Abstract: A memory device includes: a resistive switching layer, a conductive pillar, a barrier layer, a word line, a plurality of resistive layers, and a plurality of bit lines. The resistive switching layer is shaped as a cup and has an inner surface to define an opening. The conductive pillar is disposed in the opening. The barrier layer is disposed between the resistive switching layer and the conductive pillar. The word line is electrically connected to the conductive pillar. The resistive layers are respectively distributed on an outer surface of the resistive switching layer. The bit lines are electrically connected to the resistive layers, respectively.

Abstract: Systems and methods related to Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)-cellular communication system Quality of Service (QoS) mapping are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method performed for operating a cellular communications system as a virtual TSN node in a TSN system comprises, at a TSN application function, receiving one or more TSN QoS parameters for the virtual TSN node from a controller associated with the TSN system and providing the one or more TSN QoS parameters to a core network function in a core network of the cellular communications system. The method further comprises, at the core network function, receiving the one or more TSN QoS parameters, mapping them to one or more QoS policies and/or one or more rules in the cellular communications system, and applying the one or more QoS policies and/or the one or more rules in the cellular communications system.

Abstract: A method for predicting a risk of suffering from a disease, includes: acquiring driving force information of mutant genes belonging to a pre-determined genome of a detected object for changes in activity of a plurality of pre-determined signaling pathways; acquiring driving force information of mutant genes belonging to a pre-determined genome of each reference object in first and second reference object groups for the changes in the activity of the plurality of pre-determined signaling pathways; where each reference object in the first reference object group belongs to a healthy object, and each reference object in the second reference object group belongs to an object suffering from a specific disease; performing a first clustering on the detected object, and each reference object in the first and second reference object groups; and outputting a risk of the detected object suffering from the specific disease.

Abstract: A resistive memory apparatus including a memory cell array, at least one dummy transistor and a control circuit is provided. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells. Each of the memory cells includes a resistive switching element. The dummy transistor is electrically isolated from the resistive switching element. The control circuit is coupled to the memory cell array and the dummy transistor. The control circuit is configured to provide a first bit line voltage, a source line voltage and a word line voltage to the dummy transistor to drive the dummy transistor to output a saturation current. The control circuit is further configured to determine a value of a second bit line voltage for driving the memory cells according to the saturation current. In addition, an operating method and a memory cell array of the resistive memory apparatus are also provided.

Abstract: A resistive memory device and a reliability enhancement method thereof are provided. The reliability enhancement method includes the following steps. A forming operation is performed on a plurality of memory cells. The formed memory cells are read to respectively obtain a plurality of formed currents. A reference current is set according to a statistic value of the formed currents. A setting operation is performed on the memory cells. A ratio between a set current of each of the memory cells and the reference current is calculated, and a physical status of each of the memory cells is judged according to the ratio. It is determined whether to perform a fix operation of each of the memory cells or not according to physical status.

Abstract: An electronic device including a plurality of ports for electrically connecting the device to another device. The electronic device may include a housing including a front, a back and at least a first side and an opposing second side extending between the front and the back, a printed circuit board housed by the housing, and an electrical connector electrically connected to the printed circuit board. The electrical connector may include a first spring contact, a second spring contact, and an electrically conductive bridge mechanically and electrically connecting the first spring contact and the second spring contact. The electrically conductive bridge may be housed by the housing. The first and second spring contacts may extend outside of the housing and may be accessible from the first and second sides of the housing, respectively.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method, an apparatus for superimposing laser point clouds and a high-precision map and an electronic device, comprising: when superimposing the laser point clouds and the high-precision map for visualization, first performing dilution processing on non-road laser point clouds in the laser point clouds to be fused to obtain target non-road laser point clouds, which effectively reduces the amount of data of the laser point clouds to be fused; and performing segmentation processing on the map to be fused to obtain multi-level map data corresponding to the map to be fused, which effectively reduces the amount of data of the map to be fused. In this way, when superimposing the laser point clouds and the high-precision map for visualization, both non-road information may be visualized through the laser point clouds, and road information may be visualized through the high-precision map.

Abstract: A prestress-free self-centering energy-dissipative tension-only brace, including a self-centering mechanism, an energy dissipation mechanism, a force-limiting energy-dissipative mechanism, a high strength steel cable, and a sleeve. The self-centering mechanism includes a sliding end plate, a spring, and a connection rod. One end of the spring is connected and fixed to the inner wall of the sleeve, and the other end of the spring is connected with the sliding end plate. One end of the connection rod is anchored at the center of the sliding end plate, and the other end of the connection rod passes through a fixed end of the spring. The energy dissipation mechanism includes rotating shafts, rotating wheels, friction plates, chains, and a cross-shaped connecting piece.

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure relate to a method, apparatus and computer program product for processing a computing task. The method comprises: obtaining status information of multiple computing resources; in response to receiving a neural network model-based computing task, determining configuration information of multiple layers associated with the neural network model; obtaining parameter data associated with at least one part of the multiple layers on the basis of the configuration information; and based on the status information and the parameter data, selecting from the multiple computing resources a group of computing resources for processing the computing task. According to the example implementations of the present disclosure, multiple computing resources may be utilized sufficiently, and it may be guaranteed that a load balance may be stricken between the multiple computing resources.

