Abstract: A virtual character control method performed by a computer device. The method includes: displaying a virtual scene, the virtual scene comprising at least one virtual character; in response to receiving a target operation on a target region in the virtual scene, displaying a station control in the virtual scene; and in response to receiving a trigger operation on the station control, adjusting a station of the at least one virtual character based on a target adjustment mode, at least one of the target adjustment mode and the at least one virtual character being determined based on a user-customized operation of the station control. The method can realize collective adjustment of stations of a plurality of virtual characters based on a station control during the station adjustment of the virtual characters in a virtual scene, and also ensure the flexibility of the station adjustment of the virtual characters in the virtual scene.

Abstract: Foldable apparatus are described herein that include hard coating disposed on a first major surface of a foldable substrate comprising a glass-based material. A substrate thickness of the foldable substrate is from greater than or equal to 20 micrometers to less than or equal to 300 micrometers. The hard coating includes an inorganic material exhibiting a hardness greater than or equal to 8 GigaPascals as measured by a Berkovich Indenter Hardness Test. The foldable apparatus can achieve a parallel plate distance in millimeters equal to 0.1 times the substrate thickness in micrometers. In aspects, the hard coating can include an optical stack that includes an anti-reflective coating with a thickness from greater than or equal to 10 nanometers to less than or equal to 10 micrometers. In aspects, the foldable apparatus can further comprise an anti-fingerprint coating disposed on the hard coating.

Abstract: The method for tracing a sediment source, including: sampling at sampling points and multiple additional testing points around each sampling point; measuring sediment grain size distribution and corresponding mass percentages to plot sediment grain size distribution curves of each sampling point and its additional testing points; plotting a sediment fingerprint matrix of each sampling point; comparing patterns of the sediment fingerprint matrix of the first sampling point with patterns of the sediment fingerprint matrix of the second sampling point, and determining whether sediment at the first sampling point and that at the second sampling point have the same source. The sediment fingerprint matrix that illustrates the variation of sediment characteristics in different grain size intervals. In addition, by comparing the sediment characteristics in the corresponding grain size intervals, the tracing and classification of sediment from different locations can be achieved.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, devices, systems, and techniques for managing bonding structures in semiconductor devices. An example semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor structure, a bonding structure, and a second semiconductor structure stacked along a first direction. The first semiconductor structure is bonded to the second semiconductor structure through the bonding structure. The bonding structure includes a first group of contact structures, a second group of contact structures, and a dielectric material surrounding the first group of contact structures and the second group of contact structures. A first contact structure of the first group of contact structures is adjacent to a second contact structure of the second group of contact structures along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first contact structure includes a first conductive material. The second contact structure includes the first conductive material and an oxide.

Abstract: Provided are an interaction processing method and apparatus for a virtual scene, an electronic device, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product. The method includes: displaying a virtual scene, the virtual scene including identifiers of a plurality of accounts, and each account being capable of using at least one virtual object to interact with at least one virtual object used by another account; displaying a counter button; and in response to a trigger operation on the counter button, displaying a counter control comprising a number of virtual objects of each type that have been used and a total number of virtual objects of the type that are allowed to be used.

Abstract: An article is described herein that includes: a substrate comprising a first and second primary surface that oppose one another; and an optical film structure having an outer surface and a thickness of from about 200 nm to 900 nm, the optical film structure disposed on the first primary surface. The optical film structure includes at least one low refractive index (RI) layer comprising a refractive index from 1.35 to 1.54, at least one medium RI layer comprising a refractive index from 1.55 to 1.79, and at least one high RI layer comprising a refractive index of greater than 1.80. The article exhibits a first-surface average photopic reflectance of 2% or less, as measured from 0° to 10° incidence. Further, the article exhibits a first-surface reflectance of less than 3.5%, as measured at an infrared wavelength of 940 nm from 0° to 10° incidence.

Abstract: The present application provides a random access method, a random access apparatus, a terminal, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium, the random access method includes: determining a time-adjustment step length according to a physical random access channel (PRACH) format configured for a serving cell where a current terminal is located and a propagation speed of a wireless signal; determining an initial timing advance (TA) according to positioning information acquired from a positioning system; determining a TA according to the time-adjustment step length, a total number of attempt rounds and the initial TA; and initiating at least one round of random access attempt to a base station according to the TA until the current terminal successfully accesses the base station.

