Abstract: A method for obtaining a quantity of resource elements in a communication process, comprising: determines a downlink control information format of downlink control information, obtains, based on the downlink control information format, a quantity of resource elements occupied by a demodulation reference signal (DMRS); and determines a size of transport block (TBS) based on the quantity of resource elements occupied by the DMRS.

Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and computer program products for a distributed computing system for a vehicle. A vehicle (such as an autonomous vehicle) can have a hardware architecture including a master embedded system and multiple slave embedded systems. Each of the master and slave embedded systems can include, for example, a system on a chip (SoC). Each of the slave embedded systems can have multiple sensors of the vehicle assigned thereto, can process data generated by its assigned sensors, and can communicate an output of its processing to the master embedded system. The master embedded system can control timing of the slave embedded systems, such as by rotating sequentially through each of the slave embedded systems, such that timing of the sensors' data generating and processing can be controlled. Each of the slave embedded systems can communicate with the master embedded system via a high speed interface.

Abstract: The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a recovery device for oil spilling on water, a control method thereof, and a recovery vessel. The recovery device includes a casing, a control center, a variable pressure airbag, an oil detector, an isolation layer, a water suction pump, and a drain pipe. The casing is of a hollow structure, the hollow structure is used to accommodate an oil-water mixture and used as a temporary oil collection tank, the upper part of the casing is provided with an oil-water mixture inlet, the bottom of the casing is provided with a drain port, and the side wall of the casting is provided with an oil suction port. The variable pressure airbag is arranged outside the casing, and the variable pressure airbag is configured to adjust buoyancy of the recovery device. The water suction pump is configured to pump out water in the casing and discharge water to a water environment outside the casing through the drain pipe.

Abstract: A flexible, rapid deployable perimeter monitoring system and method that employs distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) technologies and includes a deployment/operations field vehicle including an interrogator and analyzer/processor. The deployment/operations field vehicle is configured to field deploy a ruggedized fiber optic sensor cable in an arrangement that meets a specific application need, and subsequently interrogate/sense via DFOS any environmental conditions affecting the deployed fiber optic sensor cable. Such sensed conditions include mechanical vibration, acoustic, and temperature that may be advantageously sensed/evaluated/analyzed in the deployment/operations vehicle and subsequently communicated to a central location for further evaluation and/or coordination with other monitoring systems. Upon completion, the field vehicle and DFOS reconfigure a current location or redeployed to another location.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to using an implantation process and a melting anneal process performed on a nanosecond scale to achieve a high surface concentration (surface pile up) dopant profile and a retrograde dopant profile simultaneously. In an embodiment, a method includes forming a source/drain structure in an active area on a substrate, the source/drain structure including a first region comprising germanium, implanting a first dopant into the first region of the source/drain structure to form an amorphous region in at least the first region of the source/drain structure, implanting a second dopant into the amorphous region containing the first dopant, and heating the source/drain structure to liquidize and convert at least the amorphous region into a crystalline region, the crystalline region containing the first dopant and the second dopant.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a detachable anti-vibration sealing protection device for a pipe flange. The protection device includes a casing, wherein left and right end surfaces of the casing have through holes for the pipeline to pass through, and the casing has an accommodation cavity for placing the flange; a first shock absorption assembly for radial shock absorption of the flange; and a second shock absorption assembly which is installed in a one-to-one correspondence with the flange and is configured for axial shock absorption of the corresponding flange. The first shock absorption assembly and the second shock absorption assembly are installed in the accommodation cavity.

Abstract: Innovations in adaptive encoding of screen content based on motion type are described. For example, a video encoder system receives a current picture of a video sequence. The video encoder system determines a current motion type for the video sequence and, based at least in part on the current motion type, sets one or more encoding parameters. Then, the video encoder system encodes the current picture according to the encoding parameter(s). The innovations can be used in real-time encoding scenarios when encoding screen content for a screen sharing application, desktop conferencing application, or other application. In some cases, the innovations allow a video encoder system to adapt compression to different characteristics of screen content at different times within the same video sequence.

Abstract: A DFOS system and machine learning method that automatically localizes manholes, which forms a key step in a fiber optic cable mapping process. Our system and method utilize weakly supervised learning techniques to predict manhole locations based on ambient data captured along the fiber optic cable route. To improve any non-informative ambient data, we employ data selection and label assignment strategies and verify their effectiveness extensively in a variety of settings, including data efficiency and generalizability to different fiber optic cable routes. We describe post-processing steps that bridge the gap between classification and localization and combining results from multiple predictions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a preferably computer-implemented method of raising a group of monogastric animals Issues such as exposure of the animals to an initiator of a disease are recognized at an early stage by ex vivo analysis of blood samples. Said analysis is done where the animals are raised using point-of-care devices. Accuracy of separation between affected and non-affected animals is increased by measuring a set of pre-determined blood parameters. The landless monogastric animal production system of the invention facilitates implementation of the method of the invention.

