Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a bendable device having rigid receiving space that include a bendable housing having a receiving space therein, and in the process of the bendable housing being bent, at least a part of the volume of the receiving space is free from bending influence, thus the at least partial volume of the receiving space free from the bending influence constitutes a rigid receiving space.

Abstract: General polar codes are disclosed that encode symbols of a q-ary alphabet, where q?2. Systems and methods are also disclosed for performing code rate matching when using general polar codes. In one embodiment, a method performed at a transmitter includes receiving a plurality of bits at a polar encoder. The plurality of bits represent a plurality of q-ary symbols, where q>2. The method further includes encoding the plurality of bits using the polar encoder to generate a codeword of q-ary symbols represented by bits. The method further includes puncturing the codeword according to a puncturing pattern to obtain a punctured codeword having a reduced bit length.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to multiple-symbol combination based decoding for general polar codes. Multiple-symbol combination based decoding of a received word that is based on a codeword involves determining whether all nodes at an intermediate stage of the multiple-symbol combination based decoding, which provide their outputs as inputs to a subset of nodes at a next stage of the multi-symbol combination based decoding, are associated with trust symbols in the received word that have a higher reliability of being successfully decoded than doubt symbols in the received word. A hard decision is performed in response to a positive determination.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that relate to performing rate matching when using polar codes. In one embodiment, a plurality of bits are received at a polar encoder. A value is obtained that corresponds to at least one of: a coding rate to be used to transmit the plurality of bits, and a number of coded bits to be used to transmit the plurality of bits. It is determined which range of values the value falls within, and an information sequence is obtained that corresponds to the range the value falls within. The plurality of bits are mapped to a subset of positions of an input vector according to the information sequence. The remaining positions of the input vector are set as frozen values that are known by a decoder. The input vector is then encoded in the polar encoder to generate a codeword.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing rate matching when using general polar codes. In one embodiment, a method of generating a codeword includes receiving bits at a polar encoder and encoding the bits using polar encoder kernels. The polar encoder kernels include a first kernel and a second kernel. The first kernel receives a set of input q-ary symbols and modifies the set of input q-ary symbols according to a first kernel generator matrix to produce a set of output q-ary symbols. The second kernel receives a set of input l-ary symbols, where l does not equal q, and modifies the set of input l-ary symbols according to a second kernel generator matrix to produce a set of output l-ary symbols. For example, the first kernel may be a binary kernel and the second kernel may be a Reed-Solomon (RS) based kernel.

Abstract: A first error-detecting code (EDC) is computed based on a first segment of a block of information that is to be encoded, and a second EDC is computed based on at least a second segment of the block of information. The first EDC is masked with a first masking segment and the second EDC with a second masking segment to generate a first masked EDC and a second masked EDC. The first masking segment and the second masking segment are associated with a target receiver of the block of information. A codeword is generated based on a code and an input vector that includes the first segment, the first masked EDC, the second segment, and the second masked EDC. This type of coding could be useful to support early termination of blind detection at a decoder, for example.

Abstract: A shaft structure includes a rotation shaft, a transmission structure coupled to the rotation shaft, and a moving structure coupled to the transmission structure. The rotation shaft includes a first transmission member fixedly arranged on the rotation shaft. The transmission structure rotates along with the rotation shaft, and includes a second transmission member engaged with the first transmission member. The moving structure moves translationally with respect to the rotation shaft in response to a rotation of the transmission structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a technique that serves as a platform for inducing human organ cells at a low cost, stably and in a large quantity. A cell inducible after differentiating pluripotent stem cells and then passaging the resultant cells at least once or more times, which is negative for undifferentiated (pluripotent) cell markers NANOG, OCT4, MYC and LIN28A, negative for endoderm cell markers CXCR4, CER1, HHEX and GATA4, positive for intestinal endoderm cell markers CDX2 and HOXB9, negative for a mesenchymal cell marker brachyury (T), negative for a pancreatic cell marker PDX1, and capable of differentiating into at least a hepatocyte, a pancreatic cell and an intestinal cell. Also provided are methods of preparing and amplifying the above cells; a method of preparing organ cells using the above cells; and a method of constructing a working cell bank for preparing organ cells, comprising cryopreserving the above cells.

