Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode or an autonomous vehicle. For instance, a polygon representative of the shape and location of a first object may be received. A polyline contour representation of a portion of a polygon representative of the shape and location of a second object may be received. The polyline contour representation may be in half-plane coordinates and including a plurality of vertices and line segments. Coordinates of the polygon representative of the first object may be converted to the half-plane coordinate system. A collision location between the polyline contour representation and the polygon representative of the first object may be determined using the converted coordinates. The autonomous vehicle may be controlled in the autonomous driving mode to avoid a collision based on the collision location.

Abstract: The invention encompasses components from microbial cells which are useful for antibody production, including peptides, polypeptides comprising these peptides, polynucleotides which encode these peptides or polypeptides, and antibodies directed to these peptides, polypeptides, or polynucleotides. The invention also encompasses to expression vectors and host cells for producing these peptides, polypeptides, polynucleotides, and antibodies. The invention further encompasses methods and compositions, especially vaccine compositions, for detecting, targeting, and inhibiting microbial cells, especially methanogen cells, using one or more of the disclosed peptides, polypeptides, polynucleotides, antibodies, expression vectors, and host cells.

Abstract: A light-emitting device and a manufacturing method thereof, a display substrate and a display apparatus are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The light-emitting device includes: a first electrode disposed on a base substrate; a quantum dot light-emitting layer disposed at a side of the first electrode away from the base substrate; and an electron transport layer disposed at a side of the quantum dot light-emitting layer close to or away from the first electrode, the electron transport layer including a first transport sub-layer and a second transport sub-layer which are arranged in layer configuration, a material of the first transport sub-layer and a material of the second transport sub-layer both including n-type metal oxides, and an oxygen content of the first transport sub-layer being less than an oxygen content of the second transport sub-layer.

Abstract: A retrieval method and a retrieval apparatus for reservoir water storage. The retrieval method includes the following steps. A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image sequence of a target local waters in a target reservoir is acquired. A water area sequence of the target local waters is determined according to the SAR image sequence. A first relationship between a water level of the target reservoir and a water area of the target local waters of the target reservoir is obtained. The water area sequence is converted into a target water level sequence according to the first relationship. And a water storage sequence of the target reservoir is obtained according to a water level-water storage relationship curve and the target water level sequence.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light-emitting transistor and a display substrate. The display substrate includes a plurality of pixel circuits. Each pixel circuit uses a light-emitting transistor that integrates a control transistor and a quantum dot light-emitting device in the same device, and the light-emitting transistor can simultaneously realize the functions of switch controlling and light-emitting display.

Abstract: The method of this disclosure may comprise generating a statement invocation relation for a source code by parsing intermediate representation of the source code produced by a compiler. The method of this disclosure may further comprise in response to a first statement in a first code snippet of the plurality of code snippet being changed, determining affected statements in the source code due to the change of the first statement based on the statement invocation relation.

Abstract: A data processing method includes performing a conditional logical process and an image difference calculation by a vector calculating unit in an intelligence processing unit (IPU) according to sensing data generated by a time-of-flight ranging device to generate depth data, and performing a filter process by a multiply-accumulate calculation unit in the IPU according to the depth data to generate output data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to UL-based and DL-based positioning in a wireless communication network. A method comprises: determining, by a first device, an estimation of a propagation delay for a first reference signal to be transmitted from a second device; in accordance with a determination that the estimation of the propagation delay exceeds a threshold delay, determining a target period within a symbol on which at least a part of the first reference signal is transmitted; and performing positioning measurements on the first reference signal within the target period. As such, the receiver is capable of applying an adaptive and adjustable window for receiving different positioning reference signals (PRSs) depending on various conditions and situations. In this way, the PRS measurement performance and the positioning accuracy can be greatly improved.

Abstract: Incidents may be monitored using a camera in response to an activation of a trigger device. Trigger data may be received over a communication network in response to activation of a trigger device disposed within a first area of a vehicle. A camera disposed within a second area of the vehicle may be controlled over the communication network in response to receiving the trigger data, the controlling causing the camera to capture sensor information of a passenger of the vehicle. Passenger information of the passenger of the vehicle may be obtained in response to receiving the trigger data. An alert notification may be generated. The alert notification may comprise at least a portion of the sensor information of the passenger, and the alert notification may be capable of initiating one or more incident actions associated with the passenger.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include methods for implementing communication conversion between a server-client system and a publish-subscribe (pub-sub) system. An example may include: receiving a message from the pub-sub system, wherein a topic of the message includes information related to a target service in the server-client system to which the message is to be sent, and a payload of the message includes identification information of a consumer in the pub-sub system, wherein the consumer is to receive a response message from the server-client system; parsing the message to determine a host and a service provider that provide the target service, and the consumer who is to receive the response message; sending a request message for the target service to the service provider on the determined host; receiving the response message; adding the identification information to the response message; and sending it to the pub-sub system.

