Abstract: A device-to-device (D2D) communication method and a D2D terminal device, where the method includes determining, by a first device, a time that the first device is out of coverage of a synchronization source after leaving the coverage of the synchronization source determining, by the first device, target timing based on the time, and performing, by the first device, D2D communication based on the target timing. Hence, the target timing can be selected more accurately for the first device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a power of an electromagnetic cooking appliance and an electromagnetic cooking appliance. The electromagnetic cooking appliance includes a first coil disk and a second coil disk. Each of the first coil disk and the second coil disk corresponds to an independent resonance circuit. After obtaining a target power of the electromagnetic cooking appliance, a heating period of the electromagnetic cooking appliance is determined based on the target power, each heating period including at least one first heating time period and at least one second heating time period. The first coil disk is controlled to heat in the first heating time period, and the second coil disk to heat in the second heating time period, such that the first coil disk and the second coil disk are heated alternately to reduce an interference of harmonic current and voltage flicker.

Abstract: A press-type and nasal-inhaling-type smoking paraphernalia for heating cigarettes includes a roasting-type heating device and a press puffing device, wherein the roasting-type heating device heats the cigarette in the radiated manner; and the press puffing device drives the relevant mechanism to compress the smoke by the user pressing the piston support, and the compressed smoke spurts out from the air outlet for snorting by the user, which avoids the design of the complicated gas channel in the traditional electric heating smoking paraphernalia, the local overheating of the cigarette, and the direct contact of the mouth with the cigarette filter.

Abstract: A statistics-based machine translation method is disclosed. The method generates probabilities of translation from a sentence to be translated to candidate translated texts based on features of the candidate translated texts that affect the probabilities of translation and a pre-generated translation probability prediction model. The features that affect probabilities of translation include at least degrees of semantic similarity between the sentence to be translated and the candidate translated texts. A preset number of candidate translated texts with highly ranked probabilities of translation are selected to serve as translated texts of the sentence to be translated. The method is able to go deep into a semantic level of a natural language when a machine translation model is constructed to avoid a semantic deviation of a translated text from an original text, thereby achieving the effect of improving the quality of translation.

Abstract: A computer system for issuing a deposit code as a substitute for cash is described. The computer system includes at least one merchant apparatus, a deposit code database, and a deposit server. Each merchant apparatus is being configured to receive, from a customer or a merchant, at least one of the cash deposit or a deposit amount indicating an equivalent monetary value of the cash deposit, and transmit, a deposit request, the deposit request including the deposit amount and a merchant identifier, the merchant identifier indicating at least a merchant account associated with the merchant apparatus. The deposit code database is configured to store deposit code information associated with multiple such deposit requests, the deposit code information including a deposit identifier, the deposit amount and the merchant identifier.

Abstract: An integrated electrical connector device structure of LED light includes a light source board, a supporting board a light head, and at least a conductive connector. The supporting board is set between the light source board and the light head. The conductive includes a conductive pin, a fixed part and a plug. The fixed part is fixed on the supporting board. The conductive pin is connected to the light head electrically. The plug is connected to the light source board electrically to connect the light head and the light source board electrically. The integrated electrical connector device structure of LED light owns the advantages of simple structure and easy to be assembled automatically.

Abstract: An IC degradation sensor is disclosed. The IC degradation management sensor includes an odd number of first logic gates electrically connected in a ring oscillator configuration, each first logic gate having an input and an output. Each first logic gate further includes a first PMOS transistor, a first NMOS transistor and a second logic gate having an input and an output. The input of the second logic gate is the input of the first logic gate, and the drains of the first PMOS transistor and the first NMOS transistor are electrically connected to the output of the second logic gate, and the output of the second logic gate is the output of the first logic gate.

