Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a method performed by a network function consumer, NFC. The method comprises sending (701) a request (401) to a network function producer, NFP, wherein the request (401) is for context information for a first wireless device, and wherein the request (401) comprises one or more filter values identifying a subset of context information for the first wireless device required by the NFC. The subset of context information for the first wireless device required by the NF consumer is related to specific Protocol Data Unit, PDU, sessions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a yeast gene ScFIT3 for regulating and controlling cadmium resistance of an organism and an application thereof. The yeast gene ScFIT3 for regulating and controlling the cadmium resistance of the organism has a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO.1. The present invention discloses, for the first time, the application of the yeast gene ScFIT3 in enhancing cadmium resistance of the organism. The yeast gene ScFIT3 is linked to an expression vector and transformed into a budding yeast, thereby completing construction of a cadmium-resistant yeast. The growth of the budding yeast transformed with the yeast gene ScFIT3 is significantly superior to that of a wild-type budding yeast, indicating that the budding yeast transformed with the yeast gene ScFIT3 has good resistance to cadmium stress, significantly enhances a capability of resisting heavy metal cadmium, and reduces accumulation and absorption of cadmium.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein may enable user equipment to confirm and/or change a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) communication configuration selected by a network, such as to change a number of data layers used in the MIMO communication and/or to change one or more antennas used in the MIMO communication. The user equipment may confirm and/or change the MIMO communication configuration based on transmit power levels associated with the one or more antennas, a distance between power amplifiers and respective antennas, or the like, as described herein.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein may enable user equipment to confirm and/or change a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) communication configuration selected by a network, such as to change a number of data layers used in the MIMO communication and/or to change one or more antennas used in the MIMO communication. The user equipment may confirm and/or change the MIMO communication configuration based on transmit power levels associated with the one or more antennas, a distance between power amplifiers and respective antennas, or the like, as described herein.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided. A dataset comprising a covariate matrix, a treatment vector, and an outcome vector is received. Using a trained causal model applied to the dataset, an inverse probability weighted (IPW) model estimation of treatment effect is generated. An inverse probability weighted estimation of groundtruth treatment effect is computed. A causal treatment error is calculated based on the inverse probability weighted model estimation of treatment effect and the inverse probability weighted estimation of groundtruth treatment effect.

Abstract: Disclosed are a microneedle and a neural interface system. The microneedle comprises at least one microneedle body, wherein the microneedle body comprises a lining plate (5) and at least one body electrode (1), and the lining plate (5) is of an arc-shaped structure. The microneedle body has the form of an arc-shaped structure and can wrap an optic nerve (6), so as to facilitate the reading of an optic nerve signal, or stimulate the optic nerve (6) by means of the body electrode (1) so as to generate artificial vision in a visual center.

Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for the production of bio-based polymers (e.g., polymers made from glucose), including polyesters, as well as end products resulting from such production, in which one or more color stabilizing additive compounds is utilized. The additive(s) may be used in the stabilization of a monomer or prepolymer that is reacted in such production methods, prior to obtaining the polymer. Particular bio-based polymers are those having furandicarboxylate moieties or residues in their backbone structure, with poly(alkylene furan dicarboxylate) polymers, such as polyethylene furan dicarboxylate) (PEF) and poly(trimethylene furan dicarboxylate) (PTF) being representative.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for purifying a graphite material, which includes the following steps of: after placing the graphite material in a graphite crucible, placing the graphite crucible into a heating furnace; after vacuuming the heating furnace, filling the heating furnace with a protective atmosphere, and controlling a pressure in the heating furnace to be less than 5 Torr; and heating the graphite crucible, by a heater disposed in the heating furnace, to control a temperature of the graphite crucible to be at least higher than melting point temperatures of some metal impurities in the graphite material for a preset time period, so that the some metal impurities in the graphite material are volatilized or carbonized, and the graphite crucible is purified. Therefore, while the graphite material is purified under a condition with high vacuum, high temperature and low pressure, the graphite crucible is also purified.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for preparing a silicon carbide crystal including a crucible and a crystal expansion guide assembly. The crucible includes a crucible body and a crucible cover fixing a seed and covering the crucible body. The crystal expansion guide assembly includes a frame member and a tubular core member. The frame member is fixed to the crucible body, located between the crucible cover and a raw material accommodated in the crucible body, and provided with a through hole with a diameter greater than a diameter of a growth surface of the seed. The tubular core member is mechanically connected to an inner wall of the through hole. During a crystal growth process, the tubular core member falls off due to contact with a growth front of a crystal. The frame member does not react with the crystal. Thus, a large-sized crystal ingot with high quality can be obtained.

Abstract: A method includes forming a fin extending from a substrate; depositing a liner over a top surface and sidewalls of the fin, where the minimum thickness of the liner is dependent on selected according to a first germanium concentration of the fin; forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) region adjacent the fin; removing a first portion of the liner on sidewalls of the fin, the first portion of the liner being above a topmost surface of the STI region; and forming a gate stack on sidewalls and a top surface of the fin, where the gate stack is in physical contact with the liner.

Abstract: In certain examples, a causal inference model is trained on a re-balancing task in a self-supervised manner, using ‘unlabelled’ training data pertaining to multiple domains. Rather than approaching casual inference as a domain-specific task (e.g., designing one causal-inference approach for a particular manufacturing application, another for a particular aerospace application, another for a specific medical application etc.,) a general-purpose causal inference mechanism is learned from a large, diverse training set that contains many treatments dataset over many field/applications (e.g., combining manufacturing data, engineering data, medical data etc. in a single dataset used to train a single neural network). In other words, a cross-domain causal inference model is trained, which can then be applied to a dataset in any domain, including domains that were not explicitly encountered by the neural network during training.

