Abstract: Systems and methods for accessing block storage devices are provided. In particular, a computing device may receive a write request including an uncompressed data and an uncompressed block address associated with the uncompressed data, generate compressed data by compressing the uncompressed data, determine a plurality of mapping candidates of compressed data blocks in the block storage devices based on the uncompressed block address, select a compressed data block from the plurality of mapping candidates that has sufficient capacity to store the compressed data, write the compressed data to the selected compressed data block, update metadata of the selected compressed data block to link the uncompressed block address to a compressed block address of the selected compressed data block, and write the selected compressed data block back to a respective block storage device of the block storage devices.

Abstract: A ray scanning apparatus, including: a conveying device; a ray source assembly including a plurality of ray source modules arranged around the scanning area in a non-enclosed structure opened on one side of the scanning area; and a detector assembly including a plurality of detector sets arranged around the scanning area in a non-enclosed structure opened on one side of the scanning area, where the opening of the non-enclosed structure of the ray source assembly is opposite to the opening of the non-enclosed structure of the detector assembly, the plurality of detector sets are fixed in a same plane perpendicular to the conveying direction of the object under inspection, and the plurality of ray source modules of the ray source assembly are arranged in a plurality of different planes perpendicular to the conveying direction of the object under inspection.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provides a ray scanning apparatus, which includes: a conveying device for conveying an object under inspection to pass through a scanning region of the ray scanning apparatus; a ray source assembly including a plurality of ray source modules, each of the ray source modules including at least one ray source point emitting a ray beam; and a detector assembly for detecting rays transmitting through the object under inspection during scanning and including a plurality of detector sets.

Abstract: Disclosed are a dimmable panel (001) and a display device. The dimmable panel includes a first substrate (101) and a second substrate (102) that are arranged opposite each other; a first electrode (103) and a second electrode (104) that are insulated from each other and located between the first substrate (101) and the second substrate (102), where the first electrode (103) and the second electrode (104) are located in a dimmable area (AA), at least one of the first electrode (103) and the second electrode (104) includes a plurality of strip-shaped electrodes, extension trends of all the strip-shaped electrodes are approximately the same, and orthographic projections of the strip-shaped electrodes on the first substrate (101) do not overlap each other; and a liquid crystal layer (105) located between the first substrate (101) and the second substrate (102), where the liquid crystal layer (105) is located in the dimmable area (AA).

Abstract: A processor-implemented method including generating a depth-aware feature of an image dependent on image features extracted from image data of the image and generating image data, representing information corresponding to one or more segmentations of the image, based on the depth-aware feature and a depth-aware representation, the depth-aware representation being depth-related information and visual-related information for the image.

Abstract: An actuator includes a drive mechanism, a shift mechanism, a screw rod mechanism and a base. The drive mechanism includes a first output shaft and a second output shaft. The shift mechanism includes a gear bracket and a first transmission gear. The first transmission gear has a rotation center extending in a first direction. The screw rod mechanism includes a number of screw assemblies, and each screw assembly includes a push rod. The second output shaft is configured to be able to drive the gear bracket to move along a second direction, so that the first transmission gear is able to mate with different screw rod assemblies. The first output shaft is configured to be able to drive the first transmission gear to rotate around its own rotation center, and then drive the screw assembly to move, so as to move the push rod.

Abstract: The disclosure provides polypeptides and encoding nucleic acids of engineered phosphoketolases. The disclosure also provides cells expressing an engineered phosphoketolase. The disclosure further provides methods for producing a bioderived compound comprising culturing cells expressing an engineered phosphoketolase.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a combined refrigeration and heating device for food industry and a use method thereof. The combined device comprises a refrigeration device and a heating device connected through a waste heat recovery and utilization system. The heating device includes a heating cavity and a heating plate. A first conveyor belt is disposed in the heating cavity. A left end and a right end of the heating cavity are provided with a slanting cavity, respectively. The slanting cavity disposed at the right end of the heating device is provided with a second conveyor belt. A left end of the refrigeration device is provided with a slanting cavity. More than two blocking devices are disposed in the slanting cavity disposed at the left end and the right end of the heating device and the slanting cavity disposed at the left end of the refrigeration device.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a stretchable composite electrode and a fabricating method thereof, and particularly relates to a stretchable composite electrode including a silver nanowire layer and a flexible polymer film and a fabricating method thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a conductive film, an organic electroluminescence device, a display device and a method. The conductive film includes a matrix and conductive metal nano-ions distributed in the matrix the matrix is selected from at least one of an organic network polymer, an organic porous polymer, and an inorganic porous material.

Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing an aromatic hydrocarbon-rich pyrolytic oil by catalytic pyrolysis of a waste mask, which relates to the technical field of waste treatment and resource utilization. The method includes: mixing the waste mask with a metal supported HZSM-5 molecular sieve catalyst to form a mixture; and subjecting the mixture to a catalytic pyrolysis reaction in a protective atmosphere to obtain the aromatic hydrocarbon-rich pyrolytic oil.

