Abstract: A network storage system comprises a first application node, storage nodes, and a switch fabric comprising switches providing data paths. Each data path connects the first application node to a storage node of the plurality of storage nodes. The system further comprises a control plane software agent. The control plane software agent configures the network storage system to receive, via the first application node, a request for storing a file, select a first storage node, initialize a file identifier for the file based on a network topology of the switch fabric and the storage nodes, and store the file on the first storage node. The file identifier describes the first storage node, a storage location in the first storage node, and a first data path of the data paths. The first data path includes a first set of switches connecting the first application node to the first storage node.

Abstract: A method is to provide traffic related information in lower layers for an XR system and associated apparatuses. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) is configured to receive traffic related information from a peer UE or an application server. The UE then transmits the traffic related information to a base station (BS) using a radio resource control (RRC) message such as UEAssistanceInformation as provided by 3GPP technical specifications, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The transmission of the traffic related information from the UE enhances the wireless communication service for the XR system.

Abstract: A method for preparing anisotropic cellulose-based hydrogel is provided. The method comprises ammoniating the dialdehyde cellulose obtained by oxidizing cellulose using sodium periodate to obtain ammoniated cellulose derivatives; performing Schiff reaction using the ammoniated cellulose derivatives and dopamine to obtain cellulose-based nanosheets; depositing Fe3O4 nanoparticles on a surface of the cellulose-based nanosheets by a deposition method to obtain magnetic cellulose-based nanosheets; and forming the anisotropic cellulose-based hydrogel using the magnetic cellulose-based nanosheets by a polymerization method.

Abstract: A wheeled carrying apparatus includes a handle frame rotatable relative to a standing frame between a first and a second position, a wheel mount pivotally connected with the standing frame, a wheel mount latch adapted to lock and unlock the wheel mount with respect to the standing frame, an actuating assembly coupling the wheel mount latch to the handle frame so that the wheel mount latch is movable to engage and disengage the wheel mount in response to a rotation of the handle frame, and a release mechanism including an operating part that is coupled to the actuating assembly via a cable assembly. The cable assembly includes a flexible part configured to stretch or loosen as the handle frame rotates between the two positions, the operating part being operable to cause the wheel mount latch to disengage from the wheel mount when the handle frame is in the first position.

Abstract: A process for pyrolysis of a mixed plastic stream that contains polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is provided in which the chloride from PVC is removed from an initial melting reactor that melts the mixed plastic stream. Chloride is removed in a vapor stream from the initial melting reactor with additional chloride removed from addition of sorbents to the pyrolysis reactor and in adsorbent beds downstream of the pyrolysis reactor. The pyrolysis reactor has a configuration comprising two cylindrical ring structures, an inner cylindrical ring structure within an outer cylindrical ring structure wherein a circulation liquid supply stream enters said pyrolysis reactor tangentially relative to a ring edge of said two cylindrical ring structures and wherein solid particles move in a downward direction to a bottom of the pyrolysis reactor.

Abstract: In the automatic welding method and device for prestressed tubular piles provided in the present application, which is applied in welding equipment, a detection is conducted around a connection position between prestressed tubular piles and a position of a target welding seam is obtained. Then the target welding seam is welded around the prestressed tubular piles according to the position of the target welding seam.

Abstract: A preparation method of drug-loaded micelles of an absorbable vascular stent coating for angiostenosis in an infant is provided, including the following steps: S1: dissolving a drug to be encapsulated in an appropriate amount of an emulsifying agent, adding a chitosan-poly(p-dioxohone) amphiphilic block copolymer (chitosan-b-PPDO copolymer), and thoroughly mixing to obtain a drug-copolymer solution; S2: adding the drug-copolymer solution obtained in S1 dropwise to an emulsifying agent aqueous solution prepared in advance, and continuously stirring to obtain a stable drug-loaded micellar solution; and S3: removing the emulsifying agent from the micellar solution obtained in S2 through vacuum evaporation, stirring a resulting concentrate, and centrifuging the concentrate to obtain a supernatant; and filtering the supernatant to obtain a filtrate, and subjecting the filtrate to dialysis to obtain the drug-loaded micelles.

