Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure are a video generation method and apparatus, and a device and a storage medium. The method includes: firstly, when an application request for a target effect object has been received, acquiring location information of the current user; then, on the basis of the location information of the current user, determining a target place of interest (POI) corresponding to the current user; acquiring an effect resource of the target POI, and on the basis of the location information of the current user and location information of the target POI, determining a direction relationship between the current user and the target POI; on the basis of the direction relationship, displaying, on a photographic page, a photographic effect corresponding to the effect resource; and then on the basis of the photographic effect corresponding to the effect resource, generating a result video corresponding to the target effect object.

Abstract: Method and systems for sorting drug-responsive cell population based on single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data are disclosed. In some examples, the method includes: constructing a target gene regulatory network (GRN) for each of the cell populations based on scRNA-seq data of cell populations in a disease state; virtually knocking out targets in the GRN, and constructing a target-perturbed gene regulatory network (tpGRN); acquiring a low-dimensional representation of each of network nodes from the GRN in the GRN and the tpGRN through manifold alignment; calculating a Euclidean distance for each of the network nodes between the GRN and the tpGRN through a Euclidean distance; scoring a drug response of each of the cell populations by comprehensively considering changing trends of a drug target, a 2-hop node, and an edge of the 2-hop node in the GRN and the tpGRN, and determining a sorting result of the drug-responsive cell population.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method in which a first set of one or more voltage pulses is applied to a piezoelectric device over a first time period. During the first time period, the method determines whether a performance parameter of the piezoelectric device has a first value that deviates from a reference value by more than a predetermined value. Based on whether the first value deviates from the reference value by more than the predetermined value, the method selectively applies a second set of one or more voltage pulses to the piezoelectric device over a second time period. The second time period is after the first time period and the second set of one or more voltage pulses differs in magnitude and/or polarity from the first set of one or more voltage pulses.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip structure that includes a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) device disposed over a substrate. The MIM device includes a first electrode and a second electrode stacked over the substrate. A dielectric layer is arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. A getter layer is disposed over the substrate and is separated from the dielectric layer by the first electrode. The MIM device includes a middle portion having a first non-zero concentration of hydrogen and a peripheral portion having both a second non-zero concentration of hydrogen that is greater than the first non-zero concentration and a third non-zero concentration of hydrogen that is less than the first non-zero concentration. The middle portion includes the dielectric layer and the peripheral portion includes the getter layer.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes at least one terminal assembly. The terminal assembly includes: a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal being narrow-edge coupled; and an insulating block fixing the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal. A length of the first signal terminal is greater than a length of the second signal terminal. A first connecting portion of the first signal terminal is provided with at least one exposing area, which is exposed to the insulating block and exposed in air medium. The first connecting portion has at least one widening portion and at least one narrow portion connected to each other along a length direction thereof. A width of the widening portion is greater than a width of the narrow portion. The exposing area is provided at the widening portion. A second connecting portion of the second signal terminal is completely wrapped in the insulating block.

Abstract: A displacement sensor including an optical whispering gallery mode (WGM) microresonator and a package encasing at least a portion of the WGM microresonator, the package comprising polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The WGM microresonator can be configured as a sensor and used in a displacement detection system that can detect displacement with high quality. Artificial intelligence can be implemented in the displacement detection system for improved sensing of different variables and/or pinpointing the location of perturbations.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method of forming a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) device. The method may be performed by depositing a bottom electrode layer over a substrate, depositing a dielectric layer over the bottom electrode layer, depositing a top electrode layer over the dielectric layer, and depositing a first titanium getter layer over the top electrode layer. The first titanium getter layer, the top electrode layer, and the dielectric layer are patterned to expose a peripheral portion of the bottom electrode layer. A passivation layer is deposited over the substrate, the first titanium getter layer, and the peripheral portion of the bottom electrode layer.

Abstract: A method of forming a transducer includes depositing a first dielectric layer on a first electrode, patterning the first dielectric layer to form a plurality of first protrusions in a first region and a plurality of second protrusions in a second region, where a density of the plurality of first protrusions in the first region is different from a density of the plurality of second protrusions in the second region, and bonding the first dielectric layer to a second electrode using a second dielectric layer, where sidewalls of the second dielectric layer define a cavity disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and where the plurality of first protrusions and the plurality of second protrusions are disposed in the cavity.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a piezoelectric device is provided. The piezoelectric device includes a semiconductor substrate. A first electrode is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. A piezoelectric structure is disposed on the first electrode. A second electrode is disposed on the piezoelectric structure. A heating element is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The heating element is configured to heat the piezoelectric structure to a recovery temperature for a period of time, where heating the piezoelectric structure to the recovery temperature for the period of time improves a degraded electrical property of the piezoelectric device.

