position. The upper-limit sensor, the lift pause sensor, the lower-limit sensor, and the lowering pause sensor are disposed in a space in which the tray is lifted and lowered.

Abstract: Systems and methods for evaluating a drag reducing agent's performance in a mixture are described. The system includes a measuring instrument with an rheometer; and a sensor system positioned inside the measuring instrument including a body with an open end and an extended end, wherein the extended end is directly attached to the measuring instrument; a cover with an inner disc and an outer disc and attachable to the body, the inner disc sized to be received by the open end of the body; the body and the cover form a sealable chamber; and a rotating disc with a bar and a plate, the bar is attached to the measuring instrument and the plate is positioned inside the body and operable to measure drag reducing agent's performance of the mixture; and a data acquisition and processing system is in electronic communication with the measuring instrument, and the sensor system.

Abstract: A liquid laundry additive is provided, comprising a cleaning booster, wherein the cleaning booster is of formula (I), wherein R1 is a C1-4 alkylidene group; wherein each occurrence of R2 is independently selected from a C2-5 alkylene oxide group; and wherein the sum v+x+y+z is >40.

Abstract: A method for learning and applying a similarity measure between geophysical objects is provided. Similarity measures may be used for a variety of geophysics applications, including inverse problems. For example, an inverse problem may seek to minimize or maximize an associated objective function, which summarizes the degree of similarity between observed data and simulated data. However, when comparing between two or more geophysical objects in the context of the inverse problem, it is difficult to determine whether the observed difference between the two or more geophysical objects is due to noise or intrinsic dissimilarity between the objects. In this regard, an application-specific similarity measure, which may be tailored to the specific application, such as the specific inverse problem, may be generated and applied in order to better solve the inverse problem.