Abstract: A heating assembly for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the heating assembly including: a substrate layer that is an electrically isolating substrate layer; and a heating element arranged on a first portion of the substrate layer, the substrate layer including a second portion on which the heating element is not disposed, the substrate layer being rolled into a tubular shape, such that the first portion of the substrate layer is positioned as an inner layer, the second portion of the substrate layer being positioned as an outer layer surrounding the first portion of the substrate layer, and the heating element being arranged between the first portion of the substrate layer and the second portion of the substrate layer.

Abstract: A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a heating chamber configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; a heater casing arranged around the heating chamber, the heater casing being arranged radially distanced from the heating chamber; a first connecting wall and a second connecting wall; and an air-tight hollow space defined between the heating chamber, the heater casing, and the first and the second connecting walls, the air-tight hollow space being filled with a gaseous composition at ambient pressure, and a heating element being arranged at least partly around the heating chamber. An aerosol-generating device including the heater assembly, and an aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device and the aerosol-forming substrate, are also provided.

Abstract: A method and system for recommending content using a chatbot are provided. The content recommendation method includes calling a chatbot to a chatroom based on a first user interaction with the chatroom; providing first content corresponding to a second user interaction with the chatroom while the chatbot is in the chatroom; and recommending second content related to the first content.

Abstract: An electronic package is provided. The electronic package includes a carrier, a first electronic component, a bonding element, and a barrier. The carrier has a conductive layer. The first electronic component is disposed adjacent to the carrier and has a first terminal and a second terminal. The bonding element is configured to electrically connect the conductive layer to the first terminal. The barrier is configured to avoid electrically bypassing an electrical path in the first electronic component and between the first terminal and the second terminal.

Abstract: Provided is a new use of a TGF-? small molecule inhibitor in the field of neuroregeneration, which can be used for the in vitro regeneration and directed differentiation of various nerve cells and brain-like organs. By adding same to a set of basal media having clear chemical compositions. pluripotent stem cells can be induced into adult cells derived from a variety of neural stem cells, and the number of induced nerve cells and the size of organoids can be greatly increased. The induction system provided in the present invention expands new functions of a single small molecule in the field of ectodermal cell induction and differentiation and at the same time avoids the use of B27 and other serum substitutes, thereby completely avoiding the potential risks caused by the presence of animal-derived components in cell culture processes, and greatly expanding the clinical prospects of a variety of nerve cell transplantations.

Abstract: Provided is a cellulose composition, including a plurality of biocelluloses, wherein a diameter of the biocelluloses ranges from 20 to 30 nanometer, and a length of the biocelluloses ranges from 2000 to 3000 nanometer. The biocelluloses have good biocompatibility and can effectively enhance the efficiency of absorption and transmission of substances.

Abstract: An actuator module for a driveline assembly includes, among other things, a cover housing and a fork driving unit supported by the cover housing. The fork driving unit includes a fork driver and a pusher assembly coupled to the fork driver by spaced apart pusher ends. The fork driving unit also includes a drive assembly carried by the pusher assembly to translate the fork driver relative to the cover housing. The fork driving unit further includes a spring that biases the pusher assembly and fork driver to a neutral position.

Abstract: Implementations of the subject matter described herein provide a solution for speech synthesis and speech recognition. In this solution, a Text to Speech (TTS) model and an Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) model supporting at least one language are obtained. The TTS model and the ASR model are adjusted, based on a first set of paired data in a target language, to support the target language. The TTS model is optimized based on the first set of paired data and a first set of synthesized paired data in the target language generated by the ASR model while the ASR model is optimized based on the first set of paired data and a second set of synthesized paired data in the target language generated by the TTS model. As such, the solution can provide TTS and ASR models with high accuracy for languages lacking training data by using less training data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, system, and computer program product for compacting data in a distributed storage system. In some embodiments, a method is disclosed. According to the method, first information about historical resource usage of a data node and second information about a historical data compaction performed at the data node are obtained. The historical data compaction compacted data files associated with a first database table into one data file. A configuration for a data compaction to be performed on a plurality of data files associated with a second database table is generated based on the first and second information. The data compaction is performed during a future time period. In other embodiments, a system and a computer program product are disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is a human-derived sensory neuron induction culture system. A combination of a small molecule inhibitor LY2157299 and a growth factor is added into a serum-free basal medium. Compared with an induction method involving serum, not only is the efficiency of inducing pluripotent stem cells into sensory neurons greatly improved, but the expression of a variety of ion channel proteins is also significantly improved, thereby achieving successful induction of multiple induced pluripotent stem cells from different sources into sensory neurons.

