Abstract: A method of producing a quantum circuit includes forming a mask on a substrate to cover a first portion of the substrate, implanting a second portion of the substrate with ions, and removing the mask, thereby providing a nanowire. The method further includes forming a first lead and a second lead, the first lead and the second lead each partially overlapping the nanowire. In operation, a portion of the nanowire between the first and second leads forms a quantum dot, thereby providing a quantum dot Josephson junction. The method further includes forming a third lead and a fourth lead, one of the third and fourth leads partially overlapping the nanowire, wherein the third lead is separated from the fourth lead by a dielectric layer, thereby providing a Dolan bridge Josephson junction. The nanowire is configured to connect the quantum dot Josephson junction and the Dolan bridge Josephson junction in series.

Abstract: According to a method for pushing a notification provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a to-be-notified event is obtained; a first notification condition and a second notification condition are determined; a first notification page is displayed on the display when the first notification condition is met, to display, to a user, first association information when the first notification condition is met, for example, event status information, to-be-executed behavior information, and operation association information; and a second notification page is displayed on the display when the second notification condition is met after the first notification page is displayed, to display, to the user, second association information when the second notification condition is met. A plurality of notification pages are pushed for a to-be-notified event, and each notification page is pushed when a notification condition is met as the event develops.

Abstract: A resource indication method, a user equipment and a network device is disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes receiving, by user equipment, configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the configuration information comprises allocation information of frequency domain resources of a plurality of first system parameters and transmitting, by the user equipment, information corresponding to a physical channel and/or information corresponding to a physical signal on at least one resource element in a time-frequency resource corresponding to a frequency domain resource of at least one of the plurality of first system parameters, wherein the first system parameter comprises a first subcarrier spacing size, a cyclic prefix length, a transmission time interval length, a symbol length, or a symbol quantity.

Abstract: A network device receives, from a congestion controller, traffic policy information associated with a data stream between a sender and a receiver, where the traffic policy information includes a maximum round trip delay time (RTT) and a maximum throughput rate (Rate). The network device obtains a receiver advertised window size (RWND) for the receiver for the data stream. The network device modifies the RWND based on the RTT and the Rate to produce a modified receiver window size (RWND?) and sends the RWND? to the sender for use in controlling congestion on the data stream between the sender and the receiver.

Abstract: A secondary battery and a battery unit is provided. The secondary battery includes: a housing including an accommodating hole with an opening; a top cover assembly connected to the housing in a sealed manner to cover and close the opening; an electrode assembly arranged in the accommodating hole, wherein the top cover assembly is spaced apart from the electrode assembly to form a first buffer gap for buffering the amount of expansion deformation of the electrode assembly in the axial direction. When the secondary battery expands, the first buffer gap can absorb the amount of expansion deformation to prevent the top cover assembly from being disconnected from the housing due to excessive stress, so as to reduce the possibility of failure of the secondary battery due to damage of the overall structure, thereby ensuring the structural integrity and the safety of the secondary battery.

Abstract: An array substrate, a manufacturing method therefor, and a touch display panel are provided. The array substrate includes: a touch electrode, located on a base substrate and extending along a first direction; a pixel electrode, located on the base substrate, insulated from the touch electrode and including opposing outer edges, the outer edges being sequentially arranged along a second direction. In the second direction, the orthographic projection of the touch electrode on the base substrate is located between the orthographic projections of the outer edges of the pixel electrode on the base substrate. The array substrate prevents or reduces differences between coupling capacitances between the pixel electrode and signal lines on two sides thereof.

Abstract: A method and system for determining contact angles of porous media, including: in a displacement simulation experiment, injecting a displacement fluid into a actual core sample, and performing computed tomography scanning on the core to determine three-dimensional images at different oil displacing time points; segmenting different phases of the three-dimensional images to obtain segmented three-dimensional images; marking a contact line between different phases according to the segmented three-dimensional images, where the phases are underground fluids or displacement fluids and a rock matrix in the displacement simulation experiment; and determining a contact angle of the porous media at different 3D positions at different time points according to the contact line. The method and system provided can obtain the dynamic changing process of the contact angle at different 3D positions in the core at different displacement time points, reflect the wettability of the real reservoir environment more accurately.

Abstract: Zinc oxide compositions and methods for applying anti-reflective coating on oxide particles for sunscreen applications are provided herein. A composition includes multiple zinc oxide particles suspended within a medium forming sunscreen composition, and coating materials applied to each of the multiple zinc oxide particles in distinct layers via a gradation based on refractive index, wherein each of the coating materials has a refractive index that is between the refractive index of air and the refractive index of zinc oxide, and wherein the coating materials comprise a combination of (i) silicon dioxide, (ii) magnesium fluoride, (iii) one or more fluoropolymers, (iv) aluminum oxide, (v) zinc sulfide, and (vi) titanium dioxide.

