Abstract: Provided is a method of ion beam processing based on optical microscopy imaging, including: marking a surface of a sample using the ion beam, so as obtain a registration reference pattern; performing a three-dimensional optical imaging on the sample to obtain a first three-dimensional light microscopy image; projecting the first three-dimensional light microscopy image to a cutting angle of the ion beam, and determining a first position of a to-be-researched target in the first three-dimensional light microscopy image based on the registration reference pattern; performing an ion beam imaging on the sample to obtain an image excited by the ion beam, and determining, according to the first position, a second position of the to-be-researched target in the image excited by the ion beam; and thinning the sample according to the second position to obtain a first slice containing the to-be-researched target.

Abstract: Methods and systems provide for virtual meeting coaching with dynamically extracted content. In one embodiment, the system receives transcripts for a plurality of selected meetings from within a communication platform, the meetings being selected for question extraction; extracts, via a question extraction model, questions from the transcripts for the selected meetings; extracts, from the questions, a number of expected answers, each expected answer associated with one of the questions; connects to a coaching session with one or more participants and a virtual coaching agent; transmits, by the virtual coaching agent, at least a subset of the extracted questions to the participants; receives answers to the subset of the extracted questions by participants; and generates one or more evaluation scores for the participants corresponding to each of the answers, the evaluation scores being based at least in part on the extracted expected answers associated with the subset of the extracted questions.

Abstract: The present disclosure proposes method and apparatus for query-based table visualization. A query may be obtained. At least one search result for the query may be obtained. A table may be extracted from the at least one search result. At least one chart corresponding to the table may be generated based on the query and the table.

Abstract: A method of controlling a propulsion system of a marine vehicle by a controller, which forms data on a pitch angle (?(?)) of at least one foil based on an angularly variable wake field (W(?)) affecting the at least one foil and an angle (?) of a rotation of the foil wheel. An actuator arrangement that receives the data from the controller sets the at least one foil at the pitch angle (?(?)) based on the data.

Abstract: A session shared data system accesses a first communication between a user and a support agent on a first communication channel and stores communication data associated with the first communication in a session shared data object. The session shared data system accesses a subsequent communication between the user and a second agent on a second communication channel, receives a query associated with the subsequent communication and transmits the response to a device of the second agent.

Abstract: A method includes a first electronic device that displays an interface of a first application and an interface of a second application and obtains first content in the interface of the first application and second content in the interface of the second application; receives a drag operation on both the first content and the second content and displays a first window after the first content and the second content are dragged to a first area on a touchscreen of the first electronic device, where the first window includes third content related to the first content and the second content and an option for sharing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of insulating a motor, comprising: providing a impregnating resin; heating up the motor windings with electricity to 100-120° C., and potting the motor windings with the impregnating resin for 2-5 min at that temperature; heating up the motor windings with electricity to 140-160° C., and trickling the impregnating resin for 3-8 min for insulation; heating up the motor windings with electricity to 165-175° C., and curing for 15-45 min. The method of insulating a motor provided by the present invention has a higher resin filling level and a higher resin utilization rate, as well as faster curing speed.

Abstract: A personal care composition having a cleansing phase. The composition is substantially free of alkyl sulfate and alkyl ether sulfate type of surfactants. The cleansing phase includes: an acyl alaninate surfactant with a relative carbon-chain length distribution in the acyl alaninate surfactant; a zwitterionic or amphoteric surfactant; and a structuring system.

Abstract: Disclosed are a device and method for measuring fluorescence signal in multi-illumination mode and use of the method. An excitation light is modulated on an illumination excitation light path, to generates excitation illumination patterns at different phases on a sample after passing through an objective lens; a high-speed switching device is arranged on a fluorescence collection light path to switch the position of a fluorescence image of the sample on a target plane of a photoelectric sensor, and a plurality of sub-images can be simultaneously obtained after one exposure through synchronous operation of multi-illumination excitation light paths and fluorescence imaging light paths, which correspond to fluorescence signals in a plurality of illumination modes.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system receives a set of coaching items including a number of questions each associated with an expected answer; connects to a coaching session including one or more participants and a virtual coaching agent; for each question and for at least a subset of the participants: transmitting the question, by the virtual coaching agent, to the client device used by the participant; receiving an answer to the question by the participant, the answer including media of the participant; receiving text of utterances spoken by the participant during the answer; generating one or more evaluation scores for the answer based on evaluating at least the content of the answer to the question; and transmitting an overall evaluation score for each of the subset of participants based on the generated evaluation scores for that participant.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating an electronic device comprising a screen, a first camera, and a second camera, includes: detecting that a zoom ratio gradually changes within a first ratio range, wherein the zoom ratio in the first ratio range is less than an optical zoom ratio of the second camera, and a ratio difference between the zoom ratio within the first ratio range and the optical zoom ratio of the second camera is less than a first value; cropping an image captured by the first camera to obtain a preview image whose field of view (FOV) size gradually changes; and displaying on the screen, the preview image whose FOV size gradually changes.

