Abstract: Disclosed herein are a solder alloy composition comprising Sn—Bi—In base solder particles. The Sn—Bi—In base solder particles is characterized by having an average diameter less than 10 ?m, and the Sn—Bi—In base alloy comprises 12-22% of Sn, 33-43% of Bi and 45-55% by weight. Also disclosed herein is a method for producing the Sn—Bi—In base solder particles. The method mainly includes the steps of, sintering a mixture comprising tin (Sn), bismuth (Bi) and indium (In) at a designated weight ratio to produce a bulk alloy; dissolving the bulk alloy to produce an alloy solution; and subjected the alloy solution to ultrasonication at a first temperature of about 65-85° C. and then cooling at a second temperature of about 0-25° C., thereby produces the present Sn—Bi—In base solder particles.

Abstract: Examples for operationalization of memories using memory information sets are described. In an example, a memory information set corresponding to a first memory in a computing device may be selected from amongst a plurality of memory information sets. The selected memory information set may be loaded into a second memory of the computing device, for operationalizing the first memory. The second memory may also store instructions usable for starting the computing device.

Abstract: A resin composition and a cured film are provided. The resin composition includes a resin (A), a crosslinking agent (B), a surfactant (C), an additive (D) and a solvent (E). The resin (A) includes at least one of a phenol-based resin (A-1) and a polystyrene resin including a hydroxyl group (A-2). The additive (D) includes a fluoro-based phenol (D-1), a polyhydroxyphenol resin (D-2), a compound including an epoxy group (D-3), a polyether resin (D-4), a thermal acid generator including a sulfonate ion (D-5), or a combination thereof.

Abstract: Examples of updating a device firmware of an electronic device, based on a firmware update are described. The device firmware may include a device firmware volume comprising a plurality of device firmware files and a device firmware descriptor corresponding to content of the device firmware volume. The firmware update may also include a firmware update volume comprising a plurality of updated firmware files, and a firmware update descriptor comprising a hash value of content of the firmware update volume. Further, the device firmware volume may be updated based on a comparison between the hash value of the firmware update volume with the corresponding hash value of the device firmware volume.

Abstract: Provided are an NLP-based method for constructing a variant literature interpretation knowledge base, an interpretation method, and an electronic device. The method for constructing the variant literature interpretation knowledge base includes: obtaining disease-related literature; constructing, based on the disease-related literature, a database of entities associated with genes and variants; constructing a literature evidence knowledge graph for interpretation of variant literature; and performing evidence extraction on the literature evidence knowledge graph to obtain evidence corresponding to an entity, and constructing, based on the evidence and the database, the variant literature interpretation knowledge base. In this way, the literature evidences can be more comprehensive and systematic.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device structure for automatically opening and closing a wastewater tank valve of a cleaning machine, including a cleaning machine body which is provided with a water-air separation chamber at a top and is detachably mounted with a wastewater tank at a bottom, the water-air separation chamber is provided with one end connected to a water drawing pipe and the other end connected to a main motor having a suction function, and provided with a drain port at a bottom end, the wastewater tank is provided with a wastewater tank inlet at a top end, and the drain port is communicated with the wastewater tank inlet. The wastewater tank inlet is cooperated with a water closing valve which is connected to a drive device, the drive device is capable of driving the water closing valve to open and close the wastewater tank inlet.

Abstract: A computing device includes computing modules, each of which comprises a plurality of neuron populations. The computing module is configured to project the input spike train which is weighted by a first weight matrix to a first neuron population through a multi-synapse projection. The multi-synapse projection has at least two different and positive synaptic time constants, or at least two different synaptic transmission delays. In order to realize time-domain convolution in a spiking neural network with low hardware resource consumption, a multi-synaptic projection technology means with different synaptic time constants is proposed. On this basis, a waveform-aware spike neural network for time-domain signal processing characterized by residual connections and skip connections is further proposed. Through these technical means, the performance gap between SNN and ANN is bridged, and SNN with performance reaching or close to ANN is obtained.

Abstract: An ethylene copolymer and a method for preparing same, and a composition, crosslinked polymer, and tire containing said ethylene copolymer are provided. The ethylene copolymer contains an ethylene structural unit derived from ethylene and a conjugated diene structural unit derived from a conjugated diene. Taking the total amount of said ethylene copolymer as the reference, the content of said conjugated diene structural unit is 25-45 mol %. The conjugated diene is formed by 1,2-polymerization and the content of 1,2-polymeric vinyl structural units having side chain double bonds is 20-40 mol %. Taking the total number of conjugated diene structural units in the ethylene copolymer as the reference. The total amount of said 1,2-polymeric structural units is 95 mol % or more, and the ethylene copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of 20,000 to 300,000.

Abstract: Techniques for facilitating inter-cloud federated learning (FL) are provided. In one set of embodiments, these techniques comprise an FL lifecycle manager that enables users to centrally manage the lifecycles of FL components across different cloud platforms. The lifecycle management operations enabled by the FL lifecycle manager can include deploying/installing FL components on the cloud platforms, updating the components, and uninstalling the components. In a further set of embodiments, these techniques comprise an FL job manager that enables users to centrally manage the execution of FL training runs (i.e., FL jobs) on FL components that have been deployed via the FL lifecycle manager. For example, the FL job manager can enable users to define the parameters and configuration of an FL job, initiate the job, monitor the job's status, take actions on the running job, and collect the job's results.

