Abstract: A data processing method and apparatus may be applied to a node such as a first node in a communication system. The first node has an adjacent relationship with a second node, and the first node and the second node are configured to execute a same type of task. The method includes: obtaining first data, and determining a processing result of the first data through a first neural network, where the first neural network is determined based on a combination of first neural network parameter sets, and a quantity of first neural network parameter sets in the combination is positively correlated to a quantity of second nodes.

Abstract: Test cartridges for performing multi-target assay panels, in particular multiplex vaginal panels (MVP) and methods of use and manufacture. Such cartridges can include a cartridge body having multiple chambers and rotatable valve assembly to facilitate controlled fluid flow, and various reagents and buffers to chemically lyse nucleic acids from multiple targets in MVP. Specialized valve assemblies have been utilized to resist alkaline lysing buffers required to chemically lyse multiple targets, including various protozoa, yeasts and bacteria, including Atopobium spp. (Atopobium vaginae, Atopobium novel species CCUG 55226); Bacterial Vaginosis-Associated Bacterium 2 (BVAB2); and Megasphaera-1. Methods include detecting levels of each respective target in a single sample from a single multi-target assay cartridge and identifying the subject as having bacterial vaginosis, vulvovaginal candidiasis (or the presence of Candida spp.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating a target genome are disclosed.

Abstract: The present application relates to a mark ball special for a golf high-speed camera sensor. The mark ball includes a sphere. A mark portion is provided on a surface of the sphere, the mark portion includes a plurality of marks that are arranged along a circumferential direction of the sphere and shaped different from each other. A plurality of different marks are arranged on a golf mark ball such that a high-speed camera sensor can capture diversified images of the ball.

Abstract: A heat pipe comprises a flat tube and a wick structure. The flat tube includes a hollow chamber and has a front and a rear sealed ends along an axial direction. The wick structure is disposed in the hollow chamber and extended along the axial direction of the flat tube. The wick structure is divided into a front, a middle and a rear sections sequentially along the axial direction. The front section is near the front sealed end, the rear section is near the rear sealed end. The front, middle and rear sections have a maximum length parallel to the width direction, respectively. The maximum length of the front section is greater than that of the middle section, and the maximum length of the middle section is greater than that of the rear section.

Abstract: A crystal growth furnace system, including an external heating module, a furnace, a first driven device, a second driven device, and a control device, is provided. The furnace is movably disposed in the external heating module. The first driven device drives the furnace to move along an axis. The second driven device drives the furnace to rotate around the axis. The control device is electrically connected to the first driven device, the second driven device, and the external heating module.

Abstract: A crystal growth method, including providing a seed crystal in a crystal growth furnace, and forming a crystal on the seed crystal along a first direction after multiple time points, is provided. The crystal includes multiple sub-crystals stacked along the first direction, a corresponding one of the sub-crystals is formed at each of the time points, and the sub-crystals include multiple end surfaces away from the seed crystal, so that a difference value of maximum temperatures of any two of the end surfaces is less than or equal to 20 degrees. A wafer is also provided.

Abstract: A packaged product, a method of manufacturing a package, and a method of dispensing a consumable substance from a package. The packaged product may include a flexible tube having a cavity and an opening that forms a passageway into the cavity. A cap may be detachably coupled to the flexible tube to close the opening. A flexible container may be positioned within the cavity of the flexible tube, and a consumable substance may be disposed within the flexible container, which can be completely sealed and free of openings prior to first use. Introduction of one or more drops of water into the first cavity through the opening in the outer container may dissolve at least a portion of the flexible container thereby forming a hole in the flexible container through which the consumable substance is configured to be dispensed.

Abstract: Determining an active jacking force of a tunneling closely undercrossing existing station, includes: acquiring design parameters of stations, and geological parameters of a construction site; obtaining a stress solution expression of the active jacking force on the existing station to obtain a stress solution of any point in a semi-infinite space under the action of a vertical load, replacing the vertical load with a vertical load acting on the existing station, and obtain a vertical stress solution of the existing station; obtaining a relational expression between the deflection and the stress solution of the existing station; and substituting the stress solution expression of the active jacking force into the relational expression between the deflection and the stress solution of the existing station according to boundary conditions at both ends of a beam on elastic foundation to obtain the active jacking force that controls the deflection of the existing station.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, system and computer program product for semantic search based on a graph database. In some embodiments, a method is disclosed. According to the method, the user jobs of a user are obtained from a first software product. Based on the user jobs, target test cases are selected from a plurality of test cases associated with the first software product and a second software product. The target test cases are applied to the first software product and the second software product, and in accordance with a determination that a result of applying the target test cases satisfies a predetermined criterion, an instruction is provided to indicate migrating from the first software product to the second software product. In other embodiments, a system and a computer program product are disclosed.

