Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for dynamic memory management operation are described. A memory system may store data in a first block that includes a first type of memory cells configured to store a single bit of information (e.g., single level cells (SLCs)). The memory system may set a flag associated with the data indicating whether the data includes secure information and is to remain in a block that includes SLCs after a memory management operation (e.g., a garbage collection operation). The memory system may store, as part of the memory management operation for the first block and based on the flag, valid data of the first block in a second block that includes SLCs or a third block that includes a second type of memory cells configured to store two or more bits of information.

Abstract: The subject matter described herein is directed to compounds, synergistic compositions, and methods for repelling arthropods, such as insects. The compositions comprise aryl and pyridyl-type compounds. The compounds demonstrate strong vapor and topical repellency when applied alone and in synergistic compositions.

Abstract: Present invention relates to a novel treatment regimen for cancer.

Abstract: An electrochemical deposition system configured for electrochemical plating of a substrate includes a chamber, an electrode, a plating cup and a controller. The chamber holds a plating bath. The electrode is disposed in the plating bath. The plating cup includes a contact ring. The contact ring includes contacts. The contacts are immersed in the plating bath. The controller is configured to apply a voltage signal across the contact ring and the electrode to remove residual from the contacts. The voltage signal includes a plating-de-plating waveform. The plating-de-plating waveform includes multiple cycles. Each of the cycles includes a pair of pulses with different polarity.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to a method for predicting semantic similarity between documents. The method can include obtaining a first document and a second document. The method can include parsing the first document into a plurality of first textual blocks and the second document into a plurality of second textual blocks. The method can include processing each of the plurality of first textual blocks and the second textual blocks with a machine-learned semantic document encoding model to obtain a first document encoding and a second document encoding. The method can include determining a similarity metric descriptive of a semantic similarity between the first document and the second document based on the first document encoding and the second document encoding.

Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to roadway design and traffic control systems and methods for connected and automated vehicle and highway (CAVH) systems, and particularly, but not exclusively, to systems and methods for controlling switching of vehicles between automated mode and human-driven mode, systems and methods for vehicle merging, diverging, and overtaking on automated lanes of multiple lane highways, systems and methods for emergency management and roadside assistance on automated lanes, and/or systems and methods for managing automated vehicle lanes on urban major and minor expressways.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) capable of holding, heating, and quantitatively supplying a gelled electronic liquid (e-liquid) is provided. The e-cigarette includes an upper housing, a lower housing, a gel container, a press and reset mechanism, and an aerosol channel. The gelled e-liquid is supplied quantitatively to a heating chamber by manually pressing the press and reset mechanism. The user can adjust the time interval between pressing and releasing the press and reset mechanism according to the needs of the user for each inhalation by adjusting the length of the gelled e-liquid stick supplied to the heating chamber. Besides, a holder is provided therein with heating plates at different positions, and the holder also serves as a heating element. The design avoids the need to provide the heating element and the heating chamber separately, which reduces the volume of the smoking device.

Abstract: Provided are an interleukin 29 (IL29) mutant protein, and a fusion protein, a conjugate, a pharmaceutical composition, a product and a kit which comprises the mutant protein. The provided IL29 mutant protein has good activity and stability, and can effectively prevent and/or treat viral infectious diseases, tumors and other diseases needing to regulate the body immune function.

Abstract: A Dendrobium officinale oligosaccharide, a Dendrobium officinale oligosaccharide derivative and a preparation method and use thereof. The Dendrobium officinale oligosaccharide includes 3-9 glycoside residues and a glucose residue at a non-reducing end; the derivative thereof is obtained by substituting with a hydrophobic residue at the non-reducing end; the preparation method and use of both are also provided.

Abstract: A bubble removal preparation device and method for a gel-state electronic liquid (e-liquid) are provided. The preparation device includes a negative-pressure chamber and a cooling element, where the negative-pressure chamber is provided therein with a porous e-liquid containing chamber. A temperature controller is configured to control the temperature of the cooling element, and a gap between the porous e-liquid containing chamber and the cooling element forms an e-liquid containing cavity.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) capable of holding, heating, and quantitatively supplying a gelled electronic liquid (e-liquid) is provided. The e-cigarette includes an upper housing, a lower housing, a gel container, a press and reset mechanism, and an aerosol channel. The gelled e-liquid is supplied quantitatively to a heating chamber by manually pressing the press and reset mechanism. The user can adjust the time interval between pressing and releasing the press and reset mechanism according to the needs of the user for each inhalation by adjusting the length of the gelled e-liquid stick supplied to the heating chamber. Besides, a holder is provided therein with heating plates at different positions, and the holder also serves as a heating element. The design avoids the need to provide the heating element and the heating chamber separately, which reduces the volume of the smoking device.

