Abstract: Provided are a CD80 protein variant and a fusion protein comprising the CD80 protein variant, which can bind to PD-L1, CTLA-4 and CD28, activate the activity of T lymphocytes, and inhibit the growth and/or proliferation of tumors or tumor cells. Also provided are a nucleic acid encoding the fusion protein, a vector comprising the fusion protein, a cell comprising the nucleic acid or the vector, a method for preparing the fusion protein, and use of the fusion protein.

Abstract: Apparatus, media, methods, and systems for data storage systems and methods for self-adaptive chip-enable setup time. A data storage system may comprise one or more non-volatile memory device and a controller. The controller is configured to determine whether a command to a first non-volatile memory device of the one or more non-volatile memory devices is dropped. The controller is configured to, when the command to the first non-volatile memory device is determined to be dropped, update a first counter value indicating a number of commands to the first non-volatile memory device that are dropped. The controller is configured to, when the command to the first non-volatile memory device is determined to be dropped, increase a value of a chip-enable setup time parameter for the first non-volatile memory device by a first time duration, based on at least one of the first counter value and one or more parameter values of the first non-volatile memory device.

Abstract: Provided is a binding molecule specific for LIF and use thereof. Specifically, provided is an isolated antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof that binds to LIF and inhibits the activity of LIF. Also provided are uses of the isolated antibody or the antigen-binding fragment thereof in treatment of diseases.

Abstract: The present application discloses a multi-spectral fundus imaging system and method using dynamic visual stimulation, where the imaging system includes: a multi-spectral light source capable of emitting multiple different wavelengths; a mid-pass mirror being a reflecting mirror with a central hole penetrating the reflecting mirror; an imaging focusing lens group; an image acquisition device; and a controller configured to control the multi-spectral light source and the image acquisition device to work synchronously; a pattern sent by the optical stimulation device is transmitted to the fundus through the image focusing lens group and the central hole of the mid-pass mirror in sequence; an imaging light reflected from the fundus passes through the central hole of the mid-pass mirror and the imaging focusing lens group in sequence; the image acquisition device acquires the image to complete a multi-spectral fundus image acquisition.

Abstract: A power supply circuit, a driving method thereof, a printed circuit board, a display module and a display apparatus are disclosed, which relates to a technical field of displaying. The power supply circuit includes a first power management chip and a second power management chip configured to be respectively connected with a display panel and provide different driving signals to the display panel, and the driving signals are configured for driving the display panel to display.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a method, a medium, and a program for switching parental control modes. The electronic device includes: a memory having an instruction stored thereon; and a processor configured to execute the instruction stored on the memory to cause the electronic device to carry out the following operations: determining which control mode of a plurality of control modes a first terminal device connected to the electronic device should be in, the plurality of control modes including a first parental control mode set with a first parental control profile, a second parental control mode set with a second parental control profile, and a common mode set with a common profile; and enabling the determined control mode by applying the profile of the determined control mode to the first terminal device.

Abstract: A water culture device for peony is provided. The water culture device for peony includes an incubator. The incubator is internally provided with a sliding rack at a middle position. A servo motor is arranged on a right side of the incubator. Second rotating shaft levers are arranged on left and right sides of the incubator. Since the locating clips on the regulating levers and the planting baskets on the sliding rack are used cooperatively, the peony plants can be blossomed and positioned. Moreover, a downward putting action of the planting basket and a location clamping action of the locating clip are combined together and performed in one time through mechanical transmission, so that the trouble of stepwise operation is omitted, and the culture efficiency of peony plants is effectively promoted.

Abstract: The invention refers to an apparatus (120) for accessing hair characteristic while brushing hair of a subject, wherein the apparatus comprises a vibration measurement providing unit (121) for providing a vibration signal indicative of a result of a vibration measurement performed by one or more vibration sensors (112) integrated into a hairbrush (110) comprising a plurality of bristles (111). The vibration measurements are performed by the vibration sensors during a brushing of the hair using the hairbrush and are indicative of vibrations of the bristles of the hairbrush during the brushing. A hair characteristic determination unit (122) then determines a hair characteristic based on the vibration signal.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided that includes transmitting, by a master node to a plurality of computing nodes, definition information about an initial medical validation model (410): performing, by the master node, a federated learning process together with the plurality of computing nodes (420), to jointly train the initial medical validation model using respective processed local training datasets available at the plurality of computing nodes, the respective local training datasets being processed by the plurality of computing nodes based on the definition information; and determining, by the master node, a final medical validation model based on a result of the federated learning process (430). Through the solution, by means of federated learning, it addresses the data security and privacy concerns from local sites owning.

Abstract: Process for determining rock permeability. In some embodiments, the process can include determining a volume-based aspect ratio distribution of pores in a rock sample from a digital image of the sample, grouping the volume-based aspect ratio distribution into two or more pore types, selecting an initial pore type from the two or more pore types, obtaining mercury injection capillary pressure (MICP) data of the sample, creating a volume forward model and a frequency forward model using the MICP data, deriving an initial volume-based pore size distribution and an initial frequency-based pore size distribution for the initial pore type using the volume and the frequency forward models, respectively, selecting either the initial volume-based or the initial frequency-based distribution based on the forward models, and optimizing the selected distribution using an inversion of the MICP data with combinations of two or more pore type distributions to create an optimized distribution.