Abstract: This invention is in the field of medicinal chemistry and relates to a new class of small-molecules having a pyrrolidinone-acetamide (or similar) structure (e.g., Formula I) which function as inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease (PLpro), which function as inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 related viral 3CL protease (MPpro), which function as therapeutics for the treatment of viral infection characterized with PLPpro and/or Mpro protease activity and/or expression (e.g., COVID-19), and which function as therapeutics for the treatment of other conditions characterized with PLPpro and/or Mpro protease activity and/or expression.

Abstract: A method in a User Equipment (UE) for activation or deactivation of a carrier in a communication network supporting carrier aggregation is provided. The method comprises: receiving a control signal for a transmission of a carrier activation or deactivation message command, the control signal including an indication of a first resource for the UE to transmit a feedback message to a network node; receiving a carrier activation or deactivation message; wherein the carrier activation or deactivation message comprises an indication of a second resource for the UE to transmit the feedback message to the network node; decoding the received carrier activation or deactivation message; and sending the feedback message using one of the first resource and the second resource based at least on a result of the decoding of the carrier activation or deactivation message. A UE for performing this method is also provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a polar coding method, apparatus, and device, so as to reduce storage overheads of a system. A sequence for polar coding is obtained based on a length M of a target polar code, wherein the sequence comprises L sequence numbers, ordering of the L sequence numbers in the sequence is the same as ordering of the L sequence numbers in a maximum mother code sequence, wherein the maximum mother code sequence is obtained by sorting N sequence numbers of N polarized channels in ascending order or descending order of reliability metrics, wherein L and N are integer power of 2, M is smaller than or equal to L, L is smaller than or equal to N.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the field of communications technologies, and provide an encoding and decoding method and apparatus, to reduce encoding/decoding complexity and improve encoding/decoding performance. In the method, a transmit device may obtain N to-be-encoded vectors. The transmit device may encode the N to-be-encoded vectors based on a polar code kernel matrix, to obtain N temporary code blocks. The transmit device may respectively perform a mask operation on target bit sequences in an (n+1)th temporary code block to an (n+M)th temporary code block and a source bit sequence segment of an nth temporary code block, to obtain M mask bit sequences. The transmit device may respectively encode the M mask bit sequences based on the polar kernel matrix, to obtain M encoded mask bit sequences. The transmit device may sum the M encoded mask bit sequences and M temporary code blocks, to obtain M first code blocks.

Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor structure and a forming method thereof, and a photomask layout. One form of a semiconductor structure includes: a base, including a substrate and a plurality of fins arranged in parallel on the substrate, the substrate including a transistor cell area, and in the transistor cell area, in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the fin, the fin closest to a boundary of the transistor cell area being used as an edge fin, and the edge fin having an outer side wall facing the boundary of the transistor cell area; and a gate structure, spanning the fin and covering a part of a top and a part of a side wall of the fin, and the gate structure exposing at least a part of an outer side wall of any of the edge fins.

Abstract: A recombinant fusion protein, a nano-assembly, and preparation methods therefor and the use thereof. The nano-assembly is constructed from at least one recombinant fusion protein and a hydrophobic degradable polyester and a derivative thereof. The recombinant fusion protein comprises a single-chain antibody fragment, a linker peptide and an albumin having a hydrophobic region, wherein the single-chain antibody fragment has at least one of the effects of competitively binding to a target, inhibiting a signaling pathway, activating a signaling pathway, and targeting an antigen. The present disclosure further relates to a method for preparing a monoclonal antibody fragment-albumin recombinant fusion protein, and a method for constructing a nano-assembly. On the basis of the nano-assembly, a brand-new method for constructing a mono-specific, bispecific or multispecific antibody is provided, and the nano-assembly can be used for treating diseases such as tumors and autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: Inline package name based supply chain attack detection and prevention is disclosed. An indication that a client device has made a request to a remote server for a package is received. A data appliance then performs an action responsive to the received indication. In an example implementation, the data appliance makes a determination of whether the request for the package is associated with a nonexisting package.

Abstract: Analysis of samples for maliciousness is disclosed. A sample is executed and one or more network activities associated with executing the sample are recorded. The recorded network activities are compared to a malware profile. The malware profile comprises a set of network activities taken by a known malicious application during execution of the known malicious application. A verdict of “malicious” is assigned to the sample based at least in part on a determination that the recorded network activities match the malware profile.

Abstract: Systems and methods for indexing data include formulating an objective function to index a dataset, a portion of the dataset including supervision information. A data property component of the objective function is determined, which utilizes a property of the dataset to group data of the dataset. A supervised component of the objective function is determined, which utilizes the supervision information to group data of the dataset. The objective function is optimized using a processor based upon the data property component and the supervised component to partition a node into a plurality of child nodes.