Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information associated with a cell selection or reselection procedure, the configuration information indicating first policy information associated with cell selections and second policy information associated with radio resource management (RRM) measurements. The UE may monitor, in an idle mode, a broadcast channel associated with a first cell based at least in part on selecting the first cell in accordance with the configuration information. The UE may receive, from the first cell, system information associated with a second cell. The UE may establish a connection with the second cell based at least in part on the system information and one or more RRM measurements performed in accordance with the configuration information. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of at least one of: one or more anchor cells associated with a target cell, or one or more target cells, including the target cell, associated with an anchor cell included in the one or more anchor cells. The UE may transmit, to the anchor cell, an indication of the target cell and an indication of a target beam index associated with the target cell as part of an initial access procedure with the anchor cell. The UE may establish a connection with the target cell based at least in part on performing the initial access procedure with the anchor cell. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station (BS) may group and selectively multiplex a plurality of random access channel responses (RARs) and radio resource control (RRC) messages in a message B (msgB) communication, together with supplementary scheduling information for other RARs to be mapped to a different msgB communication. The BS may transmit the msgB communication to one or more user equipments. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Provided is a battery including a case and a cap plate. The case is a cylindrical groove structure, a top end face, facing towards the case, of the cap plate is provided with an annular protrusion, the annular protrusion has a central axis coinciding with the central axis of the cap plate, an edge of the top end face of the cap plate is provided with a first welding platform face, the first welding platform face is arranged circumferentially around the annular protrusion, and an outer sidewall of the annular protrusion and the first welding platform face constitute a stepped face. The annular protrusion enters the interior of the case via an annular bottom end face of the case, and the annular bottom end face of the case is in contact with the first welding platform face and connected to the first welding platform face by laser welding.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine a downlink configuration including a set of resources for receiving downlink transmissions. The UE may determine, based on the downlink configuration, an uplink configuration including a set of resources for transmitting scheduling requests at a set of scheduling request occasions. In some aspects, the set of scheduling request occasions may be arranged according to a non-uniform spacing pattern in the time domain. The UE may transmit, to a base station, one or more scheduling requests based on the uplink configuration.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine a downlink configuration including a set of resources for receiving downlink transmissions. The UE may determine a grant for performing uplink transmissions based on a radio resource control (RRC) message. The UE may determine, based on the downlink configuration, the grant, or both, an uplink configuration including a set of resources for transmitting the uplink transmissions at a set of uplink transmission occasions. In some aspects, the set of uplink transmission occasions may be arranged according to a non-uniform spacing pattern in a time domain. The UE may transmit, to a base station, one or more uplink transmissions based on the uplink configuration.

Abstract: A grouped consensus power allocation method for multiple energy storage units is provided, including determining a grouped coordination control strategy of multiple battery energy storage units (BESUs) of a BESS (battery energy storage system), where the multiple BESUs are communicated through a communication topology and grouped into a charging group and a discharging group, performing power coordination control power coordination control between the charging group and the discharging group based on a distributed algorithm, determining whether a switching between the charging group and the discharging group is triggered during an operation process of the BESS, and switching when it is triggered. The method can reduce the number of charging/discharging state conversions of the BESUs, prolong the service life of energy storage, ensure that the power allocation results meet the power constraints of the BESUs, reduce low-power operation times of the BESUs, and improve the efficiency of energy storage operation.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for configuring measurement gap patterns. An example method may include: receiving configuration information associated with a plurality of pre-configured measurement gap patterns; receiving index information for configuring at least one measurement gap pattern of a bandwidth part; and configuring the at least one measurement gap pattern of the bandwidth part based on at least one of the configuration information and the index information. Related apparatuses and computer readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: A production process for a paper nut, comprising: step 1, determining a diameter of the paper nut to be manufactured; step 2, preparing a metal tube or a round rod made of other material with the same diameter as a mold for determining an inner diameter of the paper nut; and step 3, selecting a first paper strip with an appropriate width, wherein the appropriate width of the first paper strip is equal to a length of being wounded around the paper tube in several turns. It is possible to freely manufacture the paper nut with internal threads or external threads according to use requirements. The case of manufacturing the paper nut with the internal threads or the external threads is according to the winding sequence of the first paper strip, the second paper strip and the third paper strip wounded around the cylindrical paper tube.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus including circuitry for operating in a first discontinuous reception mode including at least one awake period and at least one sleep period, receiving, during operation in the at least one awake period, a first indication from a network to perform at least one of pausing operation of the first discontinuous reception mode such that the apparatus continues operation in the at least one awake period and disabling operation of the first discontinuous reception mode such that the apparatus continues operation in a second discontinuous reception mode.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of using these compounds for treating a metabolic disease or liver condition. The present invention relates generally to compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful as 17?-HSD13 inhibitors. Specifically, the present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of 17?-HSD13 and methods for their preparation and use.

Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof: which inhibit the Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK-1), which is associated with autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, inflammatory diseases, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from ASK-1 related disease. The invention also relates to methods of treating an ASK-1 related disease in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention. The present invention specifically relates to methods of treating ASK-1 associated with hepatic steatosis, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

Abstract: An apparatus comprising at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform: determining system information available from a network; and requesting system information from the network, wherein the request for system information comprises an indication of interest in at least one or more multicast and/or broadcast services.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for machine learning database memory use prediction and adaptation. An example method includes determining a sampling interval for an application for sampling memory use by a database for the application. A plurality of historical memory use samples of amounts of memory used by the database are determined for the application based on the sampling interval. The plurality of historical memory use samples are provided for training of a machine learning model to predict memory use for the application by the database for a future time period. A set of current memory use samples are provided to the machine learning model and a memory use prediction for the application for an upcoming time period is received from the machine learning model. A determination is made as to whether to extend memory of the database for the application based on the memory use prediction.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for automatic index creation for relational database systems. Query statements from a relational database are processed to generate query patterns from the query statements. Vectorization of the query patterns is performed to transform each query pattern into a numerical vector. A clustering algorithm is executed to cluster the numerical vectors into multiple clusters. Each cluster has a respective cluster center. A frequent query pattern is determined, for at least some of the multiple clusters, that corresponds to a respective cluster center. Active columns in the frequent query patterns are determined and a database index is automatically created for each active column that does not currently have a database index.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to device, method, apparatus and computer readable storage medium of serving cell change procedure utilizing the multiple candidate target cells. The method comprises receiving, from a second device, configuration information associated with a serving cell change procedure of the first device, the configuration information indicating at least a first candidate cell managed by a third device and a second candidate cell managed by a fourth device available for the serving cell change procedure; performing, during the serving cell change procedure, a first random access procedure to access the first candidate cell and a second random access procedure to access the second candidate cell; and accessing to a target cell determined from the first candidate cell and the second candidate cell after the serving cell change procedure is completed. In this way, the interruption time corresponding to CHO or CPC procedure when multiple candidates are available can be reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of detecting sepsis in a patient in need thereof, the method comprising: receiving a patient sample, a pathogenic primer mix, a fluorophore label probe, and a dPCR buffer in one or more wells of a microfluidic device and detecting fluorescent light signal from the droplets to determine sepsis in the patient. The microfluidic device comprises a droplet generation channel in fluid communication with the one or more wells, adapted to generate droplets comprising the patient sample, one or more pathogenic primers, a fluorophore label probe, and dPCR buffer. Furthermore, the microfluidic device comprises a chamber in fluid communication with the droplet generation channel for collecting the droplets generated by the droplet generation channel and performing a PCR reaction in the droplets.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of caching the configuration profiles associated with a capability ID. The method comprising receiving, at the first device and from a second device, a capability indication of the second device, the capability indication associated with at least one capability of the second device for performing radio access to the first device; determining a set of radio configuration profiles for the second device at least based on the capability indication, the set of radio configuration profiles indicating a plurality of available configuration parameters of the radio access; and transmitting the set of radio configuration profiles to the second device, to cause the second device to establish a connection with the first device.