Abstract: A container image is deployed, at runtime, on a node within a computing environment. The deploying includes downloading, at runtime, container image content from multiple sites. The downloading includes obtaining a core image of the container image from one or more image registries and updating a local image store with the core image, and obtaining one or more add-ons of the container image from one or more add-on registries and updating a local add-on store with the one or more add-ons. The deployed container image is executed on the node.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an air mixer for a compressed air foam (CAF) fire-extinguishing system. A foam concentrate and compressed air are respectively transported by a liquid inlet pipe and an air inlet pipe. When the compressed air and the foam concentrate enter a straight pipe through a first tapered pipe, they reach an outlet end of the first tapered pipe through a path narrowing due to different cross-section diameters at two ends of the first tapered pipe, and there is a compression process. Under an action of a high-pressure airflow, the foam concentrate is fully mixed. The mixed foam concentrate reaches a porous plate of the straight pipe and can be mixed secondarily. When the foam concentrate is discharged by a second tapered pipe, a flow path widens and there is a release process.

Abstract: A flow conditioner includes a group of flow conditioning units including a first flow conditioning unit and a second flow conditioning unit. The flow conditioner also includes a mixing space for developing a flow. The mixing space is located between the first and second flow conditioning units. One of the first or second flow conditioning units can include one or more of a shaper or a reducer, and the other of the first or second flow conditioning units can include one or more shapers.

Abstract: Disclosed are a CO2 gas-soluble silicon nanofluid and a preparation method therefor. The method includes: taking nano-silica and grafting a silane coupling agent to obtain modified nano-silica; taking methylsiloxane, fluorosilicone, aminosiloxane and an end-capping agent, and performing polymerization under the action of a catalyst to obtain a functionalized network siloxane; and taking the modified nano-silica and the functionalized network siloxane, uniformly mixing, then heating for a Michael addition reaction, and obtaining the gas-soluble silicon nanofluid after the reaction is completed. The gas-soluble silicon nanofluid microscopically forms a network structure with modified nano-silica as a cross-linking point and polysiloxane as a chain; macroscopically, the effect of viscosity increase of the supercritical carbon dioxide is significant, and the dissolving pressure is low. The interfacial tension and the miscibility pressure between the crude oil and CO2 are significantly reduced.

Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of an ultrasonic sound field measuring system, and relates to a manual acoustic axis aligning method for an ultrasonic sound field measuring system. The method comprises: obtaining an intersection between a current acoustic axis and a plane by scanning two detection planes, and calculating an inclination angle of the current acoustic axis; judging whether the inclination angle is less than an adjustment threshold. The method does not depend on the specific mechanical implementation of adjusting an acoustic axis angle. The iterative algorithm combined with geometric information can converge quickly. The criterion of intersection between the acoustic axis and the plane used is not limited to the amplitude criterion, and other criteria can be introduced by increasing the distance between two planes to increase the robustness of measuring the acoustic axis angle.

Abstract: A system and method include forecasting a series of future data points in a long sequence time series data using a decoder-only transformer model by dividing the long sequence time series data into a plurality of sequences, converting each sequence of the plurality of sequences into a first vector to obtain a plurality of first vectors, creating a plurality of second vectors from the time stamps associated with the plurality of data points, combining the first vector with the second vector of each sequence of the plurality of sequences to obtain a plurality of third vectors, computing a context matrix from the plurality of third vectors, performing a convolution operation on the context matrix to forecast the series of future data points, and outputting the series of future data points from the prediction layer.

Abstract: A flow conditioner apparatus and a method of assembling the flow conditioner apparatus can include a flow conditioner configured for insertion with a process pipe with respect to an ultrasonic flow meter, wherein the flow conditioner is characterized by an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the process pipe, and a front insert assembly comprising a flange, thread, or welding connection, wherein the front insert assembly is configured to securely fix the flow conditioner within the process pipe. The flow conditioner can be configured to provide a uniform and symmetrical flow profile within the process pipe. The flow conditioner can further include a construction suitable for limited installation space.

Abstract: A robot applicable to synchronous patrol of a long branch pipeline and a main pipeline includes a walking apparatus and detection apparatuses located on a top of the walking apparatus, where the detection apparatuses accompany the walking apparatus to patrol the main pipeline. The robot further includes a sub-walking apparatus located at a front end of the walking apparatus, where front wheel obstacle-crossing apparatuses of the walking apparatus are also capable of limiting the sub-walking apparatus while crossing an obstacle in the main pipeline, and when the branch pipeline is encountered, the front wheel obstacle-crossing apparatuses are lifted to a certain height, a bin outlet of the sub-walking apparatus is released, and the sub-walking apparatus is separated from the walking apparatus and independently patrols the branch pipeline.

