Abstract: A sampling device is provided, including: a syringe barrel having an opening and a holding portion; a plunger body having a protruding wall and disposed in the syringe barrel through the opening, where the protruding wall has a first recessed portion; a spring disposed around the plunger body; and a fastening assembly having an engaging structure for engaging the fastening assembly with the holding portion, a groove rail for receiving the protruding wall of the plunger body and a fastening portion for limiting displacement of the plunger body. A semi-automatic sample feeding device is further provided and includes the sampling device and a flow control device, and a test paper detection system is also provided and includes the semi-automatic sample feeding device and a test paper device. The test paper detection system is able to stably introduce samples, suitable for large-volume samples, which meets the needs of point-of-care applications.

Abstract: The present invention provides a driving device and a control method. The driving device is configured to drive a power switch and includes a power supply, a first bridge arm coupled to the power supply, a second bridge arm coupled in parallel to the first bridge arm, and a resonant inductor. The first bridge arm includes a first switch and a second switch connected to a first midpoint, the second bridge arm comprises a first semiconductor element and a second semiconductor element connected to a second midpoint, and the resonant inductor is coupled between the first midpoint and the second midpoint. The control method includes turning on the first switch for a first period such that the power supply charges a gate electrode of the power switch; and in response to a decrease of a current of the resonant inductor to a first threshold value, turning on the first switch again for a second period such that a potential of the first midpoint is equal to a potential of the second midpoint.

Abstract: Reporting potential impacts of sounding reference signal-switching (SRS-switching) to a base station may include determining that SRS-switching is to be performed by a UE. Based on determining that SRS-switching is to be performed, potential impacts to one or more of a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) caused by performing SRS-switching while sharing radio frequency (RF) front-ends (RFFE) between at least a subset of the plurality of RATS may be processed. The potential impacts may comprise at least one of transmit-blanking (Tx-blanking) and receive-blanking (Rx-blanking) associated with one or more of the subset of RATs. A communication that indicates the potential impacts of SRS-switching may be encoded for transmission to a base station. The base station may also provide priority configurations for determining how to handle Tx-blanking, Rx-blanking, and SRS-skipping associated with SRS-switching.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods may use an smtc information element or an smtc2-LP information element to calculate timing of a first measurement period to evaluate a serving cell while the UE is in idle mode or inactive mode. Additionally, apparatuses, systems, and methods may use the smtc information element or the smtc2-LP information element to calculate timing of a second measurement period to evaluate intra-frequency cells while the UE is in idle mode or inactive mode.

Abstract: This application provides a photographing method and an electronic device. In the photographing method, a virtual shutter button provided on a photographing preview interface can trigger a photographing or video recording function by when tapped by a user. The virtual shutter button has a same function as a shutter button of a camera application. When the user uses the photographing function of the electronic device, the virtual shutter button may move on the photographing preview interface based on a touch input of the user, thereby improving photographing experience of the user. In addition, the user may complete a photographing operation by touching and tapping the virtual shutter button, and therefore, shake caused by taking a photo by pressing a mechanical button (for example, a volume button) is avoided, and quality of a captured photo is ensured.

Abstract: A base station of a network provides a user equipment (UE) with information relating to monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) of multiple component carrier (CCs) in a carrier aggregation (CA) scheme. The base station configures a first CC and a second CC of a CA combination for a user equipment (UE) and provides the UE with information for the CA combination, wherein the information comprises an indication whether the first CC and the second CC are collocated.

Abstract: A base station configures a user equipment (UE) to monitor a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH). The base station receives, from the UE, a reduced PDCCH monitoring capability for at least one group of search space sets (SSS) of a PDCCH, determines a reduced monitoring capability (MO) configuration for the UE based on the reported reduced PDCCH monitoring capability and transmits the reduced MO configuration to the UE.

Abstract: A method, a device, and a program product for backing up data in the Internet of Things (IoT) is disclosed. An IoT system includes an IoT manager and a plurality of IoT devices. In response to receiving a registration request for registering an IoT device among a plurality of IoT devices with an IoT manager, a signature public key is received from the IoT device. Atomic data associated with the IoT device is received that includes a signature generated by using a signature private key corresponding to the signature public key. The signature is verified based on the signature public key. In response to the signature being successfully verified, a backup data package for backup is generated based on the atomic data. Accordingly, data may be backed up in the IoT with higher performance, thereby improving the security and reliability of the entire IoT.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating body defining a mating space; and a terminal module assembled to the insulating body and having a circuit board and plural mating terminals mounted on the circuit board, wherein: each of the mating terminals has a contact portion extending obliquely backward, a bending portion bent backward from a front end of the contact portion, a connecting portion extending rearward from a rear end of the bending portion, and a mounting portion vertically extending from a rear end of the connecting portion for mounting on the circuit board; and a front end of the circuit board extends forward into the mating space.