Abstract: Chemical sensors and methods of forming and making the same include a semiconductor substrate having an input terminal and an output terminal. A negative capacitance structure is positioned on the semiconductor substrate and is configured to control a current passing from the input terminal to the output terminal. A functionalized electrode is in electrical contact with the negative capacitance structure and is configured to change surface potential in the presence of an analyte, such that a phase change in the negative capacitance structure is triggered when the surface potential exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: Zinc oxide compositions as well as techniques for plasmonic enhancement of zinc oxide light absorption for sunscreen applications are provided herein. One example method includes selecting one or more metal particles to be used in conjunction with one or more zinc oxide particles in a sunscreen composition, wherein said selecting is based on the plasmon resonance frequency associated with each of the metal particles, and blending the metal particles and the zinc oxide particles within a medium to create the sunscreen composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of acquiring the rock component content in a stratum, the method comprising: on the basis of acquired element capture spectroscopy logging data, performing normalization processing on each element yield in the stratum rock components; on the basis of an element yield curve obtained from the normalization processing and a pre-established stratum rock interpretation model, establishing a logging curve response equation set; and utilizing the established logging curve response equation set and an optimization algorithm, calculating the content of a rock component in a stratum. The method and device can directly process element yield data of element capture spectroscopy logging, and can improve the accuracy of calculating the rock component in a stratum.

Abstract: A gradient wettability tool and a fabrication process thereof are disclosed, the gradient wettability tool comprising a tool body and a lyophobic layer arranged on a surface of the tool body. A lyophilic micro-texture is arranged on a part of a surface of the lyophobic layer, and comprises main trapezoid grooves, a wide end of which is arranged in a tool-chip interface of the tool with a distance of 1 to 200 ?m from a midpoint of the wide end of the groove to a cutting edge of the tool, and inward-radiated trapezoid microgrooves, a wide end of which is arranged to be connected to a narrow end of the main trapezoid groove. The gradient wettability tool allows directional transport of a cutting fluid and reduction of friction forces at tool-workpiece and tool-chip interfaces, and thus provides wear reduction.

Abstract: Methods for filling a substrate feature with a seamless dielectric gap fill are described. Methods comprise sequentially depositing a film with a seam, etching the the film to form a recess, and depositing a second film in the recess to form a seamless gap fill.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for forming a conformal SiOC film on a surface are described. A SiCN film is formed on a substrate surface and exposed to a steam annealing process to decrease the nitrogen content, increase the oxygen content and leave the carbon content about the same. The annealed film has one or more of the wet etch rate or dielectric constant of the film.

Abstract: Zinc oxide compositions as well as techniques for plasmonic enhancement of zinc oxide light absorption for sunscreen applications are provided herein. One example method includes selecting one or more metal particles to be used in conjunction with one or more zinc oxide particles in a sunscreen composition, wherein said selecting is based on the plasmon resonance frequency associated with each of the metal particles; and coating at least one portion of the surface of each of the one or more zinc oxide particles with the metal particles. Another example method includes selecting one or more metal particles to be used in conjunction with one or more zinc oxide particles in a sunscreen composition, wherein said selecting is based on the plasmon resonance frequency associated with each of the metal particles; and blending the metal particles and the zinc oxide particles within a medium to create the sunscreen composition.

Abstract: Methods and systems for sensor calibration and sensor glucose (SG) fusion are used advantageously to improve the accuracy and reliability of orthogonally redundant glucose sensor devices, which may include optical and electrochemical glucose sensors. Calibration for both sensors may be achieved via fixed-offset and/or dynamic regression methodologies, depending, e.g., on sensor stability and Isig-Ratio pair correlation. For SG fusion, respective integrity checks may be performed for SG values from the optical and electrochemical sensors, and the SG values calibrated if the integrity checks are passed. Integrity checks may include checking for sensitivity loss, noise, and drift. If the integrity checks are failed, in-line sensor mapping between the electrochemical and optical sensors may be performed prior to calibration.

Abstract: A method of forming a photovoltaic device that includes epitaxially growing a first conductivity type semiconductor material of a type III-V semiconductor on a semiconductor substrate. The first conductivity type semiconductor material continuously extending along an entirety of the semiconductor substrate in a plurality of triangular shaped islands; and conformally forming a layer of type III-V semiconductor material having a second conductivity type on the plurality of triangular shaped islands.

Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, media, and computer readable instructions are described for local image tagging in a resource constrained environment. One embodiment involves processing image data using a deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) comprising at least a first subgraph and a second subgraph, the first subgraph comprising at least a first layer and a second layer, processing, the image data using at least the first layer of the first subgraph to generate first intermediate output data; processing, by the mobile device, the first intermediate output data using at least the second layer of the first subgraph to generate first subgraph output data, and in response to a determination that each layer reliant on the first intermediate data have completed processing, deleting the first intermediate data from the mobile device. Additional embodiments involve convolving entire pixel resolutions of the image data against kernels in different layers if the DCNN.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for image processing are described. The method may include identifying a face in a first image based on identifying one or more biometric features of the face, determining an angular direction of one or more pixels of the identified face, identifying an anchor point on the identified face, sorting each of one or more pixels of the identified face into one of a set of pixel bins based on a combination of the determined angular direction of the pixel and a distance between the pixel and the identified anchor point, and outputting an indication of authenticity associated with the face based on a number of pixels in each bin.

Abstract: An acoustic environment identification system is disclosed that can use neural networks to accurately identify environments. The acoustic environment identification system can use one or more convolutional neural networks to generate audio feature data. A recursive neural network can process the audio feature data to generate characterization data. The characterization data can he modified using a weighting system that weights signature data items. Classification neural networks can be used to generate a classification of an environment.