Abstract: A method operates within an integrated circuit having a plurality of processing lanes. For each of a first and second processing lanes, the method determines a number of packed data words among one or more packed data words associated with the respective processing lane, associates the number of packed data words with a used field of the processing lane, wherein the used field indicates the number of packed data words in the processing lane; and stores the one or more packed data words in a variable record length memory based, at least in part, on the used field of the processing lane.

Abstract: A routing method and apparatus for SDN-based LEO satellite network are disclosed. The LEO satellite network includes a control plane and a data plane. The control plane includes a central controller and a plurality of local controllers. The data plane includes a plurality of LEO satellite nodes and user terminals connecting to the LEO satellite nodes. The control plane may be located on the earth, and thus the centralized management and control of the data plane are placed on the earth. A local controllers monitors LEO satellite nodes in a subnet or subnets of the local controller. The distance between a local controller and a LEO satellite node is much smaller than the distance between a GEO satellite node and the LEO satellite node, and thus the time delay and the traffic loss of communication are reduced.

Abstract: An electroactive bio-carrier module and a sewage treatment device using same are provided, which relate to the field of bioelectrochemistry and sewage treatment. The electroactive bio-carrier module is composed of an anode module and a cathode module made of a conductive material. The anode module is formed by connecting carbon fiber brushes in series and is of a vertically ring type structure; the cathode module is formed by connecting stainless steel meshes in series; the stainless steel meshes are in a folded horizontal stacked design; the anode and cathode modules are connected through an external lead wire to form a circuit. Surfaces of the anode and cathode modules can both enrich microorganisms, biofilms are formed on the surfaces. The electrode module is arranged in an up-flow type sewage treatment device and is used as an electroactive bio-carrier, to form a hybrid sewage treatment device with a built-in electroactive bio-carrier.

Abstract: A transistor device includes a semiconductor epitaxial layer structure including a channel layer and a barrier layer on the channel layer, a source contact and a drain contact on the barrier layer, an insulating layer on the semiconductor layer between the source contact and the drain contact, and a gate contact on the insulating layer. The gate contact includes a central portion that extends through the insulating layer and contacts the barrier layer and a drain side wing that extends laterally from the central portion of the gate toward the drain contact by a distance ?D. The drain side wing of the gate contact is spaced apart from the barrier layer by a distance d1 that is equal to a thickness of the insulating layer. The distance ?D is less than about 0.3 ?m, and the distance d1 is less than about 80 nm.

Abstract: A system is disclosed. The system includes an accessory control module, comprising computer-executable code stored in non-volatile memory, a processor, a user device including at least one sensor, and an accessory for a human model, the accessory including a motor or a heater. The accessory control module, the processor, the user device, and the accessory are configured to sense a velocity or an acceleration of the user device using the at least one sensor, determine if the sensed velocity or the sensed acceleration falls within at least one range of a plurality of predetermined ranges, and control the motor or the heater to drive a predetermined action of the accessory based on the at least one range.

Abstract: A system is disclosed. The system has an accessory control module, comprising computer-executable code stored in non-volatile memory, a memory for storing instructions and a processor for executing the instructions, a user device of a user, and an accessory configured to communicate with the user device. The accessory control module, the memory and the processor, the user device, and the accessory are configured to accumulate receipt of one or more input parameters, determine whether an accumulation satisfies a preset condition, wherein the preset condition includes at least one of a preset receiving quantity of the one or more input parameters, a preset receiving sum of values of the one or more input parameters, or a preset time duration of the accumulation, and in response to the accumulation satisfying the preset condition, send a control signal to actuate the accessory to perform a series of predefined acts, wherein the series of predefined acts is configured to sexually stimulate the user.

Abstract: Provided are an Input/Output (IO) processing method for a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) system, an IO processing apparatus for a RAID system, a storage server, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: establishing, according to data volume region information, a stripe mapping relationship between a volume to be operated and a RAID stripe, and a controller correspondence relationship between the volume to be operated and a target controller; when receiving an IO processing request, determining a controller and RAID stripe corresponding to a target volume of the IO processing request according to the stripe mapping relationship and the controller correspondence relationship; and processing, by use of the RAID stripe through the controller, the IO processing request.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a suction device. The suction device includes a hollow body, an accumulator assembly and a drive mechanism. The accumulator assembly includes a first support structure and a second support structure, a plurality of connecting members and a flexible element. Each of the plurality of connecting members is mounted to the first and second support structures along circumference portions of the first and second support structures. The flexible element is disposed in a space defined by the first and second support structures and the plurality of connecting members. Further, the drive mechanism is configured to operate the flexible element to a compressed state and a retracted state by driving the second support structure between a first position and a second position relative to the first support structure, respectively.

Abstract: A system is disclosed. The system has a tipping module, comprising computer-executable code stored in non-volatile memory, a processor, and a user device. The tipping module, the processor, and the user device are configured to display one or more multimedia content pages on a user interface of the user device, the one or more multimedia content pages associated with one or more live broadcast platforms, display one or more tipping graphical elements on the user interface of the user device, the one or more tipping graphical elements associated with the one or more multimedia content pages, and execute at least one tip operation on the one or more live broadcast platforms, the at least one tip operation associated with the one or more tipping graphical elements and responsive to a trigger instruction of any of the one or more tipping graphical elements.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an organic thin film and a method for preparing the same, a display device, and an optical device, in which the method includes: providing a base substrate; forming an isomerization generating layer on the base substrate, the isomerization generating layer including a first region and a second region; adding a precursor solution on a surface of the isomerization generating layer away from the base substrate, and allowing surface energy of the second region to be greater than surface energy of the first region, so as to form the organic thin film from the precursor solution, the precursor solution being at least partially located in the second region.