Abstract: A method for detecting a blocking state of an image acquisition device, an electronic device, and a computer storage medium are provided. The method includes: an image acquired by an image acquisition device is obtained; and it is determined, according to the acquired image, whether the image acquisition device is in a blocked state.

Abstract: This application discloses a display method when an application is exited and a terminal. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, a keyword entered by a user into a search bar; displaying, by the terminal, a search result associated with the keyword; receiving, by the terminal, a first operation of the user for opening a first application from the search result; opening, by the terminal, the first application in response to the first operation; receiving, by the terminal, a second operation of the user for exiting the first application; and exiting, by the terminal, the first application in response to the second operation, and displaying a display screen on which an icon of the first application is located, where a size of the icon of the first application on the display screen is a first size.

Abstract: The invention belongs to the field of low-power consumption Bluetooth technology in wireless communication, in particular to a method for improving the sensitivity of the receiver in a low-power consumption Bluetooth system. The method of the invention is to introduce a deinterleaver between the symbol pattern mapper and GFSK modulator of the transmitting terminal under the low-power consumption Bluetooth coding mode, which is used to perform additional processing on the bitstream data and then perform modulation; then, due to the introduction of interleaving, Turbo iterative processing of demodulation and decoding can be performed at the receiving terminal; the receiving terminal comprises a Turbo iterative demodulator and decoder, which is used to model the low-power consumption Bluetooth GFSK modulator and convolutional coder into finite state machines, and then combine the deinterleaver to use the BCJR algorithm for iterative demodulation and decoding.

Abstract: A method for activating a PTFE, the method including sonicating the PTFE using ultrasonic waves under a frequency of 20 kHz to 15 megahertz. Further provided is a method for electrogenesis, the method including: a) sonicating a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) material using ultrasonic waves under a frequency of 20 kHz to 15 megahertz; b) connecting a positive electrode and a negative electrode to two opposite surfaces of the PTFE, respectively; and c) applying an external pressure on the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cost-effective method to fabricate a multifunctional collimator structure for contact image sensors to filter ambient infrared light to reduce noises. In one embodiment, an optical collimator, includes: a dielectric layer; a substrate; a plurality of via holes; and a conductive layer, wherein the dielectric layer is formed over the substrate, wherein the plurality of via holes are configured as an array along a lateral direction of a first surface of the dielectric layer, wherein each of the plurality of via holes extends through the dielectric layer and the substrate from the first surface of the dielectric layer to a second surface of the substrate in a vertical direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a speaker diaphragm and a speaker. The diaphragm includes a thermoplastic polyester elastomer film layer (11), a thermoplastic polyester elastomer being a copolymer composed of a polyester hard segment A and a polyether or aliphatic polyester soft segment B, wherein a mass percentage of the polyester hard segment A is 10-95%. The speaker diaphragm features high structural strength, is not easy to be damaged, and has good toughness and resilience and a good sound generation effect.

Abstract: A magnetic particle imaging method based on a non-ideal Field Free Point (FFP), including the following steps: setting external magnetic field conditions of a non-ideal FFP and an ideal FFP, and obtaining a magnetization vector M of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPIOs) and a Point Spread Function (PSF) in combination with a Langevin function; obtaining a signal feature on basis of a voltage signal of a detection coil of a Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) instrument; performing integral transformation on the voltage signal collected by the detection coil of the MPI instrument to obtain a voltage signal of an equivalent ideal FFP; averaging the moving speed of an FFP of the MPI instrument to obtain a moving speed of the equivalent ideal FFP; obtaining an equivalent Three-Dimensional concentration reconstruction image on basis of the voltage signal of the equivalent ideal FFP and a moving speed of the equivalent ideal FFP.

Abstract: A speaker is disclosed, which comprises a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system cooperating with the vibration system. The vibration system includes a speaker diaphragm, the speaker diaphragm comprises two surface layers compounded together and at least one intermediate layer positioned between the two surface layers, at least one of the surface layers is a thermoplastic polyester elastomer film layer, the at least one intermediate layer is an adhesive layer, the speaker diaphragm has Young's modulus of 5-700 MPa and an amplitude of 0.25 mm-1 mm, and the speaker has F0 of 150-1500 Hz. The speaker has a good sounding effect.

Abstract: A driver arrangement is provided for a LED lighting device with a LED light source and at least one additional auxiliary module. The driver arrangement comprises separate main and auxiliary drivers. The delivery of power from the auxiliary driver is controlled to either an auxiliary power output or to both a main power output and the auxiliary power output. Each driver can be optimized for the load it is required to drive. The device may overall be more efficient in a low power auxiliary mode, by using a driver suited for such low power operation. In particular when the power demand of the LED light source is low, the auxiliary driver may be used.