Abstract: A method for characterizing a hydraulic fracture treatment both operationally and in a subsurface formation includes inducing a pressure change in a well drilled through the subsurface formation. At least one of pressure and a time derivative of pressure is measured in the well for a selected length of time. At least one physical parameter of at least one fracture is determined using the measured pressure and/or the time derivative of pressure. A method of evaluating hydraulic fracturing treatment and operations by monitoring resonant structures present while fracturing. A method for characterizing hydraulic fracturing rate uses microseismic event count measured through the wellbore and its real-time implementation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information transmitting method and apparatus for use in a robot operating system. A specific implementation mode of the method comprises: acquiring to-be-transmitted information; determining a network relationship between a current node and an information receiving node receiving the to-be-transmitted information, the network relationship comprising a remote relationship and a local relationship; determining a transmission approach of the to-be-transmitted information according to a message transmission parameter, a configuration parameter and the network relationship; transmitting the to-be-transmitted information in the transmission approach. The implementation mode improves the information transmission efficiency of the robot operating system.

Abstract: The present invention concerns compounds of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which inhibit HIF prolyl hydroxylase, their use for enhancing endogenous production of erythropoietin, and for treating conditions associated with reduced endogenous production of erythropoietin such as anemia and like conditions, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a compound and a pharmaceutical carrier.

Abstract: A cooling system in which an ACS (air cycle system) turbine may be driven by high pressure air from a turbo-fan engine and a VCS (vapor cycle system) having an evaporator and a VCS refrigerant compressor may be driven by the ACS turbine. Fluid of the chilled fluid reservoir, which may be chilled fuel, may be circulated through and cooled in the evaporator. In some embodiments, the ACS turbine may be coupled to the VCS refrigerant compressor by a magnetic coupling.

Abstract: A hard magnet stabilization scheme is disclosed for a top shield and junction shields for double or triple dimension magnetic reader structures. In one design, the hard magnet (HM) adjoins a top or bottom surface of all or part of a shield domain such that the HM is recessed from the air bearing surface to satisfy reader-to-reader spacing requirements and stabilizes a closed loop magnetization in the top shield. The HM may have a height and width greater than that of the top shield. The top shield may have a ring shape with a HM formed above, below, or within the ring shape, and wherein the HM stabilizes a vortex magnetization. HM magnetization is set or reset from room temperature to 100° C. to maintain a desired magnetization direction in the top shield, junction shield, and free layer in the sensor.

Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter provides a coating composition which allows for the co-delivery of two or more bioactive agents with independent control of loading level and release profile for each bioactive agent, an implantable medical device coated with the coating composition, and methods for preparing the coating composition.

Abstract: The ball existence determining part 301 determines a specific infrared zone where the stopped ball exists as a ball existing zone in plural infrared zones. The first object appearance determining part 302 determines the front and end infrared zones being adjacent the ball existing zone as front and end object appearance schedule zones, and determines whether or not the object for launching the ball appeared in either one of the front and end object appearance schedule zones. The second object appearance determining part 303 determines whether or not the object appeared in the remaining object appearance schedule zone when the object appeared in either one of the front and end object appearance schedule zones. The ball disappearance determining part 304 determines whether or not the ball in the ball existing zone disappeared when the object appeared in the remaining object appearance schedule zone.

Abstract: A method is provided for digital Simultaneous Information and Energy Transfer (SIET), comprising the steps of receiving a serial SIET analog signal, and converting the serial SIET analog signal received into a parallel SIET analog signal, extracting an analog information signal and an analog energy signal from the parallel SIET analog signal, performing analog-to-digital conversion on the analog information signal to obtain a digital information signal, and performing information demodulation, parallel-to-serial conversion and decoding on the digital information signal in digital domain, and pre-processing the analog energy signal in analog domain and storing the preprocessed analog energy signal. As the information signal is processed in the digital domain and the energy signal is processed in the analog domain, the energy in the SIET signal can be full collected in receiving side.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and device for data shunting and relates to the technical field of communications. The present invention solves the problem that the requirements for the Service Quality can not be satisfied, because the shunted data can't be transmitted in the shunting network based on appointed Service Quality; and the reliability of data transmission and the system resource utilization are decreased. The method concretely comprises the following steps: the first network device of the first network determines the second Quality of Service parameter of the second network according to the first Quality of Service parameter of data to be transmitted in the first network; the first network device transmits some or all of data to be transmitted to the second network device of the second network according to the second Quality of Service parameter. The method can be applied to data shunting.

Abstract: A radio resource management method and apparatus are disclosed, to reduce, in a multi-connectivity scenario, load existing in radio resource management message exchange between network devices. In some feasible implementations of the present disclosure, the method includes: configuring, by a network control device, a network device set for user equipment, where the set includes a first network device and a second network device, the first network device and the second network device respectively include a first resource management entity and a second resource management entity; and further configuring, by the network control device, a third resource management entity on the user equipment, where the first resource management entity and the second resource management entity are used to exchange resource management messages with the third resource management entity on the user equipment, where the resource management message is used for radio resource management.

