Abstract: Semiconductor structures and methods of forming the same are provided. A semiconductor structure according to the present disclosure includes an active region having a channel region and a source/drain region, a gate structure over the channel region, a gate spacer layer disposed over the channel region and extending along a sidewall of the gate structure, an epitaxial source/drain feature over the source/drain region, a contact etch stop layer (CESL) disposed on the epitaxial source/drain feature and extending along a sidewall of the gate spacer layer, a source/drain contact disposed over the epitaxial source/drain feature, and a dielectric cap layer disposed over the gate structure, the gate spacer layer and at least a portion of the CESL. A sidewall of the source/drain contact is in direct contact with a sidewall of the CESL.

Abstract: A multimedia processing method includes rendering, through a first native container node of a dynamic page, a content node associated with the first native container node to play multimedia content. The method further includes generating a non-dynamic page in response to a first page switching operation triggered in the dynamic page, and creating a second native container node in a second node tree of the non-dynamic page, the second native container node being supported by the native application framework provided by the operating system. The method further includes disassociating the content node from the first native container node, and establishing an association between the content node and the second native container node. The method further includes rendering, through the second native container node, the content node in the non-dynamic page to continue playing the rendered multimedia content in a portion of the generated non-dynamic page.

Abstract: This application discloses a method for establishing a call connection, a first terminal, a server, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining, by a first terminal, a second vocoder list of a second terminal, the second vocoder list including vocoders supported by the second terminal and with corresponding priorities; determining, by the first terminal, a first vocoder with the highest priority among vocoders that exist in both a first vocoder list of the first terminal and the second vocoder list, the first vocoder list including vocoders supported by the first terminal and with corresponding priorities, and the priorities of the vocoders being positively correlated with audio frequencies in encoding and decoding of the vocoders; and requesting, by the first terminal by using the first vocoder, to establish a first call connection to the second terminal.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a distributed phase-shifting transforming apparatus, including N transformer rectifier units, where each transformer rectifier unit includes two three-phase three-winding transformers and four rectifier circuits, each three-phase three-winding transformer includes first windings on the primary side and second windings and third windings on the secondary side, AC power output by the second windings and the third windings on the secondary side is output after being rectified by the rectifier circuits. Each transformer rectifier unit is configured such that: one set of the two first windings on the primary side and the two second windings on the secondary side is phase-shifted by 150 from each other, and the other set has the same phase angle; and the second windings and the third windings of each three-phase three-winding transformer are phase-shifted by 300 from each other.

Abstract: In an example method, a first device establishes a connection for multi-screen collaboration to a second device. The first device turns off a screen in response to a first event. The first device draws screen content based on a first software signal in response to a second event, to obtain a screen content drawing result. Then, the first device synthesizes the screen content drawing result based on a second software signal, to obtain a screen content synthesis result. The first software signal and the second software signal are software synchronization signals that are generated by a same software signal source in the first device and that have a same cycle. Finally, the first device sends the screen content synthesis result to the second device.

Abstract: A robot waist skeleton includes: a swing waist effector; a first bracket, one end of which is connected to an output end of the swing waist effector; a bend waist effector, a case of which is connected to the other end of the first bracket; a second bracket, one end of which is connected to the case of the swing waist effector; a rotate waist effector, an output end of which is connected to the other end of the second bracket; and a third bracket, one end of which is connected to a case of the swing waist effector.

Abstract: An aerosolization module for an aerosol generating device includes a bottom end, an opposite top end provided with a mouthpiece, a first air path for the aerosol flow, and a second air path configured to be in fluidic communication with a puff sensor. The first air path includes a first section in which dry air sucked into a first air inlet flows from top to bottom, and a second section in which the aerosol formed by vaporization of the vaporizable material in the dry air flows from bottom to top. The aerosolization device is located inside the module, and the first air inlet is located above the aerosolization device in a bottom to top direction. The mouthpiece is at the top end of the module, and the first air inlet is made through a bottom portion of the mouthpiece. The position of the first air inlet can thus be optimized.

