Abstract: The present invention provides a method of making an interfacial material, comprising the steps of: providing a double-sided substrate; adhering a template to at least one side of the double-sided substrate to provide at least one templated side of the double-sided substrate; exposing the double-sided substrate to a solution comprising a metal ion; and reducing the metal ion to form a metal, thereby bonding the at least one metal to at least one templated side of the double-sided substrate in a controlled geometry, and materials and devices thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of fabricating a template for the synthesis of at least one microstructure having a controlled geometry, wherein the method comprises the steps of: providing a Si substrate; depositing a layer of an oxide onto at least a portion of the surface of the Si substrate to provide a wafer; etching the wafer to provide a master mold comprising at least one pillar; coating the at least one pillar and at least a portion of the surface of the master mold with a polymeric material to generate the template; and releasing the template from the master mold; wherein the height of the at least one pillar is 100 ?m to 1000 ?m, and templates and synthesized microstructures thereof.

Abstract: A use of Ganoderma fungal RNA molecules, a drug, a drug composition and a delivery carrier are provided. It has been proved that the tRFs derived from the Ganoderma traditional Chinese medicine has an obvious inhibiting effect on airway smooth muscle cell phenotype change (proliferation, abnormal secretion and the like) induced by TGF-?1 and AHR, inflammation and remodeling of asthma mice induced by Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus in the experiments of the present disclosure, which suggests that the tRFs derived from the Ganoderma traditional Chinese medicine and a pharmaceutical composition can be a brand new medicine for treating asthma. The drug comprises the RNA molecule and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent and/or excipient. The present disclosure is helpful for the research and development of asthma treatment drugs and provides reference for the research and development of other respiratory system disease treatment drugs.

Abstract: Various disclosed embodiments relate to defective pixel detection and optimizing memory storage while carrying out defective pixel detection. An example, system for detecting defective pixels includes a memory to store threshold functions; and a defective pixel detector to apply, for each image pixel received, a select threshold function of the threshold functions to values of nearest-neighbor image pixels to obtain a threshold value; and determine, for each image pixel received, whether the image pixel is defective based on a comparison of a value of the image pixel to the threshold value. A statistics generator receives each image pixel that is determined to be defective; and determines a number of defective image pixels in a specified unit of image pixels and a location of each defective image pixel in the specified unit.

Abstract: A system is provided. The system generally includes a first processor configured to receive image input data from a red-green-blue infrared (RGBIR) sensor. The first processor of the system is configured to generate a first intermediate image data from the image input data. The system generally includes a second processor. The second processor of the system is configured to generate a second intermediate image data that includes red-green-blue (RGB) image data from the first intermediate image data, and to generate a third intermediate image data that includes infrared (IR) image data from the first intermediate image data. The system generally includes a third processor. The third processor of the system is configured to process the third intermediate image data. The system generally includes a fourth processor. The fourth processor of the system is configured to process the second image data.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speech synthesis. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining an audio representation of speech of a target speaker, obtaining input text for which speech is to be synthesized in a voice of the target speaker, generating a speaker vector by providing the audio representation to a speaker encoder engine that is trained to distinguish speakers from one another, generating an audio representation of the input text spoken in the voice of the target speaker by providing the input text and the speaker vector to a spectrogram generation engine that is trained using voices of reference speakers to generate audio representations, and providing the audio representation of the input text spoken in the voice of the target speaker for output.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to defective pixel detection and correction, and more specifically to using threshold functions based on color channels to compare pixel values to threshold values. A method is provided herein that comprises identifying a color channel of an image pixel in a frame and identifying a threshold function based at least on the color channel. The method further comprises applying the threshold function to one or more nearest-neighbor values to obtain a threshold value and determining whether a corresponding sensor pixel is defective based at least on a comparison of the image pixel to the threshold value.

Abstract: An intelligent analysis method for operational supervision of public transportation industry and a system thereof includes operation information collection, calculation of basic vehicle information and platform passenger flow information, current operation analysis of target vehicles, current data update and calibration of the target vehicles, automatic adjustment of dispatching operation plans for public transportation vehicles within operation areas, and real-time updates of real-time data of online vehicles within the operation areas.

Abstract: A use of ganoderma fungal RNA molecules, a drug, a drug composition and a delivery carrier are provided. It has been proved that the tRFs derived from the ganoderma traditional Chinese medicine has an obvious inhibiting effect on airway smooth muscle cell phenotype change (proliferation, abnormal secretion and the like) induced by TGF-?1 and AHR, inflammation and remodeling of asthma mice induced by Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus in the experiments of the present disclosure, which suggests that the tRFs derived from the ganoderma traditional Chinese medicine and a pharmaceutical composition can be a brand new medicine for treating asthma. The drug comprises the RNA molecule and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent and/or excipient. The present disclosure is helpful for the research and development of asthma treatment drugs and provides reference for the research and development of other respiratory system disease treatment drugs.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speech synthesis. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining an audio representation of speech of a target speaker, obtaining input text for which speech is to be synthesized in a voice of the target speaker, generating a speaker vector by providing the audio representation to a speaker encoder engine that is trained to distinguish speakers from one another, generating an audio representation of the input text spoken in the voice of the target speaker by providing the input text and the speaker vector to a spectrogram generation engine that is trained using voices of reference speakers to generate audio representations, and providing the audio representation of the input text spoken in the voice of the target speaker for output.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flame retardant composed of multi-component phase change material particles. These particles consist of paraffin wax, nano-flame retardant, and conventional flame retardant. The phase change material is modified with nano-flame retardant and physically coated with conventional flame retardant. The multi-component phase change material flame retardant is formed by creating a two-layer nucleus-shell structure. The nucleus core is made up of the conventional flame retardant, while the shell layer is composed of the nano-flame retardant doped phase change material. The multi-component flame retardant material combines the performance advantages of phase change material, nano flame retardant, and conventional flame retardant. The combination of nano flame retardant and phase change material weakens the disadvantages of phase change material and allows for the full utilization of the energy storage capabilities of the phase change material.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to pixel pattern conversion, and more specifically to using an adaptive filter to convert complex pixel data to non-complex pixel formats. An image processing pipeline is provided herein that comprises an upstream component, a pattern conversion component downstream with respect to the upstream component in the image processing pipeline, and a downstream component relative to the pattern conversion component. The pattern conversion component is configured to obtain RGB-IR pixel data produced by the upstream component of the image processing pipeline, convert the RGB-IR pixel data into RGB pixel data and IR pixel data using an adaptive filter, and supply the RGB pixel data and the IR pixel data to the downstream component of the image processing pipeline.

