Abstract: A method for preparing a finerenone intermediate compound of formula I from a diastereomeric tartrate by means of racemic resolution is provided. A compound of formula I having an ee value higher than 99.5% can be obtained. The preparation method provided has mild reaction conditions, simple post-treatment, and no special reagents required, and is suitable for industrial production.

Abstract: A method for ascertaining an operating state an exhaust gas burner in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. The burner is supplied with air by means of a secondary air system and with fuel by means of a fuel system. Exhaust gas generated in the burner is discharged into the exhaust system of the internal combustion engine. The method includes: detecting a sensor signal of at least one pressure sensor arranged in an air path upstream and/or downstream of the burner; ascertaining an amplitude of at least one periodic partial signal contained in the sensor signal and having a predeterminable frequency; and ascertaining the operating state of the burner depending on the ascertained amplitude. A computing unit, an exhaust system, and a computer program for carrying out the method are also provided.

Abstract: An electronic device for estimating object information and generating a virtual object and a method of operating the electronic device are disclosed. The method includes obtaining an image, obtaining a class feature, a pose feature, and a relationship feature of an object included in the image, correcting each of the class feature, the pose feature, and the relationship feature using any combination of any two or more of the class feature, the pose feature, and the relationship feature of the object, and obtaining class information, pose information, and relationship information of the object based on the corrected class feature, the corrected pose feature, and the corrected relationship feature, respectively.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multi-excitation-source axial-flux permanent-magnet motor with partitioned, hierarchical, and variable poles, and a variable-condition driving control system. The motor mainly includes a main magnetic pole and an auxiliary magnetic pole. The main magnetic pole is responsible for providing a main air gap flux and is connected in series with a dual-stator magnetic circuit. The auxiliary magnetic pole is responsible for adjusting an air gap field and is connected in parallel with the dual-stator magnetic circuit. Magnetic fluxes of the main magnetic pole and the auxiliary magnetic pole together constitute the air gap field. The present disclosure can control a flux path of the auxiliary magnetic pole by controlling the magnitude of a current applied to a field winding, thereby adjusting an air gap flux, expanding a speed range of the motor, and achieving variable-condition operation of the motor.

Abstract: The invention provides a series of GMPS enzyme inhibitors. The invention includes potent GMPS inhibitors that specifically and covalently bind to GMPS, exhibit broad anti-cancer activity, block the infection efficiency of viruses, and have the potentials to suppress undesired immune responses. These novel inhibitors of GMPS, and their derivatives, have tremendous potentials to be used as therapeutic agents for the treatment of cancers, viral infection and immune disorders.

Abstract: A method for intelligent graphic association and an intelligent interactive display device are disclosed. The device includes a display screen and a control circuit, the display screen is configured to display content; the control circuit includes a processor and a memory, the memory is configured to store a program executable by the processor, and the processor is configured to read the program in the memory and perform following steps: obtaining first trajectory information of a hand-drawn graphic of a user; performing graphic recognition on the first trajectory information, and determining a standard graphic corresponding to the hand-drawn graphic according to a recognition result, where the standard graphic conforms to a predefined graphic specification; and displaying a control list of the standard graphic, where the control list includes at least one associative icon related to the standard graphic.

Abstract: An object tracking method comprises: obtaining, using a first camera, a first image of a scene and obtaining, using a second camera, a second image of the scene. A field of view of the first camera is greater than a field of view of the second camera. The method further comprises determining a target based on the first image; and determining, based on the second image, that the target meets a tracking requirement. The method further comprises processing, based on that the target meets a tracking requirement, the first image and the second image to determine trajectory information of the target; and controlling a pan-tilt to drive at least one of the first camera or the second camera to move based on the trajectory information.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for depth estimate of a binocular image, wherein the method comprises: obtaining a binocular image captured by a binocular camera, the binocular image including a first image and a second image, wherein the first image includes a first region of interest and the second image includes a second region of interest, and the first region of interest and the second region of interest indicate the same object; obtaining a parallax map between the first image and the second image as a first parallax map and obtaining a parallax map between the first region of interest and the second region of interest as a second parallax map; updating the first parallax map with the second parallax map to obtain the updated first parallax map; generating, based on the updated first parallax map, a depth map corresponding to the binocular image.

Abstract: A female connector includes: a housing defining a first axial direction and having an opening at a first end of the housing for insertion of a male connector, a first limiting member being provided on an outer periphery of the housing; a valve assembly arranged in the housing; a base defining a receiving passage extending along the first axial direction; a bushing sleeved outside the housing and arranged in the receiving passage to retain the housing in the receiving passage, the bushing being elastically deformable; and a mounting member fixed to an axial end of the base. The first limiting member is confined between the axial end and the mounting member, and a movement space for the first limiting member to move therein is defined between the axial end and the mounting member. A connector assembly includes the female connector.

