Abstract: The current disclosure provides sensitive diagnostic methods that do not require invasive angiography. It was found that TNFAIP2 was secreted into the sera of subjects with atherosclerosis. This novel biomarker can be used to detect early-stage atherosclerosis. Accordingly, aspects of the disclosure relate to a method for measuring a TNFAIP2 level comprising: obtaining a biological sample from a subject having, suspected of having, or at risk of having atherosclerosis; and measuring the TNFAIP2 level in a biological sample from the subject as compared to a control. Also disclosed is a method for treating or preventing atherosclerosis in a subject, the method comprising administering an effective amount of a treatment for atherosclerosis to the subject after measuring the TNFAIP2 level in a biological sample from the subject as compared to a control.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a decoding method and apparatus, a coding method and apparatus, and a device. The method comprises: on the basis of on a first code stream corresponding to a current block, acquiring a target probability distribution model corresponding to a first scaling factor; on the basis of the target probability distribution model corresponding to the first scaling factor, decoding a second code stream corresponding to the current block, to obtain a corrected residual feature corresponding to the current block; and, on the basis of the corrected residual feature, determining a reconstructed image block corresponding to the current block. The present disclosure improves the coding performance and the decoding performance.

Abstract: Example computer-implemented methods and systems for secure random noise generation are disclosed. One example method includes generating, by a first party, n random first bits and n -bit first strings. The first party generates, based on the n -bit first strings and the n random first bits, n pairs of -bit input messages. The first party receives n pairs of -bit second strings. The first party performs n 1-out-of-2 random oblivious transfers (ROTs) of the n pairs of -bit input messages from the first party to a second party. The first party generates, based on the n -bit first strings, a first random number. The first party performs, based on the first random number, secure multiparty computation (MPC) that involves the first party and the second party.

Abstract: A pixel circuit, a driving method and a display device. The pixel circuit includes a driving circuit, a first control circuit, a compensation control circuit and a first initialization circuit; the first control circuit is configured to control to connect the control end of the driving circuit and the connection node under the control of a first scan signal; the compensation control circuit is configured to control to connect the connection node and the first end of the driving circuit under the control of a second scan signal; the first initialization circuit is configured to write a first initialization voltage into the connection node under the control of an initialization control signal; the driving circuit is configured to control to connect the first end and a second end of the driving circuit under the control of a potential of the control end thereof.

Abstract: Embodiments of this specification provide a data processing method, apparatus, and device. The method includes: when it is detected that there is a feature data missing in newly added feature data in first data, obtaining second data corresponding to the first data; inputting historical feature data in the first data into a pre-trained encoder model to obtain a first compression score corresponding to the historical feature data in the first data, and inputting historical feature data in the second data into the pre-trained encoder model to obtain a second compression score corresponding to the historical feature data in the second data; and determining target data corresponding to the first data in the second data based on the first compression score and the second compression score, and performing imputation processing on the newly added feature data in the first data based on newly added feature data in the target data.

Abstract: Embodiment of the disclosure provides method, apparatus, device and storage medium for data query. In the method, first data is obtained by a first device based on a request for data query. The request indicates a first data attribute to be classified and aggregated and at least a second data attribute and a third data attribute for classification. The first data at least includes data associated with a second data attribute. The third data fragment of a result of data query is generated based on the first data fragment of the first data and the second data fragment of the second data received from the second device. The second data at least includes data associated with the third data attribute. The third data fragment includes an element corresponding to the first data attribute classified and aggregated based on at least the second data attribute and the third data attribute.

Abstract: A pixel driving circuit includes: a first reset module, connected to a first node, a first initialization signal terminal and a reset signal terminal, and configured to write a signal of the first initialization signal terminal into the first node in response to a signal of the reset signal terminal; a driving module, connected to the first node, a second node and a third node, and providing a driving current to the third node based on voltages of the first node and the second node; a coupling module, connected to the first node and a preset node, and configured to couple a voltage change of the first node to the preset node and couple a voltage change of the preset node to the first node; and a first switch module, connected to a constant voltage terminal, the preset node and a switch signal terminal.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: mapping a first group of user identifiers that are active in a first region to generate a first group of anonymized user nodes of the first region; communicating with one or more second devices of a second region, using a privacy set intersection (PSI) protocol, to identify one or more intersecting signals accessed by the first group of anonymized user nodes of the first region and a second group of anonymized user nodes of the second region; constructing a user-signal-user graph based on the one or more intersecting signals and the first group of anonymized user nodes of the first region; communicating with the one or more second devices of the second region via secret sharing to calculate a weight of each intersecting signal; and constructing a use-user graph with at least one edge determined by the weight of each intersecting signal from the user-signal-user graph.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming electrical connections comprises a metal transition conductor, a terminal portion of a first electrical cable electrically and mechanically coupled to the metal transition conductor, a terminal portion of a second electrical cable electrically and mechanically coupled to the metal transition conductor, and a terminal portion of a third electrical cable electrically and mechanically coupled to the metal transition conductor. Each of the first, second, and third electrical cables terminates at the metal transition conductor. At least two of the first, second, and third electrical cables comprise conductors of different metal materials, and at least two of the first, second, and third electrical cables comprise conductors of different wire gauges.

Abstract: Generation of instructional interactions in a virtual session includes receiving first environment data associated with a first user device and a second environment data associated with a second user device. The first environment data and the second environment data are analyzed to determine the first environment is different from the second environment data. A first set of instructional interactions associated with at least one of the first user device or a first entity is detected. A second set of instructional interactions associated with at least one of the second user device or a second entity is generated based on the application of the language model on the first set of instructional interactions, the first environment data, and the second environment data. The generated second set of instructional interactions is outputted.