Abstract: Embodiments of three-dimensional (3D) memory devices and methods for controlling a photoresist (PR) trimming rate in the formation of the 3D memory devices are disclosed. In an example, a method includes forming a dielectric stack over a substrate, measuring a first distance between the first trimming mark and the PR layer along a first direction, and trimming the PR layer along the first direction. The method also includes etching the dielectric stack using the trimmed PR layer as an etch mask to form a staircase, forming a second trimming mark using the first trimming mark as an etch mask, measuring a second distance between the second trimming mark and the trimmed PR layer, comparing the first distance with the second distance to determine a difference between an actual PR trimming rate and an estimated PR trimming rate, and adjusting PR trimming parameters based on the difference.

Abstract: A method for controlling devices includes: providing a first widget and a second widget on the user interface, wherein the first widget is associated with control of the first device, and the second widget is associated with control of the second device; activating joint control of the first device and the second device in response to a bundling operation used for bundling the first widget with the second widget; and driving, in response to an operation used for triggering the joint control, the first device and the second device to perform the respective predefined acts synchronously.

Abstract: Apparatuses include (among other components) a first gain device connected to receive an initial voltage, a second gain device in series with the first gain device and connected to receive output of the first gain device, differential gain devices connected to receive outputs from the first gain device and the second gain device (the differential gain devices provide opposite voltage outputs from the apparatus) and high-frequency compensation feed-forward paths connected to the first gain device and the second gain device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a male masturbating apparatus. The male masturbating apparatus includes an elongated hollow frame member and a flexible actuator mounted to the elongated hollow frame member. The flexible actuator is operable between a first position and a second position. A silicon element is mounted within the elongated hollow frame member. A plurality of sensors is configured to detect at least a depth information based on a level of insertion of a penis in a flexible opening of the silicon element, and a magnitude of force applied on the flexible actuator for operating the flexible actuator to the second position from the first position. A control unit is operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors. The control unit is configured to provide a vibrotactile output based at least on the depth information and the magnitude of force applied on the flexible actuator.

Abstract: Amplifier devices includes a first amplifier connected to receive an input voltage. The first amplifier outputs an internal voltage. These structures also include a second amplifier having an input node connected to receive the internal voltage and an output node outputting an output voltage. A resistive feedback loop is connected to the input node and the output node of the second amplifier. A first cross-coupled bandwidth boosting stage is connected to the input node of the second amplifier and a second cross-coupled bandwidth boosting stage connected to the output node of the second amplifier. The cross-coupled bandwidth boosting stages form a distributed differential positive feedback structure.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure an adult toy is disclosed. The adult toy includes a substantially hollow cylindrical body and a vagina-shaped element arranged inside the substantially hollow cylindrical body. The vagina-shaped element includes an opening at a first end of the substantially hollow cylindrical body to receive a male genital organ thereof. Further, the adult toy includes a chamber arranged between the substantially hollow cylindrical body and the vagina-shaped element, surrounding the vagina-shaped element. The adult toy includes an air pump arranged towards a second end of the substantially hollow cylindrical body. The air pump is disposed in fluid communication with an ambient atmosphere and the chamber and configured to provide an air pressure inside the chamber. The chamber is adapted to inflate and deflate based on the air pressure thereof to cause the vagina-shaped element to compress and decompress to stimulate the male genital organ received inside thereof.

Abstract: The system has an accessory control module, comprising computer-executable code stored in non-volatile memory, a processor, a device of a human user, and an accessory configured to communicate with the device. The accessory control module, the processor, the device, and the accessory are configured to receive or obtain multimedia data using the device, create one or more control patterns based on the multimedia data, and drive the accessory using the one or more control patterns. The multimedia data includes at least one selected from the group of text data, sound data, image data, video data, and combinations thereof. The one or more control patterns includes a signal set that drives the accessory to sequentially perform a series of different amplitudes of a predefined act. The predefined act sexually stimulates the human user.

Abstract: An energy storage composition can be used as a new Na-ion battery cathode material. The energy storage composition with an alluaudite phase of AxTy(PO4)z, NaxTy(PO4)z, Na1.702Fe3(PO4)3 and Na0.872Fe3(PO4)3, is described including the hydrothermal synthesis, crystal structure, and electrochemical properties. After ball milling and carbon coating, the compositions described herein demonstrate a reversible capacity, such as about 140.7 mAh/g. In addition these compositions exhibit good cycling performance (93% of the initial capacity is retained after 50 cycles) and excellent rate capability. These alluaudite compounds represent a new cathode material for large-scale battery applications that are earth-abundant and sustainable.

Abstract: Inter-kernel dataflow analysis and deadlock detection includes, for each kernel of a plurality of kernels of a design, including, using computer hardware, a signal for the kernel that is asserted in response to all processes inside the kernel stalling, wherein the plurality of kernels form a strongly connected component. For each kernel of the plurality of kernels, the signal is asserted during operation of the design in response to each process in the kernel stalling. A notification is generated indicating that the strongly connected component is deadlocked in response to each kernel of the strongly connected component asserting the signal.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a male masturbating device. The male masturbating device includes an elongate hollow body, a reciprocating arrangement housed within the elongate hollow body and a silicon element. The reciprocating arrangement includes an elongate hollow reciprocating-element and a driving assembly. The driving assembly includes a motion transmission mechanism operatively coupled to the elongate hollow reciprocating-element for providing a reciprocating movement to the elongate hollow reciprocating-element with respect to the elongate hollow body, and a power source for providing electrical power to the motion transmission mechanism. The silicon element includes a flexible opening. The silicon element is mounted on the elongate hollow reciprocating-element and projects out of a first end of the elongate hollow body. The silicon element is configured to move reciprocally with the reciprocating movement of the elongate hollow reciprocating-element.