Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described herein related to improving the sound quality of a bone conduction speaker. The sound quality of the bone conduction speaker is adjusted in the sound generation, sound transferring, and sound receiving of the bone conduction speaker by designing vibration generation manners and vibration transfer structures.

Abstract: A video processing method includes performing or skipping following processing based on whether a size of a coding unit is not smaller or is smaller than 8×8. The processing includes dividing the coding unit into sub-blocks each having a fixed size of 8×8, scanning a left neighboring block and determining a reference motion vector of the coding unit, determining a related reference block of a sub-block in the co-located reference image according to the reference motion vector, determining a scaling factor of a motion vector of the related reference block, scaling the motion vector of the related reference block using the scaling factor, determining motion information of the sub-block according to the scaled motion vector, and performing prediction for the coding unit according to the motion information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for forming a tube with high internal pressure and low external pressure. The method comprises: putting a tube to be formed into a cavity, such that a bulging area (15) is formed between the tube to be formed and an inner wall of the cavity; continuously injecting a low-pressure fluid into the bulging area, and then injecting a high-pressure fluid into the interior of the tube to be formed, the high-pressure fluid creating a pressure on an outer wall of the tube to be formed such that the tube to be formed starts to expand to the bulging area; stopping the supply of the low-pressure fluid when the tube is bulged to conform to the inner wall of the cavity; and taking the formed tube out to complete a working cycle. Further disclosed is a forming machine for forming a tube according to the above method.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a device and a computer program product for transmitting data between different types of storage systems. In one embodiment, for example, the method comprises recovering data from a file to be transmitted in a first backup system. The method also comprises sending the recovered data to a backup client corresponding to a second backup system. In one embodiment, the backup client is installed in a container of the first backup system and the first and the second backup systems belong to different types. The method further comprises transmitting the recovered data from the backup client installed in the first backup system to the second backup system.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention are directed to a method for improving the occlusiveness of a topical pharmaceutical or cosmetic formulation in use in a patient in need thereof, comprising adding to the formulation at least 0.1-to about 10% w/w of one or more of a monofatty acid ester of glycerin and/or one or more of a monofatty acid ester of glycol, or mixtures thereof. Aspects of the present invention are also directed to a method for maintaining skin barrier efficiency of the stratum corneum of a patient in need thereof, comprising applying to the skin of said patient a pharmaceutical or cosmetic formulation containing at least 3% w/w of one or more of a monofatty acid ester of glycerin and/or one or more of a monofatty acid ester of glycol, or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of two-wheel vehicles. A two-wheel automatic balance reset mechanism comprises a balance bar arranged between a frame and each front wheel support, the balance bar comprises a piston cylinder and a piston rod, the piston rod is movably arranged in a piston chamber of the piston cylinder, two ends of the piston chamber are mutually interconnected to form a first channel, a main control valve is arranged on the first channel and divides the first channel into a medium intake end and a backflow end, a medium tank is arranged at the backflow end, a pump is arranged at the medium intake end, and the pump is interconnected with the medium tank. A system comprises a main control module and an acquisition module, and the acquisition module comprises a balance sensor arranged on the frame and a speed sensor.

Abstract: A dosage form of lacosamide and a pharmaceutical dosage form thereof is disclosed. The dosage form includes an extended release portion and optionally an immediate release portion. Also provided are methods of providing extended release of lacosamide and treatment of a neurological or psychiatric disease or condition.

Abstract: A device for securing and monitoring movement of a catheter includes a film having an adhesive disposed on a body-facing surface for securing the film to a body. The device also includes a base mounted on the film, the base comprising a first portion of a guide channel for receiving the catheter. A cover is coupled to the base via a hinge, the cover comprising a second portion of the guide channel, the cover further comprising a rounded portion extending from a distal end of the cover, wherein in the closed configuration, the catheter is completely enclosed by the rounded portion and the first and second portions of the guide channel. The device also includes a positional shift indicator fixedly attached to the catheter and configured to indicate positional shifts by the catheter within the guide channel.

Abstract: A method for training a neural network model includes: at each first member device, obtaining predicted label data according to a first neural network submodel of the first neural network submodel by using private data for model training, and determining model update information of the first neural network submodel according to the predicted label data and real label data; providing, by each first member device, the model update information of the first neural network submodel and local sample distribution information to a second member device; at the second member device, performing neural network model reconstruction, determining an overall sample probability distribution, and allocating a reconstructed neural network model and the overall sample probability distribution to each first member device; and updating the first neural network submodel at each first member device according to a local sample probability distribution, the reconstructed neural network model, and the overall sample probability distrib

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus including computer-readable mediums for managing open blocks in memory systems such as NAND flash memory devices are provided. In one aspect, a memory system includes a memory and a memory controller. The memory includes multiple blocks each having a plurality of word lines. The memory controller is coupled to the memory and configured to: evaluate a read disturbance level of an open block, the open block having one or more programmed word lines and one or more blank word lines, and in response to determining that the read disturbance level of the open block is beyond a threshold level, manage each memory cell in at least one of the blank word lines to have a smaller data storing capacity than each memory cell in at least one of the one or more programmed word lines so as to reduce impact of read disturbance.

