Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product for selecting a next-hop component for a packet from a group in a service function chain (SFC) enabled domain. The method may include receiving a request for selecting a next-hop component for a packet from a group in an SFC-enabled domain. The method may include collecting a delay measurement for packets of each of the plurality of components from a measurement agent in the SFC-enabled domain. The method may include selecting at least one component from the plurality of components based on the delay measurement for packets of each of the plurality of components. The method may include returning an indicator indicating at least one component.

Abstract: Aspects for MAC-CE duplication for packet repetition in uplink and downlink are disclosed. In one particular aspect a method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a message including a component carrier (CC) identifier (ID) for a particular Medium Access Control (MAC) control element (MAC-CE). The method also includes receiving, by the UE, a first MAC-CE via a first CC of a plurality of CCs, and receiving, by the UE, a second MAC-CE via a second CC of the plurality of CCs. The CC ID included in the message corresponds to a CC ID for the second MAC-CE. The method further includes combining, by the UE based on the CC ID for the second MAC-CE, a first signal corresponding to the first MAC-CE and a second signal corresponding to the second MAC-CE to generate a combined signal for decoding.

Abstract: A light emitting diode, a display substrate and a transfer method are disclosed. The transfer method includes: disposing a display substrate on an adsorption carrier plate, and absorbing, by a transport head, multiple light emitting diodes from a donor substrate; dropping, by the transport head, the multiple light emitting diodes onto the display substrate, the light emitting diodes falling into positioning holes on the display substrate; and absorbing and removing, by the transport head, a light emitting diode on the display substrate which does not fall into a positioning hole.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, device and computer-readable storage medium for guiding symbolic execution. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to determine the specific code region of the program, and obtain the program loop output of the program corresponding to the specific code region of the program by using the program inverse analysis method, so that it is possible to obtain the program loop input of the program corresponding to the specific code region by using the program loop predictor according to the program loop output of the program. In this way, the obtained program loop input of the program corresponding to the specific code region may be used to guide the symbolic execution to filter out impossible execution paths and jump out of the program code and reach the specific code region, thereby improving the reliability of the symbolic execution.

Abstract: A movable object includes a plurality of actuation devices configured to move the movable object, a processor configured to control the actuation devices and the movements of the movable object, and at least one sensor. The sensor has a coordinate system not substantially in alignment with a coordinate system of the movable object. The sensor senses the state of the movable object and the processor controls the propulsion devices and the movements of the movable object based on the sensed state.

Abstract: Aspects relate to implementing multiplexing with a single carrier waveform. In some examples, intra-symbol multiplexing of data and other information on a single carrier symbol may be implemented utilizing pre-discrete Fourier transform (DFT) multiplexing. In addition, time domain rate-matching may be performed on the data to rate-match the data around the other information based on a number of usable samples in the time domain within the symbol for the data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for the purification of biofluids, for example, for hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, comprising an osmotic agent and a toxin-removal reagent, wherein the toxin-removal reagent can remove a toxin from a biofluid under a condition for osmosis. Provided are a dialysis solution and a kit comprising the aforementioned composition, a method for removing a toxin from a biofluid using the aforementioned composition, and a method for treating a toxin-related disease.

Abstract: A humidifier includes a shell, a fixing bracket, an atomizer, and a control circuit assembly, and the fixing bracket is disposed in a containing cavity of the shell and divides the containing cavity into a first isolating cavity and a second isolating cavity opposite to each other; the control circuit assembly is disposed in the first isolating cavity, and a solution is contained in the second isolating cavity; the atomizer is positioned in the solution of the second isolating cavity and electrically connected to the control circuit assembly. The control circuit assembly controls the atomizer to atomize the solution.

Abstract: An image coding method and apparatus and an image decoding method and apparatus are provided by the present invention. The image coding method includes: implementing matching coding for pixels of an input video image to obtain one or more matching relationship parameters, herein the matching relationship parameters are parameters used in a process of constructing predicted values and/or reconstructed values of the pixels in the image; mapping the matching relationship parameters to obtain mapped values of the matching relationship parameters; and performing entropy coding on the mapped values of the matching relationship parameters. The present invention addresses the problem existing in the conventional art which is caused by the direct implementation of entropy coding for matching relationship parameters and achieves a good data compression effect through entropy coding.

Abstract: A voltage conversion apparatus includes a power supply circuit with a first switch, a voltage conversion circuit, and a protective circuit with a detection circuit. The first switch transmits a power to generate an input voltage. The voltage conversion circuit generates a first voltage. A second switch of the voltage conversion circuit receives the input voltage. A third switch of the voltage conversion circuit is coupled between the second switch and a ground terminal. The detection circuit generates a first control signal based on the first voltage, a second voltage that corresponds to the first voltage, and a reference voltage. When a voltage value of an error signal is less than the reference voltage, the detection circuit outputs the first control signal to turn off the first switch. The voltage value of the error signal corresponds to a voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage.