Abstract: A system, method and a tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium adapted to be executed by a processor for providing contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) images is described. The CEUS system includes an ultrasound probe adapted to provide the ultrasound images; a processor; a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions, which when executed by the processor causes the processor to: determine out-of-plane frames of the ultrasound images; remove the out-of-plane frames from the ultrasound images based on a criterion to provide an optimized set of frames; and a display in communication with the processor and configured to display the optimized set of frames.

Abstract: In an aspect, a position estimation entity may obtain a first differential round trip time (RTT) measurement based on a first RTT measurement between a user equipment (UE) and a first wireless node and a second RTT measurement between the UE and a second wireless node, may obtain a second differential RTT measurement based on a third RTT measurement between a third wireless node and the first wireless node and a fourth RTT measurement between the third wireless node and the second wireless node, and may determine a positioning estimate of the UE based at least in part on the first differential RTT measurement and the second differential RTT measurement.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory is provided. The semiconductor memory comprises a memory chip and a voltage regulation unit. The memory chip includes at least a storage array and the voltage regulation unit includes at least an operational amplifier. The voltage regulation unit is configured to convert an external input first voltage into a second voltage to be provided to a word line driver circuit associated with the memory chip. The first voltage is greater than the second voltage. According to the semiconductor memory provided, power consumption of the memory chip (or the semiconductor memory) is reduced and the second voltage provided to the word line driver circuit reaches a threshold voltage.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to systems, compositions and methods for providing nutrients, root proliferants, crop protection agents and other crop inputs for a plant. The disclosure also relates to methods for increasing the uptake of a crop active compound into a growing plant.

Abstract: A knitted component having a first region located adjacent to a perimeter edge of the article, where the first region of the knitted component includes an inner surface and an outer surface. The outer surface may include a fused area formed with a thermoformed thermoplastic material included with a first yarn. The inner surface may be at least partially formed with the second yarn and may substantially exclude the thermoplastic material.

Abstract: A method, system, and device for managing off-grid power supply are provided. The method includes acquiring data from one or more loads. The one or more loads are connected to the off-grid power supply. The method further includes modeling the one or more loads based on the acquired data, estimating a state of charge of an energy storage device (ESD) associated with the off-grid power supply, and determining an operational status of each of the one or more loads. The operational status is based on at least the state of charge of the ESD and a category of each of the one or more loads. Each load is controlled based on the operational status.

Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to predict a time to failure of a vehicle component according to a damage model generated from vehicle operating data, based on the predicted time to failure, retrieve a schematic of the vehicle component and input the schematic to an additive printer to manufacture a replacement vehicle component, and replace the vehicle component with the replacement vehicle component according to maintenance instructions that, based at least in part on the predicted time to failure, specify a time and location to replace the vehicle component.

Abstract: A monitoring device may receive sensor information, associated with an optical device included in a high-power fiber laser, from a set of sensors associated with the optical device. The monitoring device may determine, based on the sensor information, a set of operational properties of the optical device. The set of operational properties may include: a health property that describes a health of one or more components of the optical device, a degradation property that describes degradation of one or more components of the optical device, an environmental property that describes an environment of the optical device, or a process property associated with a process in which the optical device is being used. The monitoring device may identify whether an operational property, of the set of operational properties, satisfies a condition, and may selectively perform a monitoring action based on whether the operational property satisfies the condition.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a system and method for testing the spatial distribution uniformity of an alkali metal atom number density of an atom magnetometer. The system includes a detection laser, a laser beam expanding system, a polarizing element, a magnetic shielding system, an alkali metal atom gas chamber, a beam profile camera, a beam splitting prism, etc., which are sequentially arranged in a light advancing direction. In the method, based on an optical absorption principle, light intensity attenuations of linearly polarized light before and after passing through the alkali metal gas chamber are tested by using the beam profile camera with pixels in the level of um, a two-dimensional distribution matrix of an atom number density in space is calculated, and the distribution uniformity of the atom number density is analyzed by using a discrete coefficient.

Abstract: An array substrate including a plurality of pixel units arranged in a matrix is provided. Each pixel unit at least includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel that emit light of different colors, the first sub-pixel has a lower luminous efficiency than the second and third sub-pixels. The array substrate further comprises a plurality of first gate lines and a plurality of second gate lines that correspond to respective rows of pixel units of the plurality of pixel units. The first sub-pixel in each row of pixel units of the plurality of pixel units is coupled to a first gate line of the plurality of first gate lines, and the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the row of pixel units of the plurality of pixel units are both coupled to a second gate line of the plurality of second gate lines.

Abstract: A keyswitch structure includes a base plate, a keycap, and a keycap support mechanism that supports the keycap above the base plate in a vertical direction. The keycap and the keycap support mechanism extend lengthwise in a lengthwise direction. The keycap support mechanism includes an outer support and an inner support pivotally connected to each other. The outer support surrounds the inner support. The inner support includes a support body and a reinforcement part. The reinforcement part is embedded in the support body. The reinforcement part is greater in elastic modulus than the support body. The inner support defines a side connection section on both sides of the inner support in the lengthwise direction. Each side connection section includes at least one base plate connecting portion and at least one keycap connecting portion. The reinforcement part extends into the two side connection sections.