Abstract: There is provided a system including a platform controller for managing artificial intelligence services, wherein the system includes a processor coupled with a memory, having stored thereon instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, configure the platform controller to receive an artificial intelligence (AI) service registration request from an AI controller controlling the AI service, the AI service registration request including information indicative of locations of the AI service and transmit an AI service registration response to the AI controller, the AI service registration response including routing information at least in part specifying how to reach a coordinator associated with the AI service, the coordinator corresponding to a location of the AI service and transmit a notification indicative of availability of the AI service to a device.

Abstract: A skill casting method includes displaying a first virtual object in a virtual environment, the virtual environment further comprising a second virtual object, the first virtual object facing a first direction, and the second virtual object being located at a second direction of the first virtual object. The skill casting method also includes: displaying a casting preparation process of the first virtual object casting a target skill when the target skill is triggered on the first virtual object; and controlling the first virtual object to cast the target skill toward the second direction when the casting preparation process ends.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for diversifying training data through application of a vision-language model. A subset of images can be separated from a plurality of images in a dataset based on a presence of a specific object associated with autonomous driving in the subset of images. The specific object can be segmented in a portion of the image in the subset of images through application of a vision-language model. Training data for training a model associated with AV operation can be augmented by inserting the portion of the image into the training data to generate augmented training data. The model can be trained with the augmented data.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a metal-air fuel cell metal source material, a composite material comprising a metal selected from an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, aluminium, zinc, or iron, a conductive carbon material, and a binder, a redox-mediated metal-air fuel cell cartridge comprising a cartridge housing, and a composite material comprising a metal selected from an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, aluminium, zinc, or iron, a conductive carbon material, and a binder, and a redox-mediated metal-air fuel cell system comprising a redox flow cell and a first tank suitable to house an anolyte and a redox-mediated metal-air fuel cell cartridge. Also disclosed herein is a method of feeding a metal in a redox-mediated metal-air fuel cell system.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a nanosheet gate-all-around transistor and a method of manufacturing a nanosheet gate-all-around transistor. The nanosheet gate-all-around transistor includes: a substrate having a shallow trench isolation structure on a surface of the substrate; a nanosheet stacking portion provided above the substrate, where the nanosheet stacking portion includes a stack formed by a plurality of nanosheets, the stack formed by the nanosheets constitutes a plurality of conductive channels, and the nanosheets are graphene nanosheets; a gate-all-around surrounding the nanosheet stacking portion; and a source/drain region located on two opposite sides of the nanosheet stacking portion, where a spacer is provided between the source/drain region and the gate-all-around.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may provide a substrate support apparatus with a surface having a first region with a first temperature profile, a second region having a second temperature profile; and a third region having a third temperature profile. The substrate support apparatus may also have a first channel embedded within the body and disposed between the first region and the second region, and a second channel disposed between the second region and the third region.

Abstract: A positive electrode material, a preparation method therefor, and an application thereof are disclosed. The cathode material is composed of secondary particles agglomerated by primary particles; wherein individual secondary particle contains an inner core structure, a middle layer, and a shell layer, in this order, along a direction from a center to a surface of the secondary particle; wherein the middle layer is distributed in a circular ring shape; and wherein the secondary particle has a structure of close packing of an inner core structure, loose and porous middle layer, and close packing of the shell layer.

Abstract: High-performance long-lifetime charge-separation photodetectors are provided. A new device design is described based on novel band structure engineering of semiconductor materials for photodetectors, such as photosensors, solar cells, and thermophotovoltaic devices. In an exemplary aspect, photodetectors described herein include a charge-separated photo-absorber region. This comprises a semiconductor with a band structure that has an indirect fundamental bandgap, with a direct bandgap (?-? transition) only slightly above the indirect fundamental bandgap (L- or X-? transitions) (e.g., approximately equal to or larger than an energy of a product of the Boltzmann constant (kB), and temperature (T), with kBT=26 millielectron-volts (meV) at room temperature). This design not only improves photogenerated-carrier lifetime (similar to indirect bandgap semiconductors), but also maintains a strong absorption coefficient (similar to direct bandgap semiconductors).

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system providing an open system architecture, referred to as X-centric architecture, that offers, supports or enables anything-as-a-service (XaaS) and can be centric to a variety of roles to support various operation scenarios. A cloud-based implementation of the X-centric network architecture is provided.

