Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture perform an enhanced S3 protocol to update firmware with a Boot Script update are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a management agent to store a firmware update into memory; and request an operating system (OS) to enter into an S3 sleep state; the OS to, in response to the request from the management agent, enter into the S3 sleep state and trigger an interrupt; and a basic input/output system (BIOS) to, in response to the interrupt from the OS update a Boot Script according to the firmware update; and wake up the OS with a wake vector.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer storage media are provided for tracking an advertisement using a single URL without redirection. When an ad event is received on a client-computing device, a single URL is determined to provide content for the item and to track the ad event, the URL identifying a domain server. A parameter related to the ad event is determined and encoded as a part of the URL or as a HTTP header. The URL is called, causing the domain server to extract the parameter from the URL or the HTTP header and asynchronously request tracking of the ad event. Additionally, the content for the item is received from the domain server.

Abstract: A crack self-healing functionally gradient material for ceramic cutting tools and a preparation method thereof. The material for ceramic cutting tools has a symmetrical gradient structure, and based on the percentage by mass, components of each layer include 50%-80% of Ti(C7,N3), 25%-5% of (W7,Ti3)C and 20%-0% of TiSi2; contents of components of layers that are symmetrical relative to a central layer are the same and a thickness is symmetrically distributed; a content of Ti(C7,N3) gradually increases from the surface layer to the central layer, contents of (W7,Ti3)C and Ti Si2 gradually decrease by 5% from the surface layer to the central layer, and the contents of Ni and Mo gradually increase from the surface layer to the central layer.

Abstract: A multi-scale unsupervised seismic velocity inversion method based on an autoencoder for observation data. Large-scale information is extracted by the autoencoder, which is used for guiding an inversion network to complete the recovery of different-scale features in a velocity model, thereby reducing the non-linearity degree of inversion. A trained encoder part is embedded into the network to complete the extraction of seismic observation data information at the front end, so it can better analyze the information contained in seismic data, the mapping relationship between the data and velocity model is established better, then the inversion method is unsupervised, and location codes are added to the observation data to assist the network in perceiving the layout form of an observation system, which facilitates practical engineering application. Thus a relatively accurate inversion result of the seismic velocity model when no real geological model serves as a network training label can be achieved.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and system for managing public water in a smart city. The method may be performed by an urban public water management platform. The method may include: obtaining initial rainwater data in at least one area, the initial rainwater data may include rainfall data and rainwater collection data of at least one rainwater collection system, each of the at least one rainwater collection systems corresponding to at least one rainwater collection mode; determining the amount of purified rainwater during a first period corresponding to the at least one rainwater collection mode according to the initial rainwater data in the at least one area; and determining a rainwater storage plan during a second period based on the amount of purified rainwater during the first period corresponding to the at least one rainwater collection mode.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for managing a public place in a smart city. The method may comprise obtaining pedestrian distribution information in a preset area during a current time period. The method may comprise determining, based on the pedestrian distribution information, at least one area location in the preset area for a future time period, and a population flow load of the area location may be greater than a first threshold. The method may comprise determining, based on the area location, prompt information. The method may comprise sending the prompt information to a user platform through a service platform.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a steerable and adjustable recorder pulse pillow for Traditional Chinese Medicine pulse diagnosis, and relates to the technical field of recorder pulse pillows. The steerable and adjustable recorder pulse pillow for Traditional Chinese Medicine pulse diagnosis comprises a main body, wherein a platform is installed right above the main body. The top surface of the platform is installed with a recording device. The bottom of the recording device is provided with a rotary disc. The rear end surface of the recording device is provided with an operating button. The rotary disc is fixedly connected with a micro-motor driving wheel inside the recording device. The micro-motor is electrically connected with a rotary knob of the recording device.

Abstract: Audio encoding and decoding methods and apparatuses are disclosed, to reduce an amount of encoded and decoded data, so as to improve encoding and decoding efficiency. The method includes: selecting a first target virtual speaker from a preset virtual speaker set based on a first scene audio signal; generating a first virtual speaker signal based on the first scene audio signal and attribute information of the first target virtual speaker; obtaining a second scene audio signal using the attribute information of the first target virtual speaker and the first virtual speaker signal; generating a residual signal based on the first scene audio signal and the second scene audio signal; and encoding the first virtual speaker signal and the residual signal, to produce encoded signals, and writing the encoded signals into a bitstream.

Abstract: An audio encoding and decoding method and apparatus, and a non-transitory readable storage medium are provided. The encoding method includes: selecting a first target virtual speaker from a preset virtual speaker set based on a current scene audio signal; generating a first virtual speaker signal based on the current scene audio signal and attribute information of the first target virtual speaker; and encoding the first virtual speaker signal to obtain a bitstream. According to the encoding method, an amount of encoded data is reduced, to improve encoding efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention is generally related to modified or mutated respiratory syncytial virus fusion (F) proteins and methods for making and using them, including immunogenic compositions such as vaccines for the treatment and; or prevention of RSV infection.

Abstract: An apparatus, controller, and method for polarity detection, optical insertion loss measurement, optical power measurement, fiber length measurement, and optical fiber communication is provided, configured to transmit light from a light source; adjust a signal parameter of the light; compare an output optical signal parameter pattern of a cabling-under-test with a polarity pattern template; and determine the polarity of the cabling-under-test based at least on a best-fit of the output optical signal parameter pattern to the polarity pattern template.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to 3-(1H-imidazol-2-yl)-2,3,8,8a-tetrahydroindolizin-5(1H)-one derivatives, stereoisomers, isotopologues, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds and the use of said compounds in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of thromboembolic disorders, inflammatory disorders and diseases or conditions in which plasma kallikrein activity is implicated.

