Abstract: A polymer dispersion includes a water-soluble copolymer prepared by controlled radical polymerization; a water soluble salt; a polyol; a salt selected from the group consisting of sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, sodium nitrate, and combinations thereof; and water. Methods for using the polymer dispersion for oilfield friction reduction occur under a variety of adverse conditions including low temperatures, salt, scale, and iron.

Abstract: A method and system perform single phase and multi-phase contour refinement of lesions. The method includes receiving a three dimensional input mask; receiving input slices from the medical images including a lesion; cropping the input slices with the input mask; performing lesion contour refinement for the cropped input slices and the input mask to obtain a predicted mask; and storing the predicted mask that includes 3D lesion contour refinement. A multiphase method includes deforming the 3D input mask from the reference phase to a target phase or warping the input slices from the target phase to the reference phase before contour refinement. The warped images generate an output mask in the reference phase coordinate system that is then deformed to the target phase coordinate system for display.

Abstract: A method and system perform single phase and multi-phase contour refinement of lesions. The method includes receiving a three dimensional input mask; receiving input slices from the medical images including a lesion; cropping the input slices with the input mask; performing lesion contour refinement for the cropped input slices and the input mask to obtain a predicted mask; and storing the predicted mask that includes 3D lesion contour refinement. A multiphase method includes deforming the 3D input mask from the reference phase to a target phase or warping the input slices from the target phase to the reference phase before contour refinement. The warped images generate an output mask in the reference phase coordinate system that is then deformed to the target phase coordinate system for display.

Abstract: A method and system perform single phase and multi-phase contour refinement of lesions. The method includes receiving a three dimensional input mask; receiving input slices from the medical images including a lesion; cropping the input slices with the input mask; performing lesion contour refinement for the cropped input slices and the input mask to obtain a predicted mask; and storing the predicted mask that includes 3D lesion contour refinement. A multiphase method includes deforming the 3D input mask from the reference phase to a target phase or warping the input slices from the target phase to the reference phase before contour refinement. The warped images generate an output mask in the reference phase coordinate system that is then deformed to the target phase coordinate system for display.

Abstract: Provided are a ZmHsf21 gene, a protein encoded thereby and use thereof in plant breeding. Also provided are uses of the ZmHsf21 gene in increasing plant yield and/or improving plant disease-resistance, especially stalk rot.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a carrier substrate, a flip-chip light-emitting diode (LED) mounted onto the carrier substrate, and an electrode unit disposed between the carrier substrate and the flip-chip LED. The electrode unit includes first and second connecting electrodes that have opposite conductivity. Each of the first and second connecting electrodes includes an intermediate metal layer and a binding layer that are sequentially disposed on the flip-chip LED in such order. The binding layer includes a first portion being adjacent to the carrier substrate and forming an eutectic system with tin, and a second portion located between the first portion and the intermediate metal layer.

Abstract: A lesion detection and classification artificial intelligence (AI) pipeline comprising a plurality of trained machine learning (ML) computer models is provided. First ML model(s) process an input volume of medical images (VOI) to determine whether VOI depicts a predetermined amount of an anatomical structure. The AI pipeline determines whether criteria, such as a predetermined amount of an anatomical structure of interest being depicted in the input volume, are satisfied by output of the first ML model(s). If so, lesion processing operations are performed including: second ML modal(s) processing the VOI to detect lesions which correspond to the anatomical structure of interest; third ML model(s) performing lesion segmentation and combining of lesion contours associated with a same lesion; and fourth ML models processing the listing of lesions to classify the lesions. The AI pipeline outputs the listing of lesions and the classifications for downstream computing system processing.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for directional sound emission of an audio device, and an audio device. The method includes: by using the spherical microphone array, determining a spatial position of a sound-emission sound source of a user; according to a relationship among the spatial position of the sound-emission sound source of the user, a center position of the audio device and an opening position of the loudspeaker, determining a horizontal compensatory angle and a vertical compensatory angle of the opening direction of the loudspeaker relative to the spatial position of the user; and adjusting the opening direction of the loudspeaker, so that the horizontal compensatory angle and the vertical compensatory angle are made to be zero.

Abstract: The present document relates to multilayered dielectric composites for high-temperature applications and related methods.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor structure and an input/output pad. The semiconductor structure includes a first substrate and a conductive layer, in which the first substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, the conductive layer is disposed on the first surface of the first substrate, and the conductive layer includes one or more first trace. The first semiconductor structure has a recess penetrating the first substrate and exposing the one or more first trace, and the input/output pad is disposed on the one or more first trace and in the recess.

Abstract: A lesion detection and classification artificial intelligence (AI) pipeline comprising a plurality of trained machine learning (ML) computer models is provided. First ML model(s) process an input volume of medical images (VOI) to determine whether VOI depicts a predetermined amount of an anatomical structure. The AI pipeline determines whether criteria, such as a predetermined amount of an anatomical structure of interest being depicted in the input volume, are satisfied by output of the first ML model(s). If so, lesion processing operations are performed including: second ML model(s) processing the VOI to detect lesions which correspond to the anatomical structure of interest; third ML model(s) performing lesion segmentation and combining of lesion contours associated with a same lesion; and fourth ML models processing the listing of lesions to classify the lesions. The AI pipeline outputs the listing of lesions and the classifications for downstream computing system processing.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and system for determining a helicopter rotor airfoil.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dielectric composite comprising an organic polymer that has a glass transition temperature greater than or equal to about 250° C.; and a dielectric filler present in an amount effective to impart to the dielectric composite a dielectric constant that varies by less than 5% over a temperature range of 25 ° C. to 300° C., with an applied alternating electric field having a frequency of 104 Hz and a maximum operating electric field strength of at least 250 megavolt per meter. Disclosed herein too is a method of manufacturing the dielectric composite and articles that contain the dielectric composite.

Abstract: Provided are a box cover, a water box, a humidification apparatus, and an air blowing device, said box cover including a cover body and a mist outlet passageway running through the cover body, the cover body and the mist outlet passageway are integrally formed. By means of integrally forming the cover body and the mist outlet passageway, and significant reduction of the time required for assembly of a mist outlet tube, while also avoiding the occurrence of water leakage at the joint of the mist outlet tube.

Abstract: The present application relates to a fragrance atomization and diffusion device convenient for replacing a fragrance liquid container. The fragrance atomization and diffusion device convenient for replacing a fragrance liquid container comprises a housing, an atomization mechanism, a bottom cover and a top cover respectively located at two ends of the housing and enclosing a chamber, a bracket fixedly mounted within the chamber, a gas supply assembly and a power supply assembly, the atomization mechanism, the gas supply assembly and the power supply assembly each mounted at the bracket; the bracket is provided along the vertical direction with a mount cavity for mounting the atomization mechanism, an end of which extends through the top cover; and the atomization mechanism comprises an atomization head and a liquid storage bottle connected to the atomization head. The present application has the advantage of convenient addition of a fragrance liquid.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for generating anchors and selecting feature maps for a multi-scale object detection program based on analysis of the dataset is provided. The present invention may include generating a scale distribution of one or more scales of ground-truth objects, and, based on the scale distribution, dividing the effective scale range into a number of anchors greater than zero; furthermore, the invention may include generating a ratio distribution of ratios of the ground-truth objects; based on the ratio distribution, generating a ratio for at least one of the number of anchors; determining a template scale of one or more feature maps; and assigning the number of anchors to the feature maps based on the relative size of a scale of an anchor matching the relative size of a template scale of a feature map.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate, multiple light-emitting units that are disposed on the substrate, that are spaced apart by an isolation trench and that are and electrically interconnected by an interconnecting structure, and an insulating layer with thickness of 200 nm to 450 nm. A potential difference between adjacent two light-emitting units not in direct electrical connection is at least two times forward voltage of each of the light-emitting units. Each light-emitting unit includes a light-emitting stack and a light-transmissible current spreading layer. The insulating layer covers the light-transmissible current spreading layers and at least a part of the light-emitting stacks.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for attention generation is provided. In this method, a plurality of image frames can be obtained from a video stream. An original attention for a first image frame of the plurality of image frames can be generated. Then, at least one interested area can be identified in the first image frame. A local attention for each of the at least one interested area can be generated. Moreover, a total attention for the first image frame can be generated based on the original attention of the first image frame and the local attention of each of the at least one interested area.

Abstract: A method can include obtaining, from a video having a first resolution, a set of frames having a second resolution. The first resolution can be higher than the second resolution. The set of frames can include a first frame and a second frame. The method can include generating a difference feature map. The method can include obtaining a third frame having the first resolution. The method can include detecting, based on the difference feature map, a first location of a first object in the third frame. The method can include cropping, from the third frame, a first cropped area. The first cropped area can be smaller than a third frame area. The method can include generating, based on a feature map and the difference feature map, a spatial attention layer. The method can include detecting, by the spatial attention layer, the first object in the first cropped area.

Abstract: A computing device for diffusion dictionary imaging (DDI) of microstructure and inflammation of a patient is provided. The DDI computing device is connected to other computing devices, such as a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. The DDI computing device receives magnetic resonance (MR) signals from the MRI scanner. Once received, the DDI computing device records the one or more MR signals to a memory device. The DDI computing device computationally processes the one or more MR signals to reconstruct a diffusion MRI image using diffusion dictionary data. The MR signals include values that are used as input to algorithms of the DDI data to reconstruct the diffusion MRI image. A database is used to store DDI data, artificial intelligence (AI) data, diffusion dictionary data, and MR data.