Abstract: A construction method, a detection method, and application of an in vitro tissue model of diabetic cardiomyopathy. Bundles of human engineered heart tissue constructed from cardiomyocytes differentiated from induced human pluripotent stem cells are utilized to construct a disease model that simulates diabetic cardiomyopathy in which the myocardium evolves from diastolic dysfunction to systolic dysfunction upon stimulation. An in vitro tissue model of diabetic cardiomyopathy and a detection system based on altered contractile and electrical conduction properties for the same are constructed for the first time, and it is determined that a high concentration of PA is capable of inducing a change in the myocardium from unchanged contractility (impaired) to decreased contractility.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tire pressure sensor and a tire valve. The tire pressure sensor includes: a printed circuit board, a battery and a helical antenna assembly, where the printed circuit board, the battery and the helical antenna assembly are processed through an injection molding process to produce a sensor assembly. The helical antenna assembly includes an antenna support and a helical antenna on an outer sidewall of the antenna support. The antenna support is internally hollow, and a helical groove is provided on the outer sidewall of the antenna support. The helical antenna is wound in the helical groove. A plurality of fasteners for fixing the circuit board are at the bottom of the antenna support. A pressure sensing component and an antenna matching circuit are printed on the printed circuit board.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preventing and/or treating liver fibrosis by using 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone and a Coix lachryma-jobi L. extract including 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone. The 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone and the Coix lachryma-jobi L. extract including 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone of the present disclosure achieve the effect of preventing and/or treating liver fibrosis through various efficacy experiments.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for induced differentiation of an extended pluripotent stem cell (EPSC) into a cardiomyocyte and use thereof, and belongs to the technical field of biomedicine. A reagent used for the induced differentiation is a culture medium having definite chemical components, which can obtain cardiomyocytes having high purity and stable between-batch differentiation efficiency. Compared with cardiomyocytes differentiated from existing pluripotent stem cells, the cardiomyocyte obtained has strong early proliferation ability, and more cell number can be obtained; after extended culture and construction into engineering heart microtissue, maturity is higher, the structure is more regularly arranged, and functional contractility is enhanced. Therefore, the present disclosure is a suitable for mechanism research of heart diseases, drug screening, and cell therapy, and thus has excellent practical application value.

Abstract: A method for authenticating a transaction between two entities includes receiving, by one or more processors, a request associated with the transaction between a first entity associated with a first computing device and a second entity, generating, by the one or more processors, transaction details information associated with completion of the transaction between the first entity and the second entity, encrypting, by the one or more processors, the transaction details information by digitally signing the transaction details information, and transmitting, by the one or more processors, the transaction details information encrypted by the one or more processors, to the first computing device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for induced differentiation of an extended pluripotent stem cell (EPSC) into a cardiomyocyte and use thereof, and belongs to the technical field of biomedicine. A reagent used for the induced differentiation is a culture medium having definite chemical components, which can obtain cardiomyocytes having high purity and stable between-batch differentiation efficiency. Compared with cardiomyocytes differentiated from existing pluripotent stem cells, the cardiomyocyte obtained has strong early proliferation ability, and more cell number can be obtained; after extended culture and construction into engineering heart microtissue, maturity is higher, the structure is more regularly arranged, and functional contractility is enhanced. Therefore, the present disclosure is a suitable for mechanism research of heart diseases, drug screening, and cell therapy, and thus has excellent practical application value.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device, including first to fourth LEDs, a line structure, and first to fourth lines. The second LED is arranged in a first direction corresponding to the first LED. The fourth LED is arranged in a second direction corresponding to the third LED. The line structure includes first to third line segments. The first line is coupled to the first LED. The second line is coupled to the second LED. The third line is coupled to the third LED. The fourth line is coupled to the fourth LED. A portion of the first line and a portion of the second line are in parallel with the first line segment, a portion of the third line is in parallel with the second line segment, and a portion of the fourth line is in parallel with the third line segment.

Abstract: The disclosure provides message transmission methods and apparatuses, which can be used in various communication systems, for example, a V2X communication system, an LTE-V communication system, a V2V communication system, an IoV communication system, an MTC system, an IoT communication system, an LTE-M communication system, and a M2M communication system. One example method includes that a second terminal device receives a first message, where the first message is a broadcast message from a first terminal device, and the first message includes first data. The second terminal device receives a reception failure message for the first message, where the reception failure message for the first message is a broadcast message from a third terminal device, and the second terminal device broadcasts a second message, where the second message includes the first data.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for failure diagnosis using fault tree can include: receiving a fault tree comprising a node representing a top event, a plurality of nodes representing respective basic events, and one or more logic gates connecting the plurality of nodes representing the respective basic events to the node representing the top event; obtaining reliability parameters corresponding to the basic events; calculating fault tree importance measures corresponding to the basic events; calculating failure impact factors of the top event corresponding to the basic events, wherein the failure impact factors of the top event are products of the corresponding reliability parameters and the corresponding fault tree importance measures; ranking the basic events based on the failure impact factors of the top event; and identifying a most significant contributor to the top event, wherein the most significant contributor is a basic event having the highest failure cause probability of the top event.

