Abstract: A drill bit for cutting formation comprises a bit body, a plurality of cutters, and a plurality of blades with pockets to accommodate the cutters, respectively. In an embodiment, the plurality of cutters comprise a substrate, an ultra-hard layer, a concave surface on the top of the ultra-hard layer, wherein the concave surface comprises a plurality of planar and curved surfaces.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for supporting handover is provided, comprising: receiving a message from a central unit control plane entity of a target base station; receiving a data packet from a source base station; and discarding a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) service data unit (SDU) including the PDCP sequence number (SN) in the received data packet according to the indication of the message.

Abstract: A mother substrate for display substrates, a manufacture method thereof, a display substrate and a display device are provided. The mother substrate for display substrates includes multiple display element formation regions and a dividing line surrounding each display element formation region. A recess-protrusion structure is provided between the dividing line and the display element formation region, the recess-protrusion structure includes multiple recesses and protrusions which are arranged alternately, and extension directions of the recess and the protrusion are identical to an extension direction of the dividing line.

Abstract: Provided are a positioning method and apparatus for a display screen in an optical module. The positioning method for the display screen in the optical module comprises the following steps: arranging light paths of an optical lens and image receiving device of a product coaxially; providing the display screen, and activating the display screen, wherein the display screen displays an image, and a light path formed by a light ray from the image passes through the optical lens; the image receiving device receives the light path passing through the optical lens in real time to obtain a virtual image; calculating a slope deviation of the display screen; calculating a distance deviation from the display screen to the optical lens; calculating a plane position deviation of the display screen; and calibrating a relative position of the display screen according to a calculation result.

Abstract: Enhancements to a dual column, nitrogen producing cryogenic air separation unit are provided. Such enhancements include an improved air separation cycle that uses three condenser-reboilers and recycles a portion of the vapor from one or more of the condenser-reboilers to the incoming feed stream and or the compressed purified air streams to yield improvements in the performance of such dual column, nitrogen producing cryogenic air separation units in terms of overall nitrogen recovery as well as power consumption.

Abstract: An electrode assembly and a related battery, and battery module are provided, wherein the electrode assembly includes: at least one positive electrode plate and at least one negative electrode plate, the number of all the positive and negative electrode plates is greater than or equal to 3; the positive and negative electrode plates are wound around the winding axis and arranged in a superimposing manner along a direction vertical to the winding axis, each positive electrode plate includes a positive main body part, at least part of the positive main body part is a positive active substance area, each negative electrode plate includes a negative main body part, at least part of the negative main body part is the negative active substance area, two ends of the negative active substance area along the winding axis both exceed corresponding ends of the adjacent positive active substance area.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device such as a user equipment (UE) may monitor a search space of a control channel for at least one downlink transmission. The UE may perform a plurality of decoding operations on a plurality of decoding candidates associated with the downlink control information format transmitted in a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs). In some cases, the plurality of decoding operations may comprise performing a first decoding on a first decoding candidate received in a current TTI, the first decoding operation applying a first descrambling code to the first decoding candidate, and performing a second decoding operation on a combined decoding candidate that comprises soft combined information from the first and second decoding candidate, the second decoding candidate received in a prior TTI.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for pressurizing SiC clad rods of a nuclear core component. A lower end of the rod is sealed with a lower end plug and an upper end of the rod is sealed between the cladding and an external piece of an upper end plug that has a through opening through which a separate internal piece of the upper end plug extends. The internal piece of the upper end plug is initially moveable within the through opening between an upper position that forms a gas tight seal and a lower position that forms a gaseous path through the through opening. The rod is placed in a pressure chamber pressurized to a desired pressure. When the pressure is reduced within the pressure chamber the internal pressure in the rod biases the internal piece of the upper end plug in the upper sealed position.

Abstract: An electrode assembly as provided includes a plurality of first electrode plates and at least one second electrode plate. The plurality of first electrode plates and the at least one second electrode plate are wound around a winding axis to form a winding structure. In the winding structure, the plurality of first electrode plates and the second electrode plate are arranged in a superimposing manner along a direction vertical to the winding axis. Each first electrode plate includes a first current collector and a first active substance layer, and the first current collector includes a first main body portion and a first tab which protrudes from the first main body portion along the direction of the winding axis; wherein each first tab and the first main body portion are arranged in parallel along the winding axis.

Abstract: The invention discloses a handle sliding structure and a selfie stick using the same, and belongs to the field of selfie sticks. The handle sliding structure comprises a long rod and a handle, wherein the handle is a cavity structure and is slidably arranged on the long rod, and the long rod can slide along the handle to retreat into or stretch out a cavity. When the selfie stick is used, the long rod can stretch out of the handle, and only the tail end of the long rod is connected to the handle, so that the length of the long rod is fully used; and when the selfie rod is not used, the long rod can partially retreat into the handle in the length direction, so that the portability is good.

