Abstract: Coarse particle flotation equipment and method based on coupled fluidization of cyclone and damping are provided. The flotation equipment includes a flotation column. A raw ore feed pipe is provided in an upper part of the flotation column. The flotation column is sequentially divided into a mine tailing bottom launder area, a cyclone mineralization area and a static separation area from bottom to top. A plurality of water-gas mixing jet pipes which are obliquely arranged inwardly and upwardly and communicated with an inner cavity of the flotation column being provided at a side wall of the cyclone mineralization area, jet directions of the plurality of water-gas mixing jet pipes are distributed clockwise or anticlockwise around an axis of the flotation column, and a damping element for reducing turbulence of a water flow is further provided between the cyclone mineralization area and the static separation area.

Abstract: Provided are improved end-to-end self-supervised pre-training frameworks that leverage a combination of contrastive and masked modeling loss terms. In particular, the present disclosure provides framework that combines contrastive learning and masked modeling, where the former trains the model to discretize input data (e.g., continuous signals such as continuous speech signals) into a finite set of discriminative tokens, and the latter trains the model to learn contextualized representations via solving a masked prediction task consuming the discretized tokens. In contrast to certain existing masked modeling-based pre-training frameworks which rely on an iterative re-clustering and re-training process or other existing frameworks which concatenate two separately trained modules, the proposed framework can enable a model to be optimized in an end-to-end fashion by solving the two self-supervised tasks (the contrastive task and masked modeling) simultaneously.

Abstract: A displaying base plate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a displaying device. The displaying base plate includes a substrate, and a first electrode layer disposed on one side of the substrate, wherein the first electrode layer includes a first electrode pattern; a first planarization layer disposed on one side of the first electrode layer that is away from the substrate, wherein the first planarization layer is provided with a through hole, and the through hole penetrates the first planarization layer, to expose the first electrode pattern; and a second electrode layer, a second planarization layer and a third electrode layer that are disposed in stack on one side of the first planarization layer that is away from the substrate, wherein the second electrode layer is disposed closer to the substrate, the second electrode layer is connected to the first electrode pattern and the third electrode layer.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods for drone-assisted communications networks are provided. Aspects include collecting, from one or more sensing drones, signal strength information for a communications network in a geographic area and creating, based at least in part on the signal strength information, a signal strength map for the geographic area. Aspects also include deploying one or more networking drones into the geographic area, wherein a location of the one or more drones in the geographic area is determined based at least in part on the signal strength map. The one or more networking drones are configured to provide access to the communications network.

Abstract: System, methods and apparatuses for time-frequency resource configuration can include a wireless communication node configuring a first bandwidth part (BWP) in frequency domain. The wireless communication node can configure at least a first subband BWP within the first BWP, and at least one specific type of symbols for the first subband BWP. Configuring the first BWP and the first subband BWP can include the wireless communication node signaling the configurations of the first BWP and the first subband BWP to a wireless communication device.

Abstract: A method of encoding video data includes determining an integer sample in a reference picture of the video data; determining, based on the integer sample, at least a first fractional sample and a second fractional sample, wherein the first fractional sample has a first fractional pel resolution, and the second fractional sample has a second fractional pel resolution different from the first fractional pel resolution; subsequent to determining both the first fractional sample and the second fractional sample, determining a first cost metric associated with the first fractional sample and a second cost metric associated with the second fractional sample; determining a reference block for a current block based on at least one of the first cost metric or the second cost metric; and encoding the current block based on the reference block.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application are directed to an IC, and associated forming methods. In some embodiments, the IC comprises a memory region and a logic region integrated in a substrate. A plurality of memory cell structures is disposed on the memory region. Each memory cell structure of the plurality of memory cell structures comprises a control gate electrode disposed over the substrate, a select gate electrode disposed on one side of the control gate electrode, and a spacer between the control gate electrode and the select gate electrode. A contact etch stop layer (CESL) is disposed along an upper surface of the substrate, extending upwardly along and in direct contact with a sidewall surface of the select gate electrode within the memory region. A lower inter-layer dielectric layer is disposed on the CESL between the plurality of memory cell structures within the memory region.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first layer comprising an organic material over a substrate. A second layer is formed over the first layer, wherein the second layer includes a silicon-containing material and one or more selected from the group consisting of a photoacid generator, an actinic radiation absorbing additive including an iodine substituent, and a silicon-containing monomer having iodine or phenol group substituents. A photosensitive layer is formed over the second layer, and the photosensitive layer is patterned.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate. The semiconductor device includes a fin that is formed over the substrate and extends along a first direction. The semiconductor device includes a gate structure that straddles the fin and extends along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The semiconductor device includes a first source/drain structure coupled to a first end of the fin along the first direction. The gate structure includes a first portion protruding toward the first source/drain structure along the first direction. A tip edge of the first protruded portion is vertically above a bottom surface of the gate structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods, system, and devices for collision resolution in configuring time-frequency resource in a half-duplex and/or full-duplex telecommunication system. The method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a first message which is used to resolve a collision between a first transmission in a first frequency resource region and a second transmission in a second frequency resource region, wherein the first and second transmissions overlap in a time domain; and determining, by the UE based on the first message, to transmit one of the first transmission and the second transmission, wherein transmission directions of the first transmission and the second transmission are different.

