Abstract: Methods for characterizing a population of microbes in a sample are described. The methods include: amplifying microbial polynucleotides obtained from the sample to form a plurality of amplicons and combining the amplicons with a plurality of microbeads, wherein each of the microbeads has a lanthanide spectral signature paired with the sequence of capture polynucleotides immobilized on the microbead. At least some of the capture polynucleotides comprise a sequence substantially complementary to a microbe-identifying sequence in one or more amplicons, such that at least some amplicons are captured onto beads by the capture polynucleotides and the microbe can be identified based on the lanthanide spectral signature of with which the capture polynucleotide is paired. Further described are methods for the identification of pathogens present in a sample by evaluating patterns of hybridization of a capture oligonucleotide to amplicons.

Abstract: Aspects include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium of decoding video or blocks of an image, including receiving a bitstream of the image, deriving, for a block of the image in the bitstream, multiple intra-prediction modes (IPMs) to use in decoding the block, determining, based on the multiple IPMs, a final predictor to use in decoding the block, and decoding the block using the final predictor. Other aspects include method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for similarly encoding video or blocks of an image.

Abstract: A channel transmission method, a terminal, a network device, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium are disclosed. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores therein a computer program, wherein the computer program is used to be executed by a processor to implement steps of: acquiring target transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state information of a control resource set with an identity value of 0 (CORESET0); receiving a physical downlink channel according to the target TCI state information when a preset condition is met; wherein the physical downlink channel includes at least one of: a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

Abstract: A curable composition capable of securing a waiting time after curing starts, and efficiently controlling the relevant waiting time is provided. The curable composition also controls a curing rate after the waiting time to suit the application. A battery module, a battery pack or an automobile comprising a cured product of the curable composition is also provided.

Abstract: According to implementations of the subject matter, a solution of dynamic management of computing resource is provided. In the solution, a first request for using a target number of computing resource in a set of computing resources is received, wherein at least one free computing resource of the set of computing resources is organized into at least one free resource group. When it is determined that a free matching resource group is absent from the first resource group and a free redundant resource group is present in at least one free resource group, the target number of computing resources are allocated for the first request by splitting the free redundant resource group, wherein the number of resources in the free redundant resource group is greater than the target number. Therefore, the dynamic allocation of computing resources is enabled.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present the UE may receive configuration information regarding a plurality of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) which are configured to carry a same transport block (TB); receive the TB through at least one of the plurality of PDSCHs, based on at least one of a plurality of reference signals (RSs) related to the plurality of PDSCHs; and transmit hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information for the TB based on at least one of a plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device comprising an active region on a substrate and including first and second sidewalls extending in a first direction and an epitaxial pattern on the active region, wherein the epitaxial pattern includes first and second epitaxial sidewalls extending from the first and second sidewalls, respectively, the first epitaxial sidewall includes a first epitaxial lower sidewall, a first epitaxial upper sidewall, and a first epitaxial connecting sidewall connecting the first epitaxial lower sidewall and the first epitaxial upper sidewall, the second epitaxial sidewall includes a second epitaxial lower sidewall, a second epitaxial upper sidewall, and a second epitaxial connecting sidewall connecting the second epitaxial lower sidewall and the second epitaxial upper sidewall, a distance between the first and second epitaxial upper sidewalls decreases away from the active region, and the first and second epitaxial lower sidewalls extend in parallel to a top surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A wake-up circuit, a wake-up method and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The wake-up circuit includes a wake-up module (11) and a main control module (12). The wake-up module (11) is connected to a wake-up source and is configured to detect a wake-up signal sent by the wake-up source, and to forward the wake-up signal to the main control module (12), one or more wake-up sources being provided. The main control module (12) is connected to the wake-up module (11) and is configured to receive the forwarded wake-up signal, one main control modules (12) being provided.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area around the display area, a first organic layer arranged in the peripheral area, and a second organic layer arranged in the display area and the peripheral area. A tilt angle of a side surface of the second organic layer is equal to or greater than about 10 degrees and less than or equal to about 90 degrees.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information to configure a sidelink channel, to be utilized by the UE to conduct groupcast sidelink communication, with a plurality of bandwidth parts. The UE may transmit or receive data based at least in part on the plurality of bandwidth parts. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A method is provided for reprocessing an internal channel of a medical device with a reprocessing system having a valve, a fluid line fluidly coupled with the valve, and at least one sensor coupled with the fluid line. The method includes performing an actuation of the valve to direct liquid through the fluid line and into the internal channel, and detecting with the at least one sensor a predetermined condition within the fluid line while the liquid is being directed into the internal channel. In response to detecting the predetermined condition, a time duration measured from the actuation of the valve is recorded. The method further includes purging the liquid from the internal channel, and directing liquid through the fluid line and into the internal channel for the time duration.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmit user equipment (UE) may determine that a channel busy ratio satisfies a channel busy ratio threshold. The transmit UE may reserve, based at least in part on determining that the channel busy ratio satisfies the channel busy ratio threshold, a resource for transmission of a packet with a particular priority to the receive UE, wherein the resource is in a set of resources outside of a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) on duration of a receive UE. The transmit UE may transmit the packet using the resource based at least in part on reserving the resource.