Abstract: In some examples, an additive manufacturing technique including forming an as-deposited coating on a substrate by depositing a filament via a filament delivery device, wherein the filament includes a sacrificial binder and a powder; removing substantially all the binder from the as-deposited coating; and sintering the as-deposited coating to form a thermal coating; wherein the thermal coating is configured to ablate in response to absorption of energy from an external environment, and wherein the ablation of the thermal coating reduces the energy transferred to the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing an esterquat by a transesterification reaction of a fatty acid oil or a mixture comprising one or more fatty acid oils and one or more fatty acids with a tertiary hydroxy amine and then a quaternization reaction. Esterquats obtained by the method of the invention show beneficial properties in particular when used as active component in fabric softener materials.

Abstract: Provided is a display panel. The display panel includes multiple scanning lines, a gate driver circuit, and a timing controller. The timing controller is configured to: receive multiple data enable signals, generate a gate control signal, and provide the gate control signal for the gate driver circuit. The gate control signal includes a start signal, a first clock signal and a second clock signal. The multiple data enable signals are only within the active cycle. The timing controller is configured to generate a rising edge of the start signal within the vertical blanking cycle of the (N?1)th frame cycle. Alternatively, the timing controller is configured to generate a rising edge and a falling edge of the start signal within a time interval formed by a rising edge and a falling edge of a first data enable signal in the Nth frame cycle.

Abstract: A bimorph meta fiber is formed through spinning of two antagonistic polymer melts, one of which contains pre-compounded optical nanostructures, into an eccentric sheath-core configuration or a side-by-side key-lock configuration. The bimorph meta fiber is capable of an adaptive regulation of the infrared radiation responsive to humidity level deviation from a comfort zone or perspiration level of the wearer of the garment fabricated from the meta fibers. The bimorph meta fibers are humidity/heat trained to attain dynamical environmentally responsive behavior to maintain the humidity/thermal comfort zone at various the humidity level fluctuations.

Abstract: This application provides a network selection method, a network device, and a terminal device. The network selection method mainly includes: A first network device sends a first message to a terminal device. The first message includes a message that indicates the terminal device to measure a cell of a first-type network, the first-type network is a high-priority network selectable for the terminal device, and a network provided by the first network device does not belong to the first-type network.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide a method and system for management and resolution of a blockchain-based top-level domain. The method comprises: a master node receiving request information for operations on top-level domain resource record from a requesting node, and encapsulating master node information and authenticated request information into a pre-preparation message; each normal node verifying the pre-preparation message, and after successful verification, generating a preparation message comprising request information, a request information verification identifier, and current node information; each node verifying the preparation message, when the number of authenticated preparation message sending nodes reaches a consensus threshold, adding an operation result corresponding to the request information to a new block in a local blockchain.

Abstract: The present invention provides a microfluidic circuit for generating uniform droplets despite fluctuations in pressure, and manufacturing methods and uses thereof. Said circuit comprises microfluidic channels for carrying a continuous phase and a dispersed phase. In one embodiment, the ratio of the flow resistance of the dispersed phase to that of the continuous phase is equal to the ratio of the flow rate of the continuous phase to that of the dispersed phase. In one embodiment, the present microfluidic circuit comprises two features to achieve the desired ratio of flow resistance and flow rate of the dispersed phase and continuous phase: (a) using a single pressure source which applies identical pressure to the inlets of the upstream channels carrying the two phases, and (b) the flow resistance of the dispersed phase and continuous phase is much higher than the flow resistance of the downstream channel so that the flow resistance of the downstream channel become negligible.

Abstract: The present disclosure may disclose cooling devices, including a cooling plate. One or more cooling pipelines may be formed inside the cooling plate. The cooling pipelines may include an inlet pipe, an outlet pipe and one or more connecting pipes. The inlet pipe and the outlet pipe may traverse the cooling plate along a first direction and one end of each of the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe may be blocked. The one or more connecting pipes may traverse the cooling plate along a second direction and both ends of each of the one or more connecting pipes may be blocked, and the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe may be interconnected with two end portions of each of the one or more connecting pipes, respectively, so that a coolant may flow in the cooling device.

Abstract: Systems and methods include receiving a domain for a determination of a likelihood the domain is malicious or benign; obtaining data associated with the domain including log data from a cloud-based system that performs monitoring of a plurality of users; analyzing the domain with a plurality of components to assess the likelihood, wherein at least one of the plurality of components is a trained machine learning model; and combining results of the plurality of components to predict the likelihood the domain is malicious or benign.

Abstract: The present technology is directed to compounds, compositions, and methods related to treatment of cancers and viral infections mediated by IAPs. In particular the present compounds and compositions may be used to treat IAP-mediated ovarian cancer and hepatitis B infection.