Abstract: A method for improving the seismic performance of bridges by utilizing the beam body and an energy dissipation and seismic mitigation bridge bearing, which can effectively eliminate the harmful vibration of the bridge pier in the inherent frequency band, thus reducing the stress of the pier body and improving the seismic performance of the bridge pier without introducing external additional mass and looking for an installation space on the pier. The method includes the following steps: obtain the natural frequency fi, the equivalent modal mass Mi and the modal stiffness Ki of the pier in the longitudinal or transverse direction by numerical modal analysis or experimental modal test; determine the mass mi of the beam body; calculate the connection stiffness ki and the connection damping ci between the beam body and the pier; select the bearing system with above connection stiffness ki and the connection damping ci.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, inter alia, Compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that are modulators of the C5a receptor. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use including the treatment of diseases or disorders involving pathologic activation from C5a and non-pharmaceutical applications.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium at a transmitting network device or a target network device in a listen-before-talk (LBT) session that employ a spatial LBT procedure is disclosed. The spatial LBT procedure takes into account multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) configuration information in measuring an effective interference. Accordingly, the spatial LBT procedure enables the transmitting network device or the target network device to more accurately measure an interference and make a more accurate decision on whether a channel is clear, and thus improves the system-wide performance. Also, the spatial LBT procedure allows the transmitting network device or the target/receiving network device to adaptively adjust the LBT power detection threshold when the MIMO configuration is not available.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an excimer laser annealing apparatus for laser annealing a substrate, including a beam current consumer, a focusing lens, and a laser. The beam current consumer is disposed between the substrate and the laser, the focusing lens is disposed between the beam current consumer and the laser and is located on the optical path of the laser beam of the laser directed onto the substrate, the focus of the focusing lens is on the optical path of the laser beam of the laser directed onto the substrate and on the substrate, the beam current consumer is provided with a transmission cavity and a reflection cavity connecting with the transmission cavity, the reflection cavity includes a surface provided with a reflection film, the laser beam generated by the laser is focused by the focusing lens and then emitted to the substrate through the transmission cavity.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a power of an electromagnetic cooking appliance and an electromagnetic cooking appliance. The method for controlling the power includes the following steps: obtaining a target power of the electromagnetic cooking appliance; determining a heating period of the electromagnetic cooking appliance based on the target power, in which, each heating period includes at least one heating time period; in each heating time period, controlling a power switch corresponding to the first coil disk with a first control pulse, and controlling a power switch corresponding to the second coil disk with a second control pulse, to make the first coil disk and the second coil disk heat simultaneously with different powers, in which, when the first coil disk and the second coil disk heat simultaneously.

Abstract: A terminal synchronization method and a terminal relate to the communications field, where the terminal sends synchronization signals in a distributed manner by controlling a sequence for sending the synchronization signals, such that terminals in a vehicle to vehicle communications system can have uniform timing. The method includes obtaining, by a terminal, a configurable transmission period for sending a first synchronization signal, and sending, by the terminal, the first synchronization signal based on the configurable transmission period.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for generating and embedding a watermark in digital video frame include a processor obtaining a request to generate a watermark and embed the watermark in a digital video frame captured by a first monitor. Based on obtaining the request, the processor fetches from one or more pre-defined regions of a memory resource, digital video data captured by at least two monitors, where a timestamp of the digital video data is equal to a timestamp of the digital video frame. The processor generates a watermark from the digital video data by calculating a binary result of the digital video data. The processor embeds the watermark (binary result) in the digital video frame.

Abstract: Compounds are provided to modulate the C5a receptor. The compounds have the following Formula (I): including stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, are also disclosed.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for detecting multilayer multipass welding trajectory are disclosed. The apparatus includes an imaging component, a first and a second directional light source group, a structured light source and a control and processing component. The imaging component is disposed in front of a welding gun and above a weld pass. The first and the second directional light source group are disposed symmetrically above the weld pass and at two sides of the weld pass. The structured light source is disposed above the weld pass. The control and processing component is configured to control the imaging component to capture an image of the workpiece surface separately when the first directional light source group, the second directional light source group or the structured light source emits the light to the workpiece surface and to obtain a multilayer multipass welding trajectory according to the images.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for creating, organizing, and maintaining a sharded database. A sharded database can be created using user-defined sharding, system-managed sharding, or composite sharding. The sharded database is implemented with relational database techniques. The techniques described can be used to route database requests and process queries in a sharded database.

Abstract: The present invention provides a touch substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. In the touch substrate of the present invention, first leads of a first-layer structure are connected with first patterns in a second-layer structure via first via holes, second leads of the first-layer structure are connected with second patterns in the second-layer structure via second via holes, and the first patterns and the second patterns produce mutual capacitance. Each first pattern comprises a plurality of branches radiating from the center to the circumference, each second pattern surrounds one first pattern in a mutually separated manner, and when the touch substrate is used for flexible display, the second patterns can cover the whole bent surface, so that when a user touches any place of the touch substrate, the touch substrate can quickly respond and blind spots cannot be formed.

Abstract: In the field of Rogowski coils for the measurement of current within a conductor there is provided an electrical interface for connection to a Rogowski coil arranged around a primary conductor. The electrical interface includes an input that is configured to sample an input voltage signal from the Rogowski coil. The electrical interface also has an integrator circuit which includes an integrator module that is configured to integrate the sampled input voltage signal to provide an output voltage signal from which can be derived a primary current flowing through the primary conductor. The integrator module employs a transfer function that includes an attenuation factor.