Abstract: A system and method for treating a deposition reactor are disclosed. The system and method remove or mitigate formation of residue in a gas-phase reactor used to deposit doped metal films, such as aluminum-doped titanium carbide films or aluminum-doped tantalum carbide films. The method includes a step of exposing a reaction chamber to a treatment reactant that mitigates formation of species that lead to residue formation.

Abstract: Disclosed are apparatuses for sidelink resource selection. An example apparatus may include at least one processor and at least one memory. The at least one processor may include computer program code, and the at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to transmit a first sidelink control signal and at least one sidelink data signal in a first beam direction, and transmit a second sidelink control signal in a second beam direction different from the first beam direction. Related methods and computer readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: An engineered radioactive polymeric microsphere, and a preparation and application thereof. The preparation method includes: adding a styrene monomer and a disperser and/or a crosslinker into a medium, followed by feeding of nitrogen or helium and stirring to obtain a first reaction mixture; heating the first reaction mixture, and adding an initiator, followed by reaction under stirring at a constant temperature to obtain a second reaction mixture; subjecting the second reaction mixture to washing with ethanol and water, and vacuum drying to obtain a crude polymeric microsphere; subjecting the crude polymeric microsphere to radiation-induced graft polymerization with a functional monomer to obtain the functionalized polymeric microsphere; and exposing the functionalized polymeric microsphere to a radionuclide to prepare the engineered radioactive polymeric microsphere.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of retransmission of sidelink positioning reference signal (PRS). The method comprises transmitting, to a second device, a first sidelink reference signal associated with a positioning or ranging procedure of the first device; and receiving, from the second device, a second sidelink reference signal associated with the positioning or ranging procedure, the second sidelink reference signal comprising information indicating whether the first sidelink reference signal needs to be retransmitted. In this way, the retransmission of the sidelink PRS can be triggered without extra resource consumption and a fast RTT estimation for sidelink ranging and positioning can be achieved.

Abstract: A service orchestration method, apparatus and device for a physical machine, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: creating a physical machine resource that inherits all attributes of a cloud host, and modifying the physical machine resource according to characteristics of a target physical machine to obtain a target physical machine resource; configuring an underlying driver of Ironic according to the characteristics of a target physical machine; and invoking the Ironic by means of nova, such that the target physical machine resource is used to perform service orchestration on the target physical machine when the Ironic is running. On the basis of implementing service orchestration on a physical machine, the target physical machine resource in the method is obtained by inheriting all attributes of a cloud host and performing modification according to the characteristics of a target physical machine.

Abstract: After determining a trip order has a high risk, verification information unavailable in a passenger information database system can be requested and provided for a passenger of the account. Validity of the verification information can be determined using a verification service and stored in a passenger information database. A decision for the trip order can be determined based on the validity of the verification information stored in the passenger information database.

Abstract: Provided are a handle-orienting preform feeding mechanism and orienting preform feeding method for a bottle preform with a handle. Under the combined action of the axial rotation of a plastic bottle preform and a handle positioning structure on a preform feeding tray, the handle of the plastic bottle preform with an integrated handle (especially a PET plastic bottle preform with an integrated handle) is positioned so that the plastic bottle preform with an integrated handle enters a heating machine and a bottle blowing machine of the next process according to the predetermined orientation. Accordingly, the wrong orientation of the integrated handle of the plastic bottle preform is avoided so that a mechanical arm can grasp the plastic bottle preform correctly and place the plastic bottle preform at the correct position of a bottle blowing mold. Thus the plastic bottle preform can be blown successfully.

Abstract: A method for reading and writing clipboard information, applied to a terminal, includes: acquiring a request for reading and writing clipboard information; determining a read permission for clipboard information, in response to the request for reading and writing clipboard information including a request for reading clipboard information, and allowing to read the clipboard information or refusing to read the clipboard information based on the read permission; and determining a write permission for the clipboard information, in response to the request for reading and writing clipboard information including a request for writing clipboard information, and allowing or refusing to write the clipboard information based on the write permission. The read and write permission of the clipboard can be divided into the read permission and the write permission, thereby facilitating preventing leakage of the clipboard information in the clipboard and improving the security of the clipboard information.

Abstract: Disclosed are a QLED display panel and a preparation method thereof and a display apparatus. The QLED display panel includes: a base substrate; a second electrode, an electron transport layer, a quantum dot luminescent layer, a hole transport layer, a hole injection layer, and a first electrode disposed sequentially on the base substrate; and the QLED display panel further including: a first ionic coordination compound layer between the quantum dot luminescent layer and the hole transport layer.

Abstract: An autonomous driving method includes receiving a braking instruction from an autonomous driving system; determining a prompt mode based on the braking instruction; and controlling a sound prompt module or a light prompt module to prompt according to the prompt mode. One example includes a prompt scheme, by using a braking instruction from an autonomous driving system and performing a sound and light prompt based on the braking instruction, such that a safety staff can learn the braking intention of a vehicle via the sound or light prompt before the vehicle performs braking.