Abstract: A guard period determining method includes: determining a first guard period for at least one switching scenario of an IAB node. The at least one switching scenario is a switching scenario including switching of a multiplexed link state, and the multiplexed link state includes one of: a link state of both DU transmit and MT transmit; a link state of both DU receive and MT receive; a link state of MT transmit and DU receive; or a link state of MT receive and DU transmit.

Abstract: Stable liquid pharmaceutical formulations comprising human parathyroid hormone are provided herein. In various embodiments, the stable liquid pharmaceutical formulations comprise human parathyroid hormone (huPTH); a buffering agent to maintain the pH range of the solution from 3 to 6; one or more stabilizing agents selected from the group consisting of sugars, salts, surfactants, proteins, chaotropic agents, lipids, and amino acids; a tonicity modifier; water; and optionally a parenterally acceptable preservative; and wherein said solution is sterile and ready for parenteral administration to a human patient.

Abstract: A multi-bit flip-flop includes a first flip-flop, a second flip-flop and a first inverter. The first flip-flop has a first driving capability. The second flip-flop has a second driving capability different from the first driving capability. The first inverter is configured to receive a first clock signal on a first clock pin, and is configured to generate a second clock signal inverted from the first clock signal. The first flip-flop and the second flip-flop are configured to share at least the first clock pin.

Abstract: The application discloses a resource multiplexing indication method and apparatus and a relay node, which belong to the communication field. The method includes: determining a multiplexing mode of a relay node based on target information, where the target information includes at least one of the following: multiplexing mode indication information; timing mode information; and resource type information.

Abstract: A conversation engine performs conversations with users using chatbots customized for performing a set of tasks that can be performed using an online system. The conversation engine loads a chatbot configuration that specifies the behavior of a chatbot including the tasks that can be performed by the chatbot, the types of entities relevant to each task, and so on. The conversation may be voice based and use natural language. The conversation engine may load different chatbot configurations to implement different chatbots. The conversation engine receives a conversation engine configuration that specifies the behavior of the conversation engine across chatbots. The system may be a multi-tenant system that allows customization of the chatbots for each tenant.

Abstract: The present application provides an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) device with narrow mesa and a manufacture thereof. The device comprises: a semiconductor substrate; gate trench structures and emitter trench structures formed on front surface of the semiconductor substrate and alternately arranged along with horizontal direction; wherein the gate trench structures and the emitter trench structures are respectively set in pair along with the arrangement direction, and the pairs of the gate trench structures and the pairs of the emitter trench structures are set in alternate arrangement along with the arrangement direction; well regions formed between the emitter trench structures of one pair; emitter injection regions formed between the gate trench structures of one pair and between the emitter trench structures of one pair, respectively; and wherein, in the region between the emitter trench structures of the one pair, the emitter injection region is above the well region.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method comprises determining a dimensional quantity of a layout pattern having an angle relative to grid lines of a minimum grid. The minimum grid may be defined by a first quantity associated with a first direction and a second quantity associated with a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The determination of the dimensional quantity of the layout pattern is based on the first quantity, the second quantity and the angle of the layout pattern relative to the grid lines of the minimum grid.

Abstract: A power obtaining method includes: obtaining a configuration power, where the configuration power includes at least one of a first configuration power or a second configuration power, the first configuration power is a power configured for a DU of an IAB node, the second configuration power includes a power configured for an MT in the IAB node and a power configured for at least one cell group of the MT, or the second configuration power includes a power configured for at least one cell group of the MT; and determining a transmission power of the DU and a transmission power of the at least one cell group of the MT, where at least one of the transmission power of the DU or the transmission power of the at least one cell group of the MT is determined according to the configuration power and a transmission priority.

Abstract: This application discloses a sidelink resource selection method and a terminal. The sidelink resource selection method includes: determining a resource selection mode usable for a target operation, where the resource selection mode includes a first resource selection mode and a second resource selection mode, and resource selection assistance information is considered for use of the second resource selection mode; in a case that both the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode are usable for the target operation, determining, in a first manner, a resource selection mode used for the target operation; and performing the target operation by using the resource selection mode determined.

Abstract: This application discloses a method and apparatus for determining a target resource type, and a communication device, and belongs to the field of communication. The method includes: in a case that of being connected to at least two parent IAB nodes, determining a target resource type according to resource type indication information received from at least one of the parent IAB nodes.

Abstract: This application discloses a power allocation or obtaining method and apparatus, and a node device, which pertains to the field of communications technologies. The power obtaining method according to this application includes: obtaining transmit power information of a distributed unit DU and transmit power information of a mobile Termination MT, where the transmit power information of the DU includes a transmit power or maximum transmit power of the DU, and the transmit power of the MT includes a transmit power of at least one cell group of the MT.

Abstract: A system performs conversations with users using chatbots customized for performing a set of tasks. The system may be a multi-tenant system that allows customization of the chatbots for each tenant. The system receives a task configuration that maps tasks to entity types and an entity configuration that specifies methods for determining entities of a particular entity type. The system receives a user utterance and determines the intent of the user using an intent detection model, for example, a neural network. The intent represents a task that the user is requesting. The system determines one or more entities corresponding to the task. The system performs tasks based on the determined intent and the entities and performs conversations with users based on the tasks.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for notifying sidelink assistance information, and an electronic device are provided. The method for notifying sidelink assistance information is performed by a first terminal and includes: sending the sidelink assistance information to a second terminal when a preset trigger condition is satisfied. The trigger condition includes at least one of the following: the first terminal detects a transmission resource reserved by the second terminal; or the first terminal detects that a transmission resource of the second terminal and a transmission resource of the first terminal overlap.

Abstract: A method for timing offset value indication and a device are provided. The method is performed by a first communications device, including: receiving first signaling from a second communications device and obtaining a timing offset value based on the first signaling. The timing offset value is used to adjust timing of the first communications device. The first communications device includes an IAB node, and the second communications device includes a parent node of the IAB node, an IAB donor node, or a child IAB node; or the first communications device includes a terminal, and the second communications device includes an IAB node that serves the terminal or an IAB donor node.

Abstract: A sidelink transmission method and a terminal are provided. The sidelink transmission method includes: determining indication information in sidelink control signaling; and performing transmission based on the indication information. The indication information in the sidelink control signaling is determined based on indication information in sidelink resource control signaling, or the indication information in the sidelink control signaling indicates one transmission resource in a target transmission resource. The target transmission resource is provided by the sidelink resource control signaling.

Abstract: This application discloses a method and an apparatus for determining sidelink assistance information, and an electronic device, which belongs to the field of communications technologies. The method for determining sidelink assistance information is applied to a first terminal and includes: determining the sidelink assistance information according to at least one piece of the following information, and sending the sidelink assistance information to a second terminal: service transmission information of the second terminal; resource notification information of the second terminal; a constraint condition stipulated in a protocol, configured or pre-configured by a control node, or indicated by a second terminal; or interference intensity of a resource.

Abstract: This application discloses a sidelink transmission method, a sidelink transmission apparatus, and a communication device, and pertains to the field of wireless communication technologies. The sidelink transmission method includes: determining a transmission manner based on whether an interval between two transmission resources or two transmission resource bundles meets a target interval requirement, where the transmission manner includes a HARQ feedback manner, and the transmission resource or the transmission resource bundle is a transmission resource or a transmission resource bundle provided in sidelink resource control signaling.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a system and method for extracting information. The system receives, via a communication interface, a dataset of a plurality of data samples. The system determines, in response to an input data sample from the dataset, a set of feature vectors via a plurality of pre-trained feature extractors, respectively. The system retrieves a set of memory bank vectors that correspond to the input data sample. The system, generates, via a plurality of Multi-Layer-Perceptrons (MLPs), a mapped set of representations in response to an input of the set of memory bank vectors, respectively. The system determines a loss objective between the set of feature vectors and the combination of the mapped set of representations and a network of layers in the MLP. The system updates, the parameters of the plurality of MLPs and the parameters of the memory bank vectors by minimizing the computed loss objective.

Abstract: A conversation engine performs conversations with users using chatbots customized for performing a set of tasks that can be performed using an online system. The conversation engine loads a chatbot configuration that specifies the behavior of a chatbot including the tasks that can be performed by the chatbot, the types of entities relevant to each task, and so on. The conversation may be voice based and use natural language. The conversation engine may load different chatbot configurations to implement different chatbots. The conversation engine receives a conversation engine configuration that specifies the behavior of the conversation engine across chatbots. The system may be a multi-tenant system that allows customization of the chatbots for each tenant.