Abstract: The present invention provides an instant-mix cap, which relates to the technical field of the bottle cap. The instant-mix cap includes a cap body and a sealing plug, and the cap body and the sealing plug enclosed to form a sealed storage chamber, a pushing part can drive an elastic part to deform and move downward under the action of an external force, and a pillar simultaneously pushes the sealing plug to move downward, so that the sealing plug is forced to be disconnected from a bottom of a cap cylinder, thereby opening the storage chamber.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an artificial leather structure, comprising a woven layer, a porous elastomer layer disposed on the woven layer and a nonwoven layer disposed on the porous elastomer layer. The porous elastomer layer is adhered to the woven layer and the nonwoven layer.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a piezoelectric device is provided. The piezoelectric device includes a semiconductor substrate. A first electrode is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. A piezoelectric structure is disposed on the first electrode. A second electrode is disposed on the piezoelectric structure. A heating element is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The heating element is configured to heat the piezoelectric structure to a recovery temperature for a period of time, where heating the piezoelectric structure to the recovery temperature for the period of time improves a degraded electrical property of the piezoelectric device.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated chip including a first conductive structure and a second conductive structure. A dielectric structure is arranged between the first conductive structure and the second conductive structure. The dielectric structure comprises an upper region over a lower region. The lower region comprises a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface on opposing sides of the upper region. A passivation layer overlies the second conductive structure and the dielectric structure. The passivation layer comprises a lateral segment contacting the first lateral surface. A height of the lateral segment is greater than a height of the upper region. A top surface of the lateral segment is below a top surface of the passivation layer.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated chip including a dielectric structure sandwiched between a first electrode and a bottom electrode. A passivation layer overlies the second electrode and the dielectric structure. The passivation layer comprises a horizontal surface vertically below a top surface of the passivation layer. The horizontal surface is disposed above a top surface of the dielectric structure.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes at least one electrical module. The electrical module includes: an insulating body, where multiple first accommodating slots are concavely provided on a first side toward a second side of the insulating body; multiple first terminal assemblies, respectively accommodated in the corresponding first accommodating slots; and a first grounding member, having multiple first spokes and multiple second spokes. Each first terminal assembly includes a first insulating block, a pair of first signal terminals, and a first shielding shell. Each first shielding shell has a first shielding side surface exposed to the first side. Each first spoke is in mechanical contact with the first shielding shells of a same electrical module, and each second spoke is in contact with the first shielding side surface of the corresponding first shielding shell, thus achieving conduction between the first shielding shells and the first grounding member.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method in which a first set of one or more voltage pulses is applied to a piezoelectric device over a first time period. During the first time period, the method determines whether a performance parameter of the piezoelectric device has a first value that deviates from a reference value by more than a predetermined value. Based on whether the first value deviates from the reference value by more than the predetermined value, the method selectively applies a second set of one or more voltage pulses to the piezoelectric device over a second time period. The second time period is after the first time period and the second set of one or more voltage pulses differs in magnitude and/or polarity from the first set of one or more voltage pulses.

Abstract: The present disclosure is relates to an environmental-friendly artificial leather and a method of manufacturing the same. The manufacturing method of the environmental-friendly artificial leather includes steps in which a first fiber web is formed by meltblown. The method continues with step in which a filament fabric is disposed on the first fiber web. The method continues with step in which a second fiber web is meltblown on the filament fabric, so as to form a multilayer fiber structure. The method continues with step in which the multilayer fiber structure is heat pressed to form the environmental-friendly artificial leather.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for converting a picture into a video, and a device and a storage medium. The method for converting a picture into a video includes: partitioning an original picture to obtain a foreground region and a background region; performing an iterative transformation for visual depth on the background region, and storing an image obtained through each transformation as a picture frame to obtain multiple frames of images; and splicing the multiple frames of images to obtain a target video. The iterative transformation includes at least two transformations for visual depth.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method in which a first set of one or more voltage pulses is applied to a piezoelectric device over a first time period. During the first time period, the method determines whether a performance parameter of the piezoelectric device has a first value that deviates from a reference value by more than a predetermined value. Based on whether the first value deviates from the reference value by more than the predetermined value, the method selectively applies a second set of one or more voltage pulses to the piezoelectric device over a second time period. The second time period is after the first time period and the second set of one or more voltage pulses differs in magnitude and/or polarity from the first set of one or more voltage pulses.

Abstract: A method of forming a transducer includes depositing a first dielectric layer on a first electrode, patterning the first dielectric layer to form first protrusions and second protrusions, where a first diameter of each of the first protrusions is larger than a second diameter of each of the second protrusions; and bonding the first dielectric layer to a second electrode using a second dielectric layer, where sidewalls of the second dielectric layer define a cavity disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and where the first protrusions are disposed in the cavity.