Abstract: A method of generating a stylized 3D avatar is provided. The method includes receiving an input image of a user, generating, using a generative adversarial network (GAN) generator, a stylized image, based on the input image, and providing the stylized image to a first model to generate a first plurality of parameters. The first plurality of parameters include a discrete parameter and a continuous parameter. The method further includes providing the stylized image and the first plurality of parameters to a second model that is trained to generate an avatar image, receiving, from the second model, the avatar image, comparing the stylized image to the avatar image, based on a loss function, to determine an error, updating the first model to generate a second plurality of parameters that correspond to the first plurality of parameters, based on the error, and providing the second plurality of parameters as an output.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for preparing pyrrolidone, and the invention provides a method for catalytically preparing pyrrolidone with ?-aminobutyric acid in the presence of carnitine-CoA ligase CaiC. The carnitine-CoA ligase CaiC has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:1. The ligase has catalytic activity in the cyclization of ?-aminobutyric acid to produce pyrrolidone. The carnitine-CoA ligase provided in the present invention affords a yield of pyrrolidone of 3.26 g/L and a molar yield of 39.53% in 24 h when ?-aminobutyric acid is used as a substrate, thus reducing the production period, improving the production of pyrrolidone, and accelerating the industrialization process of producing pyrrolidone by enzymatic conversion method.

Abstract: Detecting fine-grained similarity in image includes determining a core area of a search image by generating an image salient map from a plurality of layers of the search image and determining a connected area based on the image salient map. Feature descriptors are generated from the core area of the search image. A plurality of capsule vectors are generated from different ones of a plurality of keypoints of the feature descriptors. Capsule vectors of the search image are compared with capsule vectors of each image of the dataset to generate a top-K matrix. Similarity scores for the top-K matrix are calculated. One or more image of the dataset having fine-grained similarity with the search image are selected based a bundled similarity score for each image of the dataset. The bundled similarity score is a summation of the similarity scores of the image.

Abstract: Transcription factors (TFs) represent a major class of therapeutic targets for the treatment of human diseases including cancer. Although the biological function and even crystal structure of many TFs have been clearly elucidated, there is still no viable approach to target the majority of TFs, thus rendering them undruggable for decades. PROTACs (PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras) have emerged as a powerful tool for the pharmaceutical development since the effect of PROTACs largely relies on engineered protein-protein interaction to aid the degradation of targets by the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS). The present disclosure provides a DNA-PROTAC platform for targeted degraders of individual TFs of interest. These DNA based Transcription Factor targetting PROTACS (or “TF-PROTACS”) may provide specificity to TF degradation based on the conserved DNA-binding motifs of respective TFs.

Abstract: A method for quantifying and assessing a scheduling risk considering source load fluctuation and rescheduling, and an apparatus for quantifying and assessing a scheduling risk considering source load fluctuation and rescheduling are provided. The method includes establishing a scene set considering a new energy disturbance; establishing and solving a rescheduling optimization model considering the new energy disturbance in each scene based on a preset scheduling plan according to the scene set, so as to obtain a solving result of the rescheduling optimization model; and calculating a risk quantifying and assessing result corresponding to the preset scheduling plan according to the solving result of the rescheduling optimization model.

Abstract: A method of generating a style image is described. The method includes receiving an input image of a subject. The method further includes encoding the input image using a first encoder of a generative adversarial network (GAN) to obtain a first latent code. The method further includes decoding the first latent code using a first decoder of the GAN to obtain a normalized style image of the subject, wherein the GAN is trained using a loss function according to semantic regions of the input image and the normalized style image.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a video generation method, an apparatus, a device and a medium, and the method includes: acquiring background images; acquiring an image to be segmented comprising a target object; performing image segmentation for the target object on the image to be segmented to obtain a contour image corresponding to the target object; using the contour image as a foreground image of a target display video; and cyclically flipping the background images, and generating the target display video by fusing the foreground image and the background images, in which the background images are being cyclically flipped in the target display video.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus and systems for cell information acquisition and reporting. One method includes receiving a request for configuration information and a synchronization block, determining that the synchronization block is not associated with the configuration information, and transmitting a failure indication in response to the request. Another method includes receiving a request for configuration information and a first synchronization block, determining that the first synchronization block is not associated with the configuration information, and the first synchronization block comprises information related to a second synchronization block that is associated with the configuration information, and determining whether a radio frequency retuning operation can be performed in order to obtain the configuration information.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) may include: receiving a multicast bandwidth part configuration for multicast communications between a base station and the UE, where the multicast bandwidth part configuration includes a maximum number of multiple-input, multiple-output layers to be used for the multicast communications; establishing a multicast link with the base station for multicast communications; determining to use a reduced number of antennas for multicast reception than the number of antennas used for unicast reception, or determining that the UE is able to decode the multicast communications prior to a remaining portion of the multicast communications; and receiving the multicast communications via the reduced number of antennas, or reducing the radio frequency power prior to completion of a number of repetitions or retransmissions of the multicast communications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a platform door control apparatus based on a double 2-vote-2 architecture, including a security communication and logic processing module, a driver collection module, and a maintenance module, the security communication and logic processing module is separately connected to the driver collection module and the maintenance module, and both the security communication and logic processing module and the driver collection module are devices using the double 2-vote-2 architecture. Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages of effectively improving linkage efficiency of a signal system and a platform door system, and the like.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. In order to provide a power semiconductor device with improved latch-up immunity but without increasing device power loss and costs, a hole current path in a fourth semiconductor region of a first conductivity type between a gate trench and a dummy gate trench is shortened by providing a first contact trench between two adjacent gate trenches, and providing a second contact trench between the gate trench and a dummy gate trench such that the width and depth of the second contact trench are respectively greater than those of the first contact trench. The effect of the hole current on the potential rise of the fourth semiconductor region of the first conductivity type is suppressed, thereby suppressing the latch-up effect, and enhancing the switching reliability.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for deploying power quality monitoring (PQM) devices. The method may include: determining a maximum number of PQM devices and historical power data of candidate deployment points, wherein the number of the candidate deployment points is greater than the maximum number of the PQM devices; clustering the historical power data of the candidate deployment points, wherein a target number of categories is determined on the basis of a silhouette coefficient of each candidate number of categories and the maximum number of the PQM devices; and determining PQM device deployment points based on the center of each category in the target number of categories.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for separating a neural crest derived cell from peripheral blood. In the present disclosure, a mononuclear cell is separated from the peripheral blood and then directly cultured, thereby maximizing use of a neural crest stem cell with a differentiation potential to avoid loss of the neural crest stem cell. In the method of the present disclosure, a sample to be separated is derived from the peripheral blood. The method shows less trauma and low cost. Most importantly, compared to extracting the neural crest derived cell from tissues, the neural crest derived cell extracted from the peripheral blood can be used clinically as a type of biomarker.

