Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a system and a storage for detecting a fault of a HVAC system. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining room air temperatures and compressor equivalent runtime during the operation of the HVAC system; calculating a rate of change per unit time of the room air temperatures within the compressor equivalent runtime; and determining whether a fault occurs in the HVAC system based on a change in the rate of change per unit time of the room air temperatures. The invention can be applied to a HVAC system for an on-line fault detection, which is able to effectively detect a series of faculties and may output information such as an alert to help to increase the security and the user satisfaction of the HVAC system.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for training of factorization machines (FMs) using a streaming mode alternating least squares (ALS) optimization. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes receiving a datapoint that includes a feature vector and an associated target value. The feature vector includes user identification, subject matter identification, and a context. The target value identifies an opinion of the user relative to the subject matter. The method further includes applying an FM to the feature vector to generate an estimate of the target value, and updating parameters of the FM for training of the FM. The parameter update is based on application of a streaming mode ALS optimization to: the datapoint; the estimate of the target value; and to an updated summation of intermediate calculated terms generated by application of the streaming mode ALS optimization to previously received datapoints associated with prior parameter updates of the FM.

Abstract: Determining a characteristic of a configuration file that is used to discover configuration files in a target machine, a computer identifies, using information associated with a configuration item of a machine, a candidate configuration file related to the configuration item of the machine, from among a plurality of files from the machine. The computer extracts a value of a feature of the candidate configuration file and aggregates the candidate configuration file with a second candidate configuration file related to the same configuration item identified from among a plurality of files from a second machine, based on the extracted value. The computer then determines a configuration file related to the configuration item from among the aggregated candidate configuration files based on a result of the aggregation, and determines a characteristic of the configuration file related to the configuration item.

Abstract: Various solutions for reducing uplink overhead with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may monitor a downlink channel. The apparatus may determining whether downlink control information (DCI) is received on the downlink channel. The apparatus may skip a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback transmission on an uplink channel in an event that no DCI is received on the downlink channel.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and storage medium for analyzing insect feeding behaviors are disclosed. The method comprises detecting insects in a video recording feeding activities of the insects by deep learning using a neural network to obtain a detection result, obtaining insect trajectories according to the detection result, and obtaining an analysis result according to the insect trajectories. According to the present disclosure, the detection and analysis are performed on a pre-recorded video by deep learning using a neural network, and then the insect trajectories and an analysis result are obtained according to the detection result, thus manual observation, recording and analysis are not needed, the efficiency is high. Besides, subjective assumptions are eliminated for higher accuracy. The present disclosure, as a method, apparatus and storage medium for analyzing insect feeding behaviors, can be widely used in the field of insect behavior analysis.

Abstract: An information request processor analyzes an information request and automatically selects search queries and information sources that are responsive to the information request. Prior reports and portions of browsing history that were generated during the creation of the prior reports are selected based at least on a primary entity included in the information request. The entities extracted from the prior reports using trained Information Extraction (IE) models are mapped to the search terms extracted from the portions of the browsing history in order to identify the successful search queries that provided the information for the prior reports. A report responsive to the information request can be generated either automatically or by receiving user input that validates and rephrases the successful search queries.

Abstract: An American cockroach processing equipment for household food waste includes: a sorting apparatus, configured to perform solid-liquid separation of kitchen waste; a feeding and breeding apparatus, configured to receive solid waste separated by the sorting apparatus, and use the solid waste for cockroach breeding; and a waste liquid treatment apparatus, configured to receive waste liquid separated by the sorting apparatus, and preferably configured to use the waste liquid for detergent production. The equipment can first perform solid-liquid separation of kitchen waste, and then use the separated solid waste to breed the cockroaches that are used to produce high-grade protein feeds and pharmaceutical raw materials, therefore better economic benefits are achieved and the waste is effectively reused.

Abstract: Examples of job allocation are described hereon. In an example, a job for allocation may be received. The job may be analyzed to obtain information pertaining to the job. The information may comprise at least one of a domain of the job and a priority level of the job. Further, performance of resources may be determined to provide resource information. The resource information may be determined using a supervised learning model comprising a job vector for each job type and a resource vector corresponding to each resource. The resource information may include a list of resources with at least one of a corresponding probability of each resource completing the job and a performance score of each resource. Based on the job information and the resource information, the resource may be recommended for the job using an expertise-estimation modeling technique and the job may be assigned to the recommended resource, accordingly.

Abstract: A multiple bussed termination for connecting a plurality of wires comprises a plurality of splices each having a base and a region for holding some of the plurality of wires. The splices are connected to each other by a conductive strip extending from the base of a first splice of the plurality of splices to a remainder of the plurality of splices. The splices are each capable of being crimped to some of the plurality of wires.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cytokine-based bioactivatable drug construct (“VitoKine”) platform that aims to reduce systemic mechanism-based toxicities and lead to broader therapeutic utility for proteins and cytokines such as IL-15 and IL-2 for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, viral infection, transplantation and various other disorders. The novel VitoKine constructs of the present invention comprise: 1) a tissue or disease site targeting moiety D1 domain (“D1”), 2) a bioactivatable moiety D2 domain (“D2”), and a concealing moiety D3 domain (“D3”). Importantly, because the “active moiety” of the VitoKine construct will remain inert until activated locally by proteases that are upregulated in diseased tissues, this will limit binding of the active moiety to the receptors or to the targets in the peripheral or on the cell-surface of non-diseased cells and tissue to prevent over-activation of the pathway and reduce undesirable “on-target” “off tissue” toxicities.