Abstract: Provided are catechol nanoparticles, catechol protein nanoparticles, and a preparation method and use thereof. The method includes: adding a tannin compound-containing natural herb medicine into water to obtain a mixture, and subjecting the mixture to heating reflux extraction to obtain a herb medicine extract and subjecting the herb medicine extract to fractionation to obtain the catechol nanoparticles.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first layer of a first planarizing material over a patterned surface of a substrate, forming a second layer of a second planarizing material over the first planarizing layer, crosslinking a portion of the first planarizing material and a portion of the second planarizing material, and removing a portion of the second planarizing material that is not crosslinked. In an embodiment, the method further includes forming a third layer of a third planarizing material over the second planarizing material after removing the portion of the second planarizing material that is not crosslinked. The third planarizing material can include a bottom anti-reflective coating or a spin-on carbon, and an acid or an acid generator. The first planarizing material can include a spin-on carbon, and an acid, a thermal acid generator or a photoacid generator.

Abstract: A constant current generation circuit for optocoupler isolation amplifier and a current precision adjustment method are provided. The constant current generation circuit includes a start circuit, a current generation circuit and a precision adjustment and output circuit integrated into a same substrate. The start circuit can generate and output a first start current and a second start current. The current generation circuit includes a negative temperature change rate current generation circuit connected to a first start current output and a positive temperature change rate current generation circuit connected to a second start current output. The precision adjustment and output circuit outputs constant current meeting application requirements of optocoupler isolation amplifier by adjusting proportional precision of two currents output from a current generation circuit.

Abstract: The present application provides a method of preparing lithium-friendly colloid paint. The method comprises functionalizing a carbon nanotube material to obtain a plurality of carbon nanotubes with functional groups; dispersing the of carbon nanotube material with functional groups in a solution containing nitrogen molecules to from the dispersion liquid to obtain a carbon nanotube precursor; heat-treating the carbon nanotube precursors to obtain a plurality of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes; dispersing the plurality of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes in an organic solvent, and adding a dispersant obtain a nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube solution precursor; and providing a polymer material colloid and a lithium salt, and uniformly mixing the nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube solution precursor, the lithium salt and the polymer material colloid.

Abstract: A method includes planarizing a protective layer over gate materials overlying a recessed region in a substrate. The planarizing includes forming a first planarized surface by planarizing a sacrificial layer over the protective layer, and forming a second planarized surface of the protective layer by etching the first planarized surface of the sacrificial layer at an even rate across the recessed region. An etch mask layer is formed over the second planarized surface, and control gate stacks are formed in the recessed region by etching the gate materials.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a blending method of high-quality and dual-purpose flour for bread and noodles, belonging to the technical field of flour processing. The method includes: selecting flour of a high-quality and dual-purpose wheat variety for bread and noodles as a high-quality basic flour for blending; according to a large gradient experimental design, selecting a gradient range ratio with a sedimentation value ?46.0 mL and a dough development time ?9.6 min, followed by subdividing for small gradient experiments; selecting a ratio with flour sedimentation value and dough development time that reach an ideal value to blend a large amount of flour; and making bread and noodles for scoring, followed by determining a blending ratio if a scoring result reaches an ideal value.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming tungsten features in semiconductor devices is provided. The method includes exposing a top opening of a feature formed in a substrate to a physical vapor deposition (PVD) process to deposit a tungsten liner layer within the feature. The PVD process is performed in a first processing region of a first processing chamber and the tungsten liner layer forms an overhang portion, which partially obstructs the top opening of the feature. The substrate is transferred from the first processing region of the first processing chamber to a second processing region of a second processing chamber without breaking vacuum. The overhang portion is exposed to nitrogen-containing radicals in the second processing region to inhibit subsequent growth of tungsten along the overhang portion. The feature is exposed to a tungsten-containing precursor gas to form a tungsten fill layer over the tungsten liner layer within the feature.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods, system, and devices for uplink control information (UCI) multiplexing with a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). One method includes in response to a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) with a set of UCIs overlapping with a PUSCH with a configured grant UCI (CG-UCI), multiplexing, by a user equipment (UE), the set of UCIs in the PUCCH with the CG-UCI in the PUSCH by: in response to a UCI in the set of UCIs having a same physical priority as the CG-UCI: combining the UCI and the CG-UCI to obtain a new UCI, assigning, the new UCI with a type being same as that of the UCI, and multiplexing the new UCI on the PUSCH according to a pre-defined multiplexing rule.

Abstract: A method and apparatus used for extracting a feature point of an environmental target, which relate to the field of vehicles. The method comprises: acquiring the position of each corner point of an environmental target; and determining a feature point of the environmental target according to the position of each corner point of the environmental target. Thus, the problem wherein target identification is not precise may be solved, which is particularly suitable for the identification of a large target.