Abstract: A transporting device can transport at least one product, the transporting device includes a mounting frame, a driving mechanism, a transmitting mechanism including a plurality of bent portions, a plurality of guiding mechanisms, and a supporting mechanism. Each guiding mechanism includes a rotating wheel and a guiding plate. Each bent portion is connected to the rotating wheel. The guiding plate is connected to the rotating wheel. The supporting mechanism can support the product. The driving mechanism is further connected to the rotating wheel and can drive the transmitting mechanism to rotate to drive the supporting mechanism to move. The driving mechanism is further connected to the guiding plate, the guiding plate and the rotating wheel can synchronously rotate to drive the supporting mechanism to pass through the bent portions. The present disclosure further provides a heating device.

Abstract: A fatty acid-releasing contact lens is described as well as method of manufacturing the same. The fatty acid-releasing contact lens comprises a glycerophospholipid loaded to the polymeric lens body and sustains the release of C12-C26 fatty acid after 1 hour in a release media comprising an sPLA2 enzyme solution. The fatty acid-releasing contact lens can be comfortably worn by a contact lens wearer and can increase the duration of comfortable lens wearing time and/or reduce lens awareness events in a contact lens wearer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preparing lithium iron phosphate from ferric hydroxyphosphate, including: purifying ferrous sulfate to form a ferrous sulfate solution, adding hydrogen peroxide, phosphoric acid, an ammonium dihydrogen phosphate solution and ammonia water into the ferrous sulfate solution and then reacting to form a mixed slurry, holding the mixed slurry at a temperature for a period of time, and then washing with water and subjecting to press filtration to form ferric hydroxyphosphate precursors with different iron-phosphorus ratios; then flash drying, sintering at a high temperature, and pulverizing to obtain ferric hydroxyphosphate precursors with different iron-phosphorus ratios and different specific surface areas.

Abstract: The present application discloses a double-sided SiP packaging structure and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein the double-sided SiP packaging structure comprises a substrate, a first packaging structure arranged on the substrate, and a second packaging structure arranged below the substrate; the second packaging structure comprises a chip, interposer and a molding material; a conductive structure array is arranged on an upper surface of the interposer; the interposer is arranged below the substrate through the conductive structure array; a space region among a lower surface of the substrate, the chip and the interposer is filled with the molding material; a conductive bonding pad array is arranged on the lower surface of the interposer; and a groove is formed in a part of region between the conductive bonding pad and an edge contour of the interposer.

Abstract: A liveness detection method includes acquiring a facial image of an object and a reference feature set that includes a plurality of reference features conforming to a pre-set feature distribution; extracting an image feature from the facial image, performing liveness feature mapping on the plurality of reference features to obtain a plurality of corresponding reference liveness features, performing, based on the plurality of reference liveness features, liveness discrimination on the image feature to obtain a discrimination result, performing, based on the image feature, distribution fitting on the plurality of reference features to obtain a distribution fitting result, and performing liveness detection on the object based on the discrimination result and the distribution fitting result.

Abstract: A method for evaluating a downhole working condition of a PDC bit includes: performing an indoor test, including performing a drilling test in different full-sized cores by using the PDC bit with different degrees of abrasion and balling under condition of given WOB and rotational speed, to acquire change characteristics of a WOB, a rotational speed, a torque, a ROP and a bit vibration of the PDC bit in different time domains; improving and perfecting an existing prediction model and evaluation method for the downhole working condition through data obtained by the test to obtain the method; reading parameters of the WOB, the rotational speed, the torque and the ROP in real time during drilling; determining the downhole working condition of the PDC bit by using the method in the improving and perfecting.

Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, perform certain acts. The acts can include obtaining an original load design for loading a trailer to deliver stacks of pallets to physical stores. The load design specifies a respective floor spot assignment for each of the stacks. The original load design satisfies center-of-gravity constraints. The acts also can include generating fluid groups of the stacks to form an initial fluid grouping. The acts additionally can include determining that the fluid groups do not collectively satisfy the center-of-gravity constraints. The acts further can include until the fluid groups collectively satisfy the center-of-gravity constraints, repeatedly determining one or more infeasible groups from the fluid groups, and adjusting at least one of the one or more infeasible groups to update the fluid groups.