Abstract: A speech processing system uses contextual data to determine the specific domains, subdomains, and applications appropriate for taking action in response to spoken commands and other utterances. Some applications may be given priority over others such that some applications are general request applications to which responsibility for processing an intent is to be assigned as long as contextual criteria are satisfied, while other applications are specific request applications to which responsibility for processing an intent is to be assigned only if the applications are specifically requested, if the contextual criteria of priority applications are not satisfied, and/or if certain contextual criteria associated with the specific request applications are satisfied.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to a method for predicting semantic similarity between documents. The method can include obtaining a first document and a second document. The method can include parsing the first document into a plurality of first textual blocks and the second document into a plurality of second textual blocks. The method can include processing each of the plurality of first textual blocks and the second textual blocks with a machine-learned semantic document encoding model to obtain a first document encoding and a second document encoding. The method can include determining a similarity metric descriptive of a semantic similarity between the first document and the second document based on the first document encoding and the second document encoding.

Abstract: A display device and a terminal apparatus are provided. The display device includes a display screen and a first drive assembly. The display screen includes a main screen and a secondary screen. The first drive assembly is connected to at least one of the main screen and the secondary screen, and is configured to drive the main screen and/or the secondary screen to move, for changing a size and/or a shape of a display area of the display screen.

Abstract: An artificial valve and a valve delivery system are provided. The artificial valve includes a top stent, a middle stent and a bottom stent. The top stent, the middle stent and the bottom stent are connected in sequence; the top stent is circumferentially provided with at least three locking stents; each locking stent has a locking end at the top; the middle stent is provided with at least three valve leaflet fixing parts; in the unlocked state of each locking end, the diameter of the circumference where the uppermost edges of the three valve leaflet fixing parts are located is ?1, and in the locked state of each locking end, the diameter of the circumference where the uppermost edges of the three valve leaflet fixing parts are located is ?2, which is larger than or equal to 74% of ?1.

Abstract: A bubble removal preparation device and method for a gel-state electronic liquid (e-liquid) are provided. The preparation device includes a negative-pressure chamber and a cooling element, where the negative-pressure chamber is provided therein with a porous e-liquid containing chamber. A temperature controller is configured to control the temperature of the cooling element, and a gap between the porous e-liquid containing chamber and the cooling element forms an e-liquid containing cavity.

Abstract: A speech processing system uses contextual data to determine the specific domains, subdomains, and applications appropriate for taking action in response to spoken commands and other utterances. The system can use signals and other contextual data associated with an utterance, such as location signals, content catalog data, data regarding historical usage patterns, data regarding content visually presented on a display screen of a computing device when an utterance was made, other data, or some combination thereof.

Abstract: Skin smoothing is applied to images using a bilateral filter and aided by a skin map. In one example a method includes receiving an image having pixels at an original resolution. The image is buffered. The image is downscaled from the original resolution to a lower resolution. A bilateral filter is applied to pixels of the downscaled image. The filtered pixels of the downscaled image are blended with pixels of the image having the original resolution, and the blended image is produced.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed using an execution pipeline on a multi-processor platform for deep learning network execution. In one example, a network workload analyzer receives a workload, analyzes a computation distribution of the workload, and groups the network nodes into groups. A network executor assigns each group to a processing core of the multi-core platform so that the respective processing core handle computation tasks of the received workload for the respective group.

Abstract: Features are disclosed for training and using named entity recognition models based on gazetteer information. A named entity recognition model can be trained with a gazetteer output at a layer of the model to provide deterministic data in the probabilistic model. The named entity recognition model can recognize named entities based on the word embedding and the gazetteer output. The named entity recognition model can tune the gazetteer output to include false positive name entities such that the gazetteer output is not deterministic of the output of the model. In some embodiments, the named entity recognition model can be tuned so as to adjust the gazetteer output.