Abstract: A system for refrigerant leakage detection includes one or more sensors configured to detect one or more parameters of a building system including a refrigerant. The system further includes one or more storage devices storing instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive sensor data from the one or more sensors; apply the sensor data to a long short-term memory (LSTM) model to generate predicted sensor data corresponding to the one or more sensors; receive subsequent sensor data from the one or more sensors; compare the predicted sensor data to the subsequent sensor data; determine that the building system has a refrigerant leakage based on the comparison of the predicted sensor data to the subsequent sensor data; and, responsive to determining that the building system has the refrigerant leakage, take an action to address the refrigerant leakage.

Abstract: A pixel circuit, a driving method and a display device. The pixel circuit includes a driving circuit, a first initialization circuit and a reset circuit; the first initialization circuit configured to write a first initial voltage into the first end of the driving circuit under the control of an initialization control signal; the reset circuit is configured to write a reset voltage into the second end of the driving circuit or the first end of the driving circuit under the control of a second scan signal; the driving circuit is configured to control to connect the first end of the driving circuit and the second end of the driving circuit under the control of a potential of a control end of the driving circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed a MAX-Ag electrically conductive composite coating and a preparation method thereof. The electrically conductive composite coating comprises a MAX phase and an Ag phase. The chemical formula of the MAX phase is Mn+1AXn, where M is a transition metal element, A is an Al element, X is a C or N element, and n is an integer of 1 to 3. The MAX phase is in a lath-like structure, the Ag phase is in a nano-twinned structure, and the Ag phase is aggregated at a grain boundary of the MAX phase. The electrically conductive composite coating as a whole is in an Ag-wrapped MAX phase structure. In the present disclosure, a grain shape heterogeneous design is performed on the MAX phase coating by Ag element doping. The Ag doping affects the growth of the MAX phase grain, so that the MAX phase grain is in a lath-like structure.

Abstract: A laminated glass, a vehicle window glass, and a vehicle, the laminated glass includes a first glass sheet and a second glass sheet; and a sealing end portion of the laminated glass fitted with a sealing member includes a first end face located at an end portion of the first glass sheet and a second end face located at an end portion of the second glass sheet; an overlap difference is formed between the first end face and the second end face along an extension direction of the laminated glass, at least one of the first end face and the second end face is an arc-shaped end face, a radius of which satisfies the condition: t/2<R<3t, where R denotes a radius of the arc-shaped end face, and t denotes a thickness of the first glass sheet or the second glass sheet.

Abstract: A variable-stroke self-adaptive adjustment quasi-zero stiffness device includes an integrating sphere, a target, a collimator, a pointing measuring instrument, a disturbance source, an inertia simulation tooling, a quasi-zero stiffness suspension adjustment device and an optical air-bearing platform. The integrating sphere, the target and the collimator are coaxially mounted on the optical air-bearing platform in sequence. The pointing measuring instrument is connected and fixed with the inertia simulation tooling through a screw; three disturbance sources are mounted on the inertia simulation tooling to provide small disturbance and inertia for the pointing measuring instrument; the quasi-zero stiffness suspension adjustment device suspends the inertia simulation tooling to provide a free boundary environment; and the quasi-zero stiffness suspension adjustment device, the pointing measuring instrument, the disturbance source and the inertia simulation tooling form a set of two-pendulum system as a whole.

Abstract: A device and method for measuring at least one cellular activity. The device includes: (a) a deformable polymeric base membrane having a first side and a second side, the polymeric base including a well having an opening on the first side, a cavity extending from the opening and a floor formed by the second side of the polymeric base membrane, (b) a deformable polymeric top membrane overlapping the second side of the polymeric base membrane; and (c) a sensing element disposed between the polymeric base membrane and the polymeric top membrane, the sensing element being disposed over the floor of the well, such that a portion of the second side that forms the floor of the well, the sensing element and a portion of the top membrane that overlaps the well form a suspended membrane.

Abstract: A kinase inhibitor, comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, ester, acid, metabolite or prodrug thereof. A method and a use for using the inhibitor for treatment of diseases related to CDK9 and/or mutagenic activity thereof.

Abstract: The present application belongs to the technical field of image coding, and discloses a quantization parameter adjustment method, apparatus and device, and a storage medium. The quantization parameter adjustment method comprises: determining visual complexity information and/or coding complexity information corresponding to the current coding block, wherein the current coding block is an image coding block currently undergoing coding processing; determining quantization parameters of the current coding block according to the visual complexity information and/or the coding complexity information; and adjusting the quantization parameters of the current coding block.

Abstract: In some aspects, a packaging structure is provided. The packaging structure may include a circuit board, a photosensitive chip, and a heat dissipation member. The photosensitive chip can be electrically connected to the circuit board. The photosensitive chip has a photosensitive surface and a heat dissipation surface that are disposed opposite each other. The heat dissipation member is at least partially in direct contact with the heat dissipation surface of the photosensitive chip.

Abstract: The implementations provide a method including: encrypting records on one or more computing devices using a key of the one or more computing devices to generate a first set of encrypted records; preparing a matrix indicating that each of the first set of encrypted records is present on the one or more computing devices; responsive to receiving, from a remote device, a second set of encrypted records encrypted by the second device using a key of the remote device, encrypting the second set of encrypted records using the key of the one or more computing devices; and transmitting the second set of doubly encrypted records, along with the matrix, to the remote device for the remote device to determine, using the matrix, whether at least one of the second set of encrypted records of the second device is included in the first set of encrypted records on the first device.