Abstract: A personal care composition having at least a cleansing phase and a benefit phase. The composition is substantially free of alkyl sulfate and alkyl ether sulfate type of surfactants. The cleansing phase includes: an alaninate surfactant; a zwitterionic or amphoteric surfactant; and a structuring system. The structuring system has from 0.5% to 5% of an emulsifying agent by weight of the composition. The emulsifying agent is a glyceryl ester and/or a non-ionic emulsifier having an HLB of from 3.4 to 13.0. The glyceryl ester is selected from glyceryl laurate, glyceryl caprate, glyceryl caprylate, glyceryl caprylate/caprate, glyceryl stearate, and a mixture thereof. The non-ionic emulsifier having an HLB of from 3.4 to 13.0 includes trideceth-3 or trideceth-4. The structuring system also includes from 0.01% to 10% of a rheology modifier by weight of the composition. The benefit phase includes from 0.1% to 50% of a benefit agent by weight of the composition. The personal care composition has a pH that is from 4.

Abstract: A medical imaging system including a scanning device, configured to scan an object to be tested, to obtain imaging data containing information about the object to be tested, wherein the scanning device has a front end portion for transmitting a signal to and receiving a signal from the object to be tested. The control method includes: detecting, according to data obtained by the scanning device by scanning a predetermined object to be tested, a type of a fault that has occurred in the front end portion of the scanning device. The present application can improve the stability of the medical imaging system and shorten the waiting time of hospitals and patients.

Abstract: An image segmentation method includes: encoding an original image containing a target object based on a prior knowledge vector, to obtain a target feature map, the prior knowledge vector comprising a plurality of prior knowledge weights each representing accuracy of a corresponding rater labeling a region of an object in an image; decoding the target feature map, to obtain a first segmented image of the original image, the first segmented image indicating a target region in which the target object is located in the original image; performing image reconstruction on the first segmented image based on the prior knowledge vector, to obtain labeled segmented images, wherein one labeled segmented image corresponds to one prior knowledge weight and indicates a target region labeled by a corresponding rater; and processing the target feature map based on the labeled segmented images, to obtain a second segmented image of the original image.

Abstract: A contact center server obtains historical contact center data of a contact center by tracking contact center conditions. The contact center server trains, based on the historical contact center data, multiple modeling engines to generate agent demand data representing a number of agents working at a given time. The contact center server trains, based on the historical center contact center data and performance data of the multiple modeling engines, a combination engine to generate a combination of one or more modeling engines from the multiple modeling engines. The contact center server provides an output representing the trained combination engine and the multiple modeling engines.

Abstract: Different solutions to stop automatically a vessel, which includes at least a first cycloidal propeller unit and a second cycloidal propeller unit, are disclosed. During a stopping procedure motion control values of at least the first cycloidal propeller unit are adjusted to cause, while maintaining a movement direction of the vessel to be according to a latest steering command, the first cycloidal propeller unit to brake in a first mode or in a second mode. In the first mode the main wheel is rotating, and blades of the cycloidal propeller unit are rotated to change a thrust direction towards to a reverse thrust direction. In the second mode either the main wheel is kept in a first position and the blades are positioned individually towards a corresponding predetermined angle to the movement direction or the blades are kept in first positions and the main wheel is rotated.

Abstract: Methods and systems provide for virtual meeting coaching with content-based evaluation. In one embodiment, the system receives a set of coaching items including a number of questions each associated with an expected answer; connects to a coaching session including one or more participants and a virtual coaching agent; for each question and for at least a subset of the participants: transmitting the question, by the virtual coaching agent, to the client device used by the participant; receiving an answer to the question by the participant, the answer including media of the participant; receiving text of utterances spoken by the participant during the answer; generating one or more evaluation scores for the answer based on evaluating at least the content of the answer to the question; and transmitting an overall evaluation score for each of the subset of participants based on the generated evaluation scores for that participant.

Abstract: Provided in the present application is an ultrasonic imaging method, including: generating a plurality of anatomical plane schematics, and causing a display to display the same, each one of the plurality of anatomical plane schematics respectively corresponding to a different anatomical plane of interest; acquiring an ultrasonic image of the anatomical plane of interest; and automatically generating an ultrasonic image thumbnail of the anatomical plane of interest, automatically replacing the anatomical plane schematic corresponding to the anatomical plane of interest with the ultrasonic image thumbnail, and causing the display to display the same. Also provided in the present application are an ultrasonic imaging system and a non-transitory computer-readable medium.

Abstract: An antibacterial cleansing composition including from about 0.01% to about 1% of chloroxylenol by weight of the composition; from about 5% to about 15% of sodium lauryl sulfate by weight of the composition; from about 1% to about 5% of a co-surfactant by weight of the composition, wherein the co-surfactant is selected from zwitterionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, nonionic surfactant, or combinations thereof; wherein the weight ratio of sodium lauryl sulfate to the co-surfactant ranges from about 3:1 to about 5:1; and wherein the composition comprises a pH of from about 2 to about 5.

Abstract: Described herein, personal care compositions, methods and uses. Personal care compositions include at least a cleansing phase and a benefit phase, wherein the cleansing phase comprises an aqueous structured surfactant phase. The cleansing phase comprises: a C13 alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant; a zwitterionic surfactant, wherein the zwitterionic surfactant comprises a betaine; a structuring system comprising: optionally, a non-ionic emulsifier; optionally, a rheology modifier; an electrolyte. The benefit phase comprises a benefit agent.