Abstract: The present application relates to the field of lithium-ion batteries and discloses a lithium-ion battery cathode material, a preparation method thereof, and a lithium-ion battery. A ratio of surface Ni3+ content of the cathode material to internal Ni3+ content of the cathode material is (0.95 to 1):1, and a content of disordering nickel in the cathode material is less than or equal to 3%. The lithium-ion battery cathode material has the similar surface Ni3+ content and internal Ni3+ content, and has a low content of disordering nickel, thereby avoiding the generation of a NiO passivation layer in the cathode material and reducing the phenomenon of loss of surface active lithium. The lithium-ion battery containing such a cathode material has improved capacity, rate capacity, and cycle performance.

Abstract: Techniques for code-free automated machine learning (ML) are described. Users can train high-quality ML models and pipelines without necessarily needing to write code by providing a training dataset to a code-free machine learning service. The service may deploy an ML orchestration function and a storage location on behalf of a user. When a modification is made to the storage bucket, such as by the user providing a training dataset, the orchestration function is invoked and can automatically initiate an AutoML process using at least the training data to train multiple ML model variants. The resultant ML model(s) and associated metrics can be provided to the user, deployed behind an endpoint, and/or used to generate inferences.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for predicting an amount of water-sealed gas in a high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir. The method solves the problem that no method has yet been proposed for predicting the amount of water-sealed gas in a high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir. According to the technical solution, the method includes: considering that the volume of the gas reservoir does not change during the production of the constant-volume gas reservoir, deriving, based on a material balance method, a material balance equation of the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir in consideration of water-sealed gas and water-soluble gas, solving and drawing a chart of water-sealed gas in the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir by an iterative algorithm, obtaining a recovery factor of the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir in consideration of water-sealed gas and water-soluble gas, and further obtaining the amount of water-seal gas in the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hypersonic large internal contraction ratio air inlet channel having stepless adjustable air release valve, including an air inlet channel front body, an air-discharging slit cover plate, sidewalls, a lip cover, air-discharging cavities, valve plates, partition plates, a rotatable shaft, an expansion section and a driver. The valve plates are rotated through the driver according to the actual working conditions of air inlet channel, the minimum cross-section of the air discharging flow path is thus changed, and a stepless dynamic adjustment of the air discharging flow of the air inlet channel can be realized, so that the aerodynamic performance of the air inlet channel is improved, and the air discharging resistance of the air vehicle is reduced.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system providing an open system architecture, referred to as X-centric architecture, that offers, supports or enables anything-as-a-service (XaaS) and can be centric to a variety of roles to support various operation scenarios. A service supported by the X-centric architecture is referred to as an XaaS service. Embodiments of the X-centric architecture involve a modular design which is extensible and adaptable. Embodiments provide or facilitate a new service module to be added dynamically to offer, support or enable XaaS services without the need to modify or redesign the system architecture.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may provide a susceptor assembly. The susceptor assembly may include a susceptor plate and a cap disposed on a surface of the susceptor plate. The cap may have electrodes embedded within it. The susceptor plate may have heating elements embedded within it. The cap may be separated from the susceptor plate by an air gap formed by a plurality of dielectric spacers. The plurality of dielectric spacers may be sized for minimal contact on the cap.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for substrate processing that includes a susceptor, a thermal protection plate disposed above the susceptor, the thermal protection plate includes a first lift pin through-hole extending from a top surface of the thermal protection plate to a bottom surface of the thermal protection plate, the susceptor includes a second lift pin through-hole and a plate lift member through-hole, and a plate lift member configured to slidably engage the plate lift member through-hole.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing network resources in a location based multiple access (LOMA) radio access network is provided. The method includes receiving traffic data and signal-to-noise (SNR) data from one or more LOMA wireless entities associated with the LOMA RAN, generating training data based on the received traffic data and SNR data and storing the training data, generating or updating a multi-layer LOMA map based on the training data, the multi-layer LOMA map including multiple layers, each layer including one or more LOMA zones, and each LOMA zone in an upper layer of the multi-layer LOMA map associated with one or more LOMA zones in a lower layer of the multi-layer LOMA map and transmitting the generated or updated multi-layer LOMA map to the one or more LOMA wireless entities. There is also provided methods for downlink and uplink data transmissions enabled by a multi-layer LOMA map.

Abstract: Mechanophoric compounds featuring one or more, or two or more, clickable group(s), which are capable of being coupled to naturally occurring, synthetic and/or metallic substrates via Click chemistry, method of preparing mechanophoric matrices using the mechanophoric compounds, and mechanophoric matrices obtainable thereby, and uses thereof for detecting force-induced damage in the matrices by a colorimetric change are provided.