Abstract: Provided is an identification method of plastic microparticles, including: performing an infrared analysis on plastic microparticles to identify whether the plastic microparticles include polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene, polypropylene, or nylon 66, wherein the identification is to determine whether the plastic microparticles have a characteristic peak of each plastic, and the characteristic peak is selected from signals that do not overlap and interfere with each other in the infrared spectrum signals of each plastic.

Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of sensors, and in particular, to a flexible piezoresistive sensor and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method includes the following steps: cutting natural wood to obtain wood blocks; removing lignin and hemicellulose from the wood blocks to obtain an initial product; and connecting the initial product to an electrode, and conducting packaging to obtain the flexible piezoresistive sensor. The preparation method has the advantages of a wide range of raw materials, degradability, low cost, simple process, and industrial scale production, and the obtained product features excellent environmental friendliness, biocompatibility, designability, and flexibility, thereby providing a good application potential for a wearable device.

Abstract: A support device includes a support structure and a carrier assembly. The support structure includes a connection groove. The carrier assembly is configured to support a host system and/or a display device and includes a first connector. At least a part of the first connector is located in the connection groove and sliding in the connection groove. An angle between the host system and/or the display device and the support structure is adjusted in a first direction and/or a second direction by sliding the first connector in the connection groove.

Abstract: Embodiments include methods for voice/speech recognition in noisy environments executed by a processor of a computing device. In various embodiments, voice or speech recognition may be executed by a processor of a computing device, which may include determining a voice recognition model to use for voice and/or speech recognition based on a location where an audio input is received and performing voice and/or speech recognition on the audio input using the determined voice recognition model. Some embodiments my receive from a computing device, an audio input and location information associated with a location where the audio input was recorded. The received audio input may be used to generate a voice recognition model associated with the location where the audio input was recorded for use in voice and/or speech recognition. The generated voice recognition model associated with the location may be provided to the computing device.

Abstract: A lens assembly for display includes a display, a lens assembly, and a prism assembly. The display emits a first light beam. The lens assembly includes a first, second, and third lenses. The prism assembly includes a first, second prisms, and an optical multilayer film, wherein the first prism includes a first, second, and third surfaces and the second prism includes a fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth surfaces. The lens assembly for display satisfies at least one of following conditions: 0.60?Din/TTL?0.75; 0.28?Din/f123?0.35; 4.56 mm?Din?5.02 mm; wherein Din is an effective optical diameter of the light incident surface, TTL is an interval from the light incident surface to the light emitting surface along the optical axis, and f123 is an effective focal length of a combination of the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for processing an audio file to perform audio Segmentation and Speaker Role Identification (SRID) by training low level classifier and high level clustering components to separate and identify audio from different sources in an audio file by unifying audio separation and automatic speech recognition (ASR) techniques in a single system. Segmentation and SRID can include separating audio in an audio file into one or more segments, based on a determination of the identity of the speaker, category of the speaker, or source of audio in the segment. In one or more examples, the disclosed systems and methods use machine learning and artificial intelligence technology to determine the source of segments of audio using a combination of acoustic and language information. In some examples, the acoustic and language information is used to classify audio in each frame and cluster the audio into segments.

Abstract: Disclosed are a computer-implemented method, a system and a computer program product for TCP session closure in a container orchestration system. In the computer-implemented method for TCP session closure in a container orchestration system, a first pod being not alive in a second node can be determined by one or more processing units at a first node. A TCP session between a second pod in the first node and the first pod can be determined by one or more processing units at the first node based on a pod IP address of the first pod. The TCP session between the second pod and the first pod can be closed by one or more processing units at the first node.

Abstract: An electronic package is provided. The electronic package includes a carrier, a first electronic component, a bonding element, and a barrier. The carrier has a conductive layer. The first electronic component is disposed adjacent to the carrier and has a first terminal and a second terminal. The bonding element is configured to electrically connect the conductive layer to the first terminal. The barrier is configured to avoid electrically bypassing an electrical path in the first electronic component and between the first terminal and the second terminal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical formulations including epinephrine that have increased epinephrine retention over long-term storage, e.g., 30-months. In one aspect, a formulation includes: one or more of 0.1 mg/mL of epinephrine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof provided without any overage, a tonicity regulating agent including 8.2 mg/mL of sodium chloride, a pH adjusting agent including a mixture of 1.5 mg/mL sodium citrate dihydrate, 3.3 mg/mL of citric acid monohydrate, and, optionally, an as-needed amount of sodium hydroxide to maintain the pH level of the formulation within a range of 3.6 to 4.0, 0.075 mg/mL of sodium metabisulfite, and 4 ?g/mL of ethylene diamine tetra-acetate disodium. The formulation has an API recovery of 94.5% or more after at least 30 months of storage at long-term storage conditions defined as 25° C.±2° C. at 1 atmosphere. In addition, in another aspect, a formulation includes 1 mg/mL of epinephrine and other ingredients.