Abstract: To provide a composition of a coating liquid for microneedle which is optimal for coating a microneedle with a medicinal ingredient. The coating liquid for microneedle of the present invention is an aqueous solution containing, as essential components of a base, a water-soluble polysaccharide, a monosaccharide and/or a disaccharide and a surfactant, characterized in that a ratio of the water-soluble polysaccharide to the base is 2 to 60 mass %, and the hardness after being dried is 10 N or more. The coating liquid for microneedle may further contain a water-soluble polyalcohol, and preferably a monosaccharide and/or a disaccharide is 30 to 95 mass %, a surfactant is 0.05 to 5 mass %, and a water-soluble polyalcohol is 10 mass % or less in the base. As the water-soluble polysaccharide, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hyaluronic acid, or carboxymethyl cellulose is preferable.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting panel, including: an organic layer, a first electrode disposed on one side of the organic layer, and a second electrode disposed on the other side of the organic layer. The second electrode includes a buffer electrode layer and a conductive electrode layer sequentially stacked on the organic layer.

Abstract: A joint assembly of vapor chambers connects the vapor chambers to effectuate joint operation thereof. For example, two paired vapor chambers are connected therebetween by a capillary pipe and a gas pipe. The capillary pipe is filled with a third wick which connects with a first wick and a second wick in the two vapor chambers. The two vapor chambers are in spatial communication with each other because of the gas pipe. A working fluid in the two vapor chambers is transferred between the first, second and third wicks by capillarity. The gas-phase working fluid moves between the two vapor chambers via the gas pipe, thereby allowing the two vapor chambers to operate jointly.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of display technologies, and provides an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a corresponding display panel and display device. The array substrate includes a display area and a non-display area, wherein the display area includes a plurality of pixel regions and a pixel definition region between various pixel regions. Furthermore, the array substrate further includes a base substrate, as well as a patterned metal layer and a patterned light-blocking layer superimposed in the pixel definition region on the base substrate, wherein the patterned light-blocking layer is closer to a light incident side of the array substrate than the patterned metal layer is, and the patterned light-blocking layer is made of a non-metallic material. Besides, an orthogonal projection of the patterned light-blocking layer on the pixel definition region at least partially overlaps that of the patterned metal layer on the pixel definition region.

Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for training and using a speaker verification neural network. A computing device may receive data that characterizes a first utterance. The computing device provides the data that characterizes the utterance to a speaker verification neural network. Subsequently, the computing device obtains, from the speaker verification neural network, a speaker representation that indicates speaking characteristics of a speaker of the first utterance. The computing device determines whether the first utterance is classified as an utterance of a registered user of the computing device. In response to determining that the first utterance is classified as an utterance of the registered user of the computing device, the device may perform an action for the registered user of the computing device.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a terminal module including an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals and a shielding plate. The insulating housing defines a base and a mating tongue extending from the base, the mating tongue defines opposite mating surfaces, a front face and opposite side faces connecting with the mating surfaces and the front face. The terminals include contacting sections exposed upon the mating surfaces and leg sections out of the base. The shielding plate is embedded in the insulating housing and includes a main portion disposed between the mating surfaces and two thickened side portions, the side portions enclose opposite side faces of the mating tongue and each provides a side latch at an outer side face thereof. The side portions extend forward to the front face of the mating tongue and rearward to the base.

Abstract: A clip for attaching an attaching member to an attached member through a male connector of the attached member, includes a main body portion; a locking portion for engaging the male connector; a claw portion having elasticity to deform when inserted into a hole of the attaching member, and to return to an original form after passing through the hole; a first flange portion extending radially outwardly from an outer circumferential surface of the main body portion; a second flange portion extending radially outwardly from the outer circumferential surface of the main body portion between the first flange portion and the claw portion, for sandwiching the attaching member between the first and second flange portions; and a tool hooking portion on the another side of the main body portion, for receiving a tool to rotate in respect to the male connector.

Abstract: A method of displaying a network graph with a computing system includes accessing data defining a network and including a plurality of vertices and a plurality of edges. If a number of vertices included in the network graph is below a first threshold, the network graph is locally rendering with a scalable vector graphics rendering engine of the computing system. If a number of vertices included in the network graph is between the first threshold and a second, higher, threshold, the network graph is locally rendered with a raster rendering engine of the computing system. If a number of vertices included in the network graph is above the second threshold, a remotely-rendered network graph rendered by a remote rendering engine is received at the computing system. The method further includes displaying the rendered network graph via a web browser of the computing system.

Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to systems and methods for casting an application from a source device to a destination device. In particular, a process can include steps for causing a source application executing as a foreground process in an operating system of a source computing device to store state data, transmitting the state data of the source application to a set of destination computing devices, and transmitting a cast command to the destination computing device, where the cast command is configured to instruct the destination computing device to execute the source application on the destination computing device using the state data.

Abstract: An electrode for an input device can be designed to reduce wobble over a range of input device orientations. The electrode can include a spherical portion and a tapered portion. In some examples, the electrode can linearly taper away from the spherical portion. In other examples, the electrode can non-linearly taper away forming an elliptical flare. Additionally or alternatively, the electrode can include a spring-loaded member that can couple the electrode to other circuitry of the input device. Additionally or alternatively, the electrode can include a neck portion coupled to the tapered portion, and part of the neck portion can be shielded. The input device can include a first non-conductive material disposed on part of the spherical portion of the electrode and a second non-conductive material disposed between part of the electrode and the first non-conductive material.