Abstract: A colloidosome with a variable pore size and a preparation method thereof are provided. The preparation method includes the steps of modification of nanoparticles, preparation of amphiphilic nanoparticles, preparation of a colloidosome with a variable pore size and the like. Through specific setting of each step, the finally prepared colloidosome is stable and has a variable pore size, and a hydrophobic polymer chain in a cavity of the colloidosome has corresponding contraction and extension forms in different medium environments, such as water and oil, to block or expose pores, so as to meet application requirements for transmission in selective media.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for fire ventilation and smoke evacuation in a running train tunnel are provided. The method includes: acquiring a traveling position of the train and a fire position on the train detected by the fire positioning device; predicting all possible stop positions of the train next in various sections of a subway tunnel according to a traveling direction and the traveling position of the train; according to the fire position, listing working state options of the air supply and smoke evacuation subsystems at both ends of each stop position, analyzing each working state option, and screening out a target air supply and smoke evacuation subsystem which only carries out smoke evacuation or air supply control from all the air supply and smoke evacuation subsystems; and performing linkage control on the target air supply and smoke evacuation subsystem.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speech synthesis. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining an audio representation of speech of a target speaker, obtaining input text for which speech is to be synthesized in a voice of the target speaker, generating a speaker vector by providing the audio representation to a speaker encoder engine that is trained to distinguish speakers from one another, generating an audio representation of the input text spoken in the voice of the target speaker by providing the input text and the speaker vector to a spectrogram generation engine that is trained using voices of reference speakers to generate audio representations, and providing the audio representation of the input text spoken in the voice of the target speaker for output.

Abstract: The invention provides a ranging and ballistic display optical sight, with a mounting bracket; The control mainboard fixedly connected with the mounting bracket; Laser emission device electrically connected with the control mainboard; Laser receiving device electrically connected with the control mainboard; An objective lens group arranged on the control mainboard; A beam splitter prism group arranged behind the objective lens group and collimated coaxial with the objective lens group; The beam splitter prism group is located directly above the laser receiving device; The laser transmitted by the laser transmitting device is reflected by the beam splitter prism group and then shot into the laser receiving device; A digital reticle plate behind the beam splitter prism group and collimated coaxial with the beam splitter prism group, which is fixed on the mounting bracket; The control mainboard obtains the ranging results according to the time difference between the first time of the laser transmitting and the s

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to defective pixel detection and correction, and more specifically to using threshold functions based on color channels to compare pixel values to threshold values. A method is provided herein that comprises identifying a color channel of an image pixel in a frame and identifying a threshold function based at least on the color channel. The method further comprises applying the threshold function to one or more nearest-neighbor values to obtain a threshold value and determining whether a corresponding sensor pixel is defective based at least on a comparison of the image pixel to the threshold value.

Abstract: A system is provided. The system generally includes a first processor configured to receive image input data from a red-green-blue infrared (RGBIR) sensor. The first processor of the system is configured to generate a first intermediate image data from the image input data. The system generally includes a second processor. The second processor of the system is configured to generate a second intermediate image data that includes red-green-blue (RGB) image data from the first intermediate image data, and to generate a third intermediate image data that includes infrared (IR) image data from the first intermediate image data. The system generally includes a third processor. The third processor of the system is configured to process the third intermediate image data. The system generally includes a fourth processor. The fourth processor of the system is configured to process the second image data.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speech synthesis. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining an audio representation of speech of a target speaker, obtaining input text for which speech is to be synthesized in a voice of the target speaker, generating a speaker vector by providing the audio representation to a speaker encoder engine that is trained to distinguish speakers from one another, generating an audio representation of the input text spoken in the voice of the target speaker by providing the input text and the speaker vector to a spectrogram generation engine that is trained using voices of reference speakers to generate audio representations, and providing the audio representation of the input text spoken in the voice of the target speaker for output.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for performing semi-global matching (SGM) path cost compression. In some examples, the techniques may perform disparity-dependent sub-sampling of a set of SGM path costs where the sub-sampling ratio is determined based on a candidate disparity level. The sub-sampled SGM path costs may be stored in a memory. When retrieved from memory, the sub-sampled SGM path costs may be interpolated to reconstruct the other path costs not stored in the memory. The reconstructed path costs may be used for further SGM processing. In further examples, the techniques may perform disparity-dependent quantization on the SGM path costs or the sub-sampled SGM path costs, and store the quantized SGM path costs in memory. The techniques of this disclosure may reduce bandwidth as well as reduce the memory footprint needed to implement an SGM algorithm.