Abstract: A colorimetric sensor for detecting an analyte of interest in a fluid sample includes a lamellar photonic material having alternating layers of a first polymer layer and a second polymer layer. Each first polymer layer can be a molecularly imprinted polymer defining a cavity shaped to receive an analyte of interest. The photonic material is configured such that, when an analyte contacts the photonic material and becomes disposed within a cavity of the molecularly imprinted polymer, a refractive property of the photonic material changes, causing a detectable color change in the sensor.

Abstract: A method is implemented by a router and includes: upon receiving a query on an Internet Protocol (IP) address for a domain name, sending the query to a DNS server in order for the DNS server to translate the domain name to an IP address and to transmit a DNS response containing the domain name and the IP address to the router; recording the domain name and the IP address in a table; sending the DNS response to an endpoint device so as to enable the endpoint device to establish a link with an application server via the router based on the IP address; finding the domain name in the lookup table based on the IP address; and determining a type of a service provided by the application server based on the domain name with reference to another table.

Abstract: A method for adjusting a total bandwidth for a network device is provided. The method includes: for every predetermined time period, determining a data rate of receiving data packets by the network device through a network communication during the predetermined time period; designating the greater one of the data rate and the total bandwidth as a maximal data rate; when a preset condition is not satisfied, using the maximal data rate as the total bandwidth; and when the preset condition is satisfied, determining an adjusted data rate that is smaller than the maximal data rate based on the maximal data rate, and using the adjusted data rate as the total bandwidth.

Abstract: A method for managing data throughput of a network device is provided. The method includes: determining a network communication as belonging to a first class or a second class; enqueuing each packet received through the network communication determined as belonging to the first class to a first queue, and enqueuing each packet received through the networking communication determined as belonging to the second class to a second queue; dequeuing the first and second queues at a dequeuing ratio; determining a data rate of dequeuing the second queue; and adjusting the dequeuing ratio based on the data rate of dequeuing the second queue thus determined, a total bandwidth, and a guaranteed minimum bandwidth for the network communication determined as belonging to the first class.

Abstract: A fault root cause analysis method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining a first alarm event set, where the first alarm event set includes a plurality of alarm events; for a first alarm event in the first alarm event set, extracting a feature vector of the first alarm event, where a part of or all features of the feature vector are used to represent a relationship between the first alarm event and another alarm event in the first alarm event set; and determining, based on the feature vector of the first alarm event, whether the first alarm event is a root cause alarm event. In this application, whether the first alarm event is the root cause alarm event is determined based on a feature vector of the relationship between the first alarm event and the another alarm event, and the accuracy of fault root cause identification is improved.

Abstract: A colorimetric sensor for detecting an analyte of interest in a fluid sample includes a lamellar photonic material having alternating layers of a first polymer layer and a second polymer layer. Each first polymer layer can be a molecularly imprinted polymer defining a cavity shaped to receive an analyte of interest. The photonic material is configured such that, when an analyte contacts the photonic material and becomes disposed within a cavity of the molecularly imprinted polymer, a refractive property of the photonic material changes, causing a detectable color change in the sensor.

Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels. Each pixel in the array includes an organic light-emitting diode coupled to associated semiconducting oxide transistors. The semiconducting oxide transistors may exhibit different device characteristics. Some of the semiconducting oxide transistors may be formed using a first oxide layer formed from a first semiconducting oxide material using first processing steps, whereas other semiconducting oxide transistors are formed using a second oxide layer formed from a second semiconducting oxide material using second processing steps different than the first processing steps. The display may include three or more different semiconducting oxide layers formed during different processing steps.

Abstract: A method for generating a loop video comprises: obtaining an input video including multiple frames with a first frame, with each of frames having multiple pixels; extracting a moving object corresponding to a moving pixel region in the first frame with the moving pixel region having at least two pixels; inputting multiple candidate periods to a target function respectively to calculate multiple errors of the moving pixel region; determining a start frame and a loop period of the moving pixel region for each error, with the loop period being associated with one of the candidate periods; generating multiple output frames according to start frames and loop periods; and generating an output frame sequence from the output frames according to a loop parameter, wherein the output frame sequence corresponds to the loop video.

