Abstract: A self-ligating orthodontic bracket. The self-ligating orthodontic bracket comprises a bracket body and a movable closure member, and the bracket body includes a first body portion, a second body portion and an archwire slot therebetween, running through the bracket body. The movable closure member is engaged with the second body portion and movable relative thereto between an opened position and a closed position; the first body portion and/or the movable closure member include, at the inward end thereof, a tool receptacle having a receptacle top and a receptacle bottom, and the tool receptacle is adjacent to the archwire slot, the archwire slot and the first body portion co-form a first side surface, while the archwire slot and the second body portion co-form a second side surface, the tool receptacle includes a smooth surface that slopes downwardly to the first side surface.

Abstract: A packaging device containing at least one placing cavities and containers of orthodontic bracket. The containers of orthodontic bracket can be connected in series, and the containers of orthodontic bracket which have been connected in series can be placed in the placing cavities. The container of orthodontic bracket includes a placement portion, and the orthodontic brackets can be placed in the containers. The packaging device of the present invention provides containers that can specifically fix the orthodontics brackets and can be connected in series. The containers that have been connected in series can be placed in the placing cavities of the package to reduce space. The compact package is convenient for large-scale transportation.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method and apparatus for prevention of unintended lane change maneuver in an ADAS equipped motor vehicle performed by a sensor for detecting a driver engagement level, a memory operative to store the driver engagement level, a user interface for providing a user alert in response to an alert signal, a selector operative to generate a request for a lane change operation, and a processor operative to receive the request for the lane change operation, to compare the driver engagement level to a threshold engagement level, and to generate the alert signal in response to the driver engagement level being less than the threshold engagement level.

Abstract: A method for associating a network service (NS) with a virtualized network function (VNF) to enable a network manager (NM) to determine a relationship between the NS and the VNF and maintain the NS. The method includes: sending, by the NM, an NS instantiation request message to a network function virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), where the NS instantiation request message carries information about the NS; receiving, by the NM, an NS instantiation completion message from the NFVO, where the NS instantiation completion message carries the information about the NS and information about N VNFs; and determining a mapping relationship between the NS and the N VNFs according to the information about the NS and the information about the N VNFs, where information about each VNF in the information about the N VNFs represents the VNF in the N VNFs forming the NS, and where N?one.

Abstract: A method for associating a network service (NS) with a virtualized network function (VNF) to enable a network manager (NM) to determine a relationship between the NS and the VNF and maintain the NS. The method includes sending, by the NM, an NS instantiation request message to a network function virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), where the NS instantiation request message carries the information about the NS. The method further includes receiving, by the NM, an NS instantiation completion message from the NFVO, where the NS instantiation completion message carries information about the NS and information about N VNFs. The method further includes determining a mapping relationship between the NS and the N VNFs according to the information about the NS and the information about the N VNFs, where information about each VNF in the information about the N VNFs represents the VNF in the N VNFs forming the NS, and N?one.

Abstract: A network slice management method, and a management unit and a system that are based on the method are provided. The method includes: determining, by a first management unit, subnet requirement information based on network slice requirement information, where a network slice includes at least one subnet; sending, by the first management unit, a first negotiation request to a second management unit, where the first negotiation request carries the subnet requirement information, and the first negotiation request is used to query for a support status of the second management unit for the subnet requirement information; and determining, by the second management unit, that the second management unit can support the subnet requirement information, or determining, by the second management unit, that the second management unit cannot support the subnet requirement information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a management method, and a management device and a system that are based on the method. The method includes: sending, by a second management device, an update request to a first management device, where the update request is used to request the first management device to update requirement information of a subnet managed by the first management device; and then, determining, by the first management device, that the subnet can satisfy the update request, or determining that the subnet cannot satisfy the update request. In the solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the second management device can request the first management device to update the requirement information of the subnet managed by the first management device, thereby preventing a management fault of an entire network slice when a subnet managed by the second management device cannot satisfy a preset requirement.

Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for generating and implementing a machine learning model in electronic delivery systems to determine delivery routes and times. In some examples, a computing device generates a machine learning model comprising a plurality of indexed binary trees. Each indexed binary tree determines either a first value, or a second value, based on comparing an input to a condition value. The machine learning model can generate prediction values based on the determined values of all indexed binary trees. The machine learning model is trained with historical data. Once trained, the machine learning model's performance is evaluated. Based on the evaluation, the machine learning model may be further refined. Once the machine learning model's performance satisfies requirements, the computing device employs the machine learning model to determine vehicle delivery routes and estimated delivery times.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a packing box and a method for using the same. The packing box includes a box body and a cover; the cover matches the box body, and an end of the cover is connected on a swivel to an end of the box body; an inner side of the cover is provided with an non-slip layer; the lower end surface is flush with a lower end of the cover or protrudes with respect to the lower end of the cover; after the cover is turned over, a bottom support surface is formed. The method of using a packing box includes: opening the packing box, turning over a cover, and placing the packing box after the cover being turned over on a working surface. The packing box of the present disclosure has an non-slip function; the box and the method disclosed bring convenience for people to use the box.

