Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for spontaneous text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis. A target text may be obtained. A fluency reference factor may be determined based at least on the target text. An acoustic feature corresponding to the target text may be generated with the fluency reference factor. A speech waveform corresponding to the target text may be generated based on the acoustic feature.

Abstract: A hard mask includes a silicon oxide layer provided on a bare silicon wafer; and a silicon nitride layer provided on the silicon oxide layer, wherein the silicon nitride is provided with a first pattern, the silicon oxide layer is provided with a second pattern corresponding to the first pattern, the first pattern and the second pattern have different shapes, and the first pattern and the second pattern are configured to assist in forming a Josephson junction on the bare silicon wafer.

Abstract: A work tool and transmission system thereof. The transmission system comprises: a first shaft (250) and a second shaft (350), a near end (351) of the second shaft having a first mating part; a shaft coupler (600), a far-side part (620) of the shaft coupler having a second mating part matched in shape to the first mating part; and a coupling mechanism capable of directly or indirectly applying a coupling force to at least one of the first shaft, the second shaft and the shaft coupler; when the far-side part of the shaft coupler is aligned with the near end of the second shaft in the circumferential direction, the coupling force forces the first mating part to engage with the second mating part, so that the shaft coupler transmits rotational movement of the first shaft to the second shaft. The work tool comprises: a transmission system; a motive power head transmission-connected to the first shaft (250); and a working head transmission-connected to the second shaft (350).

Abstract: A memory device includes: a first clock receiver configured to receive a first clock signal, a second clock receiver configured to receive a second clock signal when data is input or output, wherein the second clock signal has a first clock frequency in a preamble period, and has a second clock frequency different from the first clock frequency after the preamble period; a command decoder configured to receive a clock synchronization command synchronized with the first clock signal and generate a clock synchronization signal, wherein the clock synchronization signal is generated during the preamble period; and a clock synchronizing circuit configured to generate a plurality of division clock signals in response to the second clock signal, latch the clock synchronization signal during the preamble period, and selectively provide the plurality of division clock signals as internal data clock signals according to a result of the latching.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for leakage testing of an electrostatic chuck. The method for leakage testing of an electrostatic chuck comprises: a mounting step of mounting the electrostatic chuck on a test stage of a testing chamber; a loading step of loading a dummy substrate in an upper surface of the electrostatic chuck; a decompression step of decompressing an interior of the testing chamber; a tracking fluid supply step of supplying a tracking fluid with visibility to a flow path of the electrostatic chuck; a photographing step of photographing the electrostatic chuck; and a determination step of determining whether a leakage occurs in the flow path by examining an image photographed in the photographing step.

Abstract: A method for similarity determination of a file sent to a storage system, the method may include receiving the file; calculating block hash values for blocks of the file; searching for one or more similar files that share one or more block hash values with the file; calculating an inter-similarity score between the file and each of the one or more similar files; updating a similarity database with an identifier of the file, the one inter-similarity score of the file; and updating the similarity database with the one or more block hash values, when determining to update the similarity database with the one or more block hash values.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active pattern that extends in a first direction; a plurality of gate structures that are spaced apart in the first direction, and include a gate electrode that extends in a second direction; a source/drain recess between adjacent gate structures; a source/drain pattern in the source/drain recess; a source/drain contact connected to the source/drain pattern and that includes a lower part on the source/drain pattern and an upper par; and a contact silicide film disposed along the lower part of the source/drain contact and between the source/drain contact and the source/drain region. The source/drain pattern includes a semiconductor liner film that extends along the source/drain recess and includes silicon germanium, a semiconductor filling film on the semiconductor liner film and that includes silicon germanium, and a semiconductor insertion film that extends along side walls of the lower part of the source/drain contact and includes silicon germanium.

Abstract: A base station may multiplex a peak suppression information message (PSIM) on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) with data for efficient implementation of PSIMs for peak to average power ratio (PAPR) reduction. A base station may clip peaks from a signal to be transmitted and capture information of the clipped peaks into a PSIM. The base station may then multiplex the PSIM on the PDSCH such that a receiving device (for example, a user equipment (UE)) may receive the signal and reconstruct the signal (for example, PDSCH data) using the PSIM. According to some aspects, each PDSCH symbol may include a PSIM for a previous PDSCH symbol, or the PSIM may be for the current symbol. Various aspects of the techniques described herein may further provide for PSIM positioning in frequency, PSIM modulation, PSIM channel coding, PSIM multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) configurations, among other examples.