Abstract: A colorimetric sensor for detecting an analyte of interest that includes a metal layer disposed upon a substrate, a plurality of nanostructures, and a corresponding plurality of metal deposits spaced apart from the metal layer. The metal layer defines a plurality of holes, each nanostructure includes a first portion disposed within a respective hole, and each metal deposit is disposed upon a second portion of a respective nanostructure. The sensor also includes a molecularly imprinted polymer layer that may cover the metal layer, the nanostructures, and/or the metal deposits. The molecularly imprinted polymer layer defines a cavity shaped to receive the analyte of interest, and the sensor is configured such that, when an analyte contacts the molecularly imprinted polymer layer and becomes disposed within the cavity, an optical property of at least a portion of the sensor changes thereby to cause a detectable color change in and/or from the sensor.

Abstract: A circuit board includes a composite structure layer, at least one conductive structure, a thermally conductive substrate, and a thermal interface material layer. The composite structure layer has a cavity and includes a first structure layer, a second structure layer, and a connecting structure layer. The first structure layer includes at least one first conductive member, and the second structure layer includes at least one second conductive member. The cavity penetrates the first structure layer and the connecting structure layer to expose the second conductive member. The conductive structure at least penetrates the connecting structure layer and is electrically connected to the first conductive member and the second conductive member. The thermal interface material layer is disposed between the composite structure layer and the thermally conductive substrate, and the second structure layer is connected to the thermally conductive substrate through the thermal interface material layer.

Abstract: A colorimetric sensor for detecting an analyte of interest that includes a metal layer disposed upon a substrate, a plurality of nanostructures, and a corresponding plurality of metal deposits spaced apart from the metal layer. The metal layer defines a plurality of holes, each nanostructure includes a first portion disposed within a respective hole, and each metal deposit is disposed upon a second portion of a respective nanostructure. The sensor also includes a molecularly imprinted polymer layer that may cover the metal layer, the nanostructures, and/or the metal deposits. The molecularly imprinted polymer layer defines a cavity shaped to receive the analyte of interest, and the sensor is configured such that, when an analyte contacts the molecularly imprinted polymer layer and becomes disposed within the cavity, an optical property of at least a portion of the sensor changes thereby to cause a detectable color change in and/or from the sensor.

Abstract: A method for generating a loop video comprises: obtaining an input video including multiple frames with a first frame, with each of frames having multiple pixels; extracting a moving object corresponding to a moving pixel region in the first frame with the moving pixel region having at least two pixels; inputting multiple candidate periods to a target function respectively to calculate multiple errors of the moving pixel region; determining a start frame and a loop period of the moving pixel region for each error, with the loop period being associated with one of the candidate periods; generating multiple output frames according to start frames and loop periods; and generating an output frame sequence from the output frames according to a loop parameter, wherein the output frame sequence corresponds to the loop video.

Abstract: Provided are a method for maintaining Walker constellation formation and a terminal device. The method comprises: determining a first offset amount of each satellite within a simulation time period according to parameters of a Walker constellation; performing first offset on each satellite according to the first offset amount to obtain a Walker constellation after the first offset; determining a second offset amount of each satellite within the simulation time period according to parameters of the Walker constellation after the first offset; and superimposing the first offset amount and the second offset amount, and performing second offset on each satellite so as to maintain the formation of the Walker constellation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an anti-biotin antibody, and provides an amino acid sequence encoding the CDRs of the antibody. Studies have shown that the antibody only reacts with a biotin conjugate or derivative, and does not react with free biotin. The present disclosure further provides applications of the antibody in, including but not limited to, ELISA, cell capture, sorting and enrichment, western blotting, flow cytometry, immunocytofluorescent staining, and immunohistochemistry. The anti-biotin antibody conjugated immunomagnetic beads can specifically and directly recognize a biotin labeled antigen, and do not bind to free biotin which is often presented in clinical samples and culture media. In addition, the anti-biotin antibody-conjugated magnetic beads or anti-biotin antibody-fluorescein provide an ideal solution for the isolation of specific cells, and can even enrich and separate target cells from samples rich in debris or other rare biological materials.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a low-orbit satellite deorbit control method and system based on a particle swarm algorithm. The method includes: constructing an objective function according to a position parameter and a perturbation acceleration of each of particles in a particle swarm as well as a preset Lagrangian multiplier and a penalty factor; determining an objective fitness of each particle and a population fitness of the particle swarm based on the objective function, updating the position parameter and the velocity of each particle, and obtaining a population optimal fitness at a maximum number of iterations; updating the Lagrangian multiplier and the penalty factor according to the population optimal fitness, comparing the objective deviation value with a preset convergence condition, and determining an objective population fitness and an objective position parameter according to a comparison result to obtain an objective deorbit mode.

