Abstract: A method of connection reestablishment, a terminal device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The method includes: in a connection reestablishment procedure, determining, by a terminal device, whether to perform the connection reestablishment procedure according to whether the terminal device is configured with a conditional handover (CHO)-based candidate cell.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a film type liquid heater and a uniform heating method thereof. End fixation plates are arranged at two ends of a barrel. A heating pipe is arranged in the barrel. Pipe ports run through the two end fixation plates, respectively. Connecting pipes are arranged in the pipe ports. Sealing connection components are arranged at inner ends of the two connecting pipes. A heating film layer is coated outside the heating pipe. Electrode layers are connected left and right sides of the heating film layer, and the electrode layers are connected to an external power supply. An insulating layer is coated outside the heating film layer. A flow splitting column is fixedly connected in the heating pipe. A heating chamber is formed between an inner side of the heating pipe and the flow splitting column. Flow splitting grooves are formed at left and right ends and on the inner side of the flow splitting column.

Abstract: Semiconductor structures and method for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a first fin structure formed over the substrate. The semiconductor structure also includes an isolation structure formed around the first fin structure and a protection layer formed on the isolation structure. The semiconductor structure also includes first nanostructures formed over the first fin structure and a gate structure surrounding the first nanostructures. In addition, a bottom surface of the gate structure and the top surface of the isolation structure are separated by the protection layer.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods are provided. A method according to the present disclosure includes receiving a substrate that includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a third semiconductor layer; forming a plurality of fins over the third semiconductor layer; forming a trench between two of the plurality of fins; depositing a dummy material in the trench; forming a gate structure over channel regions of the plurality of the fins; forming source/drain features over source/drain regions of the plurality of the fins; bonding the substrate on a carrier wafer; removing the first and second semiconductor layers to expose the dummy material; removing the dummy material in the trench; depositing a conductive material in the trench; and bonding the substrate to a silicon substrate such that the conductive material is in contact with the silicon substrate. The trench extends through the third semiconductor layer and has a bottom surface on the second semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A method comprising instantiating virtual routers (VRs) at each of a set of nodes that form a network. Each VR is coupled to the network and to a tenant of the node. The network comprises virtual links in an overlay network provisioned over an underlay network including servers of a public network. The method comprises configuring at least one VR to include a feedback control system comprising at least one objective function that characterizes the network. The method comprises configuring the VR to receive link state data of a set of virtual links of the virtual links, and control routing of a tenant traffic flow of each tenant according to a best route of the network determined by the at least one objective function using the link state data.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present disclosure is a connection releasing method, including: after a timer times out, a terminal device releases the connection between the terminal device and a first network device. Also disclosed in the present disclosure are another connection releasing method, a data processing method, a terminal device, a first network device, a second network device, and a storage medium.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a virtual drum kit device. The virtual drum kit device includes a motion capture device and a drum sound processing device separated from each other; where, the motion capture device includes at least two drumsticks, the drumstick including a first cover body, as well as a first battery, a first control printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) board and a vibration motor which are arranged in the first cover body, the first control PCBA board being connected to the battery and the vibration motor separately, and being capable of transmitting an RF signal to the drum sound processing device according to a motion instruction captured by the drumstick, the drum sound processing device includes a second cover body, as well as a second battery and a second control PCBA board which are arranged in the second cover body.

Abstract: Provided are a recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) having a variant capsid, and an application thereof. Specifically, provided are a variant AAV capsid protein, an rAAV viral particle comprising the variant AAV capsid protein, and an application thereof in delivering a gene product to a cell (e.g., a retinal cell).

Abstract: A gallium nitride bidirectional switch device includes: a substrate, a semiconductor epitaxial layer and a first-level field plate dielectric layer sequentially stacked in that order; the semiconductor epitaxial layer is provided with an active area and a non-active area, the first-level field plate dielectric layer is located in the active area and extends to the non-active area, a groove penetrates the first-level field plate dielectric layer and the semiconductor epitaxial layer to expose the substrate and is located in the non-active area, two first-level field plate metals are spaced on the first-level field plate dielectric layer and located in the active area; and the two first-level field plate metals are connected through a first interconnecting metal to form a first field plate metal interconnecting structure, and a part of the first field plate metal interconnecting structure fills the groove and is connected with the substrate exposed by the groove.

