Abstract: A method including: storing results of a task in a pipeline executed in a container running in a computing environment; generating a check point for the task; and re-executing the pipeline from the check point for the task reusing the results.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for a transport block (TB) processing over multiple slots (TBoMS) that can accomplish coverage enhancement are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes configuring, by a communication node, a time domain resource assignment list that indicates a number of single slot repetitions for a single slot repetition transmission and a number of slots allocated for transport block processing over multiple slots, and transmitting a message based on the time domain resource assignment list.

Abstract: An air conditioning system includes an outdoor unit and an indoor unit. The outdoor unit includes a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, a first expansion valve, a third expansion valve, and a subcooling heat exchanger. The indoor unit includes an indoor heat exchanger and a second expansion valve. In a cooling mode, the outdoor unit is configured to adjust an opening degree of the first expansion valve according to a relationship between a first difference and a first preset value; adjust an opening degree of the second expansion valve according to a relationship between a second difference and a second preset value; and adjust an opening degree of the third expansion valve according to a relationship between a third difference and a third preset value.

Abstract: Reusing containers is provided. It is communicated to a pipeline workload manager that a particular container has finished running a step of a pipeline workload using an agent daemon of the particular container. Pipeline workload information corresponding to the pipeline workload is checked using the pipeline workload manager to determine whether the particular container can be reused to run a particular step in a different pipeline workload. The particular container is provided to be reused to run the particular step in the different pipeline workload without having to perform a prepare container environment sub-step of that particular step based on determining that the particular container can be reused to run that particular step in the different pipeline workload according to the pipeline workload information.

Abstract: Provided are a time domain resource allocation method and apparatus. The method includes the following operations. A terminal acquires at least one of first information including search space configuration information, control resource set (CORESET) configuration information, and a bandwidth part type. A PDSCH time domain resource allocation table is subsequently determined according to the first information and a multiplexing pattern between a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) and a CORESET.

Abstract: A laser device for providing light to a LiDAR system comprises a plurality of seed lasers configured to provide multiple seed light beams, at least two of the seed light beams having different wavelengths. An amplifier is optically coupled to the plurality of seed lasers to receive the multiple seed light beams. A power pump is configured to provide pump power to the amplifier, where the amplifier amplifies the multiple seed light beams using the pump power to obtain amplified light beams. A second light coupling unit is configured to demultiplex the amplified light beams to obtain a plurality of output light beams, at least two of the output light beams having wavelengths corresponding to the wavelengths of the at least two seed light beams.

Abstract: A display device including a substrate, a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, and a transparent electrode layer that are sequentially stacked is provided. The cholesteric liquid crystal layer includes cholesteric liquid crystal molecules and a plurality of transparent photoresist structures. Each of the transparent photoresist structures is a closed structure, and the cholesteric liquid crystal molecules are respectively accommodated in a plurality of patterned areas respectively surrounded by the transparent photoresist structures, so as to form a plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal patterns. The transparent electrode layer includes a plurality of sub-electrodes. The cholesteric liquid crystal patterns are respectively driven by the sub-electrodes. An orthogonal projection of each of the transparent photoresist structures on the substrate falls in an orthogonal projection of a corresponding sub-electrode of the sub-electrodes on the substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a method for retrieving a lost-of-contact mobile terminal. The method is applied to a first control terminal, and includes: receiving a first lost-of-contact distress signal a first mobile terminal forwarded by a server; displaying a help seeking interface; sending, in response to a help-retrieving instruction, a first help-retrieving request to the server; and receiving a first confirmation help message from a second control terminal from the server, wherein the first confirmation help message indicates that the second control terminal agrees to help retrieve the first mobile terminal.

Abstract: Method, computer program product, and computer system are provided. Traffic is collected against a NoSQL database by an activity collector. A database transaction log is periodically extracted and analyzed. The collected traffic and the analyzed database transaction log are input to building a knowledge base of database access patterns. Current traffic is captured and used to compute an activity threshold. Traffic is directed to a workload processor based on the activity threshold. Traffic is directed to an intensive insert/update/delete (IUD) processor in response to the activity threshold exceeding a configured threshold. A plurality of temporary shards is generated along with an adaptive key and adaptive index in the plurality of temporary shards. The intensive IUD processor traffic is re-directed to the plurality of temporary shards while the activity threshold exceeds the configured threshold.

Abstract: A region recognition method includes obtaining a scene image of a scene to-be-recognized; determining a specified boundary curve of the scene image; generating a contour map corresponding to the scene image according to the specified boundary curve; and determining a target region in the scene according to the contour map.

Abstract: A method for cutting or extracting video clips from a video, including the audio content relevant to points of particular interest, and combining the same for instruction or training on particular points; a computing device applying the method extracts text information from the spoken audio content of a video to be cut and obtains multiple paragraph segmentation positions as candidates for inclusion in a desired and finished presentation by analyzing the information from text representing the spoken audio content, the analysis being carried out by a semantic segmentation model. Candidate items of text are obtained by isolating pieces of text according to the paragraph segmentation positions. Time stamps of the candidate text segments are acquired, and candidate video clips are obtained by cutting the video according to the acquired time stamps.

Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, system, and computer program product manages updates to images. A computer system determines shared layers present between the images selected for update management. The images comprise executable code that are run to create containers. The computer system detects a change in a shared layer in the shared layers for an image in the images. The computer system updates the shared layer in the shared layers in a set of the images having the shared layer in response to detecting the change to the shared layer for the image. According to other illustrative embodiments, a computer system and a computer program product for managing updates to images are provided.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for redundantly storing and authenticating event related video data from one or more cameras using a video recording manager device. Additional copies of event related video data are persisted across various storage devices including any combination of internal camera storage, remote storage, and one or more storage mediums associated with the video recording manager device. The stored video data is augmented with authentication metadata to preserve the authenticity such that the video data is suitable as evidence.

Abstract: Provided are a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack and an electric device. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution configured to infiltrate the electrode assembly, wherein the electrode assembly includes a negative electrode plate, a separation film and a positive electrode plate, and the negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode material layer located on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector; and by setting a tortuosity of the negative electrode plate as ?, the ? satisfies Formula I below: ?=0.5(?)????Formula I where, ? is a porosity of the negative electrode material layer, and ? is a Bruggeman index of the negative electrode material layer, and the ? and a conductivity ? of the electrolytic solution satisfy Formula II below: (2?)0.5+6???(2?)0.5+10??Formula II. Therefore, the secondary battery has an excellent fast-charging performance.

Abstract: Method, computer program product, and computer system are provided. Traffic is collected against a NoSQL database by an activity collector. A database transaction log is periodically extracted and analyzed. The collected traffic and the analyzed database transaction log are input to building a knowledge base of database access patterns. Current traffic is captured and used to compute an activity threshold. Traffic is directed to a workload processor based on the activity threshold. Traffic is directed to an intensive insert/update/delete (IUD) processor in response to the activity threshold exceeding a configured threshold. A plurality of temporary shards is generated along with an adaptive key and adaptive index in the plurality of temporary shards. The intensive IUD processor traffic is re-directed to the plurality of temporary shards while the activity threshold exceeds the configured threshold.

Abstract: Provided is a method for processing video data. The method includes: acquiring a second outline of at least one object in an (n+1)th image frame of a to-be-compressed video data group based on a fuzzy algorithm; determining a motion vector of the at least one object according to the second outline and a first outline of the at least one object in an nth image frame of the to-be-compressed video data group; acquiring compressed video data according to the motion vector and a start image frame of to-be-compressed video data; and sending the compressed video data to an apparatus for displaying images.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods, system, and devices for collision resolution in configuring time-frequency resource in a half-duplex and/or full-duplex telecommunication system. The method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a first message which is used to resolve a collision between a first transmission in a first frequency resource region and a second transmission in a second frequency resource region, wherein the first and second transmissions overlap in a time domain; and determining, by the UE based on the first message, to transmit one of the first transmission and the second transmission, wherein transmission directions of the first transmission and the second transmission are different.

Abstract: File system performance enhancement is provided. Information related to a container of the computer accessing a file in a layer of a file system of an image corresponding to the container is recorded to form recorded file system layer access information. The recorded file system layer access information is shared with another file system of a container image corresponding to a different container on the computer. The container image is a same image as the image corresponding to the container that accessed the file to perform an operation associated with a cloud application.

Abstract: A grafted polypropylene resin is prepared by a grafting reaction of a polar monomer capable of absorbing microwave so as to raise its temperature in a microwave field to more than 200° C. and a solid polypropylene resin using microwave irradiation without adding an initiator. The polar grafted polypropylene resin that does not contain initiator residues and does not have a significant reduction in molecular mass compared with a resin before grafting is obtained.

Abstract: In some implementations, one or more semiconductor processing tools may form a metal cap on a metal gate. The one or more semiconductor processing tools may form one or more dielectric layers on the metal cap. The one or more semiconductor processing tools may form a recess to the metal cap within the one or more dielectric layers. The one or more semiconductor processing tools may perform a bottom-up deposition of metal material on the metal cap to form a metal plug within the recess and directly on the metal cap.