Abstract: Disclosed herein are a functionalized diene monomer-containing polymer containing first and second functionalizing groups, processes for preparing the functionalized polymer, and rubber compositions containing the functionalized polymer. The functionalized polymer contains polymer chains comprises of at least one conjugated diene monomer optionally in combination with at least one vinyl aromatic monomer wherein each polymer chain is functionalized at its chain end with at least the first functionalizing group and is coupled via the first functionalizing group to the second functionalizing group.

Abstract: Methods and systems for light steering are proposed. In one example, an apparatus comprises: a light source; a receiver; a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) and a controller. The MEMS comprises: an array of first rotatable mirrors to receive and reflect the light beam from the light source and a second rotatable mirror to receive the light beam reflected by the array of first rotatable mirrors. The controller is configured to rotate, respectively, the array of first rotatable mirrors and the second rotatable mirror to set a first angle of light path with respect to a first dimension and to set a second angle of the light path with respect to a second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension to perform at least one of: reflecting light from the light source along the light path, or reflecting input light propagating along the light path to the receiver.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided in this disclosure for operating an electronic device that includes a user interface, a microphone, and an electronic processor. The microphone captures an audio stream and the electronic processor analyzes the audio stream to identify spoken words captured by the microphone. The electronic processor detects a violation of a user assistance restriction for the current functional operation of the electronic device based at least in part on a correlation between one or more of the identified spoken words captured by the microphone and a current functional operation of the electronic device involving a manual text entry through the user interface of the electronic device. The electronic processor adjusts one or more operations of the electronic device in response to detecting the violation of the user assistance restriction.

Abstract: A flexible finger-wearable haptic feedback device includes a fingertip sleeve sheathing a distal phalanx of a finger, a middle sleeve sheathing a middle phalanx of the finger, a proximal sleeve sheathing a proximal phalanx of the finger, outer and inner transmission rods having bending elasticity. The outer transmission rod is fixed on the fingertip sleeve at one end, positioned at a back of a hand at the other end and connected with an outer driver. The inner transmission rod is fixed on the fingertip sleeve at one end, positioned at a palm at the other end and connected with an inner driver. The fingertip sleeve is provided with first and second contact pressure sensors respectively connected with the ends of the outer and inner transmission rods, and an inner wall of the fingertip finger sleeve contacting the finger is provided with a film pressure sensor.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed that includes a receiver that receives downlink control information that is used for scheduling of a downlink shared channel, via a downlink control channel in a control resource set. The apparatus also includes a processor that determines a starting location in a time domain of the downlink shared channel based on the downlink control information. The apparatus further includes an output device that performs output based on downlink data signal in the downlink shared channel. When the downlink shared channel overlaps with the control resource set, a resource to which the downlink control information is mapped is not available for the downlink shared channel and wherein a field value in the downlink control information indicates an index for designating one of a plurality of starting locations that are provided in advance. In another aspect, a system is also disclosed.

Abstract: A plant cultivation device and a plant cultivation method are disclosed. The plant cultivation device includes: a holder including at least one plant cultivation layer; a lighting unit disposed in the at least one plant cultivation layer to allow light emitted from the lighting unit to irradiate a plant cultivated in the plant cultivation layer; an illuminance detecting unit configured to detect an illuminance in the plant cultivation layer to obtain an illuminance measurement; and a control unit configured to obtain the illuminance measurement and adjust a lighting intensity of the lighting unit according to the illuminance measurement.

Abstract: A touch substrate includes a first touch electrode layer including a plurality of first touch electrodes; a second touch electrode layer including a plurality of second touch electrodes; and a plurality of first connecting structures. Each of the plurality of second touch electrodes includes a plurality of second touch electrode blocks electrically connected substantially along a first direction. Each of the plurality of first touch electrodes includes a plurality of first touch electrode blocks electrically connected substantially along a second direction. Each individual one of the plurality of first connecting structures is between two adjacent first touch electrode blocks. The two adjacent first touch electrode blocks along the second direction are electrically connected to each other through one of the plurality of first connecting structures. Each of the plurality of first connecting structures includes a first conductive connecting ring.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing an Alzheimer's disease (AD) animal model, including: selecting healthy male human ApoE4 transgenic mice, and intraperitoneally injecting a 4 mmol/L Al(mal)3 solution at a volume of 10 ml/kg, with aluminum exposure for 60 days, and interval time of 2 days for every 5 days, to obtain an AD animal model co-induced by genetic and environmental factors which are interacted without being simply superimposed. The AD animal model established according to the method of the examples in the present disclosure can express the characteristic pathological changes of AD and has the characteristics of learning and memory impairment. The AD animal model provided by the present disclosure can be used for drug screening and AD mechanism research, and has the advantages of stable properties, prominent reproducibility, easy operation, and low cost.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an array substrate and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The array substrate includes a substrate, wherein the substrate has a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region, the display region has a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, and each of the plurality of pixels includes a light transmission region and a light shielding region, and a light shielding block covering at least a part of the light transmission region of at least one pixel close to the peripheral region of the plurality of pixels.

