Abstract: A softness adjusting device for a vehicle seat is arranged under the seat cover of the vehicle seat and includes a soft inflatable bag and a valve component arranged outside the soft inflatable bag. The valve component includes a throttle valve and a one-way check valve. The throttle valve is configured to block or communicate a gas in the soft inflatable bag from or with an external air source. The one-way check valve provides a flow direction from outside to inside and is configured to fill the soft inflatable bag with the external air source when the pressure of the external air source is greater than air pressure in the cavity of the soft inflatable bag. The soft inflatable bag is filled with at least one flexible filler.

Abstract: A ceramic waveguide includes: a doped metal oxide ceramic core layer; and at least one cladding layer comprising the metal oxide surrounding the core layer, such that the core layer includes an erbium dopant and at least one rare earth metal dopant being: lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, scandium, or oxides thereof, or at least one non-rare earth metal dopant comprising zirconium or oxides thereof. Also included is a quantum memory including: at least one doped polycrystalline ceramic optical device with the ceramic waveguide and a method of fabricating the ceramic waveguide.

Abstract: The present application belongs to a technical field of modifying natural polymer materials, provides a high-viscosity lithium carboxymethyl cellulose and preparation method therefor and application thereof. Raw materials are fed into a reactor, and the high-viscosity lithium carboxymethyl cellulose is prepared through an alkalization reaction, an etherification reaction, an acidification reaction and a substitution reaction. The prepared high-viscosity lithium carboxymethyl cellulose can be used for preparing a negative electrode plate of a lithium-ion battery. Compared with the existing lithium carboxymethyl cellulose, the high-viscosity lithium carboxymethyl cellulose provided by the present application can not only reduce an application amount in preparing a negative electrode plate of a lithium-ion battery so as to save a using cost, but also promote an electrochemical performance of the material in combination with a sodium lignin sulfonate.

Abstract: Provided are salts of (S)-(4,5-dihydro-7H-thieno[2,3-c]pyran-7-yl)-N-methylmethanamine and various of crystal forms thereof, and compositions, medicaments, pharmaceutically acceptable formulations thereof, and methods of making same. In addition, provided are compounds comprising specific particle size distributions of crystalline (S)-(4,5-dihydro-7H-thieno[2,3-c]pyran-7-yl)-N-methylmethanamine HCl and methods of making and modulating the particle size distributions.

Abstract: An auxiliary tool for surgery includes an auxiliary tool main body part, and a first leg pair located on the auxiliary tool main body part. A tail end of the first leg pair is connected to the auxiliary tool main body part, a first mounting part is formed at a front end of the first leg pair, and the first mounting part is configured to clamp and press a surgical device to place the surgical device in a predetermined position.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a quantum dot-doped glass and method of making the same. A quantum dot-doped glass includes glass including quantum dots in an internal structure of the glass. The quantum dots within the glass have a photoluminescence quantum yield of greater than or equal to 10%.

Abstract: The present invention provides a preparation method of a gallium nitride single crystal based on a ScAlMgO4 substrate, comprising following steps: (1) providing a ScAlMgO4 substrate; (2) growing a buffer layer on a surface of the ScAlMgO4 substrate; (3) annealing the buffer layer; (4) growing a GaN crystal on the buffer layer; (5) performing cooling, so that the GaN crystal is automatically peeled off from the ScAlMgO4 substrate. The present invention does not need to use a complex MOCVD process for GaN deposition and preprocessing to make a mask or a separation layer, which effectively reduces production costs; compared with traditional substrates such as sapphire, it has higher quality and a larger radius of curvature, and will not cause a problem of OFFCUT non-uniformity for growing GaN over 4 inches; finally, the present invention can realize continuous growth into a crystal bar with a thickness of more than 5 mm, which further reduces the costs.

Abstract: An optical fiber can include a core comprising silica co-doped with nitrogen and chlorine and an outer cladding surrounding the core. In some aspects, the core can be characterized by an annealing temperature of less than or equal to about 1150° C. and/or the core can include a relative refractive index ?core in a range of from about 0.15% to about 0.45%.

Abstract: Compositions and methods useful for the diagnosis and treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis are disclosed.

