Abstract: Described are systems and methods for providing a content generation service that may be configured to generate content, such as digital images and the like, based on both a textual input and supplemental information. The content generation service may include one or more trained machine learning models that may be configured to generate an image based on a textual input and one or more supplemental information input(s). The supplemental information may include, for example, user information, content information, etc. and can provide context, preferences, or any other additional information beyond the textual input that may be used to generate the content. Further, the content generation service and/or the user may be able to assign weights to each of the textual input and the supplemental information input in connection with the generation of the content.

Abstract: Techniques for performing automatic PHY updates in Bluetooth devices. In some cases, a device might detect the reception of a packet sent with a particular PHY and automatically update the device's physical layer to employ that PHY for receiving and/or transmitting subsequent packets.

Abstract: A substrate integrated waveguide having multiple substrate comprises a first substrate and a second substrate stacked with the first substrate, wherein metal layers are formed on opposite sides of the first substrate and opposite sides of the second substrate, a plurality of metal holes are formed between two metal layers of the same substrate to limit transmission paths of electromagnetic waves transmitted in the substrate, and areas having no metal therein are formed between the first and second substrates so that the electromagnetic waves could be transmitted between the first and second substrates thereby.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a phase shifter, an antenna and an electronic device, and belongs to the field of communication technology. The phase shifter includes a plurality of phase shifting units, a first power division network and a second power division network; each phase shifting unit includes a first transmission structure and a second transmission structure; the first power division network includes a first feeding port and a plurality of second feeding ports; the second power division network includes a third feeding port and a plurality of fourth feeding ports; and the first transmission structure of the phase shifting unit is electrically connected to one second feeding port; the second transmission structure of the phase shifting unit is electrically connected to one fourth feeding port.

Abstract: A mounting bracket for a foldable transport device includes a top portion, a bottom portion, a front wall connecting the top portion and the bottom portion, a first foot peg mounted to the mounting bracket by a first pin and moveably connected to the mounting bracket between a stowed configuration and a riding configuration, and a second foot peg mounted to the mounting bracket by a second pin and moveably connected to the mounting bracket between a stowed configuration and a riding configuration.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a comic image generation method and apparatus, a computer device, and a storage medium, and the method includes: acquiring pose text information corresponding to a comic storyboard, the pose text information being used for describing target action poses of at least one target object; determining a pose assistance image corresponding to the comic storyboard according to the pose text information, reference action poses of a reference object in the pose assistance image matching the target action poses; and generating comic images corresponding to the comic storyboard using an artificial intelligence model according to the pose text information and the pose assistance image, target objects in the comic images having the target action poses.

Abstract: Among other things, the present invention is related to devices and methods of performing biological and chemical assays, such as but not limited to immunoassays and nucleic assay acid, particularly the homogeneous assay that does not use the step of wash and that is fast (e.g. 60 seconds from dropping a sample to displaying results).

Abstract: Detection device and nucleic acid extraction method are disclosed. The detection device includes body chamber including first and second surfaces oppositely arranged, cover, piston rotatable plate and piston. The first surface is open. Sub-chambers are provided in circumferential direction of body chamber. End of each sub-chamber away from first surface has first opening. The cover is arranged on the first surface and has second opening connecting first sub-chamber. The piston rotatable plate includes cylindrical structure connected to the second surface, and includes first and second accommodating chambers connected via connecting channel along axial direction of the cylindrical structure. Third surface of the piston rotatable plate facing the body chamber includes at least one third opening connecting the first accommodating chamber.

Abstract: Described are energy-efficient signal-transparent window assemblies and methods of fabricating thereof. These assemblies remain IR-blocking properties while allowing signal penetration and remain substantially transparent within the visible spectrum with no features detectable to the naked eye. This performance is achieved by isolating conductive layers into discrete cells via gap patterning. The second coating stack's line widths are at least 0.4 micrometer greater than the gaps among the primary stacks. The thickness of the primary stack increases from zero to full thickness near the gap, with a sidewall transition length exceeding 0.2 micrometers. The fabrication process involves lithography for patterning, PVD coating, and post-clean and high-temperature treatments. In some examples, a transparent organic thin layer is provided between the second coating stack and the primary stack or the substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a catenated VAR2CSA recombinant protein, a preparation therefor and a use thereof. The catenated VAR2CSA recombinant protein comprises a binding domain, SpyTag, a p53dim structural domain, and SpyCatcher, which are randomly arranged. The binding domain comprises a structural domain, in the VAR2CSA protein, binding to placenta-like chondroitin sulfate A. The catenated VAR2CSA recombinant protein has high stability and affinity to the tumor-specific antigen placenta-like chondroitin sulfate A, and can be effectively used in the field of tumor immunotherapy, such as immune cell therapy.

Abstract: A microbial preparation and a method for remedying a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)-contaminated soil are disclosed. The microbial preparation contains Pseudomonas sp. KW-2 with a deposit number of CGMCC No. 29017. In the soil remediation method, an oxidizing agent is added to the PAHs-contaminated soil for pre-oxidation treatment, where the oxidizing agent is selected from the group consisting of Fenton's reagent, hydrogen peroxide, sodium persulfate, potassium permanganate, and a combination thereof; a carbon source or a nitrogen source added to reach a carbon-to-nitrogen ratio of 100:5-20, and the microbial preparation is introduced for microbial remediation, where the carbon source is selected from the group consisting of glucose, fructose, sucrose, starch, and a combination thereof; and the nitrogen source is selected from the group consisting of ammonium chloride, ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, and a combination thereof.