Abstract: Aspects generally relate to a P-N junction varactor that can be integrated with high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) in a single device or die. The varactor and HEMT are fabricated with the same materials forming various layers of the varactor and HEMT. Using the same material stack-up to form the varactor and HEMT can reduce the number of processing steps during the fabrication of the integrated varactor and HEMT device. The integrated varactor and HEMT device may be used for RF circuits, such as radio frequency front end (RFFE) devices for use in 5G.

Abstract: An LED tube lamp includes a tube having two ends, two end caps respectively at the ends of the tube, a power supply in one or both of the end caps, an LED light strip in the tube; and a plurality of LED light sources on the LED light strip. Each of the end caps comprises a lateral wall substantially coaxial with the tube, an end wall substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the lateral wall, and at least one opening penetrating through the end wall. An axial direction of the at least one opening is substantially parallel with an axial direction of the lateral wall. The LED light sources electrically connected to the power supply via the LED light strip.

Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may determine a coreset of time and frequency resources within a control region of a coreset bandwidth. In one aspect, the coreset bandwidth may be based on a minimum bandwidth configuration associated with one or more UEs in a set of UEs. The apparatus may also transmit a PDCCH as a single-carrier waveform via the coreset of time and frequency resources. In one aspect, the PDCCH may be transmitted to each UE in the set of UEs using the coreset bandwidth.

Abstract: A method performed by a computing system comprises receiving a fluoroscopic image of a patient anatomy while a portion of a medical instrument is positioned within the patient anatomy. The fluoroscopic image has a fluoroscopic frame of reference. The portion has a sensed position and sensed orientation in an anatomic model frame of reference. The method further comprises identifying the portion in the fluoroscopic image and identifying an extracted position and an extracted orientation of the portion in the fluoroscopic frame of reference using the identified portion in the fluoroscopic image. The method further comprises registering the fluoroscopic frame of reference to the anatomic model frame of reference based on the sensed position of the portion, the extracted position of the portion, the sensed orientation of the portion, and the extracted orientation of the portion.

Abstract: An apparatus for a personal call center assistant includes a receiver that receives a query from a call center over a communication channel during a communication session between the call center and a user. A security checker that determines whether text from the query matches an entry in a user profile of the user and an inference engine identifies one or more query responses in response to the security checker determining that the text from the query matches an entry in the user profile. Each query response is assigned a confidence level and each confidence level includes a likelihood that the query response matches information requested in the query. An outputter converts a query response with a highest confidence level to an answer to the query and a responder communicates the answer to the query to the call center in a format compatible with the query.

Abstract: A planar optical waveguide based on two-dimensional grating includes an optical waveguide substrate which is a transparent plane-parallel plate, and a functional grating element which includes a two-dimensional grating having two grating directions with an angle of 60° in between. The two-dimensional grating is either protruded or recessed into the top surface of the optical waveguide substrate. The output image from a micro-projector can enter the optical waveguide and then gets projected to cover the entire area of the functional grating element, enabling a human eye to view the output image across a large eye-box.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a display panel, a method for fabricating the same, and a display device. The display panel includes: a base substrate, and a thin film transistor structure, an anode layer, a light-emitting layer, a cathode layer, and an encapsulation layer, which are arranged successively on the base substrate, wherein at least one installation hole for installing a hardware structure is arranged in a display area of the display panel, and the installation hole runs through the base substrate and the respective layers on the display panel in the direction perpendicular to the base substrate; and the edge of the installation hole is arranged with an encapsulation layer material, and the encapsulation layer material covers at least the light-emitting layer and the cathode layer adjacent to the edge of the installation hole, in the direction parallel to the base substrate.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for random access channel (RACH) communication. For example, certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication by a user-equipment (UE). The method generally includes transmitting a first message comprising a RACH preamble, receiving a second message comprising random access response (RAR) in response to the RACH preamble, transmitting a third message in response to the RAR, receiving a fourth message (MSG4) comprising a contention resolution message in response to the third message. In certain aspects, the fourth message may include a timing advance (TA) parameter which may be used to communicate one or more messages.

Abstract: A moving picture coding apparatus 1 includes: a quantization matrix holding unit (112) that holds a quantization matrix (WM) which has already been transmitted in a parameter set and a matrix ID for identifying the quantization matrix (WM), which are associated with each other; and a variable length coding unit (111) that obtains the matrix ID corresponding to the quantization matrix (WM) used for quantization from the quantization matrix holding unit (112) and places the matrix ID in a coded stream Str.