Abstract: A method, system, and device for wind speed prediction and layout optimization in wind power generation are provided. The method includes: obtaining a basic wind resource dataset of a target region; constructing a physics-informed neural network model based on the basic wind resource dataset; obtaining wind speeds data at a specific location in a velocity field based on the physics-informed neural networks and constructing a training dataset; training the physics-informed neural network model based on the training dataset; reconstructing a wind speed distribution within the velocity field and predicting wind speeds for a next time period with a wind farm using the trained physics-informed neural network model; and optimizing a layout of a wind turbine cluster based on a reconstructed wind speed distribution within the velocity field. The present application reconstructs a two-dimensional velocity field of the wind farm by training the PINN and enables accurate ultra-short-term wind speed prediction.

Abstract: A coated article is described herein with a substrate having a major surface that comprises a first portion and a second portion that is curved or faceted; and an optical coating on the major surface that forms an anti-reflective surface. A first direction is normal to the first portion and is not equal to a plurality of second directions that are normal to the second portion, and the angle between the first direction and each of the second directions is from about 10 degrees to 60 degrees. Further, the coated article exhibits at the first and second portion a hardness of about 8 GPa or greater at an indentation depth of about 100 nm or greater. Further, the coated article exhibits a single side maximum reflectance of about 3% or less as the first and second portion, wherein the reflectance is measured in a range from about 425 nm to about 950 nm.

Abstract: An efficient path planning method for a robot used for collecting marine debris includes: traversing all target positions of the marine debris by depth-first search (DFS) to generate a target position sequence; and calculating a target position with a lowest total cost by a path planning algorithm, and setting the target position with the lowest total cost as a next target position to be traversed for the robot. The efficient path planning method can plan an optimal or near-optimal cleaning path for the robot based on real-time environmental information, reducing unnecessary path repetition and ineffective motion, thereby significantly improving the cleaning efficiency.

Abstract: A method of forming an integrated circuit (IC) is provided. The method includes forming a seed layer of a first metal material over a circuit on a device side of a semiconductor die. The method also includes forming a multi-layer conductive contact on the seed layer. The multi-layer conductive contact has a width in a first dimension and includes a plurality of layers of different metal materials and a portion of the seed layer extends outwardly from a periphery of the multi-layer conductive contact. The method further includes forming a sacrificial layer of the first metal material over the multi-layer conductive contact. The method yet further includes etching to remove the seed layer and the sacrificial layer.

Abstract: A multi-layer control system and method for a power electronic product. The multi-layer control system includes a first-layer controller and a second-layer controller. The first-layer controller acquires a first state signal of a power electronic product obtained by means of sensor measurement, and sends the first state signal to the second-layer controller, and receives a control reference signal fed back by the second-layer controller, and generates a control signal for the power electronic product on the basis of the control reference signal, and the second-layer controller acquires, according to the first state signal and a model simulating the power electronic product, a second state signal of the power electronic product other than the first state signal, and according to the first state signal, the second state signal, and a control target of the power electronic product, generates a control reference signal and outputs the control reference signal to the first-layer controller.

Abstract: A transparent article is described herein that includes: a substrate comprising an opposing first and second primary surface; and an optical film structure disposed on the first primary surface. The optical film structure comprises a scratch-resistant layer, a plurality of alternating high refractive index (RI) and low RI layers, and an outer and inner structure, the scratch-resistant layer disposed between the outer and inner structures. The outer structure can comprise at least one medium RI layer in contact with one of the high RI layers and the scratch-resistant layer. The medium RI layer comprises an RI from 1.55 to 1.80, each of the high RI layers comprises an RI of >1.80, and each of the low RI layers comprises an RI<1.55. A sum of the physical thicknesses of all of the low RI layers in the outer structure can be <200 nm.