Abstract: A 4D quantitative and intelligent diagnosis method for spatio-temporal evolution of oil-gas reservoir damage types and extent includes: determining a characteristic parameter characterizing reservoir damage by each of a plurality of factors based on a spatio-temporal evolution simulation equation of reservoir damage by each of the plurality of factors; and determining an effective characteristic parameter characterizing the damage extent of the reservoir based on the characteristic parameter characterizing reservoir damage by each of the plurality of factors. The method quantitatively simulate the characteristic parameters of reservoir damage caused by the various factors and a total characteristic parameter of the reservoir damage.

Abstract: A display method, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: detecting state information of a first object; if the state information indicates that the first object appears or disappears, determining whether a trigger condition is satisfied according to the state information; and if the trigger condition is satisfied, transforming display of a second object according to a trigger event corresponding to the trigger condition, where the second object is independent of the first object.

Abstract: An injector includes a needle movable from a retracted position to an injection position. A rotary biasing assembly is stabilized in a stored energy state and releasable into an energy releasing state and includes a cam. A cam follower couples the rotary biasing assembly with the needle and is configured to transform rotation of the rotary biasing assembly in the energy releasing state thereof into translation of the needle from the retracted position to the injection position. An activation switch is rotatable from an unactivated position, stabilizing the rotary biasing assembly in the stored energy state thereof, to an activated position, releasing the rotary biasing assembly into the energy releasing state thereof. An activation button is movably mounted to the injector housing and is translatable from an unactuated position to an actuated position, whereby the translation rotates the activation switch from the unactivated position to the activated position thereof.

Abstract: A video frame interpolation method and device, and a computer-readable storage medium are described.

Abstract: Enabling quick feature delivery is essential for product success and is therefore a goal of software architecture design. But how may we determine if and to what extent an architecture is “good enough” to support feature addition and modification, or determine if a refactoring effort is successful in that features may be added more easily? The applications may use Feature Space and Feature Dependency, derived from a software project's revision history that capture the dependency relations among the features of a system in a feature dependency structure matrix (FDSM), using features as first-class design elements. The applications may also use a Feature Decoupling Level (FDL) metric that may be used to measure the level of independence among features.

Abstract: A dual-axle vehicle corner assembly which may include a sub-frame, a first arm connected to the sub-frame and rotatable with respect to the sub-frame about a first arm axis, the first arm having a first axle axis about which a first wheel rotates when connected to the first arm, a second arm connected to the sub-frame and rotatable with respect to the sub-frame about a second arm axis, the second arm having a second axle axis about which a second wheel rotates when connected to the second arm, and a suspension system comprising a piston assembly interconnecting the first arm and the second arm, the piston assembly is to controllably increase and decrease a length of the piston assembly to control a distance between the first axle axis and the second axle axis.

Abstract: The present disclosure in some embodiments provides a dialogue state tracking method and a dialogue state tracking apparatus in a goal-oriented dialogue system, which track a dialogue state through training based on an attention mechanism between utterances and contextual semantic vectors corresponding respectively to domain-slot types and based on a distance metric-based non-parametric method and thereby facilitate service extension to a multi-domain scenario in the dialogue system.

Abstract: A method and system for a deployment of deceptive decoy elements in a computerized environment to identify data leakage processes invoked by suspicious entities are presented. The method includes generating at least one deceptive decoy element; and deploying the generated at least one deceptive decoy element in a folder in a file system of the computerized environment, wherein the deployment is based on a sensitivity level of the folder, wherein the at least one deceptive decoy element is configured to provide an indication of unauthorized access upon an attempt by an unauthorized entity to access the folder.

Abstract: There is provided a device configured to transcribe an appearance of a human being, said device comprising a common housing holding an image capturing sensor, a computing device comprising a data processor, and a computer program product comprising a first machine learning model trained for detecting and labeling human beings, a second machine learning model trained for detecting appearances of human beings and a transcription module to transcribe the detected appearances of human beings to text.

Abstract: A process condition sensing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a substrate and an electronic enclosure including one or more electronic components. The apparatus includes a floating connection assembly configured to mechanically couple the electronic enclosure to the substrate, the floating connection assembly includes a leg and a foot. The leg or foot are arranged to mitigate thermal stress between one or more interfaces. The one or more interfaces include a leg-enclosure interface or a foot-substrate interface.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to video aware wireless communication. In some aspects, a communication device may classify a set of packets of streaming video content based at least in part on one or more video characteristics; assign the set of packets to a plurality of data radio bearers based on the effect of the set of packets on the quality of experience; generate a plurality of transport blocks for each of the plurality of DRBs; and provide the plurality of transport blocks for transmission. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Provided is a dual-agonist compound for both Glucagon-like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) and Glucose-dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide (GIP) receptors and application thereof. In particular, provided are a polypeptide analog derived from GLP-1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which has an agonist effect on human GLP-1 receptor and human GIP receptor and can be used for the treatment of metabolic diseases such as obesity, type II diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver.