Abstract: This application provides a data processing method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a first VNFC a first data packet and a flow label of the first data packet that are sent by a second VNFC, where the flow label is generated by the second VNFC according to flow information of the first data packet or is received by the second VNFC from a third VNFC; and selecting, by the first VNFC according to the flow label, a first processing node configured to process the first data packet, where the first processing node is a processing node in the first VNFC. By means of the method in this application, system consumption can be reduced, and processing efficiency of a data packet can be improved.

Abstract: A switching amplifier includes a power device and a processing device. The power device is configured for powering a load and is comprised of a plurality of switches. The processing device configured to calculate a switch junction temperature for a bonding wire in each switch based at least in part on a power loss of each switch; generate a first accumulated fatigue damage of the bonding wire in each switch based on the switch junction temperature; and generate an estimated remaining lifetime of the switching amplifier based on the first accumulated fatigue damages of the bonding wires in each switch.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses provide improved navigation through tubular networks such as lung airways by providing improved estimation of location and orientation information of a medical instrument (e.g., an endoscope) within the tubular network. Various input data such as image data, EM data, and robot data are used by different algorithms to estimate the state of the medical instrument, and the state information is used to locate a specific site within a tubular network and/or to determine navigation information for what positions/orientations the medical instrument should travel through to arrive at the specific site. Probability distributions together with confidence values are generated corresponding to different algorithms are used to determine the medical instrument's estimated state.

Abstract: Downhole equipment circuitry, comprising: a first substrate member including one or more circuits; a second substrate member including one or more circuits; and a flexible circuit, wherein: the first and second substrate members are separate substrate members; the flexible circuit is of a laminated construction; and the flexible circuit provides electrical communication between the one or more circuits of the first substrate member and the one or more circuits for the second substrate member.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides a composition of a covalent conjugate of a GABA analog with a drug. In another aspect, the present invention provides methods for treating pain and neurological disorders using the conjugates of GABA analogs.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing; and an inserting module positioned in the insulative housing and including a transformer, the transformer comprising: a magnetic core having a central opening; and a first and second wire groups each including plural wires, each wire having a central portion, a first end, and an opposite second end, the central portions of each wire group wound around the magnetic core through the central opening, wherein the first and second wire groups joint to function as a primary winding and a secondary winding of the transformer, and a wire diameter of the secondary winding is greater than a wire diameter of the primary winding.

Abstract: Existing program code, which is executable on one or more computers forming part of a distributed computer system, is analyzed. The analysis identifies log output instructions present in the program code. Log output instructions are those statements or other code that generate log messages related to service requests processed by the program code. A log model is generated using the analysis. The log model is representative of causal relationships among service requests defined by the program code. The log model can then be applied to logs containing log messages generated by execution of the program code, during its normal operation, to group log messages for improved analysis, including visualization, of the performance and behaviour of the distributed computer system.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for automatically registering an application with an enterprise system is disclosed. The method accesses an application utilizable with the enterprise system. Generates an application access template for the application, including: generating information specific to the application that is able to be utilized with the enterprise system, and generating parameters specific to the application that is able to be utilized with the enterprise system. The method defines, in the application access template, a basic authorization protocol information; and utilizes the application access template for a subsequent dynamic registration of the application with the enterprise system.

Abstract: A method and device for improving the accuracy of depth information derived from a structured-light image for a regular image are disclosed. In one example, an additional structured-light image is captured before a first structured-light image or after a regular image. The depth information for the regular image can be derived from the first structured-light image and corrected by incorporating depth information from the additional structured-light image. A model for depth information can be used to predict or interpolate depth information for the regular image. In another example, two regular sub-images may be captured with a structured-light image in between. If substantial frame differences or substantial global motion vector/block motion vectors are detected, the two regular sub-images will not be combined in order to avoid possible motion smear. Instead, one of the two sub-images will be selected and scaled as the output regular image.

Abstract: A method for paging a first device by a second device includes sending, by the second device, a page message on a first path connecting the second device to the first device, and receiving, by the second device from the first device, a page response in response to the page message on a second path connecting the first device to the second device, wherein the first path and the second path are intentionally selected to be different in at least one of a number of hops in each path, radio access technology, cell or frequency carrier comprising each path, or width of beam pairs forming each path.

Abstract: A method of forming Si3Nx, where “x” is less than 4 and at least 3, comprises decomposing a Si-comprising precursor molecule into at least two decomposition species that are different from one another, at least one of the at least two different decomposition species comprising Si. An outer substrate surface is contacted with the at least two decomposition species. At least one of the decomposition species that comprises Si attaches to the outer substrate surface to comprise an attached species. The attached species is contacted with a N-comprising precursor that reacts with the attached species to form a reaction product comprising Si3Nx, where “x” is less than 4 and at least 3. Other embodiments are disclosed, including constructions made in accordance with method embodiments of the invention and constructions independent of method of manufacture.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a conductive particle and a preparation method thereof, a conductive adhesive and a display device. The preparation method comprises steps of: forming cores; dispersing the spherical cores in deionized water and adding organic polymeric monomers so as to form a reaction solution; radiating the reaction solution with ? rays so that the organic polymeric monomers are polymerized on surfaces of the cores so as to form organic polymers; separating the spherical cores formed with the organic polymers on their surfaces from the reaction solution so as to obtain them; successively carrying out preoxidation and carbonization treatment on the cores formed with the organic polymers on their surfaces so that the organic polymers form a conductive layer consisting of carbon particles so as to obtain conductive particles each consisting of the conductive layer and the core.

Abstract: Various techniques provide for identifying and transmitting a first transmission to a UE in a first transmission time interval (TTI), and puncturing a portion of the first transmission with a higher priority second transmission that has a shorter TTI than the first TTI. The punctured portion of the first transmission may then be transmitted in a subsequent portion of the first TTI, concurrently with an originally allocated portion of the first transmission for that subsequent portion of the TTI. A UE may identify the punctured portion of the first transmission, and identify that the punctured portion of the first transmission is being transmitted in the subsequent portion of the first TTI. The UE may decode the received transmissions and merge the punctured portion with other, non-punctured, portions of the first transmission.

Abstract: Candidate motion vectors are identified from previously coded blocks. For each candidate, a distance between a previously coded block associated with the candidate and a current block and a popularity value based previously coded pixels associated with the candidate are determined. Each candidate is ranked within a list according to a priority value, the priority value based on the distance and the popularity value associated with the candidate. The ranking also includes determining reference blocks that share first and second reference frames for decoding the current block using compound prediction, and assigning a higher priority to candidates that share the same combination of the reference frames within the list than combinations of candidates encoded using respective single reference frames of the first reference frame and the second reference frame. The reference motion vector is selected from the list and is used to decode the current block.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a linear vibration motor, including: a base, a vibrating unit and an elastic member. The elastic member comprises a first elastic member and a second elastic member. The first elastic member comprises a first fixing arm, two first elastic arms respectively extending from the first fixing arm, two first connecting arms respectively extending from the two first elastic arms, and two first avoiding holes penetrating through the first fixing arm; the second elastic member comprises a second fixing arm, two second elastic arms respectively extending from the second fixing arm, and two second connecting arms respectively extending from the two second elastic arms, the first avoiding holes are respectively arranged directly facing the two second connecting arms. Comparing with the prior art, the linear vibration motor of the present disclosure can be conveniently assembled, and has good vibration property and high reliability.

Abstract: Disclosed are a fingerprint information dynamic updating method and a fingerprint recognition apparatus. The method includes the steps of: collecting fingerprint information, and performing fingerprint recognition according to the collected fingerprint information and a pre-registered fingerprint template database; after the fingerprint recognition succeeds, determining whether the fingerprint template database is saturate; if the fingerprint template database is not saturate and the collected fingerprint information satisfies a first updating condition, adding the collected fingerprint information to the fingerprint template database; and if the fingerprint template database is saturate and the collected fingerprint information satisfies a second updating condition, selecting target fingerprint information from the fingerprint template database, and replacing the target fingerprint information with the collected fingerprint information.

Abstract: A system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of a method for providing customer sentiment depiction. The system may receive customer information and session information and generate a customer sentiment estimate. The system may then receive an indication of a detected customer voice characteristic and generate an updated customer sentiment estimate that may be transmitted to a customer service terminal for display.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a visible near-infrared ultra-broadband absorber and its preparation method, comprising a substrate and a five-layer optical film, wherein the bottom film is a bottom metal absorbing layer; a top germanium layer is provided on the top of the bottom metal absorbing layer; and remaining three layers are provided on the top of the top germanium layer with gradually decreasing refractive indexes from the bottom to the top. The present invention is based on the blocking effect of the metal absorbing layer and broadband anti-reflection film stack of the germanium layer, which has realized visible near-infrared ultra-broadband absorption with high efficiency and good angle insensitivity, and has fully surpassed traditional absorbers in terms of performances.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of biotechnology, in particular to application of a GPR45 gene. The present invention discloses, for the first time, a correlation between GPR45 and obesity and also discloses that obesity may be caused if the GPR45 gene is knocked out or the expression of the GPR45 gene is reduced. Moreover, an obese mouse model is established by adopting a method of blocking the expression of the GPR45 gene for the first time, which is more similar to the mechanism underlying the obesity of human, is thus an ideal model for obesity basis and clinical application researches and can be well applied in screening of drugs for treating obesity.

Abstract: A method for random access includes: determining, by a first device, a first basic parameter set used by a first message transmitted during a random access procedure; and transmitting, by the first device using the first basic parameter set, the first message to a second device, or receiving, by the first device using the first basic parameter set, the first message transmitted by the second device.