Abstract: A method and device for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention perform a 2-step or 4-step random access process in a shared spectrum. For the transmission of a PUSCH corresponding to an RAR in the 4-step random access process or a fallback-RAR in the 2-step random access process, the channel access type for the PUSCH is determined on the basis of a specific field of an RAR grant in the RAR.

Abstract: Systems, and methods are described for navigating non-dynamic pages at a client device served up from voice search requests by selecting a feature on the image page by a user request for navigating the feature viewed on the image page wherein the feature selected has an appearance of a dynamic feature when served up on the display wherein the user request selects a location on the image page; identifying the feature by the voice cloud server by location data of a selected location on the page; executing a feature request on a corresponding page which contains dynamic script at the voice cloud server to receive a linked page from a third-party search service; and removing dynamic scripts, at the voice cloud search server, of the linked page for serving up as an image page of the linked page at the client device.

Abstract: A fault tolerance solution for a multi-layer cloud system. The embodiments of this disclosure are applicable to RAN application area as well as cloud environment with virtual machine or container-based application function implementation. In one aspect there is a method performed by a load balancing system, which method includes: receiving a request sent by a client and selecting from a first cluster of serving entities a first main serving entity and a first backup serving entity. The method also includes, as a result of receiving the request sent by the client, sending to the client information identifying the selected first main serving entity and the selected first backup serving entity.

Abstract: Disclosed by the present application are a method and apparatus for service processing, and a device. The present application achieves the correct differentiation of current services and guarantees that a service receiver correctly receives the service desired thereby on the basis of a data packet bearing indication information that indicates a service carried in the data packet.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods train a model and then use the trained model to determine a global three dimensional (3D) position and orientation of a fiduciary marker. In the context of an apparatus for training a model, a wider field-of-view sensor is configured to acquire a static image of a space in which the fiducial marker is disposed and a narrower field-of-view sensor is configured to acquire a plurality of images of at least a portion of the fiducial marker. The apparatus also includes a pan-tilt unit configured to controllably alter pan and tilt angles of the narrower field-of-view sensor during image acquisition. The apparatus further includes a control system configured to determine a transformation of position and orientation information determined from the images acquired by the narrower field-of-view sensor to a coordinate system for the space for which the static image is acquired by the wider field-of-view sensor.

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device. The organic electroluminescent device comprises a first compound having a structure of Formula 1 and a second compound having a structure of Formula 2. Compared to the related art or a device comprising only the first compound or the second compound, a combination of the first compound and the second compound can significantly improve the overall performance of the organic electroluminescent device, such as improved device efficiency, an extended device lifetime and reduced device voltage. Further provided are a display assembly comprising the organic electroluminescent device and a compound composition comprising the first compound and the second compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for prevention, improvement or treatment of metabolic syndrome comprising a complex of Indian gooseberry (amla) extract and barley sprout extract as an active ingredient. Specifically, the complex of Indian gooseberry extract and barley sprout extract reduces a body weight, blood sugar, insulin in blood and glycated hemoglobin in blood, and thereby it shows a synergistic effect in improvement of obesity or diabetes, and therefore it can be used as a pharmaceutical composition or health functional food for prevention or treatment of metabolic syndrome such as obesity and diabetes.

Abstract: Methods are described for measuring the amount of a vitamin B2 in a sample. More specifically, mass spectrometric methods are described for detecting and quantifying vitamin B2 in a sample utilizing on-line extraction methods coupled with tandem mass spectrometric techniques.