Abstract: A device includes a first stack of nanostructures formed over a substrate; a second stack of nanostructures formed adjacent to the first stack; a first gate structure on the nanostructures of the first stack; a second gate structure on the nanostructures of the second stack; a first insulating wall separating the first gate structure and the second gate structure; a hard mask layer on the first gate structure and on the second gate structure; and a gate contact extending through the hard mask layer to physically and electrically contact the first gate structure.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. By allowing a thickness of an insulating layer in an opening area to be less than a thickness of the insulating layer in a non-opening area, a storage capacitance between a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer in the opening area can be increased, a driving voltage of the liquid crystal display panel can be reduced, and power consumption can also be reduced. Meanwhile, since a parasitic capacitance is small, requirements of small parasitic capacitances and low power consumption of the liquid crystal display panel can be simultaneously achieved.

Abstract: Method and devices are provided for video coding. In the method, a decoder obtains a cross-component sample adaptive offset (CCSAO) quantization associated with an offset quantization control syntax and a quantization step size that are predefined or indicated by an encoder at at least one level. Furthermore, the decoder obtains a CCSAO based on the CCSAO quantization and adds the CCSAO to a reconstructed sample for prediction.

Abstract: A semiconductor transistor device including a channel structure, gate structure, a first source/drain structure, a second source/drain structure, and a back-side source/drain contact. The gate structure overlies the channel structure. The first source/drain structure and the second source/drain structure are disposed on opposite endings of the channel structure. The back-side source/drain contact is disposed under the first source/drain structure. A line lies across the gate structure and the first source/drain structure. The line is parallel to an upper surface of the gate structure.

Abstract: The present inventions provide new and improved systems and methods combining asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation (A4F, and also referred to as AF4) and mass spectrometry (MS) in order to analyze for biomacromolecules, including but not limited to Fc-antibodies, antibody fragments, fusion proteins, Fc-fusion proteins, receptor Fc-fusion proteins, trap proteins and mini-trap proteins. Nanoparticles also can be analyzed.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for establishing one or more virtual sessions between users. For instance, a first device can transmit, to a second device, a call establishment request for a virtual representation call for a virtual session and can receive, from the second device, a call acceptance indicating acceptance of the call establishment request. The first device can transmit, to the second device, first mesh information for a first virtual representation of a first user of the first device and first mesh animation parameters for the first virtual representation. The first device can receive, from the second device, second mesh information for a second virtual representation of a second user of the second device and second mesh animation parameters for the second virtual representation. The first device can generate, based on the second mesh information and the second mesh animation parameters, the second virtual representation of the second user.

Abstract: System and techniques are described herein for processing images to detect expressions of a subject. In one illustrative example, a method of recognizing facial expressions in one or more images includes obtaining, by a computing device, a first image of a person; obtaining expression information based on the first image and an anchor image associated with the person; and determining an expression classification associated with the first image based on the expression information.

Abstract: A training data processing method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: obtaining medical history data including at least one first disease suffered by a user; setting a plurality of disease types according to a target disease; setting a time interval; obtaining at least one second disease in the time interval from the medical history data; performing a pre-processing operation on the second disease according to the disease types to obtain processed data; and inputting the processed data to a neural network to train the neural network.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate. The substrate includes a base substrate; and a plurality of sub-pixel structures arranged in an array on the base substrate, wherein the sub-pixel structure comprises: a thin film transistor disposed on the base substrate, the thin film transistor comprising a source and a drain; an insulating layer disposed on a side of the thin film transistor distal from the base substrate, a first via hole being formed in the insulating layer; a pixel electrode disposed on a side of the insulating layer distal from the base substrate, the pixel electrode being electrically connected to either the source or the drain through the first via hole; and a filling block disposed at the first via hole.

Abstract: A financial institution computing system includes an account database with a plurality of transaction parameters with respect to a financial account of a customer, a receptiveness metrics circuit structured to extract the plurality of transaction parameters from the account database, the transaction parameters including at least one financial transaction record, and indicative of a mode of the customer, and determine one or more receptiveness metrics attributed to the customer based on the mode of the customer, the one or more receptiveness metrics indicating likelihoods of the customer converting an interaction from the financial institution, wherein the interaction includes an avatar that is an aged version of the customer, and an interaction generation circuit structured to transmit the interaction to the customer at an optimal time based on the one or more receptiveness metrics.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for detecting a timing of a server are provided. The method includes: identifying a state of a server when a power-on signal or a power-off signal of the server is detected; when the state of the server is a power-on state, respectively recording a timestamp when a Power Good (PG) signal of respective Voltage Regulator (VR) turns active; obtaining, according to the timestamp when the PG signal of the respective VR turns active, an actual output voltage timing of the respective VR when the server is powered on; when the state of the server is a power-off state, respectively recording a timestamp when the PG signal of the respective VR turns inactive; and obtaining, according to the timestamp when the PG signal of the respective VR turns inactive, the actual output voltage timing of the respective VR when the server is powered off.