Abstract: Described are examples for storing data on a storage device, including storing, in a live write stream cache, one or more logical blocks (LBs) corresponding to a data segment, writing, for each LB in the data segment, a cache element of a cache entry that points to the LB in the live write stream cache, where the cache entry includes multiple cache elements corresponding to the multiple LBs of the data segment, writing, for the cache entry, a table entry in a mapping table that points to the cache entry, and when a storage policy is triggered for the cache entry, writing the multiple LBs, pointed to by each cache element of the cache entry, to a stream for storing as contiguous LBs on the storage device, and updating the table entry to point to a physical address of a first LB of the contiguous LBs on the storage device.

Abstract: The present application disclosures a double production line and a rapid prefabrication process of a segmental beam. The double production line including two production machine and a track system provided on the construction ground; the production machine includes a fixed end mold, two side molds, a bottom mold trolley, a middle internal mold trolley and two side internal mold trolley; two side molds are positioned on two sides of the fixed end mold respectively, the fixed end mold and two side molds together define a pouring position with an end opening, two openings of the pouring position are arranged facing each other; the track system includes a transverse track and a longitudinal track communicated with each other, two pouring positions are both positioned in the extension path of the transverse track, and the longitudinal track is positioned between two pouring positions.

Abstract: Embodiments of structure and methods for forming a three-dimensional (3D) memory device are provided. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a stack structure including a memory block including a plurality of memory cells. The 3D memory device also includes a first top select structure and a bottom select structure in the memory block and aligned with each other vertically; and a second top select structure in the memory block is separated from the first top select structure by at least one of the plurality of memory cells. The first top select structure, the bottom select structure, and the second top select structure each includes an insulating material.

Abstract: A startup stage protection device used in Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) train coupler experiment is provided between two test cars. The startup stage protection device is arranged between and tightly abuts two test cars at the starting stage of the experiment to receive a compressing force in place of the coupler. The startup stage protection device separates from the two test cars after the end of the starting stage.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing memory usage in data learning operations. The method includes profiling one or more objects used for training in the data learning operation, in which the profiling includes determining an object size, a memory allocation timestamp, and a memory deallocation timestamp; and scheduling the memory usage. The scheduling includes grouping the one or more objects into the one or more groups based on the memory allocation and/or the memory deallocation timestamp of the one or more objects, and arranging the one or more objects in the one or more groups in descending order in a memory space. Two or more objects are provided in the descending order in the memory space, in which one of the objects having an earliest memory allocation timestamp is provided at a first value and the other object having a later memory allocation timestamp is provided at a second value.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system may acquire an image of a liver. The liver may be segmented from the image. Parameters, such as image homogeneity map, intensity probability chart, and/or speckle size diagram, may be extracted from the liver portion of the image. The parameters may be used to determine whether fatty liver deposits are diffuse or inhomogeneous. In some examples, inhomogeneous regions may be excluded from the calculation of liver fat quantification measurements. In some examples, the inhomogeneous regions may be displayed so that a user may select a region of interest that excludes the inhomogeneous regions to calculate the liver fat quantification measurements.

Abstract: The present application relates to computer-based preoperative planning technology, and discloses a preoperative planning method for multimodal ablation treatment and apparatus thereof, which can automatically provide objective, scientific, and quantitative multimodal ablation planning information. In this method, acquiring parameters of an volume to be ablated; calculating property changes of the tissue caused by performing freezing on the volume according to the parameters of the volume to be ablated, and acquiring a first planning data required for the property changes of the tissue to satisfy a first predetermined condition; further calculating property changes of the tissue caused by performing heating on the volume to acquire a second planning data required for the property changes of the tissue to satisfy a second predetermined condition based on the properties satisfying the first predetermined condition; outputting the first planning data and the second planning data.

Abstract: An employee data replication system receives a request to replicate employee data hosted by a host system. At least one of: a live date corresponding to when the employee data is to be live on the enterprise system or a selection of one or more applications to be used on the enterprise system is identified. A cutoff date for the employee data is calculated based on one or more of the live date and the selection of one or more applications, the cutoff date indicating an oldest date for which the employee data is to be replicated to the enterprise system. Employee data is replicated from the host system to the enterprise system based on the cutoff date, and an indication is provided that the replication has completed.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a bacterium and an obtaining method and application thereof. The bacterium has a property of coproducing 1,3-propanediol and D-lactic acid. Further, the bacterium is Klebsiella oxytoca, including Klebsiella oxytoca PDL-5 CCTCC M 2016185. The obtaining method of the bacterium may be to obtain the bacterium by directly screening wild bacteria that satisfy conditions from the environment or performing gene engineering modification to wild bacteria. The present invention has the advantages that the bacteria can coproduce 1,3-propanediol and D-lactic acid through fermentation, the molar conversion rate and the concentration of the two products are very high, the types of byproducts are few, the concentration is low, the product extraction process is simplified, the high-efficiency biological production of 1,3-propanediol and D-lactic acid can be realized, and the industrial application prospect is very great.