Abstract: Implementations are described herein for training and applying machine learning models to digital images capturing plants, and to other data indicative of attributes of individual plants captured in the digital images, to recognize individual plants in distinction from other individual plants. In various implementations, a digital image that captures a first plant of a plurality of plants may be applied, along with additional data indicative of an additional attribute of the first plant observed when the digital image was taken, as input across a machine learning model to generate output. Based on the output, an association may be stored in memory, e.g., of a database, between the digital image that captures the first plant and one or more previously-captured digital images of the first plant.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silicon carbide crystal growth system including a crucible, a heating device and a seed holder. The crucible includes a crucible body and a crucible cover covering the crucible body. The heating device includes a quartz tube and an induction coil spirally wound on an outer wall of the quartz tube. The crucible is disposed in the quartz tube. The crucible is disposed coaxially with the quartz tube. The seed holder is disposed on the crucible cover and includes a seed holding surface for holding an off-axis seed and is perpendicular to a central axis of the crucible, and an angle between a normal direction of the induction coil and a growth direction of the off-axis seed is between 0 degrees and 10 degrees, so that a silicon carbide crystal grows from the off-axis seed along isotherms provided by the induction coil, thereby obtaining a silicon carbide boule.

Abstract: Provided is a display panel. The display panel includes: a base substrate, a plurality of light-emitting devices, a package layer, a hydrophobic layer, an isolation portion, and a light conversion structure; wherein the light-emitting devices are disposed on a side of the base substrate; the package layer is disposed on a side of the light-emitting devices and configured to package the light-emitting devices; the hydrophobic layer is disposed on a side of the package layer and in direct contact with the package layer; the isolation portion is disposed on a side of the hydrophobic layer, wherein a plurality of apertures are defined in the isolation portion; and the light conversion structure is disposed in the apertures and includes a transparent medium layer and a plurality of particles, and a face of the transparent medium layer is in direct contact with the hydrophobic layer.

Abstract: Provided is a display panel. The display panel includes: a base substrate; a plurality of light-emitting devices on a side of the base substrate; a package layer on a side of the plurality of light-emitting devices, wherein the package layer is configured to package the light-emitting devices; a hydrophilic layer on a side of the package layer, wherein the hydrophilic layer is in direct contact with the package layer; an isolation portion on a side of the hydrophilic layer, wherein a plurality of apertures are defined in the isolation portion; and a light conversion structure in the plurality of apertures, wherein the light conversion structure includes a transparent medium layer made of a hydrophilic material and a plurality of particles dispersed in the transparent medium layer, and a face, close to the base substrate, of the transparent medium layer is in direct contact with the hydrophilic layer.

Abstract: A night hyper-spectral remote sensing imaging system for multi-component atmospheric trace constituents includes a light source unit, a detection light path unit, an unmanned aerial vehicle tracking light path unit, and a control and processing unit, where the light source unit couples and outputs first light source light with different wavelength ranges capable of imaging at night; the detection light path unit collimates and outputs the first light source light, and receive remote sensing light fed back based on the first light source light; the unmanned aerial vehicle tracking light path unit tracks and positions an unmanned aerial vehicle based on an unmanned aerial vehicle tracking light path; and the control and processing unit collects an original spectrum of the first light source light and a remote sensing spectrum and perform imaging analysis and process on the multi-component atmospheric trace constituents, and adjust and control the tracking light path.

Abstract: Improvements in catalyst systems and associated processes for the conversion of glycolaldehyde to monoethanolamine are disclosed. The catalyst systems exhibit improved selectivity to this desired product and consequently reduced selectivity to byproducts such as diethanolamine and ethylene glycol. These beneficial effects are achieved through the use of acids, and particularly Lewis acids, as co-catalysts of the reductive amination reaction, in conjunction with a hydrogenation catalyst.

Abstract: A wireless communication method for use in a wireless terminal is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a wireless network node, a high layer signaling including channel state information (CSI) report configuration information, receiving, from the wireless network node, a first signaling including a CSI report trigger state indication or a pattern indication, and reporting CSI according to the high layer signaling and the first signaling.

Abstract: An improved process and catalyst are provided for making an FDCA diester monomer product with improved productivity compared to an autocatalyzed esterification but with comparable or at least not greatly diminished color properties compared to the FDCA diester monomer product that would be produced autocatalytically, wherein a heterogeneous tin (II) catalyst is employed to make an esterification product comprising a diester of FDCA with an alcohol, the catalyst being in either a bulk, unsupported form or in the form of a supported tin (II) catalyst, in particular, using a hygroscopic support such as a gamma alumina, a zeolite or a silica, or using a carbon support.

Abstract: An intelligent dredging system for a high-piled wharf and a control method thereof are provided, and the system includes an intelligent monitoring-decision control subsystem and a decentralized high-pressure water disturbance subsystem. The intelligent monitoring-decision control subsystem is composed of a high-precision pile-foundation sediment siltation warning device, a tidal monitoring device and a control terminal. The decentralized high-pressure water disturbance subsystem is composed of a water spraying device, a cable and a multi-loop power distribution device.