Abstract: In some examples, a touch screen can include touch electrodes that can function as drive (Tx) electrodes and sense (Rx) electrodes during a touch sensing operation of the electronic device. The drive electrodes can include +Tx electrodes and ?Tx electrodes that can receive drive signals that can have the same amplitude and frequency and opposite phases, for example. In some examples, the surface areas of the +Tx electrodes and the ?Tx electrodes can be the same and the distances of the +Tx electrodes and ?Tx electrodes from the Rx electrodes can be different. In some examples, the total charge coupled to a proximate or touching object can be zero, which can mitigate problems associated with ungrounded or poorly grounded objects in contact with the touch screen.

Abstract: A slide staining apparatus for staining of cells and tissue samples on slides before pathological analysis. The apparatus is operable to stain multiple sets of slides simultaneously and configured with a reagent system having a plurality of reagents. The Apparatus includes a slide counter, a controller having a non-transitory memory component with instructions thereon, and a processor configured to determine a count of a set of received slides since the regent system was installed. When the count is below a threshold, the first protocol is used. When the count is above the threshold, slides in-progress are stained, and newly received slides are stained with a second protocol, the first protocol having an eosin reagent step followed by a 95% ethanol reagent step of a first duration, the second protocol having an eosin reagent step followed by a 95% ethanol reagent step of a second duration less than the first duration.

Abstract: Disclosed is a passivated perovskite structure containing a perovskite layer; and a hindered urea bond-based Lewis acid-base containing layer adjacent the perovskite layer. Also disclosed are solar cells containing the passivated perovskite structure.

Abstract: A terminal and a receptacle connector are provided. The terminal comprises a soldering segment, an upright arm and a bending arm. The soldering segment has a first end portion and the upright arm extends upwardly from the first end portion. The bending arm bends back and obliquely extends upwardly close to the upright arm and includes an upper bending segment and a contact segment extends upwardly from the upper bending segment. A shoulder portion is formed at each of at least one side edge of two side edges of each of at least one of the upright arm and the bending arm, the two side edges are connected with the soldering segment, the shoulder portion protrudes relative to a corresponding side edge of the soldering segment.

Abstract: This application provides a sidelink resource configuration method and apparatus. The method includes: configuring, by a network device, sidelink bandwidth part (SL BWP) configuration information for a terminal device, where the SL BWP configuration information is used to indicate a common first parameter of M resource pools in the SL BWP; and configuring, by the terminal device, the M resource pools in the SL BWP based on the SL BWP configuration information in a process of configuring the resource pools in the SL BWP, where the M resource pools have at least one same parameter, and the at least one parameter is determined based on the first parameter. Therefore, communication between different terminal devices can be implemented by configuring the resource pools in the SL BWP.

Abstract: In sharp contrast to the prior art, a fallen tree detection and localization method based on distributed fiber optical sensing (DFOS) technique and physics informed machine learning is described in which DFOS leverages existing fiber cables that are conventionally installed on the bottom layer of distribution lines and used to provide high-speed communications. The DFOS collects and transmits fallen tree induced vibration data along the length of the entire overhead lines, including distribution lines and transmission lines, where there is a fiber cable deployed. The developed physics-informed neural network model processes the data and localizes the fallen tree location along the lines. The location is interpreted in at least two aspects: the fallen tree location in terms of the fiber cable length; and the exact cable location (power cable or fiber cable) that the fallen tree mechanically impacts.

Abstract: A method includes forming a gate stack on a first portion of a semiconductor substrate, removing a second portion of the semiconductor substrate on a side of the gate stack to form a recess, growing a semiconductor region starting from the recess, implanting the semiconductor region with an impurity, and performing a melt anneal on the semiconductor region. At least a portion of the semiconductor region is molten during the melt anneal.

Abstract: Provided are methods for managing efficiency of image processing, which can include obtaining, using at least one SoC, raw data associated with a raw image from at least one camera; generating an updated image based on the raw image from the at least one camera, wherein the updated image represents photons received by the at least one camera; providing the updated image to an image and signal processing pipeline; processing the updated image using the image and signal processing pipeline; and operating a vehicle based at least in part on information obtained from an analysis of the processed image.

Abstract: A method for automatically regulating an explicit congestion notification (ECN) of a data center network based on multi-agent reinforcement learning is provided. The method specifically includes steps 1 to 3. In step 1, an ECN threshold regulation of a data center network is modelled as a multi-agent reinforcement learning problem. In step 2, an independent proximal policy optimization (IPPO) algorithm in multi-agent reinforcement learning is used for training according to features of the data center network. In step 3, offline pre-training is combined with online incremental learning such that a model deployed on each switch is capable of rapidly adapting to a dynamic data center network environment.

Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment, a method of forming a vertical device is provided. The method includes: providing a protrusion over a substrate; forming an etch stop layer over the protrusion; laterally etching a sidewall of the etch stop layer; forming an insulating layer over the etch stop layer; forming a film layer over the insulating layer and the etch stop layer; performing chemical mechanical polishing on the film layer and exposing the etch stop layer; etching a portion of the etch stop layer to expose a top surface of the protrusion; forming an oxide layer over the protrusion and the film layer; and performing chemical mechanical polishing on the oxide layer and exposing the film layer.