Abstract: Provided is a method and system of evaluating a constellation spare strategy based on a stochastic time Petri net, which is applied in the technical field of constellation operation management. The method comprises: constructing a single satellite STPN model and an orbital plane STPN model, and establishing a navigation constellation STPN model that includes multiple spare strategies according to the single satellite STPN model and the orbital plane STPN model; establishing an availability model according to the number of malfunctioning satellites and the constellation value (CV) in the navigation constellation STPN model, and establishing a cost model according to operating costs of the navigation constellation STPN model; and evaluating the navigation constellation STPN model using the availability model and the cost model, and determining a target spare strategy from the multiple spare strategies according to an evaluation result.

Abstract: Certain relatively small cells present in the periphery blood of mammals can be activated to form pluripotent stem cell populations. These small cells are generally less than five micrometers in diameter and are CD45-positive, and are referred to herein as CD45+ cells or dormant tiny cells. Accordingly, provided are cell populations and compositions with enriched dormant tiny cells from blood samples and methods and compositions for activating these dormant tiny cells. Upon differentiation, the activated stem cells can be used for various therapeutic purposes.

Abstract: A liquid sensor for a diaper, and method of manufacturing the same are provided. The liquid sensor includes a plurality of electrochemical cells in series connection. Each of the plurality of electrochemical cells includes an anode, a cathode and a liquid-porous layer including an electrolyte solution. The liquid-porous layer electrically connects the anode to the cathode such that each cell has a respective predetermined potential difference across the cell. Two or more of the plurality of electrochemical cells are operable to be electrically connected by a liquid to form a single electrochemical cell having a potential difference lower than the sum of the predetermined potential differences of the two or more electrochemical cells.

Abstract: A headband adjustment structure includes a base, a wearing unit, a rotary adjusting assembly, a linkage member and an elastic element. The wearing unit includes a first end portion and a second end portion that overlap with each other. The first end portion and the second end portion are movably located in the base to define an adjustable accommodation space. The rotary adjusting assembly is pivotally located within the base, and provided with a gear body meshed with a first toothed rack of the first end portion and a second toothed rack of the second end portion so as to simultaneously move the first end portion and the second end portion in opposite directions for adjusting the adjustable accommodation space. The linkage member is connected to the rotary adjusting assembly. The elastic element abutting against the linkage member and the base, respectively.

Abstract: A system includes an Alice transmitting terminal, a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) unit and a plurality of Bob terminals for receiving a plurality of photons of different wavelengths; the Alice terminal is connected with the plurality of Bob terminals by the WDM unit; the Alice terminal includes a multi-wavelength laser generation device, an attenuator, a first polarization beam splitter, a first beam combiner, a phase modulator, a first polarization controller and a second polarization controller; the WDM unit includes a wavelength selection device; each Bob terminal includes a second polarization controller, a third polarization controller, a fourth polarization controller, a third polarization beam splitter, a fourth polarization beam splitter, a second beam combiner, a third beam combiner, a first photon detector, a second photon detector, a third photon detector and a fourth photon detector.