Abstract: An overload protection mechanism includes a first accommodating member, a second accommodating member, a force storage member, and an object. The second accommodating member is rotatably disposed on the first accommodating member. The force storage member is disposed between the first accommodating member and the second accommodating member. Opposite ends of the force storage member are connected to the first accommodating member and the second accommodating member. The object is connected to the second accommodating member. When an external force is exerted on the object and a torque generated by the external force is larger than a torque provided by the force storage member, the external force forces the object to drive the second accommodating member to rotate with respect to the first accommodating member.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to adhesion promoting intercoating layers, selectively strippable coatings, coating compositions, and methods of making and using the compositions and coatings. A coating composition can be provided comprising an organic polymer containing acid functionalities, a metallic agent, and a boron agent, which may be used on a coated substrate as a selectively strippable and/or adhesion promoting intercoating layer. The coating compositions can be applied to coated substrates within a broad application window and used within multi layered coating systems.

Abstract: The present invention provides a surgical implant material for assisted repair of muscle mechanics and a method of preparing the same. The surgical implant material for assisted repair of muscle mechanics comprises a collagen compound within a net-like bacterial cellulose base material. A bacterial cellulose base material is placed into solution of collagen, treated via vortex shaking, dried at room temperature; and then immersed in an aqueous solution of an aldehyde compound under vacuum to react for 10 to 30 minutes, thereby producing the surgical implant material for assisted repair of muscle mechanics. The surgical implant material of the present invention can effectively improve the biocompability, and maintain the flexibility, smoothness and fitness of the base material to reduce the damage to surrounding tissues, thereby reducing the bleeding and inflammatory response.

Abstract: A system for reconciliation comprises a determination engine to determine whether data is structured or unstructured, a data structuring engine to structure the data, and a rule extraction engine to determine relations between pairs of values of a first set and a second set of data. The system further comprises a matching engine to generate a confidence score for each pair of the values, a categorization engine to classify the pairs of values into matched pairs and unmatched pairs, a validation engine to validate matching and classification of the pairs based on a user feedback, and a learning engine to store details pertaining to the validation of the matching and the classification over a period of time. The learning engine forwards the details to the rule extraction engine and the categorization engine to determine the relations between subsequent pairs of values and classify the pairs based on the stored details.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first insulating structure, a second insulating structure, at least one first active semiconductor fin, and at least one second active semiconductor fin. The first insulating structure and the second insulating structure are disposed on the substrate. The first active semiconductor fin is disposed on the substrate and has a protruding portion protruding from the first insulating structure. The second active semiconductor fin is disposed on the substrate and has a protruding portion protruding from the second insulating structure. The protruding portion of the first active semiconductor fin and the protruding portion of the second active semiconductor fin have different heights.

Abstract: The invention discloses a cable connector assembly and method for manufacturing the same, the cable connector assembly includes a cable; a first connector and a second connector, the first connector includes a first plug, the first plug is inserted in the first port, the first plug is electrically connecting the cable via a printed circuit board; the second connector includes a second plug, the second plug is inserted in the second port, the second connector is assembled onto the first connector, the second plug is not electrically connecting with the second port. The second connector is assembled onto the first connector, therefore, the second connector plays the function of fixing the first connector, the cable connector assembly is less likely to be shaken or loosened during use, and the electrical connection between the first connector and the first port is more stable.

Abstract: A progressive photon mapping method based on statistical test includes launching rays from the viewpoint to each pixel on the image plane and intersecting the three-dimensional scene to be rendered. If an intersection with diffuse surface is found on the tracing path, it is recorded as the hit point; a photon pass is performed: 31) performing photon tracing step; 32) performing photon collection processing for each hit point; 33) if the current iteration of photon pass does not need chi-square test, then performing flux accumulation and keeping the collection radius unchanged; if chi-square is required, evaluating the photon distribution quality; computing a collection radius according to the estimated photon distribution, and performing the flux accumulation in the current photon pass; 34) if the photon collection radius is reduced, then performing distributed ray tracing, generating new hit points, and go to 31), otherwise go to 31), start a new iteration of photon pass.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices, integrated circuits and methods of forming the same are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes depositing a first dielectric layer over a metal pad disposed over a workpiece, forming a first opening in the first dielectric layer to expose a portion of the metal pad, after the forming of the first opening, forming a second dielectric layer over the exposed portion of the metal pad, depositing a first polymeric material over the second dielectric layer, forming a second opening through the first polymeric material and the second dielectric layer to expose the metal pad, and forming a bump feature over the exposed metal pad.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, at least one active semiconductor fin, at least one first dummy semiconductor fin, and at least one second dummy semiconductor fin. The active semiconductor fin is disposed on the substrate. The first dummy semiconductor fin is disposed on the substrate. The second dummy semiconductor fin is disposed on the substrate and between the active semiconductor fin and the first dummy semiconductor fin. A top surface of the first dummy semiconductor fin and a top surface of the second dummy semiconductor fin are curved in different directions.

Abstract: A flaw detecting apparatus and a method for a plane mirror based on line scanning and ring band stitching are provided. The flaw detecting apparatus comprises: a line scanning detector, an annular illumination source, a rotary table rotatable about a Z axis, a translation table translatable along an X axis and a processor. By translating and rotating the plane mirror to be detected, an entire surface of the plane mirror to be detected can be detected by the line scanning detector, and the flaw of the entire plane mirror to be detected is obtained by a ring band stitching method. The method of line scanning and ring band stitching reduces the imaging distortion, the intermediate data amount, the difficulty in the distortion correction and difficulty in stitching, and improves the detection speed and the detection quality.