Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to an electro-optic modulator. The electro-optic modulator may include a waveguide configured to carry optical light along a longitudinal length of the waveguide. The electro-optic modulator may also include a first electrically conductive sub-wavelength grating on a first side of the waveguide, the first electrically conductive sub-wavelength grating including a plurality of fingers extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal length of the waveguide. The electro-optic modulator may further include a second electrically conductive sub-wavelength grating on a second side of the waveguide opposite the first side, the second electrically conductive sub-wavelength grating including a plurality of fingers extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal length of the waveguide.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions with enhanced protein content, protein combinations with high solubility and improved functionality, including foam stability and foam capacity, and methods for the preparation thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a smokeless frying, baking machine, control method thereof. The machine comprises lower shell, handle, upper shell, fan component, angle detection component, rotating speed detection component and controller, handle is rotatably mounted on lower shell, upper shell is rotatably mounted on handle through floating component, upper shell is rotatable back and forth to enclose baking trays to form cooking cavity, upper shell is located in unfolding tray; fan component for sucking oil smoke, angle detection component is to detect angle change between handle and upper shell; rotating speed detection component is to detect actual rotating speed of fan component, controller is electrically connected with angle detection, rotating speed detection and fan component. The fan component is regulated according to the size of flying and baking cavity, cooking duration of current cooking stage is compensated according to speed of fan component to ensure kitchen ventilator and cooking effect.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for separating circulating free nucleic acid (e.g., circulating free DNA, cfDNA) from capillary blood sample (e.g., capillary blood plasma) and methods of determining and/or assessing the risk of cancer in a subject.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are vaccine compositions that include SARS-CoV-2 MHC epitope-encoding cassettes and/or full-length SARS-CoV-2 proteins. Also disclosed are nucleotides, cells, and methods associated with the compositions including their use as vaccines.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for recovering and purifying nickel from ferronickel, comprising the following steps: (1) mixing ferronickel with hydrochloric acid, and heating for dissolution; subjecting a resulting slurry to solid-liquid separation to obtain a liquid phase; and adding an oxidant to the liquid phase to obtain a hydrochloric acid-leaching liquor; (2) subjecting the hydrochloric acid-leaching liquor to evaporation, and adding a precipitating agent to allow a reaction; separating out a liquid phase, adding ammonia water to adjust a pH, and adding a water-soluable alcohol solution; and cooling for precipitation to obtain a nickel complex crystal; and (3) dissolving the nickel complex crystal, and adding an oxidant; and subjecting a resulting mixture to a light treatment, and adjusting a pH with an acid to obtain a nickel chloride solution.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, a device and a vehicle for adaptively evaluating a driver’s performance in safe driving. The method comprising: receiving data relating to at least one risk variable which relates to the driver at a time point; retrieving historical data relating to the at least one risk variable; determining if the driver’s performance in safe driving improves based on the historical data and the data; and determining the optimal period to evaluate the driver’s performance in safe driving in response to determining if the driver’s performance in safe driving improves.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein for using a smart device such as a standalone assistant-centric interactive speaker and/or a standalone assistant-centric interactive display with speaker(s) to send a message using a messaging application on a client device such as a smartphone. A method includes: receiving, by a first device, a request from a first user to send a message to a second user; determining that a messaging application corresponding to the request is unavailable on the first device; and in response to determining that the messaging application corresponding to the request is unavailable on the first device: selecting a second device on which the messaging application corresponding to the request is available; and sending, to the second device, a command that causes the second device to send the message from the first user to the second user using the messaging application on the second device.

Abstract: An IC structure includes a first cell and a first and second rail. The first cell includes a first and second active region and a first, a second and a third gate structure. The first active region having a first dopant type. The second active region having a second dopant type. The first gate structure extending in a second direction, overlapping the first or the second active region. The second gate structure extending in the second direction, and overlapping a first edge of the first or second active region. The third gate structure extending in the second direction, and overlapping at least a second edge of the first or second active region. The first rail extending in the first direction and overlapping a middle portion of the first active region. The second rail extending in the first direction and overlapping a middle portion of the second active region.

