Abstract: The present disclosure relates to data transmission methods, network devices. One example data transmission method includes: a first network node sends a first indication information to a second network node, the first indication information includes information about an uplink data volume of a buffer of a terminal device, or the first indication information indicates a relationship between an uplink data volume of a buffer of a terminal device and a predefined data volume threshold.

Abstract: A portable data-management system based on an analyte testing device which communicates wirelessly with a mobile device. The mobile device runs an application to manage and analyze data obtained by the analyte testing device. The mobile device may assist the user in displaying testing data, identifying patterns to assist healthy behavior or issue warnings based on the collected data. The mobile device may be connected to a network to store user health data for use by other parties.

Abstract: Methods are used for obtaining, cataloguing, and/or storing data derived from a biological source using a flow cell body, electrodes, and an imaging assembly. The data may include DNA and/or RNA obtained from a biological source, such as from the cells of an organism. The methods may be used to obtain, catalog, and/or store data such as DNA or RNA sequence from a pathogen such as a virus and/or a bacteria, human health data over time, and immune system information from an individual. The data obtained using the disclosed methods may be used for a variety of different purposes, including the manufacture of vaccine compositions, and for restoring the immune system of an individual who has undergone an immune system depleting event. The methods may be used for storage of biological cells, which may be used for the screening of compounds, such as small molecules with potential for therapeutic indications.

Abstract: Provided are a flexible variable capacitor and method for preparation thereof. The flexible variable capacitor includes two highly conductive flexible electrode layers and an elastomer dielectric insulation layer disposed between the two highly conductive flexible electrode layers, wherein the highly conductive flexible electrode layers include first polymeric elastomer and carbon nanomaterial, and the elastomer dielectric insulation layer includes second polymeric elastomer and functional ceramic nanoparticles. The method for preparation of the flexible variable capacitor is as follows: first, preparing an elastomer composite film with different functions, and then pressing upper and lower electrode layers with the intermediate elastomer insulation layer together to obtain a stretchable strip-shaped plate capacitor.

Abstract: An example of a flow cell includes a substrate, a plurality of chambers defined on or in the substrate, and a plurality of depressions defined in the substrate and within a perimeter of each of the plurality of chambers. The depressions are separated by interstitial regions. Primers are attached within each of the plurality of depressions, and a capture site is located within each of the plurality of chambers.

Abstract: Molecules, including antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to a linker peptide, and methods of producing and using the described antibodies and antigen-binding fragments are presented herein. Also presented herein methods of generating antibodies that specifically bind to an immunorecessive epitope.

Abstract: Techniques to handle calls to web services via a service proxy are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a technique includes an intermediate server receiving a request from a client device to the web service at a target server. In response to receiving the request, the intermediate server can authenticate the received request from the client device and upon successful authentication of the received request, forward the request to the targeted server and invoking the web service to process the forwarded request because the intermediate server is authenticated with the target server. The technique can also include receiving, at the intermediate server, data from the target server that represents execution results of the request by the web service at the target server. Upon receiving the data, the intermediate server can then forward to the client device, the data representing execution results of the request by the web service at the target server.

Abstract: An example of a flow cell includes a substrate, which includes nano-depressions defined in a surface of the substrate, and interstitial regions separating the nano-depressions. A hydrophobic material layer has a surface that is at least substantially co-planar with the interstitial regions and is positioned to define a hydrophobic barrier around respective sub-sets of the nano-depressions.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) NAND memory device includes a substrate, a staircase region including a first stack and a second stack, a barrier structure extending vertically through the first stack and laterally separating the first stack from the second stack, and a through array contact extending vertically through the first stack to the substrate. The first stack is disposed on the substrate and includes first and second dielectric layers arranged alternately in a vertical direction. The second stack is disposed on the substrate and includes conductor layers and third dielectric layers arranged alternately in the vertical direction. The barrier structure has an unclosed shape.

Abstract: A communication system and apparatus for measuring quality of experience (QoE) are provided. The communication system includes a source access network device and a target access network device, wherein the source access network device is configured to determine that a terminal device is handed over from the source access network device to the target access network device, and the target access network device is configured to receive first indication information from the source network device, where the first indication information indicates a quality of experience (QoE) measurement that has been started by the terminal device. When load of an access network device is high, the QoE measurement executed by the terminal device is adjusted to reduce the load of the access network device and improve communication efficiency.

Abstract: A ventilation device for air flowing inside and outside a vehicle includes a mounting frame and a plurality of valve plates. The mounting frame includes a primary frame and a plurality of secondary frame bodies. Each of the secondary frames includes a frame, a vent, and a clamping part. Each of the clamping parts includes a connecting plate and a retaining plate. Each of the valve plate covers the vent and comprises at least one socket slot. The valve plates are located between the two retaining plates and the vent. The ventilation device can not only rapidly return to an original state after the air pressure inside and outside the vehicle is balanced, but can also reduce noise from outside the vehicle as much as possible, and improve the vehicle usage experience of a user.

Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic predictive control of autonomous vehicles are disclosed. In one aspect, an in-vehicle control system for a semi-truck includes one or more control mechanisms configured to control movement of the semi-truck and a processor. The system further includes computer-readable memory in communication with the processor and having stored thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the processor to receive a desired trajectory and a vehicle status of the semi-truck, determine a dynamic model of the semi-truck based on the desired trajectory and the vehicle status, determine at least one quadratic program (QP) problem based on the dynamic model, generate at least one control command for controlling the semi-truck by solving the at least one QP problem, and provide the at least one control command to the one or more control mechanisms.

Abstract: A robot controlling method applied to a robot is provided. In the method, the robot obtains a target position and a current position of a robot, obtains a target floor of a target building according to the target position, obtains an initial floor of the target building according to the current position of the robot, generates an indoor expected passable map according to the target floor and the initial floor, generates an indoor planned path according to the indoor expected passable map, the current position, and the target position, and controls the robot to move according to the indoor planned path. The method can help the robot performing tasks in a multi-floor building.

Abstract: Embodiments of three-dimensional (3D) memory devices and methods for forming the 3D memory devices are disclosed. In an example, a NAND memory device includes a substrate, one or more peripheral devices on the substrate, a plurality of NAND strings above the peripheral devices, a single crystalline silicon layer above and in contact with the NAND strings, and interconnect layers formed between the peripheral devices and the NAND strings. In some embodiments, the NAND memory device includes a bonding interface at which an array interconnect layer contacts a peripheral interconnect layer.

Abstract: A perpendicular magnetoresistive element comprises (counting from the element bottom): a reference layer having magnetic anisotropy in a direction perpendicular to a film surface and having an invariable magnetization direction; a tunnel barrier layer; a crystalline recording layer having magnetic anisotropy in a direction perpendicular to a film surface and having a variable magnetization direction; an oxide buffer layer; and a cap layer, wherein the crystalline recording layer consists of a CoFe alloy that is substantially free of boron and has BCC (body-centered cubic) CoFe grains having epitaxial growth with (100) plane parallel to a film surface.

Abstract: This application provides a positioning method and a related device. The method includes: A positioning device receives a positioning start message, where the positioning start message is used to trigger the positioning device to position a to-be-positioned device; the positioning device records a displacement parameter generated in a movement process of the positioning device, where the displacement parameter includes a displacement direction and a displacement distance; the positioning device receives, in the movement process, a radio signal sent by the to-be-positioned device; and the positioning device obtains a relative position relationship between the positioning device and the to-be-positioned device based on the recorded displacement parameter and the radio signal sent by the to-be-positioned device.

Abstract: A method for encoding a multi-view frame in a video encoder is provided that includes computing a depth quality sensitivity measure for a multi-view coding block in the multi-view frame, computing a depth-based perceptual quantization scale for a 2D coding block of the multi-view coding block, wherein the depth-based perceptual quantization scale is based on the depth quality sensitive measure and a base quantization scale for the 2D frame including the 2D coding block, and encoding the 2D coding block using the depth-based perceptual quantization scale.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a flexible sensor, including: dispersing graphene in a polymeric material; adding a carbon nanotube into the polymeric material; applying an alternating electric field to the polymeric material added with the carbon nanotube to obtain a composite material; attaching a polymeric material film to the obtained composite material; pre-embedding carbon fibers; and heating and curing to obtain a sensor. A CNT bridging effect and an electric field induced arrangement are introduced at an appropriate ratio of polymeric materials such as graphene-PDMS or PMMA to improve a dry-blended method. The flexible sensor manufactured by the improved dry-blended method improves electrical conductivity, a piezoresistive property and a mechanical property of CNT-graphene-PDMS or PMMA and other polymeric materials.

Abstract: Example aspects include techniques for creating an augmented reality filter on a mobile device. These techniques may include receiving, in response to a selection of a primary augment reality filter template (ARFT), a primary ARFT package corresponding to the primary ARFT, and receiving, in response to the selection of a secondary ARFT, a secondary ARFT package corresponding to the secondary ARFT. In addition, the techniques may include loading the primary ARFT package and the secondary ARFT package to form a combined ARFT, and modifying, based on user input received via a user interface, the combined ARFT to create a customized augmented reality filter (CARF). Further, the techniques may include generating, for the CARF via the development engine, a configuration file that causes the mobile application to add custom perceptive information to visual data.