Abstract: The method for tracing a sediment source, including: sampling at sampling points and multiple additional testing points around each sampling point; measuring sediment grain size distribution and corresponding mass percentages to plot sediment grain size distribution curves of each sampling point and its additional testing points; plotting a sediment fingerprint matrix of each sampling point; comparing patterns of the sediment fingerprint matrix of the first sampling point with patterns of the sediment fingerprint matrix of the second sampling point, and determining whether sediment at the first sampling point and that at the second sampling point have the same source. The present disclosure provides the sediment fingerprint matrix that illustrates the variation of sediment characteristics in different grain size intervals.

Abstract: A rapid monitoring and identification method for winter wheat drought levels includes: 1) obtaining multispectral images and ground-measured LAI through UAV-based multi-payload low-altitude remote sensing technology, and calculating vegetation indices such as Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Difference Vegetation Index (DVI), Ratio Vegetation Index (RVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Optimized soil adjusted vegetation index (OSAVI) and Transformed Chlorophyll Absorption Reflectance Index; 2) establishing regression equations between the calculated vegetation indices and measured LAI for different growth stages, and selecting the optimal model equation for each growth stage; 3) using the optimal model equation to invert the LAI of winter wheat at various growth stages, and calibrating the LAI thresholds for different drought stress levels; 4) acquiring the multispectral images of target plot through real-time monitoring, calculating the required vegetation indices, inverting to obtain the LAI

Abstract: A digital human communication method and apparatus. In a process in which a media server drives a digital human model based on video data captured by a first terminal device, in response to a communication connection to the first terminal device being abnormal, the media server switches to drive, by using an audio stream captured by the first terminal device, the digital human model to generate a video stream to be sent to a second terminal device.

Abstract: An article is described herein that includes: a translucent substrate having a major surface; and an anti-reflective coating disposed on the major surface and forming an anti-reflective surface. The article exhibits a single side average photopic light reflectance at the anti-reflective surface of less than 0.35%. Further, the article exhibits a single side color shift (?C) of less than 6 over an incident angle range from 0 degrees to 60 degrees incidence at the anti-reflective surface, wherein the anti-reflective coating comprises a physical thickness from about 50 nm to less than 500 nm. In addition, the anti-reflective coating comprises a plurality of layers that comprises at least one low refractive index layer and at least one high refractive index layer. Further, each high refractive index layer has a refractive index of greater than 2.0 and each low refractive index layer has a refractive index of less than 1.7.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a structured definition of a graph of a workflow are provided. 1) a natural language description of a workflow and 2) a description of one or more APIs (application programming interfaces) for performing the workflow are received. A structured definition of a graph of the workflow is generated using a language model based on the natural language description of the workflow and the description of the one or more APIs. One or more nodes in the structured definition of the graph of the workflow is mapped to at least one of the one or more APIs. The structured definition of the graph of the workflow is output.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of administering ISIS 814907 for ameliorating Alzheimer's disease, reducing Tau RNA, or reducing Tau protein in a human subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, the Alzheimer's disease is mild Alzheimer's disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Due to Alzheimer's Disease, and/or Alzheimer's Disease Dementia (e.g., Mild Alzheimer's Disease Dementia). In certain instances, methods are useful for ameliorating at least one symptom or hallmark of a disease or disorder associated with Tau protein. In certain instances, the disease or disorder associated with Tau protein is a neurodegenerative disease or disorder. In certain instances, the disease or disorder associated with Tau protein is Alzheimer's disease or Fronto-temporal Dementia (FTD). In certain embodiments, the Alzheimer's disease is mild Alzheimer's disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Due to Alzheimer's Disease, and/or Alzheimer's Disease Dementia (e.g., Mild Alzheimer's Disease Dementia).

Abstract: A display article is described herein that includes: a substrate comprising a thickness and a primary surface; a textured surface region; and an antireflective coating disposed on the textured surface region. The textured surface region comprises structural features and an average texture height (Rtext) from 50 nm to 300 nm. The substrate exhibits a sparkle of less than 5%, as measured by PPD140, and a transmittance haze of less than 40%, at a 0° incident angle. The antireflective coating comprises alternating high refractive index and low refractive index layers. Each of the low index layers comprises a refractive index of less than or equal to 1.8, and each of the high index layers comprises a refractive index of greater than 1.8. The article also exhibits a first-surface average photopic specular reflectance (% R) of less than 0.3% at any incident angle from about 5° to 20° from normal at visible wavelengths.