Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a growth restrict mask on or above a III-nitride substrate, and growing one or more island-like III-nitride semiconductor layers on the III-nitride substrate using the growth restrict mask. The III-nitride substrate has an in-plane distribution of off-angle orientations with more than 0.1 degree; and the off-angle orientations of an m-plane oriented crystalline surface plane range from about +28 degrees to about ?47 degrees towards a c-plane. The island-like III-nitride semiconductor layers have at least one long side and short side, wherein the long side is perpendicular to an a-axis of the island-like III-nitride semiconductor layers. The island-like III-nitride semiconductor layers do not coalesce with neighboring island-like III-nitride semiconductor layers.

Abstract: A data processing method includes: obtaining a service surface activity feature of an object in a service, and inputting the service surface activity feature to a deep mining and analysis model, the deep mining and analysis model being configured to deeply mine one or more factor semantic representation features for a surface activity feature based on a configuration affecting factor system of the service; performing deep mining and analysis processing on the service surface activity feature in the deep mining and analysis model based on the configuration affecting factor system, to obtain a factor semantic representation feature of the service surface activity feature for each configuration affecting factor; and outputting a service policy of the object for the service and policy interpretation information for the service policy based on the factor semantic representation feature of the service surface activity feature for each configuration affecting factor.

Abstract: This application relates to novel triazole-pyridine substituted pyrrolidinyl, tetrahydro-2H-pyranyl, cyclohexyl, and piperidinyl acetic acid compounds, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and their use as medicaments for treating a disease associated with dysregulation of lysophosphatidic acid receptors (LPA).

Abstract: Among others, the present invention provides fused heterocyclic compounds of Formula (I) or tautomers, stereoisomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds and compositions containing them are useful in the treatment of cancers and other disorders associated with RAS dysfunction in a subject.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically acquiring an ultrasound volume to extract a two-dimensional short axis view of a left atrial appendage are provided. The method includes acquiring, by an ultrasound probe, a two-dimensional long axis ultrasound image view of a left atrial appendage. The method includes automatically detecting a first point on a circumflex artery side of the left atrial appendage and a second point on a left atrial ridge side of the left atrial appendage in the two-dimensional long axis ultrasound image view. The method includes acquiring, by the ultrasound probe, an ultrasound volume comprising the left atrial appendage. The method includes automatically extracting from the ultrasound volume an ultrasound image substantially in a plane extending through the first point and the second point. The method includes causing a display system to present the ultrasound image.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically acquiring an ultrasound volume to extract a two-dimensional short axis view of a left atrial appendage are provided. The method includes acquiring, by an ultrasound probe, a two-dimensional long axis ultrasound image view of a left atrial appendage. The method includes automatically detecting a first point on a circumflex artery side of the left atrial appendage and a second point on a left atrial ridge side of the left atrial appendage in the two-dimensional long axis ultrasound image view. The method includes acquiring, by the ultrasound probe, an ultrasound volume comprising the left atrial appendage. The method includes automatically extracting from the ultrasound volume an ultrasound image substantially in a plane extending through the first point and the second point. The method includes causing a display system to present the ultrasound image.

Abstract: A device for pressing a cassette is provided. The cassette includes an outer frame and an inner frame mounted in the outer frame, and the cassette is configured to be held in a groove of a mold. The device includes a pressing member; an abutment member configured to abut against the cassette; a sensor coupled between the pressing member and the abutment member and configured to measure a pressing force on the cassette, and a guide member configured to be mounted on the mold. The pressing member is detachably mounted to the guide member and slidable on the guide member in a vertical direction. The pressing force on the cassette can be detected in real time by the device according to the present disclosure.

Abstract: An embedding system and an embedding method are provided. The embedding system includes: a cooling container defining a cavity having an opening; a cooling liquid contained in the cavity of the cooling container; a mold arranged in the cavity and at least partially immersed in the cooling liquid, when cooled by the cooling container; and an embedding medium arranged in the mold and a sample enclosed in the embedding medium, when the mold is cooled by the cooling container. The mold is configured to exchange heat with the cooling liquid in such a manner that the embedding medium is cooled and solidified by the cooling liquid to embed the sample in the embedding medium.

Abstract: This application relates to novel bicyclic substituted sulfonylurea compounds and analogues, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and their use as medicaments for treating a disease associated with modulation of cytokines such as IL-1? and IL-18, modulation of NLRP3, or inhibition of the activation of NLRP3 or related components of the inflammatory process.

