Abstract: A method of rapid constructing human cerebral cortical organoids by 3D bioprinting and an application including preparing microfluidic chips, preparation of hydrogel of human cerebral cortical organoids, and printing of human cerebral cortical organoids. The microfluidic chip comprises a mixed-flow channel layer, liquid pool layer, microporous array layer, human cerebral cortical organoid culture layer, and culture medium recovery layer; the human cerebral cortical organoid hydrogel has gelatin, alginate, and hyaluronic acid; printing directly human cerebral cortical organoids in microfluidic chips by FRESH printing method, obtaining human cerebral cortical organoid chips after packaging. The application directly constructs large-scale human cerebral cortex-like with three layers of mutually connected structures in situ in organ chip through 3D bioprinting, simulates cerebrospinal fluid circulation through perfusion culture.

Abstract: Disclosed are a parallel acceleration method for a memristor-based neural network, a parallel acceleration processor based on a memristor-based neural network and a parallel acceleration device based on a memristor-based neural network. The neural network includes a plurality of functional layers sequentially provided, wherein the plurality of functional layers include a first functional layer and a second functional layer following the first functional layer, the first functional layer includes a plurality of first memristor arrays in parallel, and the plurality of first memristor arrays are configured to execute an operation of the first functional layer in parallel and to output a result of the operation to the second functional layer. The parallel acceleration method includes: executing the operation of the first functional layer in parallel via the plurality of first memristor arrays and outputting the result of the operation to the second functional layer.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to two-dimensional conformal optically-fed phased arrays and methods for manufacturing the same. The method includes providing a wafer substrate, depositing a first cladding layer on the wafer substrate, and depositing a core layer on the first cladding layer. The method further includes photolithographically patterning the core layer to provide a plurality of optical waveguide cores, and depositing a second cladding layer on the core layer to cover the plurality of optical waveguide cores to provide a plurality of optical waveguides. In addition, the method includes forming a plurality of antennas on the second cladding layer, each antenna of the plurality of antennas located near a termination of a corresponding optical waveguide of the plurality of optical waveguides, and providing a plurality of photodiodes on the second cladding layer, each photodiode of the plurality of photodiodes connected to a corresponding antenna.

Abstract: A method for preparing a shell-bionic ceramic tool and a shell-bionic ceramic tool, wherein the shell-bionic ceramic tool includes alternating stacks of ceramic powders with different components, pressing a ceramic green body using a cold briquetting method, carrying out pre-pressing once using a graphite indenter on a working surface thereof after each layer of the ceramic powder being loaded, and pressing a last layer using a graphite rod, and then pressing a whole ceramic green body with a certain pressure to promote a bonding of the layers of ceramic powder, which in turn gives a complex shape to an interface between the layers, increases a bonding area between the layers, and plays the role of hindering crack expansion, extending the crack expansion path, and improving the bonding strength of the interface; after then, hot-pressed sintering is used to densify the ceramic green body to obtain the shell-bionic ceramic tool.

Abstract: A photocurable composite hydrogel matrix precursor, a preparation method thereof and a scaffold with same. The photocurable composite hydrogel matrix precursor includes gelatin methacrylate, sodium alginate, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and chondroitin sulfate, where the mass ratio of a photoinitiator to the gelatin methacrylate to the sodium alginate to the sodium carboxymethyl cellulose to the chondroitin sulfate is (0.2-0.3):(8-10):(1-3):(0.6-0.8):(0.05-0.07).

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to two-dimensional conformal optically-fed phased arrays and methods for manufacturing the same. The method includes providing a substrate, depositing a first cladding layer on the substrate, and depositing a core layer on the first cladding layer. The method further includes photolithographically patterning the core layer to provide a plurality of optical waveguide cores, and depositing a second cladding layer on the core layer to cover the plurality of optical waveguide cores to provide a plurality of optical waveguides. In addition, the method includes forming a plurality of antennas on the second cladding layer, each antenna of the plurality of antennas located near a termination of a corresponding optical waveguide of the plurality of optical waveguides, and providing a plurality of photodiodes on the second cladding layer, each photodiode of the plurality of photodiodes connected to a corresponding antenna.

Abstract: A BTA drilling quick-stop device (QSD) and a method, wherein the BTA drilling QSD includes a base. The base includes a hollow cavity. A side portion of the base has an opening communicating with the hollow cavity. The opening is closed by a through cover. A horizontally movable fixture is disposed in the hollow cavity. A stopper is disposed at a top portion of the base. A bottom portion of the stopper is disposed lower than a top portion of the fixture to stop the fixture from moving during processing. An elastic element is disposed between the through cover and a side portion of the fixture to push the fixture to move after processing.

Abstract: A method for preparing a shell-bionic ceramic tool and a shell-bionic ceramic tool, wherein the shell-bionic ceramic tool includes alternating stacks of ceramic powders with different components, pressing a ceramic green body using a cold briquetting method, carrying out pre-pressing once using a graphite indenter on a working surface thereof after each layer of the ceramic powder being loaded, and pressing a last layer using a graphite rod, and then pressing a whole ceramic green body with a certain pressure to promote a bonding of the layers of ceramic powder, which in turn gives a complex shape to an interface between the layers, increases a bonding area between the layers, and plays the role of hindering crack expansion, extending the crack expansion path, and improving the bonding strength of the interface; after then, hot-pressed sintering is used to densify the ceramic green body to obtain the shell-bionic ceramic tool.

Abstract: A hydrogel for cell-laden bioprinting, bioink, and a preparation method and an application thereof, relates to the technical field of biomedical polymer hydrogels. The hydrogel for cell-laden bioprinting is polymer gel formed by adding a cell-specific material into a matrix of alginate and gelatin and crosslinking and curing, wherein the cell-specific material is polypeptide selected according to different laden cells. The structures printed using the hydrogel may have the advantages such as adjustable mechanical properties, adjustable porosity, high biocompatibility, high printing accuracy, and high customizability, which may widely support the printing of human tissues and organs such as spinal cord, cartilage, and heart, and has good prospects for applications in tissue repair, organ transplantation and so on.

Abstract: A system and method for estimating text intelligibility for content provided by a computing resource. A method includes obtaining a text object from a computing resource, the object being configurable for display on at least one client device. Analyzing the text object for intelligibility, including: applying a weight to each character in the text object based on modeled Unicode weights, the modeled Unicode weights being determined from an analysis of a set of domain resources; determining a total weight for the text object based on the weight applied to each character; determining a viability rate for words in the text object; and generating an intelligibility analysis for the text object based on the total weight and viability rate; and effectuating an operational change at the computing resource based on the intelligibility analysis.

Abstract: In one aspect, an example methodology implementing the disclosed techniques can include, by a computing device, determining a topic of an electronic messaging session and determining whether a message including an image is being sent within the messaging session. The method can also include, responsive to a determination of a sending of a message including an image within the messaging session, by the computing device, determining contents of the image associated with the topic of the messaging session, generating a thumbnail image to include the contents of the image associated with the topic of the messaging session, and sending the generated thumbnail image with the message to another computing device. The another computing device can be a client associated with a recipient of the message.

Abstract: An alumina-based ceramic tool material with low thermal expansion and a preparation process thereof, accordingly, the ceramic tool material may have both the high hardness of alumina ceramics after the hot pressing sintering, and reduces the thermal expansion coefficient of the overall ceramic material by adding the Sc2W3O12 as the negative thermal expansion phase, which improves the thermal shock resistance of ceramic tools in high-speed cutting engineering and meets the requirements of large temperature range during the machining of nickel-based superalloys. Moreover, the composite material does not use metal binder and has strong thermal stability even in the high-speed machining under extreme heat-force-chemistry coupling, so it has a high machining compatibility for nickel-based superalloys.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing application hotspots on an endpoint device are presented. A computing device may provide an endpoint device with access to a remote application. The remote application may be hosted on the computing device and displayable on the endpoint device in a form of a user interface. The computing device determine an adjustment to the user interface based on coordinates of a feature of user interface and a screen size of the endpoint device. The computing device may provide data to the endpoint device to render the user interface thereon. The user interface may include an element different than the feature and configured to initiate the determined adjustment to the user interface.

Abstract: A lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) optical waveguide including a first region, a second region, and a third region, a substrate layer extending across the first region, the second region, and the third region, and a first cladding layer disposed on the substrate layer across the first region, the second region, and the third region. The LNOI optical waveguide further includes a lithium niobate (LN) layer disposed on the first cladding layer across the first region and the second region.

Abstract: Disclosed are an online analysis system and method for a line loss of a transmission line. The system includes: a terminal extension and a terminal host, where time information synchronization between the terminal extension and the terminal host and between terminal extensions is performed by a clock synchronization module, and communication between the terminal extension and the terminal host and between the terminal extensions is performed by a communications module; and a line loss management platform, configured to receive measurement data of the terminal extension and the terminal host, match time information in the measurement data, and if time information in the measurement data of the terminal extension and the terminal host is matched, and time information in measurement data of the terminal extensions is matched, determine corresponding line loss information based on corresponding measurement information.

Abstract: A monocrystalline silicon micro-nano dual-scale anti-reflection texture and a preparation method therefor. The preparation method combines nanosecond-laser-assisted waterjet near-damage-free processing and femtosecond laser scanning, and subsurface damage caused by a re-cast layer phenomenon and a hot crack in a monocrystalline silicon laser texturing process can be effectively reduced by combining a nanosecond-laser-assisted waterjet near-damage-free processing technology and an ultra-short pulse femtosecond laser cold processing technology; and meanwhile, a micro-scale frame structure and a nano-scale structure can be flexibly modified respectively by adjusting nanosecond-laser-assisted waterjet technological parameters and femtosecond laser technological parameters, a geometry light trapping effect and an effective dielectric effect can be achieved in a micro-nano dual-scale hybrid structure at the same time, and surface reflection is reduced.

Abstract: A composite hydrogel for light-cured 3D cell-laden printing and a preparation method and application thereof. The composite hydrogel of the present disclosure combines advantages of gelatin methacryloyl, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, hyaluronic acid-glutamic acid polymer, and the like. The provided composite hydrogel for 3D printing has the characteristics of low toxicity, good biocompatibility and adjustable mechanical properties, can provide cells with a three-dimensional living environment, promotes cell adhesion and migration on gradient scaffolds, and is suitable for tissue engineering scaffolds and cell-laden printing of tissues. The printing process of a scaffold is simple and can be completed within a short time, and the porosity and mechanical properties of the 3D printed hydrogel scaffold can be adjusted by adjusting the proportion of HA-Glu and Col in the hydrogel system.

Abstract: Systems and methods for inactivity logoff adjustment based on scheduled events are provided. A device can include one or more processors, coupled to memory. The device can detect a condition to terminate, at a first timestamp, a computing session established by the one or more processors. The device can identify, responsive to detection of the condition and prior to termination of the computing session, an event for execution in the computing session at a second timestamp subsequent to the first timestamp. The device can provide, based on a difference between the second timestamp and the first timestamp less than or equal to a threshold, a user interface element configured to extend the computing session to at least the second timestamp.

Abstract: A website access workflow includes receiving, from a browser associated with a user, a Universal Resource Locator (URL) associated with a website; comparing the URL with at least one domain name in a user domain name list associated with the user to determine whether the URL exists in the domain name list; in response to determining that the URL does not exist in the user domain name list, adding the URL to the user domain name list; and in response to a visit count representing a number of visits to the URL by the user being less than a threshold value, causing the browser to display a warning message. In response to receiving, from the browser, a user confirmation that the website is not malicious, the workflow includes sending permission to the browser to access the website using the URL and incrementing the visit count by one.

Abstract: A crack self-healing functionally gradient material for ceramic cutting tools and a preparation method thereof. The material for ceramic cutting tools has a symmetrical gradient structure, and based on the percentage by mass, components of each layer include 50%-80% of Ti(C7,N3), 25%-5% of (W7,Ti3)C and 20%-0% of TiSi2; contents of components of layers that are symmetrical relative to a central layer are the same and a thickness is symmetrically distributed; a content of Ti(C7,N3) gradually increases from the surface layer to the central layer, contents of (W7,Ti3)C and Ti Si2 gradually decrease by 5% from the surface layer to the central layer, and the contents of Ni and Mo gradually increase from the surface layer to the central layer.