Abstract: The present application provides an optical fibre grating sensor and a strain monitoring method and system for a surrounding rock of a deep roadway, which are used for monitoring deformation of the surrounding rock of the deep roadway and are provided with a weak optical fibre grating array large-range strain sensor, which can accurately monitor the strain of the surrounding rock of the deep roadway. The optical fibre grating sensor comprises an optical fibre, the optical fibre comprises an optical fibre core and a plurality of optical fibre gratings inscribed on the optical fibre core, the optical fibre grating is a weak optical fibre grating with a peak reflectivity lower than 1%, and the plurality of optical fibre gratings perform unit discretization on the whole piece of the optical fibre so as to realize quasi-distributed sensing.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present disclosure is a manufacturing method for a 3D microelectrode. The manufacturing method includes the following steps: (1) manufacturing a 3D model of a 3D microelectrode; (2) pouring a flexible material into the 3D model, and performing demolding so as to form a flexible mold having a cavity, wherein the cavity of the flexible mold can be fitted to the 3D model; (3) performing silanization treatment on the flexible mold, then pouring a flexible material into the surface of the flexible mold having the cavity, and performing demolding so as to form a flexible 3D microelectrode substrate; and (4) manufacturing a conductive layer on the flexible 3D microelectrode substrate so as to form the 3D microelectrode. In the present disclosure, a 3D microelectrode having an ultrahigh microcolumn height can be manufactured by using a 3D printing technology and a two-time mold-reversing method.

Abstract: A liquid crystal lens includes a liquid crystal layer, a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, transparent substrates. The second electrode layer includes multiple electrode units arranged sequentially from a position adjacent to a center thereof r toward a position away from the center thereof. Each of the electrode units includes at least one conductive line which extends from a first position of the electrode unit to a second position of the electrode unit. A distance between the second position and the center of the second electrode layer is greater than a distance between the first position and the center of the second electrode layer. A spacing distance between adjacent conductive lines is less than or equal to 100 ?m. A way of driving the liquid crystal lens is simple, and an ideal potential distribution can be obtained and not affected by change of characteristics of a high-resistance film.

Abstract: An optical system includes an objective lens module, an image inverting module, and an eyepiece module. The objective lens module includes a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, a fourth lens group, and a fifth lens group. The optical system satisfies at least one of the following conditions: 0.45?LG4D/LG1D?0.8; 0.015 mm?1?1/fG3?0.045 mm?1; 0.045 mm?1?|1/fG4|?0.07 mm?1; 0.35?|fG4/fG3|?0.75; 0.15?fG1/f?1.6; wherein LG4D is an effective optical diameter of the fourth lens group, LG1D is an effective optical diameter of the first lens group, fG1 is an effective focal length of the first lens group, fG3 is an effective focal length of the third lens group, fG4 is an effective focal length of the fourth lens group, and f is an effective focal length of the objective lens module.

Abstract: Various implementations provide 3D representations of objects. Such representations may be based on 3D point cloud and/or 2D image inputs that are obtained based on sensor data, e.g., images, depth data, motion data, etc. 3D point cloud input may be used for part segmentation and/or to determine position and/or orientation of object parts, e.g., generating 3D bounding boxes representing the sizes, positions, and orientations, of object parts. 2D image input may be used for part attribute recognition, e.g., to determine whether a chair legs part has a particular type such as star-shaped, straight down, crossed-shaped, etc. Part attributes may be used to produce a relatively simple and relatively accurate representation of the shape of each part within a respective area, e.g., within a bounding box determined for each part using the 3D point cloud input.

Abstract: An inertial regulation method and control system of vehicle active suspension based on a supporting force of each wheel comprises an inner loop control and an outer loop control. The inner loop control is to calculate, according to the dynamics, a theoretical supporting force of each wheel when the vehicle is driving on a virtual slope plane with a 6-dimensional acceleration and a pitch angle measured by an inertial measurement unit; compare the theoretical supporting force with the measured supporting force of each wheel; and control the expansion of each suspension cylinder according to the difference value, so that the supporting force of each wheel changes according to the theoretical supporting force. The outer loop control is to control each suspension cylinder for the same expansion of displacement, so that the average value of all the suspension cylinder strokes tends to a median value.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, an Internet of Things system, and a medium for seat management of a smart gas call center. The method includes: obtaining gas usage data, the gas usage data including at least a historical gas usage rate; generating, based on the gas usage data, a predicted call feature of a smart gas call center within a target time period; generating, based on the predicted call feature, a preferred seat feature of the smart gas call center within the target time period; and transmitting the preferred seat feature to a terminal of the smart gas call center.

Abstract: A method for operating an access node includes generating a configuration message including information specifying a set of reference signals of a first reference signal type and a set of reference signals of a second reference signal type used to identify a new beam, and information specifying random access channel resources allocated for transmitting preamble sequences, wherein each random access channel resource is associated with a reference signal of the first reference signal type, sending, to one or more user equipments (UEs), the configuration message, receiving, from a UE, a preamble sequence on one of the random access channel resources, and determining an identity of the UE in accordance with the preamble sequence and the one of the random access channel resources.