Abstract: An intelligent pet oral cleaning water dispenser comprises a water tank; a detachable water storage area and a host machine are arranged on the water tank; a water leakage port is arranged on the detachable water storage area; a filter screen is arranged below the water leakage port; a diverted and distributed water pipe is arranged on the uppermost part of the host machine; the bottom of the diverted and distributed water pipe is connected to a water outlet; a water inlet is arranged next to the water outlet; a reaction tank is arranged below the water inlet and the water outlet; a micropump is arranged below the reaction tank; a circuit board is arranged next to the micropump; a switch and a charging port are arranged on the circuit board; a battery is arranged below the micropump.

Abstract: Disclosed are a main unit of ventilation device, a ventilation device, and a medical device, including a housing, a gas path assembly and a pressure monitoring assembly. The housing is provided with an inner cavity and an outer side of the housing is recessed inward to form an accommodating cavity. The gas path assembly includes an oxygen control assembly and an output interface. The oxygen control assembly is connected with an oxygen supply apparatus, the output interface is connected with an inspiratory branch. the accommodation cavity is configured to removably accommodate at least one portable medical device. The portable medical device includes an interface side which is provided with a cable interface, wherein when the portable medical device is accommodated inside the accommodation cavity, the output interface and the cable interface are located on different sides of the housing, so as to expand its function and broaden a use scope.

Abstract: A dissolvable solid article, comprising: water soluble polymer; a surfactant; at least one selected from diaminocarboxylic acid chelants and salts thereof; at least one selected from aromatic carboxylic acids and salts thereof; a phenolic derivative; at least one selected from ?, ?-unsaturated Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids, salts, and derivatives thereof; at least one selected from non-aromatic organic alpha hydroxy acids and salts thereof; wherein the dissolvable solid article has a pH of from about 3 to about 5.5 when dissolved with 20 parts water to 1 part of the dissolvable solid article. The present invention provides dissolvable solid articles which provide preservative efficacy even after dissolution of the articles, while controlling the concentrations of preservative ingredients in the solid articles.

Abstract: In order to enable dynamic scaling of network services at the edge, novel systems and methods are provided to enable addition of add new nodes or removal of existing nodes while retaining the affinity of the flows through the stateful services. The methods provide a cluster of network nodes that can be dynamically resized to handle and process network traffic that utilizes stateful network services. The existing traffic flows through the edge continue to function during and after the changes to membership of the cluster. All nodes in the cluster operate in active-active mode, i.e., they are receiving and processing traffic flows, thereby maximizing the utilization of the available processing power.

Abstract: A composite separator and a method for manufacturing thereof are disclosed. The composite separator comprises a porous polyolefin substrate and an inorganic coating layer, wherein the inorganic coating layer comprises a plurality of inorganic particles and a binder resin composition and coated on at least one surface of the porous polyolefin substrate, wherein the binder resin composition comprises an acrylonitrile-acrylamide-acrylate copolymer with a glass transition temperature (Tg) less than 0° C. and an amide-containing polymer with a glass transition temperature between 150° C. and 200° C. The composite separator has good high temperature resistance.

Abstract: Hydantoin based compounds useful as inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), particularly macrophage elastase (MMP-12) are described. Also described are related compositions and methods of using the compounds to inhibit MMP-12 and treat diseases mediated by MMP-12, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, acute lung injury, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), sarcoidosis, systemic sclerosis, liver fibrosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), arthritis, cancer, heart disease, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), acute kidney injury (AKI), chronic kidney disease (CKD), Alport syndrome, and nephritis.

Abstract: A switch short-circuited diagnosis method includes steps of: determining an initial voltage interval of multiple voltage intervals according to voltage relationships between voltages of a first phase wire, a second phase wire, and a third phase wire; performing a switch short-circuited diagnosis of a first bidirectional switch module in the three consecutive voltage intervals from the initial voltage interval, and including steps of: turning on a first switch branch, a second switch branch, or a third switch branch of the first bidirectional switch module according to the voltage relationships between the voltages of the first, second and third phase wires, determining whether an overcurrent occurs to diagnose whether the first switch branch, the second switch branch, or the third switch branch of the first bidirectional switch module is in a short-circuited state, and performing the switch short-circuited diagnosis for the next voltage interval.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for controlling flow processing by an edge cluster including a first edge machine set operating in a first location set of a public cloud and a second edge machine set operating in a second location set of the public cloud. A controller set configures first and second managed forwarding element (MFE) sets operating in the first and second location sets respectively, with first and second forwarding rule sets to respectively forward first and second flows sets to the first and second edge machine sets for performing services. The first forwarding rule set specifies a first network address set for the first edge machine set, and the second forwarding rule set specifies a second network address set for the second edge machine set. The controller set monitors each edge machine to determine whether it is available to perform the services.

Abstract: Hydantoin based compounds useful as inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), particularly macrophage elastase (MMP-12) are described. Also described are related compositions and methods of using the compounds to inhibit MMP-12 and treat diseases mediated by MMP-12, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, acute lung injury, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), sarcoidosis, systemic sclerosis, liver fibrosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), arthritis, cancer, heart disease, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), acute kidney injury (AKI), chronic kidney disease (CKD), Alport syndrome, and nephritis.

Abstract: A thermally conductive board includes a top metal layer, a bottom metal layer, and an electrically insulating but thermally conductive layer (for simplification hereinafter referred to as “thermally conductive layer”) laminated between the top metal layer and the bottom metal layer. The thermally conductive layer includes a polymer matrix and a thermally conductive filler dispersed in the polymer matrix. The polymer matrix includes an epoxy-based composition consisting of epoxy and chlorine-containing impurities. The chlorine content of the thermally conductive layer is lower than 300 ppm.

