Abstract: A query request identifying a query and a plurality of text portions for determining an answer to the query may be received. Relevance scores corresponding with respective ones of the text portions may be determined based on application of one or more machine learning models to the respective text portion and the query. A subset of the text portions may be selected based on the relevance scores. A response message to the query request including an answer to the query in natural language text generated by a large language model based on the first subset of text portions may be determined.

Abstract: A self-acting dredging and drainage structure for a plain river network irrigation area is provided. The structure includes a first tube body, a water inlet end side of the first tube body is provided with a trash rack, a partition body is provided in the first tube body, and a water outlet end side of the first tube body is provided with a contraction and diversion device. The contraction and diversion device divides a water outlet end of the first tube body into an upper water outlet side and a lower water outlet side, and the contraction and diversion device includes no less than one arranged contraction and diversion pipe; and the upper water outlet side has first water outlets and second water outlets.

Abstract: A layered interception contaminated soil sampling apparatus, including a fixed bracket and a lifting platform, the lifting platform being arranged on the top of the fixed bracket and fixedly connected to the fixed bracket; the layered interception contaminated soil sampling apparatus further including: a sample taking apparatus, arranged below the lifting platform, the top of the sample taking apparatus being fixedly connected to a movable end of the lifting platform, the sample taking apparatus being used to take a soil sample; a storage apparatus, arranged inside the fixed bracket, the storage apparatus being fixedly connected to the inside of the fixed bracket and used to store a sample taking device and samples taken; and a fixed base, arranged at the bottom of the fixed bracket and fixedly connected to the fixed bracket.

Abstract: A photoacoustic (PA) sensor device has a localization feature that defines a position of the sensor or scan information with a coordinate frame defining relative positions a scanned specimen and sensor information of other imaging planes of the scanned specimen. The coordinate frame is defined by positional information from localization markers at a known offset from the sensor, or from position signals from a robotic actuator driving the sensor. A processor coalesces the sensor information and positional information to reconstruct a 3-dimensional rendered structure by stitching together the sensor information to form a continuous rendering. Stitching may include adjacent imaging planes at an angular offset due to a varied pose of the sensor, and/or adjacent images over a lateral area too large for a single scan or imaging plane to capture.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for timing training on an LVDS interface includes sampling by using the second parallel data as reference data and the first parallel data as scanning data, the first delay stage is obtained; sampling by using the first parallel data as reference data and the second parallel data as scanning data, and setting the initial delay stage of the second parallel data as the first delay stage, the second delay stage is obtained, and setting the sum of the first delay stage and half of the delay stage difference as the delay stage of the first parallel data, then receiving the LVDS differential data. The method is capable of handling the impact of OCV and asymmetry in signal slopes on the effective data window, avoiding glitches, and reducing the requirements for delay chain design.

Abstract: A photoacoustic (PA) sensor employs a linear deployment of an illumination source and a corresponding ultrasonic receiver for defining an imaging plane for rendering a PA image of a surgical or diagnostic region. A pair of illumination sources emanates from cladding removal of respective optical fibers, and irradiates in alignment with a side firing ultrasonic (US) array for receiving the induced PA signals. The US array extends longitudinally and parallel to the illumination sources, and an overlap of the respective irradiation regions extends from the illumination sources lies within a sensing region of the US array for defining an imaging plane captured by the US sensor for rendering on a visual device, often in conjunction with an ablation antenna or diagnostic probe for providing concurrent imaging during a surgical procedure.

Abstract: A query request identifying a query and a plurality of text portions for determining an answer to the query may be received. Relevance scores corresponding with respective ones of the text portions may be determined based on application of one or more machine learning models to the respective text portion and the query. A subset of the text portions may be selected based on the relevance scores. A response message to the query request including an answer to the query in natural language text generated by a large language model based on the first subset of text portions may be determined.

Abstract: The invention described herein provides methods and materials that can impart long-term stability to polyelectrolyte complex coacervate droplets and create complex coacervate emulsions. The methodology described herein is designed to use one or more of a wide variety of comb polyelectrolytes in order to produce stable water-in-water emulsions with precisely controlled droplet size and enhanced stability profiles. The stabilized water-in-water emulsions microdroplets of the invention can further encapsulate active agents such as proteins and the like in a manner that protects them from the surrounding environment, thus allowing the compositions to serve as bio-microreactors and the like.

Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes the following steps: providing a substrate having a trench in a surface; forming an isolation layer on the surface of the substrate, the isolation layer covering a side wall and a bottom wall of the trench; pretreating the isolation layer such that an initial oxide layer is formed on a surface of the isolation layer; forming an advanced oxide layer on a surface of the initial oxide layer with an atomic layer deposition process; and forming a dielectric layer on a surface of the advanced oxide layer with a spin-on dielectrics (SOD) process such that the dielectric layer fills the trench.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and system for automatically monitoring and identifying water seepage of a segment joint of a subway shield tunnel. The method includes: 1): grinding a water-sensitive material and then mixing with a waterproof material to form a color-developing agent; 2): coating the color-developing agent on two sides extending from a construction joint and/or a deformation joint of a tunnel lining as a center line, to form a color-developing layer; and 3) obtaining a color development feature of the color-developing layer, and identifying water seepage based on the color development feature. According to the present disclosure, a water seepage amount can be determined based on the color development feature of the color-developing layer around the construction joint and/or the deformation joint of the tunnel lining, which facilitates monitoring of the water seepage amount around the construction joint and/or the deformation joint.