Abstract: An additive compound for dyeing an aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate after anodic oxidation to provide better uniformity in dyeing and hence a better finished appearance includes a main agent, an auxiliary agent, a pH stabilizer, an antibacterial agent, and a moderating agent. The antibacterial agent includes at least one of sorbic acid, fluconazole, itraconazole, artemisia argyi, benzyl alcohol, benzoic acid, salicylic acid, and boric acid. The moderating agent includes at least one of amino acid, amino salt, sulfate, nitrate, and chloride. An additive solution and a dyeing method are also provided, the use of the compound also allows for a more rapid dyeing process.

Abstract: The invention discloses a laser distance-measuring receiving chip and its configuration method. According to the SPAD open position stored in the ROI configuration register, control the corresponding SPAD open, and according to the value of the pixel selection signal and the value of the TDC selection signal to control the switch gating in the bus matrix, the open SPAD data through the corresponding TDC output. Since the light bar is divided into multiple sub-light bars, each sub-light bar can be independently configured to open the position, so that the SPAD ROI area can be flexibly configured according to the actual falling point of the spot. After the SPAD is opened, the switch gating in the bus matrix can be controlled according to the value of the pixel selection signal and the value of the TDC selection signal, and the open SPAD data is output to realize the flexible opening of the SPAD ROI area, so that the RX can receive the information of the TX more accurately and realize the distance measurement.

Abstract: Disclosed are a SARS-COV-2 antigen polypeptide, a recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) expressing the polypeptide, and a vaccine containing the virus. A sequence of the antigen polypeptide is shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 2. A method for preparing the recombinant adeno-associated virus comprises co-incubating pHelper, pRep2Cap5, and an expression vector, transfecting a cell in the presence of polyethyleneimine as a transfection reagent; culturing the cell, then collecting the cell by centrifugation, performing lysis and purification to obtain a purified liquid comprising the recombinant adeno-associated virus. The rAAV is delivered and expressed in vivo to produce a fusion antigen polypeptide, induces the production of serum neutralizing antibodies, which have a neutralizing titer to the novel SARS-COV-2 coronavirus and are expressed continuously; the rAAV composition can be used to immunize humans against the novel coronavirus pneumonia COVID-19.

Abstract: An additive compound for dyeing an aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate after anodic oxidation to provide better uniformity in dyeing and hence a better finished appearance includes a main agent, an auxiliary agent, a pH stabilizer, and an antibacterial agent. The antibacterial agent includes at least one of sorbic acid, fluconazole, itraconazole, Artemisia argyi, benzyl alcohol, benzoic acid, salicylic acid, and boric acid. An additive solution and a dyeing method are also provided, the use of the compound also allows for a more rapid dyeing process.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preparing patterned graphene, and the method includes using a silicon carbide base as a solid-state carbon source, decomposing the silicon carbide under the action of high temperature and catalyst, to directly grow graphene on an insulating substrate. Through a first patterned trench and a second patterned trench in an accommodating passage, the pattern of the formed graphene can be directly controlled. Therefore, the present disclosure can accurately locate the position of the patterned graphene on the insulating substrate, it does not require transferring the graphene one more time, thereby avoiding contaminating the graphene and damaging its structure, and there is no need for photo-lithography, ion etching and other processes to treat the graphene in order to obtain patterned graphene, which further avoids damages to the graphene.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to selective removal of material of a layer, such as a carbon-containing layer. The layer can be over a patterned structure of two different materials. Treating the layer to cause the removal agent to be catalytically activated by a first area of the patterned structure to remove material of the organic material over the first area at a greater rate than over a second area of the patterned structure having a different composition from the first area.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a pavement element annotation method for point cloud data with fusion of height, which comprises the following steps: constructing all single-frame point clouds into a joint point cloud in a global coordinate system based on the pose of each frame of single-frame point cloud; removing dynamic objects in the joint point cloud to obtain a static joint point cloud; transforming the static joint point cloud into an overhead image; pre-annotating the pavement elements in an overhead image by using the pavement element pre-annotation model; modifying the pre-annotated result to obtain an overhead image annotation; based on a ball query algorithm and a ground point algorithm, establishing a transformational relation between the pixels of the overhead image and the points of the static joint point cloud; transforming the overhead image annotation into a static joint point cloud annotation based on the transformational relation.

Abstract: The last sentence of the abstract has been deleted because it refers to purported merits of the invention. The abstract should not refer to purported merits or speculative applications of the invention and should not compare the invention with the prior art, therefore the abstract has been amended to delete the last sentence by Examiner's amendment.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a carbide-free tempered martensitic steel and a preparation method thereof. The carbide-free tempered martensitic steel includes a martensite matrix without carbide and a retained austenite distributed between the martensite matrix obtained after tempering or partitioning. A size of retained austenite is submicron or nanoscale, a morphology of retained austenite includes at least one of sphere, block, or film, and a volume fraction of the retained austenite is in a range of 10%-40%.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a carbide-free tempered martensitic steel and a preparation method thereof. The carbide-free tempered martensitic steel includes a martensite matrix without carbide and a retained austenite distributed between the martensite matrix obtained after tempering or partitioning. A size of retained austenite is submicron or nanoscale, a morphology of retained austenite includes at least one of sphere, block, or film, and a volume fraction of the retained austenite is in a range of 10%-40%.