Abstract: A driving control apparatus, a driving control method and a display apparatus. When a display panel is in a power-on state and it is determined that a user leaves the display panel, a backlight stop signal (VBN) is first output, and a voltage stop signal (VPN) is then output. A backlight control circuit (320) stops operating in response to the backlight stop signal. In response to the voltage stop signal, a power switching circuit (330) stops outputting a driving voltage for driving the display panel to display a picture. When determining that the user returns to the front of the display panel, a voltage start signal (VPQ) can first be output, and a backlight start signal (VBQ) is then output. The backlight control circuit starts to operate in response to the backlight start signal. The power switching circuit outputs the driving voltage in response to the voltage start signal.

Abstract: Provided are method and device for determining grade of energy storage station based on index evaluation system, including for indicator score of at least one of evaluation indicators for each energy storage station, utilizing objective weighting method based on the indicator score of each evaluation indicator of energy storage station to determine objective weight of each evaluation indicator of the energy storage station; utilizing mixed decision-making model based on the indicator score of each evaluation indicator of energy storage station to determine subjective weight of each evaluation indicator of energy storage station; determining comprehensive weight of each evaluation indicator of the energy storage station based on the objective weight and the subjective weight of each evaluation indicator of energy storage station; and utilizing, based on the comprehensive weight of each evaluation indicator of each energy storage station, the TOPSIS method to determine evaluation grade of each energy storage st

Abstract: A method of pre-warning and identifying a fault of relay protection of an intelligent substation is provided, which is specifically carried out according to following steps. Step 1: performing fault diagnosis on hardware input signals of relay protection equipment; step 2: performing software fault diagnosis on a relay protection device; step 3: developing a MATLAB-based anti-false pre-warning platform for the relay protection of the intelligent substation by combining step 1 and step 2; and step 4: based on the MATLAB-based anti-false pre-warning platform for the relay protection of the intelligent substation, according to fault recording sampling information of the substation, accurately identifying a fault area, pre-judging a possible action situation of protection, and giving pre-warning information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for UV protection prediction of a sunscreen product, comprising a) selecting the features of the sunscreen product, wherein the features include a viscosity, a high polarity emollient, a medium polarity emollient, a low polarity emollient, a UVA filter, a UVB filter, a ratio of UVB filter vs UVA filter, a ratio of UV filter in oil phase vs UV filter in water phase, and a ratio of absorbing type UV filter vs scattering/reflecting type UV filter; c) inputting the features into a predictive model, which is built and fitted by using one or more machine learning techniques; and d) calculating the UV protection prediction value of the sunscreen product by the predictive model of step c).

Abstract: A method for adaptively selecting a ground penetrating radar (GPR) image for detecting a moisture damage is provided. The method adaptively selects the GPR image according to a contrast of the GPR image. The method includes the following steps: S1, reading pre-processed GPR data; S2, adjusting a resolution of a picture; S3, inputting a data set into a recognition model; S4, outputting a moisture damage result; S5, judging whether there is a detection target or not by using an initial random image data set; and S6, generating the GPR image randomly incrementally and selecting the GPR image with a proper contrast. A proper B-scan image is found effectively, quickly and automatically by combining a recognition algorithm and a deep learning model or an image classification model to achieve an automatic recognition and detection based on the GPR image and improving a recognition precision as well.

Abstract: A method for constructing a recognition model of a moisture damage of an asphalt pavement, and a method and system for recognizing the moisture damage of the asphalt pavement are provided. The method includes the following steps: S1, acquiring an initial dataset through a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) pavement field survey; S2, acquiring a time-frequency image set; S3, adjusting a resolution of a time-frequency image; and S4, constructing the recognition model and recognizing the moisture damage of the asphalt pavement with the recognition model. —A method and a system for recognizing the moisture damage of the asphalt pavement are further provided. The method for constructing and the method and the system for recognizing solves a technical problem of detecting the moisture damage of the asphalt pavement automatically to not only improving a precision of a moisture damage recognition, but also providing a novel method for analyzing GPR original data.

Abstract: Described herein is a method of determining assist features for a mask pattern. The method includes obtaining (i) a target pattern comprising a plurality of target features, wherein each of the plurality of target features comprises a plurality of target edges, and (ii) a trained sequence-to-sequence machine leaning (ML) model (e.g., long short term memory, Gated Recurrent Units, etc.) configured to determine sub-resolution assist features (SRAFs) for the target pattern. For a target edge of the plurality of target edges, geometric information (e.g., length, width, distances between features, etc.) of a subset of target features surrounding the target edge is determined. Using the geometric information as input, the ML model generates SRAFs to be placed around the target edge.

Abstract: Techniques for carbon sequestration and storage site selection are presented.

Abstract: A power supply circuit, a driving method thereof, a printed circuit board, a display module and a display apparatus are disclosed, which relates to a technical field of displaying. The power supply circuit includes a first power management chip and a second power management chip configured to be respectively connected with a display panel and provide different driving signals to the display panel, and the driving signals are configured for driving the display panel to display.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a bypass valve and a water purifier comprising the bypass valve. The bypass valve comprises a valve housing and a valve core disposed in an inner space of the valve housing and capable of rotating in the inner space around an axial direction. The valve core comprises a first inlet and a first outlet disposed at intervals in an axial direction, a first annular seal fitted on an outer side surface of the valve core between the first inlet and the first outlet, and a first channel disposed within the valve core and communicating with the first inlet and the first outlet. The valve housing comprises a first opening and a second opening disposed at intervals in an axial direction, the inner space communicating with the first opening and the second opening, and a bypass opening provided on a side wall of the valve housing between the first opening and the second opening and communicating with the inner space and an outer space outside the valve housing.