Abstract: A vehicle navigation method, a method for obtaining driving reference information, an apparatus, and a vehicle are provided and pertain to the field of vehicle technologies. The vehicle navigation method includes: obtaining a first traveling area of a vehicle (201), and displaying the first traveling area of the vehicle (202). The first traveling area of the vehicle is determined by a first location set that corresponds to the vehicle and that meets a first energy requirement. According to the method, display effect of vehicle navigation is effectively improved, so that display content is more comprehensive, and a user requirement is better met, thereby improving user experience.

Abstract: An ultrasonic welding machine, which is configured as: driving a triple assembly (2) to move in a Z direction by a multi-position cylinder (4) disposed on the ultrasonic welding machine, so as to achieve graded down pressing of a welding head (21) to prevent the workpiece to be welded from damage caused by possible situations where the welding head (21) first moves to a working position while a welding seat (3) has not reached a supporting position, which is due to the inability to strictly control the order of arrival at the working position of the welding head (21) and the welding seat (3) when the welding head (21) and the welding seat (3) move towards the working position simultaneously. An ultrasonic welding method is further related. The welding method using the ultrasonic welding machine significantly improves efficiency while ensuring welding quality.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and an Internet of Things (IoT) system for pipeline drying treatment based on smart gas safety supervision. The IoT system comprises a gas company management platform, a government gas supervision management platform, a gas company object platform, etc. The method comprises obtaining drying medium information of at least one gas pipeline outlet; determining an initial drying value of at least one gas pipeline; in response to the initial drying value being less than a drying threshold, using the at least one gas pipeline as a target gas pipeline, and determining a progressive drying parameter; generating a first control instruction to be sent to the gas company object platform; evaluating a confidence level of the initial drying value; generating a threshold adjustment instruction, and sending the threshold adjustment instruction to the gas company management platform to update the drying threshold; and generating a performance adjustment instruction.

Abstract: A molecular marker combination linked to quantitative traits of tea plant (+)-catechin content, including a SNP site 1, a SNP site 2, a SNP site 3, a SNP site 4, a SNP site 5, a SNP site 6, a SNP site 7 and a SNP site 8, which are located in tea genomes Scaffold4239:309117, Scaffold3614: 66549, Scaffold349: 3413816, Scaffold1989: 2316385, Scaffold451: 940283, Scaffold3727:442660, Scaffold115:803980 and Scaffold920:281727, respectively, and genotypes thereof are extremely significantly correlated with the (+)-catechin content is provided. A detection method for detecting each site, and one or more molecular marker site is used to evaluate the tea plant (+)-catechin content.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for smart gas firefighting linkage based on government safety supervision, wherein the method is executed by a smart gas government safety supervision management platform based on an Internet-of-Things (IoTs) system for smart gas firefighting linkage based on government safety supervision.

Abstract: An image construction method and system for a heating area is provided. The method includes: obtaining an initial image according to a heating structure diagram and a building structure diagram of the heating area; segmenting the initial image according to heating attribute of the heating area to obtain a plurality of segmentation sub-graphs; performing first collection on a surface temperature of a heating pipeline according to pre-deployed surface devices corresponding to the segmentation sub-graphs, and setting first heating labels corresponding to the segmentation sub-graphs, and meanwhile, performing second collection on a regional temperature of a sub-area of the heating pipeline being located according to a pre-deployed monitoring device corresponding to the segmentation sub-graphs, and setting second heating labels; performing position and temperature analysis on a label setting result of each of the segmentation sub-graphs to obtain a heating image of the heating area.

Abstract: A scanning control method and apparatus for an ultrasound scanning system, and an ultrasound scanning system including: acquiring an ultrasound scanning-related document, comprising an ultrasound scanning guidance for at least one tissue to be scanned; processing the ultrasound scanning-related document using a natural language processing (NLP) model, comprising processing the ultrasound scanning guidance; and generating an ultrasound scanning protocol for the at least one tissue to be scanned on the basis of the processing the ultrasound scanning guidance, and configuring and displaying the ultrasound scanning protocol in the ultrasound scanning system.

Abstract: A versioning group cache system uses cache keys which each include, amongst other things, version information and a group key. When a cache key is first updated to include these, the cache system determines the group key and adds version information thereto to produce the cache key, which is mapped to cached data. When the cache key is later updated, the version information is updated to produce an updated cache key which is mapped to the cached data. The cache key updating is in response to a change request received at the cache system. The change request includes a command processable at the cache system in connection with cached data and/or cache keys. For example, the change request may be a request for a batch deletion of cache keys. The versioning group cache system fulfills the change requests with efficient use of system resources.

Abstract: Calls for large call queues are handled by a system that assigns agents of a call queue to one of a first group or a second group. A size of the first group or the second group is based on the online agents of the call queue that have an idle call status. The system batch rings each agent of the first group when an incoming call is received. If the incoming call is unanswered by the first group, the system batch rings each agent of the second group.