Abstract: A system is provided for a self-learning policy engine that can be used by various spoken language understanding (SLU) processing components. The system also provides for sharing contextual information from processing performed by an upstream SLU component to a downstream SLU component to facilitate decision making by the downstream SLU component. The system also provides for a SLU component to select from a variety of actions to take. A SLU component may implement an instance of the self-learning policy that is specifically configured for the particular SLU component.

Abstract: Various embodiments for systems and methods for cooperative driving of connected autonomous vehicles using responsibility-sensitive safety (RSS) rules are disclosed herein. The CAV system integrates proposed RSS rules with CAV's motion planning algorithm to enable cooperative driving of CAVs. The CAV system further integrates a deadlock detection and resolution system for resolving traffic deadlocks between CAVs. The CAV system reduces redundant calculation of dependency graphs.

Abstract: An optical detector module can be used to implement proximity sensing function by detecting ambient light outside of the optical detector module in accordance with a first detection threshold. An optical detector module can be further used to implement other active functions such as material detection (e.g., skin) or depth-sensing by emitting one or more optical signals (e.g., light pulses at a specific wavelength) and detecting the reflected optical signals relative to a second and/or third detection threshold. The disclosure provides technical solutions for actively monitoring detection threshold(s) of an optical detector module to achieve better power management. In some embodiments, such solutions are useful for photodetectors having a wide sensing bandwidth, such as a photodetector formed in germanium or a photodetector comprising an absorption region comprising germanium.

Abstract: A thermally conductive board includes a top metal layer, a bottom metal layer, and an electrically insulating but thermally conductive layer (for simplification hereinafter referred to as “thermally conductive layer”) laminated between the top metal layer and the bottom metal layer. The thermally conductive layer satisfies a relation of I˜qa. There is an equivalence relation between I and q; “I” stands for scattering intensity; “q” stands for scattering vector, and “a” stands for the power of q. q ranges from 0.007 ??1 to 0.1 ??1, and a ranges from ?3 to ?4.

Abstract: Hydantoin based compounds useful as inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), particularly macrophage elastase (MMP-12) are described. Also described are related compositions and methods of using the compounds to inhibit MMP-12 and treat diseases mediated by MMP-12, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, acute lung injury, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), sarcoidosis, systemic sclerosis, liver fibrosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), arthritis, cancer, heart disease, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), acute kidney injury (AKI), chronic kidney disease (CKD), Alport syndrome, and nephritis.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for configuring a first Pod in a container cluster to perform layer 7 (L7) services for a logical router. At a second Pod that performs logical forwarding operations for the logical router, the method receives configuration data for the logical router from a network management system that defines a logical network for which the logical router routes data messages and performs L7 services. The method provides a set of Pod definition data to a cluster controller to create the first Pod. After creation of the first Pod, the method provides to the first Pod (i) networking information to enable a connection between the first and second Pods and (ii) configuration data defining the L7 services for the first Pod to perform the L7 services on data traffic sent from the second Pod to the first Pod.

Abstract: Thermal cracking of a hydrocarbon to produce hydrogen gas and carbon may be achieved by heating a molten medium to an operating temperature sufficient to thermally crack the hydrocarbon. The operating temperature may, for example, be in the range of 600° C. to 1100° C. The hydrocarbon is mixed into the heated molten medium the mixed fluid moves through a reactor. In the reactor, the hydrocarbon undergoes a thermal cracking reaction which forms hydrogen gas and carbon black. The carbon and hydrogen gas are separated from the molten medium. Means may be provided for controlling a level of mixed fluid in the reactor.

Abstract: Techniques for generating synthetic data for machine learning (ML) models are described. A system includes a language model that processes a task and a corresponding set of example inputs to generate another input, referred to herein as a machine-generated data. The machine-generated data is processed using a ML, model (that data is being generated for) to determine a model output, and the model output is analyzed to determine whether it corresponds to a target output. If the model output corresponds to the target output, then the machine-generated data is added to the set of example inputs and one of the original example inputs is removed to generate an updated set of example inputs. The updated set can be used for various training techniques.

Abstract: A method for obtaining a heart rate value by an optical sensing apparatus includes: receiving, by a first calculator in a processor and from a light receiver, a PPG signal; receiving, by a second calculator in the processor and from a motion sensor, a motion signal; determining, by the first calculator, a first heart rate value; determining, by the first calculator, a validity indicator according to the PPG signal; and determining, by the second calculator, a second heart rate value according to the PPG signal and the motion signal. When the validity indicator is determined to satisfy a predetermined requirement, the processor outputs the first heart rate value as the heart rate value. When the validity indicator is determined to not satisfy the predetermined requirement, the processor outputs the second heart rate value as the heart rate value.

Abstract: Example systems and methods are disclosed for use in interpreting traits of interest in agricultural crops. One example computer-implemented method includes compiling multiple data sets including a first mode of data and a second mode of data, and accessing a simulation architecture, which includes a mode layer and an aggregate layer connected to the mode layer, where the mode layer includes a first model and a second model. The method also includes inputting the first mode of data to the first model and the second mode of data to the second model, whereby latent feature data is generated by the mode layer and input to the aggregate layer, and then presenting an output, from the simulation architecture, which includes a trait of interest based on the first mode of data and/or the second mode of data.