Abstract: The application provides a control system and method for a battery pack heating system. The control system includes: a battery management system configured to acquire a state parameter of a battery pack, and send heating request information to a vehicle controller when determining the state parameter of the battery pack meets a preset heating condition; a motor controller configured to send, to the vehicle controller, feedback information indicating that a motor of the battery pack heating system is in a non-operating state, when determining the motor is in the non-operating state, and control, in response to a first control signal, a target upper bridge arm switch module and a target lower bridge arm switch module to be periodically turned on or off; and the vehicle controller configured to send the first control signal to the motor controller in response to the heating request information and the feedback information.

Abstract: This invention provides a rack apparatus, a delivery carriage and the automated storage and distribution system thereof. In the rack apparatus, there are only two racks at both sides of the rack apparatus extending in a generally vertical direction. And in the carriage, there are only two driving wheels. Therefore, both the rack apparatus and the carriage simplify the structure of the rack apparatus and the carriage and reduce the installation accuracy and the failure points thereof, but still provide new improvements to keep the carriage body horizontal with the ground.

Abstract: The present invention describes a system for calibrating a plurality of cameras in an area. The system functions by using certain patterns with visible or invisible properties In addition, the system implements automatic re-calibration in a specific way to reduce human intervention, cost and time.

Abstract: A method for implementing blockchain-based transactions comprises: determining a transaction amount to be remitted from a blockchain account of a remitter into a blockchain account of a receiver, wherein the blockchain account of the remitter records a homomorphic encryption ciphertext of the remitter's balance, the blockchain account of the receiver records a homomorphic encryption ciphertext of the receiver's balance; generating a homomorphic encryption ciphertext of the transaction amount with respect to the remitter and a homomorphic encryption ciphertext of the transaction amount with respect to the receiver; and submitting to the blockchain a transaction for the homomorphic encryption ciphertext of the transaction amount with respect to the remitter to be subtracted from the homomorphic encryption ciphertext of the remitter's balance and for the homomorphic encryption ciphertext of the transaction amount with respect to the receiver to be added to the homomorphic encryption ciphertext of the receiver's

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bone conduction speaker and its compound vibration device. The compound vibration device comprises a vibration conductive plate and a vibration board, the vibration conductive plate is set to be the first torus, where at least two first rods inside it converge to its center; the vibration board is set as the second torus, where at least two second rods inside it converge to its center. The vibration conductive plate is fixed with the vibration board; the first torus is fixed on a magnetic system, and the second torus comprises a fixed voice coil, which is driven by the magnetic system. The bone conduction speaker in the present invention and its compound vibration device adopt the fixed vibration conductive plate and vibration board, making the technique simpler with a lower cost; because the two adjustable parts in the compound vibration device can adjust both low frequency and high frequency area, the frequency response obtained is flatter and the sound is broader.

Abstract: The present invention provides modified antigen-specific immune cells expressing an exogenous CD 160 protein. In some embodiments, the modified antigen-specific immune cell further comprises a functional exogenous receptor, such as an engineered TCR or a CAR. The present invention also provides methods of modulating CD 160 activity in antigen-specific immune cells. The present invention also provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for cancer treatment using the modified antigen-specific immune cells and the modulators of CD 160 activity described herein.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of petroleum exploitation engineering, and discloses a 3D modeling method for pore-filling hydrate sediment based on a CT image. Indoor remolding rock cores or in situ site rock cores without hydrate can be scanned by CT; a sediment matrix image stack and a pore image stack are obtained by gray threshold segmentation; then, a series of pore-filling hydrate image stacks with different saturations are constructed through image morphological processing of the pore image stack such as erosion, dilation and image subtraction operation; and a series of digital rock core image stacks of the pore-filling hydrate sediment with different saturations are formed through image subtraction operation and splicing operation to provide a relatively real 3D model for the numerical simulation work of the basic physical properties of a reservoir of natural gas hydrate.

Abstract: A resource request method includes: sending a first buffer status report (BSR) to a network device, the first BSR being used for requesting a second resource from the network device, and the second resource being a resource used for data transmission from a relay user equipment to the network device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are drilling fluid compositions suitable for use, for example, in drilling a well bore through a subterranean formation and other oil and gas operations. The drilling fluid compositions of the present disclosure include the condensation product of a trifunctional amine and a fatty acid and an oil base fluid. The present disclosure also described processes for preparing drilling fluid compositions.