Abstract: Systems and processes for identifying a pointer in an image of an analog instrument are provided herein. An instrument contour in the image corresponding to the analog instrument may be identified. A plurality of candidate pointer contours in the image may be identified and screened using one or more geometric property screening techniques including an evaluation of a geometric area, a distance parameter, and/or a gravity center of the plurality of candidate pointer contours. Principal component analysis (PCA) may be performed to select an identified pointer contour from among the reduced plurality of candidate pointer contours. A linear regression model may be applied to pixel points in the contour area of the identified pointer contour and a slope and angle of an associated pointer represented by the identified pointer contour may be determined based on an output of the linear regression model.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for failure diagnosis using fault tree can include: receiving a fault tree comprising a node representing a top event, a plurality of nodes representing respective basic events, and one or more logic gates connecting the plurality of nodes representing the respective basic events to the node representing the top event; obtaining reliability parameters corresponding to the basic events; calculating fault tree importance measures corresponding to the basic events; calculating failure impact factors of the top event corresponding to the basic events, wherein the failure impact factors of the top event are products of the corresponding reliability parameters and the corresponding fault tree importance measures; ranking the basic events based on the failure impact factors of the top event; and identifying a most significant contributor to the top event, wherein the most significant contributor is a basic event having the highest failure cause probability of the top event.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to system test, and more specifically, related to online system test. In an aspect, a computer-implemented method for online system test is provided. In this method, a test rule for testing the online system is obtained. And a test result from a real user action of the online system based on the test rule will be retrieved. And a test report is generated at least based on the test result from the real user action.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for sharing a communication resource. Two transmitters seek to use the same two communication slots to transmit two symbols each to a receiver. At each transmitter, data rotation provides two orthogonal combinations of two input symbols which are transmitted in the two slots. An additional phase rotation between slots at one of the transmitters provides phase diversity. The receiver receives superimposed signals from the transmitters, each slot providing information of all four symbols. Joint detection over the two slots provides coding gain and reliable recovery of all four symbols in the two communication slots. Performance results are provided. Disclosed techniques are lightweight and suitable for resource-constrained IoT devices.

Abstract: Embodiments are provided for identifying transitory WiFi users and providing a differential treatment of such users in terms of delaying associating steps between user stations (STAs) and an access point (AP). A transitory user refers to a user or user device that connects to a WiFi AP but does not run applications that require association or assigning IP addresses, such as short-term or temporary connected WiFi users that are on the move. In an embodiment, a STA connects to an AP. Upon the STA indicating its transitory behavior to the AP or the AP detecting criteria of transitory behavior of the STA, the STA obtains a delay time value from the AP. The STA then delays sending an association request to the AP, or alternatively, the AP delays handling the association request from the STA in accordance with the delay time value.

Abstract: Systems and processes for identifying a pointer in an image of an analog instrument are provided herein. An instrument contour in the image corresponding to the analog instrument may be identified. A plurality of candidate pointer contours in the image may be identified and screened using one or more geometric property screening techniques including an evaluation of a geometric area, a distance parameter, and/or a gravity center of the plurality of candidate pointer contours. Principal component analysis (PCA) may be performed to select an identified pointer contour from among the reduced plurality of candidate pointer contours. A linear regression model may be applied to pixel points in the contour area of the identified pointer contour and a slope and angle of an associated pointer represented by the identified pointer contour may be determined based on an output of the linear regression model.

Abstract: Provided is a method, system, and computer program product for managing tasks in a computing system using a virtual node. A processor may register a virtual node for handling tasks allocated by a scheduling node in a computing system, the computing system comprising the scheduling node and a group of actual computing nodes processing tasks allocated by the scheduling node, and the scheduling node takes the virtual node as an actual computing node. A performance level of the computing system is obtained. Capacity of the virtual node is set based on the obtained performance level, such that the scheduling node allocates tasks to the virtual node based on the capacity of the virtual node. In response to at least one task being allocated by the scheduling node to the virtual node, the at least one task is received by the virtual node.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for vehicular telematics with virtual-reality monitoring capabilities. An example system may establish a data connection to a plurality of sensors corresponding to at least one component of a vehicle, retrieve status information corresponding to the at least one component of the vehicle, from the plurality of sensors, send the status information retrieved from the plurality of sensors to a data set, receive at least one result of predictive analytics performed with the data set, and generate output via an interface. Other embodiments may additionally place requests for new parts or service based on the at least one result of the predictive analytics. The data set may be a structured database or an unstructured cluster. Big data analytics may use simulations for predictions. Output may leverage virtual reality or augmented reality to improve ease of use and intuitiveness for any role of users.

Abstract: Provided is a method, system, and computer program product for managing tasks in a computing system using a virtual node. A processor may register a virtual node for handling tasks allocated by a scheduling node in a computing system, the computing system comprising the scheduling node and a group of actual computing nodes processing tasks allocated by the scheduling node, and the scheduling node takes the virtual node as an actual computing node. A performance level of the computing system is obtained. Capacity of the virtual node is set based on the obtained performance level, such that the scheduling node allocates tasks to the virtual node based on the capacity of the virtual node. In response to at least one task being allocated by the scheduling node to the virtual node, the at least one task is received by the virtual node.

Abstract: Provided is a method, system, and computer program product for managing tasks in a computing system using a virtual node. A processor may register a virtual node for handling tasks allocated by a scheduling node in a computing system, the computing system comprising the scheduling node and a group of actual computing nodes processing tasks allocated by the scheduling node, and the scheduling node takes the virtual node as an actual computing node. A performance level of the computing system is obtained. Capacity of the virtual node is set based on the obtained performance level, such that the scheduling node allocates tasks to the virtual node based on the capacity of the virtual node. In response to at least one task being allocated by the scheduling node to the virtual node, the at least one task is received by the virtual node.

Abstract: Provided is a method, system, and computer program product for managing tasks in a computing system using a virtual node. A processor may register a virtual node for handling tasks allocated by a scheduling node in a computing system, the computing system comprising the scheduling node and a group of actual computing nodes processing tasks allocated by the scheduling node, and the scheduling node takes the virtual node as an actual computing node. A performance level of the computing system is obtained. Capacity of the virtual node is set based on the obtained performance level, such that the scheduling node allocates tasks to the virtual node based on the capacity of the virtual node. In response to at least one task being allocated by the scheduling node to the virtual node, the at least one task is received by the virtual node.