Abstract: A system for generating a geographically-clustered routing solution includes a computer system configured to receive a plurality of orders. Each order in the plurality of orders comprises a geographic location. The plurality of orders are clustered into a plurality of clusters based on the geographic location of each order and a routing solution is generated for each of the plurality of clusters. Each routing solution is transmitted to at least one vehicle system.

Abstract: A quality parameter transmission method includes: sending, by the network side device, a first request message to the terminal, where the first request message is used to request a quality parameter related to user experience of a preset service; and after receiving the first request message from the network side device, sending, by the terminal, the quality parameter to the network side device. The network side device obtains, from the terminal, the quality parameter related to user experience of the preset service, and therefore can evaluate network operation quality by using the quality parameter, to facilitate network optimization, provide better network quality for the terminal, and improve user experience.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method and apparatus for prevention of unintended lane change maneuver in an ADAS equipped motor vehicle performed by a sensor for detecting a driver engagement level, a memory operative to store the driver engagement level, a user interface for providing a user alert in response to an alert signal, a selector operative to generate a request for a lane change operation, and a processor operative to receive the request for the lane change operation, to compare the driver engagement level to a threshold engagement level, and to generate the alert signal in response to the driver engagement level being less than the threshold engagement level.

Abstract: Example data processing methods and apparatuses are disclosed. In one example data processing method, a first terminal obtains packet delay budget adjustment information, where the packet delay budget adjustment information is used to indicate an adjusted packet delay budget, a packet delay budget adjustment amount, or a packet delay budget adjustment range. The first terminal adjusts a size of a jitter buffer based on the packet delay budget adjustment information, and then buffers data based on the adjusted jitter buffer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a network function management method, a management device, and a system. The method includes: obtaining, by a second management device, sharing information of a network function, where the sharing information of the network function is used to indicate whether the network function can be shared by at least two network slices; sending, by the second management device, the sharing information of the network function to a first management device; and orchestrating, by the first management device, the network function based on the sharing information of the network function. It can be learned from the above that the embodiments of the present invention provide a specific solution to choosing to provide a network slice with a shared network function or an exclusive network function, thereby facilitating network function maintenance and management.

Abstract: This application provide an information sending method, and a device and a system. The method includes: creating or updating, by a first device, a network slice instance; sending, by the first device, a first message to a second device, where the first message carries first network slice instance information, the first network slice instance information is first information about the created or updated network slice instance, and the first network slice instance information includes an identifier of the network slice instance; and storing or configuring, by the second device, the first network slice instance information. In the solutions, after creating or updating the network slice instance, the first device may send the information about the created or updated network slice instance to the second device, and the second device may store or configure the information, so as to avoid allocating an improper network slice instance to a terminal.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a bracket packaging cartridge and a method for clamping a bracket. The bracket packaging cartridge includes a cartridge body, an inner support and a cover body. A placement cavity is arranged on the cartridge body, the inner support is arranged in the placement cavity, and the inner support is provided with a plurality of bracket placement grooves. The bracket placement groove is used for placing the bracket. The cover body and the cartridge body match each other. The bracket placement groove includes a placement opening portion, a placement side portion and a placement bottom portion. The placement side portion is provided with a retaining protrusion, and the placement bottom portion of the bracket placement groove is inclined.

Abstract: A life cycle management method and device for a network service are provided. The method includes determining, by an operation support system (OSS) according to a target network service (NS), an existing virtualized network function (VNF) instance required for life cycle management on the target NS; sending, by the OSS, a life cycle management request of the target NS to a network function virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), where the life cycle management request includes a mapping relationship between an identifier of the existing VNF instance and a characteristic parameter corresponding to the identifier; and receiving, by the NFVO, the life cycle management request from the OSS for the target NS, and performing life cycle management on the target NS according to the existing VNF instance and the mapping relationship. In embodiments of the present disclosure, processing efficiency of life cycle management and resource utilization can be improved.

Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one more processors and perform: extracting location information of nodes from origin data and destination data of historical load data for historical loads; performing a first-level clustering of the nodes based on zip codes of the nodes to generate first-level clusters; determining a cluster number for a second-level clustering based on the cluster diameter parameter; performing the second-level clustering of the first-level clusters in the first-level clustering based on the cluster number to generate second-level clusters; assigning a region cluster identifier to each of the second-level clusters and each of the nodes within each of the first-level clusters that are within each of the second-level clusters; and matching at least one of a plurality of tour templates with at least one live load assignment request based at least in part on the region cluster

Abstract: A self-ligating orthodontic bracket is provided. The self-ligating orthodontic bracket comprises a bracket body and a movable closure member, wherein the bracket body includes a first body portion, a second body portion and an archwire slot therebetween, running through the bracket body, and the movable closure member is engaged with the second body portion and movable relative thereto between an opened position and a closed position; the first body portion and/or the movable closure member include, at the inward end thereof, a tool receptacle having a receptacle top and a receptacle bottom, and the tool receptacle is adjacent to the archwire slot, the archwire slot and the first body portion co-form a first side surface, while the archwire slot and the second body portion co-form a second side surface, the tool receptacle includes a smooth surface that slopes downwardly to the first side surface.