Abstract: Bifidobacterium animalis and application of a compound bacterium preparation prepared from the Bifidobacterium animalis in the preparation of a medicine for treating or preventing avian influenza virus infection. The invention discovers that Bifidobacterium animalis ATCC Accession No. 25527 can be used for treating animals infected by H7N9, and after the Bifidobacterium animalis ATCC Accession No. 25527 is compounded with Bifidobacterium pseudolongum ATCC Accession No. 25526, the effect is better. The compound preparation can regulate the body immune response, remarkably improve the weight loss and lung tissue injury caused by H7N9 influenza virus infection, and obviously improve the survival rate of mice infected by H7N9 influenza virus. The compound probiotic preparation provided by the invention has a remarkable effect of resisting H7N9 influenza virus infection, and can be effectively used for preventing and treating avian influenza virus infection.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays suggested routes based on the characteristics of respective vehicles. In some embodiments, an electronic device receives data for respective vehicles from a source external to the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device anonymizes a vehicle identifier and determines customized suggested routes using the anonymized vehicle identifier.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for implementing a nuanced-color search and recommendation system. Employing various techniques described herein, an improved search engine for categorizable items is provided to generate accurate color-based search results and recommendations that are relevant to a nuanced color provided as a search parameter. In various implementations, digital assets that depict categorizable items can be analyzed to characterize the depicted items with, among other things, a particular shade of a determined dominant color. In this way, categorizable items can be searched based at least in part on a selected shade of a particular dominant color to generate a primary search result. In further embodiments, other categorizable items can be generated as recommendations based on characteristics of the primary search result.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a terminal, and a storage medium for elevation surrounding flight control are described. The method includes: obtaining surrounding parameter information of an unmanned aerial vehicle; determining, according to the surrounding parameter information, an elevation surrounding trajectory to be surrounded, where the elevation surrounding trajectory is a plane with the point of interest as a center and the surrounding radius as a radius, and the plane where the elevation surrounding trajectory is located is perpendicular to a horizontal plane; and obtaining a capture viewing angle mode; and controlling, according to the capture viewing angle mode, the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly along the elevation surrounding trajectory.

Abstract: An electronic device, including a device body, a case, at least one power supply module, and a power distribution module, is provided. The case is disposed on the device body. The at least one power supply module is disposed in the case. The power distribution module includes a main body, a handle, and an anti-removal frame. The main body is detachably disposed on the device body. The handle is rotatably connected to the main body. The anti-removal frame is slidably disposed in the case. The power supply module is configured to push against the anti-removal frame, so that the anti-removal frame slides toward the handle and restricts the handle from rotating relative to the main body. In addition, a power distribution module configured for the electronic device is also provided.

Abstract: Described herein is a method for producing a PU foam insole, including the following steps of: (1) pouring the raw materials used to form a PU foam into a mould, reacting to obtain a PU sheet, where the height of the mould cavity is from about 1.0 to about 1.6 times of the total thickness of two finished insoles; (2) splitting the PU sheet into two halves in the horizontal direction to obtain two pieces of PU insole material, where one surface of the material has open pores, and the other surface of the material has a skin; and (3) attaching a piece of fabric onto the surface having open pores of the material obtained in step (2). Also described herein is a PU foam insole produced by the method.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of aerial work machines, in particular to a scissor aerial work platform and a scissor lifting assembly thereof. The scissor lifting assembly includes a scissor frame, a lifting mechanism and a weighing mechanism. A rotary connecting rod transversely penetrates through the scissor frame, and can rotate around its central axis; the lifting mechanism includes a drive base and a push rod extending out of the drive base; a lower end of the drive base is rotationally connected with the scissor frame, and a rotary sleeve is fixed to an extending-out top end of the push rod and fixed to a periphery of the rotary connecting rod in a sleeving manner; and the weighing mechanism is arranged on the rotary sleeve and the rotary connecting rod, and can measure a bearing capacity of the rotary connecting rod.

Abstract: The invention discloses an attention-based joint image and feature adaptive semantic segmentation method. First, the image adaptation procedure is used to transform the source domain image Xs to a target-domain-like image Xs-t with an appearance similar with the target domain image Xt, to reduce the domain gap between the source domain and the target domain at the image appearance level; then using the feature adaptation procedure to align the features between Xs-t and Xt in the semantic prediction space and the image generation space, respectively, to extract the domain-invariant features, to reduce the domain difference between Xs-t and Xt. In addition, the present invention introduces an attention module in the feature adaptation procedure to help the feature adaptation procedure pay more attention to image regions worthy of attention. Finally, combining the image adaptation procedure and the feature adaptation procedure in the end-to-end manner.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a ferroelectric random-access memory (FeRAM) cell or some other suitable type of memory cell comprising a bottom-electrode interface structure. The memory cell further comprises a bottom electrode, a switching layer over the bottom electrode, and a top electrode over the switching layer. The bottom-electrode interface structure separates the bottom electrode and the switching layer from each other. Further, the interface structure is dielectric and is configured to block or otherwise resist metal atoms and/or impurities in the bottom electrode from diffusing to the switching layer. By blocking or otherwise resisting such diffusion, leakage current may be decreased. Further, endurance of the memory cell may be increased.