Abstract: A de-jitter function for holding-and-forwarding packets such that the packets are delivered with an agreed fixed latency. The de-jitter function can be placed at the edge of a virtual 5G TSN switch (e.g. the de-jitter function can be deployed as part of a UPF for uplink (UL) packets and/or it can be deployed as part of a user equipment (UE) for downlink (DL) packets). By using the de-jitter function, the TSN can consider the wireless network as having a consistent, deterministic latency with no jitter.

Abstract: Systems and method are disclosed herein that relate to support for virtual Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) bridge management, Quality of Service (QoS) mapping, and TSN related scheduling in a cellular communications system. In some embodiments, a method performed by one or more network nodes of a cellular communications system operating as a virtual TSN bridge of a TSN network comprises providing, to a controller associated with the TSN network, parameters that relate to capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge. The parameters that relate to the capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge comprise a first parameter that defines a clock accuracy of an entity in the cellular communications system that operates gating control for the virtual TSN bridge and a second parameter that informs the controller associated with the TSN network that the virtual TSN bridge or a particular egress port of the virtual TSN bridge is restricted to exclusive gating.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and an apparatus for data backup. The method comprises selecting, from a service store, a backup service for an application. The method further comprises setting, for the application, configuration information associated with the selected backup service. Additionally, the method further comprises in response to the backup service being enabled, deploying a backup service agent corresponding to the backup service to a source node associated with the application based on the configuration information, such that data of the application is backed up from the source node to a target node via the backup service agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a monitoring method and device for a magnetic resonance imaging system, and a magnetic resonance imaging system. The monitoring method comprises: acquiring a whole body specific absorption rate of a subject under examination; acquiring a ratio between a local region specific absorption rate and the whole body specific absorption rate of the subject under examination on the basis of current parameter information of a local coupling coil in the magnetic resonance imaging system; and calculating the local region specific absorption rate of the subject under examination on the basis of the ratio between the local region specific absorption rate and the whole body specific absorption rate, and the whole body specific absorption rate.

Abstract: Provided is a resetting method of a resistive random access memory (RRAM) including the following steps. A first resetting operation and a first verifying operation on the at least one resistive memory cell are performed. Whether to perform a second resetting operation according to a verifying result of the first verifying operation is determined. A second verifying operation is performed after the second resetting operation is determined to be performed and is finished. To determine whether to perform a healing resetting operation according to a verifying result of the second verifying operation, which comprises: performing the healing resetting operation when a verifying current of the second verifying operation is greater than a predetermined current, wherein a resetting voltage of the healing resetting operation is greater than a resetting voltage of the second resetting operation.

Abstract: A method performed by a transmitting device, in a 3GPP wireless communication 5 system (100), for handling generalized Precise Timing Protocol (gPTP) signaling, from a Time Sensitive Network (TSN) is provided. The transmitting device receives (1301) a gPTP frame from the TSN network. The gPTP frame comprises time information, an indication of a time domain related to the time information and/or a Medium Access Control (MAC) address of a second end station connected to a receiving device. Based 10 on the indication of the time domain and/or the MAC address, the transmitting device determines (1302) the receiving device which the gPTP frame relates to. The transmitting device transmits (1304), to the determined receiving device, the gPTP frame in a PDU session related to the determined receiving device.

Abstract: A method, performed by a transmitting device in a wireless communication system, for handling generalized Precise Timing Protocol, gPTP, signaling, from a Time Sensitive Network, TSN is provided. The transmitting device receives (1101) a gPTP message from a TSN network. The gPTP message comprises time information and a time domain related to the time information. The transmitting device extracts (1102) the time information and the time domain from the gPTP message. The transmitting device transmits (1104) a 3GPP message to a receiving device. The 3GPP message comprises the time information and the time domain related to the time information.

Abstract: A lubricating can has a grease cup, bolt, piston, pressing base, bearing placement portion and a rotation driving component. The fixed end of the bolt is fixed on the grease cup bottom. The piston is housed inside the lubricating trough. The piston has a pressing surface, a bearing surface and a lateral ring surface that is tightly fitted on and can slide along the inner wall. The center of the piston is formed with a through hole and a plurality of lubricating guide holes. The through hole is sheathed on the bolt. The lower end pressing portion of the pressing base has a screw hole to fit the bolt. The bearing placement portion is defined and formed by the space between the lower end pressing portion and the bearing surface of the piston. The rotation driving component is configured on the upper end bearing portion of the pressing base.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for output pacing in a cellular communications system that serves as a virtual Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) node in a TSN network. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a boundary node associated with a cellular communications system that operates as a virtual TSN node in a TSN network comprises receiving user plane traffic from a node in the cellular communications system. The user plane traffic is user plane traffic received by the cellular communications system from a previous hop TSN node. The method further comprises performing output pacing for the user plane traffic when outputting the user plane traffic to a next hop TSN node such that the user plane traffic is output to the next hop TSN node at a rate that matches a desired rate at the next hop TSN node. Corresponding embodiments of a boundary node are also disclosed.

Abstract: Example methods are provided for performing fast building and testing a software suite with multiple software components. In one example, the method may include obtaining a changed code file, identifying a software component of the software suite impacted by the changed code file, and instructing to generate a software component build based on the software component but without other software components of the software suite. Before completing generating the software component build, the method may also include selecting a software suite build. The method further includes instructing to prepare a testbed based on the software suite build and instructing to test the software component build on the testbed.