Abstract: A fusion protein according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a growth differentiation factor 11 and an epidermal growth factor with an enhanced anti-oxidation activity and an enhanced skin cell proliferation effect, A cosmetic composition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes the fusion protein as an effective component. The cosmetic composition can be advantageously used in future as a material of a functional cosmetic product.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention include systems and methods to obtain meta features of a dataset for training in a deep learning application. A method includes selecting an initial search space that defines a type of deep learning architecture representation that specifies hyperparameters for two or more neural network architectures. The method also includes applying a search strategy to the initial search space. One of the two or more neural network architectures are selected based on a result of an evaluation according to the search strategy. A new search space is generated with new hyperparameters using an evolutionary algorithm and a mutation type that defines one or more changes in the hyperparameters specified by the initial search space, and, based on the mutation type, the new hyperparameters are applied to the one of the two or more neural networks or the search strategy is applied to the new search space.

Abstract: Provided is a piston-type explosive loading and blasting structure for a hard rock cable pit. The structure includes a first-step cut provided at a center of an excavation section and second-step cuts provided on a periphery of the first-step cut; and piston-type explosive loading structures are used for explosives in the first-step cut and the second-step cuts. According to the piston-type explosive loading structures in the present disclosure, due to plastic plugging of stemming and fixed elastic plugging of two disc steel plates, time of energy such as stress waves and explosive gas generated after the explosives explode acting on surrounding rocks is obviously prolonged, rock mass is fully broken, and loose blasting is formed without throwing.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure may provide an oncolytic virus vector and an application thereof. The oncolytic virus vector may comprise a recombinant nucleic acid. The recombinant nucleic acid may include: (i) a first nucleic acid fragment encoding a soluble PD-1 molecule; (ii) a second nucleic acid fragment encoding a CD86 molecule; and (iii) a third nucleic acid fragment encoding an antibody to a CD3 molecule.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a high side heat exchanger, a flash tank, a load, a compressor, and a heat exchanger. The high side heat exchanger removes heat from a refrigerant. The flash tank stores the refrigerant from the high side heat exchanger and to discharge a flash gas. The load uses the refrigerant from the cool a space proximate the load. The compressor compresses the refrigerant from the load. The heat exchanger transfers heat from the refrigerant from the compressor to the flash gas before the refrigerant from the compressor reaches the high side heat exchanger. The heat exchanger directs the flash gas to the compressor after heat from the refrigerant from the compressor is transferred to the flash gas and directs the refrigerant from the compressor to the high side heat exchanger after heat from the refrigerant from the compressor is transferred to the flash gas.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The embodiment of the application provides a method for determining the activation state of a secondary cell and a UE. The method is applied to the technical field of wireless communication and comprises the following steps: acquiring secondary cell activation state indicator information, and then determining respective corresponding states of at least one secondary cell configured or reconfigured by a UE based on the secondary cell activation state indicator information, wherein the states include: an activation state and an inactivation state. The embodiment of the application realizes the reduction of the time delay for the user equipment to receive or send data and the reduction of the time required for deactivating a secondary cell, thereby reducing the power consumption of the UE.

Abstract: An airfoil for a fan section of a turbine engine may include a fan blade or an outlet guide vane formed of a first material, and an edge guard disposed about an edge of the fan blade. The edge guard may include a matrix composite that has a toughness that is greater than a toughness of the first material. The airfoil may include a fan blade or an outlet guide vane. The first material of the airfoil may include a metal alloy and/or a matrix composite. A method of manufacturing an airfoil for a fan section of a turbine engine may include manufacturing an edge guard, attaching the edge guard to the airfoil.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for deriving an intra-prediction mode are disclosed. At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method of deriving an intra-prediction mode, including (i) obtaining, based on reference line information indicating any one of a plurality of reference lines, most probable mode (MPM) information indicating whether an intra-prediction mode of a current block is included in an MPM list lacking a planar mode, (ii) determining, based on the reference line information and the MPM information, planar information indicating whether the intra-prediction mode of the current block is the planar mode, and (iii) deriving the intra-prediction mode of the current block by using the planar information.