Abstract: An aerosolization module for an aerosol generating device includes a reservoir and a first cover made of a resilient material and fitted into an opening of the reservoir. The first cover forms a channel which extends from outside the reservoir to its inner volume. The channel makes it possible to fill the reservoir with vaporizable material. The aerosolization module further includes a second cover configured to be mounted on the first cover, the second cover including a protrusion configured to tightly plug the channel formed by the first cover and thereby close the reservoir when the second cover is mounted on the first cover. The aerosolization module is easy to fill and easy to assemble. A method of assembling the aerosolization module is also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a battery module for an aerosol generating system. It comprises a battery extending substantially in a longitudinal direction and a printed circuit board assembly connected to the battery. The battery comprises along the longitudinal direction a first portion of a first thickness, and a second portion comprising opposite faces defining a second thickness, the second thickness being less than the first thickness. The printed circuit board assembly is electrically connected to the second portion of the battery on one of said opposite faces. This allows spatial optimization of the battery module. The invention also relates to a corresponding aerosol generating system, and to a corresponding set comprising a battery charger.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a calculation method for predicting a proppant embedding depth based on a shale softening effect, including determining a spontaneous imbibition depth-soaking time curve; determining a Young’s modulus-soaking time curve of core surfaces; establishing a proppant embedding model containing a softened layer by a finite element method; conducting a numerical simulation to obtain an embedding volume-soaking time curve; and obtaining a calculation formula for a proppant embedding volume considering a softening effect.

Abstract: Herein are disclosed an audio signal processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining an audio signal acquired by an application while an account logging into the application is in a microphone mute state in a multi-person voice call; obtaining gain parameters, for each of a plurality of audio frames in the audio signal, respectively on a plurality of bands in a first band range; and outputting a prompt message responsive to a determination, based on the gain parameters, that a target voice is contained in the audio signal, the prompt message providing a prompt to disable the microphone mute state of the account.

Abstract: A system may port a data model into a strict schema system, translate the data model into a transformation rule definition, fit the transformation rule definition to a transform action, receive strict schema data, perform the transform action on the strict schema data based on the transformation rule definition to form rough data, and execute filtering and enriching operations on the rough data to form loose schema data.

Abstract: A casting control method and apparatus are provided. The casting control method and apparatus are applied to the field of video processing technologies. The method is applied to a first electronic device. The first electronic device includes a GPU and an HWC. When the first electronic device is in a casting state, the to-be-synthesized layer can be separately sent to the GPU and the HWC if the video security layer is not included. The first electronic device synthesizes the to-be-synthesized layer in parallel by using the GPU and the HWC.

Abstract: An aerosolization module for an aerosol generating device includes a reservoir configured to contain a vaporizable material, a heater including a wick which is configured to imbibe liquid by capillarity, and a liquid path for providing liquid from the reservoir to the heater that includes at least one liquid channel that fluidically connects the reservoir to the wick, the liquid channel including a porous pad in contact with the wick. The porous pad improves the reliability in the supply of vaporizable material to the heater.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, computer program products Geohash-based traffic management are provided. The method comprises receiving, by one or more processing units, respective operating status data of one or more vehicles travelling within a Geohash cell; generating, by one or more processing units, one or more service messages based on the received respective operating status data according to one or more service specifications; and providing, by one or more processing units, at least one of the one or more service messages responsive to a request from a vehicle travelling within the Geohash cell.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes analyzing, by a processing unit, a relational database to discover a plurality of static relationships between a plurality of data fields captured in two or more tables. The processing unit can discover a plurality of entity relationships based on observing application-generated queries and results of accessing the relational database in response to one or more test triggers. The processing unit can build one or more relation graphs based on the static relationships and the entity relationships to link a plurality of nodes with one or more edges that define at least one relationship between the nodes. One or more class graphs are formed having a reduced number of edges than the one or more relation graphs. The processing unit can generate one or more result data graphs using the one or more class graphs as a graph database model of the relational database.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes analyzing, by a processing unit, a relational database to discover a plurality of static relationships between a plurality of data fields captured in two or more tables. The processing unit can discover a plurality of entity relationships based on observing application-generated queries and results of accessing the relational database in response to one or more test triggers. The processing unit can build one or more relation graphs based on the static relationships and the entity relationships to link a plurality of nodes with one or more edges that define at least one relationship between the nodes. One or more class graphs are formed having a reduced number of edges than the one or more relation graphs. The processing unit can generate one or more result data graphs using the one or more class graphs as a graph database model of the relational database.