Abstract: An apparatus comprises a memory array comprising a plurality of physical blocks of memory cells each comprising more than two erase blocks, with each of the more than two erase blocks of each respective physical block comprising memory cells coupled to a same string of memory cells corresponding to the respective physical block. A controller can operate the memory array in accordance with a logical block implementation in which each logical block comprises: a first erase block adjacent to a first end of a particular string corresponding to a first physical block; and a second erase block. The second erase block is either: located in the first physical block and not adjacent to a second end of the particular string corresponding to the first physical block; or located in a second physical block and adjacent to a first end of a particular string corresponding to the second physical block.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of an asphalt mix composition, said process comprising: (1) heating an asphalt composition to a temperature in the range of from 110 to 190° C. to obtain a first input stream; (2) providing one or more thermosetting reactive compounds to obtain a second input stream; and (3) homogenizing the streams of (1) and (2) in at least a first tank fitted with a first impeller, wherein the impeller allows an axial velocity>0.4 m/s, a radial velocity>0.65 m/s, and a shear rate>3.5 s?1; and wherein homogenization of (3) is carried out at a mixing power<3 W/kg.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed that relate to a computer system implementing a conversational artificial intelligence platform. The computer system may receive a request that includes text data specifying an utterance of a user. The computer system determines, form the utterance, an intent of the user. The computer system selects a first virtual agent to handle the request based on the determined intent. The computer system routes the text data and subsequent text data of the request to the first virtual agent for handling. The computer system receives, from the first virtual agent, a message that the determined intent is incorrect, the message including state information indicative of actions taken by the first virtual agent relative to the request. The computer system selects a second virtual agent to handle the request based on the state information. The computer system may receive input from an interactive voice response system or another channel.

Abstract: An apparatus can comprise a memory array comprising a plurality of erase blocks and a plurality of strings of memory cells. Each string of the plurality of strings can comprise: a first group of memory cells coupled to a first group of access lines and corresponding to a first erase block; and a second group of memory cells coupled to a second group of access lines and corresponding to a second erase block. A controller coupled to the memory array can be configured to: receive a write command corresponding to data to be written to the memory array; determine a temperature classification for the data to which the write command corresponds; and, based on the determined temperature classification for the data, route the data to a first write cursor or to one of a number of different write cursors.

Abstract: A method includes writing, to a first data structure, indices corresponding to address locations of a logical-to-physical (L2P) data structure that maps a plurality of logical block addresses (LBAs) associated with the L2P data structure, initiating performance of a media management operation involving one or more memory blocks in which data associated with the LBAs is written, and refraining from rewriting particular entries in the L2P table that correspond to LBAs whose index in the first data structure is a particular value during performance of the media management operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to process for the preparation of an asphalt mix composition, said process comprising: (1) heating an asphalt composition to a temperature in the range of from 110 to 190° C. to obtain a first input stream; (2) providing one or more thermosetting reactive compounds to obtain a second input stream; and (3) homogenizing the streams of (1) and (2) in at least a first tank fitted with a rotor stator.

Abstract: A method includes writing, to a first data structure, indices corresponding to address locations of a logical-to-physical (L2P) data structure that maps a plurality of logical block addresses (LBAs) associated with the L2P data structure, initiating performance of a media management operation involving one or more memory blocks in which data associated with the LBAs is written, and refraining from rewriting particular entries in the L2P table that correspond to LBAs whose index in the first data structure is a particular value during performance of the media management operation.

Abstract: Provided are a large-size diesel exhaust valve and a manufacturing method thereof, which relate to the technical field of manufacturing of large-size diesel exhaust valves for ships. The large-size diesel exhaust valve includes an exhaust valve disc portion made of a 3J40 alloy, and the large-size diesel exhaust valve has the following microstructure: there are ultra-fine grains with a grain size of 10 grade or more, ?-Cr lamellar phases are evenly distributed at grain boundaries of the ultra-fine grains, nickel-lean Cr—Al—Ce particle phases are evenly distributed in a matrix, a single lamella of the ?-Cr lamellar phases has a thickness of less than 140 nm, and the nickel-lean Cr—Al—Ce particle phases have a diameter of less than 10 ?m. The present application solves the technical problem of how to improve the comprehensive mechanical properties and the vibration-damping performance of a large-size diesel exhaust valve simultaneously.

Abstract: Provided are a large-size diesel exhaust valve and a manufacturing method thereof, which relate to the technical field of manufacturing of large-size diesel exhaust valves for ships. The large-size diesel exhaust valve includes an exhaust valve disc portion made of a 3J40 alloy, and the large-size diesel exhaust valve has the following microstructure: there are ultra-fine grains with a grain size of 10 grade or more, ?-Cr lamellar phases are evenly distributed at grain boundaries of the ultra-fine grains, nickel-lean Cr—Al—Ce particle phases are evenly distributed in a matrix, a single lamella of the ?-Cr lamellar phases has a thickness of less than 140 nm, and the nickel-lean Cr—Al—Ce particle phases have a diameter of less than 10 ?m. The present application solves the technical problem of how to improve the comprehensive mechanical properties and the vibration-damping performance of a large-size diesel exhaust valve simultaneously.