Abstract: A display device, a virtual reality equipment, and a driving method are disclosed. The driving method is configured to drive a display device, and the display device includes a display array and a light valve array. The display array includes rows of sub-pixels, the light valve array includes a plurality of sub light valves, respective one sub light valve of the plurality of sub light valves corresponds to at least one row of sub-pixels, and the light valve array is on a light-emitting side of the display array. The driving method includes: any sub-pixel in the at least one row of sub-pixels being in a response phase of a display operation, the respective one sub light valve being in a light-shielding state, and the respective one sub light valve corresponding to the at least one row of sub-pixels.

Abstract: A flexible display panel and a method for manufacturing same are provided. The flexible display panel includes a bending region, and data signal lines are disposed within the bending region. At least one of the data signal lines includes at least one metal layer, at least one of the data signal lines includes at least one stress buffer region, and a stress relieving member is disposed within the stress buffer region.

Abstract: An innovative low-bit-width device may include a first digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a second DAC, a plurality of non-volatile memory (NVM) weight arrays, one or more analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), and a neural circuit. The first DAC is configured to convert a digital input signal into an analog input signal. The second DAC is configured to convert a digital previous hidden state (PHS) signal into an analog PHS signal. NVM weight arrays are configured to compute vector matrix multiplication (VMM) arrays based on the analog input signal and the analog PHS signal. The NVM weight arrays are coupled to the first DAC and the second DAC. The one or more ADCs are coupled to the plurality of NVM weight arrays and are configured to convert the VMM arrays into digital VMM values. The neural circuit is configured to process the digital VMM values into a new hidden state.

Abstract: A negative thermal expansion material and a preparation method thereof, and a negative thermal expansion film and a preparation method thereof are provided. The negative thermal expansion material includes Eu0.85Cu0.15MnO3-?, wherein 0???2.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for optimizing a sandbox. By changing a mode of the sandbox for processing a file, the present invention optimizes original pure database processing into database and file queue processing. The novel processing manner modifies an original behavior of the sandbox, reduces a load of a built-in database, and greatly reduces a probability of suspended animation of the sandbox.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, a display substrate, a driving method thereof and a display device. The ultrasonic fingerprint sensor includes: a base substrate; a driving structure provided on the base substrate and configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal; a receiving structure provided on the base substrate and configured to receive the ultrasonic signal reflected by a finger, and convert the ultrasonic signal into an electrical signal for determining fingerprint information, the driving structure and the receiving structure are provided in a same plane. Since the driving structure and the receiving structure of the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor of the present disclosure are in a same plane, the driving structure can be closer to the touch body (for example, a finger), which is advantageous for the ultrasonic waves generated by the driving structure to reach the finger to improve the touch accuracy.

Abstract: A display panel and a display device, a fingerprint identification region of the display panel includes a substrate layer and a pixel circuit; the pixel circuit includes a DTFT unit, a source wiring, a drain wiring, and a capacitor unit arranged on the substrate layer; a source region of the DTFT unit is connected with the source wiring, a drain region of the DTFT unit is connected with the drain wiring, a light-transmitting region is located between a channel region of the DTFT unit and the drain wiring; a projection of the capacitor unit on the substrate layer covers the projection of the channel region on the substrate layer, thereby reducing the diffraction generated by the light-transmitting gap between the channel region and the source wiring, and improving the imaging quality of fingerprint under the screen.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a malicious file detection technology based on a random forest algorithm. In order to solve the shortcomings or defects of detecting a malicious file by using a feature matching method in the conventional art, a solution of extracting an effective feature and detecting the malicious file by using a machine learning algorithm is adopted, and thus the purpose of accurately and effectively identifying known and unknown malicious file is achieved.

Abstract: A display panel frame is provided. The frame includes a substrate having a bendable portion and two connecting portions connected to two sides of the bendable portion; and a connecting structure including two connecting members and an elastic belt. The two connecting members are respectively mounted to the two connecting portions and disposed opposite to each other, and the elastic belt is sleeved on the two connecting members and wound around outer surfaces of the two connecting members. Thus, the structural design of the product can be simplified to ensure that it does not cause product failure after bending over a long period of time, and increase the toughness of the flexible substrate, so that it is beneficial to ensure product reliability under long time bending.