Abstract: A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package includes: semiconductor dies, separated from one another, and including die I/Os at their active sides; and a redistribution structure, disposed at the active sides of the semiconductor dies and connected to the die I/Os, wherein the redistribution structure includes first and second routing layers sequentially arranged along a direction away from the die I/Os, the first routing layer includes a ground plane and first signal lines laterally surrounded by and isolated from the first ground plane, the first signal lines connect to the die I/Os and rout the die I/Os from a central region to a peripheral region of the redistribution structure, the second routing layer includes second signal lines and ground lines, and the second signal lines and the ground lines respectively extend from a location in the peripheral region to another location in the peripheral region through the central region.

Abstract: A phase shifter, including: first and second substrates opposite to each other; an adjustable dielectric layer and a plurality of pillar supports between the first and second substrates; first and second conductive layers on sides of first and second substrates close to the adjustable dielectric layer, respectively, where patterns of the first and second conductive layers include at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode, respectively, orthographic projections of the at least one first electrode and the at least one second electrode on the first substrate at least partially overlap each other; orthographic projections of each of the plurality of pillar support, and the pattern of the first conductive layer on the first substrate do not overlap each other, and the pillar supports of the plurality of pillar supports close to an edge of the pattern of the first conductive layer are equally spaced apart therefrom.

Abstract: A method of generating a comic image, a computer device and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a target novel to be used to generate a comic; determining keyword information corresponding to comic storyboards that correspond to the target novel in a plurality of comic image generation dimensions according to a content of the target novel; with respect to any comic storyboard of the comic storyboards, determining target model input information corresponding to the comic storyboard according to a mapping relationship library between dimension keywords and model input information, and the keyword information of the comic storyboards in the comic image generation dimensions, wherein the dimension keywords include a keyword that has been determined in any comic image generation dimension; and using an artificial intelligence model to generate a comic image corresponding to the comic storyboard according to the target model input information.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a proximity effect correction method based on shape adjustment for fabricating an imaging structure. The imaging structure comprises a bottom layer arranged on a substrate, and a top layer arranged on the upper surface of the bottom layer. The position of a surrounding frame of the top layer is closed to an edge of the bottom layer, which has a width value and a space value between the top and bottom layers. Additionally, the method combines with the use of increased particle beam sizes to improve the throughput, imaging fidelity and contrast of a particle beam lithography system. The method is applicable to any particle beam lithography machine or system, and does not require any internal hardware and software modifications to the machine or system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for managing heat-electric outputs of a high-proportion new energy system based on CSP-CHP combined energy supply, which belongs to the field of new energy system optimization and are used for solving the problems of insufficient flexibility of the high-proportion new energy system during the heating period and difficult consumption of renewable energy. The method includes: establishing a concentrating solar power (CSP) unit model and a combined heat and power (CHP) unit model based on the built structure; establishing a collaborative optimization model of the high-proportion new energy system based on the proposed unit models; acquiring relevant data of various units and renewable resource data; obtaining a sum of hourly electric power outputs and a sum of hourly heat outputs; and controlling a heat storage apparatus to store or output a certain amount of heat energy.

Abstract: Novel communication techniques for Bluetooth LE devices. In some cases, a central device transmits broadcast messages, which can be received by one or more peripheral devices, which then transmit responses in turn. In an aspect, these techniques can condense multiple advertising/scan request/scan response packets into a single transmission window and/or multiple, contiguous receive windows for the central device and single transmit/single receive windows for each peripheral device.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a connecting device and an endoscope assembly, and belongs to the technical field of medical instruments. A body of the connecting device includes a connecting portion via which a first endoscope may be connected and fixed. A side of the body opposite to the connecting portion is provided with a receiving groove for directly receiving a second endoscope therein to facilitate a connection and fixation of the second endoscope. Meanwhile, a connecting component for engaging the second endoscope is provided on the body, so that the second endoscope may be fixed within the receiving groove, thereby achieving a connection between the first endoscope and the second endoscope, facilitating assembly and disassembly thereof, and also improving a stability of connection, which is convenient for physicians to operate.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining a plurality of training samples that each include a respective speech utterance and a respective textual utterance representing a transcription of the respective speech utterance. The method also includes fine-tuning, using quantization and sparsity aware training with native integer operations, a pre-trained automatic speech recognition (ASR) model on the plurality of training samples. Here, the pre-trained ASR model includes a plurality of weights and the fine-tuning includes pruning one or more weights of the plurality of weights using a sparsity mask and quantizing each weight of the plurality of weights based on an integer with a fixed-bit width. The method also includes providing the fine-tuned ASR model to a user device.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a charging allocation device, method, and system of a charging station. The method is implemented based on the charging allocation device of the charging station. The charging allocation device of the charging station includes a first sensor, a second sensor, a third sensor, a charging module, and a processor. The method is executed by the processor.