Abstract: A data governance method includes: reading a storage file from a database server, where the storage file is used to store data that belongs to at least one service; obtaining at least one data pattern of a first data set, where the first data set includes data that belongs to a same service and that is stored in the storage file, and the at least one data pattern indicates a structure of each piece of data included in the first data set; obtaining, based on the at least one data pattern, at least one data feature of the first data set; and obtaining a first data standard based on the at least one data feature.

Abstract: A method can comprise receiving data corresponding to a sequence of write commands to write the data to a memory array comprising a plurality of strings of memory cells. Each string of the plurality of strings comprises: a first group of memory cells coupled to a first group of access lines and corresponding to a first erase block having a first programming characteristic; and a second group of memory cells coupled to a second group of access lines and corresponding to a second erase block having a second programming characteristic.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are a particle detection method, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The particle detection method includes obtaining a detection image; identifying an imaging of a particle in the detection image and obtaining a shadow region of the particle; determining a maximum influence degree of the particle based on an influence degree of each pixel point in the shadow region; and obtaining size information of the particle based on the maximum influence degree of the particle. The present disclosure can distinguish the particles of different sizes, thereby accurately calculating the size of the particle and improving the accuracy of the particle detection.

Abstract: A method of operating an autonomous cleaning robot includes presenting, on a display of a mobile device, a representation of each of multiple cleaning levels, each cleaning level corresponding to a respective rank overlap parameter for a wet cleaning mission of the autonomous cleaning robot. The method includes receiving, at the mobile device, an input indicative of a selection of one of the cleaning levels; and controlling the autonomous cleaning robot to execute a wet cleaning mission according to the rank overlap parameter corresponding to the selected one of the cleaning levels.

Abstract: A neural network training method and apparatus for image retrieval, and an electronic device are provided. A neural network includes: one feature extractor and a plurality of learners. The method includes: for each training image group, inputting three images of the training image group into the feature extractor, and determining features of the three images; for each image in each training image group, respectively multiplying the features of the image by a random weight corresponding to each learner, so as to obtain weighted features corresponding to each learner; for each image in each training image group, inputting the weighted features of the image corresponding to each learner into the corresponding learner, and determining a plurality of feature vectors of the image; and adjusting parameters of the neural network on based on the plurality of feature vectors of each image in a plurality of training image groups.

Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a body, a controller supported by the body, a drive supporting the body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface in response to commands from the controller, and a pad holder attached to an underside of the body to hold a removable cleaning pad during operation of the robot. The pad includes a mounting plate and a mounting surface. The mounting plate is attached to the mounting surface. The robot includes a pad sensor to sense a feature on the pad and to generate a signal based on the feature, which is defined in part by a cutout on the card backing. The mounting plate enables the pad sensor to detect the feature. The controller is responsive to the signal to perform operations including selecting a cleaning mode based on the signal, and controlling the robot according to a selected cleaning mode.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating B7-H1-expressing tumors comprising administering an effective amount of MEDI4736 or an antigen-binding fragment thereof.

Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a robot body defining a forward drive direction, a controller supported by the robot body, a drive supporting the robot body and configured to maneuver the robot across a surface in response to commands from the controller, a pad holder disposed on an underside of the robot body and configured to retain a removable cleaning pad during operation of the cleaning robot; and a pad sensor arranged to sense a feature of a cleaning pad held by the pad holder and generate a corresponding signal. The controller is responsive to the signal generated by the pad sensor, and configured to control the robot according to a cleaning mode selected from a set of multiple robot cleaning modes as a function of the signal generated by the pad sensor.

Abstract: Provided is a probe card, comprising a guide plate and a shielding structure of single-layer or multi-layer. The guide plate comprises an upper surface, a lower surface, and at least one guide hole passing through the upper surface and the lower surface, and the guide hole is provided with an inner wall surface. At least one layer of the shielding structure is made of an electromagnetic absorption material or an electromagnetic reflection material, and the shielding structure is not connected to a ground. Each layer of the shielding structure is formed on the inner wall surface of the guide hole by means of atomic layer deposition or atomic layer etching, and a thickness of each layer is less than 1000 nm.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, methods, devices, and computer program products for cache eviction enforcement and multi-tenant distributed cache architectures and operations. Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products may access a slab of a multi-tenant caching system, perform an eviction review by sequentially reaping through the slab, based on the class size, flag a first cache item by the eviction review based on a header of the first cache item, wherein the header comprises a prefix indicative of an expiry time, confirm expiration of the first cache item via a lock and lookup operation, and evict the first cache item from the slab. Significant optimization and efficiency benefits may be realized through the slab organization, cache architectures, and operations discussed herein.

Abstract: A system can include a memory device with multiple management units, each management unit made up of multiple blocks, and a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform various operations including identifying, among the management units, some complete management units and some incomplete management units, as well as performing one type of operation using one or more complete management units. The operations can also include performing another type of operation using one or more incomplete management units where this other type of operation include writing, to one or more incomplete management units, metadata associated with the data stored in complete management units.