Abstract: A converter includes L phase legs, each phase leg of the L phase legs comprising a plurality of switches connected in series between an input power source and ground, wherein a first flying capacitor of an Mth phase is cross-coupled between an Mth phase leg and an (M+1)th phase leg, and a first flying capacitor of an Lth phase is cross-coupled between an Lth phase leg and a first phase leg, and wherein switches of the L phase legs are configured such that a ratio of an input voltage of the hybrid multi-phase step-down power converter to an output voltage of the hybrid multi-phase step-down power converter is equal to N/D, and wherein L, M, N are positive integers with M<L, L>2, and D is a duty cycle of the hybrid multi-phase step-down power converter.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a processing circuit configured to: determine a topological position of an IAB node in an IAB network at a subsequent moment, the topological position including a parent node and a donor node of the IAB node; sending a handover request to a donor node of the IAB node of the subsequent moment, so as to request that a handover of the IAB node to the parent node and the donor node of the subsequent moment is performed at the subsequent moment; and sending a handover notification to a donor node of the IAB node of a current moment, the notification comprising the topological position of the IAB node of the subsequent moment, such that the IAB node is connected, on a control plane, to both the donor node of the current moment and the donor node of the subsequent moment.

Abstract: A method for determining a damage range of a skill, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: in response to release of a target skill, determining a release position of the target skill, wherein the release position is located in a scene unit within a virtual scene including a plurality of scene units arranged consecutively, and the scene unit is hexagonal; acquiring, based on the release position, a first relative position that includes position information of a damage range of the target skill relative to the release position; and determining the damage range of the target skill based on the first relative position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a biomarker miR-32533 for cognitive impairment-related diseases and use thereof. The miR-32533 includes the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, and can be used as a biomarker for detecting the cognitive impairment-related diseases, especially Alzheimer's disease (AD). The miR-32533 can specifically bind to CREB5 gene, reduce an expression level of CREB5 gene, and inhibit generation of extracellular ?-amyloid (A?), thereby effectively preventing and treating AD.

Abstract: A display method for a skill indicator includes: in response to a trigger operation on a target skill, determining a release position and an effect range of the target skill, the release position being one scene unit in a virtual scene, the release position being located in the effect range, and the effect range including a plurality of scene units; based on relative positions of a plurality of specified scene units in the effect range, determining direction information of a skill indicator of the target skill; and based on an indicator parameter that is preset for the target skill, and using the release position as a reference, generating and displaying the skill indicator in the direction indicated by the direction information.

Abstract: A preparation method for additive manufacturing titanium alloys involves coupling control is performed for the microstructure and the microvoids in the material to achieve the synchronous optimization of both. Firstly, the microvoids in the printed material are eliminated by printing and hot isostatic pressing technologies. Then, based on the critical temperature and time of grain growth and phase transformation, the microstructure is optimized by high-temperature and short-time heat treatment.

Abstract: A robot applicable to synchronous patrol of a long branch pipeline and a main pipeline includes a walking apparatus and detection apparatuses located on a top of the walking apparatus, where the detection apparatuses accompany the walking apparatus to patrol the main pipeline. The robot further includes a sub-walking apparatus located at a front end of the walking apparatus, where front wheel obstacle-crossing apparatuses of the walking apparatus are also capable of limiting the sub-walking apparatus while crossing an obstacle in the main pipeline, and when the branch pipeline is encountered, the front wheel obstacle-crossing apparatuses are lifted to a certain height, a bin outlet of the sub-walking apparatus is released, and the sub-walking apparatus is separated from the walking apparatus and independently patrols the branch pipeline.

Abstract: Pixels in an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display may be microcavity OLED pixels having optical cavities. The optical cavities may be defined by a partially transparent cathode layer and a reflective anode structure. The anode of the pixels may include both the reflective anode structure and a supplemental anode that is transparent and that is used to tune the thickness of the optical cavity for each pixel. Organic light-emitting diode layers may be formed over the pixels and may have a uniform thickness in each pixel in the display. Pixels may have a conductive spacer between a transparent anode portion and a reflective anode portion, without an intervening dielectric layer. The conductive spacer may be formed from a material such as titanium nitride that is compatible with both anode portions. The transparent anode portions may have varying thicknesses to control the thickness of the optical cavities of the pixels.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device, a sound-emitting control method, and a sound-emitting control device.

Abstract: A rectifier and a flowmeter, the rectifier including a fairing, wherein a first rectifying section (1) positioned at the upstream, a reducing section (2) positioned at the midstream and a second rectifying section (3) positioned at the downstream, can be arranged in the fairing. The first rectifying section and the second rectifying section are respectively provided with a group of rectifying channels parallel to the flow direction of fluid, and a through-hole (21) can be formed in the reducing section. The rectifier can provide improved rectification effects.

Abstract: A manganese-based carbonate precursor of a positive electrode material for a secondary battery has a specific structure and composition and contains a trace amount of uniformly distributed Na element, a content of Na is in a range of 0.5-3 mol %, which range can ensure that the structural integrity and consistency of carbonate crystals are not affected. In addition, the trace amount of Na element is uniformly distributed inside the manganese-based carbonate precursor provided in the present application, and by means of simple mixing with a lithium source and sintering, a lithium-rich manganese-based material uniformly doped with Na element can be directly obtained without the need for introducing other Na source, whereby uneven doping of Na is effectively avoided, the doping effect is improved, and the electrical properties of the material are significantly improved.