Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing localized fat deposits in a subject in need thereof in need thereof by topically treating the subject with rare-earth element doped calcium carbonate particles in combination with low-intensity ultrasound. The rare-earth element doped calcium carbonate particles have good biocompatibility and can increase reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and produce carbon dioxide (CO2) and calcium ions (Ca2+) in the region of administration under the ultrasonic irradiation. The method of the present invention is effective in inducing adipocyte necrosis, inhibiting adipogenesis, and decreasing body weight and useful for body sculpture.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes forming a plurality of dummy structures spaced apart from each other, forming a plurality of dielectric spacers laterally covering the dummy structures to form a plurality of trenches defined by the dielectric spacers, filling a conductive material into the trenches to form electrically conductive features, selectively depositing a capping material on the electrically conductive features to form a capping layer, removing the dummy structures to form a plurality of recesses defined by the dielectric spacers, filling a sacrificial material into the recesses so as to form sacrificial features, depositing a sustaining layer on the sacrificial features, and removing the sacrificial features to form air gaps confined by the sustaining layer and the dielectric spacers.

Abstract: Disclosed is recombinant Escherichia coli for producing L-tyrosine and application thereof, and belongs to the technical fields of genetic engineering and bioengineering. According to the present disclosure, genes aroP and tyrP are knocked out, expresses the endogenous gene yddG of E. coli, then heterologously expresses fpk from Bifidobacterium adolescentis, expresses the endogenous genes ppsA and tktA of E. coli, and then expresses aroGfbr and tyrAfbr. Knocking out tyrR, trpE and pheA, so that the synthesis flux of L-tyrosine is increased. Finally, an endogenous gene poxB is knocked out to realize stable fermentation performance at high glucose concentration.

Abstract: A body structure of a portable computer including a case, a keyboard module, a touch pad module, and a cover. The case has an inner surface and an exterior surface opposite to each other, and the exterior surface is exposed to an outer environment. The case further has a first receiving opening, a second receiving opening, and a rib structure separating the first and the second receiving openings. The keyboard module is assembled to the second receiving opening from the exterior surface and locked at the rib structure. The touch pad module is assembled to the first receiving opening from the exterior surface and locked at the rib structure. The cover is assembled to the case and covers the rib structure.

Abstract: A flexible storage system. A storage motherboard accommodates, on a suitable connector, a storage adapter circuit that provides protocol translation between a host bus interface and a storage interface, and that provides routing, to accommodate a plurality of mass storage devices that may be connected to the storage adapter circuit through the storage motherboard. The storage adapter circuit may be replaced with a circuit supporting a different host interface or a different storage interface.

Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure includes a communication system and a communication method using reconfigurable intelligent surface and a reconfigurable intelligent surface device. The communication system includes at least one base station, a reconfigurable intelligent surface device, and a control at one least device. The at least one base station respectively transmits at least one beam. The reconfigurable intelligent surface device is coupled to the at least one base station, and measures the at least one beam of the at least one base station to obtain signal measurement results associated with each of the at least one base station. The control device is coupled to the at least one base station. The control device groups the at least one base station and the reconfigurable intelligent surface device into at least one group according to the signal measurement results associated with each of the at least one base station.

Abstract: A visual detection light source and tab detection equipment are described. The visual detection light source is configured to irradiate a side face of a tab portion, and includes a main light source and a supplementary light source; the main light source and the supplementary light source are arc-shaped light sources, the main light source and the supplementary light source are disposed concentrically, and the main light source is disposed outside the supplementary light source; the main light source is configured to irradiate the side face of the tab portion at an inclined irradiation angle; and the supplementary light source is configured to vertically irradiate the side face of the tab portion.

Abstract: Present application discloses a method and a device in a node for wireless communications. A first node maintains a first timer; and as a response to expiration of the first timer, starts to monitor a PDCCH on at least second BWP; herein, a first BWP is an active BWP, the first timer depending on the first BWP, while the second BWP is a BWP on a first serving cell other than a default BWP, where the first BWP is on the first serving cell; the action of maintaining a first timer includes: as a response to any condition in a first condition set being satisfied, starting or restarting the first timer; the first condition set includes receiving a PDCCH on the first BWP, the PDCCH being used for a Downlink assignment or Uplink Grant and identified by a first identifier; this method and device can enhance the transmission reliability.

Abstract: A flat hash table includes a plurality of entries, and each entry includes a hash function index and a usage bitmap. A method for block device level compression mapping using the flat hash table includes compressing uncompressed data to compressed data, retrieving an entry of the flat hash table using an uncompressed block address of the uncompressed data, determining a compressed block address of the compressed data by executing at least one hash function and by determining a hash function in the at least one hash function for mapping the uncompressed block address to the compressed block address that corresponds to a space in a block storage device, storing the compressed data to the space that corresponds to the compressed block address, and updating the hash function index of the entry of the flat hash table with an index indicative of the hash function.