Abstract: Disclosed are a stress-resistant, creep-resistant, high-temperature resistant and high-insulation sheath material for a maglev train cable, and a manufacturing method and use thereof. A multiple chemical crosslinking structure is constructed by blending a functional polyvinylsilicone grease with ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and a ceramicized silicone rubber as a cable material matrix and using electron beam irradiation. In addition, organic/inorganic fillers in the matrix can form physical crosslinking points in the material. A physical-chemical dual crosslinking structure is constructed in the matrix, which can limit the motion and relaxation of molecular chains and improve the interaction between the insulation layer and sheath layer and refractory layers such as fillers and mica tapes to avoid the relative displacement during the laying and operation and improve the high-temperature resistance, creep resistance and stress relaxation resistance of a UHMWPE cable sheath material.

Abstract: A method for evaluating geographic atrophy. A set of retinal images is received. Each model of a plurality of models is trained to predict a set of geographic atrophy (GA) progression parameters for a geographic atrophy (GA) lesion using the set of retinal images. A visualization output is generated for each model of the plurality of models. The visualization output for a corresponding model of the plurality of models provides information about how the corresponding model uses the set of retinal images to predict the set of GA progression parameters.

Abstract: Disclosed are a stress-resistant, creep-resistant, high-temperature resistant and high-insulation sheath material for a maglev train cable, and a manufacturing method and use thereof. A multiple chemical crosslinking structure is constructed by blending a functional polyvinylsilicone grease with ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and a ceramicized silicone rubber as a cable material matrix and using electron beam irradiation. In addition, organic/inorganic fillers in the matrix can form physical crosslinking points in the material. A physical-chemical dual crosslinking structure is constructed in the matrix, which can limit the motion and relaxation of molecular chains and improve the interaction between the insulation layer and sheath layer and refractory layers such as fillers and mica tapes to avoid the relative displacement during the laying and operation and improve the high-temperature resistance, creep resistance and stress relaxation resistance of a UHMWPE cable sheath material.

Abstract: A query request identifying a query and a plurality of text portions for determining an answer to the query may be received. Relevance scores corresponding with respective ones of the text portions may be determined based on application of one or more machine learning models to the respective text portion and the query. A subset of the text portions may be selected based on the relevance scores. A response message to the query request including an answer to the query in natural language text generated by a large language model based on the first subset of text portions may be determined.

Abstract: A method and system for generating a geographic atrophy (GA) lesion segmentation mask corresponding to GA lesions in a retina is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a set of fundus autofluorescence (FAF) images of a retina having one or more geographic atrophy (GA) lesions and one or both of a set of infrared (IR) images of the retina or a set of optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of the retina may be used to generate the GA lesion segmentation mask including one or more GA lesion segments corresponding to the one or more GA lesions in the retina. In some instances, a neural network may be used to generate the GA lesion segmentation mask.

Abstract: A method and system for evaluating geographic atrophy in a retina. A set of fundus autofluorescence (FAF) images of the retina is received at a machine learning system. A set of optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of the retina is received at the machine learning system. A lesion growth rate is predicted, via the machine learning system, for a geographic atrophy lesion in the retina using the set of FAF images and the set of OCT images.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bionics-based efficiently transported and packed proppant and preparation method thereof, comprising enhanced fracturing fluid and biomimetic dandelion proppant; the mass ratio of the enhanced fracturing fluid and the biomimetic dandelion is: 1-2:100-400; the 100 pbw of enhanced fracturing fluid includes 0.1-1 pbw of drag reducing agent, 0.01-0.1 pbw of cleanup additive, 0.2-0.8 pbw of clay stabilizer, 0.01-0.05 pbw of bactericide, 0.01-0.2 pbw of nanoparticle enhancer, and water; the biomimetic dandelion proppant consists of modified proppant and modified fiber, and the mass ratio between the modified proppant and the modified fiber is 99-99.9:0.1-1.

Abstract: A display apparatus, including: a backlight module and a panel. The backlight module includes: a circuit board, a light-emitting device, and a quantum dot film layer; a fluorescent layer is provided in an orthographic projection area of the light-emitting device on the circuit board, and the fluorescent layer can absorb incident light and excite white light. When light emitted from the light-emitting device is incident onto the orthographic projection area, the fluorescent layer may first excite white light using a portion of the light, so that the intensity of light reflected to the quantum dot film layer is relatively weakened to just meet requirements of a quantum dot material on saturation of excited light, and the excited light of the quantum dot material and unexcited blue light may be mixed into white light which provides white backlight for the panel together with the white light excited by the fluorescent layer.

Abstract: An intelligent trash can includes a closing and packing mechanism for automatic closing of a garbage bag. The closing and packing mechanism include a pair of first pressing rods and a second pressing rod. The pair of first pressing rods are configured for being synchronously approached or synchronously moved away under the driving of a first belt transmission unit. The second pressing rod is perpendicular to the pair of first pressing rods. The second pressing rod is configured to perform linear reciprocating motion along a length direction of the pair of first pressing rods under the driving of the second belt transmission unit.

Abstract: A method and system for evaluating geographic atrophy in a retina. A set of fundus autofluorescence (FAF) images of the retina is received. An input is generated for a machine learning system using the set of fundus autofluorescence images. A lesion area is predicted, via the machine learning system, for the geographic atrophy lesion in the retina using the set of fundus autofluorescence images. A lesion growth rate is predicted, via the machine learning system, for the geographic atrophy lesion in the retina using the input.