Abstract: A bendable apparatus and a flexible electronic device ire provided. The bendable apparatus comprises a bendable front member, and a bendable back member including a connection portion and a support portion. The connection portion has a higher degree of deformability relative to the support portion. Side edges of the back member are attached to side edges of the front member to form an electronic component holding chamber. In response to a bending force being exerted on the apparatus, the connection portion is deformed by the support portion and at least a portion of the connection portion is forced to outside the electronic component holding chamber.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display substrate assembly including a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other, the first substrate including a first region and a second region, and, a total thickness of functional layers within the first region being less than a total thickness of functional layers within the second region, of the first substrate. A thickness compensation layer is provided on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, a position of the thickness compensation layer corresponds to a position of the first region, and, a sum of thickness of a thickness of the thickness compensation layer and the total thickness of the functional layers within the first region equals to the total thickness of the functional layers within the second region.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include at least two rotation shafts arranged substantially parallel to one another. The apparatus may include at least two fixing members. At least one fixing member of the at least two fixing members may be disposed at each side of the at least two rotating shafts. The apparatus may include at least two sliding members. A least one sliding member of the at least two sliding members may connect at least one rotating shaft to at least one fixing member. Each of the at least two sliding members may be disposed on opposite sides of the at least two rotating shafts. In response to the at least two rotation shafts rotating, a distance between the two or more rotating shafts and the at least two fixing members changes in a lengthwise direction. An electronic device and method are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for refined attitude control based on output feedback for a flexible spacecraft.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal drop filling system comprising a liquid crystal drop filling device performing a liquid crystal drop filling process to obtain a liquid crystal panel; an image acquisition device acquiring an image of the liquid crystal panel; an image processor processing the acquired image and determining a defect of the liquid crystal panel based on the processed image; and a communication module communicating an information about the defect determined by the image processor to the liquid crystal drop filling device, so that the liquid crystal drop filling device can adjust parameters of the liquid crystal drop filling process according to the information. In addition, the present disclosure further discloses a control method of a liquid crystal drop filling system.

Abstract: A device and a method for providing user-customized content are provided. The method, performed by the device, of providing information regarding at least one primary chat window includes: acquiring a plurality of messages included in at least one primary chat window; determining that a specific event has occurred, based on the acquired plurality of messages; generating a secondary chat window for informing a user of the device about the occurred event; and displaying guidance information about the occurred event in the secondary chat window.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is described and includes a first body; a second body; and at least two connecting devices, wherein the first body is connected with the second body in a slidable manner through the at least two connecting devices. The first body slides to a first state relative to the second body through the at least two connecting devices, and the first body slides to a second state relative to the second body through the at least two connecting devices. The first state is a first limit position of the sliding distance provided by the at least two connecting devices that the first body slides relative to the second body, and the second state is a second limit position of the sliding distance provided by the at least two connecting devices that the first body slides relative to the second body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for evaluating phagocytic capacity of phagocytes, including incorporating a fluorescent substance into phagocytes in a sample containing whole blood to obtain a measurement sample, standing the measurement sample for 2 minutes or more, measuring the fluorescence of the fluorescent substance, and evaluating the phagocytic capacity of phagocytes based on the intensity of the measured fluorescence, in which the measuring the fluorescence of the fluorescent substance includes irradiating an intermediate region of gravity direction of a placed measurement sample with an excitation light, and detecting the fluorescence generated from the fluorescent substance by the excitation light.

Abstract: An electronic device and a connection apparatus are provided. The electronic device includes a first body, a second body and a connection apparatus rotatably connecting the first body to the second body. The connection apparatus includes a first damping member and a second damping member, which are operable to mutually cooperate with each other, wherein a contact force between the first damping member and the second damping member is variable to accordingly generate a variable damping force on the first body and the second body according to a relative arrangement between the first body and the second body.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a bentable device having rigid receiving space that include a bentable housing having a receiving space therein, and in the process of the bentable housing being bent, at least a part of the volume of the receiving space is free from bending influence, thus the at least partial volume of the receiving space free from the bending influence constitutes a rigid receiving space.

Abstract: Methods, systems and kits for preparing carbamates as well as catalysts for preparing the carbamates, are disclosed. The methods for preparing carbamate can include providing a catalyst comprising cerium oxide (CeO2) and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), titanium (Ti), cobalt (Co), aluminum (Al), zinc (Zn), calcium (Ca), tin (Sn), indium (In), and any combination thereof; contacting the catalyst with at least one amine and at least one alcohol to form a mixture; and contacting the mixture with carbon dioxide under conditions sufficient to form the carbamate.

Abstract: A mask and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The mask comprises a body and a film layer comprising an oleophobic material and covering the surface of the body, thereby the possibility of the organic coagulation adhering to the surface of the mask is effectively reduced, and the contamination of the mask by the organic solvent and other volatile organic in the photoresist during exposure is also reduced.