Abstract: This application discloses a tab detection mechanism and a tab detection device. The tab detection mechanism may be configured to detect a tab portion on an electrode core. The tab detection mechanism may include a visual camera; a prism disposed below the visual camera and configured to reflect light on a side surface of the tab portion to the visual camera; and a first driver, connected to the visual camera and configured to drive the visual camera to move in a vertical direction. The visual camera is capable of shooting a plurality of images while moving.

Abstract: Provided are an interaction method and apparatus in a live streaming room, and a device and a storage medium. The method comprises: in response to a trigger operation for a preset duet entry on a live streaming room page, jumping from the live streaming room page to a camera capture page, wherein a host portrait cutout corresponding to the live streaming room page is displayed on the camera capture page and a capture control is provided on the camera capture page acquiring multimedia information captured by a camera, in response to a trigger operation for the capture control on the camera capture page, wherein the multimedia information comprises an image or a video; and synthesizing the multimedia information with the host portrait cutout to obtain a duet multimedia product.

Abstract: A wireless device control circuit with modularized internal circuit architecture and associated wireless communications device are provided. The wireless device control circuit may include a first digital processing circuit and a second digital processing circuit. The first digital processing circuit is arranged to perform first digital processing corresponding to a first predetermined radio frequency band for the wireless communications device, the first digital processing including common processing and a first additional processing. The second digital processing circuit is arranged to perform second digital processing corresponding to a second predetermined radio frequency band for the wireless communications device, the second digital processing including the common processing and a second additional processing.

Abstract: A structure includes a substrate, a transistor, a contact, an oxygen-free etch stop layer, an oxygen-containing etch stop layer, a dielectric layer, and a via. The transistor is on the substrate. The contact is on a source/drain region of the transistor. The oxygen-free etch stop layer spans the contact. The oxygen-containing etch stop layer extends along a top surface of the oxygen-free etch stop layer. The dielectric layer is over the oxygen-containing etch stop layer. The via passes through the dielectric layer, the oxygen-containing etch stop layer, and the oxygen-free etch stop layer and lands on the contact. The memory stack lands on the via.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the combination of IN10018 and an epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor for the treatment of tumors.

Abstract: A process for pyrolysis of a mixed plastic stream that contains polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is provided in which the chloride from PVC is removed from an initial melting reactor that melts the mixed plastic stream. Chloride is removed in a vapor stream from the initial melting reactor with additional chloride removed from addition of sorbents to the pyrolysis reactor and in adsorbent beds downstream of the pyrolysis reactor. The pyrolysis reactor has a configuration comprising two cylindrical ring structures, an inner cylindrical ring structure within an outer cylindrical ring structure wherein a circulation liquid supply stream enters said pyrolysis reactor tangentially relative to a ring edge of said two cylindrical ring structures and wherein solid particles move in a downward direction to a bottom of the pyrolysis reactor.

Abstract: A user equipment may receive a configuration message comprising at least one of: a configured grant configuration, or a semi-persistent scheduling configuration, wherein configuration may be associated with a cross-division duplexing slot format, wherein the cross-division duplexing slot format may comprise at least one of: a cross-division duplexing time slot for concurrent transmission in a plurality of communication directions, or a cross-division duplexing time slot for transmission in one communication direction; receive an information indicating at least one resource of the configuration; determine whether the at least one resource is valid, based on a comparison between a corresponding cross-division duplexing slot format of the at least one resource and the cross-division duplexing slot format associated with the configuration; and perform communication with the network device on the at least one resource based, at least partially, on a determination that the at least one resource is valid.

Abstract: The disclosure features compounds comprising an antigen portion, a soluble Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) molecule portion (e.g., all or an antigen-binding portion of a soluble MHC class I molecule), and a dynamic anchor portion (e.g., an agent, such as Annexin V, that binds to phosphatidylserine). The featured compounds are useful for a variety of therapeutic applications, including, e.g., enhancing a T cell response to an antigen of interest or enhancing a T cell-driven immune response by a subject to an antigen of interest (e.g., a cancer antigen or a microbial antigen).

Abstract: A method of cleaning includes placing a semiconductor device manufacturing tool component made of quartz on a support. A cleaning fluid inlet line is attached to a first open-ended tubular quartz projection extending from an outer main surface of the semiconductor device manufacturing tool component. A cleaning fluid is applied to the semiconductor device manufacturing tool component by introducing the cleaning fluid through the cleaning fluid inlet line and the tubular quartz projection.

Abstract: Presented herein are embodiments of a fast search on graph methodology for Maximum Inner Product Search (MIPS). This optimization problem is challenging since traditional Approximate Nearest Neighbor (ANN) search methods may not perform efficiently in the nonmetric similarity measure. Embodiments herein are based on the property that a Möbius/Möbius-like transformation introduces an isomorphism between a subgraph of 2-Delaunay graph and Delaunay graph for inner product. Under this observation, embodiments of a novel graph indexing and searching methodology are presented to find the optimal solution with the largest inner product with the query. Experiments show significant improvements compared to existing methods.