Abstract: An automated three-dimensional refrigerated warehouse for a meat industry is provided. A refrigerated warehouse body is provided with two groups of chain wheels, a chain is sleeved on each group of chain wheels, and a plurality of mounting blocks are uniformly mounted on the chain. The mounting blocks are connected to suspension rods, a supporting table is connected between bottom ends of the suspension rods, an opening is provided in a middle of the supporting table, and a loading cart is placed on the supporting table. The refrigerated warehouse body is connected to two supporting plates, a first electric push rod is arranged above each of the two supporting plates, and top ends of the two first electric push rods are provided with mounting plates. Top ends of the two mounting plates are provided with a horizontal second electric push rod and a horizontal third electric push rod respectively.

Abstract: An automated three-dimensional refrigerated warehouse for a meat industry is provided. A refrigerated warehouse body is provided with two groups of chain wheels, a chain is sleeved on each group of chain wheels, and a plurality of mounting blocks are uniformly mounted on the chain. The mounting blocks are connected to suspension rods, a supporting table is connected between bottom ends of the suspension rods, an opening is provided in a middle of the supporting table, and a loading cart is placed on the supporting table. The refrigerated warehouse body is connected to two supporting plates, a first electric push rod is arranged above each of the two supporting plates, and top ends of the two first electric push rods are provided with mounting plates. Top ends of the two mounting plates are provided with a horizontal second electric push rod and a horizontal third electric push rod respectively.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a stretchable composite electrode and a fabricating method thereof, and particularly relates to a stretchable composite electrode including a silver nanowire layer and a flexible polymer film and a fabricating method thereof.

Abstract: A method and a system for recommending a target garment matching an inputted garment. The method includes: extracting attributes from text description and image of the inputted garment to obtain extracted attributes; querying a knowledge graph using the extracted attributes to obtain matched attributes; retrieving candidate products from a garment pool using the matched attributes; extracting features from the inputted garment and the candidate products; determining the target garment from the candidate products based on grading scores between the features of the inputted garment and the features of the candidate products; and recommending the target garment. The knowledge graph includes nodes corresponding to type of clothes, category of clothes, attribute keys, values of attribute keys, context keys, values of context keys, combination of the values of the attribute keys and the type of clothes, and combination of the value of the attribute keys and the category of clothes.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a process for the asymmetric synthesis of isopiperitenol and successor compounds.

Abstract: A bonding method of a touch-control display panel, a touch-control display panel and an electronic device are provided. The bonding method includes: fixing a glass cover plate, and adhering a first adhesive on the glass cover plate in a circumferential direction of a non-display area of the glass cover plate; stretching a capacitive film to make it flat, aligning and bonding the capacitive film with the glass cover plate to adhesive the capacitive film and the glass cover plate by the first adhesive; at a side of the capacitive film facing away from the glass cover plate, adhering a second adhesive on the capacitive film in the circumferential direction corresponding to the non-display area; and aligning and bonding a display screen with the capacitive film to adhesive the display screen and the capacitive film by the second adhesive. At least the first adhesive is a double-sided adhesive.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a distributed transaction system including a group of validator nodes that are known to each other in a network but are indistinguishable to other network nodes. The validator nodes form a Committee including a Leader node and one or more Associate nodes configured to receive and process transaction requests and candidate requests, for example, to add new blocks to one or more blockchains. The Committee may be dynamically changed, such that new network nodes may be added to the Committee or may replace existing validator nodes. The Associate nodes also may coordinate with each other to select a new Leader node. The system may allow multiple request-fulfillment process to run simultaneously, thereby enhance the efficiency of the system.

Abstract: A method for creating a field development plan, comprising initializing, by a specially programmed computing system, a connectivity model, calibrating, by a specially programmed computing system, the connectivity model based on a plurality of reservoir simulation results, determining, by a specially programmed computing system, a travel time between wells and reservoir cells using a fast marching method, determining, by the specially programmed computing system, a hydrocarbon saturation based on the travel time to construct a model prediction, optimizing, by the specially programmed computing system, the connectivity model using a global optimization and a local optimization, and constructing, by the specially programmed computing system, at least one well file using the optimized connectivity model.

Abstract: A meat preservation apparatus and method allowed to broaden the ice temperature are provided. The second conveyor mesh belt is equipped with an ice temperature device, the right end of the second conveyor mesh belt is equipped with an ice temperature device, the ice temperature device comprises a base, a spinning disk is arranged above the base, and four moving plates that can move inside and outside are evenly arranged above the spinning disk, two first linear actuators are vertically arranged above each moving plate, an ice temperature box can move up and down between the two first linear actuators, conveyor belts are arranged in the ice temperature box, and the conveyor belts are driven by the first motor, a box door is set on an outside of the ice temperature box, and the box door is driven by a second motor.