Abstract: A high anti-interference microsystem based on System In Package (SIP) for a power grid is provided. The high anti-interference microsystem comprises a ceramic cavity, a ceramic substrate, a magnetic cover plate, a digital signal processing circuit, an analog signal conditioning circuit and a shield, wherein the ceramic cavity supports the ceramic substrate, the magnetic cover plate is in sealed contact with the ceramic cavity, and the ceramic substrate is arranged in a cavity formed by the ceramic cavity and the magnetic cover plate; a sealed shell of the microsystem based on SIP is composed of the magnetic cover plate and the ceramic cavity; the digital signal processing circuit and the analog signal conditioning circuit are arranged on the ceramic substrate and respectively process received signals to be processed; the shield covers an outer side of the sealed shell and is used for shielding external magnetic field interference.

Abstract: Techniques for managing metadata storage units involve: in response to receiving, from a client, a request for allocating a target number of metadata storage units, determining a first number of available metadata storage units remaining in a metadata storage space of a storage system after the allocation is performed; and if the first number is not less than a reserved number, allocating the target number of metadata storage units from the metadata storage space for the client to use, wherein the reserved number is associated with a usage condition of the metadata storage units in the storage system. Accordingly, such techniques can effectively manage metadata and improve the performance of a system.

Abstract: A surgical stapling device includes a tool assembly having a U-shaped frame, an anvil assembly, and a cartridge assembly. The cartridge assembly includes a knife that is movable between retracted and advanced positions. The anvil assembly is supported on the distal frame portion and includes a cutting plate and an anvil plate. The cutting plate is positioned between the distal frame portion and the anvil plate and is engaged by the knife as the knife moves from the retracted position towards the advanced position. The cutting plate is formed of a material that deforms locally and structurally upon engagement with the knife.

Abstract: Methods and systems for budgeted and simplified training of deep neural networks (DNNs) are disclosed. In one example, a trainer is to train a DNN using a plurality of training sub-images derived from a down-sampled training image. A tester is to test the trained DNN using a plurality of testing sub-images derived from a down-sampled testing image. In another example, in a recurrent deep Q-network (RDQN) having a local attention mechanism located between a convolutional neural network (CNN) and a long-short time memory (LSTM), a plurality of feature maps are generated by the CNN from an input image. Hard-attention is applied by the local attention mechanism to the generated plurality of feature maps by selecting a subset of the generated feature maps. Soft attention is applied by the local attention mechanism to the selected subset of generated feature maps by providing weights to the selected subset of generated feature maps in obtaining weighted feature maps.

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide uplink synchronization for a user equipment with one or more uplink transmissions to be transmitted.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a flue gas low-temperature adsorption denitrification method, including: pressurizing a flue gas that has been subjected to dust removal and desulfurization, precooling the pressurized flue gas, cooling the precooled flue gas to a temperature lower than room temperature by a flue gas cooling system, flowing the flue gas at the temperature lower than room temperature into a low-temperature denitrification system, performing physical adsorption denitrification in the low-temperature denitrification system, precooling the flue gas that has been subjected to dust removal and desulfurization with the denitrificated flue gas, and flowing the heat-absorbed clean flue gas into a chimney to be discharged.

Abstract: A transcriptional regulator specifically responding to D-2-hydroxyglutarate (D-2-HG) and its application in the biological detection of D-2-HG. Wherein the transcriptional regulator is named DhdR and the nucleotide sequence is shown as SEQ ID NO: 1. The D-2-HG biosensors BD2HG-0 and BD2HG-1 are constructed using the transcriptional regulator DhdR and can detect biological samples containing D-2-HG.

Abstract: This invention relates to inhibition of the complement signaling using an anti-C5 antibody or fusion protein thereof. Specifically, the invention relates to methods of treating a complement-mediated disease or complement-mediated disorder in an individual by contacting the individual with an anti-C5 antibody fusion protein thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for sweat volume detection based on sweat print imaging, comprising: obtaining a raw data set, the raw data set including at least one sweat print image formed by dropping different volumes of sweat on a test paper under different environmental parameters; obtaining a color value extreme of the sweat print image and dividing the sweat print image into at least one region; calculating a sweat error based on a total sweat collection volume and a real sweat volume; obtaining a trained error prediction model; obtaining a to-be-tested sweat print image and current environmental parameters; inputting the current environmental parameters and a count of regions of the to-be tested sweat print image into the trained error prediction model to determine a sweat error of the to-be-tested sweat print image; calculating a sweat volume and a sweat rate based on the sweat error.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of genetic engineering, in particular to a target ligand. The target ligand provided by the present disclosure forms a siRNA conjugate with a specific small interfering RNA sequence, which targets to an angiopoietin like 3 (ANGPTL3), and reduce the expression quantity of an ANGPTL3 protein by degrading a transcript of an ANGPTL3 gene in a cell. Therefore, the siRNA conjugate formed by the target ligand provided by the present disclosure may be used to prevent and/or treat a dyslipidemia disease.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for calibrating controllable phase shifters in a multi-stage staggered Mach-Zehnder interferometer structure on an optical chip, aiming to solve the problem of calibrating the controllable phase shifters in a configurable optical network of the multi-stage staggered Mach-Zehnder interferometers. The technical solution is to calibrate the controllable phase shifters that can be calibrated in the optical network; and then to constitute calibration conditions for and calibrate inner phase shifters that has not been; and finally to constitute calibration conditions for and calibrate outer phase shifters that is not calibrated.