Abstract: A ceramic waveguide includes: a doped metal oxide ceramic core layer; and at least one cladding layer comprising the metal oxide surrounding the core layer, such that the core layer includes an erbium dopant and at least one rare earth metal dopant being: lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, scandium, or oxides thereof, or at least one non-rare earth metal dopant comprising zirconium or oxides thereof. Also included is a quantum memory including: at least one doped polycrystalline ceramic optical device with the ceramic waveguide and a method of fabricating the ceramic waveguide.

Abstract: Provide are a device for adjusting softness of a vehicle seat, a device for adjusting comfort of a seat, and a vehicle seat. The device for adjusting softness of a vehicle seat has at least one soft inflatable bag that can be integrated in the seat. The soft inflatable bag is connected with at least one air path. The soft inflatable bag is filled with a flexible filler. Gas is charged into or discharged from the soft inflatable bag through the air path to adjust the softness of the surface of the seat. The soft inflatable bag is provided therein with a height limiting structure configured to limit the partial expansion height of the soft inflatable bag when inflated.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of determining a distance and a height, including: measuring, a first distance, a second distance and a third distance from the security inspection device to the tested person as well as measuring a first height, a second height and a third height of the tested person; determining, a relationship between the first distance and a minimum distance threshold as well as a maximum distance threshold, a relationship between the second distance and the minimum distance threshold as well as the maximum distance threshold, and a relationship between the third distance and the minimum distance threshold as well as the maximum distance threshold; determining, a final distance from the security inspection device to the tested person and a final height of the tested person; and performing a pixel conversion and a size conversion on the pupil image of the tested person

Abstract: Provided are salts of (S)-(4,5-dihydro-7H-thieno[2,3-c]pyran-7-yl)-N-methylmethanamine and various of crystal forms thereof, and compositions, medicaments, pharmaceutically acceptable formulations thereof, and methods of making same. In addition, provided are compounds comprising specific particle size distributions of crystalline (S)-(4,5-dihydro-7H-thieno[2,3-c]pyran-7-yl)-N-methylmethanamine HCl and methods of making and modulating the particle size distributions.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a doped polycrystalline ceramic optical device includes mixing a plurality of transition metal complexes and a plurality of rare-earth metal complexes to form a metal salt solution, heating the metal salt solution to form a heated metal salt solution, mixing the heated metal salt solution and an organic precursor to induce a chemical reaction between the heated metal salt solution and the organic precursor to produce a plurality of rare-earth doped crystalline nanoparticles, and sintering the plurality of rare-earth doped nanoparticles to form a doped polycrystalline ceramic optical device having a rare-earth element dopant that is uniformly distributed within a crystal lattice of the doped polycrystalline ceramic optical device.

Abstract: Provided are a heating structure and a steering wheel including the heating structure. The heating structure includes a substrate layer and a heating wire paved fixedly to the substrate layer by an adhesive. The heating wire is provided with multiple bent portions. The bent portions is in a shape formed by squeezing and bending the heating wire. The heating structure is configured to be arranged between a rim and an outer skin of a steering wheel. The heating structure is simpler in processing process, results in a higher yield and has a better heating effect. No scratches and visible veins will be created on the surface of the steering wheel, so that the product has an improved appearance.

Abstract: The various aspects present inventions provide various crystalline forms of (S)-(?)-amisulpride, (R)-(+)-amisulpride, and solvates thereof and methods of making same. In various aspects, the inventions also provide methods of resolving racemic amisulpride.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a doped polycrystalline ceramic optical device includes mixing a plurality of transition metal complexes and a plurality of rare-earth metal complexes to form a metal salt solution, heating the metal salt solution to form a heated metal salt solution, mixing the heated metal salt solution and an organic precursor to induce a chemical reaction between the heated metal salt solution and the organic precursor to produce a plurality of rare-earth doped crystalline nanoparticles, and sintering the plurality of rare-earth doped nanoparticles to form a doped polycrystalline ceramic optical device having a rare-earth element dopant that is uniformly distributed within a crystal lattice of the doped polycrystalline ceramic optical device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present specification provide chips and chip-based data processing methods. In an embodiment, a method comprises: obtaining data associated with one or more neural networks transmitted from a server; for each layer of a neural network of the one or more neural networks, configuring, based on the data, a plurality of operator units based on a type of computation each operator unit performs; and invoking the plurality of operator units to perform computations, based on neurons of a layer of the neural network immediately above, of the data for each neuron to produce a value of the neuron.