Abstract: Various examples relate to methods, apparatuses, devices and computer programs for a client device and a firmware management device, to the client device and the firmware management device, and to a system. The method for the client device comprises determining, on a blockchain, a non-fungible token (NFT) specifying a firmware for the client device, with the client device being set as owner of the NFT and managing a firmware of the client device based on the firmware specified by the NFT.

Abstract: A method of digital measuring the color of fabrics based on digital camera, includes: making plain fabric samples; obtaining ground-truth color of plain fabrics using a spectrophotometer; capturing a raw format digital image of the plain fabrics using the digital camera and extracting raw camera responses of the plain fabrics; capturing a raw format digital image of a target fabric and extracting the raw camera responses of a ROI in the target fabric; calculating a Euclidean distance and a similarity coefficient between the raw camera responses of the ROI in the target fabric and the plain fabrics; normalizing the Euclidean distance and the similarity coefficient; calculating a weighting coefficient of each color data of the plain fabrics based on the normalized Euclidean distance and similarity coefficient; weighting every color data of plain fabrics with a corresponding weighting coefficient; and summing the weighted color data of the plain fabrics.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fall prevention brake buffering system for high-speed mine lift, including brake ropes (2) fixed on two sides of a car (5). One end of the brake rope (2) is fixed on the top part of a vertical well (6), and the other end is fixed on the bottom part of the vertical well (6). A linkage mechanism (11) is arranged at the bottom of the car (5). A buffer (1) is arranged at the top of the brake rope (2), and a tension connector (4) is arranged at the bottom of the brake rope (2). A brake rope safety tong (3) fixed on the brake rope (2) and connected with the linkage mechanism (11) is arranged at the bottom of the car (5). The buffer (1) includes an inverted brake rope gradual safety tong (8) with a buffering rope (9) provided therein and connected with the brake rope (2). A buffering rope clip (10) is arranged on the buffering rope (9). The system is convenient to install, and the buffering force of the brake rope is constant and adjustable.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fall prevention brake buffering system for high-speed mine lift, including brake ropes (2) fixed on two sides of a car (5). One end of the brake rope (2) is fixed on the top part of a vertical well (6), and the other end is fixed on the bottom part of the vertical well (6). A linkage mechanism (11) is arranged at the bottom of the car (5). A buffer (1) is arranged at the top of the brake rope (2), and a tension connector (4) is arranged at the bottom of the brake rope (2). A brake rope safety tong (3) fixed on the brake rope (2) and connected with the linkage mechanism (11) is arranged at the bottom of the car (5). The buffer (1) includes an inverted brake rope gradual safety tong (8) with a buffering rope (9) provided therein and connected with the brake rope (2). A buffering rope clip (10) is arranged on the buffering rope (9). The system is convenient to install, and the buffering force of the brake rope is constant and adjustable.

Abstract: A sector-based base station includes at least one of a shared transmission RF local oscillator TX_LO, a shared receiving RF local oscillator RX_LO, a shared digital signal processing unit, and a shared transmission feedback unit. A technical solution of sharing an intermediate RF unit circuit in the sector-based base station is adopted, so as to reduce the number of elements used in the circuit without sacrificing the communication capacity of the base station. As such, the reliability index of a single board is improved, and the system reliability is also enhanced. Meanwhile, the material cost and the time required for debugging are both reduced, thus lowering the cost of the base station.

Abstract: An improved hydrogel wound dressing and its preparation is disclosed. The ingredients used in the dressing are PAAS of 20˜30 wt %, PVA of 2˜6 wt % and water of 64˜78 wt %. The hydrogel wound dressings were formed by dissolution, casting films, radiation synthesis and sterilization. Compared with conventional hydrogel dressings the improved dressings displayed an enhanced degree of swelling. Cell growth factors may be incorporated into the dressings to be released slowly in the wound.

Abstract: A sector-based base station includes at least one of a shared transmission RF local oscillator TX_LO, a shared receiving RF local oscillator RX_LO, a shared digital signal processing unit, and a shared transmission feedback unit. A technical solution of sharing an intermediate RF unit circuit in the sector-based base station is adopted, so as to reduce the number of elements used in the circuit without sacrificing the communication capacity of the base station. As such, the reliability index of a single board is improved, and the system reliability is also enhanced. Meanwhile, the material cost and the time required for debugging are both reduced; thus, lowering the cost of the base station.

Abstract: In a packet switching network, a distributed architecture provides efficient computation of routes in Quality of Service (QoS)-based routing scenarios. Using a client-server model, only designated route servers store and maintain a database containing the entire network topology, so that each network node is not required to store and maintain the network topology. Client nodes maintain a cache containing pre-computed routes so that they can often make routing decisions autonomously. A client contacts a designated route server only when the client cannot obtain from its local cache a route to a given destination that meets the performance requirements. A client cache may contain pre-computed routes with designated QoS profiles to all destinations or to a subset of destinations. Route servers may also contain caches, which may contain pre-computed routes to all destinations in the network with all QoS profiles, or may contain only a subset of such routes.